The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 462: completely lose hope
Chapter 462 Extremely Disappointed
Secretly trying to win over Prince Xian who holds military power, and also trying to form an alliance with the Dong family through marriage, is Prince Liang really that ambitious?
The prince clenched his fists. If Prince Liang had won over Prince Xian, and with the help of the Dong family, he would have military power in his hands, which would inevitably become a serious threat to him and he had to be on guard!
“Your Highness, you should go to the palace immediately…” Elder Fang said solemnly, “If the King of Liang really wants to marry the daughter of the Dong family, Your Highness must not let it go and must persuade His Majesty to stop!”
Bai Jinzhi originally wanted to add a few more words, but remembering her elder sister’s instructions, she stood aside and said nothing.
The prince thought for a moment, nodded, and ordered someone to prepare a carriage to enter the palace.
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Bai Qingyan accompanied Dong Tingzhen to meet Dong Qingping and his aunt Song. But before they could finish their conversation, someone came from the palace to summon Dong Qingping into the palace.
Taking advantage of Dong Qingping’s excuse of changing clothes, Dong Tingzhen had to make a long story short. Unexpectedly, as soon as Dong Tingzhen mentioned that she gave her personal safety lock to King Liang, Song was so angry that she ordered people to beat Dong Tingzhen’s personal maid Haitang to death with sticks.
Song’s chest was heaving violently, but her mind was extremely clear. She said calmly, “Haitang, that slut, stole the girl’s personal belongings while she was bathing. She was beaten to death with a stick. Notify her parents and come to collect the body!”
When Haitang, who was kneeling in the yard, heard this, she was so frightened that her face turned pale and her whole body was shaking. She wanted to crawl forward on her knees but was held down by the most capable nanny beside Song, who stuffed a handkerchief into her mouth.
“Mother! Mother, please spare Haitang! You can’t do this… I gave these things to His Royal Highness Prince Liang! I really want to marry His Royal Highness Prince Liang!”
Upon hearing this, Song, whose chest was heaving violently, raised her hand and slapped Dong Tingzhen. Dong Tingzhen covered her face and screamed, then knelt on the ground trembling with her whole body.
If Bai Qingyan hadn’t stopped them, the Song family would have continued fighting.
“Giving your personal belongings to a man! Are you crazy?! If others knew about this… how would they view my Dong family’s upbringing?! You are determined to marry the King of Liang, and you are so unscrupulous! Do you know that you still have a younger sister? Tinglan is only six years old… If others knew that she had a sister as shameless as you, how would you let her get married in the future?! You have learned all the ethics and morality!” Song was so angry that tears fell from her eyes. She waited for Dong Tingzhen, who knelt down and said that she would marry the King of Liang, “I might as well strangle you to death, and pretend that I never gave birth to a daughter like you!”
Dong Tinglan is the youngest daughter of the Song family and the younger sister of Dong Tingzhen.
Bai Qingyan supported Song and said, “Now Ting Zhen is determined to marry Prince Liang. If the matter is brought to the emperor, maybe the emperor will see Prince Liang’s pitiful attitude and grant the marriage directly! After all, Prince Liang is already a young man this year! Uncle might as well find a reason to arrange the marriage first. As long as it is not a granted marriage, there is still room for maneuver and it can be delayed for a year or two! During this time, let Ting Zhen think about it carefully!”
Dong Qingping was so angry that his face turned blue, but he calmed down and looked at his daughter who was kneeling on the ground and crying, saying: “Tingzhen, you have always been the child that makes your father worry the least. King Liang is not as simple and harmless as he looks on the surface. If you marry King Liang… you will drag our Dong family into the vortex of succession! Your father and your second uncle will be regarded as a party of King Liang! Unless your father breaks off the father-daughter relationship with you and makes a big deal! In this way… your father will definitely be disliked by the emperor, and your sisters will also be questioned about their character when they talk about marriage in the future! Your father believes that my daughter Tingzhen, Dong Qingping, is not a person who puts the whole family in the cusp of the storm for her own selfish desires! If you dare to say… for the sake of King Liang, I am willing to let the whole Dong family go through mountains of swords and seas of fire. Your father will enter the palace today and accept King Liang’s request!”
After saying that, Dong Qingping went to change his clothes.
Dong Tingzhen’s cheeks instantly lost all color as she stood in the study. Dong Qingping was usually amiable, but his words were sharp and to the point, piercing Dong Tingzhen’s heart as if he had been stabbed in the heart.
Dong Qingping even blocked Dong Tingzhen’s words that she would never implicate the Dong family and would sever ties with the Dong family!
How dare she say that she is willing to go through fire and water for the sake of Prince Liang? If she said the word dare… where would her parents and brothers and sisters be?
Bai Qingyan had said this to Dong Tingzhen just now, but Dong Tingzhen felt that Bai Qingyan was the prince’s man, so he would naturally worry about the prince’s fear that Prince Liang would have the intention of usurping the throne, and worried that the Dong family would support Prince Liang, so Dong Tingzhen was reluctant to listen.
Dong Tingzhen was so sad that she couldn’t help but cover her face and cry.
Dong Qingping changed his clothes in the side room and walked to the door of the study. Before he entered the study, he asked, “Ting Zhen… have you made up your mind? Your father is about to enter the palace…”
Hearing this, Dong Tingzhen cried even more sadly, but did not answer.
“Okay, I will go to the palace right now and arrange your marriage with King Liang! My whole family will go through fire and water to fulfill your wish. I hope you can live with a clear conscience for the rest of your life!”
After Dong Qingping finished speaking, he walked out of the yard.
“Okay! Okay! Zhenzhener is my good daughter! You are the only one who has done evil, and the whole family has to accompany you!” Song was so angry that she burst into tears, “What evil have I done to give birth to a thing like you!”
Dong Qingping came out of the inner courtyard and was extremely disappointed when he didn’t see Dong Tingzhen catching up with him.
Dong Tingzhen had given her personal belongings to Prince Liang, and she had no way of explaining it. The matter had now been reported to the Emperor, and she was determined to marry Prince Liang. What could Dong Qingping do if she objected?
Fortunately, his niece Bai Qingyan noticed this in advance and informed the Dong family, so he was not caught completely off guard.
Bai Qingyan was not as pessimistic as Dong Qingping. Not to mention that the prince should have entered the palace by now and would not sit idly by and watch Prince Liang marry the daughter of the Dong family.
From what her uncle had just said to Dong Tingzhen, she could also tell that her uncle was clear-minded and knew that the Dong family could not get involved in the fight for the throne.
The worst outcome is just an engagement, but as long as the marriage hasn’t taken place yet, there is still room for change.
Song had cried several times because of the fact that Dong Tingzhen gave her personal belongings to Prince Liang, and was finally persuaded to stop by Bai Qingyan.
When Dong Tingzhen appealed to Dong Qingping and Song, she kept it secret. Now the children in the Dong family don’t know what happened at home, but they can sense that the atmosphere in the house is not right.
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After Dong Qingping entered the palace, she didn’t expect that the prince was also there.
The emperor spoke to Dong Qingping about the affair between Prince Liang and Dong Tingzhen, and Dong Qingping pretended to be ignorant and kowtowed to the emperor in shock, claiming that it was impossible for her daughter to have a relationship with Prince Liang. Her daughter and her cousin, Princess Zhenguo Bai Qingyan, were like sisters, so they were of the same blood… To be honest, Prince Liang had caused such a big mess and almost killed the entire Bai family, so how could her daughter possibly have a relationship with Prince Liang.
The prince also chimed in, asking the emperor if there might be some misunderstanding.
The emperor then said that Dong Tingzhen gave the personal safety lock to King Liang as proof of their mutual love.
Dong Qingping was even more shocked, and kowtowed, saying, “My humble daughter’s personal safety lock has been missing for several days. Today, I found out that it was stolen by my daughter’s personal maid, and I have beaten the maid to death!”
The second update is coming! Come on, my little ancestors… The next month’s update is up to you!