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

The emperor's edict of apology was posted throughout the country, and then he passed away. Lu Mingyang accompanied his eldest sister to pay tribute to his parents, as well as his second brother and his wife.

"Eldest sister, wait for third brother to come back, and our family will be reunited."

Lu Mingyang helped Lu Mingyuan get on the carriage.

Lu Mingyuan gently stroked his sister's wind-blown hair, "You are the Crown Princess now. I don't know how long it will take before I can see you again."

"I'm the Crown Princess, I'm not dead, so if my elder sister wants me to go to the palace to see me, that's all."

"Don't talk nonsense." Lu Mingyuan patted his sister's hand.

"That's nonsense!"

The carriage slowly started moving. Lu Mingyang leaned on his elder sister's shoulder and said, "I have already ordered that from now on, no one is allowed to stop the people of Chengyang Marquis from entering the palace. You can see me whenever you want. The same will apply when I become the queen."

Lu Mingyuan smiled slightly.

Lu Mingyang felt that smile was a bit bitter, "Eldest sister, aren't you happy that I'm the queen?"

"Of course not, it's just..." Lu Mingyuan looked at his father's grave through the curtains again, "Now that the Chengyang Marquis's Mansion has granted me such great favor, I'm afraid of falling from such a high place."

Chu Mingzheng, citing the Emperor's will, posthumously conferred the title of King of Chengyang on Lu Shao, the former Marquis of Chengyang, and instructed his descendants to inherit the title of Duke. In other words, his third brother would be Duke of Chengguo, while his eldest sister would remain Marquis of Chengyang.

Three siblings from one family, one is the Queen, one is the Duke, and one is the Marquis of Chengyang as a woman. This is truly a unique favor in the world.

Lu Mingyang frowned: "Eldest sister, Your Highness, he is different from the emperor."

Lu Mingyuan's face was still etched with sorrow. "I know Your Highness is different. But back then, Father also said that Your Majesty was also full of youthful vigor. It's just that after ascending the throne, I've become less and less able to understand."

"Look, why am I saying all this?" Lu Mingyuan regretted his words. "Your Highness is naturally deeply in love with Yang'er, and his feelings will never change."

Lu Mingyang looked uncomfortable. She hadn't become the queen yet, but her elder sister had already started to be careful about how she spoke to her.

"Sister, I'm not afraid anymore, so why are you afraid?" Lu Mingyang hugged his sister tightly. "You're just asking for trouble by giving up the good life you have now and worrying about what might happen in the future."

"Yang'er is right, I was worrying too much." Lu Mingyuan also felt that he had been thinking too much recently.

Lu Mingyang wiped away Lu Mingyuan's tears and said, "Eldest sister, just remember that I will always be your sister. No matter what time it is, as long as our family is together, we are not afraid of any storm."

She didn't believe in the idea that being too successful would make one's ruler vulnerable, or that it was inevitable in history. She only believed that everything depended on human effort, and she still believed in him.

Carriages entered the city and the streets began to become congested.

Lu Mingyang lifted the car curtain and asked, "What's going on?"

Zhu Xin leaned forward on his horse and said, "The imperial physician who plotted to murder the late emperor today will be beheaded in public."

Isn't that Leng Lingfeng's uncle? Lu Mingyang asked his elder sister to return home first, and he rode to the execution ground. The execution ground was crowded with people. Yang Nianshu and Chu Yueling stood at the front.

Ever since Chu Yueling came to Beijing, the two of them have always been close to each other. Chu Yueling saw Lu Mingyang and waved, "Sister-in-law, this way."

Lu Mingyang walked over and frowned: "What are you doing here?"

"Let's watch the beheading." The two said in unison.

"What's so good about beheading?" Lu Mingyang scolded the two of them angrily. After he said this, he realized that these were the words his elder sister had just used to scold him.

Chu Yueling said, "Sister-in-law, that imperial physician is really strange. Others would be afraid of being beheaded, but he seems to be very happy."

Lu Mingyang looked over as Chu Yueling said and saw Leng Lingfeng, who was serving the beheading wine to Pharmacist Ge.

"Master, why are you doing this?"

Pharmacist Ge took a big bite of the chicken leg and drank a full bowl of wine, which was in stark contrast to Leng Lingfeng's loneliness. He patted Leng Lingfeng.

"Ling Feng, did you see that? My medical skills are unmatched by those idiots in the Imperial Hospital. I am the most skilled doctor in the world."

When he said this, a trace of loneliness flashed in his eyes.

"What a shame, you figured it out. I'm still one step behind my senior brother. What a shame. I'm not afraid of death. I just thought, how wonderful it would be if I could announce it to the world myself."

"Just for this?" Leng Lingfeng was shocked.

"Of course! We study medicine and pursue the supreme way."

"Uncle Master, I study medicine to save the world."

"Why are you just like your master? You don't speak human language."

Pharmacist Ge did not want to argue with him, so he took out a medical book from his arms and put it into Leng Lingfeng's hand.

"This is the recipe I've spent my life researching. I've had three thousand copies printed. After I die, people all over the world will rush to buy them. I'll die with no regrets."

When the time for execution arrived, Leng Lingfeng walked down the scaffold, his arms heavy as he carried the greasy medical book. He sheathed the knife and dropped it, his head tumbling to the ground, his face still smiling.

This is probably what is meant by "seek benevolence and you will get benevolence."

He didn't even say a word about what would happen after his death. Lu Mingyang accompanied Leng Lingfeng as they placed Pharmacist Ge's body into the coffin.

"Are you leaving?"

Seeing Leng Lingfeng got on the carriage, not going back to the house but heading towards the city gate, Lu Mingyang hurriedly got on the carriage.

Leng Lingfeng said: "I will send my uncle back to his hometown."

"But from what I see, he doesn't seem to care where he's buried."

Leng Lingfeng finally looked at the girl beside him, his eyes clearing up: "Miss Lu, I am also leaving the capital, and I probably won't be coming back."

"Ah!" Lu Mingyang was stunned.

Leng Lingfeng said, "Five years ago, when the plague hit Shuofang, my master and I met Prince Ningyuan while we were treating the plague. My master said that studying medicine is to save the world and the people, but saving the world and the people with medical skills alone is far from enough. My master said that Prince Ningyuan is the one who can save the world by saving one person, so I stayed in the capital. Now, the mission my master gave me is completed."

"No wonder. I was wondering why you, such a free and easy person who doesn't want to be constrained, would stay in the capital." Lu Mingyang looked at the city wall in the distance, feeling inexplicably sad.

"I dont want you to go."

Lu Mingyang blurted out the words, and when he thought of the ambiguous words he had said to her in the past, he felt a little at a loss.

"I know!" Leng Lingfeng smiled. "I am your good friend. Even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not qualified to be your good friend."

"That's right." Lu Mingyang clapped his hand on the back of his shoulder and said with a smile, "He kept you waiting for so long, and now you're leaving, and you don't even want some money or something as a reward?"

Leng Lingfeng looked at the woman in front of him and murmured, "Yes!"

"what?"

"I won't tell you." Leng Lingfeng smiled and looked away, looking at the smooth road ahead.

There are some people and some things that you don’t have to own. Just meeting them is beautiful enough.