Chapter 49. About The Events Of That Day
Arc 2 : Historical Power Conspiracy Nightmare.
When the document of King Cheng accusing Yuan Kingdom of bullying and tearing up the treaty in anger was delivered, Du Yan happened to have the document of Cheng Yu’s request to marry the eldest princess next to him.
After sending away the messenger from Cheng Kingdom, by the work of Gods and Devils, Du Yan picked up the marriage proposal and read it again.
In this document, Cheng Yu’s wording was somewhat strange. He only referred to the eldest princess throughout the document and did not mention Yuan Ning’s name. What was even more incomprehensible was Cheng Yu’s behavior of asking to marry the eldest princess.
After Cheng Yu left, Du Yan was ready for the other party to break the alliance, but he did not expect that Cheng Yu would break it in this way.
Cheng Yu had many excuses to break the alliance, but he chose to propose a marriage alliance with the princess.
In fact, if Du Yan was really a monarch who only wanted to rule the country, the most correct thing to do at this time would be to marry Yuan Ning to Cheng Kingdom. After temporarily stabilizing the relationship with the allies and reorganizing the imperial court, and then choosing an opportunity to destroy the Cheng Kingdom and rule the country.
As for twin Meimei or biological daughters, since ancient times, in the hearts of the emperor, they have never been as important as ruling the empire for a thousand years. Fortunately, Du Yan’s goal has never been to become the Emperor.
Otherwise, Yuan Ning’s fate would probably not be much better than in the movie plot. Could it be that this incident really made Cheng Yu hate him so much that he completely ignored whether Yuan Ning is innocent and treated her as a sacrifice in the political struggle?
Just when Du Yan was feeling mixed emotions, an unexpected guest arrived.
Yuan Ning stood at the door and called out hesitantly: “XiongZhang.”
Ever since the fire in Mingfeng Palace and Cheng Yu’s escape, Yuan Ning has been feeling guilty and afraid to see Du Yan. She knew her XiongZhang was very smart, and if he thought about it, he would know that Cheng Yu’s escape from the dungeon had something to do with her.
Yuan Ning hid and dared not see Du Yan, and Du Yan was also busy with government affairs. The two siblings had not seen each other since Cheng Yu left.
Du Yan looked at Yuan Ning, who suddenly appeared in front of him, and raised his eyebrows in surprise: “What a rare guest, Gu thought you had forgotten your XiongZhang.”
Yuan Ning smiled awkwardly and took her hands out from behind her back: “XiongZhang, I made peach blossom cakes for you.”
Du Yan glanced at her, nodded slightly, and motioned for her to come in: “Wait until I finish reviewing the documents on the table.”
Yuan Ning placed the cakes on the side table in a very flattering manner and told the maid to put a small stove on to boil water for tea. After finishing all this, she rested her chin on her hand and waited quietly for Du Yan to finish.
After Du Yan finished his work, he sat down opposite Yuan Ning and said: “Speak, why did you come to see me today?”
Unexpectedly, just as Du Yan finished speaking, he saw Yuan Ning move back and then performed a huge bow.
Du Yan was a little surprised: “What do you mean?”
Yuan Ning straightened up and said: “I was the one who let King Cheng go. If it weren’t for XiongZhang’s consideration of the relationship between siblings, you would have arrested and interrogated me a long time ago.”
“…” Du Yan did not deny it. Now that Cheng Yu was gone, even if Yuan Ning knew the truth, it would not change anything.
“At that time, I said that XiongZhang, you are ruthless and ungrateful, and that you only cared about your ruling the country. I was wrong.” Yuan Ning said frankly.
Hearing this, Du Yan immediately understood why Yuan Ning suddenly came to apologize, and he asked: “Do you know about the marriage proposal?”
Yuan Ning smiled bitterly and said: “This matter has been widely reported, how could I not know about it. If you only have your ambitions in mind, how could you reject the marriage proposal outright?”
Du Yan said: “This matter has nothing to do with you. I knew that I would have to fight Cheng Yu in the end, so how could I put you in such an unbearable situation.”
“I, I am willing to go to Cheng Kingdom for a marriage alliance.”
Du Yan was stunned, but he saw that Yuan Ning looked serious and didn’t seem to be joking.
He pinched his brows and said: “Do you know how miserable the fate of princesses who go to enemy countries for marriage is?”
“XiongZhang, sending me to a marriage alliance is obviously the most appropriate thing to do now, but you flatly refused.” Yuan Ning was increasingly confused by Du Yan’s actions: “Killing Cheng Yu was obviously the most appropriate thing to do, so why did you just lock him up?”
Yuan Ning became more and more excited as she spoke: “You obviously care about your childhood friendship with Cheng Yu. You obviously softened your heart, so why do you always act so heartless and ungrateful?”
Although Yuan Ning is naive, she is also stubborn and impulsive. Du Yan was a little worried that she might do something impulsive that would disrupt his plans, so he had to persuade her patiently.
“The land under heaven will eventually unite after a long period of division. Qi Zi’s astronomical divination shows that the star of becoming an emperor is gradually becoming brighter. There is nothing you and I can do to change the situation of the world.”
Du Yan sighed: “Ning’er, the two Kingdoms of Yuan and Cheng will not be able to coexist in the end. The past is the past. Keeping it in the heart and never forgetting it will not do any good to me, Cheng Yu or you.”
Yuan Ning said: “Then I just want to help XiongZhang…”
“Ning’er, even if I lose in the future, it’s just because I’m not as skilled as others. Gu doesn’t have to sacrifice his Meimei’s lifelong happiness to scheme for the whole world.”
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Coo——
A carrier pigeon landed on the windowsill. Cheng Yu put down the book in his hand, stood up, and walked toward it.
He raised his hand and took off the bamboo tube tied to the pigeon’s leg, and then pulled out a secret letter from the bamboo tube.
After just a quick glance at the beginning, Cheng Yu’s expression slightly changed, and he took the secret letter into his palm. After sitting back on the couch, he began to read it carefully with a cautious look.
Because this secret letter came from a hidden source in the Yuan Kingdom’s royal palace.
After Cheng Yu escaped from Mingfeng Palace, most of the spies he had planted in the Yuan Kingdom’s royal palace were discovered by Du Yan.
Of the spies he painstakingly left behind, only one person remained by Yuan Ning’s side. This person stayed by Yuan Ning’s side and had no access to confidential matters, and even had few opportunities to contact Du Yan, so he was not exposed.
The information about Yuan Ning was of no value to Cheng Yu, so the spy would not risk passing the information out. This was the first time he sent a secret letter, so it must be related to Du Yan.
In the secret letter was a long conversation between Yuan Ning and Du Yan.
Cheng Yu lowered his head and looked carefully for a long time, and finally curled his lips: “Just as expected.”
In fact, in the secret letter, it is written that Du Yan did not explain why he plotted against Cheng Yu, but he did not refute Yuan Ning’s statement.
Looking at the handwriting on the letter, Cheng Yu recalled what happened back then.
That day, after being imprisoned in the dungeon by Du Yan, Cheng Yu was unable to accept it for a while.
When he received the letter from Du Yan in Cheng Kingdom and saw the implicit longing in the letter, he did not even hesitate for a moment and joined the envoys to go to Yuan Kingdom just to meet him.
During the journey, Cheng Yu even considered the possibility of ruling the world together with Du Yan. However, Du Yan’s cup of wine chilled the burning heart in his chest.
While being imprisoned in the dungeon, Cheng Yu’s heart was almost dead when Yuan Ning suddenly broke into the dungeon.
When Yuan Ning saw the situation, she was extremely agitated and said she would go and question XiongZhang why he did such a thing. At that time, Cheng Yu’s heart was completely immersed in pain, so he did not stop Yuan Ning’s reckless behavior.
When Yuan Ning entered the dungeon for the second time, Cheng Yu began to feel that something was wrong.
Du Yan acted carefully and was very calculating. How could Yuan Ning, with her innocence, have been able to hide from Du Yan’s eyes time and time again and break into the secret dungeon of Mingfeng Palace.
Unless all this was done intentionally by Du Yan.
In order to verify his guess, Cheng Yu tentatively handed his token to Yuan Ning and asked Yuan Ning to go to the Jucai Building to look for someone.
Cheng Yu never deliberately concealed his many connections with Jucai Building from Du Yan.
If Du Yan really wanted to kill him, or wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to achieve his ambition of ruling the world, he would certainly not let Yuan Ning contact Cheng Yu’s men in the Jucai Building so easily. However, everything went very smoothly. Yuan Ning brought his hidden agents from the Jucai Building and quickly rescued him from the dungeon.
When leaving the dark dungeon, Cheng Yu felt that he had never seen Du Yan clearly. Whether it was the vicious-looking princess back then or the treacherous King Yuan now.
Although full of doubts, Cheng Yu’s frozen heart began to beat quietly again. He handed the string of pendants that he had always carried with him to his subordinates and told them to put it in Du Yan’s bedroom at an appropriate time.
Before leaving, Cheng Yu set fire to Mingfeng Palace. He used this act to bid farewell to the past to the eldest princess.
After leaving the capital city, Cheng Yu suddenly felt a pang in his heart, and he reined in his horse and turned back.
Far away on the city wall, he saw that familiar yet unfamiliar figure. Behind him was the sky, which was illuminated by the fire in Mingfeng Palace and the endless snow.
All boundaries were blurred, but the person on the city wall was inexplicably clear in Cheng Yu’s eyes.
At that moment, Cheng Yu finally understood.
That person really is not a phoenix soaring in the sky, and the dew from the Chinese parasol tree alone is not enough to feed him. He always stands above the clouds, ethereal and elusive. If he himself doesn’t have the most powerful strength, he will never be able to grasp this person in his palm.
Cheng Yu watched the wind blow up the man’s cloak and watched the man draw the bowstring.
He recalled the little girl who had drawn the bowstring towards him many years ago, and Cheng Yu suddenly felt a sense of empathy.
Everything Du Yan did seemed to sever the past friendship between the two so that when they met in battle in the future, neither of them would have to worry about the consequences.
When the arrow pierced through the air, Cheng Yu did not move. He knew Du Yan would not kill him. Since he could let him go, he would not kill him.
This arrow was probably intended to injure him a little so as to completely sever ties with him.
Cheng Yu waited for the sharp pain to come, but he only heard a snapping sound, and the jade crown on his head shattered.
When the jade crown fell on the snow, Cheng Yu was stunned for a moment, and then he was filled with joy.
The man finally softened his heart. Even though he had been ruthless all the way, he couldn’t bear to hurt him at the last moment.
The moment he figured it out, Cheng Yu felt his cheeks getting cold. He wondered why he was crying when he was clearly filled with joy at having survived a desperate situation.
He reached out and touched his cheek, muttering: “It turns out it’s snowing.”
Cheng Yu took one last look at the person on the wall. Although he still didn’t know the other party’s purpose, he already knew the direction of the other party’s journey.
If you wish to meet me on the battlefield, then so be it. Wherever you wish to go, I will walk with you.
Cheng Yu turned his horse around and galloped away. When he returns to this place again, he will know everything and will never let this cloud in the sky slip away from his palm again.
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