I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 229 The loss outweighs the gain
"It's not about Zhuhua, but about that palace maid." Wei Mingliang was also annoyed. He raised his hand to push back his hair. "I miscalculated. When I found something wrong in front of the Ganquan Palace, I should have left immediately. I shouldn't have..."

He sighed heavily.

No matter how many things he did wrong, he would regret it afterwards. He could only blame himself for neglecting the fake princess Yoon Mi-jin. He even had the guts to go to Emperor Shunguang for cooperation. Wasn't he afraid that Emperor Shunguang would betray her and leave nothing behind?
He also persuaded Yin Taiyu, and after many twists and turns, he finally got him involved.

It’s that palace maid again!

Zhao Shiqi asked angrily, "Your Highness, do you remember what you promised me? The overall situation is the most important thing. What are you doing now?"

"Sir." Wei Mingliang glanced at him, "Now that things have come to this, there is no point in saying more. I wonder what you think?"

Zhao Shiqi was shocked, he actually saw murderous intent in this look.

Yes, he almost forgot that the young man in front of him was just pretending to be humble, but he was never a good person at heart.

What young people lack is a counselor who can provide advice, not an elder who can control them in everything.

He was blinded by appearances and lost his sense of proportion.

Thinking of this, cold sweat began to seep out of his back, making it wet, and even his face looked a little pale.

The cold wind swept in through the half-open window, making him shiver.

"Sir, you are afraid of the cold, so you should remember to put on more clothes." Wei Mingliang raised the corners of his lips, and said with concern, "I have a tiger skin blanket. I will send someone to deliver it to you after I return."

Looking at the pair of slightly curved smiling eyes in front of him, Zhao Shiqi nodded slowly, "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness."

Wei Mingliang reached out and touched the teapot on the table, and found it was hot, so he picked it up and poured a cup. He wanted to drink it himself, but suddenly he remembered the experiences of being poisoned and drugged in the palace. He immediately gave up the idea and put the teacup in front of Zhao Shiqi.

Zhao Shiqi held the teacup in his hand, discarded those complicated thoughts, and analyzed in a low voice: "Now your highness already has a principal wife and a concubine in his mansion. If you want to marry Princess Meizhen, you must welcome her with the ceremony of a concubine.

But Madam has already chosen a concubine for Your Highness, and she will marry him into the family as soon as Your Highness returns home. This will be of great help to Your Highness in the future.

On the contrary, this Princess Meizhen was originally a maid pretending to be a concubine. If Your Highness takes her as a concubine, not only will you lose a helping hand, but you will also bring about many troubles. The loss will outweigh the gain."

How could Wei Mingliang not understand what he analyzed?

But now Emperor Sungwang has made it clear that he wants to work with Yoon Tae-woo to trick him. If he doesn't agree, he will probably end up with a ruined reputation and become enemies with both countries.

He has now been forced to the edge of the cliff. He has to marry this fake Goryeo princess whether he wants to or not. He has no choice.

What troubled him was Emperor Shunguang's purpose. This man went through so much trouble, it should not be just to force a woman he didn't like on him and simply to disgust him.

What did Emperor Shunguang want to do?
At the same time, the atmosphere in the left hall was not pleasant.

The two people sat opposite each other in the hall, without saying a word.

There was a small fire on the table, swaying with a yellow haze, reflecting in Yin Meizhen's eyes, creating a crystal-like glow.

"You asked for this situation, why are you crying?" Yin Taiyu sneered and threw a handkerchief over.

Yin Meizhen picked it up, held it in her palm, and looked up at him, "Your Highness...are you blaming me?"

Yin Taiyu sneered: "Oh, how dare I? Now that you have found a backer, how can you remember who you are?"

"I don't want to pretend to be a princess, I just want to be Feishuang." Yin Meizhen clenched her handkerchief, "You forced me to do this."

She didn't want to worry about her fake princess being exposed every day, and live in fear all day long, like a frightened bird. She would turn pale with fear at the mere words of others. Everyone around her told her how serious the consequences of her identity being exposed would be, but no one had ever stood in her shoes and thought about it.

Just because she is Princess May Zhen's maid, should she be worried and live in fear all day long?

She had no one to tell about her fear, so she watched the snow all night long and even hoped to freeze to death in the snow so that she would never have to be afraid again.

She sent the maid away and she almost succeeded, but why did that damn bastard Wei Mingliang show up?

If you don't like her, why bother her?

Let her see hope, disappointment, and even despair.

She wasn't living a good life, so why should that bastard live a good life?

"Your Highness also hates Wei Mingliang, doesn't he?" Yin Meizhen's lips curled up into a smile, "He is now in a difficult situation and has to marry a fake princess like me. I'm sure he is very unhappy. Shouldn't Your Highness be happy?"

Yin Taiyu was indeed a little happy. He was very happy to see Wei Mingliang get into trouble. But when he thought that the person threatening him had changed from Wei Mingliang to Xiao Jingfan, who was not a good person either, he could not be happy.

If he had known that his mission to the grand event would be so bumpy, he should have broken his leg like his elder brother, so as to avoid getting involved in these conspiracies and plots.

But now that we are here, we have to do what we should do.

There was something he had to figure out.

"What does Emperor Shunguang want you to do?" He looked at the woman opposite him. "He is a cunning emperor. It is impossible for him to go to the trouble of planning this drama tonight just to fulfill your wish."

Hearing this, Yin Meizhen's eyelashes trembled, and the two choices Xiao Jingfan gave her that day flashed through her mind. She said softly, "It has nothing to do with Your Highness. No matter how many times Your Highness asks, I will not tell you. If Your Highness just wants to ask me about this matter, I think we don't need to talk about it anymore."

She raised her hand to smooth the hair around her neck, folded the handkerchief that had been clenched into a mess, and handed it back to Yin Taiyu: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness. I won't cry anymore."

Although Emperor Shunguang was also a bastard, at least he gave her a choice.

Now that she has chosen this path herself, she will continue on it no matter what.

She stood up and left, but after taking two steps she paused and said softly, "The princess is a miserable person. If Your Highness really still cares about the brother-sister relationship, please don't look for the princess anymore and set her free."

Yin Taiyu was stunned, "Do you know where Meizhen is?"

'Yin Meizhen' didn't answer, but opened the door and walked out.

Yin Taiyu pursed his lips, put the crumpled handkerchief into his sleeve pocket, stood up and followed.

Main hall.

Everyone gathered.

Wei Mingliang was willing to marry Princess Meizhen as a concubine, but everything had to be done according to the rules of Western Xia, and he had to bring Princess Meizhen back to Western Xia to get married.

"No." Yin Taiyu refused, "I will not let my royal sister leave with you without a name or status. Who knows if you will bully her again? You can get married in Dasheng."

"This is against the rules." Wei Mingliang said, "My marriage with the princess affects the diplomatic relations between our two countries, so it should be fully formalized. How can we have a wedding ceremony outside of the country?"

Yin Taiyu snorted disdainfully: "The Second Prince knows to follow the rules now, but he threw all the rules to the wind when he broke into Ganquan Palace."