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

The smile on Emperor Shengwen's face instantly turned cold.

He looked at Princess Shouning in disbelief, his eyes twitching slightly as he suppressed the anger that was bursting out in his heart.

If until just now he still wanted to tease this ambitious sister, now for the first time he felt murderous intent towards Shouning.

The Queen Mother was forced to raise her head. The tip of the dagger had penetrated her skin halfway, but the pain in her flesh was far less than the pain in her heart.

"Shou Ning...are you scared? Listen to mother and put the knife down. Your brother won't bother with you..."

The empress dowager gently persuaded Princess Shouning. She was facing Emperor Shengwen and could clearly see the rage in her son's eyes.

She had to save her daughter’s life.

What he got in return was a sharp response from his daughter:

"you shut up!!"

She held a dagger in one hand and pinched the empress dowager's shoulder with the other, forcing her to stand up tremblingly.

Emperor Shengwen could not help but take a step back and said in a deep voice:

"Shou Ning! If you have something to say, please talk to me nicely! Your mother loves you like the apple of her eye. Don't you feel ashamed for doing this?"

Yue Ran quietly stepped aside and winked at the people in the Jingji camp. Seeing that the empress dowager was being held hostage, everyone had to step back.

If any of their actions irritate Princess Shouning and cause the Queen Mother to be injured, I am afraid that His Majesty will settle accounts with them later.

Now that the fate of the palace has been settled and the mission of the capital camp has been almost completed, it is time to stop.

When Princess Shouning saw that holding the Queen Mother hostage could indeed make Emperor Shengwen give in, her rosy lips suddenly curved up.

She squinted her eyes and looked at Emperor Shengwen:

"Brother, I don't ask for much. As long as you are healthy, I won't have any unreasonable wishes."

"You have been ill these days, and the quack doctors in the Imperial Hospital have said that you are beyond help. That's when I came up with an idea."

"After all, this world is a peaceful and prosperous era created by my brother, and I really can't bear to see it fall into the hands of the mediocre prince!"

In the corner, Chu Hantian, who was standing behind Emperor Shengwen with Queen Lin, blushed and turned pale when he heard this, and clenched his hands into fists.

It's such a joke. Aunt Shouning herself was fooled by her father, so how could she have the nerve to say that he was mediocre?

Emperor Shengwen looked at the wound on the Empress Dowager's neck which was bleeding continuously and her luxurious clothes were stained with blood, and his eyes became even gloomier.

"Shouning, what exactly do you want?"

"My mother is old and can't stand your torture!"

Princess Shouning cast a look at several of her confidants beside her.

The handsome young men dressed as eunuchs hurried over and each picked up Princess Shouning's children.

"Brother, now that things have come to this, let's speak frankly."

Shouning pushed the Queen Mother forward slowly. The Queen Mother's body trembled slightly under her palm. She frowned slightly and whispered in the Queen Mother's ear:

"Mother, you have loved your daughter all your life. At the end, please love me again and don't let your daughter down."

The Queen Mother felt a chill on her back, and she could feel the dagger on her neck making another cut to the side.

This is the daughter she has loved for more than 30 years...

A tear shed from the corner of the Queen Mother's eye, and she walked forward like a zombie puppet, following Shouning's movements.

"Brother, I want the consort Chen Bin and his trusted men to wait for me outside the gate of the capital. I need to prepare a hundred war horses and allow me to evacuate south with the consort and the children."

"If we can safely leave the capital three hundred miles away, I will leave my mother in Liuyun Town three hundred miles away."

Emperor Shengwen listened with his back teeth clenched.

Even the town three hundred miles away can be seen clearly.

It seems that Shouning has been thinking about this escape route for quite some time.

Queen Lin, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke:

"Princess, I have something to tell you. Prince Consort Chen has just died under the iron hoofs of the Jingji camp. It's not that Your Majesty is unwilling to make such an arrangement."

The confidence on Princess Shouning's face suddenly cracked.

Her bloodshot eyes turned to Yue Ran.

Emperor Shengwen frowned and turned his head to look coldly at Empress Lin.

Queen Lin seemed frightened and looked away in fear.

"Yue Ran, I should have let Hall bite you to death. Leaving you alive in this world is the biggest mistake I have ever made."

Princess Shouning gritted her teeth and two tears rolled down her beautiful face.

Yue Ran raised his eyebrows slightly and bowed respectfully:

"I don't know what I have done wrong. What crime have I committed?"

I wonder if this arrogant princess in front of me would dare to say in front of Emperor Shengwen that I had blocked her from usurping the throne?

Princess Shouning glared at Yue Ran hatefully and sneered:

"Yue Ran, you seem smart, but you are actually stupid. Only the Empress will give you a place to stay."

"What's the point of you working so hard for these men's world?"

"Your father is old and disabled, and your brothers are incompetent. Do you think our Majesty will let you inherit the throne?"

Princess Shouning's eyes were like the tongue of a poisonous snake, scanning back and forth between Yue Ran and Emperor Shengwen's faces.

Emperor Shengwen's expression became extremely gloomy as Shouning spoke.

Shouning was making excuses. She knew very well how special the Dingbei Army of the Dingbei Palace was to the royal family, but she was still deliberately trying to sow discord.

He really couldn't make Yue Ran a king. No woman in all dynasties had ever been made a prince, not even a king of a different surname!

Yue Ran looked calm, his eyes were clear and bright, and he smiled brightly:

"Your Majesty has treated Yue Ran well. Now I am less than 20 years old but already a second-rank military officer. Looking at the whole of Great Chu, this is a rare favor. Yue Ran is very grateful to Your Majesty."

"The Dingbei Palace has its own destiny. As for Yue Ran himself, he also has his own path to follow."

She bowed to Princess Shouning:

"I hope the princess will consider the Queen Mother's loving motherly heart and not embarrass her any further."

Princess Shouning almost gritted her teeth. Yue Ran was simply unyielding.

Emperor Shengwen looked much more relaxed at this moment, and it was obvious that he was very satisfied with Yue Ran's loyalty.

She snorted sarcastically:

"Look at how servile you are. I was really blind to think you had some character."

Yue Ran was still as thick-skinned as a fortress of iron and steel, and he remained unmoved no matter how the princess humiliated him.

What a joke! She has been in the military camp for five years, and the insults from a bunch of rough guys were much more nasty than this. It is too naive for Princess Shouning to expect that she can be moved by just a few words.

At this moment, Yue Ran discovered that the long sword of a dead eunuch under the princess' feet slowly moved out of her hand and quietly blocked the princess half a step away.

Her pupils shrank slightly.

Telekinesis! Someone is using demonic powers!

Just as she realized this, Princess Shouning had already stepped on the sharp blade of the sword. She screamed, her body tilted, and the dagger in her hand that was against the empress dowager also tilted.

A woman in white rushed forward suddenly, and when Princess Shouning was about to stab with a dagger with a murderous look in her eyes, she stretched out her hand to block the dagger, and blood instantly dyed her white clothes red.

Yue Ran flew forward and raised his palm to chop the eldest princess's wrist where the tendons were.

With a clang, the dagger fell to the ground, and the eldest princess was immediately pointed at the throat by long swords from all directions.

The Queen Mother gasped in surprise, and the next moment Wang Chun rushed over and helped her to the side, escaping danger.

Chu Hantian rushed over and hugged the woman in white who had injured her arm, feeling heartbroken:

"Xiao Lou! How are you?"