She Only Cares About Cultivation

Chapter 1360: Chapter 987: Poison Doctor Unrivaled 48 (Four Thousand)

"What promise did Beiming Yi make to you, that you’re willing to disregard the words of a monarch to trap me here?" freewebnσvel.cøm

Murong Yi was indeed feeling guilty, but being pointed out so directly by his daughter only deepened his gloom and discomfort.

"How could you think that way? Is Beiming Yi truly inferior to Shui Yixuan? I am doing this for your own good; you are my legitimate princess. How can a mere merchant be worthy of you?"

Murong Xue let out a cold laugh, "A merchant? So what if he’s a merchant? And you are the Emperor; what did my mother gain by marrying you? If the price of acknowledging our kinship is to treat me like a pawn, to make a nominal contribution to the future prosperity of Lanyue Country, then I’m sorry—no more Princess Yunxi or Sixth Princess for me. Besides, I’m not yet on the Murong Family’s genealogy, am I? Now, let me make it very clear to you: I will not be a princess. Yes, I will not. Go find someone else to marry off; whoever accepts will go get married—it’s perfectly reasonable! I, Jiang Xue, am a person of integrity. I declared autonomy in marriage, which means I determine my own future, and no one can sway it!"

Murong Yi’s anger surged instantly, "Murong Xue, I am the monarch, the Emperor of Lanyue. I need to consider not just you but the safety of millions of people. If your marriage can guarantee Lanyue’s peace for a hundred years, why shouldn’t I agree? Why wouldn’t I agree? As the legitimate princess of Lanyue, what does it matter if you sacrifice a little for me and the people? Moreover, I do think Beiming Yi is quite good, a genuine young man. You’ve even saved him, and he’s sincerely wishing to marry you. Why not give each other a chance? Who knows, he might just be your destined one?"

"Enough with the grandiloquent talk, and as for me, I am not so noble to the extent of considering the common people of Lanyue. I live for myself; if I am not comfortable, what does it matter how well others live? Beiming Yi is good? Ha, that’s only in your eyes. I never thought he was good in any way. Whether he’s good or bad has nothing to do with me; simply because of his Royal Family status, there is no way I could marry him."

"Why not? You are a princess, and he is a prince. You two are meant to be together."

Jiang Xue was almost nauseated by this ’meant to be together’, "Are you wanting me to follow in my mother’s footsteps? Give up a carefree life in Jianghu only to become a caged bird in the Imperial Palace? Ultimately becoming just a sacrifice in the battles among countless women? Is that really for Lanyue’s benefit? For your benefit? For everyone? Isn’t it laughable?" ƒrēewebnovel.com

"You, how dare you! Shut your mouth!"

Murong Yi had initially felt guilty towards her, hence his tolerance. But now, seeing her use his marriage to Lanshu Yue against him again, how could he still endure it?

Jiang Xue glanced at him lightly, "Is this intolerable? How much grievance my mother suffered back then, do you know? You don’t know. As the monarch, you want everyone to be happy, even trying to balance those concubines who often bullied my mother. This is the helplessness of being an Emperor. Because you cannot care for everyone, even the one you love most must swallow her grievances silently. As for me? I have a simpler choice. Why must I walk the most difficult and thorny path? If I had known Beiming Yi would be like this, ha, I would never have saved him, no matter how much money he offered!"

At this point, Jiang Xue had no intention to communicate further and looked tiredly at Murong Han.

"Brother, initially, I came back out of respect for you. Now, sorry, I will not be a princess. Whom I marry and how I marry has nothing to do with this place. If I cannot even decide my own future, I might as well be dead. And let me also make it clear—I will not marry. If pushed, I am capable of doing anything. I am not some ordinary nobody to be disposed of as one pleases. I am flesh, blood, and capable; if I wish, can you imagine? I could level the entire continent!"

Jiang Xue cast a disdainful glance over Murong Yi’s about-to-explode imperial face and swept out, and as she opened the grand hall doors, the guards and eunuchs outside collectively dropped to their knees, and instead of hearing any voice preventing her departure, the Emperor inside threw a teacup in anger.