
"Greetings grandma, father and others" said Bai min with a little courage to look at the face of the grandmother who looks very disappointed to Bai min, and also the face of Minister Huan who looked very angry with a very tired face after the trip home today.
Minister Huan had just returned from his duty of dealing with the plague in the northern regions of the empire which was more to say his punitive duty, his, his initial Minister Huan wanted to calm his mind at the residence after tired of overcoming the plague that never improved. but all hope was lost when he heard that the concubine Huan xi was disappointed by her daughter who had been presumptuous to refuse the matchmaking from Consort Huan xi in the concubine's own residence. making the Huan minister intervene in this matter, however, this matchmaking plan is not only the desire of concubine Huan xi, but it starts from her family plan that asks for help from concubine Huan xi.
However, Minister Huan and the rest of his family were disappointed by Bai min's decision, who reluctantly rejected the matchmaking of Consort Huan xi, without knowing the end of his stubborn nature.
"do you know where your fault lies?" ask the big madam with a pressing tone.
"no grandma, what did I do to make you look so mad at me?" asked Bai min innocently.
"son, we're not all angry with you but very disappointed with you, you've ruined all of our dreams" Huan said as carefully as possible so that Bai min could understand what he was explaining.
"what did I do to make you all disappointed in me?, didn't it look all right this morning?" denied Bai Min who didn't want to admit her mistake.
"don't dodge! don't you know, if our family has planned to match you with the second prince, then what have you done today?!" angry the great madam who was already unable to be patient anymore.
"grandmother, not that I don't want this matchmaking, but that Hanxi prince who doesn't want to be in a match with me. after all, it was not that my grandmother and mother had also supported my decision to be with the crown prince?" said Bai Min looking sad because she felt accused by her family.
"enough Bai min! don't you get me wrong, prince Hanxi, we all know what happened at the residence of concubine Huan xi today! we're very disappointed in you" exasperated minister Huan.
"but what's wrong with my decision?" asked Bai min sadly.
"do you know how much we expect of you, huh?! by marrying with the prince of Hanxi, the power of our family will increase and you will also have a great opportunity to ascend the throne of the kingdom with the prince of Hanxi" explained Minister Huan.
"what your father Bai min really said, I originally wanted to support the decision you made, but after your father told me about our family relationship with the empress which was not good my decision immediately changed.I don't want to know you have to marry the prince of Hanxi!." insisted the great madam.
"mother, master, get used to you guys being a little gentle to my daughter, she looks very depressed" Quin xie said trying to neutralize the atmosphere.
"no!" answer both angry people at the same time.
"if our family is in conflict with the empress.then why can Arana be together with prince Jikxi? isn't prince Jikxi the same as the empress's son?! while me? why can't I be with the crown prince?! this is not unfair! Arana who is an unlucky bearer can have what I always wanted!. whereas I?! why am I always unable to?!." hysterically Bai min was angry with the circumstances that befell him.
Bai Min is very envious of Arana, who despite being born is not cared for by her family but can still live life quietly, while Bai min from childhood until now given a lot of demands by his family on the grounds of love and affection, he said, sometimes Bai Min feels if not noticed by his family will be much better compared to always noticed.
"Enough! don't be the same as you are with that unlucky child!. Do you know how lucky you are to be spoiled by this family?! he could easily be with the Jikxi prince since the Jikxi prince had supreme power among the other princes, that man also wanted Arana!. whereas you?! are you not aware of yourself who is now looked down upon by many people?!" angry big mistress.
"we've all arranged this match for your own good, son, with you getting married to the Hanxi prince, you'll be able to feel the empress' position in the second prince's residence, as for the crown prince he has had a future crown princess since childhood, whereas you will never be able to fight against that crown princess candidate." clearly Quin xie gently so that his beloved daughter could understand the situation.
"mom, you're kidding me, aren't you? how could the crown prince have had a future crown princess candidate, it was not until this time that the famous crown prince did not have a single woman on his side and again the entire empire no one knew about the candidate for the crown princess" Bai min said in disbelief.
"because only members of the royal family know that, the identity and timing of her second engagement are well kept secret by the emperor so that future crown princesses can ascend the throne easily, and again his great power is able to support the position of the crown prince to be able to ascend the throne, therefore the empress is very guarding the prospective daughter-in-law" explained Quin xie.
"Have you heard that?! don't ever think of contradicting the future crown princess candidate!, because you will never be able to fight her, you'll only end up pitifully in that guy's hands if you stay stubborn!." threatening the big madam then left the family hall with great anger towards her dear granddaughter who was very stubborn.
"if you still don't understand what we're explaining, it's good to reflect on him at the ancestral site for two weeks" Huan said, then left the family hall in another row.
Bai min still did not understand what he had just heard, the crown prince had already had a future crown princess candidate, how could it be? were all the beautiful fantasies Bai Min had imagined that would just vanish? no of course not. Bai min would look for a way to get the position of crown princess no matter what.
"but who are the future crown princess candidates?, if they were among these imperial noble ladies I guess, I'm far superior to them in any way before my name is smeared, whoever he is, I won't let him ruin all the plans I've been putting together for so long" bai Min muttered then left the family hall.
On the other hand, though, the, someone who had eavesdropped on the conversation of the people inside the family hall was just as shocked as Bai min when he found out that the crown prince already had a future crown princess candidate.
"heh that's very good, at least he will suffer someday in the crown prince's residence if it continues to be big head like that" coldly smiled Arana cynically.
"but I am very curious about the future crown princess, whether her power can exceed that of prince Jikxi?" murmured Arana curiously.
"ah why should I think of prince Jikxi, I better find out who exactly the future crown princess is" Arana said and left the family hall.
On the other hand after the minister Huan came out of the family hall, the minister Huan looked extremely agitated inside his room, which was his, he went back and forth indistinctly inside the room with his forehead that sometimes shriveled while he was thinking of something that only he knew what the matter was.
"Sir, what's the problem?" quin xie asked gently as she saw her husband look so agitated inside their room.
"we must immediately marry Bai min to the prince of Hanxi" said the minister with deep eyes looking at Quin xie.
"yes I know the restlessness of the master towards our daughter, but the master knows it will not be stubbornness, our daughter will be very imposing her desires, let alone we can see earlier, we can see, how much bai min wants the crown prince" said Quin xie who understands the nature of his daughter.
"this matchup is not just about the happiness of our daughter, but also the safety of our whole family" said Minister Huan seriously.
"if we don't match Bai min immediately to the prince of hanxi then one day, our family will completely vanish from this empire."
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