Mo Yan and her brother ignored Yong Ning. In their minds, since she hadn't met with Nalan in private, why should they care?
In Mo Yan's opinion, Nalan was definitely not just a love-struck fool. He must have had his own plans for getting close to Yongning, otherwise he wouldn't have kept quiet about it for years and not proposed to his father.
Only that fool Yongning, caught up in love, couldn't see anything clearly. Before his parents' bodies were even cold, he and Nalan fell in love, unable to control themselves, and even got pregnant...
Two weeks later, they arrived in Chang'an.
He was immediately taken to the palace.
Prince Shi's army returned victorious, but he himself died on the battlefield.
The Emperor and Empress Dowager were deeply grieved and personally received Princess Yongning Chang Le and Prince Mo Xi.
Yongning and Changle arrived at the main hall dressed as princesses, while Moxi wore the court robes of a prince.
In the main hall, the Emperor acknowledged Prince Shi's contributions, but was also deeply grieved.
"Yongning, Changle, Xi'er, would you three like to enter the palace to accompany your imperial grandmother? From now on, the palace will be your home."
Mo Xi and Mo Yan knelt down, "We..."
Before they could finish speaking, Yongning shouted, "We don't want to!"
Yongning always remembered her mother's words: the palace is a place that eats people without spitting out the bones, and she must never, ever go in.
“Your Majesty, Yongning is unwilling. The palace is too unfamiliar to Yongning. Yongning wants to be in a place where she knows people.”
Chang Le and Mo Xi's faces darkened. "Eldest sister, don't talk nonsense. There is an imperial uncle and an imperial grandmother in the palace. We are willing to serve the imperial grandmother!"
“That’s because you don’t dare to speak the truth, Uncle. Yongning wants to speak the truth. Yongning doesn’t want to live in the palace.”
The emperor restrained himself, telling himself that this was his younger brother's daughter, and now that his brother was gone, he had to help take care of his brother's children.
But this Yongning really is...
"Where would you like to stay? In your father's mansion in Chang'an?"
The emperor had only one younger brother, and naturally, his brother also had a residence in Chang'an.
He just thought that the three children living in the mansion would be fooled by the servants.
Of course, he also knew that Chang Le and Mo Xi were just like their younger brother, and that's why they really had the temperament of royal children. The older one had been spoiled by that woman.
Yes, even now, the emperor is still talking about the same woman.
He still dislikes that woman who constantly says things like, "I'll pay back Ah Shi. If you stop us, you're stopping Ah Shi from having happiness."
She never truly cared about Ah Shi, was unaware of his predicament, and couldn't understand her mother's feelings; all she cared about was their love and affection.
"No, Uncle, if we live in the palace, we will be reminded of our father and mother by the sight of everything there."
Yongning shook his head again, rejecting the suggestion.
This made the emperor even angrier. "If you don't want to live in the palace, and you don't want to live in the prince's mansion, where do you want to live?"
"Yongning doesn't want to live in the palace, nor does she want to live in the prince's mansion. Where do you think Yongning should live?"
The emperor is already preparing to strip Princess Yongning of her title; such a person is not worthy of being her brother's daughter!
The emperor already knew what had happened on their journey, and he was very dissatisfied with his niece at that time.
Her brother's body is barely cold, and as his daughter, she shows no grief, embracing a man—what kind of behavior is that?
This shows they don't care about his brother at all!
The civil and military officials knew immediately that the emperor was angry, and naturally dared not speak up and provoke him.
Only Nalan gritted his teeth and stepped forward, "Your Majesty, I was favored by the Prince back then and was quite familiar with the Princess. I am willing to take care of the Princess and help her get acquainted with Chang'an."
The emperor squinted at Yongning and asked, "Yongning, what do you think?"
"Of course, that would be the best option," she said, more than willing. "Yes, Yongning is willing."
On the way to Chang'an, the general took great care of my siblings and me. We are happy to stay at General Nalan's house. Thank you, Your Majesty.
"Uncle, we are unwilling."
Mo Yan and Mo Xi looked at Yong Ning and spoke directly.
“Uncle, we are unwilling. We are naturally grateful to General Nalan for escorting us all the way, but isn’t this his duty?”
Mo Xi looked blankly at his uncle, as if he didn't understand Yongning's meaning. He looked at the emperor with a puzzled expression and spoke.
"Uncle, General Nalan said he was sent to escort us by imperial decree, so we should be grateful to you, Uncle."
Of course, I'm not saying they didn't work hard, it's just that we weren't familiar with General Nalan.
Eldest sister, you want to go back with Nalan? What kind of nonsense is this? You are a princess, not married yet, and you're going back with a general?
"Our parents' memorial tablets are still in the Prince's mansion. How can you do this to their spirits in heaven?"
Yongning's face turned pale. "Xi'er, how could you say that? If it weren't for the general, how could we have arrived in Chang'an safely? We don't know anyone in this palace. How are we supposed to live?"
With so many rules, how are we supposed to cope?
The general has always taken care of us; wouldn't it be better to stay with him?
Mo Yan also spoke up, looking coldly at Yong Ning.
“No, we have a home and family. We don’t need to stay in someone else’s home. Even if it’s not General Nalan who’s escorting us, they will still do their best.”
Seeing Yongning's stubbornness, Moyan looked up at the Emperor and said, "Uncle, since my elder sister insists on doing this, then let her leave our Prince's Mansion. Our Prince's Mansion will not accept a daughter who wants to live in a man's house before her parents' bodies are even cold!"
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