"What?"
A single stone stirred a thousand waves. If Han Qing's announcement that she was already betrothed to someone had been a shallow-water bomb, Jiang Hao's response was a deep-water torpedo.
Ignoring the sound of countless girls' hearts breaking below, Jiang Hao slowly walked up to Han Qing and actually took her delicate hand in front of everyone, answering Han Su again, "I'm the one betrothed to Yuechu. I'm sorry for keeping it from you all for so long."
Han Su stared incredulously at their clasped hands, then looked to King Han for confirmation, hoping his father would reject the marriage publicly.
But before King Han could speak himself, Han Qing said, "A year ago, to persuade Marshal Long to take command in the City of Eternity, I signed a marriage agreement with him to marry Jiang Hao, with my royal father's consent. I originally intended to announce this after the war ended. I never expected to tell everyone this way. My sincere apologies."
King Han gave Han Su a cold look, utterly disappointed in this son of his. He had already made his position so obvious, yet the boy still insisted on charging into a wall. What an incorrigible fool.
Now that things had reached this point, he had no choice but to state his position, both to clean up after his useless son and to placate Jiang Hao. He still had to rely on Jiang Hao to lead the army and drive all the Northern Barbarians out of the Shenzhou Kingdom.
So, before all the civil and military officials, he confirmed the marriage. "Qing'er's marriage to Marquis Champion was arranged jointly by me and my esteemed minister Long. They are a match made in heaven. The day Marquis Champion sweeps away every invader and ends the war shall