As soon as Yue Jiang sat down, An Chenghuan let out a subtle sigh, showing his deep concern.
"How has Princess Yuejiang been lately?"
Yue Jiangqian replied, "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness. I'm fine."
Although both Jingyan and An Chenghuan are princes, Yuejiang described them as if they were no different, which inexplicably made Jingyan dissatisfied.
Jing Yan glanced at An Chenghuan, interrupting their back-and-forth conversation, and thoughtfully explained their earlier discussion to Yue Jiang.
"Jiang'er, I told you about His Highness Anguo's matter beforehand. It's not good for the three of us to keep getting entangled. We must settle things today."
"You are already the Crown Princess whom I have announced to the world in Jing Kingdom. The envoy from Yue Kingdom will also be arriving soon. However, His Highness of An Kingdom says that he has deep feelings for you and wants to take you back to An Kingdom."
He spoke slowly, with a hint of sarcasm: "It is only natural for people to feel longing. His Highness Anguo has gone so far as to set aside the past grievances between Jing and An, and specially sent a letter to me asking me to bring you to meet him."
“I believe that His Highness Anguo is deeply devoted to me and will do anything to bring Jiang’er back to Anguo.”
"I didn't expect that I would hesitate so much after only making a slight attempt, asking for some cities, silver, and some tribute from Anguo. Such sentiments are laughable in my eyes."
Jing Yan glanced at the two of them, lightly rested his right arm on the table, and tapped his fingers lightly in an irregular rhythm, sometimes fast as a whirlwind, sometimes as rhythmic as a drumbeat.
The faint thumping sound was particularly noticeable in the quiet room, like a mocking sound, reaching the ears of everyone around.
An Chenghuan subtly closed his eyes for a moment to steady himself and avoid being disturbed.
Jing Yan continued in the silence, seemingly helpless: "His Highness Anguo said that you were forced by me. Just now I gave him a chance to sit in front of him and think it over carefully. He didn't say anything for a long time."
"Please ask him for me. He is so devoted to you and wants to welcome you back to Anguo to be the Crown Princess, so why won't he agree to my request? Is it because Jiang'er is not good enough compared to Anguo?"
Ahn Seung-hwan always prided himself on being calm and self-controlled, able to endure what ordinary people could not, but that did not mean he tolerated others easily provoking him.
He could tolerate his fiancée, who was rightfully his, being allowed to sow discord between them by another man.
He suddenly spoke in a loud voice: "Your Highness Jing, it is clear that what you want is excessive. How can we hand over the foundation of Anguo to others?"
Jing Yan glanced at the box beside An Chenghuan's wrist, a cold smile playing on his lips as he retorted, "Could it be that none of those boxes in Your Highness's hand contained the foundation of the Jing Kingdom? Did the Jing Kingdom not give them to you?"
Since Yue Jiang did not commit suicide when she was kidnapped, Chu Lu has already lost his opinion of her.
It would have been fine if she hadn't come out earlier, but now that His Highness has been humiliated by Jing Yan, she, with her chaste heart, should atone for her sins with her death right now, so as not to put His Highness in a difficult position.
Instead of dying, she's sitting there like a dead person, showing no sign of emotion even as His Highness is humiliated by Jing Yan.
Chu Lu couldn't help but want to argue for His Highness again, glancing at Yue Jiang with a sarcastic look.
"How can this be the same? Back then, it was your Jing Kingdom that was incompetent and Emperor Jing that was mediocre. Don't you want your own emperor and your own family?"
“Princess Yuejiang is not comparable to her. She is just a daughter of a foreign royal family. Without a marriage alliance, she wouldn’t even qualify as a princess. If our prince wanted to, why couldn’t he welcome a real princess from another country?”
Hearing Chu Lu's increasingly vicious words, and fearing he might ruin things, An Chenghuan turned around and glared at him.
"Chu Lu, you have talked too much today. You were rude just now. Please apologize to Princess Yue Jiang."
Chu Lu stared at Yue Jiang with a fierce look, his face dark with rage, his lips taut, and he remained silent for a long time.
Wei You stood to the side with his arms crossed, making sarcastic remarks to Jing Yan.
"Your Highness, I told you not to bring Princess Yuejiang along. I thought the conditions you proposed were unacceptable to His Highness Anguo, but it turns out that His Highness Anguo couldn't make the decision."
"Now they can't even discipline a subordinate, and they're humiliating Princess Yuejiang like this."
"What nonsense are you spouting?" Chu Lu heard Wei You take the opportunity to mock him. Knowing that he had made his prince lose face in front of the Jing Kingdom, he quickly bowed and apologized to An Chenghuan.
"Your Highness, this humble general did not mean it," Chu Lu was about to look up and apologize to Yue Jiang when he was unexpectedly splashed in the face with lukewarm tea.
He brushed aside the tea leaves covering his face and saw Jing Yan just putting down his cup. Chu Lu's teeth were grinding together, as if he wanted to reach for a knife.
Wei You hooked the token at his waist and lightly tapped the weapon beside him a few times. Chu Lu lowered his hand with some hesitation.
Jing Yan snorted coldly: "Well, how ironic. I treat Jiang'er with courtesy and respect, but An Guo treats her like dust and insults her."
"Let alone giving it away without a second thought, even if His Highness Anguo had agreed to my request right now, I wouldn't accept it. If Jiang'er went, wouldn't she be wronged?"
"Your Highness, let Yuejiang say a few words," Yuejiang suddenly spoke after a long silence, instantly drawing the attention of everyone around her.
Wei Jingyan remained the most composed, agreeing, "I was just about to let you speak. They were so inconsiderate just now, making you hear so many unpleasant things."
Yue Jiang nodded slightly to Jing Yan in gratitude, then turned to look at An Chenghuan, her voice soft and gentle.
"Your Highness Anguo has gone to great lengths to come here for Yuejiang. Yuejiang appreciates your kindness, but as the general beside Your Highness said, Yuejiang is just a weak woman and is not worthy of Anguo's great cause."
"I am too ashamed to ask Your Highness to exchange this for me. I am not worthy of such a favor. I beg Your Highness to give me some face. Although I am a woman, I have dignity and cannot be humiliated repeatedly."
"Your Highness is an exceptional person, and you will surely be able to marry a princess who is even more precious than Yue Jiang."
After saying these words, Yue Jiang stared intently at Jing Yan beside her, her attitude clear: "The marriage between Yue Jiang and His Highness of Jing Kingdom has been confirmed by our motherland. An envoy will be arriving soon. Yue Jiang is the Crown Princess of Jing Kingdom and this cannot be changed."
Jingyan kept saying that An Chenghuan had feelings for her, but she didn't reveal at all that they were engaged, just because she was afraid that An Chenghuan would use this as an excuse.
If An Chenghuan had known more about Yue Jiang's current "amnesia," he wouldn't have let Jing Yan manipulate him so badly.
However, Ahn Seung-hwan did not have the ability or the idea to take her away at all costs, nor would he raise a weapon for her.
Yuejiang knows which one to choose.
An Chenghuan knew he was being incredibly ridiculous today, having his fiancée tell him in front of him that her fiancé had changed.
He thought that even if he endured a few more sarcastic remarks from Jing Yan, Jing Yan would eventually add to his achievements without bloodshed for the sake of the two cities and silver.
An Chenghuan misjudged Jingyan's hatred for Anguo. Indeed, Anguo's initial purpose in forming a marriage alliance with Yueguo was to seek wealth.
Jing Yan has just finished a war. If he is already militaristic, Yue Kingdom would be a good source of supplies for him. In the future, Jing Kingdom will definitely be a major threat to Anguo.
An Chenghuan was unwilling to give up. He looked at the table to the side and picked up the box containing the painting box.
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