I just want to be a princess, no, you want to be a queen

Chapter 272 I Will Marry Her

Wei Luo was stunned. He didn't expect these words to come out of his cousin's mouth. He advised, "Since you knew, you should have made plans earlier. From the moment he tricked you into taking the responsibility of the fake pregnancy alone, you should have made plans earlier instead of getting deeper and deeper into trouble."

"What are you planning?" Lu Mingyang asked, "Cousin, do you think that the Chengyang Marquisate is loyal to the Ningyuan King because he was once my husband?"

"Loyalty?" Wei Luo did not expect to hear such a solemn word.

"Yes!" Lu Mingyang said without hesitation: "My Chengyang Marquisate is loyal to King Ningyuan not because he was once my man, but because he is worthy of my Chengyang Marquisate's trust."

Wei Luo said: "My cousin is simple-minded and doesn't know what the art of being an emperor is. He is trustworthy now because he is nothing at the moment."

No emperor could tolerate a minister whose achievements were so great that they threatened him, nor would he tolerate a minister who held a large military force. The Duke of Wei could only hope that the next emperor would be mediocre and incompetent.

The four words "mediocre and incompetent" have nothing to do with Prince Ningyuan.

"Then who is trustworthy, the Song family?"

Everyone has their own considerations and stances. Lu Mingyang didn't intend to persuade Wei Luo, but simply said, "I'm sorry, I was so anxious at the time that I forgot about my cousin's situation. He helped us so much back then, I thought he had chosen him."

"Forget it!" How could the current Chengyang Marquisate possibly assist King Guangcheng? Wei Luo was at a loss for words and sighed, "He'll find out sooner or later anyway, so I don't blame my cousin. I just didn't expect that we would end up like this."

"In that case, I wish my cousin all the best. However," Lu Mingyang paused and smiled, "it seems that my cousin didn't do what he promised me."

"What's the matter?" Wei Luo asked in confusion.

"Nian'er!" Lu Mingyang explained, "You said to keep your distance from Nian'er."

She couldn't let Nian'er make a dilemma. Fortunately, Nian'er didn't understand love between men and women yet.

Wei Luo stared intently, his gaze extremely firm: "I will bring Nian'er back to Yunzhao."

Lu Mingyang frowned: "Why do you take her back to Yunzhao?"

"Why are you stopping me?"

"I'm her sister."

"How can you be considered her sister? You are just Nian'er's sister who has no blood relationship with her. Nian'er will get married one day. How many days can you protect her?"

Without waiting for Lu Mingyang to answer, Wei Luo said in a deep voice: "I will marry her and I will protect her forever!"

He knew his father would not let him marry a peasant girl with no family background, and he did not want to let her down, so he kept his love hidden deep in his heart. But when Nian'er disappeared, the fear made him lose control and he felt like he was being tortured.

He then realized that in this life, he was not willing to leave her in the hands of anyone else, and he had to protect her himself.

Lu Mingyang looked at him and laughed, "You protected her? Nian'er walked back by herself. If it weren't for you, she wouldn't have suffered this hardship at all."

"It was just an accident, and I will never let it happen again."

"Just an accident?" Lu Mingyang said angrily, "If it weren't for Chu Mingzheng, do you think Nian'er would be able to find her way back safely?"

"What do you mean?"

"What do I mean? Ask the person you trust if she has done what she promised you!"

Lu Mingyang angrily threw the teacup in his hand to the ground, "Cousin, I don't care what you want to do, but if Nian'er gets hurt because of you, I will never let you go."

After saying that, she slammed the door and walked out.

"Cousin," Wei Luo chased out of the restaurant and saw a strange scene in the inn opposite.

In the hall, the eight girls Nian'er had rescued knelt before her and begged, "Madam, our reputations have been ruined. We can no longer return. Please, please, keep us. We will serve you and our master well."

The sounds of wailing and kowtowing filled the air like a tide. Yang Nianshu's face flushed red with embarrassment. She wanted to escape, but there were people all around her.

"She is not! My sister is not married yet, please be careful with what you say." Lu Mingyang squeezed into the crowd and pulled his sister into the carriage.

The carriage slowly drove away from the inn. Yang Nianshu looked at Wei Luo standing at the door of the inn and said anxiously, "Second sister, aren't we going with Brother Wei?"

"I have something else to do. If you want to go with him, get out now."

"Second sister?"

Seeing his second sister's angry expression, Yang Nianshu took her arm and said with a smile, "Second sister, don't blame Big Brother Wei. I was late returning to the city after training that day. Who knew there was a trafficker at Big Brother Wei's door? He had no idea."

Silly girl.

Lu Mingyang looked at his sister and asked, "Did anything strange happen that night?"

"There's nothing strange about it." Yang Nian'er shook her head.

Lu Mingyang reminded: "Didn't you meet anyone outside the Duke of Wei's Mansion?"

"I met two girls."

Under Lu Mingyang's questioning, Yang Nianshu told him everything that happened that night. Lu Mingyang thought for a moment and said, "Don't tell your cousin about this. If he asks you, just say you met two people. Don't mention scratches or anything like that."

Yang Nianshu nodded in confusion.

The carriage returned to the Chengyang Marquis' Mansion. Lu Mingyang was worried about Chu Mingzheng, so he took Ruying to the Ningyuan Prince's Mansion. It had been several days, and he didn't know how he was doing.

Standing at the entrance of the alley opposite the Ningyuan Palace, Lu Mingyang said to Ruying, "Just say you stole a jade bracelet from me and came back to look for it. And by the way, ask about His Highness's recent situation."

"promise!"

Ruying entered the Ningyuan Palace as instructed by Lu Mingyang. Not long after, Zheng Hao followed Ruying out.

"Princess!" Zheng Hao still respectfully used the old title when she saw Lu Mingyang.

"Your Highness took King Guangcheng hunting and disappeared for two whole days and nights. When His Majesty found out, he was furious and had Your Highness beaten with a stick. Your Highness's back is now a bloody mess. He can't even get out of bed, let alone sleep. He even had a fever at night and kept calling out your name in his dreams. Princess, please go and see Your Highness!"

"Is it that serious?" Lu Mingyang turned around in confusion, "I'll go find Leng Lingfeng."

"Doctor Leng has been here." In order to get the princess to go see His Highness, Zheng Hao deliberately sounded more serious. However, seeing that the princess was anxious but had no intention of going in to see His Highness, he had to tell the truth.

"Princess, don't worry too much. After a few blows, His Royal Highness Prince Guangcheng fell on your Highness, and His Majesty had to let it go. Your Highness's injuries are not serious."

"Really?"

"Really! King Guangcheng said he begged Your Highness to go there, and he even hunted a wolf and came back with it. He was very happy."

Seeing Zheng Hao's words were so convincing, Lu Mingyang became angry: "When did you learn to lie?"

"This slave deserves to die." Zheng Hao burst into tears and sobbed, "This slave just saw that Your Highness missed you so much that he wanted you to go see Him."

"Take good care of him and don't let him get away with it." She wasn't qualified to meet him openly right now. Lu Mingyang glanced at the plaque of the Ningyuan Palace and left with Ruying.