Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 972 - 974 Marriage Proposal (2)

Chapter 972: Chapter 974 Marriage Proposal (2)

The Ministry of Rites dispatched a festive music band, holding their trumpets and suonas, waiting cheerfully at the entrance of the Royal Palace. Today King Qin was making a marriage proposal, and surely the reward money they’d receive later wouldn’t be meager, with a feast waiting for them at noon!

The housekeeper, along with several accountants, distributed celebration money and sweets to a group of little boys, reminding them of the precautions they needed to take when handing out the money and sweets...

The auspicious time had arrived.

King Qin, Nangong Yi, rode a high-headed big horse, leading the marriage proposal procession mightily from King Qin’s Mansion all the way to the suburban manor.

At the front of the procession was the Ministry of Rites’ music band, all dressed in bright red wedding clothes, playing their instruments and attracting a large crowd of townsfolk who came to watch and speculate.

"Wow, King Qin is making a marriage proposal! Such grandeur! I wonder which family’s fortunate daughter it is?"

"I heard it’s the eldest daughter of the Protectorate General’s family, Miss Li, who is as beautiful as a flower and skilled in riding and swordsmanship, perfectly matched in social and economic status with our King Qin—definitely a fine match for him."

"Not at all, not at all. I heard it’s settled with the daughter of Prime Minister Ning, Miss Ning. She’s the gem of Chancellor’s mansion, a lady of good upbringing, full of knowledge, overflowing with talent, skilled at playing the zither, a formidable chess player, and even proficient in the Plum Blossom Seal Script. For our King Qin, she remaining unwed at twenty!"

"But that doesn’t sound right; this path doesn’t lead to the Chancellor’s mansion nor to the General’s mansion..."

"Exactly, what’s happening? Let’s follow and check it out..."

The townsfolk buzzed with speculation, Nangong Yi faintly heard some but didn’t care, riding at the very front of the procession. Today, he wore a festive, bright red robe, his head adorned with a purple-gold crown embedded with rubies. His wide sleeves flowed with the dark edges of the robe. Embroidered densely with gold thread and bat flower patterns on his shoulders and the front and back of his chest, a dark ink belt inlaid with green jade buckles encircled his waist. No other decorations adorned his body, but his precious horse was decorated with large red silk flowers.

The intense, vivid hues of red, as if in a blazing bloom, were not easy for any man to wear imposingly, yet Nangong Yi, tall and statuesque with a face even more beautiful than a woman’s, looked captivating in red today. Along with his enthralling smile that could bewitch all onlookers, he gathered stunned stares from the surrounding citizens, and many young women along the way blushed deeply!

Du Wanqiu stood among the bustling crowd, gazing from a distance at that extraordinarily handsome and spirited man, feeling an overwhelming sadness and grief surge within her!

This man had once been her hope and dream, the one she had yearned to marry. However, she ultimately missed that chance. Now, she could not even think of marrying him, let alone be his side consort or concubine, as her current status was that of a concubine to Ji Wanfu, the young master of the Duke of England’s family.

The Duke of England’s family was the Empress Dowager’s parental home, and the crown prince Ji Dayu was the Empress Dowager’s direct younger brother. He had been weak and ill from a young age, and if not for his direct sister being the Empress Dowager, Old Duke of England would never have designated him as the crown prince, since the crown prince’s line of heirs was scant. His principal wife bore no children, and his many other concubines had also remained unfruitful until Old Duke of England, unable to bear it any longer, gave a maid named Yan Hong from his own quarters to him.

Yan Hong proved herself resourceful, conceiving a child soon after sleeping with the crown prince. Later, due to the current crown princess’s jealousy, she schemed against Yan Hong, causing her to deliver the baby prematurely at eight months—Ji Wanfu, now Du Wanqiu’s man and Old Duke of England’s crown prince’s only son.

Because the crown princess was jealous and detrimental to her husband’s offspring, Old Duke of England ordered her to be sent to the Ancestral Temple, where she soon died. Under Old Duke’s arrangement, Yan Hong was officially made principal wife, and Ji Wanfu was recognized as the legitimate heir, becoming the eminent young master directly below one in the Duke of England’s family!