Fu Ning calmed down, huddled together, not daring to look up at Xiao Chen, and stammered, "Master Xiao, is there anything wrong?"
Xiao Chen frowned. Fu Ning always kept her head down, without any royal bearing. He remembered that this little princess used to be arrogant and domineering, a little bully who gave the late emperor a lot of headaches.
Perhaps the death of her parents had changed the little princess's temperament. After all, everyone in the palace had been replaced by him, and she would no longer let the siblings have the final say. Xiao Chen figured it out and said calmly, "In recent years, I have been busy resisting the rebels and busy with state affairs. I have inevitably neglected my care for the princess. I have come here to apologize to her."
Xiao Chen waved his hand, and the palace maids in the room bowed their heads and retreated respectfully, closing the door. In an instant, only the delicate princess and the malicious prime minister were left in the inner room.
In panic, Fu Ning looked up at the door. Her little face was fair and pitiful. Xiao Chen saw the little princess's appearance clearly. After not seeing her for a few years, she had grown up. She was worthy of being the daughter of the most beautiful queen.
Xiao Chen took two steps closer and was only an arm's length away from Fu Ning.
"The princess is now at the age of marriage. I wonder if you have someone you like?" Xiao Chen suddenly became interested and planned to get close to the little princess first.
Fu Ning shuddered, unsure of Xiao Chen's intentions. Was he planning a marriage for her? Given Xiao Chen's unscrupulous nature, the princes-in-law he found for her would likely be court officials he needed to appease, generals he needed to expand his territory, or perhaps even foreigners, which wouldn't be a good place to marry her.
"I'm still young, and my brother hasn't grown up yet. I...I don't want to get married..." Fu Ning took a step back inconspicuously, avoiding Xiao Chen's gaze.
Xiao Chen smiled barely audibly, not sure whether he was laughing at her avoidance or her naiveté.
There was a wall behind Fu Ning, and she had no way to avoid it. She could only watch Xiao Chen approach her again. Xiao Chen raised his hand and pinched the little princess's chin. "Stupid beauty, you're just a fool. It would be nice to keep you in the room and play with you for a while."
Not to mention that Funing is not stupid, even if she is really not smart, she now understands what Xiao Chen means. This man actually has his eyes on her!
Fu Ning suppressed her overwhelming hatred, pretended to be shy, and turned her face away. Xiao Chen was intrigued by her coquettish and timid appearance. Although he was not married, he was not short of women. A man's attraction has nothing to do with love, as long as the girl in his arms is beautiful enough.
He lowered his head, wanting to taste the little princess, but suddenly Fu Ning seemed to be stimulated by something and sneezed at Xiao Chen. His facial features were squeezed together, looking completely out of shape, and a few drops of saliva splashed onto the prime minister's mouth.
......Xiao Chen's face suddenly darkened, and he shook Fu Ning's chin away fiercely. He took out a handkerchief and wiped it carefully, but still felt it was dirty, so he shook his hands and left the inner room.
Fu Ning heard him instruct the palace maids to keep an eye on the princess and not let her leave the bedroom, which meant he wanted to keep her under guard.
In the evening, the little emperor came to have dinner with her, but was persuaded to leave by the palace maids. Fu Ning was panicked and kept wondering what Xiao Chen was up to. If he was attracted by her body, it would be fine, but if he planned to marry her, that would be bad.
Funing is not stupid and can guess Xiao Chen's plan.
I haven't seen her for several years, so it's too far-fetched for her to suddenly fall in love with Fu Ning's appearance. Fu Ning concluded that Xiao Chen was planning to use her identity as a princess to further his pursuit of the throne!
Fu Ning crawled under the bed and took out a purse from under a loose blue brick. This was the purse that her father had secretly stuffed into her sleeve before he died. When Fu Ning was alone at night, she opened it and saw that it was a emerald green pendant with flowing water inside, which was extremely exquisite.
She didn't know what it was for until the year she came of age. One night when no one was around, a ghostly figure suddenly landed on the roof beam, claiming to be the Dragon Shadow Guard. Fu Ning instantly thought of the jade pendant. Wasn't there a dragon flowing inside?
But Funing did not take out the pendant immediately, but blinked her big eyes and asked who he was. Seeing that she was on guard, Long Yingwei felt relieved and took out another jade pendant of the same material. There was a depression in the middle of this jade pendant, which was exactly the shape of the jade pendant.
Fu Ning believed it now, took out the token and put it in. The Dragon Shadow Guard knelt down and kowtowed, saying that Xiao Chen had been looking for them in the past few years and had killed many brothers. As the captain, he felt ashamed of the late emperor's instructions. Now there were only ten Dragon Shadow Guards left and they were unable to fight against Xiao Chen.
Fu Ning personally helped him up. She knew how insidious and cunning Xiao Chen was. It was a rare opportunity for the Dragon Shadow Guard to survive until now. How could she ask for too much? Fu Ning asked them to protect her brother. She was just a powerless princess and Xiao Chen would not do anything to her.
But now it seems that Xiao Chen can't kill his brother directly, so he has set his sights on her.
Funing held the pendant tightly in his hand until it became warm, then he put it around his neck and kept it close to his body.
On the second day, Funing sat quietly in the courtyard of the bedroom, concentrating on reading. Seeing her obedient behavior, the palace maid lost some patience and started doing other things here and there. Funing waited patiently for a long time before she calmly drew a few crosses on the tree trunk beside her.
This was the secret code between her and the Dragon Shadow Guard. Every five days, the Dragon Shadow Guard would sneak in to check. If they saw a cross, it meant that the princess was in trouble.
That night, when Funing thought that the Dragon Shadow Guard would not come, the window moved and a black figure climbed in. Fortunately, she was not guarding her place closely, which gave them the opportunity.
Fu Ning explained Xiao Chen's plan in detail. Although it was just a guess, the more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. After listening to it, Long Yingwei pondered for a long time.
"Princess, whatever you command, I will do my best!"
Fu Ning had been planning for a whole day. She thought that her younger brother was the safest person at the moment. The princes were eyeing the emperor covetously. Once something happened to the emperor, they would rush into the palace at all costs, under the banner of revenge for the emperor, to prevent Xiao Chen from ascending the throne.
Xiao Chen did not dare to deal with the emperor at will, as he could not stop Youyou from talking.
"I order all of you to take the treasures of Yushan and go to the Shen family army to propose marriage."
The Dragon Shadow Guard looked up in astonishment, and Funing nodded affirmatively. Since she was going to get married, she would marry Shen Yu of the Shen Family Army. She had not been concentrating on being a princess in seclusion over the years, and she was very clear about the situation.
Those uncles and aunts of the vassal kings are all ambitious. It is tantamount to trying to get the skin of a tiger by cooperating with them. It is better to find another way and use the wealth left by his father as a betrothal gift to help the Shen family army to revolt. Whether it succeeds or fails, Fu Ning has only one goal, to kill Xiao Chen to avenge his mother and several concubines!
As for the throne, she didn't think too much about it now. Her younger brother was only six years old, and it was too difficult for her to rely on herself.
Moreover, according to the news sent back by the Dragon Shadow Guard, although Shen Yu was born into a peasant family, he was a fair and upright person. He only started the uprising because he could not bear the suffering of the people. The cities, towns and villages he occupied all praised him.
When my father was alive, he often said that he just wanted his family to live in harmony. Now Fu Ning has "let a wolf into the house". I wonder if my father's spirit in heaven will be angry?
"Princess, if Shen Yu doesn't agree..."
A smile appeared on Fu Ning's lips. He would agree. If it weren't for his poor background and not being as rich as the princes and the imperial court, why would the Shen family army stop moving forward?
"Just pass on the message. He's not stupid and will definitely agree. If he can't do what's next, then I've made a mistake."
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