The Wheel Of Transmigration - Chapter 12: 01.11: Weimin Ru

“Because she will marry me.”

Ru Weimin’s declaration startled everyone, including Emperor and Empress Fan because they wished for the girl to be their daughter-in-law. Meanwhile Murong Wu didn’t mind having such a handsome and powerful person as his son-in-law, never having expected that his useless daughter would be able to snatch such a powerful person to be her husband.

He clasped his hands together with a grin, “Very good! Li’er, father is very proud of you for accepting heaven’s will and marrying Emperor Ru. To prevent any further problems, the wedding shall take place next month!”

“But” Murong Jieli didn’t have the chance to voice out her disbelief as Murong Wu silenced her with a sharp glare. He wanted this deal probably more than the groom wanting the bride. To have some type of power in the Ru empire easily made him the most powerful person in this small empire.

“Wait, ” Ru Weimin said calmly, “What does she want?”

“Huh?” It was a first for the bride to have an opinion regarding her marriage, so it shocked Murong Jieli as well, especially in this era where women were considered tools for power and pleasure.

Ru Weimin turned his dark and beautiful eyes to Murong Jieli and asked, “Do you want to marry me?”

‘No, ‘ she wanted to say.

”’But no matter how much you avoid the male protagonist…”’

‘…he’ll end up clashing with the female protagonist anyways.’

Murong Jieli forced herself to smile shyly and avoided answering his question. He clearly recognized her as the woman he dined with and the woman that lied to him… was this a form of revenge?

Emperor Fan widened his eyes in panic as he pushed his favorite son forward. Despite not being as handsome as Ru Weimin, Fan Yishin was handsome enough for women to swoon. Paired with his easygoing smile and peach blossom eyes, he was a handsome sight to behold.

He stared at Murong Jieli with a smile and glanced as his imperial father, wanting to know why he was pushed forward. Emperor Fan mumbled something that only Fan Yishin understood. He nodded and opened his mouth, a clear, baritone voice being heard, “Before you accept, this prince would like to propose marriage to the Murong household as well.”

Murong Feili smiles shyly as she stepped forward, only to be stopped cold by his next words, “Murong Jieli, who will you accept?”

‘This is who you meant earlier?’

”’No, he’s unexpected. I’m surprised with the turn of event, actually.”’

Murong Jieli smiled at the prince, making sure not to offend him by saying no. If she rejected either proposal, she was offending an entire nation.

‘Why does my luck suck?’

”’You know, many women would kill to be in your place. One being Murong Feili that’s glaring at you at the moment.”’

‘They can have it! Seriously, it’s not fun at all having so many men interested. In fact, I’m pretty sure they’re only interested due to my protagonist aura. Otherwise, they wouldn’t spare me a second look if I didn’t look this way, no matter how talented I seem.’

“Could I have some more time to think?” Murong Jieli asked with a flustered face. In reality, she wanted to reject both men and tell them to be with each other. They were both handsome enough, so why couldn’t this story be a yaoi-type of story!?

Xiao Fu snickered, ”’you know, you’ve been to the Central Realm way too many times to actually know what that word means…”’

“No!” Murong Wu said with urgency, “You must pick now. Daughter, we have to wed you soon as possible as you are getting too old for marriageable age. And since it is too disrespectful for the younger sister to get married first, your sister will marry whomever you do not choose.”

‘Wait a second old man, how could you decide that without consulting the men?’

”’But it seems like they don’t care as the only thing they care about is your answer.”’

“I choose…” Murong Jieli hesitated but still answered, “Emperor Ru.”

Fan Yishin’s smile faltered as a scary look flashed in his eyes before he quickly blinked it away, making sure nobody noticed. He congratulated the foreign emperor and before he could walk away, his imperial father had already decreed that he’ll take Murong Feili, his original intended bride, to be his wife.

He turned and looked into a pair of dark eyes that were filled with infatuation and greed. Such eyes weren’t good enough for him to add to his collection… His gaze lingered on Murong Jieli and her gorgeous appearance as he clenched his fists. As he walked back to his pavilion, he cursed Ru Weimin for having his intended bride and vowed for revenge.

Meanwhile Murong Feili couldn’t believe her luck. Who knew the trash could land her what could possibly be the future emperor? She felt grateful, but envy clouded her heart when the illegitimate trash had managed to snatch the empress position of a large empire, but she was stuck with an insignificant empire. Murong Feili cursed the trash and her small fists clenched until her nails ripped through her skin, causing blood to appear. Her mother noticed and widened her eyes, bidding everyone adieu and quickly left with her son and daughter.

Murong Wu began arranging the wedding ceremony for Murong Feili that would take place in two weeks. Despite how much he wanted to marry off Murong Jieli first, he couldn’t break custom of marrying the eldest daughter. And to be the father of two empresses, albeit one being a minor empress, he couldn’t be happier. To think he fathered such children that would grant him such an easy way to power, he couldn’t be prouder.

Murong Jieli would get married in one month in the empire of Ru. And due to the insistence of Ru Weimin, he would take Murong Jieli with him until their wedding when her entire family would be invited, along with the Fan imperial family because it would also be her coronation as empress.

Before she left with Ru Weimin and her future brother-in-law, she whispered in Murong Wu’s left ear about servant Mei attempting to poison her and how she whispered for her father to take care of it.

Murong Wu, no longer wanting to appear as a neglecting father, nodded and promised to teach the servant a lesson.

Xiao Fu widened his cat eyes as he mumbled, ”’petty. Won’t even leave the snitch to be.”’

Murong Jieli shrugged, ‘she chose the wrong boss and job.’

Murong Jieli didn’t bother to go back to her shabby pavilion and get anything as nothing in there was usable much nor did it belong to her. Thus, she waved goodbye to Emperor and Empress Fan and sat inside the beautiful sedan prepared for her to leave to the empire of Ru, her sword in her hand.

Once the guests started leaving, Emperor Fan sighed. They never had the chance to finish the competition due to the interruption of the assassins nor did he have the chance to give the winners his surprise. Even though the other competitions weren’t held, it was clear who would’ve won, anyways. And if he did give her his surprise prize, Emperor Fan didn’t believe the soon-to-be powerful empress would let it benefit her anyways.

What would his imperial decree of granting her one wish, any wish, do?

Unfortunately, Emperor Fan never had the chance to find out as he was suddenly bedridden with a terrible, mysterious illness that killed him off that night.