"Your Majesty, I dare not..." Xiao Jin was panicked and kowtowed repeatedly, but he could not change Emperor Mingcheng's mind in the slightest.
"The Queen has been banished to the cold palace, the Fifth Prince Xiao Jin has his jade disc taken away, and he is imprisoned in the Sky Prison, awaiting your fate. Get out of here!" said Emperor Ming Cheng.
He gave the order and the guards immediately obeyed. The cries for mercy could be heard from far away. Ning Xiang and others were standing nearby, but they all kept their heads down, their hearts as calm as water.
"Where's Zhao Binzhi! Why hasn't he come yet?!" Emperor Ming Cheng shouted.
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"Your Highness, please save my life. If you save me, the Northwest Army will be your supporters, and it will be a matter of time for you to seize the throne." Zhao Binzhi said while kneeling in front of Xiao Tang.
He was more perceptive than Xiao Jin. After Prime Minister Ning and important officials entered the palace, he fled from the mansion when he saw the Royal Guards coming. The Northwest Army was powerful, but not many people stayed there to truly obey him. He asked for help from everyone he could, but no one saved him. Now, only Crown Prince Xiao Tang could save him.
"I am a humble person who failed to recognize a great man. Please forgive my fault..." Zhao Binzhi kowtowed repeatedly.
Xiao Tang glanced down at him and ordered the guard beside him, "Kick him out! Keeping someone like him here will only bring shame to the Crown Prince's Mansion. Marshal Zhao, let me tell you again, if you enter the Crown Prince's Mansion now, you will only die faster."
"Prince!! Save, save me...Ah!!" When Zhao Bingzhi was thrown out, he was captured directly by the Imperial Guards.
The empress dowager and the fifth prince Ming Chengdi met him, but Ming Chengdi didn't even want to see him and threw him directly into prison.
Cheng Ze Rui was acquitted, and in order to restore his reputation, Emperor Chengdi of the Ming Dynasty directly appointed him as marshal to replace the position vacant by Zhao Binzhi.
In a surprising turn of events, Cheng Ze Rui accepted the imperial decree and expressed gratitude in front of the prison cell. He felt deeply mocked, but this matter had nothing to do with the Northwest. To be in such a position, he must protect the territory well. "I thank Your Majesty for your grace."
But to be able to escape from a deathly situation, someone must have put in a lot of effort. When Cheng Ze Rui left the cell and saw the daylight outside, he heard someone calling out from a distance: "General Cheng, here!"
Perhaps it was because the sky was too bright, the young man in the blue shirt standing under the green willows seemed to be glowing, which reminded him of their first meeting. At that time, he hated young people who treated the military camp as a place to play, but who would have thought that things would take a turn for the better and he would actually fall in love with him.
"Ning Yin." Cheng Ze Rui strode down the stairs and hugged him directly with his arms, "You're here!"
"General Cheng, I'll take it..." Ning Yin's words were interrupted by this. He was really a little surprised, but the army had long been accustomed to this kind of thing. After surviving a disaster, one must feel a sense of gratitude. He patted Cheng Ze Rui on the shoulder and said, "See, I told you, you can come out."
"Let go of my young master!" A little boy reached out and grabbed Cheng Ze Rui's arm and said, "You are so rude."
Cheng Ze Rui subconsciously let go, looked at Ning Yin and said, "Young Master?"
The little boy pulled Ning Yin behind him. Even though he was very scared of the tall man, he still said, "My son is Shuang'er from the Ning family. If you hug him just like that, will he ever get married?"
"Hey, hey..." Ning Yin was unable to stop him, causing him to spill the truth. He could only look at Cheng Ze Rui awkwardly and say, "General Cheng, I didn't mean to hide my identity."
"Are you Shuang'er?" Cheng Ze Rui looked at him in a daze.
"Ah, Shuang'er is the same as men. I have never confused the morale of the army." Ning Yin still felt unsafe standing behind the little boy.
"You are Shuang'er?!" Cheng Ze Rui was really happy in his heart. He was saved from a desperate situation. He thought it would be difficult to pursue him because he was a man, but he didn't expect that he was Shuang'er.
Ning Yin thought he was going to be angry, and became even more afraid: "General, you are not going to hit me with a military stick, are you? I just rescued you."
He also told his father that he would not run around anymore.
"You saved me? What did you do?" Cheng Ze Rui asked.
"It can't be considered that I saved you. I only contributed a little bit." Ning Yin felt that if he didn't go back, his father might still save people, but if he didn't say it was a life-saving grace, it would be too embarrassing if he really got beaten with a military stick. "It was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and my father who saved you."
"I will thank you in the future," Cheng Ze Rui looked at him and said, "Are you married?"
"Ah? Ah?!" Ning Yin was stunned and said subconsciously, "No, but I probably won't be able to return to the Northwest in the future."
Why is everyone so concerned about his marriage recently?
"The young master is not married yet, but the lady is already choosing a husband for him." said the little boy beside him.
"Pick someone..." Cheng Ze Rui stepped forward, pinched Ning Yin's shoulders as he cowered, and said, "How about me? Will you marry me?"
"What?" Ning Yin opened his mouth wide, and finally found his voice: "You, you like me?!"
"Can't you see it?" Cheng Ze Rui asked.
"I can't tell..." Ning Yin said in a low voice.
What the hell? He was afraid every day that General Cheng would find fault with him if they disagreed. He liked him? When did this happen? It sounds very scary, okay?
"Do you have someone you like?" Cheng Ze Rui asked.
Ning Yin was stunned for a moment, then broke free from his hand and said, "I promised my father to stay in the capital this time. I... I have someone I love. General, I appreciate your kindness, but I have never thought about it that way. I only have feelings for you as a comrade and brother. I'm sorry."
"Is the person you're going to marry the one you love?" Cheng Ze Rui's heart sank. "Am I too late?"
"No, Madam hasn't chosen a husband for the young master yet. She has already picked out five families," said the little boy.
Ning Yin: “…”
Damn, I have to find someone to serve me when I get home. This guy talks too much.
"Why did you marry someone other than the one you liked?" Cheng Ze Rui asked.
"He has someone he loves, and I'm not worthy of him." Ning Yin lowered her eyes and said, "Since I can't marry that one, it doesn't matter who I marry."
"You are the best in the world, and the best in my heart." Cheng Ze Rui said, "It doesn't matter who you marry, so why not marry me?"
"If I marry you while having feelings for someone else, it would be a disgrace to your feelings." Ning Yin frowned and said, "Besides, marrying you would be too weird."
Yesterday you were a brother who trusted each other with life and death, but today he wants to marry you. It seems very strange no matter how you think about it.
"Strange..." Cheng Ze Rui looked at him and said, "Do you want to reject me and marry someone else?"
Ning Yin: "...General, you make it sound like I'm a heartless person."
"If you marry someone you love, I won't stop you. But if you want to marry someone casually but reject me, then in this life, you either marry me or never marry at all." Cheng Ze Rui said this and got on the carriage, leaving Ning Yin standing there in a daze for a long time before he climbed on the carriage silently.
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