If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

When Princess Yongning asked the emperor for permission to marry her, Concubine Yao was beside her.

When she heard the eldest princess, the only legitimate child, make such a ridiculous request, she suddenly felt sympathy for the queen.

Queen Qu actually gave birth to such a stupid daughter.

The emperor was so angry that he almost couldn't breathe.

"I asked you to return to the capital because I pity you for being a widow at such a young age. I can arrange another marriage for you, not to ask you to come back and steal someone else's husband!"

"If my father hadn't forced the marriage upon us, Lu Yuan would have been my son's consort long ago." Yongning said stubbornly.

She is obviously a noble princess, why can't she marry whoever she wants?

And what about Guangning?

Just because she was the daughter of Concubine Yao, she wanted to marry Lu Heng, and her father granted the marriage without hesitation.

"Since the emperor can arrange for Shen Sui'an to be married to Guangning as a consort, I don't ask for her to be kicked out of the house. What's wrong with letting her be a concubine?" Yongning said.

"Yongning, Shen Suian is the legitimate daughter of the Shen family, and her grandfather was the prime minister of two dynasties!" Concubine Yao reminded softly.

Shen Sui'an is not an ordinary girl, she is from a famous family. If the emperor really follows Yongning's wishes, the spit of people all over the world will flood the capital city tomorrow.

"When the imperial concubine's daughter stole someone's fiancé, why didn't she think that the old man of the Shen family was the prime minister?" Yongning asked coldly.

When she came back this time, she found that her mother was under house arrest and Concubine Yao was the only one in power in the harem. She had no place to vent her resentment.

My father’s partiality is so hateful.

But she was just a princess and could do nothing.

Now seeing her father's face turned blue with anger because of him, she felt a sense of relief in her heart.

Who doesn't find it disgusting?

"The situation in Guangning was different at that time. It was Shen Suian who took the initiative to break off the engagement with Lu Heng." Concubine Yao explained with a frown.

"You said she took the initiative? Can she compete with the Imperial Concubine?" Yongning sneered and did not believe what Imperial Concubine Yao said.

Yongning raised his eyes and looked directly at the emperor, "Anyway, I just want Lu Yuan to be my consort. If not, I will stay in the palace with my mother for the rest of my life."

The emperor was furious. "Whatever you want, get out of here. I don't want to see you."

"Your Majesty, you were not like this to me before. You said that you would love me all my life and that I was your most beloved daughter. But now it has only been a few years, and you must have forgotten what you said back then." Yongning smiled, his eyes full of sadness.

She didn't understand why her father hated her mother so much. Even if her mother had been cruel in the past, which other concubines in the palace were good people?

Didn’t Concubine Yao do enough dirty things?

"Yongning, the emperor has always cared for you all these years, otherwise he would not have been in such a hurry to bring you back to the capital. You shouldn't question the emperor's fatherly love for you." Concubine Yao scolded in a deep voice.

"I'm talking to my father, what qualifications do you have to interrupt!" Yongning shouted at Concubine Yao.

"How outrageous!" the emperor shouted.

"Empress Yao is also your elder."

Yongning just sneered at them, "Since father favors Concubine Yao so much, why not just kill us and make room for this evil concubine."

The Emperor had never been so angry.

He truly loved his only legitimate daughter, and had brought her up by his side since she was young, teaching her how to write and ride a horse. She was clearly a well-educated, dignified and quiet princess who was praised by everyone.

How come he became a completely different person when he came back this time?

"Someone, bring her away to me. She is not allowed to leave the palace without my permission." The emperor was furious and ordered Yongning to be confined to his house.

Yongning sneered, "Don't touch me, I can walk on my own."

She turned and walked to the door of the hall, then turned and looked at the emperor coldly, "Father, who exactly did the Queen Mother and Fifth Brother threaten? Why do you treat us like this?"

"Even the Qu family has retreated to Annan now. Who else can threaten your beloved concubine and son? Besides, the Qu family... who else can threaten your kingdom now?"

These words were truly treasonous, and the emperor was so angry that he felt a tight pain in his chest.

Yongning has already turned around and left

Imperial Concubine Yao patted the emperor on the back and calmed him down, "Your Majesty, don't be angry. Yongning has not been in the capital for the past two years and doesn't know the actual situation, so she said this."

"She is blaming me." The emperor's voice was indescribably sad.

"Your Majesty, when Yongning calms down, I will go and explain to her in person." Concubine Yao said softly.

The emperor waved his hand, "It's useless for you to say anything. I will explain it to her clearly."

Concubine Yao raised her eyes and looked in the direction where Yongning left.

It seems that she underestimated Yongning. She is much smarter than Queen Qu.

I'm afraid she wasn't sincere in her request to marry Lu Yuan.

"Someone, go and call Lu Yuan over." The emperor slowly calmed down his anger and asked someone to invite Lu Yuan.

Imperial Concubine Yao stood up and saluted, "Your Majesty, I will take my leave first."

The emperor nodded, "Isn't Guangning coming to the palace today? You should teach her a lesson and don't let her provoke Yongning."

Yongning now looks like a completely different person than before, and Guangning will suffer at her hands.

Concubine Yao knew very well that even if the emperor didn't remind her, she would have warned Guangning.

She came out of the Yangxin Palace and asked someone to look for Guangning, only to find out that Guangning had already left the palace.

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Lu Yuan thought that the emperor had something important to tell him, but he actually told him that Princess Yongning wanted to marry him.

"..." Lu Yuan looked up expressionlessly.

Waiting for the Emperor to continue.

The emperor thought he would see a different reaction on Lu Yuan's face, but in the end, his expression was still similar to the one when he ordered Lu Yuan to arrest the minister.

"You don't have anything to say?" asked the emperor.

"Your Majesty, I am a married man." Lu Yuan replied.

"Don't I know that you are a married man? How can you let Yongning recruit you as a son-in-law?" the emperor said unhappily.

So what's the point of telling him this! Lu Yuan didn't quite understand what the old emperor meant.

"Yongning wanted to marry you before, but I did not agree and let Wu Qiaofeng become her consort. I feel I owe her a lot." The emperor said slowly.

Lu Yuan's expression tensed and he took two steps back, "Your Majesty, I am not selling myself."

The emperor chuckled.

"Lu Yuan, you have such a bad temper that you are only suitable to be in the Pacification Division." If he were to be in any other position, he would have pissed off the other ministers to death.

"Your Majesty, Princess Yongning has the highest status. With my bad temper, I am not worthy of her." Lu Yuan said.

"I don't want you to be my consort." The emperor was unhappy, "It's just that Yongning...if she does something extreme to you, you have to bear with her."

Lu Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly. He was not worried that Princess Yongning would do anything to him, but he was worried that she would do something to hurt Shen Sui'an.

"Your Majesty, I don't mind how Her Royal Highness the Princess beats or scolds me, but my wife is weak and timid and cannot stand being frightened."

"Okay, okay, I know. You go and find a handsome man of marriageable age with a clean background. Maybe if Yongning sees a man more handsome than you, she won't be thinking about you anymore." said the emperor.

Lu Yuan cursed in his heart that the emperor was so cunning.