"You've thought this through quite well!"

Lu Yuanfei thought of the girl who resembled A Luo by seven parts, sighed softly, and said, "If you want to do it, you can do it. Your master has been in the martial world for so many years. Your master can protect the people of Linghua Temple."

Rong Xiao... he's never been a kind person, but he'll always show some mercy to those he cares about. Even if he really escapes, he won't necessarily kill them all.

"That's not necessarily true..."

Rong Ning sneered, "You said yourself that he is not a kind person, let alone now that he is an emperor."

She needs to protect her older sister, but she needs to do so in a way that satisfies both sides.

She wanted her elder sister to remain a noble eldest princess in the Southern Dynasty, even if she didn't end up marrying into the royal family.

She wanted to preserve her elder sister's dignity, even if that dignity no longer existed, it was because her elder sister didn't want it, not because her father had abandoned her.

This method must be able to silence the court officials and withstand the emperor's wrath.

“I have never trusted him since my mother left. Now he is sending my sister to marry a foreign ruler, which has extinguished the last bit of hope I had for him.”

Rong Ning looked up at the sky, suppressing her heavy emotions, and continued, "Master, sometimes I think that if Mother were still here, she would have risked her life to protect Sister."

Lu Yuanfei thought of that gentle, quiet, yet incredibly stubborn woman again, and couldn't help but chuckle, replying, "Yes, even if she died in front of Rong Xiao, she would still stop your sister from going to a political marriage."

For a mother, things like national righteousness and the fate of the nation are all lofty ideals.

It's just a pity...

Their mother was gone, and no one in the court said a word.

Even their maternal grandfather's family, the Marquis of Chengen, never stepped forward.

Rong Ning took a deep breath, stood up, walked to Lu Yuanfei, and slowly knelt down. "Master... I brought my elder sister to Linghua Temple this time because I have a favor to ask of you."

Lu Yuanfei raised her eyelids slightly, not surprised by her action, and simply said, "Go ahead and speak..."

“Master…” Rong Ning kowtowed, “If there is no place for my sister to stay in this world, or if my sister does not want to be trapped in Nanyang City anymore, please give my sister a safe place to live out the rest of her life in peace and tranquility.”