Adhere to the gentleman's principles

"Princess, it's snowing outside!" Fuling covered her ears and ran into Zhao Junning's room. Zhao Junning said, "This year is about to end!" After that, she stood up, put on her clothes and cloak, and walked out of the door. The yard was covered with white snow. Zhao Junning walked to the hall and saw Eunuch He in the hall. Zhao Junning stepped forward and saluted: "Eunuch He!" Eunuch He said, "Your Majesty, please go to the palace." Zhao Junning's smile froze in his heart: "This day has finally come?"

She replied, "Okay!" Zhao Nian and Meng Xiangning were also unable to stop her. Fuling thought for a moment and ran to the Nanyang Palace. She knelt in front of Zhao Junhao and said, "Your Highness, the princess has been invited into the palace by His Majesty. Judging from the expressions of His Highness the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, maybe the princess will come this time!" Zhao Junhao stood up after hearing this and said, "What? Grandpa Huang usually knows the character of the royal sister and will not ask her to enter the palace alone. Did he know this time?" Then he said to Fuling, "I know. You go back to the Crown Prince's Palace and wait."

After hearing this, Fuling stood up and left, then stopped to think for a moment and ran to the Guangping Marquis's residence. Wang Xuan in the Nanyang Prince's residence said, "Your Highness, the emperor must have arranged a marriage for my sister when she went to the palace. If you go, His Majesty will only vent his anger on you. Marriage is what the princess should do." Zhao Junhao looked at Wang Xuan and said, "That's my sister. She doesn't like marriage. His Majesty will punish her. I want to bring her back."

Wang Xuan said, "But she is a princess and this is her fate. She was punished because she disobeyed the order." Zhao Junhao slammed the table and said, "Everyone can say this is her fate but your Wang family can't say it. She was arranged to marry because of your Wang family. If it weren't for the agreement between your grandfather and King Yihan three years ago, my sister wouldn't have been arranged to marry! If something happened to my sister today, your Wang family will definitely not be able to escape the responsibility."

After entering the palace, Zhao Junning was brought to the Taicheng Hall. There were only Wang Luozhong and Zhao Tianyin in the hall. Zhao Junning knew what was going on when she walked in. She bowed and said, "Junning pays respect to His Majesty." Zhao Tianyin said with a smile, "Ning'er, please stand up." Then he said, "He Chengmeng, please read the decree!" He Chengmeng hesitated for a moment before taking out the imperial decree and Zhao Junning knelt down and said, "The Emperor of Heaven and the Mandate of Heaven decrees! Princess Fengling, the daughter chosen by heaven, was born with a pearl in her mouth! She is both virtuous and talented, and has an outstanding appearance. She will be a perfect match for the prince of Yihan, Mihar, this year. I hereby confer the title of Princess Fengling as Princess Anping and marry her to Yihan to maintain peace between the two countries! I decree this!"

Then He Chengmeng closed the imperial edict and said, "Princess, please express your gratitude!" Zhao Junning said, "Junning cannot accept this imperial edict!" Zhao Tianyin slammed the table and said, "What did you say?" Zhao Junning raised his voice and said, "Junning cannot accept this imperial edict!"

Zhao Tianyin was angry: "Are you going to disobey the order?" He Chengmeng said quickly: "Princess! Please accept the order!"

Zhao Junning said, "When I heard Eunuch He invite me to the palace today, I knew it was about this." Zhao Tianyin said, "Since you knew it, why don't you accept it?" Wang Luozhong said, "Princess, please accept it. This is a gift from His Majesty!" Zhao Junning kowtowed and said, "But I won't accept it!"

Zhao Tianyin shouted angrily: "Do you know what you are saying? How dare you disobey orders?"

"Who in this world stipulates that women must live in the backyard and be the chain connecting the two countries? Women can also practice martial arts to defend their country and go out to do business! Women can do what men can do. I like to travel around the world and feel the state of the world! I don't want to marry." Zhao Junning knelt in the Taicheng Hall with tears in her eyes and said firmly. Zhao Tianyin asked: "You like Li Ziyan? Then I will go and kill him!" Zhao Junning said: "Grandpa Emperor!"

Zhao Tianyin said, "Yes, you are the Qingshuang female hero in the martial arts world!" Zhao Junning was stunned after hearing this, "Do you think I don't know that you practice martial arts?" Zhao Tianyin's tone was even more angry. Zhao Tianyin looked at Zhao Junning and felt distressed, so he said, "If you don't want to marry, then you should give up your martial arts!"

After hearing this, Zhao Junning looked at Zhao Tianyin, who said, "If you marry, you can keep your martial arts to protect yourself. If you don't marry, you can give up your martial arts. From now on, I won't interfere in your marriage, and the marriage will be over!" Zhao Junning asked, "Why do you have to give up your martial arts?"

Zhao Tianyin said, "If you don't marry me, I will give up my martial arts. If you don't give up, I will die in front of you!" Zhao Junning frowned after hearing this: "Grandpa Emperor, are you threatening me?" Zhao Tianyin said, "You choose!" Zhao Junning thought about it and said, "Okay!" Zhao Tianyin thought that Zhao Junning wanted to marry me, so Zhao Junning said, "I will give up my martial arts!" Zhao Tianyin said, "He Chengmeng, bring me the medicinal wine!"

Outside the palace gate, Zhao Junhao was stopped outside the palace gate. He Chengmeng held the medicinal wine in front of Zhao Junning. Zhao Junning smelled the medicinal wine and thought: I never thought that one day the power-removing elixir developed by my master and I would be used on myself! Zhao Junning slowly took the wine glass. After Li Ziyan knew that the news of Zhao Junning was passed to the palace, he ran to the palace but was stopped outside the palace gate. After Zhao Junning took a breath and drank the medicinal wine, the palace door was opened. Zhao Junhao saw Zhao Junning kneeling on the ground, ran up and knelt down and said: "Grandpa Emperor!" Zhao Tianyin said: "Take your sister back, she won't have to marry in the future."

Zhao Junhao turned around and saw that Zhao Junning was already feeling uncomfortable after drinking the medicinal wine. Zhao Junhao helped Zhao Junning up. Zhao Junhao wanted to carry her on his back, but Zhao Junning said, "I'm fine, just hold me up!"

Zhao Junhao then helped Zhao Junning walk to the Taihe Palace! Li Ziyan also broke into the palace gate, and the guards chased Li Ziyan. On the way, Li Ziyan met Zhao Junhao and the weak Zhao Junning beside him. When Zhao Junhao saw Li Ziyan, Li Ziyan walked forward. Zhao Junhao handed Zhao Junning to Li Ziyan and said, "My sister's martial arts were abolished by Grandpa Huang!"

Li Ziyan held Zhao Junning in his arms and asked, "Why did you give up your martial arts?" Zhao Junhao said, "My sister doesn't want to marry, and I'm afraid it won't be easy for the emperor to agree. As for how he knew that my sister knew martial arts, I don't know. When I entered the palace, my sister had already drunk the medicinal wine!" After hearing this, Li Ziyan's eyes were full of heartache and he gently called out, "Junning!"

Zhao Junning heard Li Ziyan's voice and said, "Li Ziyan, I don't have to go to the marriage!" Li Ziyan had tears in his eyes and put his cloak on Zhao Junning. Zhao Junning said, "Li Ziyan, I love you so much, please carry me home!" Li Ziyan tried hard to hold back his tears and walked with Zhao Junning on his back. Zhao Junhao said to the guards, "Everyone step back!" Li Ziyan carried Zhao Junning out of the palace gate. Snow fell on their hair. Li Ziyan carried Zhao Junning on his back on the carriage, returned to the Prince's Mansion, carried her into the Prince's Mansion and put her on the bed.

Meng Xiangning asked, "What happened to Jun Ning?" Li Ziyan said, "Jun Ning's martial arts are gone!" Zhao Junhao said, "Grandpa Royal knows from where that my sister knows martial arts. Today my sister is going to the palace for the marriage. We know my sister's temper, and Grandpa Royal knows it too. I'm afraid she is prepared to lose her martial arts!"

Meng Xiangning looked at Zhao Junning with distress after hearing this. Li Ziyan squatted beside the bed. Yai Xianzhi came and felt Zhao Junning's pulse and said, "The princess is fine. She just fainted after drinking the Huagong Pill! But this Huagong Pill is very powerful. After taking it, your martial arts will be lost. Not only will you never be able to practice martial arts again, but your strength will also decrease! This is the medicine I prescribed for this girl to take to delay the pain. Drinking this medicine will cause pain. Taking the Huagong Pill will cause pain. When combined with alcohol, it will feel like being pricked by needles all over the body. But she will be fine tomorrow!"

After hearing this, Meng Xiangning and Zhao Nian sent Ya Zhizhi away. Zhao Junhao and Fuling also left Zhao Junning's room, leaving only Li Ziyan. Li Ziyan grabbed Zhao Junning's hand and said, "Why are you so silly? It must be very painful!" Zhao Junning asked weakly, "Why are you crying?"

Li Ziyan saw Zhao Junning wake up and wiped her tears. Zhao Junning asked, "Who bullied you? I beat him up!" Li Ziyan shook his head and said, "Who can bully me?" Zhao Junning smiled and said, "Yes, you are so powerful, who can bully you!" Li Ziyan asked, "Does it hurt?" Zhao Junning nodded and said, "It hurts!" Then he said, "I don't have any more skills in the future! I can't protect you!" Li Ziyan touched Zhao Junning's head and said, "Silly girl! Who can bully me?"

Zhao Junning's voice choked with sobs: "No matter who it is, if anyone dares to bully you, I will beat them to death!" Li Ziyan touched Zhao Junning's head: "What a silly girl!"

Zhao Junning stood up and put on her clothes. Fuling came forward to help her. Zhao Junning said, "My martial arts skills are just useless. My hands and feet are still there, so you don't need to help me!" When she walked out of the door, the snow was still falling. Zhao Junning looked at the sky and said, "The New Year is coming soon!"

Zhao Junning went to the dining room to eat. After she sat down, the servant brought a bowl of chicken soup. Meng Xiangning said, "Drink it while it's hot. How have you recovered in the past few days?"

Zhao Junning said, "You've been feeling much better these past few days, mother!" Meng Xiangning said, "Mother knows what you're happy about! Your father and I have seen it all these days. Zi Yan is a trustworthy child. He really treats you like his life!"

Zhao Nian said, "You are good in every way, kid, except that you are too stubborn! Now that you have lost your martial arts and internal strength, you no longer have the strong body you used to have. Wear something thicker!" Zhao Junning nodded.

On New Year's Eve, Zhao Junning put on thick clothes and a cloak. Fuling said, "Princess, today is New Year's Eve, shall we go to the market?" Zhao Junning nodded, then stopped and said, "That's right!" Fuling said, "Princess, don't worry! Young Marquis Li is going too! He said he will go later and fly Kongming lanterns outside, and then he will come to pick you up!"

Zhao Junning nodded after hearing this! Li Ziyan was waiting for Zhao Junning outside the Prince's Mansion. Zhao Junning knew that Li Ziyan was coming, so she ran out. The two walked to the market hand in hand. They held Kongming lanterns and released them into the air. Zhao Junning made a wish in her heart: I hope everything will be good in the new year! Li Ziyan said: I hope Junning will be safe and happy in the new year and will be safe in the future!

Then they watched the fireworks with Yuanxing Huilin Muchen, Xu Wenhe Jiang Luming and Wang Ningyi. As they watched the fireworks in the sky, Zhao Junning said, "It's the New Year. In the new year, we should make our wishes come true and everything go smoothly!"

Li Ziyan said: "May the heaven and the earth be filled with joy every year tonight."

Yuan Xinghui said: "May we have such joy as today every year."

Xu Wenhe said: "Then I wish us happiness every year from next year to the year after next!"

Lin Muchen smiled and said, "Then I wish that all your wishes will come true tonight, and all your dislikes will be cast away."

Jiang Luming and Wang Ningyi said: "I wish you all happiness in the future." Li Ziyan lowered his head and held Zhao Junning's hand.