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Fang Zhen finally calmed down after being shouted at by Zhao Yang. She didn't know why the princess and Lu Yaoyao were so close. Now, the two had to dismiss the servants to talk. She was so nervous today that she forgot about it.
Zhao Yang saw that Fang Zhen didn't really listen much to her, so she softened her face. "Say, what's the matter?"
"Princess …" Fang Zhen whispered, "There is a nanny outside who claims to be from the palace, asking you to enter the palace."
What? Zhao Yang and Ye Zhen looked at each other, both feeling strange at the same time.
"Who wants to invite the princess to enter the palace?" Ye Zhen remembered that she told Mo Rongzhan about it yesterday. Was he looking for Zhao Yang? No, she didn't think Mo Rongzhan would do such a thing.
Fang Zhen said cautiously, "The person said it was the Empress Dowager."
Ye Zhen was startled. "Empress Dowager?"
Zhao Yang frowned in contemplation, but what came to her mind was He Shi's visit this morning.
"What's the matter? What does the Empress Dowager want you to do in the palace? "Ye Zhen asked Zhao Yang in a low voice.
"I don't know, but no matter what, I have to go to the palace." Zhao Yang looked up at Ye Zhen, comforting her that there was no need to worry. Entering the palace was not necessarily a bad thing.
If it was the previous Empress Dowager, Ye Zhen would naturally not worry, but now her temperament was too unpredictable. How could she rest assured? "You go to the palace first, I will go to the emperor later."
Zhao Yang smiled, "Is there a need to be so nervous?"
"Yes." Ye Zhen nodded vigorously and whispered to Hong Ling, asking her to hurry to the Ye family and tell Ye Yiqing that the Empress Dowager wanted to see Zhao Yang.
Zhao Yang was not nervous at first, but looking at Ye Zhen's appearance, she couldn't help but begin to worry. She wondered what the Empress Dowager wanted to see her for.
"Yao Yao, what are you worried about?" Zhao Yang took Ye Zhen's hand and asked.
"I'm worried that He Shi has entered the palace to find the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager now has a knot in her heart for father and me. She may target you in particular. No matter what, you must always be a little mentally prepared."
Zhao Yang nodded heavily, "Maybe things are not as serious as you think."
"Just in case." Ye Zhen did not dare to say that she had a bad feeling in her heart. Her intuition had always been very sensitive.
"Then I'll enter the palace first." Zhao Yang said.
Not long after Ye Zhen left Zhaoyang, she took Xue Lin to the palace to find Mo Rongzhan.
Ever since she went to the Palace to pay her respects to the Empress Dowager, she hadn't entered the Palace again. It wasn't that she didn't want to come, but she felt that the Empress Dowager didn't want to see her.
In the Palace of Heavenly Purity.
Mo Rongzhan was talking with the cabinet ministers. Ye Zhen knew that he was very busy recently. She did not want to disturb him at this time, but she was also worried about Zhao Yang's situation with the Empress Dowager. She could not sit still and paced back and forth in the hall.
Eunuch Fu hurriedly walked in from outside. "Your Highness, why didn't you let me know you were coming?"
Ye Zhen said with a smile, "I heard that the Emperor is talking with the cabinet ministers. I wanted to wait for him here first."
"The matter between the Emperor and the ministers cannot be finished in a short time. The Emperor has been in the imperial study for most of the day. It's time for him to rest. Please wait, this slave will go back to the Emperor." Eunuch Fu said, thinking that the Emperor would be very happy if he knew that the princess had entered the palace.
Mo Rongzhan and the ministers were discussing the matter of the Dark North Kingdom. After the battle at Quicksand City, the Dark North Kingdom no longer dared to look down on the Jin Kingdom. They planned to negotiate peace with the Jin Kingdom. They wanted to send their princess over for a marriage alliance, but they demanded that the princess marry the Emperor.
This matter only reached Mo Rongzhan today. He suppressed it and did not discuss it in the court, but the cabinet ministers still knew about it. They were in the imperial study persuading the Emperor to agree to the Northern Ming Kingdom so that they could live in peace with the Northern Ming Kingdom.
"There is no need to discuss this matter again. I will not agree. That's it!" Mo Rongzhan listened to the ministers' persuasion and finally refused impatiently.
"Your Majesty, this is the best way for us to negotiate peace with the Northern Ming Kingdom. Our Jin Kingdom finally has peaceful days. We can't let the people live a vagrant life anymore. Your Majesty, please reconsider." A minister knelt down and begged.
Mo Rongzhan sneered. "Six years ago, in order to please the Northern Ming Kingdom, the former Emperor sent the princess of our Jin Kingdom to the Northern Ming Kingdom. Every year, he sent countless gold, silver, and jewelry. Now that there is no princess to send, are you going to ask me to sacrifice myself?"
When these words came out, all the ministers in the imperial study knelt down in fear.
"I will say it again, I do not need to rely on marriage to protect the Jin Kingdom. Do you all hear me clearly?" Mo Rongzhan asked coldly.
Xu Lao, who was kneeling at the front, did not advocate the marriage, his eyes flashed with appreciation. "This minister obeys."
Mo Rongzhan remembered what Ye Zhen said last night. "There is one more thing, I want to announce to the world."
Xu Lao looked up at Mo Rongzhan. "I wonder what Your Majesty is referring to?"
"You all get up." Mo Rongzhan said faintly. "Do you still remember Zhao Yang Princess who was sent to the Northern Ming Kingdom for the marriage?"
"Zhao Yang Princess? To marry the princess of the Northern Ming Kingdom? "Xu Lao immediately remembered. At that time, he was the one who was most opposed to this matter.
Mo Rongzhan nodded lightly. "Beitang Cheng wrote a divorce letter to Zhao Yang before he died. Now that Zhao Yang has returned to the capital, she does not need to be a widow for Beitang Cheng. I will issue an edict to allow her freedom to marry in the future, and she will no longer be restricted by anyone."
"How could Beitang Cheng … How could he write a divorce letter before he died? This is a great disrespect to our Jin Kingdom!" A minister immediately cried out in displeasure.
"I don't think he is disrespectful to the Jin Kingdom. He just feels guilty about Zhao Yang Princess and doesn't want her to be a widow for him." Mo Rongzhan said coldly. "Prime Minister Xu, I leave this matter to you."
Xu Lao clasped his hands together and accepted the order.
"But, Your Majesty …" Some people still felt that this matter was inappropriate. How could a princess be allowed to remarry? This was the royal family's fault.
Mo Rongzhan glanced at them indifferently, and everyone immediately dared not speak.
"I will say it again. My Jin Kingdom absolutely does not need to use marriage to ensure peace. Zhao Yang has suffered grievances on behalf of our Jin Kingdom. The only way I can compensate her is to allow her freedom to marry. Whether she is willing to remarry or not, she is still the princess of Jin Kingdom." Mo Rongzhan said coldly.
"Withdraw!" Mo Rongzhan waved his hand.
Eunuch Fu came in from outside and whispered in Mo Rongzhan's ear. "Your Majesty, the princess has entered the palace. She is in the side hall."
Mo Rongzhan's eyes darkened slightly, and his tense face relaxed.
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