Lian Huan knew very limited information. After she told Ah Man everything she knew, all she could do was cry. Ah Man held her in his arms. She was extremely tired inside, but she was awake. Even though she had been traveling through wind and rain over the past few days and her body was extremely tired, she did not feel sleepy at all.
Lian Huan, on the other hand, released all the fear and worry she had felt in the past few days after seeing Ah Man, and fell asleep tiredly in Ah Man's arms.
Ah Man's heart was more confused than ever. There were so many things to do, but she didn't know how to start.
She felt that she should go find her father, but she had been confined in the Canyang Palace. The Canyang Palace, with its gold and jade, had once been the dream place of all the princesses in the palace. Who would have thought that today, it would become a cage of gold.
Ah Man thought of countless ways but could not get out of the palace. Finally, she had no choice but to give up. When the people from Da Zhou brought her food, she quietly told them that she hoped Murong Kai could help her lift the house arrest.
After hearing her instructions, the person who delivered the meal told her not to worry.
"Tell Murong Kai that I, Su Aman, thank you very much."
Words like "thank you" are the most empty and meaningless, but now, all Ah Man could give to Murong Kai was this most shallow and empty thank you.
She knew Murong Kai's thoughts, but she didn't want to involve the Great Zhou in the fight in Bei'an, especially now that she was clearly at a disadvantage. If her father knew that the people of the Great Zhou were helping her, it would also be bad for the relationship between the two countries...
But now, she had no other choice.
Her parents had a very good relationship before, and the Bei'an Palace was her home. She had never tried hard to cultivate her own power. Even among her own people, they were only those who were close to her and had a better relationship with her.
His situation was worrying, and the only person he could rely on was Murong Kai.
"Princess, His Highness sent a message saying that no matter what the situation is, you must take good care of yourself. Only if you are well, everything will be possible to turn around."
The messenger consoled him softly, but in the end he did not tell A'man what Murong Kai had told him to eat well and sleep well, because such overly intimate words made him feel that he was not a spy left in Bei'an by Yiguo, but a messenger between two lovers.
"I know, just let him rest assured." Ah Man's heart was filled with emotion. Two months ago, he would never believe that in the deep palace of Bei'an, the person who cared about his well-being was not his father, but a person he had known for more than a month.
Although she said words to comfort Murong Kai, Ah Man still couldn't eat well and rest well. Her mind was now filled with her deceased mother, the imprisoned people in the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, and her brother the Crown Prince who was in Concubine Zhu's palace.
She didn't know how to get out of Canyang Palace. She only knew that if she was confined in Canyang Palace like a canary, then what was waiting for her, the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, and her brother the Crown Prince would surely be death.
Ah Man felt a little regretful. If she had known this would be the outcome, she would have been nicer to her father.
At this time, an uninvited guest came to the court of Bei'an.
He was dressed in the black attire of a prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty, sitting in a wheelchair, calmly looking at the almighty Emperor Bei'an.
He clearly looked like a teenager, but his eyes were so heavy that no one could tell what he was thinking at the moment.
Even veteran officials who have served in the court for many years would feel ashamed of themselves for his prudence and maturity.
"You mean, you are here on the orders of the Emperor of the Great Zhou to ask for the hand in marriage of my Princess Jiaoyang?" After a long silence, the exhausted Emperor Bei'an Su Jing slowly opened his mouth. His words were filled with inquiry, doubt, and... mixed feelings.
"Yes." The young man's answer was concise and to the point. After he finished speaking, he looked at Su Jing calmly, as if what he said was just an insignificant matter.
(End of this chapter)