On Our Wedding Night, I Discovered the Crown Prince's Hidden Illness-Chapter 244 - : A Perfect Match

Chapter 244: Chapter 244: A Perfect Match

Upon hearing the words, Leng Yu Yan stood frozen.

Her eyes, brimming with the gentle ripples of autumn waters, shimmered with astonishment.

Ye Yiheng gazed at her intently for a long while, noticing the luminescent wave-like gleam in her beautiful eyes, before he finally lowered his gaze and discreetly straightened his robe.

He was testing.

Testing what were his true feelings for the young girl before him?

And furthermore, testing if, aside from him, she had any inclination for another choice.

After a while, Leng Yu Yan spoke softly, “I have no other bargaining chips. If Your Highness wishes to back out, I have nothing to say.”

As she spoke, she stood up. “In that case, I shall not go to the Eastern Palace. I take my leave!”

Ye Yiheng let out a soft sigh. So be it, his probing had yielded no results.

“A deal once struck is irrevocable.”

“It seems the Commandery Princess has forgotten what I just said.”

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Uttering these two sentences, he caught her slender wrist and pulled her back to her seat, then immediately said to the carriage driver Feng Mochen, “Back to the Eastern Palace, quickly!”

Throughout the journey, Leng Yu Yan sat quietly, her hands clasped on her lap, eyes steadily fixed on her own knees.

Ye Yiheng rubbed his temples.

Why had his mouth run away with him, uttering that nonsense, now making her appear as if her soul had been snatched away.

Only when the horse carriage stopped at the entrance to the Eastern Palace did Leng Yu Yan finally lift her gaze to look at him. When he wasn’t smiling, his eyes and brows seemed too cold.

Noticing that he was also looking her way, Leng Yu Yan quickly lowered her gaze.

“Come here, help me tie the eye veil.”

His voice was as cold and clear as ever, carrying a tone that brooked no refusal.

Ye Yiheng passed the white veil in his hand towards her.

Leng Yu Yan pursed her lips, took it, and walked beside him. Ye Yiheng tilted his head to adjust his position, making it easier for her to tie the eye veil for him.

Sitting behind the driver’s seat, Song Guo saw there was no movement inside the carriage, so he pushed open the door, just in time to witness the Commandery Princess tying the Crown Prince’s eye veil.

The scene was akin to an intimate moment between newlyweds.

Seeing the Princess’s delicate fingers gently tying a knot behind the Crown Prince’s head, so tenderly, so gracefully.

The sight made Song Guo beam with joy. He quickly apologized, “I have overstepped, I beg Your Highness and the Commandery Princess’s forgiveness!”

“You’re overthinking it, Song Guo.”

Leng Yu Yan blushed and was the first to exit the carriage.

Ye Yiheng followed at a slow pace, his large hand catching her wrist as he emerged, “He’s not overthinking it.”

“Ah?”

Leng Yu Yan was dumbfounded. She hadn’t yet figured out Ye Yiheng’s strange behavior that day when he began leading her away.

Watching their own Crown Prince and the Commandery Princess walking shoulder to shoulder towards the bedroom, Song Guo pressed his lips together in an incessant smile.

Such a perfect pair they made, how pleasing to the eyes!

Feng Mochen and Mo Chen both lined up behind him.

Feng Mochen asked, “What did you see in the carriage just now?”

Mo Chen also asked, “Did you see the Crown Prince kissing the Commandery Princess? Was it a forceful kiss?”

Song Guo turned his head back and glared at each of them, “Do you guys think of anything proper?”

“You’re not saying!”

“I won’t tell!”

Only after persistent questioning from Feng Mochen and Mo Chen did Song Guo finally say, “I saw the Commandery Princess tying the Crown Prince’s eye veil.”

Upon hearing this, they nodded in agreement.

Those who could tie the eye veil for the Crown Prince were few and far between!

Even they and Song Guo could at most hand the Crown Prince his eye veil; the chance to tie it for him was extremely rare.

This clearly showed the unusual place the Commandery Princess held in the Crown Prince’s heart.

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Imperial Palace.

The Emperor dismissed Ji Qingyu with a wave of his hand and summoned Leng Zongfa into the palace.

Upon hearing the Emperor’s summons, Leng Zongfa dared not to delay and hurried into the palace.

Outside the Imperial Study, Leng Zongfa took several deep breaths before entering.

It wasn’t that he was overly nervous, but ever since the Prince Zhenbei Mansion had moved to the capital, the Emperor had not called for him alone.

“Weichen kowtows before the Emperor!”

Leng Zongfa knelt on the ground, his arms and shoulders trembling slightly.

Seeing this, the Emperor raised his eyebrows.

As an Emperor, he most enjoyed having ministers whose bodies and minds both feared him.

“Rise.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty!” Leng Zongfa bowed deeply, “May I know what matters Your Majesty summons Weichen for?”

“Does Marquis Ningyuan still remember the marriage I arranged for the Crown Prince at the beginning of this year?”

“Weichen remembers that initially, Your Majesty had intended to bestow I’s third daughter in marriage to the Crown Prince, but then it was changed to my fifth daughter. Who would have thought, she is not my own daughter, hence the marriage was called off.”

“Hmm, the Crown Prince, although only nineteen, but given his health condition, I have decided to have him marry as soon as possible. Since Weichen’s Marquis Mansion’s daughter was originally who I chose for marriage, let us rectify this and continue with this match.”

Leng Zongfa clasped his hands together, fearfully said, “Your Majesty, the only unwed daughter left under Weichen’s knees is the fourth, and her mother is a concubine. This would not be a suitable match for the Crown Prince!”

The Emperor moved his eyebrows and said calmly, “Let me give you an analogy, just as with the Prince Zhenbei Mansion and your Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion, what counts as the main branch and what as a collateral branch?”

“The issue of the main and collateral branches sometimes comes down to a mere word.”

“Your fourth daughter, although born of a concubine, is still your own flesh and blood. To change her into a legitimate daughter, do you not have means?”

Upon hearing this, Leng Zongfa’s heart swelled with joy.

Could it be that the Emperor was looking to elevate his Marquis Mansion?

Was the Emperor mentioning the relationship between the main and collateral branches of the Leng Family and subtly hinting that the Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion could replace the Prince Zhenbei Mansion?

Thinking of this, he quickly said with deep respect, “Weichen will go back to the mansion and register Li Lu under Mrs. Feng’s name. In this way, she will become a legitimate daughter and can be matched with the Crown Prince.”

The Emperor nodded lightly, “Go and handle it.”

“Weichen obeys the decree!”

Leng Zongfa suppressed the joy in his heart as he withdrew.

Each of his children was unremarkable.

Lai Manting, whom he had spent the most effort on cultivating, not only failed to earn Prince Liang’s affection but also couldn’t recover her appearance.

His son, Lai Hao, was somewhat of a lost cause. Due to the incident with the fake divine doctor, marrying the Ninth Princess was now hopeless.

His hope of using his children to curry favor with the Tian Family had been shattered.

Unexpectedly, the Emperor had given him an opportunity.

As long as the Emperor could make use of the Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion, it meant he was still of use. If that was the case, immense wealth and power were still within reach.

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Eastern Palace.

Leng Yu Yan accompanied Ye Yiheng to a small building that served as a library.

After dismissing everyone present, Ye Yiheng spoke first, “I’ll be honest with the Commandery Princess, Father Emperor is most unlikely to grant the marriage, hence he used the pretext of the Commandery Princess’s mother’s reputation.”

“I know, after all, it’s been too long since the incident and my mother has long passed away, making it difficult to investigate,” said Leng Yu Yan as she grasped his arm, “Your Highness, don’t you think that the more it is so, the more we should stand together?”

Looking through his eye veil, Ye Yiheng glanced at her hands tightly gripping his arm and responded with reserved coolness, “Hmm.”

Originally, Father Emperor believed that he, a blind Crown Prince, would be easy to control.

But since he had rejected the offered marriage and then sought to marry a Princess, the old man probably began to have suspicions about him.

Moreover, since he had expressed his willingness to join the Prince Zhenbei Mansion, the old man knew that he wouldn’t assist in keeping the Prince Zhenbei Mansion in the capital.

In that case, how could the old man use him to control the Prince Zhenbei Mansion?

If he couldn’t be used or controlled, he wouldn’t bestow Princess Beilan to him.

“Fortunately, I already have obtained approval. As long as we restore the reputation of the Commandery Princess’s mother, the marriage must be granted even if the old man is reluctant!”

To call the Emperor the old man, Leng Yu Yan was full of astonishment.

“Your Highness…”

Speaking calmly, Ye Yiheng revealed, “I don’t mean to hide it from you, Tian Family members are the most cold-hearted; the father-son affection common in most households is hard to find in the Tian Family.”

Involuntarily, Leng Yu Yan reached out to remove his eye veil, “Your Highness’s eyes, could it be because of…”