Concubine Lu said to Lu Chenyuan: "Brother, I'm sorry!"
Lu Chenyuan smiled and said, "I can't protect you for much longer. The emperor is not a cold-hearted person. As long as you do your duty, there is still a place for you in this palace. After all, we still have Jingyan and An Ning."
Concubine Lu smiled bitterly and said, "If it were for the sake of luxury, I wouldn't have to marry him, but he's the only one in my heart, so what can I do?"
Lu Chenyuan said: "All you asked for back then was to stay by his side. Now that's not the case? Or maybe you want more?"
Concubine Lu stood up and said with a smile: "In this palace, his favor is a woman's bargaining chip for survival, and it is also a woman's only happiness."
"I have a brother, so I don't have to worry about whether I can survive, but what about happiness? I want it too. The closer I am to him, the more I want it."
"I married him when I was fifteen, and it's been almost seventeen years now. I have two children, and I tried my best to conceive them."
As she spoke, Concubine Lu began to laugh, and her laugh was so sad.
Lu Chenyuan also stood up, walked behind Concubine Lu and said, "You've suffered so much already, do you also want to watch An Ning follow the same path as you? And suffer the same pain as you did?"
Concubine Lu shook her head and said, "No, I don't want my daughter to suffer like this. The pain of missing him right in front of her is more painful than never seeing him again."
"So, brother, I want to ask you for one favor. Take An Ning away, take her to Binzhou, so that Ye Chen won't be the only one left in her world!"
Lu Chenyuan said: "Is the emperor willing?"
Concubine Lu said: "He will be willing. I will take care of this matter! Brother will take An Ning away when the time comes!"
Ye Chen and Shen Qiu and their group came all the way to the eldest princess's palace. Because there were other people there, the emperor and the queen did not stay long and left.
Ye Chen took Chen Qiu to the side hall. As soon as he entered, Ye Chen hugged Chen Qiu and said, "Qiu'er, from now on, I will not care about the rules or not. I must be by your side all the time. Every time I am not by your side, you will get into trouble!"
Shen Qiu patted Ye Chen on the back and said, "I'm fine, right?"
Ye Chen let go of Chen Qiu, pouted, and said as if he had been wronged: "So, you knew Lu Chenyuan two years ago, and you even called him Brother Lu!"
"Qiu'er never called me!"
Chen Qiu sneered and said, "Jealous? At that time, he was dressed like a gangster, with only one guard by his side, and was surrounded by more than a dozen masters. I met him and helped him. He said his name was Lu Liu, and I didn't doubt him."
"I originally thought I would never see him again, but I didn't expect him to be the Prince of Zhennan."
Ye Chen pulled Chen Qiu to sit on a small couch and said, "Qiu'er is curious about him?"
Chen Qiu shook his head and said, "When I first found out he was the Prince of Zhennan, I was a little angry. I saved him, but he gave me a fake name. Was he afraid I would ask for a favor?"
"I'm not angry now. Everyone has their own considerations. You're not important, and no one has hidden anything from you!"
"You are not made of gold, not everyone will like you!"
Ye Chen said: "No matter who likes Qiu'er, Qiu'er can only like me!"
Chen Qiu laughed and said, "Okay, I'll remember that. I only like my husband!"
Ye Chen said to Chen Qiu: "Let me tell you about the King of Zhennan. You will have a better understanding of him and know how to deal with him when you meet him in the future."
It turned out that Prince Zhennan had been in the military camp since he was seven years old, training with the most ordinary soldiers. Because his mother died early, his father had to be both a mother and a father. He and his sister were only one year apart in age. Lu Guiyi couldn't take care of them all, and he also wanted Lu Chenyuan to gain some experience, so he sent him to the military camp and let his deputy general train him.
He married his master's daughter five years ago. Later, the imperial concubine sent a concubine to him, and he rescued one and placed it in the backyard.
When his wife was giving birth, she died of complications during childbirth, resulting in two deaths. After that, he sent away his two concubines and has never remarried.
Ye Chen asked Chen Qiu: "Qiu'er, do you have any agreement with Lu Chenyuan?"
Chen Qiu thought about it and said, "Let's talk about an agreement. There is indeed one. Two years ago, after I saved him, he said that my swordsmanship is good. If we meet again, we can have a sparring match if we have time."
Ye Chen narrowed his eyes. It was indeed like this. In the previous life, Chen Qiu had been drinking contraceptive soup and had not gotten pregnant. So when they met again, they kept their promise and had a competition.
In this life, Chen Qiu was already pregnant, so naturally there was no competition.
In his previous life, Ye Chen saw Shen Qiu and Lu Chenyuan fighting, and Shen Qiu was laughing happily. Although he only glanced at her from a distance, Shen Qiu's smile stung his eyes.
Although Ye Chen always knew that Chen Qiu was skilled in martial arts in his previous life, it was not until Chen Qiu saved him and Gu Ruojin in the end that he saw it up close. It turned out that Chen Qiu's martial arts were really that powerful.
Seeing Ye Chen was silent, Chen Qiu asked, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
Ye Chen shook his head and said: "No, you are pregnant now, so you can't compete with him as scheduled."
Chen Qiu smiled and said, "What does it matter? I know my own skills anyway. I practice martial arts to protect myself and my family, not to show off to others."
The banquet ended at the end of the afternoon and people left one after another. Ye Chen's family and Lan Yu were the last to leave.
Ye Chen turned back halfway and said to the emperor, "Uncle, if An Ning continues like this, something bad will happen sooner or later. I will protect Qiu'er no matter what."
"Perhaps it would be good for An Ning if you send her away and let her see the outside world."
"You are the only relative left in my mother's clan. I don't want to create any rift between you and me, and my mother doesn't want to see us get along."
"If Qiu'er knew that you and I had a rift because of her, she would definitely blame herself. I not only hope that Qiu'er is safe, but also that she is happy and has no burden in her heart."
In her previous life, after Shen Qiu died, An Ning was sent to Binzhou by the imperial concubine. She lived in Binzhou ever since and never returned to Kyoto. Perhaps if she had gone there earlier in this life and met that person earlier, everything would have been different.
The emperor patted Ye Chen on the shoulder. The emperor knew what Ye Chen was worried about.
Even if the emperor no longer likes Concubine Lu, An Ning is his flesh and blood. Even a tiger will not eat its own cubs. An Ning is his daughter after all. If An Ning really died at the hands of Ye Chen, the relationship between them would never be the same as it is now.
This was something that neither he nor Ye Chen wanted to see. Since An Ning threatened Chen Qiu, for Ye Chen, it would be easier to kill her and put an end to it all.
But this will cause endless troubles. An Ning's death is not a pity, but there is bound to be a gap between him and the emperor.
But if the emperor sent An Ning away, Ye Chen would have no worries when helping him, and there would be no estrangement between uncle and nephew, which would be the best of both worlds.
Seeing that the emperor had listened to his words, Ye Chen knew that the matter was done. He only needed to protect Qiu'er before An Ning left and monitor her actions after she left, then everything would be under his control.
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