Hearing this, both Zhan Hanrui and Li Dewen were shocked. They couldn't believe what they heard. Li Dewen dropped the order block in his hand in shock. The sixth prince refused to marry and even handed over the alliance leader's token.
What shocked everyone even more was that he resigned from his position as leader of the alliance and took the initiative to strip away his status as a prince and become a commoner. This matter was no small matter.
Zhan Hanrui looked at Long Chenyi's expressionless face in astonishment. Her tears fell one after another like scattered pearls. She said sadly: "In order to refuse to marry me, Sixth Prince, are you willing to be a commoner?"
?" Even though she knew that the promise he gave would make her heartbroken, she still wanted to hear his personal answer.
"Yes." Long Chen still didn't look at her. He just said a word coldly, raised his brocade robe, plopped down on the ground and said, "Eunuch Li, please convey this to me. I will wait here quietly."
"At this moment, he is no longer in front of the eunuchs, but calls himself by his honorary title. He just uses the "I" that ordinary people call themselves.
Zhan Hanrui's body trembled and she stumbled back two steps. Tears poured out like a flood that broke a bank. She looked at Long Chenyi's ruthless and indifferent face sadly, covering her heart that was hurting,
Turn around and run away.
"Six...sixth prince, you must not do it, you must not do it!" Eunuch Li looked sympathetically at Zhan Hanrui, who ran away crying, bent down to pick up the alliance leader's token that fell on the ground, and gave him some good words.
The sixth prince has a noble status and is a legend of the dynasty. You cannot retreat from the position of leader, and how can you cut off your status as a prince? The emperor granted the marriage for the sake of the sixth prince, so that he can spread the branches and leaves of Prince Chen's palace as soon as possible. Why should you do this...
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"Eunuch Li, there is no need to say more. Please go and report to the emperor." Long Chen also had an expressionless face, and his words did not allow for resistance. Eunuch Li had no choice but to shut his mouth. After a while, he said: "The emperor has reported illness recently. Six months ago,
Prince, you’d better go back first!”
"It doesn't matter, I will wait here quietly until my father sees me." How could Long Chen not know that the emperor didn't want to see him, not because he was ill, but because he didn't want to hear the words "withdraw his life" from his mouth?
, let alone see him in these three days.
"Sixth Prince, the Emperor will not see you, you should go back!" Eunuch Li still persuaded him kindly. Seeing that Long Chen also insisted on this, he could only take the alliance leader's token and go into the imperial study room to report.
Emperor Ming.
In fact, what Long Chen also said had already been heard by the emperor in the royal study. At this time, Zhengqi's face was livid and furious. When he saw Li Dewen coming to him with the token, he clenched his fists angrily and said angrily.
: "Tell him that he can be dismissed from his position as leader of the alliance and his status as prince can be removed, but in this marriage, no matter whether he is a prince or a commoner, he cannot resist the decree.
As a prince, he must take orders, and as a commoner, he must take orders. If he disobeys the order, hundreds of lives in Prince Chen's Mansion and Wolong Villa will be lost overnight, and he will be the first to die.
Mu Tianxue, who has always been protecting him, lets him do what he wants. If Mu Tianxue wants to die, he will just resist."
Seeing the anger of Emperor Long Yan, Eunuch Li did not dare to say anything. He took the alliance leader's token and left the imperial study. He was frightened and passed the emperor's words to Long Chenyi without revealing the words, and handed over the alliance leader's token.
, sighed and advised: "Sixth prince, please listen to my servant and stop confronting the emperor. The emperor always loves you the most. Aren't you hurting the emperor's heart by doing this?
Princess Hanrui is gentle and generous, a good girl with both talents and virtues. The emperor has given you marriage now, and the emperor has good intentions. Now, the emperor is furious. If the sixth princess is harmed because of this, wouldn't you be even more sad, sixth prince?
The Sixth Prince, just listen to your servant’s advice! Even if you don’t like Princess Hanrui, if you marry him, you can keep the Sixth Princess and Prince Chen’s Mansion in Wolong Villa. This is not a bad thing. Do you want to see the Sixth Princess?
Are you going to be in danger before you give birth to your little prince?"
There was no expression on Long Chenyi's cold face. He didn't speak or leave. He had already handed over his alliance leader's token and was willing to lose his identity. He could no longer pose a threat to the dynasty and the throne. Why did his father still do it?
If you want to force him, now that the world is stable and there are no wars, there is no need for him at all.
He just wants to be an ordinary person. He doesn't need three wives or four concubines. He just wants to have one person in his heart. He just wants to live an ordinary and secluded life with his beloved. Isn't this possible? This noble man just wants to be an ordinary person.
Identity is just a shackle, a restriction on his freedom.
He doesn't need this noble status, he just wants that simple freedom. Why does his father want to deprive him of his right to life and freedom so cruelly? His father is obviously wary of him, but he is still unwilling to deprive him of it.
His royal status requires him to resign as leader of the alliance, why must he be forced to do this?
"Sixth prince, sixth prince..." Seeing that Long Chen was silent for a long time, just kneeling dullly, Li Dewen looked worried. Even if the sixth prince knelt down again, the emperor's decision would be changed. The emperor would not let him refuse.
Even if he gets married, his identity will not be diminished. His identity is very important in the dynasty and is unshakable.
If the dynasty loses the strength of the Sixth Prince, it will only make other countries sharpen their daggers and keep an eye on the dynasty. Not to mention the nearby Lianyun State, which has always been a friend of the dynasty.
But Beiteng Kingdom, which is farthest to the north, has been paying tribute and making good friends for many years, but its army and horses are strong and it is even far away from the imperial dynasty and Lianyun Kingdom. It has already been training its troops in secret, both for Lianyun and the dynasty.
They all already have different minds.
At this time, how could the emperor ask Long Chenyi to step down as leader of the alliance, let alone reduce his royal status?
Long Chen also knelt down and did not leave until late at night, and the emperor in the imperial study did not even step out of the imperial study. After hearing the instructions, Concubine Lan and the Queen Mother rushed to the door of the imperial study together.
When "Yi'er" saw Long Chenyi kneeling on the ground motionless, Concubine Lan burst into tears. She looked at her son with pity and was worried to death.
"Yi'er, get up quickly. The ground is cold here and the night is heavy with dew. Hurry up... get up quickly." The Queen Mother stepped forward to caress Long Chenyi with a sad look on her face. The emperor also looked worried. "Yier, get up quickly. It's windy late at night.
important."
"Yi'er has made the Imperial Grandmother, the Empress, and the Imperial Concubine worried. It's because Yi'er is unfilial. Please Imperial Grandmother, the Empress, and the Imperial Concubine go back to the palace to rest!" Long Chen also knelt down and showed no intention of getting up.
At this time, the door of the royal study room was opened by Li Dewen, and the emperor in dragon robe came out: "Mother, you are not in good health. The wind is blowing late at night. Why are you here? Queen, Concubine Lan, you know that the Queen Mother is not feeling well, why don't you dissuade the Queen Mother?"
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"I know that I was wrong. Please calm down, Your Majesty." The Queen and Concubine Lan nodded in unison.
"Okay, okay, don't blame them." The Queen Mother looked worried. "You all know that you are exposed late at night, why do you still have Yi'er kneeling until late at night? Although Yi'er has made mistakes, young people are impulsive. Who has never done this?
