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

Chapter 192 I won’t tell you

"Yes, let's eat. We'll talk about the rest later." Lu Mingyuan let go of his brother and sat back.

For a moment, there was infinite warmth, but it was only for a moment. Time will not stop for anyone.

Lu Mingze said, "Eldest sister, I should go now."

"Can't you be at home?"

"Eldest sister, don't overthink it." Lu Mingze explained, "I can't implicate the Chengyang Marquisate when I don't know whether the emperor knows I know the truth."

Lu Mingyang asked, "What should we do if we want to find you?"

"Leave a mark outside the back door. I'll come when I see it." At this point, Lu Mingze reminded: "Fourth sister, that matter..."

"Don't worry, Third Brother!" Lu Mingyang promised, "I will never tell His Highness."

"Okay!" Lu Mingze stood up and left.

Lu Mingyang pressed on, "Third brother, Ling'er has been going crazy these past few days. Aren't you worried about her?"

Lu Mingze's body trembled, but he said nothing in the end.

Lu Mingyuan watched his brother leave, and like a child, he looked at his sister helplessly: "Yang'er, why did it become like this?"

The reputation of her father, whom she was determined to protect, was destroyed by the very person her father was loyal to.

"How desperate my father must have been when he died." Lu Mingyuan burst into tears.

Lu Mingyang held her elder sister in her arms quietly. After a long, long moment, Lu Mingyuan raised his head from her embrace, his heart aching. "Yang'er, why did he never tell me he was the emperor until his death?"

"Yes!"

The son-in-law chosen by the father may not be that bad, but he just saw through the intrigues in the court too early and chose to go with the flow.

At least when it comes to love, he loves more than she does.

Lu Mingyang watched his elder sister fall asleep, tucked the corners of the quilt for her, and went back to his room alone.

In Xunyang Pavilion, under the porch, Chu Mingzheng stood in the moonlight, quietly waiting for the woman to approach.

Lu Mingyang jumped up the stairs and hurriedly pushed him into the room. "Why are you here?"

"I miss you!" Chu Mingzheng took the girl who closed the door into his arms.

Lu Mingyang dismissed it in dissatisfaction and asked, "Why didn't you say Zhou Yuan was the third brother?"

Chu Mingzheng felt wronged: "Yangyang, I'm not a god. If I guess wrong, how can my elder sister bear it?"

Lu Mingyang was dissatisfied: "You could have just told me!"

Chu Mingzheng laughed and said, "How can you, a little girl with a loose mouth, hold it in?"

"Who said I...ah..."

Lu Mingyang's legs felt weightless, and when he came to his senses, he was already lying on the bed, his clothes disappearing as he was pulled.

Chu Mingzheng leaned close to the blurry-eyed girl's ear and asked, "Yangyang, why does Lu Mingze want to hide his identity?"

Lu Mingyang was so angry that he bit Chu Mingzheng's shoulder and accused him, "Can't you finish one thing before asking about another? You are not focused at all!"

Chu Mingzheng smirked: "Two things to do at the same time, I haven't delayed it, right?"

"Hmm..." Lu Mingyang covered his mouth and twisted his body in embarrassment.

Chu Mingzheng felt wronged: "Just tell me, so you don't fall asleep again later."

Lu Mingyang shook his head firmly, "I won't tell you. I promised my third brother not to tell you."

"Hmm?" Chu Mingzheng felt uncomfortable. He raised both hands and moved them downwards. "Yangyang, be good!"

"I won't say it!" Lu Mingyang trembled continuously, but still stood firm and refused to give in.

Chu Mingzheng kissed his teeth open and rushed in.

Like gentle spring breezes and dazzling fireworks. How could this man always be different? But this time, she finally didn't surrender. As long as she wasn't shy, who could be the opponent?

When the overlapping candlelight on the wall faded away, Chu Mingzheng looked at the smiling little girl in front of him and turned away angrily.

Why did I surrender just now? It must be that delicate sentence "My husband is so great". If I had known this, I should have blocked my ears.

Lu Mingyang moved and hugged the frustrated man from behind, soothing him softly, "Your Highness, I can't let my eldest sister and third brother think that they and I are not family. Please don't be angry, okay?"

Chu Mingzheng became even more angry: "I am an outsider?"

"Of course you're not an outsider. You're the one in my heart." Lu Mingyang flattened the heavy man and lay on top of him, pinching his face pitifully. "Don't be angry, okay? It won't be long before my third brother will take the initiative to look for you."

The third brother wants to change the emperor, and Chu Mingzheng is the best choice.

Chu Mingzheng held his restless hand and gently pinched his fair, jade-like nose. Lu Mingyang smiled at his awkward, yet unyielding expression and quickly changed the subject.

"How was Ling'er when you sent her back to the palace?"

"What else can I do? Let her cry." Chu Mingzheng sighed. "Let her make a fuss. The more His Majesty suspects that Lu Mingze is still alive, the easier it will be for us to handle our affairs."

The title of Marquis of Chengyang was now merely an honorific title, and replacing him wouldn't be difficult, especially since he was Lu Shao's own son. However, if there were hundreds of female soldiers, the situation would be different. The more people involved, the more secure Lu Mingyuan's title would be.

Lu Mingyang hesitated, "Your Highness, can you please put the raising of the female army on hold? My eldest sister wants to give the title to my third brother."

"He wants it?"

"Third brother didn't want it, but eldest sister always felt..."

"That's all." Chu Mingzheng interrupted Lu Mingyang and said proudly, "Whatever title he wants, I'll give it to him later."

"Bah!" Lu Mingyang felt he really needed to teach him a lesson for his arrogance, and teased, "How do you know you'll win?"

"Who else would it be than me?"

"Tsk!" Lu Mingyang asked, "What about Ling'er? Are you really planning to let her marry Shen Yan?"

"pretty good."

Lu Mingyang patted him in dissatisfaction: "What about my third brother?"

"He can't do that!" Chu Mingzheng still said the same thing: "He used Ling'er."

Lu Mingyang was so angry that he twisted his body: "You didn't take advantage of me? You even humiliated me!"

"That's different."

"Why is it different?" Lu Mingyang asked angrily.

"Yangyang." Chu Mingzheng held her hand and rubbed it back and forth: "He always gives me the feeling that he will die at any time."

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Lu Mingyang turned away angrily.

Chu Ming conquered her softly: "Yangyang, let me think about it. His Majesty's marriage is not that easy to arrange. Besides, His Majesty has always been wary of the Chengyang Marquisate. Lu Mingze just came back, and I can't wait to marry my sister to him. What do you think His Majesty will think of me?"

He had never told her about these difficult things. Lu Mingyang felt distressed when he heard it. "Then I'll try to persuade Ling'er, but it's impossible for Ling'er to like Shen Yan. How about we delay it?"

She still hopes that lovers will eventually get married.

"Things need to be done one by one." Chu Mingzheng took Lu Mingyang into his arms and said, "Go to sleep!"

But Lu Mingyang couldn't fall asleep. Thinking of Pei Mian's miserable state during the competition today, she asked, "Did you let Pei Mian act?"

The more truly Pei Mian loses, the less suspicious the emperor will be of him.