Name Your Price

In Princess Mingyu's eyes, Xiao Zetian was a true man of iron and blood, loyal and righteous. So Princess Mingyu immediately concluded that Xiao Zetian had no choice but to marry Su Li because Su Li used the favor she had over him, leveraging his loyalty and sense of obligation to force him into the marriage.

And knowing Xiao Zetian's character, if he truly married a wife, he would definitely be devoted to her.

Princess Mingyu immediately decided she would stay and prevent Xiao Zetian from being coerced by the wicked-hearted Su Li, who used gratitude as leverage to force him to marry a village girl utterly unworthy of him.

Thinking this through, Princess Mingyu resolved to go all out. Since Su Li could show favor to Xiao Zetian, then as long as she stayed, she too could show favor to him.

Then their favors would cancel each other out, and with the backing of two royal families behind her, Princess Mingyu would surely have the upper hand!

So Princess Mingyu plopped down and declared, "I am concerned about General Xiao's injuries and have decided to stay here to take care of him until he recovers, after which we shall return to the capital together, where I will be granted a title and wed to him!"

"Your Highness!" Xiao Zetian furrowed his brows tightly. Why was Princess Mingyu so unreasonable?

Princess Mingyu crossed her arms and leaned back in the chair, saying, "I will petition your Jin Emperor to advance and retreat alongside General Xiao. If General Xiao wants me to return to the capital, fine—once his injuries heal, I will return with him! But if General Xiao wants to send me away..."

Princess Mingyu sized Xiao Zetian up and said, "Then I will truthfully report to your Jin Emperor that General Xiao's injuries have long healed and he is well, but he is trapped by a village girl who uses gratitude to hold him captive!"

"You!" Xiao Zetian trembled with anger. This obstinate Princess Mingyu was actually threatening him!

Princess Mingyu's intent was clear: she would shamelessly stay. If Xiao Zetian insisted on driving her away, she would petition the Emperor and expose his earlier lie that he could not return to the court due to illness. The real culprit behind this scandal would be Su Li, who coerced him with favors.

This really gave Xiao Zetian a headache. Given Princess Mingyu's personality, she could very well pull this off.

Once the Emperor found out, he would surely be furious and punish Su Li. Things would become difficult to handle!

Seeing Xiao Zetian's expression, Princess Mingyu knew her plan had succeeded and felt very pleased with her own cleverness.

Princess Mingyu beamed proudly at Su Li and said, "I’ll grant you the favor of staying in your home to conveniently take care of General Xiao."

Su Li: "..."

Seeing Su Li’s displeasure, Princess Mingyu felt even more delighted. She proudly called on Lvl Luo to help her as she strode towards Su Li’s backyard, saying, "Since I plan to stay long-term to care for General Xiao, I must choose a place to live. Tsk tsk, what a shabby place this is, all rundown. It’s hard for General Xiao to stay here so long. After my grand wedding with General Xiao, I’ll have my father build a magnificent mansion as my dowry."

Princess Mingyu and Lvl Luo swaggered towards the backyard, determined to stay. No one could do anything about it. Reluctantly, they followed to avoid the willful princess causing more trouble.

Princess Mingyu looked around deliberately slowing her pace, then leaned close to Su Li and whispered mockingly, "I know you’re General Xiao’s benefactor. You’re just a village woman, probably the highest official you’ve ever seen is the local magistrate here. So I understand how thrilling it must have been to save a great general, but you can’t be greedy. Name your price for gold and silver; I’ll pay you whatever you want. But your background is truly unworthy of General Xiao. Be sensible and stop clinging to him."