freenovelworld Chapter 780 I'm relieved!
Chapter 780 I'm relieved!
Although Duanmu Chen was unwilling to listen to Duanmu Chuze, he had to admit that what he said made a lot of sense.
Even if he doesn't care about his own future, what about his children's?
He was born into royalty, and his children naturally belonged to royalty as well.
Now that I've taken on the surname Duanmu, there are some things I must answer to myself.
He realized that he had only been stripped of his title of Prince, but had not yet been expelled from the royal family. Therefore, he and his child still had one chance.
More accurately, it is his children who will at least have a chance to be free and well-fed in the future.
Duanmu Chen didn't think for long. That very night, he wrote down his thoughts in deep reflection.
Of course, he would occasionally mention the Emperor's care and guidance when he was young.
Afterwards, the letter of repentance was placed on the dragon's desk by Duanmu Chuze.
Of course, this is something.
On this day, Duanmu Chuze and Mu Xinnuan encountered Princess Nali after leaving the Prince An's mansion.
At this time, Princess Nali was unaware that the so-called marriage alliance had already been decided by the Emperor.
Princess Nali's eyes were glued to Duanmu Chuze the moment she saw him.
"Greetings to His Highness the Crown Prince." Princess Nali actually performed standard Han Chinese etiquette, which surprised Mu Xin Nuan slightly. In just a few days, Princess Nali's greeting posture had become more and more pleasing to the eye.
Princess Nali, you may rise.
"I happened to be out for a stroll today, and unexpectedly, I saw the Crown Prince and Crown Princess's carriage, so I waited here for a while."
“Princess Launerie, we apologize for keeping you waiting. If there is nothing else, then the Crown Princess and I will take our leave. Please make yourself at home, Princess.”
Princess Nali became somewhat anxious upon hearing this. "Your Highness, I have no other intentions. I have only always admired Your Highness and wish to invite you for a drink."
Mu Xin Nuan raised an eyebrow, barely suppressing a laugh. What kind of talk was that?
Do you admire Duanmu Chuze?
Did she admire him for killing her brother?
Or do they admire him for driving their Turkic tribes out of the country by over a hundred miles? Or do they admire him for forcing the Turkic king to send envoys to submit to him?
How could Princess Nali say such a thing?
Mu Xin Nuan saw the way Princess Na Li looked at Duanmu Chu Ze and knew what she was thinking.
No wonder she felt the princess was distracted during both of her visits to the Eastern Palace.
So it's because the main character isn't around, so naturally, other people's thoughts aren't on her, the Crown Princess. She might even be secretly seething with hatred for her.
"Princess Nali, you are too kind. I have heard that Prince Jimer has been seeking advice from the scholars of my Great Yong on the ways of governing the country. It seems that he does not have much time to spend with you. Please rest assured, Princess, I will have a good talk with Prince Jimer later. Since we are siblings, how can we only care about his own comfort?"
The speaker may not have any intention, but the listener may take it seriously!
Princess Nali's expression changed upon hearing Prince Gimmel's name.
She immediately began to suspect that their affair might have been exposed and discovered by the Crown Prince.
If not, why did he say those things just now?
But if that's the case, then why does he keep having people accompany him to talk and stroll around?
If he had known all his secrets earlier, wouldn't he have simply driven them out of the capital?
After all, the people of Dayong valued chastity above all else, and of course, they also placed great importance on human ethics and social norms.
She committed adultery with her brother—how utterly despicable must that be?
Seeing Princess Nali's change in expression, Mu Xin Nuan looked at her husband with a complicated expression, and subtly pinched his palm.
Duanmu Chuze's brow twitched slightly, then he looked at his wife with a smile.
"Alright, the Crown Princess and I have other matters to attend to, so we will not keep you company any longer. Please make yourself at home."
Duanmu Chuze ignored Princess Nali and directly took Mu Xinnuan's hand, getting into the carriage.
Princess Nali only came to her senses when she heard the sound of the whip. She saw some people pointing and whispering around her and felt her face burning with embarrassment.
Even if he didn't mean it that way just now, the fact that he was being so disrespectful to her was enough to make her feel embarrassed.
I had assumed he was a refined and cultured man, unlike the barbaric and violent Turks, but I never expected that this seemingly refined prince would say such hurtful things.
"Tell me, what do you know about Princess Nali?"
Mu Xin Nuan had no intention of letting Duanmu Chu Ze off so easily, and asked with her beautiful eyes wide open.
Duanmu Chuze chuckled, "I do know quite a bit about her, but is Anuan sure she wants to hear it?"
Upon hearing that her question had received an affirmative answer, Mu Xin Nuan was furious. She glared at him fiercely, snorted coldly, turned her head away, and ignored him completely.
It wasn't until Duanmu Chuze leaned closer to her and gently turned her head that he whispered, "Anuan, Princess Nali is a daughter that the Turkic king doesn't value. Because her mother comes from a very low social class, although she is beautiful, she relies on her looks to please men and is the most unreliable."
"So what? They sent her to Dayong for a marriage alliance? Is it because she's beautiful and a princess who isn't well-regarded in the royal family?"
"I suppose so. Besides, didn't you notice that her relationship with Prince Jimer is somewhat unusual?"
"Unusual?" Mu Xin Nuan really thought about it carefully, but after thinking for a while, she still couldn't figure out what was different.
"Forget it, you probably wouldn't be able to see this kind of thing. Don't you sense that there's something ambiguous between the two of them?"
Mu Xin Nuan's eyes widened immediately, and she exclaimed in surprise, "How is this possible? They are siblings!"
"So what? In the Turkic Khaganate, although it can't be said to be common, such things have happened before, even within the somewhat chaotic Turkic royal family."
"My God! This is incest between siblings! How dare they send such a princess to the Great Yong for a political marriage?"
"Their affair was something the Turkic Khan could never have known. Prince Jimo, on the other hand, clearly wanted to use his sister's beauty to gain more and more favorable benefits for himself."
"What do you mean?" Mu Xin Nuan was a little confused.
"He wants to become the next Khan, so naturally he needs to have absolute power in the Turkic Khaganate. Now that the third prince is gone, his status has been elevated. However, he has two other older brothers. They are already old, and their maternal clans are also very powerful, so Jimo is thinking of finding external support for himself."