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

"Ms. Mo, swear I didn't disbelieve you." Lu Mingyuan pressed her hand. "I'm glad you're willing to tell me. We're sisters, we share the same roots. This is how it should be."

After all, they hadn't seen each other for many years, and she had let her sister witness such a brutal scene. She had actually been very worried, worried that her sister would become estranged from her.

Compared to Lu Mingyang, Lu Mingyuan cared more about her younger sister. She had been thinking about her for fifteen years, before she even knew about this family.

"Sister, why are you crying!" Lu Mingyang raised his hand to wipe away his sister's tears.

"Nothing!" Lu Mingyuan asked, "Have you figured out what to do?"

"It's not easy to break free from his control. We need to plan ahead. The most urgent thing is that he can't let me disrupt Prince Ningyuan's investigation again." Lu Mingyang looked at Lu Mingyuan and said embarrassedly, "But, I need my elder sister to help me with this."

……

Linjiang Restaurant, in a secluded private room on the second floor in the northwest corner, Lu Mingyang arranged an appointment with Song Wei according to the contact method he had given.

"Yang'er!"

Song Wei closed the door, held Lu Mingyang's hand affectionately, and then kissed her forehead, like a lover who had met again after a long separation, cherishing her but unable to resist being greedy.

Lu Mingyang was a little embarrassed and lowered his head pretending to be shy.

"Brother Yuanrui, Prince Ningyuan has found some Xiongnu hiding places and has begun investigating. This is the area he's targeting." Bookstores sell rough maps of the capital's layout. Lu Mingyang handed him the circled map. "As for Earl Zhongxin, Prince Ningyuan shows no signs of framing him."

"That's good!" Song Wei hugged Lu Mingyang, his eyes filled with sadness. "Seeing you wearing a phoenix coronet and red robe and marrying with others, I was thinking, oh, when can I finally marry you home?"

With a bang, the door opened wide, and dazzling light shone in, illuminating the bodies of the two people hugging each other.

"Eldest sister?"

Lu Mingyang stood in front of Song Wei in panic.

With a loud slap, Lu Mingyuan slapped her hard and said angrily, "I was wondering why you sneaked out so early in the morning. Turns out you came for a secret meeting."

After saying that, she pulled her sister away and glared at Song Wei.

"Song Gongzi, my sister is already the Ningyuan Princess. Don't you know that? I wonder how my Chengyang Marquisate has offended you that you would harm me like this?"

Song Wei bowed and called out the name he hadn't called for many years.

"Sister Yuan, you misunderstood. I just..."

"I also hope it's a misunderstanding. Let's go ask Uncle Song if it's a misunderstanding." Lu Mingyuan said as he was about to call someone to invite Duke Song.

Lu Mingyang was so scared that he grabbed Lu Mingyuan's arm.

"Eldest sister, don't blame Brother Yuanrui. It's me who loves Brother Yuanrui and it's me who's clinging to him. Woo, woo... I don't want to marry a sickly person who can only live for two or three years, woo, woo..."

Lu Mingyuan coldly pushed her away and said angrily, "If that's the case, why didn't you just die? You've brought shame upon the Chengyang Marquisate."

"Sister Yuan, don't be angry." At this point, Song Wei had no choice but to say, "I promise you, I will never see Yang...sister again."

"Then let this be your proof." Lu Mingyuan pulled off the jade pendant from Song Wei's waist.

That jade pendant was given to him by Concubine Song when he came of age, and many people recognized it. When a man gives a woman a jade pendant, what it means is self-evident.

"Eldest sister, do you want me to die?" Lu Mingyang panicked and reached out to grab it.

She just wanted her elder sister to find out so she could be locked up for a few days, preventing Song Wei from using her to hinder Prince Ningyuan's investigation. But now, that was evidence.

How could Song Wei let his evidence fall into the hands of others? His elder sister was transferring the danger to him. As long as she was fine, she would be fine.

She really was protecting herself with her life.

"You're asking the Zhongxin Marquisate and the Chengyang Marquisate to be buried with you." Lu Mingyuan dodged his sister and warned coldly, "If you dare to do this again, don't blame me for killing my relatives for the sake of justice."

After saying that, he pulled Lu Mingyang away.

"Sister Yuan, calm down." Song Wei stepped forward quickly, blocking their path. At this moment, the door opened from the outside inward. Zhu Xin said anxiously, "Miss, Prince Ningyuan is coming!"

Everyone was shocked.

Everyone looked at each other, and finally looked towards the door, and saw His Royal Highness Prince Ningyuan come in, followed by officials from the Dali Temple.

Lu Mingyuan hurriedly closed the door and glared at Song Wei angrily: "Get out of here!"

If there was a commotion at this time, Prince Ningyuan would definitely find out. Song Wei suppressed his anger, watched Prince Ningyuan close the door of his private room, and left alone.

Seeing Song Wei walking away, Lu Mingyang said anxiously, "Eldest sister, this is too dangerous. Give me the jade pendant and I will return it to him."

"What's the danger?" Lu Mingyuan refused. "As long as he doesn't want to give up you as his spy, I won't be in danger. You have reason to refuse to see him."

How could there not be danger! Unable to hold back, tears welled up in her eyes. Originally, she had only thought that even if it was for Yin'er's sake, so that she could have an aunt who would be a princess and have someone to rely on in the future, her elder sister would help her.

He had never expected that she would be so kind to him. At this moment, Lu Mingyang was a little afraid to look into her bright eyes, fearing that his dirty thoughts would be reflected in them.

"Alright!" Lu Mingyuan helped her put on her veil and led her away. Worried that there might be Prince Ningyuan's men nearby, the two of them walked for a long time before getting into the carriage.

The temperature in the carriage, compared to the warm private room, can block the cold wind but not the chill.

Lu Mingyang looked at his eldest sister's frail frame and hugged her tightly. Lu Mingyuan also hugged his younger sister, and the two leaned against each other.

Thinking of what his sister had just said, Lu Mingyuan felt a pang of emotion: "Yang'er, you are only sixteen years old, and you have to marry a dying man. You must feel very sad."

"I'm not that sad," Lu Mingyang said honestly, "I was the one who chose to provoke him. I'm already very satisfied with the result now."

Lu Mingyuan also said frankly: "I originally didn't want you to marry the King of Ningyuan and become a widow at such a young age. But now it seems that this may not be a bad thing. Mutual love is a rare thing in this world. Rather than marrying a unbearable person and suffering for a lifetime, it is better to be alone and free."

Is this the eldest sister's understanding of her eight-year marriage? Lu Mingyang didn't dare to ask, and silently played with her palm.

Lu Mingyuan continued, "The most urgent thing is to give birth to a son as soon as possible. Otherwise, after Prince Ningyuan dies, you will have to marry and become a nun, always accompanying the ancient Buddha with green lamps."

"What?" Lu Mingyang looked up in shock. No one had ever told her about this. She stuttered, "Aren't only concubines in the palace who have no children sent to a nunnery?"

"It's just like the wives of the royal family. There is a prince before there is a princess. The court doesn't have that much money to support idle people."

"How can he give birth to a son with that body?" Lu Mingyang covered his face in shame and groaned, "He has been having fun all day, but no one has ever gotten pregnant. Besides, he likes Qin Miao so much, how could he have a child with me?"