"All right."
Xie Jingqian left as well, while Ye Tangtang stood there, staring after him...
"Tang Tang, that is the Young Marquis from the Marquis of Wu'an's Residence. Do you know him?" Ye Yubei stood beside Ye Tangtang and stroked his daughter's little head.
"Emperor Father, I know him. Can you make him my Princess Consort?"
Ye Tangtang blinked her big eyes, looking up at her Emperor Father with anticipation.
"Tang Tang, that Young Marquis is nearly twenty, and he is about to get married. You're still little. By the time you grow up, he'll already have a wife. Surely you don't want to be a concubine... absolutely not. My daughter must never be a concubine."
Ye Yubei refused Ye Tangtang's request.
"Tang Tang, whatever sort of Princess Consort you want, your father will agree. But we'll discuss that once you're grown up. You're still too young now."
Ye Yubei affectionately rubbed his daughter's little head. This little one had so much on her mind. How old was she, to already be thinking of making the Young Marquis her Princess Consort?
"All right, Emperor Father. Then let's wait until I'm fifteen. If the Young Marquis still hasn't married when I'm fifteen, I want him to be my Princess Consort." Ye Tangtang gently tugged at Ye Yubei's sleeve as she bargained with him.
"All right, Emperor Father promises. If the Young Marquis refuses when the time comes, Emperor Father will tie him up and give him to Tangtang."
Ye Tangtang was tickled into laughter and grinned broadly. "Emperor Father, you have to keep your word! Emperor Father is mighty!"
*But in another three years, the male lead will be invading, and the Northern Li Kingdom will be destroyed. I don't even know if I'll still have the fortune to be a