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

Chapter 126 Furious

Lu Mingyang raised her head, forcing back the tears, and gritted her teeth as she spoke, "It was Prince Ningyuan who drugged me. He felt that if His Majesty chose one of his own to be the Marquis of Chengyang, I would be useless. So, he wanted to use this method to legitimately depose me from my position as the Princess."

"Eldest sister, I hate him. I just want to use this method to tell him that it's not him who wants to divorce me, but me who wants to divorce him."

"I didn't expect him to be so shameless." Lu Mingyuan hugged his sister distressedly and sat down with her. After she calmed down, he said, "Yang'er, since this is the case, tomorrow you will accept His Majesty's request, divorce Prince Ningyuan, and then inherit the title."

"no!"

Although she wanted it too, it was something she had promised her elder sister, so how could she snatch it away? Perhaps she didn't even know what had caused her to make such a crazy decision. But she had done it, and she had no regrets.

To make his elder sister feel at ease with the offer, Lu Mingyang explained, "Noble Concubine Song helped me in order to use me, so I must not inherit the title. Just think of it as me stealing your credit, and you and I becoming sisters. Then, even if she gets angry, she won't be able to do anything about it. This is the best outcome at the moment. Eldest sister, you have to listen to me."

"Yang'er..." Lu Mingyuan was choked with sobs and speechless. Ever since her father and brothers passed away, her sister had returned to her. She had always thought it was a gift from heaven and wanted to carefully protect her. Unexpectedly, it was her sister who was worrying about her all the time.

The moon was high above the trees, and the golden hook untied the curtains. Yang Nian'er watched her second sister sleeping in the arms of Lady Zhongxin, then silently closed the door and returned to her room, but she couldn't fall asleep.

My mind is full of what my second sister once said: What if one day, in my heart, there is really someone more important than you?

The next morning, Lu Mingyang and Lu Mingyuan both wore red and headed to greet their new lives: one to the Ministry of Justice, the other to the Imperial Palace.

The imperial city, connecting Chengtian Gate to Wumen Gate, was solemn and empty. The distinct sound of horse hooves seemed earth-shaking. Lu Mingyang turned around and saw a familiar figure.

Under the stone archway, Chu Mingzheng dismounted and ran straight towards Lu Mingyang, with the whip in his hand hanging at his side, carrying the wind and rolling clouds.

He is back!

Lu Mingyang lifted her skirt and ran towards the Meridian Gate. Before she had gone far, she felt a pain in her wrist and, feeling extremely dizzy, she crashed into the city wall. Before her eyes lay a magnified, bloodthirsty face.

"Lu Mingyang, you don't want to be the princess anymore, right?"

"I do not know what you're talking about!"

Lu Mingyang wanted to push him away, but he pressed her against the wall with his hands.

"How dare you lie to me!"

"roll!"

With his hands raised above his head, Lu Mingyang looked up at him and felt extremely humiliated.

"You're so stubborn! What good did he promise you?" Chu Mingzheng held her flailing legs in place, leaned over and pinched her jaw, angrily saying, "I've always said that I hate fickle villains the most."

"Who is it that keeps... uh... get out... uh..."

Her veil was bitten off, her lips were blocked, and she was unable to move at all, like a toy for his amusement. Lu Mingyang bit her in anger.

The smell of blood filled their mouths, but the man in front of them didn't react at all. He was like an iceberg, impossible to push or warm. When she thought she was going to freeze into an ice sculpture, the strength in her body weakened.

But his hand still held her waist tightly. Lu Mingyang pushed her, and they both fell to the hard ground. With a bang, just as Chu Mingzheng's head was about to hit the ground, Lu Mingyang subconsciously blocked it with her hand, and she hit his chest.

"Chu Mingzheng, what's wrong with you?"

Just now he thought it was just a feeling, but now, Lu Mingyang found that his body was really very cold. When he put his hand on his chest, it felt like it was freezing.

"Your Highness..."

Following the sound, Lu Mingyang saw Pei Mian and a strange man. She quickly pulled her hand away and ran towards the palace gate. Pei Mian stepped forward and blocked her way.

Lu Mingyang said coldly: "Get out of the way!"

"Who are you to command me?" Pei Mian snorted coldly: "Do you want to leave on your own, or do you want me to take you away?"

"you dare!"

"Princess, please hurry up. His Highness is already frozen. If you delay any longer, it will be too late."

Compared to Pei Mian, the unfamiliar face was much more polite, and when he spoke, his voice was faintly tearful. Lu Mingyang turned his head and saw that he had already carried Chu Mingzheng on his back, so he had no choice but to follow him and leave.

After walking out of Chengtian Gate, Pei Mian threw a silver ingot to the guard, half threatening and half ordering: "Remember, you haven't seen us before."

A horse and a carriage slowly drove away from the imperial city.

"You take His Highness out of the city. I'll go get Leng Lingfeng." Pei Mian said from his horse. He looked at Lu Mingyang who had opened the car window and said angrily, "Watch carefully. Don't let her get away."

"How could Concubine Song not know that His Highness has entered the city?" the man asked.

Pei Mian sighed: "Whether you know it or not, it's okay as long as it looks okay on the surface."

Prince Ningyuan was ordered to go abroad, and although he was dismissed midway, his first order of business upon returning to the capital should have been to report to His Majesty. However, His Majesty's current health meant he couldn't explain it clearly to His Majesty.

The carriage drove out of the city gate. Lu Mingyang got out and looked at the unfamiliar driver. He was strong and muscular, with a hint of the wildness of the Xiongnu. But judging by his facial features, he didn't look like a Xiongnu.

"Big Brother!" Lu Mingyang nodded slightly and asked, "How come Your Highness is frozen?"

"My subordinate, Zhu Cong, was once a centurion in His Highness's army. Before His Highness returned to the capital, I reported my death in battle. Now I serve as His Highness's secret guard."

Lu Mingyang didn't expect that he would tell him this. He felt a chill on his neck and smiled awkwardly.

Zhu Cong continued, "After Your Highness left Yingchuan, I accompanied Your Highness to the summit of Mount Tianshan in search of the Ice Toad. The Ice Toad is extremely difficult to find, so Your Highness lured it with blood and was bitten by it. At first, it wasn't a serious problem, but later on, your body grew colder and colder, and you'd start to faint. Each time you woke up, the time between fainting and the next became shorter, and your body grew colder. But this is the first time your body has been frozen this hard."

Lu Mingyang was puzzled: "Why is he looking for that thing?"

Zhu Cong paused for a moment and said, "His Highness said that the Tianshan Ice Toad can heal the scar on the princess's face."

Lu Mingyang's head buzzed, and his legs, which had been hanging in mid-air, trying to find a gentle slope to roll down, froze. Not long after, Pei Mian arrived on horseback, carrying Leng Lingfeng.

The carriage stopped at a farmhouse outside the city, which was Zhu Cong's residence.

"Where is the Tianshan Ice Toad?" Leng Lingfeng was very excited. After Zhu Cong put Chu Mingzheng on the bed, he searched his clothes impatiently.

"It's really ice!" Leng Lingfeng pulled a bamboo tube wrapped in animal skin from his arms and shuddered. He assumed it contained the Tianshan Ice Toad. He handed it to Zhu Cong, warned him not to move, and began to take his pulse.