I just want to be a princess, no, you want to be a queen

Chapter 245 The Trial of the Princess

It turned out that he had never taken that man seriously. He was just curious and asked Zhu Cong to investigate once, then forgot about it. But last night, he heard his beloved girl calling another man affectionately, and he really felt jealous.

Lu Mingyang looked up, smiled, and complimented, "Your Highness is so handsome and charming. Don't you feel ashamed to ask such a question?"

"That's right!" Chu Mingzheng pulled the girl beside him down the mountain with satisfaction.

The carriage stopped at the foot of the mountain gate. Chu Mingzheng asked the coachman to unload the horses, carried Lu Mingyang onto the horse, and drove away.

"What are you doing?" Lu Mingyang grabbed the horse's mane in fear, but he didn't dare to use force. Not only was there no saddle or stirrups, there weren't even any reins. Wasn't he afraid of something happening?

Chu Mingzheng smiled and said, "Your riding skills are too poor. I will teach you."

"No need, my elder sister taught me much better than you." Lu Mingyang said proudly.

Chu Mingzheng leaned over the girl in front of him, took her hand and placed it on the horse's neck, then slowly raised it. "Yangyang, all things have spirits. Only when you can sense what they are thinking can you truly control them."

Although Lu Mingyang expressed disdain, he followed him obediently, covering the horse's large eyes. The horse was startled and galloped away.

Lu Mingyang fell into Chu Mingzheng's arms, her face pale. The world was filled with Chu Mingzheng's hearty laughter. As they got closer to the city gate, the horse's pace gradually slowed.

Needless to say, after all this, I seemed to have a better understanding of how to control a horse. Lu Mingyang fixed his messy hair and generously gave someone a sweet kiss.

In public.

But after the kiss, she hid in his arms.

The clatter of horses' hooves carried them all the way to the Chengyang Marquis' Mansion. Lu Mingyuan, waiting in the courtyard, was slightly surprised to see the two holding hands. "Why are you all here today?"

Lu Mingyang glanced at the man beside her, her face flushed. "Eldest sister, tell me, His Highness is the same as me."

Lu Mingyuan smiled and invited them to the study. As his sister drank a cup of hot tea, Lu Mingyuan placed a letter on the tea table and pushed it towards her.

That letter was the one Lu Mingyang had written to Tian Qing to break off the engagement. Chu Mingzheng went to get it, puzzled, but Lu Mingyang grabbed it first, then put it behind his back with a smile.

"What is it that I can't read?" The three words "Brother Qing" on the letter irritated someone again. Chu Mingzheng reached out to grab it without any moral principles. He wanted to see how she would talk about herself to other men.

Lu Mingyang cried out in pain, and while someone paused, he threw the letter into the fire. Even if it really said something bad about him, she absolutely couldn't let her see it.

"Lu Mingyang!"

"My elder sister is here, why are you yelling?" Lu Mingyang hurriedly held the angry man and reminded him in a low voice.

Lu Mingyuan asked with a smile: "Why, when I'm not here, Your Highness can bully my sister?"

Chu Mingzheng: “…”

Lu Mingyang spoke up for her man and said dissatisfiedly, "Eldest sister, you are really something. I asked you to talk about Tian Qing's situation, but you gave me something nonsense."

"I know!" Lu Mingyuan couldn't help but laughed.

What do you know?

Lu Mingyang looked at her elder sister's smile and looked at the man beside her in confusion. Coincidentally, Chu Mingzheng was also looking at her. When they looked at each other, their faces flushed.

What else can I know? I know that someone is a jealous person.

"Eldest sister!" Lu Mingyang was also anxious.

Lu Mingyuan stopped teasing them and said, "I've arranged new identities for them and sent someone to Yunzhao. Nian'er is worried, so I'll go with them and see them off."

Lu Mingyang nodded slightly: "Eldest sister, what's wrong with his legs?"

Lu Mingyuan shook his head: "He didn't say."

"Then... does he have anything to say to me?" Lu Mingyang asked again.

Lu Mingyuan shook his head.

"Forget it!" Why bother asking useless questions just to make yourself feel at ease? Lu Mingyang thought of the time when Tian Qing slandered him and smiled at Chu Mingzheng.

Chu Mingzheng didn't want to mention that person anymore, so he said to Lu Mingyuan, "Eldest sister, tell me how you broke the formation that day."

This question led the two of them from the tea table to the large map. Lu Mingyang knew a little about these things, but as he listened, he became bored and fell asleep on the table.

A cloak was draped over Sleeping Beauty, and Chu Mingzheng gently picked her up and returned to Xunyang Pavilion. A cool breeze blew, and Lu Mingyang half-closed his sleepy eyes as he fiercely ordered, "Don't stare at my elder sister."

"Why?" someone wondered.

Lu Mingyang groaned, "My eldest sister is the most powerful woman in the world. I'm afraid you can't control yourself."

After saying that, she fell into his arms.

Chu Mingzheng smiled. "Silly girl, do you know that you are the only one in this world?"

With nothing else to do, Chu Mingzheng put the girl in his arms into the quilt and lay down inside himself. They both slept until dusk.

After getting up, the two went to the front hall to eat.

Lu Mingyang looked at him and asked softly, "Your Highness, would you like to stay at the Chengyang Marquis' Mansion tonight?"

Before he could finish his words, Yang Nianshu rushed in, covered in mud.

"Second sister, it's bad, Tian Qing and her son are missing." She spoke quickly, and by the time she realized that King Ningyuan was also next to her, it was too late.

Lu Mingyang helped his sister sit down and brushed the dust off her. "What's going on? Tell me!"

Yang Nianshu glanced at Chu Mingzheng and told him the truth: "After leaving Xiangguo Temple, I escorted them all the way south. Halfway through, the carriage overturned. I fell down the hillside and passed out. When I woke up, I was gone."

Chu Mingzheng asked, "Is there anything unusual at the scene?"

"There are so many strange things." Yang Nianshu became more and more annoyed the more he thought about it. "Everything is wrong. The carriage definitely didn't overturn normally. I don't think I fainted from falling. It feels like I was hit by a stick."

As everyone was suspicious, another person ran in in a panic. Zheng Hao panted and said, "Your Highness, a mother and son are making trouble at the gate of the palace, saying that the princess is their daughter-in-law."

"This Tian Qing is so shameless." Yang Nianshu was so angry that he went to beat him up. Lu Mingyang grabbed his sister and looked at Zheng Hao anxiously: "Is that all?"

Zheng Hao said anxiously, "It wasn't a big deal in the first place. I didn't dare to alarm His Highness and the Princess. Who knew that we would run into the Imperial Censor and several censors? I'm afraid the news has already reached His Majesty."

Lu Mingyang fell back into his chair and looked helplessly at the gray sky.

The next morning, at court, the Imperial Censor submitted a letter to His Majesty, accusing Princess Ningyuan of deceiving the Emperor by concealing her marriage and marrying another woman. The Emperor commissioned the Censorate to investigate the case, which immediately caused a stir in the capital.

The people of the capital flocked to the Censorate. The Jingzhao Yin, looking at the deserted Jingzhao Prefecture, excitedly bought two kilograms of wine to congratulate himself on his happy return after all the hardship.

The Censorate, which supervises all officials, tried the princess for the first time.

Lu Mingyang stood in front of the hall. His only feeling was that this place was taller and more beautiful than Jingzhao Yin, and the words on the plaque were more beautiful. As for other things, he didn't feel anything.

Mother Tian knelt before Lu Mingyang, tearfully accusing him of something not much different from what she had said to the Empress Dowager. Tian Qing simply knelt dejectedly on the ground, occasionally replying with a word or two.

Chu Mingzheng, who was sitting nearby, picked up a cup of tea and leaned lazily back in his chair. "Without any evidence, relying solely on a woman's gossip, you dare to slander my princess. What a joke. I ask the Imperial Censor to make a quick decision. I need to take my princess back to the palace to rest."

Mother Tian wailed, "Your Majesty, my son's marriage certificate has been torn up by Prince Ningyuan."

"What a joke." Chu Mingzheng said coldly: "If I had seen any marriage certificate, would you still be alive today?"

"Your Highness!"

Lu Mingyang was already worried that His Majesty would exploit his personal affairs to implicate Chu Mingzheng. It wasn't suspicion, it was certainty. He didn't quickly clear himself of suspicion, but instead rushed to speak nonsense. Wasn't that just causing trouble?

Lu Mingyang glared at Chu Mingzheng in dissatisfaction.

Chu Mingzheng did not hold back and asked harshly, "Tell me, where did I tear it off?"

Tian's mother dared not speak.

Chu Mingzheng's face changed slightly. She didn't dare to mention the Queen Mother, proving that there was someone behind the scenes advising her. This matter might not be that easy. However, in a moment, Tian Qing proved his suspicions.

Tian Qing pulled out a marriage certificate from his pocket. The one Chu Mingzheng had torn up, glued back together, appeared in his hand. All arguments were futile, because everything was already the truth.

As long as there is an engagement, whether married or not, the woman is no longer a virgin, but Ms. So-and-so of the man's family.