Marrying an Old Emperor

Su Yisi, the youngest legitimate daughter of the Ping'an Marquis's household, woke up to find that time had suddenly gone back more than twenty years.

The Ping'an Marquis's household, long since fallen into decline in the future, was now the Duke of Anguo's household, with carriages constantly arriving and its gates crowded with visitors. Tribute goods, silks, and satins poured endlessly into the manor from the palace.

Seeing the elders who would one day be renowned at court or deftly manage family affairs in the inner household now fretting over entering officialdom and marriage, Su Yisi felt like a prophet, and found it all rather entertaining.

There was just one fly in the ointment: she discovered that her father was actually getting close to the future third prince, a doomed cannon-fodder character?!!!

"The third prince may be courteous to men of talent, but he's indecisive. Father, you should support the fifth prince instead."

"Hah! The fifth prince is sinister and vicious, and his birth is too lowly. How could he possibly have the bearing of an emperor?"

Su Yisi frowned in displeasure. The old emperor of the future had once saved her, and was clearly the kindest person in the world. Her father must have been taken in by the third prince.

In that case, if her father wouldn't go, she would!

But when the fifth prince finally left the palace, Su Yisi went to the brothel and saw the man before her, whose sharp gaze was like a serpent's tongue. Her legs immediately went weak, and she couldn't stop herself from dropping to her knees.

"F-F-Fifth Prince, this servant... this servant has come to pledge herself to you."

The fifth prince laughed coldly inwardly. If he remembered correctly, the Su family had just become related by marriage to his third sister-in-law's family. He stepped closer to Su Yisi and, looking at the woman with red ears, asked softly, "Oh? You want to marry me?"

"Yes." Su Yisi hadn't heard what the fifth prince had said at all. Gazing at his stunning face, she answered in a trembling voice.

Hearing her reply, the fifth prince lifted Su Yisi's chin with his slender fingers. His expression was impossible to read. "Very well. I'll come to your home tomorrow to ask for your hand."

Su Yisi was utterly dumbfounded.

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Xun Li was the new emperor's favored official, a blade in the emperor's hand, striking wherever he was pointed.

Though exceedingly handsome, wherever he went, people lived in fear.

In private, people gave him a nickname: "The Jade-Faced Yama."

The great aristocratic families treated him with respect on the surface, but privately looked down on his humble origins.

One day, that blade fell upon the Shengling Marquis's household.

After court, the marquis finally lost his temper and cursed him out. "You're nothing but a mad dog! What do you have to be so proud of? How dare you provoke me? I'll make you pay!"

Xun Li gave a cold snort, his gaze on the Shengling Marquis exceptionally icy.

The next day, the Shengling Marquis received an imperial decree: the new emperor had betrothed his legitimate eldest daughter to Xun Li.

The marquis was so furious that he skipped court for three days. A month later, however, his eldest daughter, Sheng Luyan, still entered the Xun household.

At first, everyone pitied the eldest daughter of the Shengling Marquis's household. Such a delicate flower was being planted in a pile of cow dung.

Later, as they watched her become more and more doted on, more and more people came to the manor to ask her for help.

A little scene

The new emperor held a banquet for his important ministers. When Xun Li saw his wife pick up a bowl of cold porridge, he frowned, took it from her, and finished it in a few mouthfuls.

Seeing everyone's eyes on them, Sheng Luyan had a sudden idea and began to wipe away tears. "My lord, I only said one thing to you yesterday. Does that mean I can't even have porridge today?"

A vein twitched on Xun Li's forehead as he tried to speak.

Sheng Luyan quietly tugged at his sleeve and shook her head at him.

Xun Li let out a deep breath and said coldly, "If you don't behave, I won't even let you drink water!"

Tears welled in Sheng Luyan's eyes.

Everyone looked at her with sympathy once more.

After that, no one came to ask her for help again.

Theme: Work hard at life and change your fate.