Su Bei turned around, bowed to Prince Jingnan and Cheng Shifu, then turned around and followed them in.

Jiang Ruwei walked very slowly, and stopped to catch her breath from time to time, as if she was really seriously ill. Su Bei looked at her carefully and found that she was a little thinner, but not as seriously ill as Jiang Bai said.

"Greetings to His Majesty, greetings to the Imperial Concubine, greetings to His Royal Highness the Princess, His Royal Highness Prince Jin..." Jiang Ruwei bowed to everyone in the room, but she only glanced at Su Bei slightly, as if Su Bei did not exist.

Su Bei didn't say anything, just turned around and picked up the medicine bowl again.

"Miss Jiang," Chu Yan said, "your father has mentioned to me many times that you have been hurting yourself by worrying too much. Are you feeling better now?"

"I shouldn't have come to see you in my sick body, but when I heard that Prince Su was seriously injured, I was so anxious that I didn't care about etiquette. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

"No problem!"

"May I ask, may I see the prince?"

"Can!"

Su Bei just listened without turning her head. The medicine was already warm, so she took another sip and fed it to him the same way as before. But before she finished feeding him the medicine, she heard Jiang Ruwei suddenly cry out.

"ah!"

No wonder she made such a fuss, Chu Younan not only had scars all over his body, but even his once handsome face had been burned in several places, and his appearance had long since disappeared.

Su Bei calmly fed Chu Yan the rest of the medicine, one mouthful after another, until the entire bowl of medicine was empty. Then she put the bowl down, turned around, and knelt down in front of Chu Yan.

"Your Majesty! Prime Minister Jiang requested many times to allow Miss Jiang to enter the palace, and even went to my residence to discuss it. It was all my fault that I was willful and did not consider Miss Jiang's feelings. Your Majesty said before that if I could not convince Miss Jiang to give up in three days, he would issue an order to grant the marriage. Now that three days have passed, please grant the marriage!"

Chu Yan did not speak, but turned to look at Jiang Ruwei.

Jiang Ruwei was already pale with fear at this time. Hearing what Su Bei said, she looked at Chu Yan anxiously, as if she wanted to say something but stopped herself.

"Miss Jiang, Jiang Bai said that you were deeply in love with Prince Su, to the point of falling ill from lovesickness. Is this true?" Chu Yan asked.

Jiang Ruwei nodded timidly, "Yes, Your Majesty!" She had originally prepared a long set of speeches, saying how much she loved Prince Su and how she would marry no one else, but at this moment she couldn't say a word.

She didn't expect Chu Younan to be so seriously injured.

Chu Yan said in a deep voice: "If that's the case, then I will allow you to enter the palace and become the concubine of Prince Su, okay?"

Jiang Ruwei trembled immediately, stared at Chu Yan with wide eyes, and said in fear, "But... Your Majesty..."

"Are you dissatisfied with the position of concubine?" Chu Yan's eyes fell on Su Bei. "Princess Huicheng, what do you want to say?"

Su Bei didn't even raise his head, "Prince Su is seriously injured and needs someone to take care of him. If Miss Jiang is willing, then the position of the principal wife can be given to her!"

Chu Yan nodded slightly, then turned to Jiang Ruwei with a deep gaze, "What do you think, Miss Jiang?"

Jiang Ruwei knew all the rules of the royal family. Chu Younan was already so badly injured that he was probably only one step away from death. If she entered the palace now, the only option she would have was to be buried with him!

On one side was the emperor, and on the other side was death. She hesitated for a moment, then turned to look at Su Bei, "Your Majesty! Princess Huicheng and His Royal Highness Prince Su are deeply in love, and everyone in the capital knows it! I dare not take away someone's favorite, and I don't want to marry!"

Su Bei breathed a sigh of relief. Perhaps she was too narrow-minded. Even if it was to be buried with the deceased, she didn't want a third person in the tomb.

Chu Yan looked at Jiang Ruwei meaningfully and didn't speak for a long time. Could it be that he couldn't see that Jiang Ruwei's so-called terminal illness was probably just a cover, and Jiang Bai's purpose in doing this was very obvious.

It can also be seen from this that the person who murdered Chu Younan must be the one who will benefit after his death.

He already had an inference in his mind.

"In that case, you are not planning to marry Prince Su, right?" Chu Yan looked at Jiang Ruwei indifferently.

Jiang Ruwei said fearfully: "I am unlucky. His Royal Highness Prince Su and Princess Huicheng are in love with each other, so I cannot be favored..."

"Okay!" Chu Yan said in a deep voice, but looked at Su Bei and didn't say anything about granting the marriage for a long time.

The atmosphere in the room was cold and stiff.

Su Bei raised his head and looked at Chu Yan earnestly. Just as he was about to speak, he heard another voice coming from outside the palace: "I ask Your Highness to marry my daughter to His Highness Prince Su. My daughter has been in love with Prince Su for a long time and will definitely take good care of him!"

It’s Jiang Bai.

Jiang Ruwei was startled, her face changed drastically, and her fingers began to tremble.

Chu Yan looked at the door with a half-smile. After a long while, he waved his hand and walked out. "Don't disturb Younan here. Let Jiang Bai come in and talk!"

The inner hall fell silent. Su Bei turned to look at Chu Younan and said softly, "Wait a moment..." Then she also walked out.

Outer hall.

Chu Yan sat upright, Concubine Yao sat beside him wiping her tears from time to time, Jiang Bai and Jiang Ruwei stood quietly aside. From afar, they could see that Prince Jingnan and Cheng Shi were still in the courtyard.

Seeing Su Bei coming out, Jiang Bai quietly closed the palace door and said, "Your Majesty, my daughter Ruwei deeply loves His Royal Highness Prince Su. When she heard the news that Prince Su was seriously injured, she almost fainted. Please grant us marriage, so that my daughter will have the opportunity to serve Prince Su."

Chu Yan looked solemn, and looked deeply at Jiang Ruwei, and said slowly: "But Miss Jiang just said that she doesn't want to get married."

Jiang Bai's expression changed drastically when he heard this. He turned around and glared at Jiang Ruwei, scolding: "Before I told you to marry someone else, you refused no matter what. Now that you can marry Prince Su, why don't you agree?!"

"Daddy!" Jiang Ruwei looked at him resentfully. She wanted to say something but held back. Finally, she said, "His Royal Highness Prince Su and Princess Huicheng love each other. I don't want to destroy their relationship!"

Jiang Bai narrowed his eyes, with a fierce light in them. Prince Su was seriously injured, and he knew that his life or death was uncertain, but if he gave up, his previous pleas would be considered as deceiving the emperor. Moreover, who could know that Prince Su would definitely die? If he didn't die, Jiang Ruwei, who was now married into the palace, would definitely be valued in the future!

If Prince Su died? Then he still had his second and third daughters...

"Ruwei! All men have three wives and four concubines, why are you trying to destroy it?! Because you couldn't eat before, daddy asked His Majesty for help and then went to ask Princess Huicheng for help. Now is not the time for you to be virtuous and generous!" Jiang Bai said in a deep voice.

Jiang Ruwei knew that the so-called lovesickness was half true and half false. It was true that she admired Chu Younan, but part of it was that Jiang Bai had high hopes for Chu Younan and wanted to take advantage of the vacancy in his palace to let Jiang Ruwei take the position of the principal wife.

She glanced towards the inner hall and immediately remembered Chu Younan's motionless, bruised appearance, so she whispered: "Daddy! His Royal Highness Prince Su is seriously injured..."

"Heavy? Can it be heavier than the friendship you have for him?!" Jiang Bai glared and shouted angrily.