Die, princess, the devil is mine!

Chapter 40 Marriage
After much thought, a political marriage is better than winning over the powerful.

Emperor Tianming had many children, but most of them were princes. There were only three princesses in total, and only one of them could be used for marriage.

Because the other two princesses are six years old and just one month old.

Only the Sixth Princess is of the right age to get married. It can even be said that it is a bit late for her to get married now, because she is already 26 years old this year. Ordinary women at her age can already have children, but she is still single.

It’s not that she is too picky, but her father has delayed her.

Originally, there were countless powerful people who wanted to marry the Sixth Princess, and there were a lot of young talents among them, but the Emperor Tianming had not chosen any one for so many years, and always used the fact that he already had a candidate to stall the nobles.

However, no one had heard any news about the so-called candidate for several years. It was not until the day of the Demon's death a year ago that His Majesty the Emperor was willing to reveal a word as if the plan that had been in operation for many years had finally succeeded.

He claimed that he had promised the Sixth Princess to a great nobleman in the Empire of Light, saying that the nobleman had the title of Grand Duke and his own fiefdom. He was probably one of the most powerful families in the entire Empire of Light.

Faced with such a competitor, the major nobles in the Tianming Empire could only lay down their arms. After all, how could they, the powerful nobles at the end of the empire, compete with the Bright Empire, the most powerful country on the continent, not to mention that the latter were top noble families with independent fiefdoms.

Even when they had no choice but to accept their fate, the nobles still did not forget to despise the Emperor of Heaven in their hearts. In order to establish a relationship with the Empire of Light, they even went so far as to arrange marriages for their daughters with the Grand Duke of the Empire of Light.

Listen and look, is this something a biological father would do?
Grand Duke, what a high title. Anyone who can achieve this must be highly respected and in his seventies or eighties. You should know that the title of Grand Duke is different from a simple Duke. It is a special title, and its successor will be downgraded to an ordinary Duke.

In the history of the countries in the entire God-blessed Continent, there has never been a grand duke under the age of seventy-five. Even a grand duke in his seventies or eighties must be a rare talent. The vast majority of grand dukes are over a hundred years old, and most of them are honorary titles without actual fiefdoms.

The Grand Duke of the Bright Empire, and his fiefdom, everyone casually imagined, and the image of a hunchbacked but tall man who had worked tirelessly for the empire for decades and was still working hard for the empire at the age of nearly a hundred jumped into their minds.

The beautiful Sixth Princess Helena is going to marry such an old man. Just imagining it seems like a waste of talent.

She was the most beautiful woman in the Tianming Empire, one generation earlier than Vivian. If Vivian had not grown up in the past two years, no one would have been able to shake her position as the most beautiful woman.

Even now, it is hard to say whether Princess Helena is more beautiful or Vivian is more beautiful, because they do not belong to the same style. Princess Helena has the kind of bright and elegant beauty, while Vivian has the kind of youthful and beautiful beauty. In fact, it is hard to tell who is better, after all, everyone's aesthetic taste is different.

The main reason why Vivian has come from behind and taken the upper hand now is that she is single, while Princess Helena is already in a relationship with someone whom no one can afford to offend, so there is no reason to even think about competing for her.

Of course, there was no difference between the two of them now. Vivian was taken, and her boyfriend was even more difficult for anyone to mess with...

"If Helena hadn't already been engaged, I really wouldn't have asked you to give your daughter away. But isn't this a coincidence? The Bright Empire has already sent an envoy, and the engagement documents are about to be signed."

Although the Emperor of Heaven's Mandate was a notorious tyrant, he wasn't always acting irrationally. At least what he was saying was true. Vivian had just happened to be in love with Lin En, while his princess was already engaged, with the marriage certificate just missing. "Your Highness understands. I will do my best to persuade Vivian and Lin En to travel and marry, but as for whether they can settle in another country, I'm afraid I can only do my best. After all, it's not like such a powerful man would obey a woman's orders."

Marquis Jones's glance at the Emperor of Heaven's Mandate just now was actually just a last-ditch effort. He knew that there was only a 0.1% chance that the Emperor would break the contract and marry the princess to Lin En.

As one of the Emperor's childhood playmates, he knew his character very well. This guy was not tolerant. Not to mention that he would be suspicious of a strong stranger, even the noble children who grew up with him like him had become strangers to him.

"Then hurry and do it! Ideally within three days... no, within one day, I'll get news that the person has left the Destiny Empire! After you're done, I'll definitely reward you handsomely!"

Emperor Tianming was relieved to see that Eddie Jones was sensible and willing to make sacrifices for the emperor at the critical moment. He also knew the situation of the Jones family, and he was really worried that this old man would disobey orders for the sake of his precious daughter.

After receiving the Emperor's order, Marquis Jones left the scene and went home. He knew that his daughter was in big trouble. Although the old man Kant did not dare to come to Vivian for inquiry last night because he was worried about Lynn, she could not escape this disaster after all.

The emperor, who was suspicious and timid by nature, could not tolerate a tiger sleeping soundly beside his bed, so he decided to lure the tiger away from the mountain. His daughter naturally became the bait to lure away the tiger and was forced to sacrifice herself to Lin En.

Of course, it is hard to say whether they were forced or not. His daughter was indeed interested in Lin En, and Lin En also had some feelings for Vivian. It was not an exaggeration to say that they were in love with each other. It was just that the emperor's request would cause the relationship between this pair of young men and women to accelerate rapidly and get straight to the point.

After Marquis Jones left, the court meeting continued for a while, but what they discussed afterwards was unknown to Marquis Jones, who left early. However, he did not care about this. After all, it had nothing to do with him. He had already received his mission, and he had to carry it out as long as he wanted to continue to stay in the Tianming Empire.

Back at the Marquis's Mansion, Vivian, who hadn't slept well last night, was waiting for him at home. She couldn't wait to know the attitude of the imperial high-ranking officials towards Lin En, which would determine whether her future relationship with Lin En would be smooth.

However, after Marquis Jones told Vivian the conversation that took place at the grand court meeting word for word, the usually innocent and lively Vivian fell into a long silence.

"Your Majesty, do you really want me to do this?"

After a long time, Vivian raised her head with red eyes, looked at her father, and asked in a helpless tone.

"That's his will, but don't worry about it. At worst... we can just leave the Tianming Empire with our entire family and not give up this damn title. I also want my daughter and future son-in-law to have a normal relationship, instead of being forced together!"

Marquis Jones looked at his daughter's beautiful big eyes and spoke word by word.

Vivian tilted her head when she heard this, and then...

"what?"

(End of this chapter)