The discussions on the international marriage were less than smooth.
It should have been a grand affair for two friendly neighboring nations to have a conjugal union, as a sign of respect for the other country.
However, the Emperor felt that their union, afterall, was not a glorious affair. Using the upcoming weddings of two princes and a princess as his excuses, he insisted that the date of the Third Prince's wedding should remain the same as previously planned, which was the day he was supposed to marry Li Mingfang.
Zhuge Meiyu was originally unwilling to comply. To her, marrying on the same day initially destined for Third Prince's and Li Mingfang's union was a harbinger of misfortune and bewitched!
However, the Emperor stated that if the wedding were not to happen on that day, then the order of the princes' weddings should instead be adjusted according to their legitimacies, favoring those born of his legal wives.
