Chapter 13: Fight the Enemy

During the days when Yan Li was recovering from her injury, Fengyang Palace was peaceful and calm, but outside, the waves were turbulent.

The emperor named her Princess Nanyang, the same as the legitimate princess. This made several princesses of the royal family feel unfair. Mu Xue, the only legitimate daughter of the queen, was angry that an orphan from outside could be on equal footing with her. The other concubine princesses were even more angry that an orphan from outside could be above them. It was simply unbearable!

Each of them was waiting for an opportunity to settle accounts with Yan Li.

Before the emperor issued the imperial decree to grant marriage to the Ninth Prince and Yan Li, gossip was already flying everywhere. Soon, all the civil and military officials in the court heard some rumors, and the noble ladies of the imperial city spread the rumors one by one, ten by ten, and a hundred by a hundred.

The cousin of Master Jiang's family, who was living under someone else's roof, actually wanted to marry the Ninth Prince? She didn't even look in the mirror to see what her status was.

How could an orphan without a father or a mother be worthy of the Ninth Prince who was as bright and beautiful as a flower on a high mountain?

She is not even worthy of washing the feet of the Ninth Prince!

The noble ladies of the aristocratic families held a grudge and secretly waited to settle accounts with Yan Li.

However, they changed their minds and thought that with the Ninth Prince's temper, he would not agree even if the emperor granted him a marriage. Yan Li could just dream about her life. She was rejected by the crown prince and then rejected by the Ninth Prince. How could this unwanted orphan marry in the future?

The noble ladies were right. The Ninth Prince did refuse the marriage.

The imperial edict of marriage was personally delivered to the Ninth Prince's Mansion by Xiao Changhai, the chief steward beside the emperor. There was no fanfare, nor did he shout "The imperial edict has arrived" from afar. The chief steward in front of the emperor was very humble and followed the housekeeper all the way to the study. After paying respectful respects, he explained the emperor's intentions.

The Ninth Prince was sitting in the study processing official documents. He was full of a terrifying sense of oppression. His face was noble and handsome, and his eyebrows and eyes were picturesque but indifferent like snow.

When hearing the imperial decree of marriage, a layer of frost gradually covered the noble face that was not like an ordinary person, and the voice was cold and piercing: "Who is the marriage granted to?"

Xiao Changhai trembled: "To...to the Ninth Prince..."

"Who is it granted to?"

"Yan...Miss Yan..."

Tap the table with his slender fingers, Mu Cang's voice was as cold as ice: "The woman that the prince doesn't want is given to me?"

"No, no..." Xiao Changhai knelt down with a plop, "The slave is also acting according to the order, please don't embarrass the slave, the Ninth Prince."

"Get lost."

The majestic chief steward of the imperial court got away in disgrace, hiding the imperial decree in his arms and not having time to take it out. The palace was well-informed, and as soon as Xiao Changhai stepped into the palace gate, someone saw the clue from his expression.

"The marriage should not have been arranged. Xiao's face is like an eggplant hit by frost."

"Hmph, I said how could the Ninth Prince agree?"

The princesses waiting for news in the palace were all gloating: "It's what she deserves."

"Does she really think that the Ninth Prince is someone she can dream of?"

"She is a lowly orphan. Her father made her a princess out of sympathy for her. She dared to try to marry the Ninth Prince without even looking in the mirror to see if she is worthy!"

After recuperating quietly in Fengyang for several days and drinking bitter medicine for several days in a row, Yan Li did not know that she had become a public enemy, let alone that she had offended all the princesses in the palace and the noble ladies outside the palace.

She only suffered external injuries, without any injuries to her muscles or bones. After several days of recuperation, her body has improved greatly. In addition to eating and taking medicine every day, she will get up and move her hands and feet. However, although she can barely use some kung fu at the moment, given that her body is not strong, it will obviously take some time for her to be as flexible as before.

The female doctors and maids in Fengyang Palace were all obedient. They did whatever Yan Li asked them to do. When Yan Li was exercising in Fengyang Palace, they stood quietly by and dared not disturb her.

Most of the time, Fengyang Palace was quiet because Yan Li liked to be alone and quiet.

However, it was obvious that some people did not want to do as she wished.

"Princess Nanyang." A maid from Fengyi Palace came in and knelt down to Yan Li. Her etiquette was quite proper. "Today, the Queen held a banquet in Fengyi Palace and invited several princesses. The Queen said that you are the newly appointed princess by the Emperor. After you get better, you should go and meet the other princesses."

Yan Li stood in front of the window, and her eyes were slightly cold when she heard the words: "Tell the Queen that I will be there later."

The maid nodded and left.

"Your Highness." Qinglian frowned, "The third and seventh princesses are not easy to mess with. The queen invited you to Fengyi Palace, but I'm afraid..."

"No problem." Yanli said indifferently, "When the enemy comes, the general will fight, and when the water comes, the earth will cover it."

She was born noble, and was born as the apple of the king's eye. She grew up smoothly until she was twenty years old. She could write to pacify the world and fight to make a difference. She has never been afraid of anyone in her life.

Who would not surrender to her awe-inspiring majesty after seeing the dazzling light of the Queen of the Southern Kingdom? She didn't even take the Queen of the Mu Kingdom seriously.

Turning around to change her clothes, Yanli sat in front of the dressing table and let Qinglian apply a layer of light makeup on her slightly pale face. This face, which was only fourteen years old, became more and more beautiful and refined, as delicate as a bud about to bloom.

Yanli got up and took Qinglian and Baidie to Fengyi Palace.

There were two long sandalwood tables in the Fengyi Palace. As soon as Yan Li entered the palace gate, he saw Mu Xiuhan and Jiang Jingyue kneeling in front of the long tables copying scriptures. He paused slightly, his eyes shining with a cold light.

"Princess Nanyang is here!"

The announcement seemed to wake up the sleeping birds, and the whole Fengyi Palace suddenly became excited. Yan Li could clearly hear the commotion in the palace.

She walked through the palace without expression, and met Mu Xiuhan's eyes, which were sinister, cold, full of piercing disgust and hostility.

Compared with his undisguised disgust, Yan Li saw his pale face at a glance, which was full of haggardness and fatigue, with a layer of black and blue under his eyes and untidy beard. Where was his former style?

It was so embarrassing.

Yan Li turned to look at Jiang Jingyue who was kneeling beside him. The new crown princess was also tortured to a miserable state. Her face was pale, and she looked listless as if she had died. Even her lips were dry and peeling, and she was no longer as bright and beautiful as before.

If you look closely, it is not difficult to ignore that their hands holding the pen are trembling.

Yan Li raised her eyebrows: "When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince kneeled here to copy the scriptures, he was also very graceful and elegant. He is a perfect match for the dignified and elegant Crown Princess. No one can compare to him."

Mu Xiuhan's expression darkened, and anger and shock flashed in his eyes. He obviously did not expect Yan Li to dare to be so presumptuous in front of him. She always looked timid before, but she has changed a lot in the past few days.

But he quickly came to a conclusion that it must be because his father made her a princess that she had the confidence to be so arrogant and domineering and dared to talk to him like this.

What a villain who succeeded.

Fortunately, he did not marry her. If he really married such a vulgar and immoral woman, it would be the greatest insult to him.

"Cousin." Jiang Jingyue hid the cold hatred in her eyes and stood up from the ground with difficulty. The severe pain in her knees made her face pale and pitiful. "I didn't mean to rob you of the position of Crown Princess. It was really because your reputation was damaged. Grandfather wanted me to marry the Crown Prince for you for the sake of the reputation of the royal family and the Jiang family. Can't you forgive me?"

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