The news of Chen Bi's departure soon reached the ears of Prince Nancheng. He had mixed feelings and many emotions.
"Send someone to follow Chen Bi and make sure she returns to Dongling safely."
"yes!"
He didn't know if he was overthinking it, but he always felt that Shen Bi would never give up. Since when did the gentle and kind-hearted Shen Bi become eager for quick success?
"I'm sorry, I don't have the ability to convince Chen Bi." Shen Bi raised the curtain and came in, her eyes red, and she swallowed her voice.
Prince Nancheng frowned and immediately stepped forward: "What's wrong?"
"Chen Bi is going to Nanduan to get married soon. She will be our enemy in the future, and maybe she will turn against you. Your Majesty, I shouldn't have been jealous and spoiled the big deal. If I agreed to marry her, maybe I will turn against you today."
It’s a different ending.”
Shen Bi was upset because Chen Bi should not have been allowed to appear.
"It's okay." Prince Nancheng poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to her, and comforted: "Some things will be over when they are over. Don't take it to heart."
"But……"
"Without her support, I can still get out of this predicament."
Shen Bi nodded. What she was most worried about now was that Chen Bizhen would embarrass them by marrying the Southern Emperor.
Touching the doubt in the eyes of Prince Nancheng, Shen Bi swallowed the words that reached his lips.
…
"Marriage?"
The marriage envoy arrived in Yangcheng. As soon as he stated his purpose, Chu Yunning suspected that he had heard wrongly and asked again.
"Donngling wanted to marry Nan Duan, so he specially sent the princess to marry him." The envoy pointed to Chen Bi behind him.
When she saw Chen Bi, Chu Yunning felt uncomfortable all over. She couldn't tell what was wrong, but her eyes were enough to make people wary.
Chen Bina is more graceful and looks better than the two princesses from the West Sea. Her father is a general in Dongling and holds military power. It stands to reason that a marriage with such a status will be of great benefit to Nanduan.
"You are the famous Chu Shanggong, right?" Chen Bi took a step forward, without any of the timidity he had when he first arrived, and smiled at Chu Yunning: "When I saw you today, you are indeed well-deserved. You are beautiful and have an extraordinary temperament. It makes you feel proud.
Ashamed."
Look, this mouth is very capable of talking, but it seems a little too deliberate to be so flattering right from the start.
"Ms. Chen, thank you very much."
"This is not a compliment, but a sincere compliment. I have heard of the reputation of Chu Shanggong for a long time, and I have long wanted to come and meet him. This meeting makes it even more cordial."
Chen Bi took another step forward, grabbed Chu Yunning's hand, and said affectionately: "Chu Shanggong, I fell in love with you when I saw you, just like sisters I haven't seen for many years."
Being so affectionate right from the start made Chu Yunning feel a little uncomfortable.
"It's rare for two people to get along so well, why not..."
"Why not?" Eunuch Mo suddenly came over, angrily yelled at the envoy, and grunted twice: "You came uninvited. We at the south end did not kick you out because of our hospitable attitude. Now,
Not bad, he actually dares to covet the emperor of Nanduan."
Being scolded by Eunuch Mo, the envoy's face became a little embarrassed, and he took a deep breath and stared at Eunuch Mo.
"This must be Eunuch Mo. I heard that you have stayed with the emperor for decades and are considerate and considerate. The emperor cannot survive without you," Chen Bi said.
Eunuch Mo raised his hand, pretending to be frightened: "Don't flatter me, I'm just a little boy serving tea and water. I can't afford Miss Chen's praise."
Chen Bi's face was slightly stiff, and he smiled unnaturally: "Eunuch Mo is so humble, who doesn't know that the emperor puts you in such high regard."
"Miss Chen, these words are really embarrassing to me."
The two exchanged a few words back and forth, but Eunuch Mo was not taken in by Chen Bi's sweet words at all, and his attitude was always calm.
After a few times, Chen Bi came to know that Eunuch Mo was not easy to deal with, so he stopped being warm-hearted.
Chen Bi turned to look at Chu Yunning: "Chu Shang Palace..."
"Thank you for the compliment, Miss Chen. I am just a small minister and cannot interfere with the marriage." Chu Yun rather did not want to deal with Chen Bi again.
One Shen Bi is disgusting enough, and here comes Chen Bi.
"Does Chu Shanggong want to know about Shen Bi?" Chen Bi suddenly said.
Chu Yunning turned her head to look at Chen Bi and saw that there was still a bit of pride in her eyebrows, so she curved her lips and shook her head to express, "I don't want to."
"But Shen Bi told me a lot about you. Don't you want to know too?"
She didn't believe that Chu Yunning could resist being curious and not asking about these things.
Chu Yunning raised her eyebrows and said word by word: "You are not the only one who came to marry me, and you are not the first one to be rejected. Even if General Chen holds military power, Nanduan does not take it seriously, so, you
There is no need to sow discord here."
At first, she gave Chen Bi enough face, but since she didn't repent, she had no choice but to face him. The most taboo thing about dealing with such a person is to take the overall situation into consideration and pretend not to know.
In this way, the other party will only press forward step by step, and in the end it may be you who suffers.
Chen Bi was stunned for a moment, then quickly said: "Don't you want to know about you?"
"I don't want to." Chu Yunning's attitude was very firm.
Chen Bi was dumbfounded. He never expected that he would be defeated by Chu Yunning. This was completely different from what he expected.
"Eunuch Mo, please send Miss Chen Bi away from Yangcheng before the city gate is closed after dark."
Chu Yunning said to Eunuch Mo.
Eunuch Mo sighed and pointed in the direction of Chen Bi. The marriage envoy was unhappy when he saw this: "Is this the way you treat guests in the south? Sure enough, the rumors are true. The person who really calls the shots in your south is actually
It’s Chu Shanggong, and the Southern Emperor is just a puppet!”
"Presumptuous!" Eunuch Mo was furious.
But Chu Yunning waved her hand to signal Eunuch Mo not to speak. She walked closer to the marriage envoy with a stern look in her eyes.
The peace envoy's face changed slightly, he took two steps back, and stammered: "You...what are you going to do? I am the peace envoy from Dongling. You cannot destroy the previous harmony between the two countries."
"What are you afraid of? I just want to know who taught you what you just said?" Chu Yunning sneered.
"Isn't it true? Who doesn't know that you control the Southern Emperor!" The friendly envoy frowned.
Chu Yunning suddenly bared her teeth at him: "Since you know I can't afford to offend you, how dare you say such things?"
"If you dominate Nanduan Emperor by yourself, sooner or later the Nanduan Emperor will kill you!" The marriage envoy added: "If the Nanduan Emperor knows that you are so domineering in private and even refuse marriage, he may confiscate your family and exterminate your clan.
, if you know what’s going on, hurry up and arrange for us.”
"Who says I don't know?" Emperor Mingwen suddenly came over slowly and slowly. As soon as he appeared, there were sounds of greetings all around.
As soon as Chen Bi saw Emperor Mingwen, his eyes moved slightly and he stepped forward with a sweet voice: "Chen Bi pays his regards to the emperor and wishes my emperor long live long live."
Emperor Mingwen directly passed Chen Bi and came to Chu Yunning: "You don't have to worry about anything else. Since you are unhappy, just send him away. I can't blame you."
"Your Majesty, what these people are saying is so irritating that even the servants can hardly stand listening to it." Eunuch Mo took the opportunity to complain.
Chen Bi immediately explained: "That's not the case. We didn't mean to insult anyone. Maybe the words spoken by the envoy were a bit offensive..."
"Yes, we don't mean to disrespect you." Seeing that something was wrong, the friendly envoy changed his attitude 180 degrees to explain.
Emperor Mingwen waved his hand: "No need to explain, there is no need for a marriage in the south end, you can go back."
"Your Majesty?" Chen Bi was slightly stunned. She had dressed up specially before coming here. In terms of appearance, there were many children from aristocratic families in Dongling who wanted to marry her.
She thinks she is extremely beautiful and few people can resist her beauty.
But the Prince of Nancheng didn't touch her, or even look at her for a second time. When they arrived at Nanduan, the Emperor of Nancheng looked at her as if she would be dirty if she looked at her even more.
It deeply hurt her self-esteem.
Chen Bi's eyes were dim with tears, and he had a look of grievance on his face, biting his lip tightly: "Donngling sent me here to make peace, just to maintain the harmony between the two countries. I, a weak woman, left home so far away and came all the way here..."
While talking, I kept crying in my eyes, not to mention how pitiful I looked.
It's a pity that Emperor Mingwen didn't even look at it and had no patience to interrupt: "Emperor Dongling sent you here for marriage because he is incompetent, and the reason why you were sent here is only of slight value. This value belongs to me.
You are worthless. If you don’t leave the city within an hour, don’t blame me for being rude to you!”
"Your Majesty?" Chen Bi was shocked.
"Go ahead, if these people don't leave Yangcheng in an hour, order your troops and generals to attack Dongling immediately!"
"Yes!" Eunuch Mo nodded.
As soon as these words came out, Dongling and his envoys were frightened. He had visited so many countries, and this was the first time he had seen Nanduan treat guests like this.
Chen Bi could see that the expression on Emperor Mingwen's face did not seem to be fake. With his ability, he could really do it.
So Chen Bi gave up, gritted his teeth and bowed to Emperor Mingwen: "Since Nanduan has no intention of getting married, we won't force it. We will just leave."
Before leaving, he did not forget to look at Emperor Mingwen with misty eyes, trying to arouse Emperor Mingwen's pity.
Unfortunately, Emperor Mingwen stared at her with disgust: "Get out!"
"You!" Chen Bi took a deep breath, feeling humiliated from the bottom of his heart. He covered his face and walked away. Seeing this, the marriage envoy hurriedly chased after him.
As soon as the person left, Chu Yunning let out a long sigh; "This is not a good thing. After staying with the Prince of Nancheng for a while, the Prince of Nancheng kicked her out, and now she has changed her identity to marry a princess.
Come here, I'm worried that you might be up to no good."
Therefore, she would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of eight hundred.
The smile on Emperor Mingwen's lips gradually faded: "That's all?"
Chu Yunning looked at Emperor Mingwen with a puzzled expression: "What if, knowing that this person has bad intentions, do you still want to lure a wolf into the house?"
Emperor Mingwen's breath tightened.
"Oh, that's not what the emperor wants to ask. What the emperor wants to ask is what are your personal thoughts about the princess?" Eunuch Mo couldn't stand it anymore and quickly explained a few words for Emperor Mingwen.
Chu Yunning suddenly realized, then shook her head. It was indeed because of Nanduan that she did not accept Chen Bi. Otherwise, she would have just found a general.
But when she first saw Chen Bi, she felt that he was not a kind person, so she refused.
"I have absolutely no selfish intentions." Chu Yunning said.
Eunuch Mo was anxious: "Chu Shanggong, isn't it because you are jealous that you reject Miss Chen Bi?"
"Absolutely not."
Emperor Mingwen took a deep breath after hearing this. It seemed that he was being sentimental again, so he couldn't help but angrily: "That's all, I was overthinking it."
"Your Majesty, you don't really think I want to control you, do you?" Chu Yunning, still immersed in the words of the envoy, immediately explained, "Your Majesty, please don't misunderstand me, I have never wanted to control you."
Her biggest wish is to take Beibei out of the capital and go to Shu.
Emperor Mingwen saw her serious look, and was afraid of scaring her, so he softened his expression and said, "Aning, I hope you can use your care on me, even if it's just control."
Chu Yunning was stunned when he heard these words, and after a while he said: "I have never thought of seeking power to usurp the throne. Your Majesty, I am innocent."
The two of them talked more and more, but they were not on the same channel at all, so Emperor Mingwen simply stopped talking.
Chu Yunning asked again: "What happened to the deposed prince?"
"They haven't stopped for the past two days. They are shouting to raise troops every day." Eunuch Mo curled his lips: "He wants to eat well and drink spicy food every day, and loses his temper at the slightest displeasure."
"I'm used to living a good life, so don't worry about it. I'll just let the guards take care of me in the next few days. I don't need to starve to death." She didn't believe it anymore. How could the deposed prince still be thinking about it?
Only a person who cherishes his life as much as he is reluctant to die.
"Yes, I will make arrangements now." Eunuch Mo nodded.
Emperor Mingwen said nothing, quietly watching Chu Yunning's arrangements, and sighed for a long time, still feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart.
"Your Majesty, has Queen Yunlan sent a message?"
Emperor Mingwen, whose name was called, suddenly raised his head and nodded like a little daughter-in-law: "I have already sent someone to deliver the letter quickly. I guess there will be news in the next two days."
"That's good."
She also really couldn't stand the waste Prince Yunlan crying and howling all day long. She really didn't know how Queen Yunlan could raise such a useless person.
"What other orders does Chu Shang Palace have?" Eunuch Mo asked.
Chu Yunning shook his head: "Not for the time being, Your Majesty, the Chinese New Year will be here soon, and there will be a bumper harvest of vegetables grown in the greenhouse. It happens to be fine during this period, and I want to go and see it."
"I will accompany you." Emperor Mingwen said.
"Then the Emperor has no official business to deal with?" Chu Yunning was confused. This trip would take several days.
Emperor Mingwen shook his head: "No big deal for now, everything is fine."
"Yes, if something really happens, it's still too late to hurry up." Mo Gonggong assisted: "
It just so happens that I can take advantage of this time to go shopping and relax my mood. I see that Chu Shanggong has lost a lot of weight, so he should take some supplements."
When the words came to this, Chu Yunning couldn't refuse, and pursed his lips: "In that case, then it's up to you."
Emperor Mingwen's mouth opened with a big smile, and he followed Chu Yunning one by one. Chu Yunning frowned, but Emperor Mingwen said: "It's boring to be alone with nothing to do, let's see if you need help.