Zhao Kang was horrified at her favor but later calmed down when Blare explained that she needed someone to shield her from other men.
Li Rouhan and Guang Fan Ai also have their fake partners.
From all of the three women's traveling, men would always flirt and asked them to marry. So Blare suggested that they get someone to act as their spouses.
Which was a perfect excuse for Blare, because that means she and Zhao Kang can act like a couple.
"Zhao Kang, from now on I'll call you |×|Kang'gege. You have to call me Hua'er, okay?" Blare said, looking at Zhao Kang for agreement.
"Young miss... but--"
"No buts! We need to act!" Blare playfully said and crossed her arms.
'Acting then making it real! Haha!!' Blare thought as she smiled wryly to herself.
So shameless. The body was criticizing Blare at this moment.
Zhao Kang only nodded, his young miss never gave him a chance to escape.
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Wang Jianyi visited the Fang Estate a week after Blare left.
He wanted to wait until she cooled her head, but he had never thought the woman would leave the Yang Empire.
Moreover, General Fang informed him that he wanted Zhao Kang to marry Fang Chunhua. And that they had already been promised together!
It was true, General Fang and Zhao Guzheng, the old man who crafted the Phoenix hairpin, already made an agreement that their children will be married.
Zhao Kang did not know this, nor Fang Chunhua.
"What's the meaning of this, General Fang?" Wang Jianyi's jaw clenched in irritation.
"There's no meaning behind it, Your Highness. My daughter also wanted to marry Zhao Kang. What my daughter wants is also what her father wants." General Fang said as he calmly drank his tea and looked at Wang Jianyi with a straight face.
Which is a lie. Because Blare never agreed to General Fang's suggestion. But she did plan to matchmake Zhao Kang to her.
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The father-daughter pair have the same purpose but never talked about it together.
"She wanted a lowly man as her spouse? I doubt that" Wang Jianyi sneered.
"Hua'er loves Zhao Kang" General Fang quickly replied.
Again, that was a lie.
Wang Jiayin's heart pained. He tightly clutches the cloth in his chest.
"That peasant---"
"My future son-in-law has already proven himself to me, Your Highness. Whether he is a peasant or not, I already accepted him." General Fang cut off Wang Jianyi's insults.
Wang Jianyi's smirked, "What has he proven to you, General? I can surpass all of the things that he can offer."
"Zhao Kang love my daughter. For better or for worse."
Another lie! But the Prince believed it.
"I love her as well!" Wang Jianyi unknowingly shouted.
General Fang's eyebrows twitch in anger, but he composed himself, "Your Highness, it seems like you have forgotten the last words you had shouted at my daughter 3 months ago"
Wang Jianyi hands formed into fists. He is overwhelmed with guilt.
"I have matters to attend, Your Highness. It is unfortunate that I cannot accompany you" General Fang cupped his hands together and bowed. Then he left the speechless Wang Jianyi in the main hall.
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Wang Jianyi left the Fang Estate, never uttering a single word.
He stood in the plum blossom garden and thought about what happened when he visited his lover in the Yin Empire.
Qiao Langfeng, the woman he fell in love with when he was 15 years old.
As he visited her in the Capital of Yin Empire. The woman always greeted him with her angelic smile. At that time, he was still thinking about Fang Chunhua.
Seeing Qiao Langfeng smile, he felt nothing.
The love that he thought he felt for Qiao Langfeng was just a temporary desire for beautiful women.
Wang Jianyi was cruel. He told her straight to the point that he was breaking whatever relationship they had.
Surprisingly, Qiao Langfeng was calm as she accepted the break-up.
However, this was not a surprise to Wang Jianyi. He was aware that the woman never fell in love with him for the past 8 years of courting her.
Moreover, he was also aware that Qiao Langfeng only accepted to be his secret lover because he was a Prince. Besides, the Prince practically pressured Qiao Langfeng to be with him. So the woman didn't have a choice.
However, he overlooked the fact that for the past 8 years that he was courting her, Qiao Langfeng had really fallen for him. So to maintain her dignity, she calmly accepted their separation. She can only cry in pain as she watched him leave the Yin Empire after only a day of visiting her.
"Jian'gege!" a bashful voice cut Wang Jianyi's thought.
He looked over his cousin who her mother, the Empress, always paired him up with.
Tang Meixiang. Wang Jianyi's cousin from his paternal side.
Wang Jianyi was tired so he can only stride towards his room. Ignoring his cousin.
But he stopped when the woman pulled his arm. Wang Jianyi glared at Tang Meixiang and shove her off, causing her to fall.
"You!!! If you weren't favored by the Empress, I would have already killed you!"
Tang Meixiang shivered with fright, she thought that she came at the wrong time.
"What is going on here?!" a middle-aged woman appeared and helped Tang Meixiang up.
It was Yao Lijuan, the Empress of the Yang Empire.
"Wang Jianyi! How can you treat your cousin like this?!" The Empress shouted and shot a glare at Wang Jianyi.
Wang Jianyi gave a mocking gaze, "Whatever your plan is mother, I would never allow it"
As he said that, he glared at Tang Meixiang with killing intent. The woman can only hide behind the Empress.
The Empress also felt his son's killing intent, so she stood in her place without saying anything.
Wang Jianyi left the two, one was shivering and the other was speechless.