When Tang Changsheng heard this, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. He had thought Emperor Mingde truly knew everything, and the thought had given him a fright. So there were still things the emperor did not know!
At the very least, Emperor Mingde did not know that Tang Changsheng had stumbled upon another extraordinary opportunity. With the Jade Ruyi, he could wield power on the material plane, open the Five-Colored Bead, and enter the Jing Mountain Cave Abode.
But before this old fox, Tang Changsheng dared not let the slightest hint show.
Emperor Mingde gave a chuckle. "That was only a Cave Abode. Would you like a Cave-Heaven? A complete Cave-Heaven? It would be her dowry!"
Tang Changsheng found it rather strange. Was Emperor Mingde afraid his granddaughter would never find a husband? Why was he trying so hard to sell him on the idea?
And Princess Pingyin had behaved strangely today too. Tang Changsheng had expected her to leap up and object!
If Tang Changsheng still failed to realize that Princess Pingyin had not been picking fights with him for no reason, but because of this Marriage Pact, he might as well run headfirst into a wall.
Even now, with Emperor Mingde bringing it up right in front of him, Princess Pingyin merely wore an expression as cold as frost. She said nothing, almost as though she tacitly accepted it.
Perhaps Tang Changsheng had glanced at Fan Wan'er one time too many, because she noticed. When he looked her way again, she said evenly, "Women of the imperial family have never had a say in their own marriages!"
Tang Changsheng gradually began to understand. He had barely finished refining the pills before Emperor Mingde summoned him to discuss marriage...
It all came down to his skill at Pill