The Medallion novel Chapter 82

"I do not agree with that as well. I would rather be a Buddhist monk than marry her!" Rocky didn't want to get married with Shirley at all. But if he was asked to marry Lena, he would be happy to say yes.

"The matter has already been settled. About the details of this marriage, I will discuss further with General Bryant at a later time. If the Ximen Clan showed their disagreement with the marriage, Basil would not get the land as well. That's the deal. Well, that should be all for today. You are all allowed to leave now. Send Prince Basil back to his place and take the gifts back with him." The emperor ignored Rocky's disagreement completely. He just glanced at Rocky and then waved at his servants gesturing for them to take Rocky back to his place.

Soon, the servants who took the gifts for Rocky walked towards him and got ready to lead him out of there.

"You head back first. I will come and see you later," Lena whispered as she walked past Rocky. She then nodded at the emperor and headed for the side door to walk out of the Grand Holy Hall.

The emperor got her intention. He cast a glance at Rocky and then walked to the side door as well.

When Rocky saw that, he had no other choice but to leave the Grand Holy Hall with the maids.

Lena and the emperor walked into a long corridor behind the side door where they soon reached a palace close to the Grand Holy Hall. They then went to a secret chamber inside that palace.

A dome formed by the Dragon Master Clan's spiritual method had covered the secret chamber so that nobody could hear whatever was being discussed inside the chamber. This chamber was usually used for discussing the Holy Dragon Empire's top confidential issues.

After taking a seat, Lena frowned and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, I don't understand! Why did you sacrifice Basil to repel the Ximen Clan? Don't we have any other options?" She knew well that the arrangement was not for Rocky's sake at all. What the emperor's actual intention was to utilize the marriage to avoid the latent conflict with the Ximen Clan. That was not the first time that the royal family used such methods to contain other powerful and influential clans.

Almost every head of the Ximen Clan was married with a princess. And the history had proven that it was an effective way for the royal family to stray away from the Ximen Clan's power. Half of the blood running inside the Ximen Clan's members belonged to the royal family.

The current emperor, however, didn't have any daughter. And because of an accident, Bryant's only son and daughter-in-law had died at a very young age. Their only daughter that remained in this world was Shirley Ximen. So Bryant gave his granddaughter everything she wanted since she was born. What's more, Shirley was a talented spirit manipulator. The Ximen Clan had put all their resources to boost Shirley's cultivation. Certainly, Shirley would be the next head of the Ximen Clan.

That was why the royal family needed a prince to marry Shirley. Only by this way could the royal family restrain the Ximen Clan's power once Shirley became its leader.

Obviously, the emperor had made Basil as his choice.

"I don't want that to happen, of course. But except for Basil, I couldn't find any other option. Alston is the future emperor while the other princes are not qualified to take such a huge responsibility. If I had found another perfect option, I wouldn't have chosen Basil as well. Basil is a good boy. I have never expected that after he fused with the Holy Dragon Bead, he would reach the Earthly Stage in a span of two mouths! One could easily call that a miracle," the emperor marveled.