If Duan Zhanfang was not stupid, he would definitely not dare to disobey the order.

Su Xiujie was even more delighted.

But Chu Ruzhi couldn't help feeling disappointed.

She thought her life would change today.

Just as she thought.

After Chu Younan granted the marriage, he looked at Chu Ruzhi again.

"Since my aunt is interested in recruiting a prince consort, let's have another competition another day to select a prince consort specifically for my aunt."

In the past, Chu Ruzhi would definitely not agree, but she was angry today, so she looked at King Jingnan provocatively and said, "Very good!"

She did vent her anger, but Prince Jingnan felt uncomfortable.

Today, the old man had good literary talent, but his martial arts skills were a little weak. If they compete again another day, he will not be able to match his literary talent.

He is a rough guy who can only read and write.

"No!" he blurted out.

I say what I think, and I have always been like King Jingnan.

He has been so depressed all these years because he has to pretend.

"I won the championship today!" Prince Jingnan said it in a rush.

Chu Ruzhi didn't believe that he would say anything nice, so he said coldly: "A thousand taels of gold have been presented, and the prince gave it to the women to compete. Are you going to default on your debt?"

"I never asked for gold at the beginning! Just consider those as my personal gifts to the women's competition. I will return the thousand taels of gold to you right away!" King Jingnan said with his eyes wide open.

"Give it back to me? So you want to choose the first option? You want to be the consort of my princess?!" Chu Ruzhi was aggressive. He embarrassed me back then, and now he will embarrass me again.

She thought that Prince Jingnan would argue, but unexpectedly, he nodded and said, "I want to be your consort!"

Chu Ruzhi took this as a new form of humiliation, and she immediately became angry, "You just said in the court that you would never marry, are you kidding me now?"

There were a lot of people watching.

Among them were many children of officials, and people were talking about it.

"I just heard from my father two days ago that Prince Jingnan said in the court that he would never marry."

"Prince Jingnan always keeps his word and would never speak nonsense."

"If that's the case, why would he say something like that today? Could it be that he took the wrong medicine?"

Prince Jingnan was furious. He was forced into that situation a few days ago, but today he spoke the truth. It was understandable that Chu Ruzhi didn't believe him. Why were these people adding fuel to the fire?

Hearing people's discussions, Chu Ruzhi was even more certain that King Jingnan was playing a trick on her. She became even more angry, "Cheng Qiu! It's not enough that you have misled me for more than ten years. Are you going to mislead me for the rest of my life now?"

Even if it was just a gamble, she had to hold this contest to recruit a consort! So she said to Chu Younan: "Your Majesty, the contest to recruit a consort will be held in three days, and the winner will be the consort of my princess's mansion. This is settled!"

After saying that, she turned around and walked away.

Only Prince Jingnan was left disheveled in the wind.

It seems that you really can't say things that don't match your heart. If you say too much, no one will believe you even if you tell the truth! He also turned around and limped away.

Su Bei smiled.

Although today's banquet ended in a bad mood, it was fruitful. Not only did we gain a large amount of money, but we also facilitated the marriage of Su Xiujie and Duan Zhanfang. In addition, there was new progress in the matter between Chu Ruzhi and Prince Jingnan!

However, as soon as she returned to the palace, Duan Zhanfang chased her and fell to her knees.

"Please ask the Queen to persuade the Emperor to take back his decision!" Duan Zhanfang looked determined.

Su Bei scratched his head. "This is difficult to handle. The two of us never interfere with each other's decisions."

Duan Zhanfang paused for a moment, then said solemnly, "Then I will go and ask the Emperor for help..."

"He will never change his mind. Tell me, how much do you not want to marry Prince Zunyi?" Su Bei finished speaking, and then smiled, "If your reasons really move me, I can consider helping you to speak for me."

Duan Zhanfang had a heavy face. "Yue Hongcai, who was engaged to me, died suddenly. The man I went to see before also died suddenly. The young master of the Chi family also disappeared before. I must be a husband-killer, so I can't harm King Zunyi..."

She didn't expect that Su Bei would laugh out loud at such a serious matter. "Well... as long as you leave him a breath, he can save himself."

It is true that Prince Zunyi is a skilled doctor, but doctors cannot govern themselves! Duan Zhanfang wanted to say something, but Su Bei changed the subject, "By the way, don't call yourself a commoner girl in the future. You are a princess now, and even your father has to bow to you when he sees you."

Duan Zhanfang originally wanted the position of county lord, but Su Bei had already thought of what she wanted, so the two of them had already discussed it. Even if she didn't win the championship today, Chu Younan would find other excuses to reward her.

There was no point in saying more. Seeing that Su Bei looked a little tired, Duan Zhanfang could only retreat with a nervous mood.

Preparations for the competition to find a prince consort for Chu Ruzhi are in full swing.

With the previous experience, Su Bei did not intend to miss this good opportunity.

The competition was held in the square outside the palace, but not just anyone could participate. Applicants had to pay a registration fee of ten taels of silver.

This did put an end to the poor people's dreams, but originally this competition was set up for Prince Jingnan. When he said that he wanted to be a royal consort that day, Su Bei thought that they would just go with the flow and it would become a success, but unexpectedly Chu Ruzhi refused.

It makes sense.

I heard that Prince Jingnan made Chu Ruzhi lose face back then, and this would make anyone angry.

But there was someone who was even angrier than Chu Ruzhi.

Although Ruan Ningyun's poison has not been cured, it does not affect her life. She has finally entered the palace, and she is eagerly looking forward to Chu Younan calling her name card.

There is no concubine in the palace except her. The queen is pregnant again, so if Chu Younan needs her, she must be turned over.

But she waited for so many days and there was no movement at all, and no one even notified her when a banquet was held in the palace.

She wanted to go that day, but she fainted again before she even left the house.

God knows who the hell poisoned her. She clearly has no enemies!

Could it be that the Queen was afraid that she would compete for her favor? ! Ruan Ningyun thought so and hated Su Bei even more.

Fortunately, she did not faint on the day when Chu Ruzhi was looking for a prince consort.

She came to the city wall early, ready to find an opportunity to frame Su Bei today, even to make her give birth prematurely. If she could kill her at the same time, the position of queen would be vacant, and her hope would be great.

The weather was not very good that day and it even snowed.

Ruan Ningyun waited for the onlookers in the city, waited for the contestants, waited for Chu Younan, but did not wait for Su Bei.

It's snowing heavily. It's not worth it to get sick just to watch the fun.

Su Bei didn't come at all.

But Ruan Ningyun's nose was frozen red.

When he saw her, Chu Younan remembered that he had such a concubine.

He frowned slightly. If she hadn't forgotten about her, he would have to give her a divorce letter before he ascended the throne, but it wasn't that easy now.

When Ruan Ningyun saw that Su Bei didn't come, she said that this was a good opportunity for her to get closer to Chu Younan.

First she would sleep with him, then she would be made a concubine, and in the future, if she gave birth to a prince, she would be made a noble concubine. If she could get Chu Younan to make her son the crown prince, she would be considered a mother who was honored by her son.

Ruan Ningyun walked towards Chu Younan with a beautiful dream in her heart.