The maid fell to her knees in fear, trembling, and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I have something important to report!"

"Why are you so panicked?" the emperor asked impatiently.

"Princess... the princess is missing!" The maid's voice was trembling, almost crying.

"What?!" The emperor stood up suddenly, his face suddenly turned pale. "What did you say? Yong'an is missing? What happened? Explain it to me!"

"What?!" The emperor's face turned pale. "What did you say? How could Yong'an be missing? Explain it to me!"

The maid was so frightened that she prostrated herself on the ground, her body shaking like a sieve, and she spoke incoherently, "Reply...Reply to the Emperor, this servant...this servant has been searching for the princess for a long time but has not found her..."

The emperor was furious. "Why don't you send more people to find the princess?"

The palace maid quickly responded and left.

Everyone in the hall was so frightened by the emperor's anger that they were silent and dared not make a sound.

The emperor took a deep breath, trying hard to suppress the anger in his heart, and forced a smile. He said, "Excuse me, envoy. My daughter is naughty. She may have hidden away because she was playing. I will send someone to find her and will bring her to you safely."

"Your Majesty, you are too polite. The princess is a princess of noble birth and must be surrounded by guards for protection. I don't think anything serious will happen." The envoy said with a forced smile.

The emperor naturally understood the implication of his words and became even more angry, but he couldn't get angry either, so he had to continue socializing with a forced smile.

Soon, a guard came hurriedly to report: "Your Majesty, the princess has been found, but... but..."

"Just what? Hesitating." The emperor shouted impatiently.

The guard knelt down in fear, his voice trembling, "It's just that the princess... the princess... is with a man... in a side hall..."

"What?!" The emperor was struck by lightning when he heard this. His eyes went dark and he almost fainted.

Seeing this, the Queen hurried forward to support the Emperor and asked anxiously, "Your Majesty, are you okay?"

The emperor waved his hand to indicate that he was fine, but his expression was still extremely ugly.

He suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice, "Go ahead! I want to see who is this daring lunatic who dares to be so bold!"

……

In the side hall, Princess Yong'an was lying on a bed in dishevel, and next to her was Chi Qu.

The queen went in first and told the emperor what she had seen, and the emperor was immediately furious.

"Rebellious girl! Is she trying to piss me off to death?!"

"Let them both take me back to the banquet hall!" The emperor stormed out angrily.

……

Inside the banquet hall, everyone had been waiting for a long time.

When they saw Princess Yong'an and Chi Qu being escorted in by guards, there was an uproar.

Everyone was talking about it. Princess Yong'an lowered her head. Although she felt a little ashamed, she had to take this path in order to avoid the marriage.

Chi Qu, on the other hand, had a confused look on his face, having no idea what was going on.

The emperor sat on the dragon throne with a gloomy face, saying nothing, just looking coldly at the two people kneeling on the ground.

"Yong'an, tell me! What is going on?!" The emperor finally spoke, his voice as cold as if it came from the Nine Nether Hell.

Princess Yong'an raised her head and glanced at Chi Qu, a trace of determination flashing in her eyes. Then she turned to look at the emperor, took a deep breath, and said, "Father, I love Chi Qu and will not marry anyone else!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the audience was shocked.

Chi Qu was also stunned. He never expected Princess Yong'an to say such a thing.

He raised his head and looked at Princess Yong'an in confusion, his eyes full of puzzlement.

Princess Yong'an walked over to Chi Qu, took his hand, and said affectionately, "Chi Lang, I know you have feelings for me, but you didn't dare to express them because of your status. Now I have told my father everything. Will you...will you marry me?"

He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but his throat was like it was drugged and he couldn't speak.

"How dare you!" Concubine Wen pretended to point at Princess Yong'an and shouted angrily, "Yong'an! You...you...you are simply fooling around! Do you know what you are talking about?!"

Princess Yong'an, however, seemed determined and said firmly, "Mother, I have made up my mind. I will not marry anyone but Chi Lang!"

"you…"

"Your Majesty, it seems... our Crown Prince will never marry the Princess." The Anguo envoy stood up and said sarcastically, then suddenly threw the wine glass in his hand to the ground with a crisp "bang". "Farewell!"

After saying this, he left with his subordinates.

"Your Majesty..." Upon seeing this, Concubine Wen quickly knelt on the ground and cried, "I have failed to teach my daughter well. Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

The emperor looked at the scene in front of him and trembled with anger. He suddenly closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and tried hard to suppress the anger in his heart.

"All...all of you get out!" the emperor roared, his voice full of fatigue and powerlessness.

Seeing this, no one dared to say anything. They quickly stood up and retreated in shame.

In the blink of an eye, the originally bustling banquet hall was left with only the emperor, the empress, Concubine Wen, Princess Yong'an and Chi Qu who were kneeling on the ground.

"Tell me! Whose idea was this?" The emperor suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze like lightning, staring at Yong'an, and asked word by word.

Yong'an was so frightened that his whole body trembled, but he still raised his head stubbornly, looked at the emperor, and said: "Father, I have already said it, I love Chi Qu, and I will not marry anyone else!"

"Asshole!" the emperor shouted angrily, "Do you know what you are talking about?!"

"Father, I know what I am doing!" Princess Yong'an looked at the emperor without flinching, "I don't want to marry to Anguo. I only want to marry the one I love!"

Seeing the emperor so furious, Concubine Wen quickly knelt on the ground, weeping bitterly, "Your Majesty, can you really bear to see Yong'an marrying far away in a foreign country? You can bear it, but I can't! She is our only daughter!"

The Queen watched coldly from the side, knowing full well what Concubine Wen was planning.

She knew that Concubine Wen was retreating to advance, wanting to take this opportunity to save Yong'an and even let Chi Qu become her helper.

The Emperor looked at the weeping Concubine Wen, and his anger subsided a little, but his expression remained stern. "Hmph, I knew it was your idea!"

The emperor swung his sleeves and said angrily, "From today on, you will move to Lengying Palace. Without my permission, you are not allowed to step out of the palace. You will be demoted from Imperial Concubine to Imperial Concubine!"

Concubine Wen was shocked, but she didn't dare show any dissatisfaction. She kowtowed and thanked the emperor: "I thank the emperor for his grace."

The emperor no longer paid attention to Concubine Wen, but turned his gaze to Yong'an and Chi Qu who were kneeling on the ground.

Chi Qu was feeling uneasy at the moment. He had never expected that he would be involved in this royal turmoil.

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