The emperor turned his back on him and said, "I disagree!"

He knew that this was the best way to resolve the matter, but he had just brought Sang Jiang back and hadn't yet developed a good relationship with her. He simply couldn't bring himself to let her leave him now.

Nangong Jin also flatly refused her: "I also disagree. It's not that my Xifeng Kingdom has no men!"

Upon hearing the words of the father and son, Consort Shu immediately knelt on the ground and cried out, "Your Majesty is unjust! Why didn't Your Majesty feel sorry for me, Luo Ying, when I was sent to marry a foreign ruler? Why didn't His Highness say so then? Is Princess Mingyue Your Majesty's daughter, but Luo Ying isn't?"

Because of Nangong Luoying's disappearance, she was in a state of extreme emotional collapse, so when the Emperor and Nangong Jin said those things, she immediately exploded.

Consort Xian and her son, Nangong Huai, exchanged a glance.

Consort Xian squatted down and pretended to pull Consort Shu along, saying, "Sister, sister, what are you saying? Of course the Emperor dotes on Luo Ying, but Princess Mingyue has just returned, so it's understandable that the Emperor is reluctant to part with her..."

Consort Shu frowned, pushed aside the feigning concern of Consort Xian, and shouted at her, "You can't feel pain if it's not your daughter! My daughter is missing, and the Emperor not only doesn't care about his own daughter but is also protecting his other daughter! The Emperor is unjust! I refuse to accept this!"

Consort Xian took the opportunity to step back a few steps and sat down on the ground. Her eyes immediately reddened: "What are you doing, Consort Shu? I have no daughter, but I have long regarded Luo Ying as my own daughter. Consort Shu, you have no daughter. Aren't you going to hurt my feelings by saying such things now!"

Nangong Huai stepped forward and helped Consort Xian, who was sitting on the ground, to her feet. Looking at Consort Shu, he said with displeasure, "Consort Shu, how can you speak to my mother like that? I'm only doing this for your own good."

"For my own good?" Consort Shu turned to look at the mother and son: "For my own good, you didn't say a word when my daughter was going to be married off to a foreign ruler!"

"Enough!" The Emperor turned around and shouted, pointing at the group of people in front of him, his tone full of anger and disappointment: "Isn't it chaotic enough? You all still have the mind to argue here?"

Consort Xian and Nangong Huai took two steps back and stopped making a sound.

As long as Consort Shu continued to cry out to him, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty is unjust! I refuse to accept this!"

"Shut up!" Before he could finish speaking, Sang Jiang took two steps forward and knelt down in front of him: "Father, as a member of Xifeng, I have not been able to do anything for Xifeng. This time, I will repay the kindness of Father in raising me."

She kowtowed to the Emperor and continued, "I was originally the most suitable candidate for a marriage alliance, but now Father Emperor, please grant my request."

The emperor stared at her for a long time without saying anything.

He didn't speak, so Sang Jiang didn't speak either; she just knelt there and waited.

After a long while, the Emperor slowly sat down in his chair and waved his hand at Sang Jiang, saying, "Enough, enough!"

Sang Jiang kowtowed to him again: "Your subject thanks Your Majesty for your grace."

The main reason Sang Jiang took the initiative to go for the marriage alliance was the Emperor. She didn't belong to Xifeng or Dongchen, so it didn't matter to her where she was. But the Emperor was really good to her, and she couldn't bear to see him in a difficult situation. So she decided to repay his kindness in giving birth to her with this body.

From now on, she would no longer owe him anything.

Upon seeing this result, Consort Shu sat down on the ground and began to sob.