I just want to be a princess, no, you want to be a queen

Lu Mingyang walked back to the East Palace and found it eerily quiet. No, except for Chu Mingzheng, it was eerily quiet.

"How can you be a good official? You don't even know there's a thief in the palace. What's the use of you?"

From a distance, Chu Mingzheng's voice could be heard coming from the hall.

When Lu Mingyang walked in, he saw Zheng Hao with a sad face, pitifully asking him for help.

"Get out and close the door."

"promise!"

"Did I ask you to move?"

Hearing this, Zheng Hao, who had already stood up, fell to his knees again. Lu Mingyang waved his hand and walked towards Chu Mingzheng.

Seeing that the princess had secretly agreed, no, it was the Crown Princess, Zheng Hao felt emboldened and sneaked out.

"How dare you run!"

Before Chu Mingzheng could finish his words, the palace door slammed shut and the man disappeared.

Lu Mingyang knelt down beside him and accused him with a smile, "That's too much! You know very well that no one dares to touch the things in the study except me."

"Where's the memorial?"

Lu Mingyang continued to smile: "I sent it to Shen Yan."

"Who told you to send it to him?" Chu Mingzheng slammed his palm on the desk, the sound was deafening.

Lu Mingyang shuddered, hugged the man's hand distressedly, and said angrily: "That bastard, how dare he bully my man? How can I let him rest? I will tire him to death."

"Don't give me that." Chu Mingzheng pulled his hand away.

Lu Mingyang looked at his empty palms with grievance, tears streaming down his face. "You, you, you actually treated me like this, you must have a woman outside. No wonder you've been the Crown Prince for so long and never made me the Crown Princess, leaving me to follow you without any status. Why is my life so miserable?"

Chu Mingzheng looked at the pretentiousness and said with disdain, "Lu Mingyang, how come I didn't realize you were so good at confusing right and wrong?"

"I'm conflating right and wrong?" Lu Mingyang pressed down on his shoulders, his temper rising. "How dare you say those ministers didn't urge you to choose a concubine? I'm afraid this isn't just a normal selection for the Eastern Palace, but a selection for the Crown Princess, right?"

Chu Mingzheng realized he had fallen into a trap, but he had to untie it. He said aggrievedly, "Where did you hear that? It's too exaggerated. How could she possibly choose the Crown Princess? As for the selection of the Eastern Palace, it was just a routine inquiry. I blocked it all."

There was a knock on the door. It was Zhu Cong. Zhu Cong came in and placed a pile of memorials on the desk. He reported, "Your Highness, Lord Shen said that these are memorials for the selection of concubines and he is not in a position to review them."

Lu Mingyang said with a chuckle, "So many."

Chu Mingzheng waved his hand hurriedly and asked Zhu Cong to go down.

"Yangyang!"

He tried to hold her hand, but Lu Mingyang avoided him in disgust.

Chu Mingzheng felt wronged: "You know what I mean."

He just wanted to judge which ministers would send women to him. Now that the emperor was in a coma and Prince Guangcheng was alive and well, there was no guarantee that someone with ulterior motives would stir up trouble again.

Time is tight and there are many officials. This is the fastest way to screen out those with ulterior motives.

Lu Mingyang said magnanimously: "Then kiss me."

So easy to talk to?

Chu Mingzheng was stunned for a moment, then he put his arm around her slender waist and kissed her. Lu Mingyang put his arm around Chu Mingzheng's neck, his eyes filled with heartache.

"Your Highness, it's better to speak out some things." She was naturally referring to the matter of establishing Prince Xianjin as Emperor Chengtian.

"Everyone kept those things in their hearts, always thinking they were a big deal. But after Shen Yan spoke them out, everyone realized that they weren't that big of a deal after all."

Chu Mingzheng held up the face in front of him and asked, "Yangyang, do you also think that what I did was wrong?"

"no!"

"But I'm definitely not right."

Lu Mingyang gently stroked his brow. "A Zheng, you want to be an emperor, not a saint. An emperor's duty is to protect the land and the people, and to bring peace to the world. Some things should be done, and don't worry about the gossip around you. When the sea is peaceful and the river is clear, there will be great scholars to debate the classics for my husband."

"Yangyang!" The tears in his eyes faded, and Chu Mingzheng kissed the woman in front of him deeply. He was so lucky to have her by his side in this life.

Embracing each other, Lu Mingyang breathed in the warmth of the kiss, "When will you make me the Crown Princess?"

"soon!"

"When is soon? Isn't it difficult?" Her status is the same as his. If she wants to become the mother of the country, she must be judged by the world.

"no!"

Chu Mingzheng kissed her again, picked up the woman in his arms and went to the back hall.

It was still daylight, and Lu Mingyang shyly slapped someone, "Hurry up and do your job."

Chu Mingzheng put the person on the bed and smiled: "Didn't you send out all the memorials?"

"You are not allowed to mess around."

"The duty of husband and wife."

"We're not... um..."

Lu Mingyang was speechless. She had come to understand that being a good person is hard. However, the rewards for being a good person were not bad. When she woke up, the sun was already shining brightly.

After Lu Mingyang washed up, he went to visit Concubine Jing. Ever since the war with the Xiongnu began, Princess Jinghe's letters had ceased. He wondered if his cousin and Pei Mian could rescue Princess Jinghe before Jin Yiluo fled back to the Xiongnu.

She had to go see Concubine Jing to stop her from having any wild thoughts.

Along the way, rows and rows of Yulin Guards passed by. Lu Mingyang felt strange and happened to see Tong Yu. He hurriedly stopped him and asked, "What happened?"

Tong Yu didn't know how to address the Fourth Young Lady anymore. After bowing, she said, "Today, during the imperial court, all the officials were discussing the selection of the Crown Princess. His Majesty forbade any further discussion and said that you would be the Crown Princess. Unexpectedly, after the court session, the officials started discussing it again in the inner chamber. His Majesty was furious and ordered us to expel all the officials who were discussing the selection of the Crown Princess from the palace."

Lu Mingyang's face was full of black lines.

Could it be that my words "There are great scholars who will debate for me" made him angry?

But no matter what you say, you can't do it this way.

"Don't do anything yet." Lu Mingyang's mind was confused. "I'll go with you."

"This, isn't good!" Tong Yu hesitated. They were on duty, and everything was subject to the Crown Prince's order. It was against the rules for him to tell the Fourth Young Lady.

"What's wrong with that?" Lu Mingyang followed him forward, chatting as they walked: "Brother Tong hasn't gotten married yet, right?"

Seeing the Fourth Lady's enthusiasm, Tong Yu was a little confused: "What does this have to do with my marriage?"

"Of course it does." Lu Mingyang explained seriously, "There are so many ministers. What if one of them is your future father-in-law? How will you ever marry him?"

Tong Yu: “…”

It seems that it makes sense.

While Tong Yu was still dazed, Lu Mingyang patted his chest with his backhand and walked into the inner court. Tong Yu came to his senses and hurriedly sent someone to report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

In the courtyard, one could hear the ministers' heated discussions.