Young Miss, Please Don't Run

Everyone was surprised by the emperor's words, they all turn to look at Master Ba.

"Your Majesty, Ba Yue is still young, I think it's too early for her to get married at this time," answered Master Ba.

"Nonsense! She is of age already, she doesn't have to get married immediately. Just getting engage first will be good for her. Does she have someone she likes?"

Many young master and young miss turn their head to look at Li Dong Man. Lots of people knew from the rumors that Ba Yue likes Li Dong Man, the young master of the Li Family.

Li Dong Man is sweatdropping like crazy now and didn't dare to look at others now, especially Tang Wen Yi. He is really afraid now, afraid he has to marry Ba Yue!

Tang Wen Yi also looks over at Li Dong Man. She has heard rumors around town, but Li Dong Man explains to her that he doesn't like Ba Yue, and it is her, who shameless stalks him all the time.

Tang Wen Yi has many suitors, but she didn't want to marry into the royal family. Marrying into the royal family means she will only be one of the many women in the back palace. It will be endless fighting for her husband affection. But marrying to an influential family, she is guarantee she's going to be the main wife since she's the young miss of the Tang family from the main section.

She has the beauty and family background, she is sure to get her husband's affection. With years of living in the Tang family and seeing the fights of the women inside the back residence. She is very confident that she can handle those women if her husband ever marries more wives in the future.

Li Dong Man is the eldest son in the Li Family, he stands next in line to become the family head. He is the ideal husband that she wants, especially since he is very generous toward her. He has given her many rare treasures and expensive jewelry.

The Li family is so well off, she's sure she can get a lot of that when she marries him. But little did she knows, the gifts she has received from him was actually gifts that were given to Li Dong Man by Ba Yue.

"No, your majesty. My daughter doesn't have someone she likes yet," answered Master Ba.

"Master Ba, other than my eldest son who's already married, all my other son is still single. I want to help them find a wangfei (princess). Miss Ba can choose one of my sons to be her husband, what do you think?" says the emperor while looking at Master Ba with a smile.

All of a sudden, all the young master has breath out a sigh of relief, especially Li Dong Man!

But on the other hand, all the princes are all taking cautions, except for one. They didn't expect that their imperial father wanted to make Ba Yue as one of their wangfei! They thought that he will make her marry one of the young masters just like others!

The emperor's first child was a prince, born by the Empress. Even though the first prince who is also the eldest, didn't get crown prince due to his health. His empress mother has gotten him a wangfei since a very young age, just so he can have his own offspring in case anything happens to him.

The second child of the emperor as we all know is Mak Lok Feng, the 2nd prince. His mother is currently a high tier favorite concubine of the emperor. He always thought he will be crown prince one day and becomes the emperor himself.

The third, fourth, and fifth child of the emperor were all princess, giving birth by other lower tier concubine.

The sixth and seventh child of the emperor was a prince, who was born on the same day. According to rumors, the sixth prince's mother has passed away, not long after giving birth. His mother was not favored by the emperor, so he has not paid any attention to this motherless 6th son of his.

The youngest son of the emperor is the 7th prince. He was born by his favorite concubine at the time, who he considered as his true love. The 7th prince's mother mysteriously died when he was 8 years old.

They then found the 8-year-old 7th prince on the floor with a serious head injury. He has forgotten everything or who he was. Since then, even though his body is growing normally, but his mind still remains the same. The imperial doctor said it was most likely due to the shock and head injuries.

But that didn't decrease the love the emperor had for this youngest son of his. Instead, he had showered him with even more love to make up for not having a mother. That triggers lots of jealousy from his other concubines, princes, and princess.

"Master Ba, what do you think of my 2nd and 6th prince? I believe they will make a good match for your daughter. They don't have an official wife yet, so if Miss Ba marries them, she will be the official wife and crown as the wangfei." Said the emperor, while still having a smile on his face, but can see the calculating in his eyes.

He didn't mention the 7th prince because that's his favorite son. He wants the best for this son, he will let him choose his own wangfei.

"Your majesty, I think they are all wonderful, very outstanding people. But…"Before he can say another word, the 2nd prince cuts him off and skip in to talk.

"Imperial father, I think the 7th imperial younger brother would make a great match with Miss Ba," says Prince Feng as he looks over to the 7th Prince.

He doesn't want to marry that fatty Ba Yue, it will ruin his image! He is someone that will become the crown prince in the future! He can't come out with Ba Yue as his wangfei, others will laugh at him to no end! His wangfei has to be someone like one for four big beauties of this country. He also thinks he is doing his idiot younger brother a favor by finding him a wangfei.

The emperor looked at his 2nd son with an unhappy look. He purposely didn't mention the 7th prince and this idiot 2nd son of his just have to mention it!

"I want to marry big sister Ba Yue!, says the 7th prince while looking at his imperial father.

Now the emperor's eyebrow is squeezing even harder! Why is his favorite son want to marry "that" Ba Yue? He can do better than that, I can make any outstanding lady as his wangfei if he wants, but why Ba Yue?

"Little Seven (that's what the emperor likes to call this favorite son of his), why do you want to marry Miss Ba? Have you met her before?" Asked the emperor with a soft pamper voice that not many people get to hear before and also the questioning look in his eyes.

"Yes, imperial father, I have met big sister Ba Yue before! She is very nice to me, she helped wrapped up the wound on my hand when I fell on the ground last time." says the 7th prince with his happily bright smile that can melt one's heart.

"Are you sure you want to marry Miss Ba, little seven? It's not a game, once you marry her, she will become your wangfei. You'll have to live with her and take care of her." said the emperor, hoping his son would change his mind.

"Imperial father, I'm sure! If I have to marry a wangfei and live with her, I want it to be big sister Ba Yue, I liked her a lot! Says the 7th prince with anticipation from his eyes, pleading for his imperial father to agree.

"Master Ba, as you have heard, my little seven like Miss Ba very much! If you don't mind, I'll like to arrange for their "engagement," says the emperor. Even though, he sounds like he's asking Master Ba but it's a decided tone. Nobody can say "NO" to him, the emperor!

And he used the word "engagement" and not "marriage" because he didn't want his little seven to marry yet. And if his little seven changes his mind in the future, he can find an excuse to cancel this engagement.

"Your majesty, it's will be an honor to have my daughter marrying the prince. But my daughter has a very stubborn personality, I can't force her to do anything if she doesn't want to. But If she agrees to it, then I will have no problem with it." said Master Ba.

He knows the emperor will be unhappy to hear that since no one dares to say "No" to him! But he has to say it no matter what because this is regarding his daughter's happiness!

"Oh…." says the emperor, he is very unhappy with this answer, but of course he didn't show it on his face. He then said, "Master Ba, did Miss Ba come to the banquet tonight, I didn't see her around. If she's here, we can ask her what she thinks."

"Your Majesty, my daughter has come to tonight's banquet. She's been sitting over there in the back," says Master Ba as he points to the back where Ba Yue is sitting.