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

"Jizhou cannot be defended." Chu Mingzheng said his plan: "The Qiang people will take Jizhou and then attack the capital. Yangyang, it is the capital that you need to defend."

Lu Mingyang shook his head. "You can't lead the army in person. You must ascend the throne immediately and take charge of the capital. My elder sister has fought against Jin Yiluo before, so she knows everything. Tomorrow morning, you will ascend the throne, and my elder sister and I will lead the troops to Yanmen Pass. Don't worry, we will definitely defend Yanmen Pass."

"You can't go!"

"Why can't I go?" This is the best way.

"I said you can't go, and you can't go." Chu Mingzheng immediately became angry.

Lu Mingyang was stunned. She blinked her sore eyes and asked, "What are your chances of winning?"

"Ten percent!"

"Why don't you let me go? Am I really that useless to you?" Lu Mingyang saw through his guilty conscience and roared, "If you don't tell the truth, don't go. Let's all die together."

Chu Mingzheng held up her flushed face, his eyes also red: "Yangyang, can you please listen to me? Just listen to me this time."

Lu Mingyang murmured, "Jin Yiluo didn't even want his own royal court, his own flesh and blood, and his own clansmen. He was determined to take over the entire Dasheng at all costs. You didn't expect him to be so ruthless. Therefore, you can't predict what will happen outside Yanmen Pass. You don't even have a 50% chance of success."

"Yangyang!" Chu Mingzheng tried to refute: "Jin Yiluo is the strongest enemy. Only by taking him down as soon as possible can we resolve the dilemma of internal and external troubles. If I could deal with Jin Yiluo within ten days, the riot would not have happened at all."

Lu Mingyang smiled, "You will, and it will be quick. Because if you're late, the capital will be in danger. An army will enter the city and hold King Guangcheng hostage to control the world. Therefore, you don't even have a 30% chance of success. If you want to turn that 30% into 100%, you will die."

"Stop talking!" Chu Mingzheng kissed her.

Lu Mingyang bit his lip in anger, "Chu Mingzheng, if you didn't want me to defend the city, you wouldn't have told me all this and run away secretly."

"Yangyang, can you not be so clever?" Chu Mingzheng refused to let her go until he had kissed away the tears on her face. She hugged him, making a final struggle: "Can't you let me go?"

"Yangyang, don't be willful. You can't defeat him. Once Yanmen Pass is breached, I will die too."

"You always look down on me."

She raised her fist and punched him. Chu Mingzheng held it and pressed it against his chest: "Yangyang, this is my own fault. Let me face it myself."

If it weren't for his arrogance, sending Da Sheng's most elite cavalry deep into the Xiongnu, wanting to annihilate the Xiongnu in one fell swoop, Da Sheng would not be so passive.

Lu Mingyang bit his shoulder and started to cry.

Chu Mingzheng waited, waiting for the woman in his arms to calm down. He held her and looked at the desk, explaining to her one by one the matters of defending the city and handling daily government affairs.

His voice was calm, yet it sounded like he was giving instructions for his final arrangements.

"I don't understand. I don't understand."

Lu Mingyang suddenly became irritable and frantically tried to undress him. The familiar warmth made her feel much more at ease, but it was still not enough. She undressed herself, pressed her body against his warm chest, and kissed him greedily.

"Chu Mingzheng, you love me, love me..."

She wanted him, forever.

Chu Mingzheng kissed the little girl, who had lost her home, picked her up, and carried her to her bed. Her warmth and tenderness captivated their hearts. If only he could, he would possess her forever.

Unfortunately, all he could give her was this moment of joy.

The swaying bed curtains gradually calmed down. Lu Mingyang stared blankly at the ceiling, tightly clasping his hands at his sides. "Go on, I'm listening."

No sound.

Lu Mingyang turned her head to look over. Chu Mingzheng suddenly turned over and protected his beloved woman under him, lowering his head to kiss her. They had just been together, but his body was so cold that she shivered.

Breathing gradually becomes disordered.

Lu Mingyang held up his cold cheek and said hoarsely, "You have to go out early tomorrow morning, so you can't be too tired."

"Yangyang!" Chu Mingzheng touched the woman's flat belly, his fingertips trembling uncontrollably. "In fifteen days at the latest, there will be a result. If I die, you must kill Chu Minghui immediately, and then find another man to get pregnant."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Listen to me." Their foreheads touched, and the sharp words came out from their hearts. "Only when you hold the world in your hands will I feel that my life is not a joke."

Lu Mingyang shook his head.

Chu Mingzheng kissed the tears from his eyes and continued, "But you have to agree to three conditions. First, you can't look at his face; second, after you get pregnant, you must kill him; third, you must never tell him that I'm not his father, but you can't bring him to worship me either."

Lu Mingyang punched him in the heart again and again, crying, "How did you know it was a boy?"

"It doesn't matter if it's not a boy."

Chu Mingzheng kissed the woman in his arms again, tenderly and passionately.

But it’s not enough, it’s never enough.

At four o'clock in the morning, the army heading to Yanmen Pass drove out of the capital in a mighty procession, heading for an unknown life and death.

"Your Highness, it's time."

Originally, they wanted to leave after daybreak, but Chu Mingzheng was worried that Lu Mingyang would feel uncomfortable after waking up, so he asked Zheng Hao to wake him up at five o'clock. Chu Mingzheng opened his eyes and did not see his wife beside him, so he called Zheng Hao in.

"Where is the Crown Princess?"

Zheng Hao also stayed outside the palace all night and said, "The Crown Princess left before four o'clock in the morning. She said she was going back to the palace and packed some luggage for you to take away."

"Got it." Chu Mingzheng stood up and put on his armor. He found that his sword was missing. A bad premonition rushed into his mind. He hurried to look at the tiger talisman.

The small box was empty.

"Zhu Cong, come out here." Chu Mingzheng hurried to the courtyard. He was now the crown prince and didn't need secret guards, but he was worried that Lu Mingyang would disobey him, so he sent secret guards to guard the East Palace.

A figure fell from the sky, but it was not Zhu Cong.

The man knelt on one knee and reported, "Your Highness, Commander Zhu left with the princess. He said that if he could come back to apologize to you, the Crown Princess would be fine. If he couldn't come back, he would apologize to you in his next life."

"One by one, they all rebelled."

Chu Mingzheng rode out of the palace. The lonely sound of horse hooves suddenly rang out on the palace road.

Shen Yan stood at the foot of Chengtian Gate, watching the men on horseback approaching. He narrowed his eyes and spread his arms. The horse's hooves strayed across Shen Yan's chest, and Chu Mingzheng shouted angrily, "Get out of the way."

"Your Highness, please reconsider..."

Before he could finish his words, Chu Mingzheng grabbed his collar and threw him out. Shen Yan fell to the ground. Seeing the horse's hoof about to pass over his head, he hurriedly picked up the long wooden pole standing beside Chengtian Gate and stuck it on the door.

Chu Mingzheng dismounted, snatched the wooden pole from his hand and threw it away. Shen Yan fell to his knees, hurriedly took out a letter, and held it high above his head. "A letter from the Crown Princess."