12dz Chapter 373: Marriage, House Arrest
Chapter 373: Marriage, House Arrest
"Manager Zhao, the prince and Princess Mingyue are entering the palace together!"
Seeing Zhao Ming's cold attitude, Chu Ning realized that something must have happened in the palace, otherwise the other party would not have such an attitude.
I'm not sure if Feng Mulan can go into the palace alone, so why don't we go together and see the situation?
What's more, there is a problem in the Ministry of Revenue, and we have to go to the Emperor to get to the bottom of it.
Zhao Ming hesitated for a moment before nodding his head in agreement: "His Majesty did not refuse Your Highness from entering the palace."
Although there was no agreement, there was no rejection either, which is the default.
Chu Ning made a prompt decision: "Come here, go and invite Princess Mingyue, and tell her that His Majesty wants her to go to the palace, and I will go with her."
A quarter of an hour later, Chu Ning took Feng Mulan, followed by Zhao Ming and others to the palace.
Under the cover of night, the torches lit by the team looked like a long dragon, quickly moving through the dark streets.
At the gate of the palace, Shen Wanying watched them leave and for some reason, she had a bad feeling in her heart.
"Miss, please go inside the mansion and wait." Xiaoqing, the personal maid beside her, suggested in a low voice.
But Shen Wanying shook her head stubbornly: "I'll wait here!"
What happened today was too strange and too bizarre. It was absolutely unusual for so many things to happen at the same time.
Shen Wanying, very worried.
But she knew she could do nothing.
On this side, Chu Ning and others soon arrived at the palace.
Outside the Yingwu Palace.
A group of imperial guards wearing black armor, holding spears and with swords hanging from their waists stood on both sides, looking majestic and awe-inspiring.
"Your Highness, Prince Chu, Princess Mingyue, please wait a moment. I will go in and report."
Zhao Ming signaled Chu Ning and Feng Mulan to stay outside the hall while he went in alone to report.
When the man frowned, Feng Mulan snorted coldly: "Summoning you late at night and making it so mysterious, what's the point!"
Chu Ning, standing by, said cautiously, "When Father asks you something, answer carefully. Today is a little unusual."
Feng Mulan rolled her eyes: "You are good in everything except being timid. You should know that you have an army of 100,000 soldiers under your command. If I were you, I would definitely fight for the position of crown prince..."
After Haimian finished speaking, Chu Ning's face changed and he quickly reached out to cover her mouth.
"It's not fun to say that!"
Chu Ning said sternly, "This is a treasonous act, we can't talk about it."
Feng Mulan, whose mouth was covered, was stunned at first, then came to her senses.
I was actually having my mouth covered by a man?
Feng Mulan, who was somewhat exasperated, opened her mouth and started biting!
"Sigh~"
Chu Ning felt pain and quickly withdrew his hand.
"You are a dog, and you bite people!"
"Who told you to cover my mouth?"
The two of them started bickering as soon as they disagreed, and the imperial guards on the side turned their heads away, acting as if they had seen nothing.
When working in the palace, they know what to look at and what not to look at. This is the basis for their survival. Without this ability, they don't know when they will be silenced in the palace.
Fortunately, at this time, Zhao Ming came out of the hall, bowed to the two and said, "His Majesty has ordered that Princess Mingyue come to see him alone. Your Highness the King of Chu, please wait in the side hall."
Chu Ning frowned, a little surprised, and was about to ask the reason, but Feng Mulan said nothing and walked straight into the hall.
He was angry about having his mouth covered just now.
Chu Ning shook his head, thinking that there was no need to argue with a little girl, then turned around and went to a side hall to wait.
In the side hall, the aroma of tea fills the air, a faint fragrance that makes people linger.
Chu Ning waited in the hall for an incense stick of time, but he became more and more irritated.
He picked up the teacup and wanted to take a sip, but when the cup reached his lips, he put it down again.
Chu Ning stood up and paced back and forth in the hall, silently calculating the time in his mind.
Just then, hurried footsteps were suddenly heard outside the hall.
Chu Ning's heart moved, and he immediately rushed out of the hall.
But when the door was opened, there were several imperial guards guarding outside.
"Your Highness the King of Chu, where are you going?" an imperial guard asked with a bow, but his figure blocked Chu Ning's way.
Chu Ning frowned: "Didn't you hear the footsteps just now? I want to go over and take a look."
But the imperial guard showed an embarrassment: "Your Highness, His Majesty just sent down an order for you to wait here and not go anywhere."
Chu Ning was stunned.
This means house arrest!
There is only one purpose for placing me under house arrest at this time.
Feng Mulan!
not good!
Chu Ning's face changed, and his aura suddenly exploded: "Get out of my way!"
After saying that, Chu Ning rushed over.
The imperial guards immediately formed a circle and surrounded Chu Ning.
"Your Highness, Prince Chu, we are only following orders. Please don't embarrass me."
"How dare you block my way? Are you so bold?"
Chu Ning's eyes turned cold, he clenched his fists, and rushed forward as a shadow.
The imperial guards looked at each other, then surrounded Chu Ning and kept forcing Chu Ning back with their spears.
In terms of fighting strength, any one of them could beat Chu Ning, but Chu Ning was a prince after all, and no one dared to hurt Chu Ning easily.
One is that they dare not kill the enemy, but focus on trapping him.
One was determined to escape and fought hard.
For a while, the two sides fought fiercely, but Chu Ning was unable to break through the encirclement of the imperial guards and was trapped on the spot.
A moment later, the door to the main hall opened and a group of imperial guards came out, escorting the emperor.
"Stop it!" The emperor's face turned pale and he shouted angrily in a cold voice.
When the imperial guards saw the emperor coming, they all stepped aside.
At this time, Chu Ning hurried forward and glanced around the emperor, but there was no trace of Shen Wanying.
With a sinking heart, Chu Ning bowed to the emperor and said, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Father."
The emperor stared at Chu Ning coldly: "Father? Humph, do you still have me as your father in your eyes? Do you think that you can do whatever you want in the palace just because the Bingzhou troops won the battle?"
Chu Ning's face changed slightly: "Father, I have no intention of disrespecting you. I am just worried about the safety of Princess Mingyue, so I took action with the imperial guards."
"Don't worry about her safety!"
The emperor said indifferently, “She just admitted it herself. On the way back from escorting Zhao Wuji, she starved him for three days because he kept insulting her!
Zhao Wuji's death in the prison of the Ministry of Justice will inevitably affect the relationship between Great Zhao and our dynasty. In order to give Great Zhao an explanation, I plan to marry Feng Mulan to the crown prince of Great Zhao as a concubine."
As soon as these words came out, Chu Ning felt as if he was struck by lightning.
For some reason, Chu Ning felt very uncomfortable when he heard that Feng Mulan was going to get married.
This extremely reluctant emotion spread throughout his body, causing Chu Ning to clench his hands tightly, unable to help but excuse Feng Mulan:
"Father, Zhao Wuji's death may be due to other reasons. He could not have starved to death. Please ask the coroner to perform an autopsy. Maybe he was poisoned, so there are no external injuries!"
The emperor sneered when he heard this: "Poison? No matter what kind of poison it is, as long as the poisoned person dies, there will be signs of poisoning on the body!
Besides, the coroner has carefully examined the body and found that Zhao Wuji was indeed starved to death!"
After a pause, the emperor looked at Chu Ning deeply and said calmly: "You don't have to worry about this matter. Feng Mulan will live in the palace during this period, and when the prince of Zhao comes, she will marry him.
During this time, you must stay in the palace and not go anywhere!"
Chu Ning's expression changed slightly.
I'm under house arrest!