Chapter 229: Night Visit to Pingyang Palace
"Do you really want to marry Princess Daqi?"
Somon slowly opened his eyes and looked at the girl standing next to him. His subordinates were nowhere to be seen in the room, and he didn't know where they had hidden.
"Yun Ya, what are you doing?" Suo Meng frowned, feeling exhausted. "Marriage is just our tactic. If Da Qi can't hand over a princess of the right age, it will give me the opportunity to tear up the peace agreement. Don't cause trouble."
The girl named Yun Ya had a stern face and was wearing a nightgown. Her figure was not as petite and soft as the women of Daqi. Instead, she exuded a sense of strength and beauty. The nightgown wrapped around her strong arms, making her look like a martial artist.
"What if Daqi can really hand over a new princess?" Yun Ya stared at the man on the couch with a grim expression. "I will never agree to you marrying someone from Daqi."
"Can you please stop making trouble?" Suo Meng's patience completely dissipated. He looked at her with a cold face, his blue-gray pupils without a trace of softness. "My father can marry a girl from Daqi, why can't I? The overall situation is more important. Who I marry is not something I can decide for myself."
"But you said you would marry me!" Yun Ya's eyes turned red and she demanded through gritted teeth, "You promised me the position of princess!"
"I married you because I like you. It doesn't conflict with marrying someone else." Suo Meng turned his face away and said coldly, "Even if I marry the princess, I won't respect her. The new princess is just the next Rong Qing. You are still the most precious woman in the northwest. Why worry about it?"
Yun Ya lowered her head, clenched her hands at both sides into fists, remained silent for a long time, and walked out of the side hall without saying a word.
When he heard the sound of the door closing, Somon turned around and looked at the door quietly. After a while, he sighed softly.
Yun Ya ran out of Zhongbao Palace crying, tears falling silently.
There were patrolling imperial soldiers everywhere. Yun Ya dodged left and right and ran to the outside of an unfamiliar palace. She stretched out her hand and pushed the gate, which was easily opened.
"I think I heard some noise. You guys, go over there and take a look."
Hearing the voice of the imperial army, Yun Ya had no time to think about why the gate of the courtyard was not locked tightly. She squeezed into the courtyard sideways and did not forget to close the gate.
There are three rooms in the courtyard, and only the main hall in the center has light.
Yun Ya walked over quietly, went around to one side, put her fingertips in her mouth for a while, then poked open the window paper and squinted her eyes to look inside.
"Third brother, I really don't know what to do..."
There was a man and a woman sitting in the room. Yun Ya couldn't see the woman's appearance, but she could see the man's face clearly.
He was wearing a frost-colored long gown with cloud patterns embroidered on the lapels, and his hair was half loose. He looked elegant and refined, and his whole body exuded an ethereal aura.
The house was filled with flowers and plants, and looking through the gap in the window, the man seemed to be sitting among the flowers.
"Have a sip of tea. This is the floral tea brewed by my brother." Yan Mu pushed the teacup towards his sister, his brows gentle and his voice soft. "I know you came to Pingyang Palace because you were desperate. I also heard that Concubine Liang was under house arrest, but I am insignificant and there is not much I can do to help you."
Yan Mo wiped her tears, her shoulders shaking from crying. "The Empress Dowager issued a death order, and Mother was confined to her house. Even I was not allowed to visit her. I knew that the Pingyang Palace where my Third Prince lived was unguarded, so I hid from the imperial guards outside and came to beg for mercy."
"Third brother, please save me, I don't want to go to the marriage..."
Yan Mu looked at her with a troubled expression, "Xiao Qi, Third Brother is not very capable, and Mother also made a mistake and was imprisoned in the cold palace. I am powerless to help with the marriage."
"No... Third Brother will definitely find a way!" Yan Mo was anxious. She didn't care about the flower tea in front of her. She reached out and grabbed the corner of his clothes, whispering, "Mother once secretly told me what exactly Concubine Zhe did wrong. Brother, that was a capital crime, but Concubine Zhe was only imprisoned in the cold palace. No one in the Lin family was left unharmed..."
"Third brother must have made some effort." Yan Mo lowered her head, tears streaming down her face. "Royal brother, please save mother and Xiaoqi. I haven't even celebrated my birthday yet. If I go to marry, my life will be ruined!"
"Brother, don't you know what happened to my sister?"
Yan Mu's body stiffened for a moment, his brows slightly furrowed, and he remained silent.
"Royal brother..." Yan Mo stared at him intently. Seeing him turn away, she felt hopeless and laughed at herself. "People die for money, and birds die for food. There's nothing wrong with Third Royal Brother wanting to protect himself. It's my fault for coming here and causing trouble for you."
After saying this, Yan Mo stood up and prepared to leave.
"etc."
A voice came from behind, Yan Mo stopped in her tracks, turned back suddenly, and hope rekindled in her eyes.
Yan Mu's expression was not good, but he was also quite gentle. "If we don't marry, we will have to go to war, and we can't afford it."
Hearing this, Yan Mo's face gradually turned pale.
Yan Mu glanced sideways at the window and said in a voice only the two of them could hear, "Although I don't know what good way to save you from this dire situation, I can at least give you a way. Tomorrow morning, I'll take you to see someone who might have an idea."
"Really?" Yan Mo was overjoyed and immediately knelt down in front of him, "My royal brother is so kind and virtuous. I, Xiao Qi, will never regret it..."
"There's no need for excessive formalities between you and me, brother and sister." Yan Mu held her arm, a smile on his handsome face. "Besides, I'm not the one who can help you. I'm just showing up."
Yan Mo cried with joy, nodded repeatedly, and was so excited that she couldn't speak.
"Now, are you in the mood to try my royal brother's tea?" Yan Mu smiled, looking even more handsome. "This tea can calm your mind."
Under the dim candlelight, the brother and sister chatted happily.
After Xiao Qi left, Yan Mu was the only one left in the empty house.
Yan Mu raised his hand to refill his cup of tea and said in a clear voice, "Friends outside."
Yun Ya was startled and trembled.
"How long do you plan to listen?"
Yun Ya knew she was exposed, so she hid outside the window and refused to show her face. "How did you find me?"
A figure appeared on the small window paper, and judging from the outline, it was a woman.
The next moment, the stained glass window was opened from the inside. Yun Ya subconsciously looked up, and the man's handsome face suddenly came into her sight. She was so scared that she stumbled and fell into the flowers, crushing a branch.
Seeing the flowers he had carefully cared for being flattened, Yan Mu frowned slightly and his eyes fell on the woman in the middle of the sea of flowers.
The nightgown blended in with the sky. The girl was pretty, without makeup, with a natural blush on her cheeks, big eyes and a high nose bridge. When she looked up at herself, her eyes were illuminated by the candlelight in the house. She fell into the sea of flowers, and many petals were spread on her body. The broken flowers were in full bloom and inserted into her long braids.
Yan Mu's frown did not relax as he asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?"
Yun Ya refused to tell the truth and was about to get up and run away, but she fell into the flowers, her clothes were torn by the thorns, and her skin was covered with wounds, which hurt a lot when she moved.
"If you force yourself to get up, the thorn will break in your flesh." Yan Mu leaned against the window and spoke slowly, "If you don't tell me your name, I will call the imperial guards."
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