243 The Dowager Duchess Versus Long Yang

"Duke Ji has worked hard and contributed much to the court for many years. Since his son has reached the age of marriage, instruct the Ministry of Rites to select a daughter from a noble house and select a date for her to marry Ji Xiu."

Long Yang gave his edict calmly in a nonchalant tone.

Startled, Zhao Qian immediately bowed obediently. "I'll go and deliver the edict this instant."

He thought to himself, 'No matter how difficult the Dowager Duchess and Grand Duke are behaving, there's no way they would expect Shi Yi to report their plans to Master the moment they finished their discussion.

'It's fortunate that Master sent Shi Yi to guard Second Miss Lu at the Grand Duke Mansion after returning to the palace today. It might very well be too late if he waited until tomorrow.

'If Second Miss Lu got engaged to the Ji family, no matter how much Master likes her, he wouldn't be crazy enough to attempt bride kidnapping.