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

Chapter 150 Is it true or false?

"Ah..., what are you thinking about?"

Even though she was an innocent little girl, she realized that her brother had misjudged her. Feeling embarrassed and ashamed, she jumped up and said, "Brother Zhou is a gentleman. He wouldn't do that. You... are so filthy."

"I'm filthy?" Chu Mingzheng said angrily, "An ugly freak who plays misery to gain sympathy and treats me like a treasure."

"You are the ugly one, you have an ugly heart. Father said that what is important for a man is to stand tall and upright, not to be beautiful or ugly. You are superficial, vulgar, and look down on others."

"It's better for me to be superficial than for you to be stupid," Chu Mingzheng snorted coldly, "He just saw that you were naive and easy to deceive, and you rushed into his trap."

"He didn't lie to me. He was very nice to me."

"Humph, if you weren't the princess, would he be good to you?"

"He is good to me, to Chu Yueling!"

"You've praised my mediocre skills to the skies," Chu Mingzheng said disdainfully, "You're willing to accept defeat, aren't you? He's already lost..."

"He didn't lose, it was you who attacked him by surprise."

"Then let him compete. Why doesn't he dare?"

"Ah..." Princess Qinghe couldn't argue with her brother. She turned around and lay on Lu Mingyang's shoulder, stamping her feet in anger: "Sister-in-law, who is this guy? Let him go, let him go..."

"Okay, okay!" Lu Mingyang reluctantly pushed Chu Mingzheng out the door, "Your Highness, you have business to attend to, so go quickly, go quickly!"

Having said that, he helped him calm down, and then slammed the door shut.

Chu Yueling sat down angrily. Seeing that the person was still outside the window, she shouted, "Sister-in-law, I don't know why he became a refugee. If he doesn't tell me, I won't ask. I don't care about the scar on his face. I will marry him in this life!"

He deliberately stretched out the last four words. After that, he refused to mention his brother Zhou anymore.

Chu Yueling asked Lu Mingyang curiously, "Sister-in-law, what did the maid who brought the news mean when she said, 'The document for the eldest daughter's succession to the title has arrived?'"

"Well, His Majesty wanted to adopt a son for my father..." Lu Mingyang bypassed the twists and turns and simply said, "Anyway, in the end, it was my eldest sister who found the real culprit."

"Your eldest sister is amazing!"

Chu Yueling was fascinated by what she heard, but she had not forgotten the task given to her by Brother Zhou. She asked, "Is this title real or imaginary?"

Lu Mingyang was stunned: "Is there still a vacant title?"

Chu Yueling explained: "This is like being given a title or a lord."

Lu Mingyang knew that the Zhou emperor granted fiefs to the princes, and the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period were born. Those princes were no different from a country.

"Does the Great Sheng Dynasty still have titles?"

"There is no title, but there is some, including hereditary military power."

Chu Yueling explained in detail: "After Emperor Taizu founded the country, he appointed his sons as kings to guard various places. The military power they held was hereditary. This included the eight dukes and twenty-four marquises who were initially granted titles, who also had hereditary military power."

"To be precise, their imperial guards are treated just like the soldiers in the army. They are registered in the imperial court, have armor, weapons, war horses, and barracks. They also enjoy salaries from the court, but they obey the orders of these dukes and marquises."

Three thousand soldiers of Yue could conquer Wu. Lu Mingyang knew that armor was as important as nuclear weapons in the era of cold weapons. No matter how many private soldiers a person had, if they even kept a set of armor, they would be charged with treason.

Thinking of his elder sister's words about the eight hundred elite soldiers of the Chengyang Marquisate, Lu Mingyang asked, "So, our Chengyang Marquisate is a real nobility?"

Chu Yueling nodded. "After Emperor Taizong's campaign to quell the rebellion, he reclaimed the military power from the princes and dukes of his clan, as well as the majority of the princes and marquises. The reason he took away most of them was because some of them had been meritorious officials who had followed Emperor Taizong in the campaign, and it was difficult for him to take action."

"So, on the surface, they are all dukes and marquises, but they are very different inside. For example, your maternal grandfather's house, the Duke of Weiguo Mansion, is like this!"

Chu Yueling raised a thumbs-up and continued with emotion: "You are like the Peiguo Mansion. That is the credit of Pei Mian following his elder brother in the battles for so many years. His son is really capable. As for the Songguo Mansion, even though they have a concubine who gave birth to a son, they are all empty inside."

Lu Mingyang asked, "Did our Chengyang Marquisate also follow Emperor Taizong... in the Jingnan Campaign?"

In fact, she almost blurted out the word "rebellion", but fortunately she held it back.

"That's not the case! Back then, when Emperor Taizong was suppressing the rebellion, the Xiongnu took the opportunity to invade. It was the then Marquis of Chengyang who personally led the imperial troops to resist the Xiongnu."

At this point, Chu Yueling whispered: "Otherwise, Emperor Taizong will become a sinner for all eternity. He must accept this favor."

I wonder what expression Emperor Taizong had when he knew that he had a great-granddaughter whispering to him.

Lu Mingyang smiled and couldn't help but sigh: "Ling'er, how do you know so much? It's amazing."

Chu Yueling smiled sheepishly, a hint of pride flashing in her eyes: "I don't really understand it either, it was Brother Zhou who told me."

"he?"

How could a refugee know so much? Lu Mingyang couldn't help but look at the man outside the window, but he was gone.

Chu Mingzheng walked back to the front yard, his eyes passing over the masked man's guest room, and his steps stopped:

Ling'er had been practicing martial arts since she was four years old. Although she was playful and her skills were weak, she still knew how to do it. Someone who could be described as having high martial arts skills was definitely not that bad.

When a martial artist encounters an attack, they will instinctively resist, unless they don't know martial arts at all. Another possibility is that the master who can control his instincts has unfathomable martial arts skills.

……

After the Imperial Astronomical Observatory calculated an auspicious date, it set the end of the month as the day for the crown prince of Jin. After the date was set, the Princess of Jin went to Xiangguo Temple to pay homage to the deceased Prince of Jin.

This was the first time the mother and son met alone after being separated for ten years.

The door of the Buddhist temple was closed. Lu Mingyang stood quietly by the window, quietly carrying out the task assigned by Chu Mingzheng and keeping watch.

The mother and son sat on a futon, with red candlelight dimly lit. Lu Mingyang looked over from time to time, feeling infinite warmth.

"Yangyang!"

When she looked over again, Lu Mingyang met Chu Mingzheng's gentle gaze and responded in a panic. Chu Mingzheng walked over, took her hand, and walked towards his mother again.

"Mother, this is Yangyang, my son's new princess."

"What a good boy!" Princess Jin held Lu Mingyang's hands affectionately.

"Call me mom!" Chu Mingzheng reminded the stunned Lu Mingyang.

"mother!"

"Hey!"

Princess Jin's gaze was too earnest, and Lu Mingyang was a little overwhelmed. He didn't know what to say for a moment. He felt that since she was Chu Mingzheng's biological mother, he should respect her more, so he simply knelt down and kowtowed.

Princess Jin looked at this scene and was overwhelmed with sorrow: "My dear child, I am sorry that you have to suffer with Zheng'er."

Chu Mingzheng frowned: "Mom, why are you saying this again? It's really good for my son to be here."