Chapter 177 Part 2 - Marry You (Part 2) (1/2)

Chapter 177: Marry You (Part 2)

Residence of Prince Ding.

There were some movements in the residence of Prince Ding, much less the residence of the Crown Prince. Emperor Wen Hui had the heart to give the Crown Prince a favour and let the Crown Prince and HuangFu Hao have good relations, thus HuangFu Hao strut proudly into the residence of the Crown Prince, instead of secretly fearing that others would discover.

It was just that what was discussing in the residence of the Crown Prince was not something that Emperor Wen Hui was able to manage.

The Crown Prince poured some wine for HuangFu Hao and smiled, “How does brother HuangFu find the words that this Prince just spoken?”

HuangFu Hao smiled and did not agree or disagree to it, “You really calculate it very well and let this Prince be the bad person in it and leave a good name for oneself and even carry a beauty back.”

The Crown Prince was not annoyed as he also smiled, “A gentleman is always read to help others attain their aims. This Prince is happy to see Fifth Shen Young Lady becoming your Qin country’s Crown Prince Consort but everyone knows that it is impossible.” The Emperor of Qin was not magnanimous enough to let another country’s official’s daughter be married to his Crown Prince. The Crown Prince Consort title not only represented a female but also represent the power of the female’s family and it would be best if it could help the Crown Prince. Shen Miao, as a person from Ming Qi, would not be able to help HuangFu Hao and needless to say, Shen Xin would not be willing to watch on as his daughter married to Qin country.

HuangFu Hao shook his head, “What is the rush? This Prince did not say that one would snatch another’s preference but…” He looked towards the Crown Prince, “This Prince is not one who like to do good deeds, moreover it is using one’s name to do good deeds and in the future when General Shen hates this Prince, it would be difficult for this Prince.”

The Crown Prince smiled when he heard it. This HuangFu Hao was also a person who understood things so he realised the interests in the matter. Reputation in Ming Qi was something that was useless and moreover it was not a big thing for Shen Miao to marry over. It was just a sentence that could let Emperor Wen Hui and the Crown Prince feel that they owed HuangFu Hao, so what was there against it? Of course how would this good turn be exchanged for? Emperor Wen Hui had no knowledge of it and this matter was solely the Crown Prince’s idea so one had to see how important this marriage was in the heart of the Crown Prince.

“What kind of difficulty does brother HuangFu have?” The Crown Prince asked in smiles.

“It is not a big matter, it would only make you laugh.” HuangFu Hao sighed and gave a worrying look, “Even though I am the Crown Prince of Qin country but every family has its fair share of problems, much less this Prince. Imperial Father treats this Prince extremely well but the few brothers this Prince has are not to be spared of worrying. If there was a day where these brothers fight with this Prince…” He looked at the Crown Prince meaningfully, “At that time, one hope that one would be able to be a powerful force of this Prince.”

The Crown Prince was first startled before he started scolding HuangFu Hao in his heart. Fighting for the heir apparent was something that every country would have, especially in a country where there were a number of Princes. However what HuangFu Hao proposed was that if one day in HuangFu Hao’s fight for the heir apparent in Qin’s Imperial family, the Crown Prince must help him. How could a Crown Prince of Ming Qi help the Crown Prince of Qin country? It was to lend him military power.

HuangFu Hao indeed calculated it well.

HuangFu Hao saw his hesitation and smiled, “What are you hesitating about? Isn’t the matter that this Prince is helping you on just the same?”

The Crown Prince looked at HuangFu Hao without speaking. If it was successful this time and Shen Miao was married to him, then the Shen family would be tied to his Crown Prince residence. With the Shen family’s helping hand, the power of the Crown Prince would only increase greatly and it would become an important role in te battle of the heir apparently. Currently HuangFu Hao helping him with it, wasn’t it also helping him in the fight for the heir apparent?

Like this, the conditions that HuangFu Hao set became not so unacceptable. After all, he would have more to gain in this matter.

The Crown Prince’s heart firmed up, “Alright. Since brother HuangFu draw a sword and render help this time, in the future this Prince would definitely not stand by and watch.”

HuangFu Hao only laughed then and after drinking a few more rounds with the Crown Prince, he said, “You really want to marry Shen Miao?” He looked at the suspicious expression of the Crown Prince and explained, “At tribute banquet, this Prince had seen that Shen Miao did not have a soft temperament. One feared that she have a very strong character instead. Are you so confident in taming her?”

“What does it considered to?” The Crown Prince waved his hands unconcernedly, “No matter how strong one’s temper is, she is still a female. As long as one is a female and married to another, that tempered would be put away. One don’t hide it from you but in the beginning the Crown Prince Consort also had a strong character when entering the Eastern Palace but now still subservient to one’s every wishes. For females, as long as one spares some effort to coax, at the end they would be meek, just like cats.”

When HuangFu Hao heard it, he no longer said anything but snorted somewhat disdainfully in his heart. Princess Ming An’s death till now was still a mystery but HuangFu Hao always felt that the matter was related to Shen Miao. Afterwards one did not know how the matter between him and Fu Xiu Yi was used and now Fu Xiu Yi had to deliberately keep a distance from him. The Shen family was not ordinary so there must be people behind Shen Miao who was guiding. Even though the Crown Prince’s power was not weak, he might not necessarily be able to win when encountering Shen Miao.

However these were irrelevant to HuangFu Hao. He was only happy to watch the play thus after a few more laughs, he pick up the wine cup to drink with the Crown Prince.

At the other end, in the residence of the Minister of Land, Shen Miao had actually replied to the invitation.

It only said that Shen Miao had agreed to Shen Dong Ling’s invitation to appreciate incense but she would also be bringing Luo Tan, the Biao Young Lady of the Luo family, along.

Wang Bi was happy when he saw Shen Miao’s reply and said to Shen Dong Ling, “Didn’t you not say that you sisters did not have much relation? One did not expect that she would actually agree to it.”

Shen Dong Ling was also somewhat surprised but she said with a smile on her face, “It seemed that you have not seen for quite some time. Now there is only two of us sisters left from the residence.” She took the reply from Wang Bi’s hands before taking a closer look.

In all fairness, Shen Dong Ling did not expect that Shen Miao would reply to the invitation and even agreed to come over to appreciate incense. Shen Dong Ling understood Shen Miao that it was impossible for Shen Miao to come due to her cautiousness. It was not very important for Shen Miao to come over to carry out the plans and she write the invitation to Shen Miao so as to prove it to Wang Bi that she had done her best for him and hope that Wang Bi would think of her good points in the future.

But who knew that Shen Miao actually agreed to it.