Li Hongtao was horrified when he thought about the consequences of the announcement of the imperial edict. His face had been trampled underfoot. If the emperor lost his face here, he could not imagine what would be waiting for him.

He immediately rushed forward regardless of everything, and before those people searched him, he snatched a roll of bright yellow cloth into his arms, and walked down the mountain without looking back.

Li Yuan knew without hesitation that the content of the imperial edict must be related to her marriage. How could she allow such an opportunity that came right to her to slip through her fingers?

He sneered and blocked Li Hongtao's way. He looked at him and said without any emotion: "The imperial edict has been brought, why don't you read it out? Hmm? Could it be that Prince Kang wants to disobey the imperial edict?"

Li Hongtao was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick. "You rebellious girl, is it necessary to announce the imperial decree now? You will be punished, you will definitely be punished!"

"Retribution? Haha, Li Yuan has suffered countless retributions since the day he was born, so why add another one? Since the imperial edict has been issued, it is meant to be read out to people, so why bother to get it back? Give it to me, I want to see what kind of imperial edict can make you so nervous."

The more nervous Li Hongtao was, the more curious Li Yuan became. Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, her patience had long been exhausted. With a slight movement of her fingertips, a silver needle accurately pierced his acupuncture point. Li Hongtao immediately froze in place, unable to move.

Li Yuan glared at him expressionlessly: "It would have been better if you did this earlier? You had to force me to take action!"

As he said this, he took out the imperial edict that Li Hongtao had guarded so well. When it was unfolded, several people from the royal family of Mei Kingdom showed expressions that the situation was hopeless.

Li Yuan only glanced at her, and her eyes suddenly turned cold, and the corners of her lips even raised a silent self-mockery: "Haha, I didn't expect that the Emperor of Mei Country is just like this, and the imperial decree can be changed every day? Huh? The previous imperial decree was invalidated so quickly? What do you mean that Li Yuan's status is special and she can no longer be the princess of the marriage? You are really interesting. It was you who forced me to marry, and now it is you who cancel it. What? Now you think I am of no use, so you adopt your royal family's legitimate princess?"

Li Qianxue? Haha, what a good plan!

If she hadn't seen the situation was not right today and rewarded Princess Kang with some mind-destroying powder for her to smell, she would have been the one making a fool of herself now, right?

Li Hongtao's appearance here must have been with the attitude of a quick victory. Once her identity was changed and the imperial edict was issued, there was no need for them to explain themselves, and the situation could be turned from dangerous to safe. What a pity, the addition of a variable like Princess Kang made the original plan completely fail.

At this moment, Li Hongtao must be regretting it to the core, right?

"Since the imperial edict is for me, I will accept it without hesitation. Since there is a new candidate for the marriage, I, Li Yuan, will no longer have any relationship with your royal family. I hope you will go back and don't forget to remove me from the family tree of your Li family. Today, my words are the witness of the world. From today on, my surname will be Ling, not Li. There will no longer be a Li Yuan in the world. Prince Kang, did you hear me clearly?"

Li Hongtao stared at her with a pair of sinister eyes like a vulture, and his expression clearly showed that he wanted to eat her alive.

Li Yuan flicked her fingertips, and the silver needle suddenly turned into powder. Li Hongtao moved and pinched Li Yuan's neck.

Ling Wuya's eyes turned cold, and he came to Li Yuan in an instant and pulled her back. Li Hongtao's slightly fat body was instantly blown away by a powerful force and smashed heavily into the crowd. Amid screams, Li Hongtao struggled to raise his head from the crowd and spat out a mouthful of blood.

Ling Wuya glanced at his face indifferently, "From now on, the relationship between you and me is like this half sleeve. We have no connection anymore, and we are completely done with each other!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he lightly swept the sword in his hand, and the sleeve of his right hand flew towards Li Hongtao and landed on him silently.

Li Hongtao stared at the scene blankly, his body trembling, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

Ling Wuya, in white, turned around indifferently, and a bone-chilling voice rang out: "Show me away!"

The guests looked at the Li family who came in glory but left in disgrace, and thought that from now on, the Li family would become complete enemies of the Ling family.

Even though they are enemies of the royal family, they can still remain so calm. It seems that the Ling family is even more powerful than they imagined.

After a moment of silence, Ling Wentian walked out from the crowd, and his sonorous and powerful voice was transmitted from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain: "Is there anyone else who is interested in Li Yuan joining my Ling family?"

After a deathly silence, Ling Wentian looked around with a disdainful look, and finally stopped at the elders: "Since it is unintentional, the ceremony continues."

While the ceremony was going on in Lingjiazhuang, everything that happened on the mountain spread like wildfire without any avoidance measures. In just two days, it had spread throughout the world.

At the same time, the royal family of Mei Kingdom also took remedial measures in response to a series of changes.

The first thing that was discussed was Li Yuan's life experience, which was explained in detail. However, in terms of narrative style, the emphasis was shifted from the abuse of a concubine's daughter to the non-Li family bloodline, and Li Yuan was even directly removed from the Li family's genealogy.

The other thing is about Prince Kang's Mansion. The Emperor dismissed Prince Kang from all his official positions in the court, saying that he was not competent for an official position because he did not manage his household properly. He also demoted the hereditary prince to the three-generation hereditary Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness. From then on, there was no more Prince Kang's Mansion, only the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness Mansion.

Naturally, the original reputation of Princess Kang was wiped out because of her own evil deeds. Even her three married daughters saw their status decline again and again because of the great changes in her natal family.

Concubine Mei in the palace was the first to be affected. Not only was she demoted from a concubine to a noble lady, but the emperor's attitude towards her also changed from being lukewarm to completely cold.

The only person who remained unchanged was probably Li Qianxue, who had been named Princess Qianyi. However, because the wedding date had not yet been set, her so-called princess title was only superficial.

Wei Yuchen had already known about the changes in Mei Kingdom long before he informed Wei Jie. In the court, compared with the calm and incomprehensible Wei Jie, Wei Yuchen's every move seemed much more cautious.

"If that's the case, then the imperial decree that was known to the world before is no longer valid?"

Just when everyone was frozen in the cold atmosphere created by Wei Jie and even breathing felt extremely difficult, Wei Jie's sudden words broke the silence in the court.

This prompted Wei Yuchen to immediately state: "This is a unilateral change made by Meiguo. You,"

"Is this person I am marrying someone from Mei Country, or is he from the royal family of Mei Country?"

Wei Jie suddenly interrupted Wei Yuchen and said something thought-provoking in a nonsensical way.

Wei Yuchen pursed his lips, his eyes darkened, "Of course it's the royal family of Mei Country. This was decided at the beginning. Since Li Yuan's identity has changed, she will naturally become your concubine again."

"Why must it be the royal family of Mei Kingdom? As far as I know, among all the countries, Mei Kingdom is not the most suitable. It would be fine if there is no royal princess, but they chose the unpopular and even beaten Zhongyi Marquis Mansion. Your Majesty, is this what my brother's Phoenix Princess is destined to be..."

Before he finished speaking, Wei Yuchen understood what he meant, and his expression changed several times: "I have approached you about your marriage many times, but you always seemed to be indifferent. Now that I have chosen one, you..."

"It's not that I don't care, it's that I have no reason to object. I am very satisfied with Li Yuan, but as for Li Qianxue, haha, I don't think she has any outstanding qualities. I am not interested in such a person. Since she was carefully selected by the emperor, why not take her into the harem? Then my Phoenix Princess won't have to be changed. Li Yuan is good, but she just changed her identity. It can't change the fact that she is charming!"

The veins on Wei Yuchen's forehead jumped, and a gloomy look flashed across his eyes: "It's really rare. You are usually very frugal with words, but today you can say such outrageous words for someone, huh?"

Wei Jie leaned back on the chair behind him, tilted his chin, and said lazily: "This is about my brother's future Princess Feng, so of course I can't be careless."

Wei Yuchen said coldly: "Unfortunately, this imperial decree has already been transmitted from Mei Country. You,"

"Since I can tear up one imperial edict, I can also tear up the second one. Since I am concerned about your marriage, I will naturally choose the most suitable one. I will keep the first imperial edict. Why do I need to tear up another one?"

"This is not something you can decide!"

Wei Jie snorted coldly, and his icy voice sounded: "What if I don't want to?"

"This is my order. You have to marry her whether you want to or not!"

Wei Jie raised his eyes lazily, and in addition to the coldness in his lazy voice, there was also an innate deterrent force: "Oh? In this case, then I will respectfully obey your command! I hope that the emperor will not regret it when the time comes!"

After saying this, he waved to the people around him and said, "I am tired. I will leave now!"

Qing Ye and Qing Xuan lifted the sedan chair in an instant, carried Wei Jie, and slowly walked out of the Golden Palace, leaving a group of people standing there, not daring to make a sound.

Although the Phoenix King and the Emperor have been at odds with each other for a long time, they always feel that their Phoenix King seems to be different from usual since he came back from the City That Never Sleeps.

First of all, she seems to talk more than before. Secondly, her attitude towards the emperor has changed from being indifferent to... challenging him?

Also, what does His Majesty the Phoenix's last words mean?

When everyone was thinking of this, Wei Jie left the Golden Palace and whispered to the people in the dark: "Begin to execute the plan."

March was a beautiful month with spring flowers in full bloom. When the four countries were immersed in the two different imperial edicts issued successively by Mei Kingdom and Siyou Kingdom, no one expected that Princess Qianyi, who was about to get married, disappeared without a trace one night.

Even though the royal family sent out thousands of people to track him down, there was still no news.

Under these successive blows, the wife of Marquis Zhongyi finally fell ill and was bedridden.

When the news reached the court of Siyou Kingdom, the court officials finally understood what His Majesty the Phoenix King meant by "regret" a few days ago.

Wei Yuchen was furious and ordered people to go to the Phoenix Palace to pass on his order, but he only received a cold sentence from Wei Jie: "Your Majesty, you'd better not tell me who the future Phoenix Princess is. Once it is made public, she will suffer the same fate as Li Qianxue!"

This can be regarded as an indirect answer to the purpose of Wei Yuchen's order to convey the imperial edict, and it also shows Wei Jie's attitude of insisting on his own opinion this time.

Just as the emperors of the two countries were furious with Wei Jie's attitude and were thinking of countermeasures, no one expected that a group of people would openly carry a dowry of 160 tai and deliver the betrothal gifts to the gate of Lingjiazhuang with music and fanfare.

It was not until this time that people realized that the person who sent the betrothal gift was none other than Wei Jie, the King of War of Siyou State.

As the news spread, people were moved by Feng Wang's attitude of never giving up.

Although Li Yuan's engagement was cancelled by the royal family before she got married, even if it was not her own relationship, it left an indelible stain on her life.

The royal family's frequent changes in policies also made the onlookers quite dissatisfied. Looking at Li Yuan's ups and downs in life, they began to sympathize with her.

Everyone thought that Wei Jie might never have anything to do with Li Yuan again. No one expected that their Royal Highness the King of War would do the opposite. He ignored the marriage arranged by the emperors of the two countries and sent the betrothal gifts directly to Lingjiazhuang. Even a fool could understand what this meant.

While people praised Wei Jie for his firmness, they also began to discuss what the emperors of the two countries were trying to do and why they had to go through so much trouble instead of having the right person.

The world is so big, how many smart people are there? In addition, Li Yuan's current popularity and her past were all flaunted by people with ulterior motives. As the news spread, various analyses followed.

Both the royal families of Siyou and Mei were devastated by these rumors.

As a result, the reputations of Wei Yuchen and Li Quan continued to decline.

As we all know, as an emperor, the most important thing is the people's hearts. Once he loses the people's hearts, it means that the emperor is not far from stepping down.

Although the throne in ancient times was inherited rather than democratically succeeded, the person who was supported by the people would bring an unprecedented blow to the emperor.

Especially within the Siyou Kingdom, when rumors were spreading everywhere that Wei Yuchen was specifically suppressing Wei Jie, how huge was the pressure that Wei Yuchen faced?

Once he does something to Wei Jie, people all over the world will extend it to a deeper level, which will definitely be a fatal threat to the emperor.

Seeing that things had developed to this point, Wei Yuchen had no choice but to follow the will of the people and issue a decree, allowing King Feng to decide his own marriage and he would not interfere in it any more, so as to avoid having to worry about it.

When this news spread throughout the world, in Lingjia Manor, Ling Yun looked at Ling Yuan (there would no longer be Li Yuan) with great emotion, and kept saying "Incredible, incredible! He is so persistent in treating you before you even enter the house. Yuan'er, the Phoenix King is clearly paving the way for your future status!"

Ling Yuan, however, continued with her experiment with disapproval, "Don't say such things. It's fine if others don't know, but don't you know? He did this only for himself. Think about it, he can marry anyone he wants, but which one is not under the control of the emperor? But if he uses my incident to make a big deal, wouldn't it make the world aware of Wei Yuchen's intentions? He is clearly using someone else's power to defeat him. What does it have to do with me?"

Lingyun stroked her chin and nodded thoughtfully: "Tsk tsk, you can't judge a person by his appearance. This Phoenix King is a man of great potential. He can use you to such an extent that he not only wins the hearts of the people for himself and you, but also makes Wei Yuchen and Li Quan's reputation plummet, and even controls his own marriage. It's really a good way to kill two birds with one stone!"

Ling Yuan curled her lips, "Now this person is very capable, right? It's a pity for Li Qianxue. I don't know what happened to her by this devil."

"Are you still in the mood to worry about that Jian Ren? I'm more worried about your future. With his commotion, you've boarded his Fengwang Mansion's ship and can never get off again, right? Yuan'er, you're not really going to marry him, are you?"

Ling Yuan shrugged indifferently: "It's fine to marry him. Anyway, I don't have any better choice in the future. We have a deal. He can't fall in love with me in this state. This gives me enough freedom. In addition, our Lingjia Manor has offended the royal family of Mei Country this time. Although grandpa and others are not worried at all, they are afraid that the Li family will take the opportunity to retaliate. With the relationship with Fengwang Mansion, they will be more cautious. For me, it's not a big loss."

"Girl, you really don't need to worry too much about the Ling family."

Ling Yuan stopped what she was doing and turned to look at Ling Yun. "Sister, now that I have become a member of the Ling family, I will naturally consider everything for the Ling family. The trouble was caused by me, so I will naturally take responsibility to the end. Don't worry, such a challenging life is not bad!"

"But Wei Jie's identity is too dangerous. You haven't even entered the palace yet, but you've already caused so much trouble. The emperor of Siyou must have long regarded you as a thorn in his side. Your life in the future may be even more dangerous than Wei Jie's!"

Wei Yuchen didn't dare to touch Wei Jie, but that didn't mean he couldn't touch Ling Yuan! This damn child, how could she be so unlucky? After getting out of this pit, there is another pit waiting for her. Her life is more than just ups and downs? It's just unlucky.

Ling Yuan pursed her lips and said, "I'm afraid that even without Wei Jie, my life would not be peaceful."

Everything about her life, the poison in her body, her mysterious ice space, her spirit beast, had already destined her life to be one of mediocrity. Instead of living so passively, it would be better for her to put herself in a desperate situation from the very beginning.

She wanted to become stronger so that she could be in control and not be threatened by others.

In particular, the four continents are now gradually becoming militarized, and future competition will only be more brutal. There are only benefits and no disadvantages in getting into the state ahead of time.

With Wei Yuchen's words, Wei Jie naturally had nothing to worry about. To confirm the wedding date, he did not consult the Imperial Observatory or Wei Yuchen. Instead, he led a team of people and attacked Lingshan openly. His purpose was obvious.

Wei Yuchen had been slapped more times in the past few months than in his first half of his life. Even a body of iron could not withstand the anger and depression. Finally, Wei Yuchen, who was already forty-three years old, was so angry that he vomited blood because of his own brother.

Especially when he gradually discovered that this brother, who was hard to control to begin with, had almost left him, he realized belatedly that the people he thought he knew all these years were just the tip of the iceberg.

Wei Jie, haha, no wonder he felt that he was dangerous from the beginning. After working hard until now, his guess has indeed been proved. It's ridiculous that he was on guard against everything, but still lost miserably in the end.

While the royal palace of Siyou Kingdom was shrouded in gloom, Lingjia Manor was filled with the atmosphere of a new son-in-law visiting.

It has to be said that Wei Jie's actions this time gave Ling Yuan enough face. Although they had never met, Old Man Ling and Ling Wuya already had a preliminary understanding of this future second brother-in-law.

When Wei Jie showed up at Lingjiazhuang with valuable gifts as an apology, even Mu Qing, the mother-in-law who had high expectations for her future son-in-law, gave Wei Jie a very high evaluation.

Only Ling Yuan curled her lips in private, thinking, what a scheming man! If he continues like this, if she is wronged in the future, will anyone still believe her?

Originally, according to the Ling family's wishes, they wanted to wait until the girl reached the age of 15 to hold the wedding, but Wei Jie refused on the grounds that it might take too long and cause complications.

They even mentioned that now is the time when the situation is at its peak, and it is the most appropriate time to hold a wedding, so they can strike while the iron is hot and ensure the interests of both parties.