I'm shocked! After breaking off the engagement, the emperor's uncle wants to have a fake m

Prince Ling didn't want to let him go just like that, but the word "Princess" made him feel warm somewhere in his heart.

We have known each other for a short time, but it feels like we have known each other for many years. When I think of that unrestrained little face and those eyes as bright as stars, I feel inexplicably happy.

"Send someone to secretly protect her. Don't take it lightly."

"Yes."

Thinking of the women who had died tragically three days before their wedding, Ah Shu's heart was beating fast. It was obvious that the Duke's wife wanted to find a suitable opportunity to take Miss Mu's life.

"Your Highness, the murderer outside the city was also the Duke's wife, Lan, who ordered someone to bring him here with money. They are bandits entrenched in the Huang County area. They specialize in robbing and looting, and murdering for money. Moreover, they even dared to take the disaster relief money. The local county government is very troubled and has submitted petitions many times to send troops to suppress the bandits, but nothing has been done. It seems that they have a backer behind them."

Prince Ling's eyes flashed with a sharpness, and his tone was indifferent, "You make arrangements. In three days, we will set out for Huang County."

Ah Shu had been with Prince Ling for many years, so he naturally knew what he wanted to do. "But Prince, your body..."

"It's okay. I've recovered almost completely after these few days of treatment. Why should I just go through the motions? You guys are the ones who have to do the fighting. What are you afraid of?"

Ah Shu, "…"

Maluo's life is also life...

As the Queen Mother was trying hard to promote this marriage, she kept putting pressure on the Imperial Observatory in private, asking them to quickly calculate an auspicious date so that the matter could be settled quickly, lest Prince Ling die before the wedding.

But before that, she really wanted to meet the eldest daughter of Duke Fuguo, who had been exiled since childhood.

"Ruru, have you ever met this elder sister of yours?"

Apart from handling matters within her own responsibilities, Mu Ruge spent most of her time in the Empress Dowager's Shouxiang Palace.

Everyone in the palace knew that this second-rank female official was a descendant of the Empress Dowager's family. Not only was she appreciated by His Majesty, but even the court officials praised her highly. As a woman, it was not easy to receive such an honor.

"My cousin is getting married, and I was ordered by the Queen Mother to go and add to her dowry. We met once." Mu Ruge kept massaging the Queen Mother's shoulders, and her expression and tone were very indifferent.

She was born with a cool and aloof appearance, and even when she was serving others, her temperament was like that of a fairy from heaven, so people could only admire her from afar.

"What's your impression?"

Mu Ruge was silent for a while, but gave a more pertinent answer, "He has an outspoken personality and doesn't know how to restrain himself."

Queen Mother Lan seemed a little tired and slowly closed her eyes. "We'll know what's going on when we meet."

Mu Qingyan was called out early in the morning, saying that it was the Queen Mother's decree to summon her to the palace. The marriage has already been granted, what else do you want to do?

She was very sleepy and slept all the way. When she was almost at the palace gate, Yuzhan called her, she was still sleepy.

After entering the palace gate, there were naturally eunuchs to lead the way. However, since it was her first time entering this palace, Mu Qingyan was still very alert and did not dare to slack off. Queen Mother Lan was Lan's aunt, and summoning her for no reason was not a good thing, not to mention that there was also Mu Ruge in the palace who thought highly of herself and had warned her verbally.

Sure enough, complications arose before he even met the Queen Mother.

The eunuch led the way with his head down and body bent. When a person came towards them, he pretended not to see him and just kept walking forward.

The woman who was walking towards him had a calculating look in her eyes. She walked straight towards Mu Qingyan. When they passed each other, she suddenly bumped into Mu Qingyan, then deliberately fell to the ground and complained in a shrill voice, "Where did you come from, you bumpkin! Didn't anyone teach you the rules? Not only did you not show courtesy to me, but you even dared to push me! Come on, beat me up!"

The person following her tried to pull Mu Qingyan without any explanation, and Yuzhan subconsciously protected her.

A woman who looked like a female official saw this and said sternly, "How dare you! Her Royal Highness the Princess is a daughter of a rich family. Let alone hitting her, even if you want to kill her, she should be grateful and die! How dare you stop me!"

Mu Qingyan looked at the so-called eldest princess who was full of arrogance and deliberately looking for trouble, and she wanted to go up and slap her twice.

But this is the palace, she can't be impulsive.

"Aunt, what you said makes me confused. Can a princess of wealth and status disregard the law and treat human life as worthless? Although I have not been to school for a few days and cannot read a few words, I know that the princess is a princess of wealth and status, enjoying the support of the people. She should be a role model and a person of virtue. Naturally, she would not be as cruel as you said and take people's lives for no reason."

"you--"

The female official's face turned red and white.

How should she respond?

It was she who said she wanted to kill someone just now. If she confirmed it, wouldn't it seem like she was just taking advantage of the power of others and using chicken feathers as a token of authority?

If it is denied, it means that Her Royal Highness the Princess is cruel and inhumane, and regards human life as worthless.

Princess Yunxi had been helped up by the palace servants. Seeing that her people were at a loss for words, she sneered, "You are so eloquent. As the eldest princess, I should be respected by all the people, but those lowly people are not even as good as the mud under my feet. Even if I kill them, what can anyone do to me? Today you offended me, and I am going to beat you and punish you. What can you do?"

Mu Qingyan also smiled, "The princess wants to punish me, so of course she doesn't need a reason. But my father is the Duke of the State, and you have to give face to the Buddha. The Queen Mother summoned me to the palace, and I was punished by the princess before I even saw the Queen Mother. You didn't hit me, but my father, the Duke of Fu."

Princess Yunxi's smile deepened. "Everyone in Kyoto knows that you are not favored by Duke Fuguo, so he banished you to Cangzhou since you were young. He brought you back because of the marriage with the Marquis of Xiangning. Unfortunately, you are not worthy of this marriage, so he called it off... I haven't seen Duke Fuguo seek justice for you or save his face..."

Mu Qingyan caught a glimpse of the bright yellow figure hiding under the eaves behind Princess Yunxi, and the corners of her lips curled slightly, "Your Highness, what you said is not right. No matter how much my father dislikes me, I am still his daughter. He beats me and scolds me, and no one can find fault with it. But Buddhas fight over a stick of incense, and people fight over a breath. If I was bullied for no reason outside, he would doubt his prestige in the court... As a dignified duke, he can't even stand up when his own daughter is bullied. It seems that this Duke is meaningless... Besides, I just received the imperial decree to marry Prince Ling as the principal wife. Are you sure you want to slap the Queen Mother, His Majesty, and your royal brother Prince Ling?"

Princess Yunxi originally thought that Mu Qingyan was just an ignorant country girl, but she didn't expect that she could speak so eloquently.