The peerless and dark princess

Chapter 132 Entering the Palace

Before the chaos in the palace that day, Chen Yueyao left the palace but found that she didn't know how to find anyone to rescue Queen Meng Yujiao and her second brother from their rebellion. In the end, she returned to the palace with the intention of dying with the Queen Mother.

Now that the rebellion has been resolved, her uncle, the King of Yue, has become the emperor. Although she is still a princess, it is not suitable for her to live in the palace. However, the emperor has no concubines or empresses (especially the queen), so all the ministers are waiting for Chen Yu early, wanting to send their daughters to the palace. Maybe one of them will catch Chen Yu's eye.

Most of the old hands knew about what happened between Chen Yu and Chu Wanran from Prince Yan's Mansion, but now she was gone and things had changed. Moreover, she was buried in the ancestral tomb of the Mu family.

Chen Yu's wish to see Mu Wange finally came true, as Gong Qingyu had arrived in Beijing. The three of them had met at the Hundred Flowers Banquet, but they hadn't had another chance to get together since. So Chen Yueyao pleaded with the Empress Dowager to allow Mu Wange to enter the palace to accompany her and Gong Qingyu. Furthermore, she hadn't even had the opportunity to question her father's marriage to Mu Wange and Zuo Ci.

It has been more than a month since Chen Yueyao's father, Emperor Chen Yan, passed away, and the capital has long since returned to normal. However, she still wants to ask Mu Wange about this.

Chen Yu asked Yan Li to investigate Chu Wanran's affairs, but he dug up the past events from more than ten years ago. Yan Li, who remained calm at this time, was even scared himself. What should he do in the current situation? Should he keep it secret or...?

"Your Highness, do you think you should tell His Majesty about this?"

Upon hearing the news, Chen Siran rushed to the capital, where he was appointed Crown Prince by an imperial decree issued by Chen Yu. In Chen Yu's words, if Chen Siran wasn't worried that he was too young to control the old ministers, he wouldn't have ascended the throne. Instead, he simply issued an imperial decree to abdicate. So Chen Siran now had to thank those old ministers, otherwise his father would have resigned.

The Chu Lianyao brothers did not know how to face Chen Yu. After much thought, they submitted a letter of resignation, but Chen Yu withheld it and did not approve it. Other ministers also understood the problem between them and simply did not mention it, even though Chu Lianyao and his brothers did not attend the court.

"Uncle Yan, since there's no one else here, please call me Ah Ran. It's strange to call His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Etiquette cannot be abandoned. You are now the crown prince, and your every word and action as the future emperor will be watched by others."

"Okay, okay, whatever you say. You said that Mu Wange is actually my father's flesh and blood? Then she is my sister?"

Yan Li glanced at Chen Siran. It was obvious that this prince had not thought about the problem. He was only thinking that Mu Wange was his sister, but would she recognize Chen Yu as her father? Moreover, he had been spoiled by Mu Heng's aunt Shen Xinyue before. Now he has become smarter, but there is no guarantee that he will not be stimulated to return to his old temper.

"My Prince, Chu Wanran has been dead for almost four to five years now, and that incident happened over ten years ago... Most importantly, Brother Yu is now the emperor. What do you think will happen if this gets known? And that little kid Mu Haolin is Mu Heng's bloodline!"

Chen Siran understood now that this matter was not easy to handle. Who would have thought that it was Chu Wanran who saved Chen Yu at that time, and what happened next was such a terrible situation. The two people who should have been a couple were separated by accident. In the final analysis, it was all the mess caused by the late emperor Chen Yan.

"Uncle Yan, let's not worry about those things for now, but Mu Wange is undoubtedly father's bloodline. I think we should still tell him about this," Chen Siran closed his eyes. He knew in his heart that this was Chen Yu's true child, and he was just his nephew, taking Mu Wange's place. "As for whether Mu Wange acknowledges father or not, that's her decision, but she has the right to know her life story. Besides, father would be happy to know. He's been single for so many years, and now he has something to look forward to. In fact, father probably didn't plan to live after learning of Chu Wanran's death. If it weren't for Dali and to train me... When he found out about Mu Wange and her brother, he didn't mind that they were Mu Heng's children and wanted to meet them. Now that it's confirmed that Mu Wange is father's daughter..."

Yan Li thought back to the time when he and Chen Yu left Minzhou fiefdom. Indeed, Chen Yu almost went into the capital to confirm the news about Chu Wanran. After confirming that the news was true, there seemed to be no anger in his eyes. It seemed that he was teaching Chen Siran in front of him, probably to entrust Dali to Chen Siran and then follow Chu Wanran away.

"Elegy, are you with Zuo Ci?"

"What? Is Zuo Ci the Prince Heng? What does it have to do with the elegy?" Gong Qingyu was puzzled. She had only been separated from these two for more than a year, so how could she not understand?

"Yes, it's Prince Heng and Zuo Ci. My father arranged their marriage before he passed away."

"Ah?! How come I didn't know about this?" Gong Qingyu asked in surprise, "When did this happen?"

"A few months ago, less than half a year ago?" Chen Yueyao looked at Mu Wange, "Wange, what do you think?"

"What can I think? Your father's words are as solemn as jade. How can I disobey his order?" Mu Wange took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Before, it was the solemn words, and now it is the will of the late emperor. Can your uncle go against your father's will and ask me not to marry?"

Chen Yueyao and Gong Qingyu exchanged a glance. Yes, that was the Emperor's decree. Like it or not, she had to marry into Prince Heng's mansion. Zuo Ci wasn't a playboy, so while he wasn't a good match, he was still passable compared to other men. But a woman's marriage was arranged by the matchmaker and her parents. Instead of complaining, she should just live her life to the fullest. They felt Wange would definitely live a good life.

"Elegy, you have found a place to stay, but we don't know what the future holds for both of us."

"Qingyu, it's okay for you. Your father loves you so much, so things will definitely be fine. As for me, to put it nicely, I'm a princess. Maybe in the future I can be used as a bargaining chip to be sacrificed for Dali, such as marrying a foreign prince or marrying off to that minister." Chen Yueyao sighed. Wasn't the eldest sister sent out by their father to marry a foreign prince? And now she is not her father yet. How can she get what she wants?

Mu Wange drank a sip of tea and didn't know how to comfort Chen Yueyao. She didn't understand Chen Yu, and she didn't know whether Chen Yueyao would marry into a foreign kingdom in the future. She had not thought about changing the development trajectory of this dynasty when she traveled through time. She was just going with the flow.

"Anyway, I don't know now. Since I don't know, I'll just live in the present."

"Qingyu is right, but if I had the chance, I'd like to leave the palace and see the Jiangnan water villages, the grasslands, and so on," Chen Yueyao's eyes were filled with anticipation, but she might never be able to see such scenery in her lifetime. "Elegy, Qingyu, if possible, I really, really want to experience these scenery."