Nan Chu agreed to marry the princess to Bei Xiao, and the envoy of Bei Xiao had no reason to reject the conditions proposed by Nan Chu, so he had no choice but to stamp the alliance.

After the alliance was reached, the emperor quickly asked someone to take Xiao Jingyu out of the prison and send him to the post station.

Although Xiao Jingyu was a prisoner of war, he was the prince of Beixiao after all. Even in the prison of Nanchu, no one dared to make things difficult for him. Except for his lack of freedom, the other conditions were not bad.

When the envoy of Beixiao saw that Xiao Jingyu was back, he quickly went up to meet him, "I'm going to see His Highness, Prince Yu."

This envoy was a party of King Yu. It was not easy for him to convince Emperor Beixiao to agree to bring the alliance to negotiate with Nan Chu to save His Highness Yu. However, Nan Chu spoke loudly.

"How is the current situation of Beixiao's court?"

"Hey—" the envoy sighed, and he didn't know where to talk to Xiao Jingyu.

"Since your Highness, you led your troops to attack the northern border of Southern Chu, Your Highness An and Your Highness Jing want to take advantage of your absence to control the government. After you were defeated, the two of them joined forces with the court officials who were dissatisfied with you and strongly opposed Your Majesty to redeem you."

All the envoy said was within Xiao Jingyu's expectations. His two younger brothers had been suppressed by him and had long wanted to take Daquan away from him.

If his power was so easily taken away by the two of them, he would not be qualified to inherit the throne of Emperor Beixiao.

"Your Highness, there is one more thing--" The envoy lowered his head and bent down. He was worried that he would tell Xiao Jingyu about the matter, and Xiao Jingyu might have torn the covenant directly.

"What's up?"

"There is one in this covenant that you must marry a princess from Nanchu..."

Before the envoy finished speaking, Xiao Jingyu slapped the table and stood up, "What did you say? Where is the covenant? Let me show you."

Xiao Jingyu didn’t know what kind of covenant he signed, so why did he have such terms?

The envoy walked to the edge of the book and took the covenant placed on it in front of Xiao Jingyu.

Xiao Jingyu looked through the covenant and said that this person did not lie to him. There was indeed this one, and this one was proposed by Bei Xiao?

"What's going on? Did the father say this clause?"

He has not had a concubine in recent years. His father has indeed hinted that he has many times, but his father would not add such clauses to the alliance with Nanchu in order to force him to marry.

"It was not what Your Majesty said, but Your Majesty did agree."

After hearing what Jian'an Hou said, the envoy immediately sent a message to Emperor Beixiao, and Emperor Beixiao really agreed to him to do so.

Emperor Beixiao thought differently from the Marquis of Jian'an. Logically speaking, as a defeated country, Beixiao could only agree no matter what conditions Nanchu proposed. However, the matter of marrying Princess Nanchu could make them bet once. If they bet correctly, they would make a profit. If they lose, they would have no other losses.

Seeing Xiao Jingyu's resistant expression, the envoy did not dare to say that this matter was actually proposed to Emperor Beixiao, even if he only referred to the opinions of Marquis Jian'an.

But the more he fears, the more he will be. Xiao Jingyu knew that this would not be what his father thought of, so he naturally had to ask who came up with this.

Seeing that the envoy could not hide it from Xiao Jingyu, he could only admit that he had told everything and hoped that Xiao Jingyu would not blame him.

After hearing this, Xiao Jingyu knew that this person was used by Jian'an Hu. If the Emperor of Southern Chu did not agree to this condition, then Bei Xiao and Jian'an Hou Mansion would be a win-win situation. If the Emperor of Southern Chu agreed, they would not lose much.

Now that things have come to this point, Xiao Jingyu doesn’t want to delve into it anymore, “Which princess is the one who married me?”

"Fifth Princess Chu Huan."

Chu Huan? Xiao Jingyu still has some impression of Chu Huan. He met him once when he attended the birthday party of Emperor Nan Chu. He looked very spoiled and beautiful, but he always felt that something was wrong with Chu Huan.

"When will we set off for Beixiao?"

"The fifth princess Nanchu has been preparing for her dowry for a long time and can be set off. It will take about six or seven days."

Six or seven days has been too long, and Xiao Jingyu can't wait that long, "I must set off within five days."

After Xiao Jingyu finished speaking, he walked out, not giving the envoy any time to refute. He only left the envoy in the room and didn't know what to do.

The envoy went into the palace again and took Xiao Jingyu with him. They met Chu Heng on the way. Xiao Jingyu still remembered the confrontation between him and Chu Heng at Tingyuxuan, so he took the initiative to stop and say hello to Chu Heng.

"Your Highness, no, now I should call you the Fourth Brother."

Xiao Jingyu stopped to talk to Chu Heng to stimulate him. Chu Heng was embarrassed by Tingyuxuan. He kept remembering this matter. Who knew that the woman was actually Chu Heng's Crown Princess?

Xiao Jingyu was interested in Lin Qingwan, but was stopped by Chu Heng. As a result, his sister is going to marry him now. I wonder what Chu Heng is feeling now?

Chu Heng looked at Xiao Jingyu's appearance, and he couldn't control his anger. A girl as good as Huan'er wants to marry someone like Xiao Jingyu.

Chu Heng stared at Xiao Jingyu tightly, his hands in his sleeves were already clenched into fists. If Xiao Jingyu said another word, he might really attack him.

Chu Huan knew that Xiao Jingyu had been released yesterday. Logically, Xiao Jingyu should have entered the palace to meet the saint today. She was worried that Chu Heng would face Xiao Jingyu.

Although she didn't know if there was any conflict between Chu Heng and Xiao Jingyu, there was a conflict between Xiao Jingyu and Nan Chu. If Xiao Jingyu used this matter to stimulate Chu Heng, she was worried that he would do something wrong because of impulse. They had sacrificed so much and they would never let him make mistakes.

It was just right before Chu Huan arrived in the court. She saw Xiao Jingyu and Chu Heng standing together, and Chu Heng's face looked very bad, and it seemed that he had endured it to the extreme.

She ran over quickly, and she wanted to stop Chu Heng before he took action.

"Fourth Brother--" Chu Huan suddenly appeared in front of Chu Heng. Her hands were holding Chu Heng's arms and her eyes looked at Chu Heng's face.

Chu Heng met Chu Huan's eyes, and he saw the worry and dissuasion in her eyes.

Chu Huan said to Chu Heng softly in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Fourth brother, don't be impulsive."

After seeing Chu Huan, Chu Heng gradually calmed down. He was really excited recently. Chu Huan's affairs and Lin Qingwan's affairs both bothered him.

"Your Highness Yu King", Chu Huan waited until Chu Heng calmed down before saluting Xiao Jingyu. The person in front of her was her future husband...

Xiao Jingyu took Chu Huan's actions just now and Chu Heng's series of changes. Before Chu Huan arrived, Chu Heng almost fought with him. As a result, when Chu Huan arrived, Chu Heng regained his rationality. It seemed that something special between them was something he didn't know.

Xiao Jingyu suddenly became more and more interested in him, the concubine. If he had not read the wrong person, he believed that Chu Huan would give him great help.

Xiao Jingyu glanced at Chu Huan deeply, then turned around and walked into the hall.

Chu Huan looked at Chu Heng, she didn't know whether she should be happy or sad.

What is happy is that she has a very important position in Chu Heng's heart, and his emotions will also be affected by her affairs. What is sad is that she is just a sister in his heart.

Seeing that there was no one around, Chu Huan reminded Chu Heng in a very small voice that she could guess once, but not always. Only when Chu Heng controlled his emotions was really nothing.

"The fourth brother must not do something wrong on impulse because of Huan'er's affairs. Huan'er will definitely take good care of herself, so the fourth brother doesn't have to worry."

Xiao Jingyu walked into the hall, saw Marquis Jian'an, Chu Xun, and Chu Yu.

He kept standing there staring at Chu Yu. It was this man who ruined all his hopes and turned him into Beixiao's sinner.

After seeing Xiao Jingyu, the ministers around him were talking about him. How could Xiao Jingyu not hear any of them?

Chu Heng walked in after a long time. He walked directly past him as if he hadn't seen Xiao Jingyu.

Seeing how Xiao Jingyu and Chu Heng looked like this, Chu Xun seemed to have something happened in a place they didn’t see?

Otherwise, with Xiao Jingyu's temperament, how could he not find an opportunity to provoke Chu Heng?

Xiao Jingyu looked at the face of Emperor Nanchu, and he really didn't want to stay any longer.

Lin Qingwan waited for an uninvited guest in the Shuanglan Palace today.

"The Empress is here-"

Before Lin Qingwan could react, Ye Zhiqiu had already walked into the Frost Orchid Palace.

Lin Qingwan had long thought that Ye Zhiqiu would see her. She originally thought that Ye Zhiqiu would send people around her to Zhengyang Palace, but she didn't expect Ye Zhiqiu to come to her Frost Orchid Palace in person.

"Lin Qingwan meets the Queen."

The name has already been seen. Lin Qingwan doesn't want to call Ye Zhiqiu's mother now, and she doesn't think Ye Zhiqiu doesn't care what she calls her.

Ye Zhiqiu sat in the main seat. She didn't let Lin Qingwan sit, but Lin Qingwan stood in front of her.

"Do you know what is the purpose of the Imakiji Temple coming to see you?"

"It should be for His Royal Highness."

Lin Qingwan couldn't think of anything else to say besides Chu Heng. Ye Zhiqiu and her.

Ye Zhiqiu looked at the palace servants in the Shuanglan Palace and the Liuli beside Lin Qingwan, and gave a wink. Madam Xu asked all the palace servants to leave.

Liuli was worried about Lin Qingwan, so she didn't want to go out, but later Lin Qingwan asked her to go out and wait, so she had to leave.

After all the servants left, Madam Xu also walked out and closed the door of Shuanglan Palace and guarded outside the door to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.

When Yu Ran saw that the Empress suddenly came, she didn't know what would happen, but she still felt that it would be better to tell Chu Heng about it immediately, so she ran to find Chu Heng.

There were only Ye Zhiqiu and Lin Qingwan left in the Shuanglan Palace. Lin Qingwan suddenly had a very bad premonition.

"I wonder what the Empress wants to do to drive everyone out?"

Since Lin Qingwan spoke first, Ye Zhiqiu no longer wanted to be polite to her.

"Although your appearance has changed, I am still used to calling you Qingqing."

Lin Qingwan couldn't understand why Ye Zhiqiu said that. Now she has no power behind her, and Ye Zhiqiu doesn't need to win her over.

"Since that night's celebration banquet, you have been in the Eastern Palace for six days. During these six days, I can guess what Henger is doing to you, and I know how you treat Henger, and I know very well."

What Ye Zhiqiu said seemed to want to seek justice for Chu Heng, but Lin Qingwan knew that what Ye Zhiqiu wanted to say must be more than that simple.

"Since Heng'er was born, I trained him as an emperor. Heng'er also worked very hard and never disappointed me. But in your affairs, he has made me feel disappointed again and again."

Lin Qingwan listened quietly to Ye Zhiqiu's words without saying a word.

"When the Lin family and Prince Zhong's mansion were in full swing, Heng'er didn't necessarily need your help, but I must not let you go to the King of Chu. It was also following Heng'er's wishes, so I chose you as the crown princess."

Lin Qingwan was young back then and thought Chu Heng married her to get help from the Lin family. However, after Chu Heng had a showdown with her on that day, she knew that she was thinking too much. With Chu Heng's ability, Chu Xun would not be his opponent regardless of whether the Lin family existed or not.

"You could be Heng'er's Crown Princess back then, but are you worthy of him now?"
To be continued...