Favoring a concubine and destroying the wife? I'll abandon my husband and children and wipe out

Meanwhile, Cheng Nanzhi and Cheng Yuchuan had already left the palace and boarded a carriage heading towards the post station.

Cheng Yuchuan couldn't contain himself any longer and asked Cheng Nanzhi and the emperor of Southern Shu what they had said.

"He threatened me with Nan Rong in the prefecture, saying that I must either agree to marry Nan Rong in the prefecture or agree to marry another prince. Otherwise, he will not let Nan Rong in the prefecture go. Tonight, Nan Rong in the prefecture will not be able to leave the Dali Temple, and he will not allow Nan Rong in the prefecture to investigate the palace maid case." Cheng Nanzhi said in a deep voice, concise and to the point.

Cheng Yuchuan was stunned for a moment before his eyes widened, his anger rising instantly, unable to believe what he had heard.

"How could the emperor of Southern Shu be so shameless?!"

"He absolutely believes that you have the Shennong Pearl from the late imperial family inside you. He has ill intentions and deliberately wants to keep you in Southern Shu!"

"Once you get married, how easy is it to leave?!"

Cheng Nanzhi took a deep breath.

Cheng Yuchuan asked Cheng Nanzhi, "Did you agree?"

"Ah."

"???"

Cheng Yuchuan raised his voice: "How could you agree to such a threat?"

“I said I won’t agree, and Nan Rong won’t be able to leave the state tonight. And his case will never be solved,” Cheng Nanzhi said.

Cheng Yuchuan said, "Then let him stay in Dali Temple Prison! I don't believe he doesn't have another way to get out! Little sister, how could you be so foolish as to agree so easily!"

Cheng Nanzhi sighed: "Second brother, it's not as simple as you think. You don't know, back then, the emperor of Southern Shu was pressing me so hard that I was suspicious. If I didn't agree, I couldn't even leave that palace. Moreover, he didn't give me any other choice. The only option I could have was to marry which prince."

Cheng Yuchuan's face turned grim.

“I don’t know the other princes well, so it’s better to agree to stay in the state with Nanrong. At least we are allies with him and know each other well,” Cheng Nanzhi said.

Cheng Yuchuan said, "But my second brother was still outside at the time, he couldn't possibly..."

“This is Southern Shu. If he really insists on doing something, we are very restricted,” Cheng Nanzhi said. “And second brother, you don’t know, the emperor of Southern Shu has said that he will only let me marry the crown prince. If I don’t choose Nan Rong in the prefecture, then he will make the person I choose the crown prince. Second brother, tell me, if this news gets out, will I still have a peaceful life in Southern Shu?”

The gun is easy to hide, and the dark arrow is hard to prevent.

Especially that fourth prince.

Cheng Nanzhi had no doubt that the man would use any underhanded means against her in order to obtain the position of Crown Prince.

After much consideration, I decided that Nanrong is the most suitable city in the state.

"You dog emperor!" Cheng Yuchuan gritted his teeth.

Cheng Nanzhi quickly lowered her voice: "Second Brother, we are in Southern Shu now, so be careful what you say."

Cheng Yuchuan barely managed to suppress his anger and said, "Then what do we do now? Are we just going to listen to the emperor of Southern Shu and marry Nan Rong as soon as he leaves the prefecture?"

Cheng Nanzhi pondered for a moment and said, "Let's discuss it with him when we see him. Even if the marriage is already arranged, there's still some time before the wedding, enough time to figure out a solution."

Cheng Yuchuan said, "If I had known, I would have stopped you from coming to Southern Shu no matter what!"

Cheng Nanzhi sighed.

She never expected that upon meeting the emperor of Southern Shu, he would immediately threaten her to agree to marriage, leaving her no other choice whatsoever.

Cheng Yuchuan said dejectedly, "After I see Nan Rong in the prefecture, I have to ask him properly if he is really his father's biological son! How could his father use him like this!"

Upon hearing this, Cheng Nanzhi's anger flared up again.

She thought to herself, no wonder Nan Rong sought her out in the state to cooperate in killing the emperor of Nan Shu!

With a father like that, she would find it hard not to want to kill him!

……

the other side.

Dali Temple Prison.

After being taken to the Dali Temple in the prefecture, Nan Rong didn't see many people and was immediately imprisoned in the dungeon.

However, the conditions in the dungeon where he was imprisoned were not bad; it was relatively clean and tidy, and it had all the basic necessities.

Qin Ming inspected the place and nodded in satisfaction: "Lord Ji is quite capable; at least the place he's staying is well prepared."

Nan Rong sat down in the prefecture.

Qin Ming immediately went over, picked up the teapot, and found that there was hot tea inside, which was excellent Tieguanyin. He was even more satisfied and poured a cup for Nan Rong in the state.

The dungeon was completely quiet.

Nan Rong took a sip of hot tea to moisten his throat and asked, "Is Ji Kesheng sure he'll come?"

"Of course! Don't worry, Master, I already made arrangements with Lord Ji in the letter!" Qin Ming said confidently.

The Ji Kesheng they were referring to was the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review and the elder brother of the second Crown Princess of Nanrong Prefecture.

Nan Rong was drinking tea in the state, lost in thought.

After waiting a while longer, footsteps finally sounded outside.

Qin Ming immediately looked up.

Nanrong also raised his eyes in the state.

Soon the lock on the prison door was opened, and then someone pushed open the cell door. A man dressed in a dark purple official robe, with a handsome face, came into view. He was about the same age as Nan Rong in the prefecture.

He must have arrived in a great hurry, because his forehead was covered in sweat.

Upon seeing Nan Rong in the state, the man swallowed hard to regain his composure and ordered his attendants to leave.

The next moment, he stepped forward and knelt down with a thud, kowtowed to Nan Rong in the prefecture, and respectfully said, "This humble official greets Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

Nan Rong glanced at him in the state and said, "Lord Ji, please rise. Such a grand gesture is too much for me; I cannot accept it."

"No, you are the Crown Prince, how can you not accept this?" Ji Kesheng looked up at Nan Rongzaizhou, clenching his fists. "Besides, if it weren't for your righteous rescue back then, my sister would have died long ago!"

If outsiders were present and heard this, they would be greatly surprised.

As is widely known, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review had only one younger sister, who was the second Crown Princess of Nanrong in Zaizhou. Not long after marrying Nanrong in Zaizhou, she drowned at her parents' home.

However, few people know that she actually didn't die!

“I truly cannot accept this.” Nan Rong’s tone remained flat as he sat upright and calmly said, “If it weren’t for me back then, your sister wouldn’t have suffered such an undeserved misfortune and been forced into marriage with the Crown Prince, and she almost died on her wedding night there. It was I who implicated your sister.”

Ji Kesheng smiled bitterly: "What is there to implicate? Your Highness, this is not your fault. It was His Majesty who decided to bestow this marriage. Moreover, my sister has a bad reputation in Chang'an and is not worthy of Your Highness. Your Highness did not hold a grudge because of this marriage. On the contrary, you rescued my sister twice. I am very grateful to Your Highness!"

Nan Rong, however, said in the prefecture: "How could your sister have such a bad reputation? It's those people in Chang'an who can't judge people properly."

Ji Kesheng was taken aback.

Qin Ming explained, "Actually, my master knows everything about your sister's situation."

Ji Kesheng and his sister were born to the first wife of the Ji family head. Unfortunately, their health was damaged by two childbirths. Furthermore, due to the Ji family head's favoritism towards his concubine, the couple became estranged, and Ji Kesheng, burdened by resentment, passed away prematurely.

Later, the head of the Ji family married a second wife, who was of excellent character and treated her and her siblings very well; everyone in Chang'an knew of her kindness.

What outsiders don't know is that Ji Kesheng and his sister were deliberately flattered and ruined by their stepmother. On the surface, she treated them very well, but in private, she smeared their reputation.

By the time the siblings realized what was happening, it was too late; both of them had become infamous within the aristocratic circles of Chang'an.