TFWYH – Chapter 764 The Person I Like

The wives and daughters of the officials all curled their lips in disdain.

“She is pretty, but I still think County Lady Wengnai is more beautiful!”

“She doesn’t even compare. Forget County Lady Wengnai—even that famous courtesan Yuanyuan who’s been all the rage lately is prettier!”

“It seems Northern Frontier doesn’t have many beauties. If someone like her is called a fairy, then wouldn’t County Lady Wengnai be a goddess if she went there?”

“Keep your voice down. What if she hears you…”

…

One comment after another reached Han Guli’s ears.

Her expression gradually became more and more unpleasant.

Su Qing rolled her eyes and could not even be bothered to look at her.

The Empress mocked her without restraint:

“Indeed, she is breathtakingly beautiful, like a fairy descended from heaven. Hehehe…”

The emperor: …

If you’re going to talk, then talk. What’s with the creepy laughter?

She’s still a princess, after all!

Can you at least show her some courtesy?

Perhaps feeling that his own people had gone a little too far, the emperor coughed lightly.

Instantly, every whisper disappeared.

The officials and their wives and daughters all stared straight ahead with solemn expressions, as though they had not been gossiping at all.

The emperor laughed awkwardly and quickly changed the subject.

“Prince Kui Ni, Princess Han Guli, I am already advanced in years, and my three sons are not exactly young either. The princess is indeed beautiful, but among my descendants, there truly isn’t anyone close to her age. Even if there were, they are all already married.”

So it’d be best if you offered another treasure!

This particular treasure is one I truly do not need!

And if you really don’t have anything else, money would work too!

Han Guli’s face turned slightly pale, and she looked as though she might collapse at any moment.

Kui Ni’s expression wasn’t pleasant either, and his heart ached for his sister.

But…

After glancing at the emperor and the silent envoys from Feng Kingdom, he forcibly suppressed his anger and decided to speak plainly.

“Your Majesty, my fourth sister has long admired someone. She traveled thousands of miles to come here because of him. We humbly ask Your Majesty to fulfill her heartfelt wish.”

The emperor looked at the siblings in surprise.

“And who is this person that Princess Han Guli admires?”

“My sister’s beloved is none other than…”

Kui Ni turned toward Huangfu Yi.

“…the Second Prince.”

Huangfu Yi, who was carefully removing fish bones for Jiang Shi: ?

Jiang Shi, who was being fed: ?

The officials: …

The emperor: …

Out of all the people in the world, why would such a young girl fall for an old man?

Huangfu Yi… ahem… he still looks decent enough, but isn’t he about the same age as the King of Northern Frontier?

I truly cannot understand this.

The emperor’s eyelids twitched as he glanced sideways at his second son.

“Second Son, do you fancy Princess Han Guli? If you do, then—”

“No, no, no!”

Huangfu Yi was so startled that he rejected the idea instinctively, shaking his head like a rattle drum.

“This son has no such feelings! I already have a princess consort!”

Only after seeing Han Guli’s deathly pale expression did he realize what he had just blurted out.

Still, he didn’t regret it in the slightest.

What a joke.

He had even slept with someone like Yuanyuan, a woman of truly peerless beauty.

Would he really care about a merely somewhat extraordinary beauty?

Please.

Of course, he couldn’t say that aloud.

So in the next moment, Huangfu Yi rose to his feet, respectfully bowed to the emperor, and spoke with utmost seriousness:

“Father Emperor, your son already has a princess consort. Princess Han Guli is a princess in her own right. Surely she cannot be expected to marry into my household as a secondary wife? That would be far too unfair to her.”

The emperor pretended to ponder for a moment before nodding.

Then, smiling warmly, he looked at Han Guli.

“Princess Han Guli, what do you think about that?”

“I have admired the Second Prince for a long time,” Han Guli replied, desperately suppressing the frustration in her heart and forcing herself to remain calm.

“I am willing to be an equal wife.”