"No."

Chu Hanxiang waved his hand to refuse again. Although Hu Jiaoyue was pregnant, he had taken better care of her during this period, but his love for Xi Yatou remained unchanged, and he would never allow her to leave him.

Hu Youwei's emotions suddenly became high.

"Your Highness, you are in a dilemma. What should you do? Are you going to let Northern Chu lose 100,000 elite soldiers for a woman? Besides, the reason why the emperor agreed to the marriage with Pingyang was to ease the relationship between the two countries, reduce the number of casualties in the war, and allow Northern Chu to accumulate more financial resources during the truce. But your Highness, you ignored everyone's opposition and directly brought a second-married woman back and forced her to stay in the Prince's Mansion. Now, in order to protect this woman, you are disregarding the safety of the people. You are so selfish.

Hu Youwei's remarks were immediately endorsed by several senior officials and generals present, and the emperor breathed a sigh of relief.

"Xiang'er, I advised you not to keep this woman, but you knelt outside the palace for three days and three nights to beg me, and I reluctantly agreed. But now, because of this woman, Pingyang State's 100,000 troops are at the gates of the city, and the one leading the troops is Leng Yiyan, who is known for his invincibility in every battle. You have to think carefully, is it better to sacrifice the lives of thousands of soldiers for a woman, or give up this woman and protect the safety of Northern Chu State."

Throwing this question to Chu Hanxiang left him speechless, but he would never accept abandoning Xi girl.

After a long pause, he spoke with a sharp look in his eyes.

"Father, I am willing to lead the troops to the battle and personally chop off Leng Yiyan's head."

His words disappointed the emperor.

"What do you mean? Even if we have to fight on the battlefield and lose tens of thousands of elite soldiers, we are not willing to sacrifice that woman, right?"

Chu Hanxiang clasped his hands together and knelt on the ground.

"Father, I would rather die than give up Luo Nianxi."

This statement made everyone present very angry, but he was the crown prince after all, the future heir to the throne, and the emperor did not want to force him to do anything he did not want to do.

The emperor sighed heavily.

"In that case, let's prepare for battle!"

Chu Hanxiang's desperate act of protecting Luo Nianxi, coupled with the emperor's indulgence of Chu Hanxiang, made Hu Zhongguo and other ministers quite dissatisfied, but they could do nothing about it.

Soon, Hu Zhongguo and his soldiers set up a battle line at the city gate. Leng Yiyan also set up camp ten miles away from the capital of Northern Chu State. From morning to noon, he had sent several waves of people to the city to declare war.

They put forward two demands: first, to release Princess Xi and return to Pingyang; second, to present Chu Hanxiang's head. Otherwise, they would defend the capital of Northern Chu until the city ran out of ammunition and food.

Chu Hanxiang would not agree to either of these two requests, but now, he wanted to find the soldiers stationed at the border for support, but he couldn't even send the message.

They had no good strategy to defeat the enemy and could only wait.

The Prince's Mansion was also temporarily requisitioned as a place for the soldiers to hold meetings.

The common people in the city were unable to enter or leave the city because of the Pingyang people. They were extremely dissatisfied with Chu Hanxiang's willingness to risk his life to protect Luo Nianxi. They ran to the gate of the Prince's Mansion and clamored for Chu Hanxiang to send Luo Nianxi out of the city to ensure the safety of the people in the city.

Chu Hanxiang was extremely angry about this and wanted to send people out to govern these unruly people several times, but was stopped by the deputy general beside him.

It is not difficult to kill a few unruly people now, but this may cause dissatisfaction among the people in the city. If the people rise up and attack the Prince's Mansion, then the capital will really become a place of internal and external troubles.

In Qiuxiang Garden

Luo Nianxi has been extremely anxious these past two days. She didn't expect that after she asked Leng Yiyan to wait for her for five months, he couldn't wait and came to attack the city now.

The shouting of the people outside the palace became more and more serious. Bai Lan ran into Qiuxiang Garden breathlessly.

"Miss, this is bad. There are thousands of people outside the palace. They are all clamoring to kill you and Princess Rujing. The soldiers can't stop them. What should we do?"

Hearing this, Luo Nianxi's brows tightened instantly. She stood up from the chair and kept turning around in circles.

At this moment, Chu Hanxiang came hurriedly. As soon as he saw her, he told Bai Lan:

"Hurry, pack your things, I'll take you out."

Bai Lan stood there at a loss, while Luo Nianxi went over to meet her.

"Now the palace is surrounded by people, where can you take me?"

Chu Hanxiang waved to the guards behind him, and someone brought a set of clothes. Chu Hanxiang took the clothes and held them in front of her.

"If you put on this outfit, no one will recognize you."

Luo Nianxi took the clothes from his hand and laughed mockingly.

"Chu Hanxiang, thank you for protecting me at this time, but I'm afraid you can't protect me this time."

Chu Hanxiang suddenly shook his head with horror in his eyes.

"No, no matter what, I won't let anyone hurt you. Even if it costs me my life, I will protect you."

At this moment, someone outside came to report.

"Your Highness, it's bad. The enemy has come to the city to declare war again."

Hearing this, Chu Hanxiang's brows tightened instantly, and then he cursed,

"Damn it, when I first went to Pingyang State, I wasn't this arrogant. This Leng Yiyan is really courting death."

After saying this, he swung his sleeves and walked away angrily.

Luo Nianxi's heart was beating wildly. Leng Yiyan came, but she couldn't leave. What should she do?

She knew that Leng Yiyan led his troops here partly because he wanted revenge because he could not bear the humiliation, and the other major reason was because of her.

However, if the two countries really go to war in the capital, not only will countless civilians be killed and injured, but many innocent soldiers will also die on the battlefield.

If this really happened, she would be a sinner for all eternity. If she could save everything, she must not sit there and wait for death.

Thinking of this, she was about to get the clothes that Chu Hanxiang had sent her, when Ye Zi hurried in.

"Princess Xi, Princess Rujing said she has a stomachache. Please go over and take a look."

stomachache?

Luo Nianxi thought to herself that this was not good. The baby in her belly was not even full-term yet, so why was she having a stomachache?

She didn't have time to think about it, so she quickly ran out the door and went straight to the side hall.

At this time, Leng Rujing was lying on the bed, covering her stomach with her hands, looking very painful.

The leaves are spinning rapidly on the edge.

"I want to ask for the imperial physician, but there are so many people gathered outside that I can't get out. What should I do?"

Luo Nianxi came to the bedside, looked at her sweating in pain, and immediately shook her hands.

"Everyone, step back. No one is allowed to come in without my order."

"But……"

Before Ye Zi could say anything else, Bai Lan had already pulled her out the door.

Luo Nianxi then lifted the quilt, wanting to help her check if there was anything abnormal with the baby, but she found that amniotic fluid was already flowing out of her lower body.

Oh no, this baby is going to be born prematurely...

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