klisemfg Chapter 616 The Oppressed Twin Brothers 12
Chapter 616 The Oppressed Twin Brothers 12
It was quiet in the dead of night and the Princess's mansion was silent, with only the chirping of cicadas and the sound of burning candles.
During the day, the abbot of the imperial temple came in person to perform a ritual for the princess, but halfway through the ritual, all the monks were sternly driven out by the princess.
The princess had been in a very bad temper ever since she had the nightmare. The monks did not dare to delay any longer and had to hurry back to the imperial temple.
Sheng Tang was lying in her bedroom. She really didn't know what to do now.
During the day, when my mother heard the sound of monks chanting and beating wooden fish, she became as agitated as a lion, hysterical and completely out of character.
Neither the imperial physician nor the monks could cure my mother's illness, so what else could be done?
Also, my grandmother and uncle both have great faith in the abbot of the Imperial Temple. Faced with the current situation, will they conclude that my mother is hopeless?
Sheng Tang was very worried, but the more you fear something happening, the more likely it is to happen.
The next morning, the emperor's edict arrived at the Princess's Mansion.
The eldest princess Ning Ruli was possessed by an evil spirit and was forcibly sent to the imperial temple to practice asceticism.
Sheng Tang was named Princess Duanning and was sent to the State of Chen to marry the ninth prince.
The two consecutive imperial edicts were like a bomb, turning the entire Princess's Mansion upside down.
In the capital, people were discussing these two matters endlessly.
The former is easy to say. In the eyes of ordinary people, even if Ning Ruli went to the imperial temple, she was still the eldest princess and still enjoyed a life of luxury. But Sheng Tang was named a princess and sent to the State of Chen to marry...
In the past few years, Ningguo and Chenguo first banned trade and had constant border disputes. Now sending a princess to marry means that Ningguo is inferior to Chenguo?
A strong country is a strong country for its people. If Ningguo is not as good as Chenguo, wouldn't they also suffer?
"Princess Duan Ning was named a princess?" Yun Xin approached Yun Lang and asked, "Is that princess the one you helped to snatch back the purse?"
Yun Lang nodded, "Probably."
The eldest princess Ning Ruli has only this one daughter, so I don't think there will be any others.
Yun Xin sighed, "It's so pitiful. I heard that the climate in Chen State is much colder than that in Ning State. And if you go there to marry a foreign prince, you probably won't be able to come back in this lifetime."
Although Sheng Tang was named a princess since birth and enjoyed the wealth and glory of the royal family, she should marry into the Ning Kingdom when there was a need.
But the emperor has so many princes and princesses, why doesn’t he let his own children marry?
After all, compared with those princes and princesses, Sheng Tang is still at a disadvantage.
If you don’t have rights, you will be beaten.
Yun Yi noticed that Yun Xin lowered her eyes in deep thought, and after thinking for a while, she said, "Let's set off to the south tomorrow. If we have enough time, after we go to the Western Regions, we can also go to Miaojiang to experience it."
"Of course it would be good to go to Miaojiang. I heard that the leader of the tribe there is a woman, but I don't know if it's true."
Whether it is the Western Regions or Miaojiang, for Yun Xin, they are just place names seen in books. She has not been there in person and has no real feeling about them.
Yun Yi and the other two set out early the next morning, leaving the capital for the Western Regions.
As luck would have it, they happened to run into the Ningguo royal family's team that was sending Princess Duanning to marry in the Chen Kingdom.
The team was huge and majestic, with a bright red joyful color from beginning to end, but there was not much cheerful atmosphere in the team.
They left the capital together, and a dozen miles away, Yun Yi and the other two went in different directions with the wedding procession.
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"Tang'er, get out of here. Get out of here, princess."
"Who allowed you to send Tang'er to marry?"
"Why do you treat me like this? Tang'er is my only daughter."
In the imperial temple, the originally quiet meditation room was now filled with Ning Ruli's roar.
Outside the Zen room, there were servants serving and guards sent from the palace to watch over her, but without exception, they all watched Ning Ruli vent her anger quietly, and no one stepped forward to stop her.
Everyone knew that even though she was the biological sister of the current emperor and the biological daughter of the empress dowager, since she was sent to the imperial temple on the grounds of being "infected by evil spirits", the possibility of her getting out again was very slim.
People in the palace are best at changing their attitude according to the situation. No one would serve a crazy princess wholeheartedly.
Ning Ruli made a loud noise, but when she saw that no one paid attention to her, she slowly calmed down.
Collapsing on the ground, she didn't know how things had developed to this point.
It was clear that a few months ago, she was still the high and mighty eldest princess and the third most noble person in Ningguo.
But now, she was imprisoned in a small and cramped Zen room, and no matter how much she cried out, heaven or earth would answer her.
Her only daughter was sent to the State of Chen as a marriage partner, and from then on the mother and daughter would never see each other again.
At this moment, the smile that the divine doctor Wang in the sea of fire gave her flooded into her mind, and the taut string in Ning Ruli's mind suddenly broke.
Is it because...she forced Doctor Wang to death?
So is everything now God's punishment for her?
Is it Doctor Wang who cursed her?
Thinking of this, the scenes that had appeared in her dreams countless times flooded into her mind again, making her tremble all over.
But this time, Sheng Tang was not around, and no one would bring her a charcoal basin to keep her warm. She was alone, enduring the overwhelming fear alone.
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No matter whether Ning Ruli was sent to the imperial temple or Sheng Tang went to marry, the people in the streets would only talk about it for a few days and then continue to work hard for their own livelihoods.
For the emperor and the empress dowager, this was the result they wanted.
As long as there is no major negative impact, nothing happens.
The war between Ningguo and Chenguo is inevitable, but at least not now. Sending a princess to marry the king can ease the situation a little. Once Ningguo has trained for another two years and has strong soldiers and horses, there is no need to be afraid of war.
"I plan to go to the Western Regions quietly. Purchasing war horses is urgent." Emperor Ning told the Queen Mother about his decision.
"Would it be inappropriate for the Emperor to go to the Western Regions without staying in the capital? Can someone else be sent?"
The situation was turbulent, and the empress dowager would always feel uneasy if something unexpected happened while the emperor was away from the capital.
"He will be back in two months at most. Don't worry, mother. In addition to purchasing war horses, we also need to negotiate trade with the Western Regions. Recruiting soldiers and buying horses requires a lot of money. Although taxes have been increased, the treasury is still empty."
Emperor Ning had made up his mind to go to the Western Regions, and the Empress Dowager was powerless to stop him and could only let him go.
However, what they didn't know was that Yun Yi had already been waiting in the Western Regions.
In the plot, it was a friend from the Western Regions who helped Yun Lang escape Ning Ruli's pursuit and sent him to the State of Chen.
It was also because of this friend from the Western Regions that Yun Lang recognized that the war horses of Ningguo on the battlefield were all from the Western Regions. He used the unique method of the Western Regions to control the war horses and thus defeated the Ningguo army.
Afterwards, Yun Lang found out that it was Emperor Ning himself who went to the Western Regions to purchase war horses.