Yun Zhuo was startled and stared at her intently. He had never imagined that he would hear her speak so directly and forcefully in such a setting.
She's a woman; how difficult must it be for her to say something like that?
But she was willing to defy the imperial decree to speak her mind!
Yun Zhuo was overwhelmed with shock and joy. Just as he was about to kneel down and beg the emperor for his permission, the blood mist in his vision began to rise again.
In an instant, he felt as if he were in a sea of blood, which was slowly engulfing him and suffocating him.
General Lan suddenly grabbed his arm and asked with concern, "What's wrong, Your Highness Prince Jing?"
Everyone looked at Yun Zhuo and saw that he was swaying and about to fall to the ground at any moment. Moreover, his breathing was extremely heavy, as if he could not breathe, and his face was as pale as a ghost.
Yun Zhuo could only stand by tightly gripping General Lan's arm. He knew in his heart that he should stand beside Ye Qingxue and join hands with her to fight against the emperor's arranged marriage.
But he had difficulty breathing, his head ached terribly, and his heart felt like it was being squeezed tightly by something, so painful it felt like it was about to bleed.
He was unable to speak at all.
"Prince Jing is unwilling to marry Miss Ye?" The Emperor suddenly spoke up: "It seems that Miss Ye's insistence on marrying no one but Prince Jing is just wishful thinking. Prince Jing's reaction is unnecessary. I will not force you to marry Miss Ye."
Oh, is that so?
The courtiers looked at each other in bewilderment. Was the Prince of Jing's reaction so intense because he was unwilling to marry Miss Ye?
That seems to be true. Although Miss Ye saved Prince Jing's life in the past, she was once Prince Ding's fiancée, and she grew up in the countryside before being rejected by Prince Ding.
Although Prince Jing was grateful for her saving his life, it didn't mean he was willing to marry her, did it?
"No, that's not it!" Yun Zhuo heard the emperor's words and desperately tried to explain that it wasn't true.
However, some court officials misunderstood his words: "Your Majesty, His Highness Prince Jing said no!"
“Miss Ye, His Highness Prince Jing has refused this marriage proposal! You cannot take advantage of his kindness and force him to marry you.”
Ye Qingxue knew that it must have been Yun Chi's poison that affected Yun Zhuo, and that saying "no" did not mean he refused to marry her.
Just then, the imperial physician who was treating Pan Heng in the side hall rushed over in a hurry: "Miss Ye, Young Master Pan shielded you from the sword, he must be deeply in love with you."
"Please do not say anything to upset him at such a crucial moment. He just woke up and fainted after hearing that you insist on marrying no one but Prince Jing. Please wait until he has fully recovered before saying anything."
Ye Qingxue: "..."
She pursed her lips, then pursed them again, feeling as if her heart was bleeding, yet she was powerless to do anything about it.
She walked to Yun Zhuo's side, took his other arm, and asked him softly, "How are you now? Are you feeling better? Luckily, the imperial physician is here. Let him take a look at you first."
The imperial physician also noticed Yun Zhuo's unusual condition. "Is His Highness Prince Jing feeling unwell? Let me examine His Highness."
He took Yun Zhuo's pulse.
The sea of blood in Yun Zhuo's vision was slowly disappearing, the suffocation was gradually subsiding, the pain was fading, and the people and scenes before him were becoming clearer.
He ignored the imperial physician taking his pulse and immediately knelt down: "Father, in just half a year, I have gone through life and death with Miss Ye several times. We have long been in love and cannot live without each other. Please grant us your blessing, Father."
Anger appeared on the emperor's face.
After pondering for a long time, the emperor said, "Although you saved me tonight, you have committed a serious crime by privately transferring tens of thousands of soldiers from Yanming Pass back to the capital!"
"If the Sky Eagle Iron Cavalry were to breach Yanming Pass at this moment and march directly south into the heart of our Great Zhou, even if you saved the Zichen Palace, what then? You would be guilty beyond redemption and would die a thousand deaths!"
Unauthorized troop deployment!
Or were they soldiers from Yanming Pass?
The officials were all stunned. How dare Prince Jing do this? This is a capital offense!
Yun Zhuo stared blankly at the emperor, something throbbing in his head, accompanied by a sharp pain.
Did he secretly transfer the soldiers away from Yanming Pass?
No!
Chu Xianyun told him that it was only a matter of time before Empress Shen and Prince Ding forced the emperor to abdicate and rebel, but the soldiers of Yanming Pass would come to their aid, and Empress Shen and Prince Ding would not be able to succeed.
Chu Xianyun also told him, "You don't need to worry about Yanming Pass. Your master has already borrowed some troops from the Northwest and is hiding in the shadows. If the iron cavalry of the Heavenly Eagle Holy Kingdom dares to break in, they will be slaughtered without leaving a single one alive."
He said at the time, "Unauthorized troop deployment is a capital offense!"
But Chu Xianyun said, "Your master received a secret order from the emperor earlier, instructing him to secretly mobilize troops and enter the capital to protect the emperor."
Yun Zhuo asked in confusion, "Has Father already suspected Empress Shen and Prince Ding?"
Chu Xianyun replied, "The secret letter didn't mention it, but I suspect he didn't know, otherwise he wouldn't have allowed the Empress and Prince Ding to go this far."
"But he also sensed danger and secretly asked your master to send troops to protect him, probably because he is the Son of Heaven and is protected by the heavens?"
Chu Xianyun even showed him the secret letter his father had sent, as well as the dragon tally for mobilizing troops, confirming that those were indeed his father's things.
But now, Father Emperor says he's been mobilizing troops without authorization...
Secret letters, dragon talismans, Chu Xianyun, even his master and his father...
Which link in the chain is fake?!
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