Astute Princess: Married to be the Empress Novel - Chapter 124

Chapter 124 Abandon One’s Mansion to Flee
“Yes, you’re right. You should go back early.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.” After the envoy answered, he turned around and left the Great Chen Imperial Palace. He went to Ye Lan Camp once again to reply to Huyan Mingshuo.

Of course he knew, As soon as the army of Ye Lan left, the Great Chen Kingdom would be safe and sound. Besides, he had to quickly send people to the Second Prince’s Mansion to take care of Mu Ling Hua. Otherwise, if Mu Ling Hua received the news and ran away, he would not be able to explain to Huyan Mingshuo. Therefore, he wanted to quickly send the envoy away so that he could quickly send people to the Second Prince’s Mansion.

After seeing him leave, Emperor Da Chen immediately instructed the eunuch beside him, “Quickly bring a few people to the Second Prince’s Mansion and bring Mu Ling Hua into custody. In three days, I will bring her to the Crown Prince of Ye Lan so that Ye Lan can withdraw his troops as soon as possible. If the Second Prince dares to resist, you can tie him up as well.”

“Yes, Your Majesty, this servant will do it now.” The eunuch answered and left the hall, heading to the Second Prince’s Mansion to detain Mu Ling Hua.

He thought to himself, last time, the Second Prince was also tied up by his subordinates and brought into the imperial palace. After the Emperor asked the reason, Not only did he not blame them, he even rewarded them because they brought the fifty thousand soldiers back to the city in time. Therefore, since the Emperor had said so, he just had to do as he pleased. If the Second Prince continued to protect Mu Linghua regardless of the lives of the citizens of Great Chen, then he would tie him up again.

However, as soon as the envoy entered the palace, Mu Linghua had already received news that Emperor Da Chen had agreed to bow down to Ye Lan and hand her over to Huyan Mingshuo. As long as she thought of Fu Yingran’s revenge, she would feel terrified. If she fell into the hands of the two of them again, it would be extremely unlucky.

So she immediately looked for Chen Bao and said to him with a panicked expression, “Second Prince, save me. The Emperor has already agreed to Ye Lan’s request to hand over my body to Huyan Mingshuo and bow down to Ye Lan. I’m very scared. Once my body falls into Huyan Mingshuo’s hands, I’m afraid my life will be lost. Why don’t we escape?”

Chen Bao looked at her panicked expression and hugged her in his arms to comfort her, “Ling Hua is not afraid. This prince will protect you well. Listen to me, if we leave the Great Chen Kingdom, we will be nothing. Besides, where can we go after leaving? The southern border has also been destroyed. Other than staying in the Great Chen Kingdom, we have nowhere else to go.”

After listening to Chen Bao’s words, Mu Linghua said after a moment of silence, “Second Prince, we can go to the Great Wei Kingdom to find my Brother Wang. He is hiding in the Great Wei Kingdom now. There were some powers in the Southern Region in the Great Wei Kingdom earlier, so we should flee to the Great Wei Kingdom to help Brother Wang.”

After hearing this, Chen Bao said, After some thought, He thought to himself, ever since he was tied up by his subordinates and brought into the palace, Father Emperor’s attitude towards him had also changed greatly. In the hearts of the people, he had already become an executioner. Even if he stayed in the Great Chen Kingdom, he wouldn’t have any future. It was better to help Mu Ling Feng as Mu Ling Hua said. Once the southern border was revived, he would at least be the son-in-law of the southern border. At the very least, his words carried some weight.

Thus, he said to Mu Ling Hua, “Alright, let’s leave the Great Chen Kingdom now. Hurry up and bring all the silver notes in the mansion. We’ll leave immediately. Perhaps Father Emperor will send someone to bring you into the palace later, then I won’t be able to save you.”

Therefore, when the eunuch arrived at the Second Prince’s Mansion, The door of the mansion opened wide and the mansion was in a mess. He immediately felt that something was wrong and hurriedly walked in to take a look. At this time, there were only a few maids in the mansion who were busy packing their bows and preparing to leave. When the eunuch saw them, he grabbed one of the maids and asked, “What’s wrong with you?” Is the Second Prince and Concubine Mu still in the manor? ”

The maidservant shook her hand impatiently. Just as he was about to leave, However, when she raised her head and saw that it was the father-in-law from the palace, she stopped and replied, “I don’t know what happened to this father-in-law. However, when the concubines went to pay their respects to the Second Prince and Concubine Mu, they found that the room was empty and the bank notes in the mansion were gone. Even the clothes and jewelry that Concubine Mu usually used were gone.”

When the maids and guards in the manor saw that their master had escaped, they began to pack their luggage and leave. Now that they were almost all gone, this servant was also planning to leave the Second Prince’s manor. After all, without a master in the manor, it would be useless for this servant to stay any longer. ”

In other words, Mu Linghua was only a concubine. She didn’t have the qualifications to ask other concubines to pay their respects to her. However, the Second Prince’s mansion didn’t have a princess or side concubine. The other concubines weren’t as respected as her. In addition, Chen Bao had always liked Mu Linghua. After many difficulties, he finally married her into the mansion.

However, since Mu Ling Hua had already lost her innocence, Chen Bao didn’t have the qualifications to be his imperial concubine or side imperial concubine, so he could only enter the manor as a concubine. However, Chen Bao felt that it was truly a shame for her to be only a concubine as the princess of Nanjiang. Thus, he asked all the concubines in the manor to treat Mu Linghua as imperial concubines. Not only did he have to settle down every morning and evening, he also entrusted everything in the manor to her.

Chen Bao was even more obedient to Mu Ling Hua. First, he listened to her instigation to fight for the crown prince’s position, Now, he had instigated him to abandon the manor and flee. Because Chen Bao had fallen victim to her Concentrated Gu, he was unable to oppose her request. Thus, after a brief moment of hesitation, he agreed to her plan to flee together and left the entire Second Prince’s manor behind. Even the concubines who had followed him for many years did not leave a single word behind.

So when the eunuchs of the palace entered the Second Prince’s mansion, This was the scene he saw, Looking at the panicked Second Prince’s Mansion, Looking at the concubines who were crying so hard, the eunuch had no idea, so he said to the concubines, “Your concubines are not too sad. Things are already like this, so it’s useless to cry. You should go with the miscellaneous family to the palace to see the Emperor first. I believe the Emperor will arrange a place for you.”

These concubines, They had served Chen Bao since he was young, As an adult, he naturally became his concubine, Therefore, apart from the Second Prince’s Mansion, these people had nowhere else to go. Now that the Second Prince had escaped with Mu Linghua, They immediately lost their backbone and didn’t know where they would go in the future, so they could only shed tears silently. Now that they heard the eunuch’s words, it was as if they had found support for the rootless duckweed. They immediately nodded and replied, “This is the only way. Let us go into the palace with Eunuch after we tidy up a little.”

The eunuch looked at the messy hair and swollen eyes of the few people and thought that it was indeed rude to enter the palace like this to prevent them from losing their manners in front of the Imperial Court. The eunuch also agreed, “Alright, concubines, hurry up and tidy up. The miscellaneous family will be waiting for you at the entrance of the manor.”

“Thank you, Eunuch.” After thanking everyone, they went back to their own bedroom halls. After about an incense stick, they cleaned up and appeared at the entrance of the Second Prince’s mansion. The eunuch glanced at them and confirmed that they wouldn’t lose their manners before the emperor. “Since the concubines are ready, please follow the miscellaneous families into the palace.” As he spoke, he walked in front and brought the concubines into the palace.

After sending the eunuch, the emperor of the Great Chen Kingdom immediately came to Imperial Concubine Li’s bedroom. After all, this Mu Linghua was not only Chen Bao’s concubine, but also Imperial Concubine Li’s niece. He had made such a decision. No matter what, he should give Imperial Concubine Li an explanation.

But just as he stepped into Concubine Li’s bedroom, he saw that Concubine Li was crying silently, so he asked, “What’s wrong with Concubine Li? Why are you crying? But who made you unhappy?”

Imperial Concubine Li heard the noise and turned around to see that it was Emperor Da Chen. She was about to stand up and salute, but the Emperor quickly helped her up and said, “Tell me why you shed tears. Don’t pay any attention to those false gifts between us.” Although this Concubine Li was also the Princess of Nanjiang, she was still considered to have done her duty in the Great Chen Imperial Palace these past few years. She did not make any mistakes, so the Great Chen Emperor still doted on her very much.

Hearing the Emperor’s words, Concubine Li raised her head to look at him and said, “I heard that our army suffered heavy losses in this battle with Yelan. More than a hundred thousand soldiers died innocently because of Bao’er’s stubbornness. I feel uncomfortable in my heart. I can’t understand how this Bao’er became like this. He wasn’t like this in the past.”

Imperial Concubine Li was originally from the Southern Region, so how could she not know about these tricks in the Southern Region? Moreover, she had been the smartest sibling ever since she was a child. As long as she revealed a slight clue, she could guess the entire outcome of the matter.

According to the intel she sent back from the spies in the Second Prince’s mansion, She had long suspected that Mu Linghua had already attacked Bao’er, but she could not find any evidence. This Concubine Li was actually the only princess in the Southern Region who understood. She knew very well in her heart that once a woman got married, everything about her mother’s family would have nothing to do with you, but the rise and fall of her husband’s family was closely related to her.

Therefore, ever since she married into the Great Chen Kingdom, He focused solely on the Great Chen Kingdom, Every time she sent news back to Nanjiang, she deliberately decorated it, Therefore, Nanjiang did not know much about the actual situation of the Great Chen Kingdom. However, now that Chen Bao was under Mu Linghua’s control, her body had been planted with the Loyalty Gu. She had no choice but to obey the orders of the Great King of Nanjiang. Although Prince Nanjiang had already been killed by Huyan Mingshuo, there was still Mu Lingfeng in Nanjiang.

According to the customs of the Southern Xinjiang, Once King Nanjiang died, the Nanjiang Crown Prince will automatically become the next generation of Nanjiang King, Therefore, in the eyes of the Southern subjects, This Mu Lingfeng was already the Southern Jiang King. Because of the loyalty insects in their bodies, these married princesses had no choice but to obey the orders of successive Southern Jiang Kings. Imperial Concubine Li only needed to think that when Mu Linghua spread the truth about the Great Chen Kingdom back to the Southern Jiang, Mu Lingfeng would force him to deal with the Great Chen Kingdom. She was so anxious that tears would fall down her cheeager.

However, it was hard for her to tell Emperor Da Chen about such a matter. Thus, she could only lie to him and say that she was crying because of the innocent death of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers. At this moment, only this matter was the best excuse.

When the Emperor heard her words, In retrospect, Chen Bao’s actions, Indeed, as Imperial Concubine Li said, Thus, the Emperor pulled her into his arms and comforted her, “It is my great blessing to be so kind-hearted. As for Bao’er, he has indeed changed a lot during this period of time. His selfishness has become heavier and heavier, and he has become more and more reckless. And all these changes began with Bao’er’s favor for Mu Linghua. I feel that all of this should be investigated from Mu Linghua’s body.”

Concubine Ai, just rest assured, I will send someone to investigate, Fortunately, the Crown Prince of Ye Lan has also asked us to hand over Mu Ling Hua. I have already decided to use this as an excuse to hand Mu Ling Hua over to Ye Lan. I believe that as long as Mu Ling Hua leaves, Bao’er will become the original Bao’er. After all, this Mu Ling Hua is nominally the wife of Emperor Ye Lan. There is no reason for us to hand her over to Ye Lan. ”

Imperial Concubine Li was shocked when she heard that the Emperor was about to hand Mu Ling Hua over to Ye Lan. She blurted out, “Your Majesty, you can’t do this. This will hurt Bao’er.” If this Mu Linghua really planted the Concentrated Gu on Bao’er, and the Emperor forcefully separated Mu Linghua from Bao’er, then Bao’er would suffer the backlash of the Gu worms, and then Bao’er would be worse off than dead.

Chen Bao was, after all, Concubine Li’s only son. How could she bear to watch him suffer? Seeing that Concubine Li was so nervous, the Emperor thought that Concubine Li was opposed because Mu Linghua was her niece.

‘”I also know that Mu Ling Hua is your niece. If I hand her over to Huyan Mingshuo, her life will probably be in danger because of the trouble she caused in Ye Lan. But Consort Ai, I am the Emperor of the Great Chen Kingdom. How can I ignore the entire Great Chen Kingdom in order to preserve Mu Ling Hua?” I made such a decision out of helplessness. I hope Concubine Ai can understand my difficulties. “