Cut off my tendons in my hands and feet to make me marry? Prepare to die!

On the day she entered the palace, Yue Ran did not ride a horse. Instead, like other noble ladies, she sat in the royal carriage and waited at the gate of the palace.

The Dingbei Palace is a royal palace of a different surname. Apart from the royal family members who have been crowned as kings, the only ones who can enjoy the same treatment as the palace are the eldest princess' carriage.

In front of Yue Ran's carriage, other women from the palace had already gotten off and were waiting to enter the imperial city, with servants behind them holding umbrellas for them.

Yue Ran stepped down from the carriage holding onto the carved railing and looked around.

This was a habit she developed on the battlefield. Whenever she arrived at a place, she would look around to prevent an ambush.

Today, the Central City Military Command is on guard duty at the gate of the Imperial City.

Emperor Shengwen treated civil and military officials equally and did not favor any side. However, he specially selected well-mannered children of officials to serve in the Zhongcheng Bingmasi, which was responsible for guarding the imperial city.

In front of the imperial city, there were several rows of guards from the Central City Army. Each of them was eight feet tall and no more than thirty years old. At the very least, they had thick eyebrows and big eyes. They stood there in bright red robes, which was quite eye-catching.

The commander at the front of the Central City Army looked only twenty-three or twenty-four years old. He held a broadsword in his hand and looked closely at the people passing by with his cold eyes.

The young commander had an appearance that was almost demonic and handsome, with a gloomy aura between his brows and eyes as deep as a cold pond, flashing with an imperceptible cold light.

Whenever his eyes fell on someone, there was an elusive meaning in them, like a snake hiding in the dark water, calmly observing its prey, ready to attack at any time.

Most of those entering the imperial city today were married women with their young noble ladies. When the noble ladies saw the young commander at first sight, they were not amazed, but rather fearful, and they all hid behind their elders.

Only Yue Ran met his gaze, nodded slightly and smiled.

The young commander raised his lips slightly and sneered:

"Oh, who was it? It turns out to be our Princess Yue Ran."

Yuqi hid behind Yue Ran and secretly glared at this person:

"After so many years, the Marquis of Jing'an is still so rude to the princess!"

The carved railing gently pulled a handful of jade bricks.

Young Marquis of Jing'an Zheng Minglou once competed with Yue Ran for the command of the Dingbei Army. The two fought for five hours on the martial arts arena. In the end, Yue Ran's sword broke and Zheng Minglou's arm was broken.

From then on, the two of them had a grudge against each other.

In order to appease Zheng Minglou, Emperor Shengwen ordered him to lead the Zhongcheng Bingmasi from then on, making him the nobleman with the highest military power in the capital.

This man had a gloomy temperament and was never in a good mood with anyone. He was also not polite when talking to Emperor Shengwen. Marquis Jing'an was very worried about this son.

The strange thing is that he won the favor of Emperor Shengwen because of this. For five years, no one could replace Zheng Minglou as the leader of the Zhongcheng Bingmasi.

Yue Ran didn't care about Zheng Minglou's attitude. Even though he was far away in the northern border during the past five years, there were constant rumors that Zheng Minglou had offended a lot of people in the capital.

"It's freezing cold, Lord Zheng, thank you for your hard work."

Yue Ran said loudly.

Zheng Minglou snorted softly:

"It's my duty, no need to be hypocritical."

Yue Ran looked up at the sparse snow falling from the sky and spoke as if unintentionally:

"It looks like the snow won't stop for ten days or half a month. The military guards under Lord Zheng are all from official families, so they probably don't care about the people's suffering."

As she spoke, she passed by Zheng Minglou with his carved railings and jade bricks.

A gleam of light flashed in Zheng Minglou's eyes, and he turned back to look at Yue Ran with a smile.

The front gate of the imperial city was swept clean, with only light snow grains on the road surface.

Yue Ran wore red fragrant sheepskin boots with gold-embroidered patterns, a crane cloak with red feather crepe and white fox fur, her hair was in a bun, and she wore a phoenix pearl hairpin in a proper manner. She was tall and slender, and did not look delicate like a girl. Instead, she looked like a strong pine tree in the snow, and every step she took was steady and powerful.

No one noticed the conversation just now except the two of them.

There were only a few noble ladies looking over here and whispering quietly. When Zheng Minglou glanced over, they were startled and immediately turned their eyes away and stopped talking.

The most luxurious carriage at the gate of the imperial city was that of Princess Shouning.

Everyone waited at the gate instead of entering the city, waiting for Princess Shouning to enter the palace first.

It was not until the noses of many women turned red from the cold that a light laugh was heard from the carriage.

"Look at me, I'm so sleepy, Hall, help me get out of the car."

The sound was as soft as silk wrapped around fine sand, gorgeous and lazy.

The many noble ladies waiting behind the carriage had no expression on their faces, and their eyes all looked somewhat unhappy.

However, Princess Shouning was the apple of the empress dowager's eye, and no one dared to say anything.

The thick carriage curtain was lifted, and a luxurious fragrance overflowed. A pair of white and slender hands supported the curtain, and then the upper body of a werewolf boy stretched out.

Yue Ran narrowed his eyes slightly and looked over.

After not seeing each other for many days, Hall seemed to be living well with Princess Shouning.

Hall, who was originally seriously injured because of Yue Ran's forced termination of the contract, now looks healthy and healthy. His silver-gray eyes swept among the crowd and paused when they fell on Yue Ran's face. Then he lowered his head and helped Princess Shouning out.

Princess Shouning also looked very healthy today. She let Hall support her with one hand and wrapped herself in fox fur. She took only a few steps when several eunuchs carrying a sedan chair came towards her.

As everyone knows, the Queen Mother dotes on the eldest princess, so the eldest princess does not have to walk to enter the palace. She can just take a sedan chair at the gate of the imperial city and enter the palace.

Hall followed beside the sedan chair, with his gorgeous sleeves covered, his head lowered and his eyes not looking around, as he entered the imperial city.

Yue Ran raised her eyebrows, not knowing what method the princess used to regulate Hall's body.

At least there was no bond between the two.

As the only sister of Emperor Shengwen, Princess Shouning has only ever formed a bond with one orc in her life.

Yue Ran remembered that she was a mermaid princess, whose singing voice was so touching that her husband, Chen Bin, praised her:

"This sound should only be heard in heaven."

On the second day, the mermaid princess was found dead in Xichun Lake outside the city. She was disemboweled and died in a horrible way.

Emperor Shengwen was furious about this and ordered a thorough investigation of the case. He also wrote a letter personally to apologize to the leader of the mermaid tribe and promised that he was still willing to form a bond with other mermaid princesses.

However, many years have passed, and the cause of death of the mermaid princess has not been found out. The mermaid chief also never allowed the mermaids to form a pact with the powerful people of Da Chu again on the grounds that the mermaids were unlucky.

Now that Princess Shouning has let Hall of the werewolf tribe stand beside her, it can't help but make people think a lot.

But this has nothing to do with Yue Ran. Hall no longer poses any threat to her.

An hour later, Yue Ran couldn't help but sigh that he had let go too early.