assistirfilmes Chapter 648: Marriage
Chapter 648: Marriage
Chapter 648: Marriage
"What? Miss Yue?"
Ling Feng's pupils slightly contracted. He turned to stare at Feng Mo and said in a deep voice, "Yue Yunlan? Miss Yue?"
"Who else could it be?" Feng Mo replied with irritation.
"Feng Mo, explain yourself clearly," Ling Feng instinctively grabbed Feng Mo's wrist and asked urgently.
"Brother Feng, let go first! You're crushing my bones!" Feng Mo wailed in pain.
"Sorry, sorry." Ling Feng quickly released his grip and asked again, "What happened to Miss Yue?"
"She..." Feng Mo let out a long sigh. "She's about to be taken by the eleventh prince of the Tianyang Empire!"
"What?" Ling Feng's pupils contracted even more. "What do you mean by that?"
"It's the eleventh prince of Tianyang proposing a marriage!" Gu Tengfeng, standing on the sword-fighting platform, jumped down and spoke calmly. "I heard my father talk about it yesterday. Apparently, early yesterday morning, the eleventh prince himself entered the palace to see the emperor, proposing a marriage alliance between the two nations.
"I initially thought this was an issue concerning one of the princesses. However, I never expected the emperor to decide that Miss Yue would be the one to marry."
Gu Tengfeng paused and then said solemnly, "Do you remember, six years ago, when Miss Yue entered the palace to meet the emperor? She was adopted as his goddaughter and given the title of Princess Zhao De. It turns out the emperor had long planned this! The mind of a ruler is indeed unfathomable!"
"Yes, yes, but nothing is finalized yet..." Feng Mo quickly added.
As Feng Mo explained further, Ling Feng finally understood the situation.
It turns out that yesterday, the eleventh prince of the Tianyang Empire had presented an entire city as a dowry, proposing to marry a princess from the Tianbai Empire. Additionally, he demanded three cities on the northwest border of the Tianbai Empire as part of the marriage settlement.
These three cities are critical border fortresses, difficult to conquer and easy to defend. If the Tianbai Empire were to hand over these cities, it would leave the Tianbai Empire vulnerable. In the future, if the Tianyang Empire launched an invasion, there would be three fewer defensive barriers, allowing the enemy to directly penetrate deep into Tianbai's territory.
To abandon these fortresses would be like giving up half of the kingdom, and the princess being married off would likely end up as a hostage.
The Tianyang Empire's scheme was undeniably malicious.
Such an obvious ploy could not escape the attention of the Tianbai emperor. Giving up the border fortresses would be akin to disarming himself, something the emperor couldn't agree to.
Yu Sixian rubbed his hands together and chuckled. "See? I told you, Brother Feng has feelings for Miss Yue, even though he doesn't say it. The moment he heard she was about to get married, his eyes practically turned green with jealousy!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the ears of Mu Qianxue and Tuoba Yan perked up noticeably. In the next instant, the two women sprinted toward the central training ground of the Imperial City at full speed.
...
With Ling Feng moving at full speed, it didn't take long for him to reach the Imperial City's training ground.
By now, the ground was packed with people. Ling Feng and Feng Mo struggled to the front of the crowd with great difficulty.
The Tianyang Empire's challenge to the youth of the Tianbai Empire was a major event. Not a single aristocratic family in the Imperial Capital was absent from the scene.
At the center of the field, a temporary high platform had been erected. Seated on the throne was a middle-aged man, none other than the emperor of the Tianbai Empire.
Ling Feng took one look and felt as though the man's entire body was shrouded in a faint mist, revealing only a vague outline. He could not get a clear sense of the emperor's appearance.
"So powerful!"
Ling Feng squinted. This Tianbai Emperor's strength might not be inferior to that of Yan Cangtian, who had ascended to the rank of human emperor.
The other day, when the despicable donkey controlled a demonic beast condensed from demonic qi over the Imperial City, as many as seven or eight emperor-level experts took action. It was clear that the empire concealed many powerful figures. The Tianbai imperial family's ability to rule the kingdom was backed by deep-rooted strength.
Feng Mo, seeing the middle-aged man on the high platform, seemed nervous and instinctively hid behind Ling Feng.
Although Feng Mo, as a prince of the Tianyang Empire, disliked involving himself in national affairs, upon hearing about this critical competition, he rushed to notify Ling Feng immediately.
In his view, at that moment, only Ling Feng had the potential to turn the tide.
To the emperor's right, there was another high platform, where the eleventh prince and Xiahou Lie were seated. Next to the eleventh prince stood a woman in purple. Her charming face maintained a slight, ever-present smile.
The eleventh prince, who had mastered the Mystical Yellow Flame, was unquestionably one of the most outstanding young talents.
Moreover, the condition requiring contestants to be below the Spiritual Element Realm automatically disqualified Yan Jinghong, the so-called Empire’s Legend of the Tianbai Empire, from participating.
With Yan Jinghong out of the competition, there was no one among the younger generation of the Tianbai Empire who could match the eleventh prince!