Country Maiden: Fields and Fortune

329, Pondering (1 more update

He was asking Yuanbao, and he was also asking himself.

Would Xie Zhinuan agree?

“…”

Yuanbao remained silent.

From the beginning to the end, my master intended to marry Xie Zhinuan, to marry, not to take as a concubine.

Yuanbao knew clearly in his heart that his master was serious.

Absolutely, without a shred of falsehood, serious.

After pondered for a long time, Yuanbao finally spoke softly, “If my lord wishes to marry Miss Xie, we must consider this at length!”@@novelbin@@

“Given Miss Xie’s current status, even the Empress would not allow Your Highness to pass this hurdle!”

“…” Li Hengyi said nothing.

Yuanbao continued, “If it were a concubine or a lady, the Empress would not oppose, but if it is to be the princess consort of the King of Annihilation, even if Miss Xie were to be acknowledged by the Marquis’s household, the Empress might not consent!”

The King of Annihilation, the legitimate firstborn son of the Emperor and Empress, with distinguished military exploits. Apart from that one expedition into the desert, which was discussed by the people, there was not a single blot on his reputation.

“And given Miss Xie’s personality, she definitely would not wish to be made a concubine!”

After a long silence, Li Hengyi finally spoke in a low voice, “She will not be a concubine!”

“Then, my lord, you must make early preparations. The Empress has been urging you to return to the capital to get married. After all, the other princes are already wedded, and as the eldest brother, you remain single…” Yuanbao said, pausing slightly.

“Yuanbao, do you have a girl you like?” Li Hengyi asked.

“…” Yuanbao chuckled, “Following my lord every day, where would I get a girl to like? My lord, please don’t jest with me!”

“Heh!” Li Hengyi laughed softly.

Without a girl to like, how can he understand the torment of lovesickness?

“Actually, if Miss Xie were willing to be relegated to the position of a concubine, regardless of whose daughter she is, the Empress would not oppose. But my lord, even if you marry Miss Xie, the Empress might still have you take a concubine. You should think it over well and choose two who can get along, with not too many schemes in their minds!”

Li Hengyi hmm’d in response.

He was unaware of the dispositions of the ladies from the capital. He feared that Xie Zhinuan would not be able to contend with those ladies immersed in the intrigues of the royal harem.

Of course, he was more afraid that she simply would not want to marry him, would not want to be his wife, be his princess consort of the King of Annihilation.

The master and servant were here contemplating the matter of concubines and principal wives. If Xie Zhinuan were to find out, she would surely laugh out loud.

How much had they drunk to be having such dreams?

She didn’t even want to marry, let alone vie with a group of women for one man, revolving around a man every day, being jealous and sour. To her, it was absolutely impossible.

Li Hengyi reached out to take an orange, playing with it in his palm, occasionally sniffing lightly the fragrance of the orange, but never peeling it.

Yuanbao glanced at his master, hesitating with several words on the tip of his tongue.

Heading to the Frontier Pass this time was fraught with danger, and to speak now would seem somewhat inconsiderate.

Both of them fell silent.

Yet the assassins were gradually approaching. Li Hengyi gave Yuanbao a glance, and uttered coldly with a shade of menace, “Kill without mercy!”

He had no need to ask who these people belonged to, who had sent them, or who had hired the Martial World’s assassins.

He didn’t care. Let them come, kill without mercy.

Killing one meant one less pawn for them to use. Killing two meant two less. Since it was so, why hold back?

Yuanbao nodded his head.

He drew his sword and stepped out of the carriage.

As the assassins in black drew near, he had already made the first move. Having improved his Inner Strength, Yuanbao was no longer the Yuanbao from before. Even those ten guards and four Hidden Guards had doubled their martial prowess. Facing over a hundred opponents, it only took him a moment to slay them all under his sword, leaving no survivors.

Li Hengyi stepped out of the carriage, standing on the driver’s bench with hints of orange fragrance lingering around him.

In the darkness of the night, his eyes reflected a slight coldness, “Go to the Governor’s Office and report. These men attempted to assassinate this prince. Whipping their corpses at the Vegetable Market three thousand times, then cast them into Mass Grave Mound!”

Chapter 331