Chapter 43. I am Prince Yan
Arc 2 : Historical Power Conspiracy Nightmare
Du Yan was stunned and even felt that Yuan Ning’s words yesterday were echoing in his ears.
I always thought he would prepare a betrothal gift to ask for Ah Jie’s hand in marriage, ask for Ah Jie’s hand in marriage…
A statement becomes a prophecy.
Du Yan murmured: “I think Yuan Ning should not be a princess, but should learn from Qi Zi and study astrology and divination.”
Cheng Yu was a little confused: “What does this mean?”
Du Yan came back to his senses and frowned: “Why do you have such a ridiculous idea?”
“When I was held hostage in Yuan Kingdom, the princess was the one who treated me the best. From the moment I was rescued from the snow, the princess’s image was engraved in my heart.”
He took Du Yan’s hand, placed the jade pendant in his palm, and then gently closed it: “This jade pendant was actually carved by me personally, and it represents my sincere love for the princess.”
Du Yan took a few deep breaths and decided to defend himself: “Cheng Yu, I chose to shield you from the beginning because of the Wu family’s crisis. Even the plan to send you away was because the King was determined to use the birthday as an opportunity to take action against the Wu family.”
Cheng Yu said: “I don’t mind at all. If the Wu family falls, the princess will probably not be able to escape a miserable fate. For your own plan, this is nothing. If the princess is willing to marry me, in Cheng Kingdom, there will be no change in the way we get along.”
“……”
Du Yan fell silent. Regardless of whether the other party’s words were true or false, it was inevitable that his identity would be exposed today. Otherwise, Cheng Yu would always be entangled in the marriage and would not be able to properly discuss the next cooperation.
“Cheng Yu, do you think that everything I did was to support the Wu family to become the ruler of Yuan Kingdom? You are wrong.”
Du Yan raised his lips and smiled: “There are indeed only two ways to solve the crisis of the Wu family, but it is not the second way you mentioned.”
Before Cheng Yu understood what Du Yan meant, he stood up and took off the belt from his waist.
This move was really too strange, Cheng Yu was extremely confused: “Princess?”
Du Yan motioned him to be quiet, then raised his hand to untie his belt.
Cheng Yu’s calm expression finally changed slightly, and his ears turned red: “Princess, you and I haven’t done the ceremony yet, we can’t, can’t do this…”
Du Yan sneered: “What are you thinking about? Open your eyes and see clearly.”
Having said that, he directly ripped open the front of his shirt, exposing his fair chest to Cheng Yu’s gaze.
Cheng Yu looked at the flat chest in front of him and couldn’t convince himself that this was a girl’s body: “How could it be?”
This was the first time Du Yan saw Cheng Yu in such a panic, and a sense of mischief welled up in his heart, so he said: “Do you want me to take off my skirt so you can confirm?”
Cheng Yu’s face froze, his eyes flickered, and he didn’t even know where to put his eyes.
Du Yan’s anxiety disappeared, and he even felt refreshed: “Now you know why I said the marriage was ridiculous. I am Prince Yan, not the princess of Yuan Kingdom.”
Du Yan raised his hands to adjust his clothes and fastened his belt: “There is no need to discuss marriage. I am a man, and it is impossible for me to marry you.”
Cheng Yu remained silent. His eyes were somewhat blank, and it was unknown what he was thinking about.
Du Yan tied the piece of jade back to the miscellaneous pendant and put it back in Cheng Yu’s palm: “You may need some time to calm down after what happened today. But I believe you also know that I am your best partner to cooperate now.”
Having said that, he walked towards the door of the secret room, and before opening the door, he turned back and said: “King Cheng, I will wait for your news.”
Cheng Yu watched the figure disappear at the door of the secret room, and the fist hidden under his sleeves slightly relaxed.
“Princess, no, it is Prince Yan, isn’t…”
He lowered his eyes and looked at the pendant lying in his palm, and felt that it even retained the breath of this person.
Cheng Yu sat in the secret room for a long time and did not move at all until the oil lamp went out.
After a long time, the statue-like figure finally moved.
Cheng Yu raised his hand and carefully put the pendant in his hand back into his clothes. Then he covered his face and laughed softly. The laughter echoed in the secret room for a long time.
He didn’t know what he was laughing at.
Maybe he was laughing at himself for claiming to be a scheming person, but being played around by Prince Yan for ten years; or maybe he was laughing at the fact that even though he knew the other person’s true identity, the first thought that came to his mind was not anger but to defend that person.
King Yuan is narrow-minded and suspicious of the Wu family. If the queen gave birth to a legitimate eldest son, he would definitely not survive. Out of helplessness, the queen had to raise Prince Yan as a girl.
For the sake of his own life, his mother’s life, and the Wu family, Prince Yan’s deception and exploitation, everything he did was out of his control and understandable.
This is what Cheng Yu was thinking just now. Thinking about it now, he felt that he was ridiculous. Even when things had come to this point, he still wholeheartedly protected the liar.
What’s even more ridiculous is that even though he knows Yuan Yan is a man, his feelings towards him didn’t change at all. On the contrary, his obsession became even stronger.
A man, so what? Ever since his mother was killed by Queen Cheng and he was sent to Yuan Kingdom as a hostage, the only thing he wanted in his heart was power.
When he was bullied in the palace of Yuan Kingdom, he knew his goal and did not care about the minor hardships along the way. After meeting the princess, he wanted something more besides power.
After knowing his feelings, Cheng Yu put a careful plan on how to get the princess. He was even willing to adjust his plan slightly to take over the world for that person.
Cheng Yu did not say a word for a long time just now. It was not so much because he was shocked that the princess was actually a man, but because of Prince Yan’s identity, which made all his plans come to naught.
If he was just the eldest princess of Yuan Kingdom, he could get her through marriage; if it was Prince Yan, or even the King of Yuan Kingdom in the future, he would never marry him no matter what.
Cheng Yu stared at his palms with deep eyes. There were still too few things that could be held in these two hands. Cheng Kingdom alone was not enough to get that person.
He originally tried to temporarily suppress his ambition for the princess. Even if he couldn’t unify the land, life wouldn’t be boring if he had the princess by his side.
Cheng Yu’s body trembled slightly, and his eyes were full of determination.
Prince Yan, this man, seems to be tied together with unifying the land now. Only by becoming the supreme ruler of the land under heaven can he have the possibility of getting that person.
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Du Yan had already prepared himself mentally. Cheng Yu might need a few days to accept the fact and prepare himself mentally to discuss the next alliance with him again.
After all, for the ancients, it is a huge blow if the woman they loved or even decided to marry suddenly turned into a man.
Unexpectedly, he received news from Cheng Yu the next day.
Du Yan stepped into the secret room and saw Cheng Yu sitting inside.
Cheng Yu saw Du Yan coming in, and just like yesterday, he stood up to greet him, sat down, and made tea.
Du Yan was somewhat surprised. He had never thought that Cheng Yu would accept the fact so quickly.
When he heard it yesterday, he was dumbfounded, but now, in just one night, he is willing to discuss it with him calmly.
“Since you already know my biggest secret, there’s no need to beat around the bush.” Du Yan said: “Use the border war to help me ascend the throne. Is that feasible?”
Cheng Yu nodded: “Sure, the most trusted strategist of King Jiang is my secret agent. I will let him persuade King Jiang to declare war on the Yuan Kingdom.”
Du Yan raised his eyebrows: “I underestimated you. It seems that King Jiang is just a chess piece in your hands.”
“Princess… Prince overpraised me.” Although Cheng Yu said that he has already accepted the fact that the princess is the Prince, it is not easy for him to change his words after calling him the princess for ten years.
“My grandfather will then feign defeat in the battle, and King Yuan will have no choice but to send out his troops to provide support. When the capital’s defenses are weakened, it will be time for me to ascend the throne.”
However, Cheng Yu said: “Aren’t you afraid that I will join forces with Jiang Kingdom to take the opportunity to march in the inland of Yuan Kingdom?”
Du Yan raised his eyebrows and asked: “May I ask why would you do this?”
“The Yuan Kingdom is a major threat to both Kingdoms, so it’s time to join forces to eliminate the most powerful enemy.”
Du Yan laughed and said: “I don’t think that Cheng Yu, the hostage who had been lying in wait for more than ten years and seized the throne of Cheng Kingdom in one fell swoop, is such a fool.”
Cheng Yu looked at the smile of the person in front of him, then lowered his eyes, carefully hiding the obsession in his eyes.
Sure enough, even though the other party appeared as Prince Yan, his heart was still throbbing because of him. What’s more, Prince Yan, in front of him, who had taken off all the disguises and revealed his sharp edge, made him more reluctant to let go and take his eyes off.
Du Yan naturally didn’t know what Cheng Yu was thinking. The other party is a taciturn person, so it is not surprising that he is taking the lead in the negotiations now.
He asked: “What do you think?”
Cheng Yu said: “When I left, the words I asked someone to bring to you were not false. When you ascend the throne, you and I will surround the Jiang Kingdom together.”
Du Yan continued: “After the matter is completed, the Ru River will be the boundary.”
The Ru River runs through the center of Jiang Kingdom, and using it as the boundary to divide the territory of Jiang Kingdom is the fairest thing for both parties.
Cheng Yu looked at Du Yan: “And after annexing the Jiang Kingdom?”
“From then on, whether it is peace or war, the ownership of the land will be determined by you and me based on our own abilities. How about that?”
Du Yan stretched out his hand and hung it above the table.
Cheng Yu stretched out his hand and clapped his hands to swear: “It’s a deal.”
The two looked at each other and smiled, their faces showing that they shared the same ideals and were both planning to rule the world.
It’s just that Du Yan’s plan, in name only, was to send Cheng Yu to the position of the supreme ruler of the mainland.
Cheng Yu’s ambition is not only the world but also the person before him.
In this situation, it is not wrong to say that everyone has their own agenda.
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