C9

Three days later, a large number of attendants suddenly came to the entrance of the merchant house. The person in the lead was a white-haired eunuch. He dismounted and shouted, "The imperial edict has arrived."

When Shang Tiancheng, who was in the main hall, heard that someone had come to report, he hurriedly placed down the incense and led the young and old of the Residence of He to kneel down to receive the edict.

"Long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor!"

The white-haired eunuch, Eunuch Li, began to announce the decree, "Obeying to the heavens, the emperor decrees: The imperial physician Tiancheng, with outstanding medical skills, noble character, well-mannered daughter, fair complexion, intelligent nature, and a virtuous and virtuous character. I hereby bestow upon Shang Yiqing as my imperial concubine, to be married on the sixth day of the next month."

"This humble subject shall obey the decree. Long live the Emperor, long live, long live the Emperor!" Shang Tiancheng could not believe his ears as he accepted the imperial edict with trembling hands.

"Congratulations to Imperial Physician Shang and Lady Shang!" Eunuch Li, who had issued the decree, looked at Shang Tiancheng with a smile. "Our family congratulates Imperial Physician Shang!"

"Eunuch Li is too polite! "Please sit inside." Shang Tiancheng suppressed the shock in his heart as he went forward to greet Eunuch Li.

"We are only here today to deliver the decree, we can't stay any longer. The empress still needs us to serve her. We won't stay here any longer, until we meet again." As he spoke, he led the servants back to the palace.

Shang Tiancheng hurriedly ordered people to take out some silver taels to reward everyone. He then gave Eunuch Li some gold barley as he said, "Please accept this official's gift. This official has something to do with buying wine and eating food."

Eunuch Li smiled and accepted it without a trace of politeness. "We appreciate the Old Imperial Physician's kindness. I heard that the empress appreciates her daughter very much, and it was the empress who asked the emperor to give her the imperial edict. When Miss Shang marries Prince Rong in the future, she'll become an imperial concubine.

"The Emperor's grace is vast, the Emperor's magnanimity is vast!" Shang Tiancheng praised the emperor's kindness as he sent Eunuch Li out of the merchant house.

Turning around, the smile on his face turned into a wry smile. He even frowned as he let out a long sigh and walked into the hall.

Shang Tiancheng didn't say anything. Instead, he sat on the throne, feeling extremely dismayed. He didn't feel the slightest bit of excitement from having a daughter that wanted to be a wangfei. On the contrary, he was extremely worried.

"Dad, what happened to you?" Shang Yiqing asked in confusion. She knew that his father had always been worried about her marriage, and now that the imperial edict wanted her to marry the prince, why didn't his father seem happy at all?

Shang Tiancheng let out a long sigh, "My daughter, do you know who the Emperor wants you to marry?"

"Marry the prince, now I'm going to be an imperial concubine!" Shang Yiqing was a little excited. She didn't care who she married. After teleporting to this place, she was very curious about what had happened to her. Other people had countless fortuitous encounters after teleportation, so what kind of Prince Charming could she encounter? But what about herself? Fortunately, she was a nurse and could be considered to have returned to her old job. However, there were no peach blossoms or flowers, and very few people came to propose marriage. Now that the emperor had actually ordered her to marry the prince, it could be considered a pleasant surprise for her.

"My daughter, my daughter, you're really too naive. The one the Emperor wants you to marry is Prince Rong!" Shang Tiancheng heaved a long sigh. It seemed that his daughter knew nothing about this Prince Rong. Prince Rong was the son of Prince Yu, the current nephew of the Emperor. However, he had been sickly since he was young and had always been ill. He was like a cripple! Prince Yu's other sons had already been married for a long time, but none of the ministers in the court was willing to marry their daughter to Prince Rong. The emperor wanted his daughter to marry him because he wanted her to take care of the sick! What's more, this Prince Rong's body was too weak. If his daughter were to marry him and he were to die, wouldn't his daughter become a widow at such a young age?

"So what if I'm married to Prince Rong?" Shang Yiqing still did not understand his father's meaning.

"Prince Rong has been sickly since he was young. His Majesty clearly wanted you to marry him because he wants you to take care of him." Shang Tiancheng hesitated as he told Shang Yiqing everything that he knew.

Shang Yiqing rolled her eyes, "You mean, you want me to take care of the patient?"

Shang Tiancheng nodded.

"So what? It's not like I've never taken care of her before!" Shang Yiqing thought nonchalantly, when she was in the hospital, didn't she have to deal with patients every day? She was already used to it. Even after she had transmigrated here, she could still frequently dream of being busy at work. From this ward to that, dozens of patients were waiting for her! She was really nostalgic for the busy and fulfilling days of the past.

Seeing that Shang Yiqing did not seem to care, Shang Tiancheng truly did not know what to say. He only had a daughter like her, and regarded her as her precious daughter. She was naturally happy that his daughter was able to marry a good family, but she was married to the sickly Prince Rong.

Shang Yiqing stood quietly with a calm smile on her face. When she saw his father like this, she stepped forward to comfort him. To her, the imperial edict was merely announcing that she was going to be married off to a 'rich second generation'.

"Poor daughter." Shang Tiancheng was even more saddened to hear his daughter's consolation. How could this be? It was all his fault for bringing his daughter into the palace to check on the empress's pulse that day. In the end, when the empress took a look at him, she sent out an imperial edict.

"Father, no matter what, your daughter is marrying a prince, and in the future, she will be a princess, so you should be happy for your daughter. In any case, who is married to whom? At any rate, this is still the imperial concubine!" Shang Yiqing was excited to see Shang Tiancheng's sad face. After travelling here, Shang Tiancheng had never seen through her identity and had always doted on her as his own daughter.

"But, but that Prince Rong, he …" Shang Tiancheng leaned on his daughter in grief, gently stroking her hair. What a prince that Prince Rong was. How could he be called a prince? He was just like a cripple, he wouldn't live long.

"Dad, don't worry about it. Your daughter is so capable. Maybe she will marry and I will cure Prince Rong. Maybe I will be very happy in the future!" Shang Yiqing smiled elegantly with a hint of coquettishness in her tone.

Ever since the death of his wife, he and his daughter had been mutually dependent on each other. Although he had always been worried about his daughter's marriage, now that it was time for his daughter to get married, he couldn't bear to part with her.

"Dad, you should be happy for your daughter. Just laugh, just laugh!" Shang Yiqing teased her father.

Shang Tiancheng finally revealed a smile on his face. He truly didn't expect that his daughter, who was usually a nobody, would actually be so reasonable and even try to console him.