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

Following the Sheng Dynasty's decisive victory over the Xiongnu, the restive forces across the country were swept away with lightning speed. The court was at peace. However, some idle officials preferred to keep an eye on the emperor's household affairs. But at this very moment, the Crown Princess disappeared.

Voices calling for her to be enthroned frequently arose.

Especially those officials who had been humiliated by the Crown Princess wanted to take advantage of the Crown Princess's disappearance to ask the Emperor to establish a chaste and virtuous queen.

Putting the word "zhen" first is clearly a subtle suggestion that the Crown Princess is not worthy of being the Queen.

Most of the generals who supported the Crown Princess were military officers, and in the court, they were silenced by the eloquent civil officials. At this time, Shen Yan stood up and single-handedly dominated half of the court, making the civil officials blush and the military officials dumbfounded.

Someone nudged Pei Mian and whispered, "Master Pei, if you don't say a few words, people will say that our generals are rough and uncouth."

"The Crown Princess's own brother hasn't said anything, so what should I say?" Pei Mian glared back, secretly glancing at His Majesty on the throne. He had been scolded a lot recently for losing the Crown Princess, so he didn't dare to show off again.

The noise was so intense that Chu Mingzheng dismissed the court and left. Zheng Hao followed him and asked, "Your Majesty, why don't you send someone to look for the Empress?"

"How can we find her? It's a waste of money and time. Does she still want to be the queen?" She had agreed to come back and be the queen after winning the battle, but she disappeared.

Chu Mingzheng became increasingly irritated. He changed out of his court robes and went to Prince Ningyuan's mansion.

Inside the Weiyang Pavilion, Chu Mingzheng looked at everything familiar and sighed silently. He had been thinking about it over and over again these days, but he couldn't figure out what he had done wrong to make the little girl punish him like this.

"I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

A clear voice was heard. Chu Mingzheng looked towards the door and saw a strange face.

"who are you?"

Chen Qingyin looked at His Majesty in astonishment and was about to speak when Ningxiang trotted in and whispered to her, "Your Majesty, she is my distant cousin and she is here to visit me."

Ruying heard the noise and came over to chase them away: "Who asked you to come here? Go away now."

Ningxiang pulled Chen Qingyin out, complaining softly as they walked, "I told you to hide from His Majesty, why did you come here?"

"stop!"

Chu Mingzheng walked to the corridor and asked pointedly, "Who is she?"

Ruying lowered her head and said nothing.

Ningxiang pulled Chen Qingyin and turned around, smiling bitterly.

Chen Qingyin knelt down, her eyes full of hope: "I am the granddaughter of Lord Chen of Yuzhou. When Your Majesty came to your house, I played a piece of music for you. Your Majesty, don't you remember?"

Chu Mingzheng remembered and had a bad feeling: "Why are you here?"

Chen Qingyin said, "The Queen took me into the palace to serve His Highness, and also gave me the title of Ru Ren."

Chu Mingzheng's head exploded, "How come I don't know?"

Ruying knelt down and said aggrievedly, "Some time ago, when Your Majesty was still the Crown Prince, Lady Chen came to the mansion to look for Your Majesty, wanting to stay and serve Your Majesty. Your Majesty took her in and even had her registered in the clan register, giving her the same status as Lady Ningxiang. I deserve to die for not being able to persuade Your Majesty."

Ningxiang was on the verge of tears, wondering where Chen Qingyin was. Why was he mentioning her? She felt like her free salary and title were about to go down the drain. As expected, His Majesty's face turned ashen.

"I have instructed the Imperial Clan Bureau not to allow anyone into the Eastern Palace. Who dares to enter the register?"

Ruying said, "The Queen told the clan office that I should be included in the clan register of the Ningyuan Prince's Palace."

"She is really capable." Originally, it was fine to keep Ningxiang and the others in the mansion, just like raising a few dancers. Anyway, they were not included in the royal jade book, but now.

Chu Mingzheng said angrily, "You two, leave the house now and don't let me see you again. Ruying, go to the clan office and cross out your name for me."

Chen Qingyin collapsed on the ground, unable to recover.

Ningxiang blocked His Majesty's path and cried, "Your Majesty, it's not important whether I stay or go. What's important is that I was appointed by Your Majesty herself. Your Majesty also said that all affairs in the palace are decided by Your Majesty. You rejected Her will before Her Majesty returned. How sad Her Majesty will be when she returns."

Chu Mingzheng looked at Ningxiang and suddenly laughed.

The court the next day still discussed the issue of establishing a queen.

This time, the emperor finally agreed to establish a queen, and announced the candidate for queen, Ningxiang, who was born in a brothel and was once a prostitute.

Amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd, the emperor withdrew from court.

There was an immediate uproar in Hanyuan Hall.

Everyone surrounded Lu Mingze.

"Captain Lu, please say something. The Crown Princess is your biological sister."

Lu Mingze looked at the ministers whose expressions changed faster than turning the pages of a book, and said expressionlessly, "Your Majesty's family affairs are beyond your authority. I advise you all to stop interfering."

How can we just ignore it?

As soon as the news came out, the famous families in the capital were in an uproar. A prostitute was stepped on and became the mother of the country. How could the young ladies from the noble families face people? How could the noble ladies in the capital persuade their husbands to keep themselves chaste?

The civil officials who always talked about etiquette and propriety were in tears. The military officers also cursed the civil officials who were looking for trouble.

Naturally, scholars all over the world found it absurd, and honest people all over the world also felt that the way of heaven was unfair.

For a moment, everyone missed the Crown Princess.

The Crown Princess became the best woman in the world.

"How could Your Majesty be so confused?"

In the Ningyuan Palace, Chen Qingyin got the news and became restless. Suddenly, she mustered up the courage to stand up and said, "Jiuge, let's go to the palace."

Jiuge reminded: "Miss, you can't enter the palace now."

"Even if I can't go in, I have to go in. Advising the king is my duty as a concubine."

As Chen Qingyin was about to leave, Ningxiang suddenly pushed the door open and rushed in, saying anxiously, "Qingyin, you don't have any silver. Lend me some. I'll pay you back slowly when the queen comes back."

Chen Qingyin asked Jiuge to give Ningxiang two large silver ingots in confusion.

"Anything else? Jewelry is fine too."

Ningxiang untied the bag on her back and put the silver in it.

Chen Qingyin saw that it was filled with gold, silver and jewelry, and asked curiously: "What do you need so much silver for?"

Ningxiang sighed, "Of course it's for the Empress. The sisters and mother in Chunxiang Pavilion have met many people, so maybe they can find out where the Empress is."

Chen Qingyin asked curiously, "Doesn't Your Majesty want to make my sister the Queen?"

"How is it possible? His Majesty loves the Empress so much." Ningxiang was about to cry. "I don't know why His Majesty did this, but I know that if the Empress doesn't come back, I will lose my head."

Chen Qingyin was stunned for a long moment before he said, "Could it be that His Majesty wants to use you to prevent those ministers from ever mentioning the idea of ​​making someone else the queen again?"

"Yes, that's it." Ningxiang nodded.

"I'm afraid it's even more than that. If Your Majesty issues an order to search for the Empress, it would be putting personal interests above public ones, which would be detrimental to the Empress's reputation. However, if this is the case, everyone in the world will search for the Empress, and officials from all over the country will spare no effort."

Chen Qingyin smiled, "Your Majesty is worthy of being Your Majesty."

Ningxiang urged, "Stop daydreaming and give me the silver."

Inside the Qinzheng Hall, Zheng Hao served the emperor hot tea and said, "Your Majesty, you are truly wise. Everyone outside is busy looking for the Empress. Many ministers have even donated their private money from drinking wine to print the Empress's portrait."

Chu Mingzheng put down the imperial crimson brush in his hand, stepped out of the palace, looked toward the boundless sky, and said with emotion: "Before, she was the queen of me alone. From now on, my Yangyang is the queen of everyone in the world."

An exquisite wooden house by the river is poetic and picturesque.

Yang Nianshu pushed open the door, threw the vegetable basket on the bamboo table, and said angrily, "This Chu guy is too much. You haven't seen him for just a few days, and he wants to make Ningxiang his queen."

"What did you say?" Lu Mingyang, who was leaning on the couch by the window reading a book, suddenly sat up.

Yang Nianshu sat next to his second sister and angrily told her the news he had heard in the city.

"This Chu Mingzheng is really full of bad intentions. Let's go." Lu Mingyang hurriedly got up and packed his things.

The two men mounted their horses and drove onto the road, and saw a man in the official uniform of the prefect rushing into the wooden house with a group of officers and soldiers.

Yang Nianshu was puzzled: "Second sister, why are you hiding from His Majesty?"

"I just haven't figured out how to be a good queen yet." She was a little apprehensive about the impending responsibilities. So, she took Nian'er on a slow, measured journey, hoping to gauge the sentiments of the people. But Chu Mingzheng disrupted everything.

"Hey!" Lu Mingyang sighed: "Let's go back!"

I can't hide it anymore, so I might as well go back.

Fight for leniency.

……

The crabapple blossoms are in bloom.

Chu Mingzheng followed the markings and entered the crabapple forest. A gust of wind blew, and a white crabapple blossom, tinged with red, fell into his palm. Chu Mingzheng raised his hand and sniffed it.

"Does it smell good?"

A soft voice sounded.

Chu Mingzheng turned his head and saw his beloved girl. She was wearing a light yellow gauze skirt and standing under a blooming crabapple tree. She was dazzlingly beautiful.

Chu Mingzheng stared at it in amazement: "It seems to have no taste."

Lu Mingyang walked over, took the crabapple blossom from his hand, pinned it behind his ear, and asked, "What about now?"

Chu Mingzheng leaned over and sniffed: "Smells good!"

"Smooth talk!" Lu Mingyang made a move to leave, but his wrist was grabbed.

Chu Mingzheng pulled her into his arms and kissed her. Lu Mingyang climbed up her greedy neck and kissed her back passionately.

The crabapple tree trembled and the crabapple petals fell.

For a long, long time, Lu Mingyang leaned against the tree trunk, secretly watching the anger of the person in front of him.

Chu Mingzheng's eyes were blazing with fire: "Say, say you are wrong."

Lu Mingyang looked at him with grievance and innocence.

Chu Mingzheng looked away: "Don't act pitiful, tell me."

Lu Mingyang held up his proud face and turned back, "A Zheng, I didn't come back safe and sound."

"Are you hurt?" Chu Mingzheng immediately panicked.

Lu Mingyang took his frantically inspected hand and placed it on his own abdomen, his cheeks flushed: "It seems like there is an extra tail."

"Tail?"

Chu Mingzheng stared blankly at the girl in front of him, his gaze slowly moving to her lower abdomen, and then to her eyes.

Lu Mingyang nodded shyly.

Chu Mingzheng picked her up and said, "Let's go home."

Outside the crabapple forest, imperial guards all over the mountain knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: "We respectfully welcome the Queen back to the palace. May the Queen live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years."