Daily life - 18

*Emperor Meng Tian (POV)*

The emperor was surprised to hear about the envoy of the Li dynasty in the morning assembly. So, he allowed them to visit him. The envoy came with a letter of the emperor Li and his idea of strengthening their bond and forgetting about the hatred of war through the political marriage of his princess Li Xiaoye with the 10th prince with Meng Yi.

Seeing this emperor, rolled his eyes. Which father will send a 4 years old daughter to the enemy's country for political marriage? From what I know from the shadow soldiers Li Xiaoye mother is not by the emperor Li and Li Xiaoye was also in the same situation. So, he wanted to throw his unloved daughter to marry my son. Good idea because I am looking for a wife for my son. They should develop as a friend first then later to the love and marriage for a good marriage. I always see him follow Victor and playing with him.

I don't need to carefully be about Li Xiaoye because how can the Emperor Li can contact her without my knowledge. Li Xiaoye I still a child who can be grown to be loyal and loving to the people of the Meng dynasty. Meng Yi doesn't have a mother and this problem can also solve with Li Xiaoye support.

Meng Yi should also learn to love and respect his partner. So, it is necessary to let them meet as childhood friends. Anyway, I am planning to leave the thrown to my son, while Li Xiaoye for his support as his empress.

No one in the palace dares to oppose my opinion of me anyway. I accepted the proposal and allowed Li Xiaoye to move to the imperial palace as the fiancé of Meng Yi.

Although, some official had some doubts about the reason for this political marriage no one opposed Meng Tian because they know the emperor knows all and his information network is big. While he is not easily deceived. They also know that the emperor is supporting the 10th to become the next emperor of Meng Tian. They had no opinion because Meng Tian is the son of Lady Wu. So, Meng Tian status is good among all other princes. Even though the emperor killed others without blinking he was a benevolent person to his citizen. You can see from all the projects and construction going on.

*Li Xiaoye (POV)*

Wow! It is so cute. Looking at the panda Li Xiaoye was happy. Li Xiaoye was arranged to the palace near the Meng Yi palace for convenience and to create more opportunities for developing relationship.

Now, Li Xiaoye was in the bamboo garden prepared for Meng Yi's pet like panda she is looking. When Li Xiaoye was focusing on the panda, she heard a sound of a child who was asking "Who are you? and what are doing here in my garden?".

Turning around Li Xiaoye saw a child taller than her coming towards her. He waited for a while for an answer and Li Xiaoye was shy to speak. After sometimes Meng Yi looked at Li Xiaoye shy character and not hearing any reply, he went toward the panda cub to feed some bamboo without waiting for the reply. After feeding he went to her but still no reply. Not caring about her he wants to go for lunch, so walked towards Victor's room while asking the servant regarding Li Xiaoye. But servants had no idea.

After lunch while Meng Yi was talking to Victor, he heard that he got a degree from the emperor, so he kneeled to get it. Meng Yi was shocked to find that he got a fiancé and she is a princess of the Li dynasty. Her name was Li Xiaoye and she will live near to his palace.

Hearing this Victor had a smile and patted on the shoulder Meng Tian wishing him good luck for getting a fiancé at a young age.

*Meng Tian (POV)*

Meng Tian rolled his eyes; he knows that Victor doesn't like interaction with women and other girls in the palace. But he is wishing me luck for getting a fiancé not caring about I talked for some time with Victor and planned to visit the grandmother regarding my fiancé.

When I entered after getting permission from grandmother to enter her room. I saw my grandmother speaking with the girl I saw earlier in the bamboo garden. I wondered what she was doing her.

I wished grandmother good wishes, went toward her. I usually do that because I am a darling grandson of my grandmother and she is always played with me than other princes or princesses for an unknown reason.

Li Xiaoye was also looking towards the Meng Yi curiously because she met him once in the morning, now again in the imperial grandmother's chamber. She knows from the dress of Meng Yi he is one of the princes of the Meng dynasty that's why she was afraid to talk last time. She is usually never talked with others, other than her mother and her servants. So, she was afraid to talk to Meng Yi.

Authors Note Childhood traumas.

Meng Yi told the details of the emperor's decree to the grandmother to ask whether she knows anything about that.

But seeing grandmother smiling Meng Yi don't know what is happening. But later grandmother explained the details and Li Xiaoye identity to me.

I was surprised because I know that our dynasty had a big war with the Li dynasty last month. But they send a marriage proposal and his 4-year-old daughter for political marriage. Is the emperor Li being sick in mind because he lost 10 million soldiers?. Doesn't he hate us for killing millions of his soldiers?.

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Authors Note: It is because the Meng Yi mother was like an adopted daughter for imperial mother and she always worried about the Meng Yi. She also supports the Meng Yi for the next emperor throne in secret. Leave some review.

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