"You did what?!" Celestia asked her calm son with anger and surprise. Blueblood blandly levitated a chocolate crumpet with his magic and repeated what he had said "I am going to marry Rarity, Cadence's maid. I proposed to her and she accepted."

"B-But, I, she…Oh come on, Blue! I am fairly certain that you two didn't have an affair, so you just waltzed in and made her marry you by listing some flimsy reasons!" Cadence said furiously as she put her cup of tea down.

"You sure?" Luna joked before turning to her mother and saying "Mother, can you please tell Blueblood that just because he wants Rarity in his bed he cannot marry her?"

Celestia sighed and said "Indeed. Other than her physical attractiveness, what do you see in this filly?"

Blueblood thought a bit before replying "She is...elegant and generous. She is docile and not ambitious, unlike some nobles and rich mares you have set me up with. She is definitely kinder than them. I recently discovered that she is smart too. To be honest, I found myself attracted to her the moment I saw her."

Luna giggled "Correction: I liked her flanks the moment I saw her!" Sadly nopony laughed at her jest.

Blueblood rolled his eyes at his sister and said "The important thing is that I like her, and she will make a good wife for me. Certainly better than some mares who you complain about me complaining about them...! Just you wait and see, she'll be the perfect bride for this family!"

His mother glared at him and turned to her husband "Fancy Pants, will you please knock some sense into the head of that lascivious son of yours?"

Fancy Pants adjusted his monocle and told Blueblood "My dearest boy, while I know many royal marriages aren't out if love…don't you think the maiden is, say, too young?"

"Exactly! Thank you for mentioning that detail. Rarity is only seventeen, while you sir, are twenty-six!" Cadence exclaimed.

"Remembered how much fun we had at that count's second wedding, when he was fity-three and married a twenty-three year old magic performer?" Bluebloood asked.

"Ooh! I've never tasted any velvet cake better than the ones served as desert. Hehe, I think I saw the bride kissing a guard after the wedding." Luna said casually making everypony in the room stare at her with wide eyes and mouths agape.

"Luna…!" Celestia hissed, hoping to put an end to her daughter cheeky sayings.

She then looked at her youngest offspring and let out a sigh "Blueblood, if you choose to marry this filly, and act on this irrational deci-"

"Mother!" Blueblood suddenly shouted and interrupted her. Yet, her mother held up her hoof to silence her son as Fancy Pants continued "Blueblood if you decide to marry this filly, we will not stop you." He then added "Nevertheless, we expect you to honor her and your marriage; respecting her and being faithful to her. However, if this filly and, or your foals lead an unhappy life, your family will be ashamed of you and you will be stripped from your title. Do you agree to the terms and consequences?"

Blueblood grinned smugly as he said "Oh my dearest father, I have negotiated tricky deals with being far more harder to please beings. I suppose agreeing to keeping my pretty wife happy won't be any difficult...I do accept the terms and consequences."

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"You are going to marry...Prince Blueblood?!" Fluttershy shrieked with wide eyes. "WHAT?!" Rainbow Dash reared and Applejack nearly choked on her apple fritter "Wha' in tha naym of Granny's zap apple jam jars is goin' on?"

Rarity pushed away a strand of her mane as she repeated "He…well said he couldn't tolerate receiving any less attention so he proposed to me and I accepted. He then took off my dress and made me wear this, Princess Cadence's old dress. Oh my, it is as if was yesterday she was wearing this dress and I met Princess Twilight Sparkle for the first time."

The cyan pegasus angrily stomped her front hooves, before flying up and saying "Just wait until I see him! I don't care that he's my master, I'm gonna kill the snob! Who the hell does he think he is?!"

"Rainbow!" the other three fillies whispered "You will get yourself in trouble!" Rainbow Dash huffed, crossed her hooves and came down.

Rarity said "I know, he forced this on me, but…he's a prince! I-I couldn't have refused! Besides, Blueblood is really attractive and I…had a small crush on him when I first saw him. He claims to like me too…"

Fluttershy grinned happily "Well, if marrying the prince makes you happy, we're happy for you too!" Then she asked her friends "Right girls?"

Rainbow ran a hoof through her mane before saying "Hey, he's kinda a jerk, but he's a nice guy if you get to know him." Applejack laughed and said "Ah say, sugarcube! I wish you and your future foal the best! Ah can't wait ta show mah ten-layer rainbow cake to Princess Luna!"

Rarity giggled, then said "Oh, and, by the way, the entire castle staff is invited."

While Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Applejack cheered, Rarity silently hoped her parents and little sister back in Ponyville would be fine with her marriage too…

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