Before they left their seats, An Ning hurriedly said, "Cousin, what's so good about her? I'm willing to go to the Ye Mansion to serve you, even if it means being your equal wife."
Chen Qiu's brows furrowed instantly. Did he not see her? Or did he simply not take her, his first wife, seriously?
Before Ye Chen could speak, Chen Qiu turned around, glared at Princess An Ning, and said, "Princess, I am your husband's legitimate wife, married through three matchmakers and six betrothals. Just because you're a princess, you can just snatch someone else's husband away?"
"You are willing to marry my husband, but he doesn't want to marry me, and I am even more unwilling. Not to mention taking him away as a co-wife, I won't even allow you to be his bed-warmer! He is mine alone, and no one can take him away, not even the princess!"
Seeing Chen Qiu occupying him like this, Ye Chen was really happy. Ye Chen didn't say anything, just watched Chen Qiu quarreling with others.
The emperor even rubbed the queen secretly, and they smiled at each other. This Ye Chen’s wife is quite amazing!
An Ning was so angry at Chen Qiu's words that her teeth itched, and then she said: "You are not worthy of my cousin at all. You and my cousin are like cow dung and flowers."
"Besides, you stopped your cousin from taking a concubine. You are jealous. You are not worthy of being his wife!"
Chen Qiu was so angry that she laughed and said, "Yes, I am cow dung, but without the stench of cow dung, how could there be the fragrance of flowers like my husband?"
"No matter how charming my husband is, he can only be mine. Not only you being a princess, but even the king of heaven can't separate us. When we're alive, we sleep in the same bed, and when we die, we lie in the same coffin!"
At the end of what he said, Chen Qiu wanted to beat An Ning up, but he held back. Chen Qiu said, "Princess, whether you come openly or secretly, I am not afraid. You can send someone to kill me again, but if you want to be my husband's woman, you can't do that even if I die!"
When Ye Chen heard Chen Qiu say that he was dead, he panicked and hurriedly hugged Chen Qiu and said: "You won't die. I will kill whoever hurts you!" Then he glanced at Princess An Ning coldly.
"An Ning, is what Madam Chen'er said true? Did you really do such a stupid thing?" The emperor asked An Ning in disbelief.
Princess An Ning said coldly: "No, I didn't. She framed me to prevent my cousin from marrying me!"
Chen Qiu pushed Ye Chen away, touched Ye Chen's face and said: "Don't worry, I won't die. I will live with you until I am a hundred years old!"
Then he turned around and said to An Ning: "Whether you admit it or not, it doesn't matter. What matters is that you remember what I said. You can never be by my husband's side. He can only have me, Chen Qiu, by his side!"
Then Shen Qiu knelt down and saluted the Emperor and Empress, saying, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, your wife and I will take our leave!"
The queen hurriedly said: "Go!"
Chen Qiu looked at Ye Chen, and the two of them held hands and left Yikun Palace.
The emperor looked at the imperial concubine and An Ning and said, "Are you happy now? Do you understand my feelings? There's not even a needle between us, and you still want to squeeze in?"
An Ning suddenly turned around and knelt down and said, "Father, please issue an order to my cousin to give me to him. I must marry him!"
The emperor was so angry that he kicked the chair under him to the ground, then walked back and forth with his hands behind his back, saying as he walked: "You are a princess, how can you be so shameless as to give yourself away as a gift?"
"I'm not as shameless as you. If I don't do things that destroy the harmony of other people's families and give concubines to my ministers, how stable will my throne be? Why would I do such a shameless thing?"
"Also, do you think Chen'er would accept my imperial edict? I wouldn't blame him even if he tore up my imperial edict. Do you think he doesn't know?"
Then he kicked the fallen stool and pointed at the imperial concubine, saying, "This is the daughter you raised, this is the upbringing you gave the princess! Very good, all of you, ground them! No one can leave their palace for a year!"
The imperial concubine immediately knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, you can't do this. An Ning just likes Chen Er too much. She has done nothing wrong. She just wants to be with the person she loves!"
"You've confined us to the cold palace for a year, why not banish us to the cold palace?"
The emperor suddenly became quiet, narrowed his eyes and said, "You threaten me? You think I'm afraid of your brother, so you threaten me?"
"Okay, very good. Since you are willing to go to the cold palace, then stay there. I will let the Black Cloud Guards guard you."
Then the emperor suddenly shouted: "Take your precious daughter in too. She wants to be someone's concubine so badly. She doesn't care about the dignity of the royal family, but I still care about it."
Then the emperor roared: "Where are the Black Cloud Guards?"
Then four men in black and golden robes appeared. The emperor said, "Take them to the cold palace. No one can see them without my permission. Give them two servants. Forget it, just send their two personal servants in together!"
"Even the eldest prince cannot see them. Do you understand?"
The four of them said in unison: "Yes"
Then came the imperial concubine's wailing. She never expected that the emperor would send her to the cold palace. She knew her brother, who was a loyal minister even though he held military power in the south.
He is not the kind of person who would blindly protect his sister without asking the reason. If he knew why he was banished to the cold palace, he would definitely not care about himself!
Chen Qiu and Ye Chen held hands and walked out of Yiku Palace together. They didn't speak along the way, but just clasped their hands tightly together.
It was not until they got on the carriage that Ye Chen hugged Chen Qiu and kissed her forehead, saying, "Thank you, Qiu'er, thank you for protecting me!"
Chen Qiu looked up and said, "Will I get you into trouble by being so rude to the princess? I'm still afraid that the emperor will blame me. After all, I was scolding his daughter!"
Ye Chen smiled and said: "No, he won't blame you, he will still be on our side!"
Ye Chen touched the calluses on Chen Qiu's hands and said: "Because someone forced his way into the relationship between him and the Queen. He knows how painful it was for him and the Queen at that time. He hates such people, so he won't blame you!"
Chen Qiu exclaimed, "Ah!" and asked, "What's going on?"
Ye Chen then told Chen Qiu.
The Empress Dowager was the daughter of the Emperor's tutor, Jiang Bingcheng, who had been teaching the Emperor since he was three years old. Sometimes he would bring his own daughter, Jiang Yiwan, into the palace.
The emperor had only one sister, and their nicknames were both Wan'er. The emperor was still young at that time, so he felt close to her and always asked the tutor to bring Jiang Yiwan into the palace. Over time, the two of them became closer and closer.
Later, the late emperor passed away and the court was in chaos. The late emperor's three brothers joined forces to rise up in rebellion, causing the Rebellion of the Three Kings at that time. The eldest princess Chu Wan stood in front of the young emperor and married Ye Chen's father to control the military power in the north.
At that time, the little emperor was only ten years old, and Jiang Yiwan had always been by his side. After the death of King Qi, who had occupied the north, the north became stable, but there were still King Ning and King Xie in the south. The north and the south were in a stalemate for five whole years. Later, it was General Lu Guiyi who stepped forward to pacify the south.
However, her daughter was allowed to enter the palace as a concubine. At that time, the emperor had not yet married and there was no queen in the harem. After the south was stabilized, Lu Guiyi was named Prince of Zhennan and became the only prince of a different surname. A year later, Prince of Zhennan died of illness, and his son Lu Chenyuan inherited the title and became the new Prince of Zhennan.
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