Demoting the Wife to a Concubine? The Reborn Legitimate Daughter Crippled his Entire Family.

After the banquet, Ji Yucang took the left and right prime ministers and the Minister of Rites to the Qinzheng Hall, where he sat down with the Nan Zhao envoy to continue discussing the borrowing of troops.

Princess Shen Ning and Heping Yao were not interested in this and planned to leave the palace and return home.

As he walked out of the main hall, Duke Zhen called to Shen Ning.

"Go home for a meal when you have time." He was a little embarrassed. He wanted to surrender to Shen Ning, but he also wanted to maintain his father's authority. "In any case, you are your mother's daughter who was pregnant for ten months, and the blood relationship is unbroken. ”

A sarcastic smile appeared on Shen Ning's lips: "When you asked me to be Qin Yanshu's concubine, you didn't treat me as your daughter who was ten months pregnant. When your good mother ordered me to be killed, you didn't treat me as your granddaughter. ”

"Shen Ning!" Duke Zhen's face turned green. "The world has strict demands on women's innocence, and there is nothing we can do about it. Now that you have become the regent princess, and Qin Yanshu has also been imprisoned, can't you just let everything go?"

"No." Shen Ning's eyes were cold, "To tell you the truth, the real Shen Ning is dead! He died on the day he was besieged. Whether you are doing it for the benefit of the Zhenguo Palace, or you really realize that you are a father. Selfish and cruel, it’s too late to regret!”

After leaving these words, she turned and left.

When she reached the steps of the palace, she looked at Han Xun who was kneeling in a miserable state and said calmly: "Ling Feng, send this man to the Prince Regent's Palace."

Ling Feng's expression paused: "Yes."

Shen Ning and Princess Pingyao headed toward the palace gate.

"Is Aunt Huang really the apprentice of Princess Zhaohua?"

"What do you think?" Shen Ning asked.

"I don't think so." Princess Pingyao smiled faintly, "Rather than saying that you are her apprentice, it is better to say that you are Princess Zhaohua herself."

Shen Ning was silent. She didn't want to hide anything in the palace today.

Not many people can accept this kind of thing, which is similar to resurrecting a dead body, and no one will believe it easily.

But if anyone doubts it, she won't deny it.

Because she was not Shen Ning, she couldn't disguise herself and forced herself to use Shen Ning's identity to interact with the Shen family.

Her hatred for Nan Zhao was too deep-seated, so the moment she saw Han Xun, she didn't want to hide it at all.

Two years of hatred and humiliation were unforgettable, and now that her enemy was coming to her door, she had no reason to endure it any longer.

"What do you think of the marriage alliance proposed by Nan Zhao?"

"I don't have any ideas." Shen Ning's voice was calm and solemn. "Instead of helping them fight the war, we should fight it ourselves. The territory that is conquered belongs to whomever."

"Domineering." Princess Pingyao nodded, "Heroes see the same thing."

Nan Zhao is just a bunch of idiots.

Now that they can't protect themselves, if they want to cease the war, the best thing to do is to directly send people to seek peace with the Western Zhou Dynasty. Although the Western Zhou Dynasty may be too open-minded, at least there is room for maneuver when facing a powerful country.

The Western Zhou Dynasty had been fighting for many years, and the military and treasury were also depleted. They could not attack the imperial city in one go. Nan Zhao sued for peace, which might give both countries a break.

However, they came to Yong State for help instead, and they still wanted to borrow troops?

I really don’t know what they think.

How could they be sure that Yong Guo had no ambitions?

When she was about to arrive at the palace gate, Princess Pingyao suddenly stopped and said, "I want to go to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment."

Shen Ning turned to look at her: "Going to see Ling Fengyang?"

"Yeah." Princess Pingyao raised her lips and sneered, "There are some things that we have to ask clearly sooner or later."

Shen Ning walked out of the palace alone without comment.

Ling Feng called several imperial guards, and when they escorted Han Xun outside the palace gate, the Nan Zhao guards waiting outside all stepped forward and looked at Ling Feng with hostility.

"Get out of the way." Shen Ning sat on the carriage and opened the curtain, "This person is already a prisoner of this princess. If anyone dares to move, all of you in Nanzhao will stay here."

While he was talking, the Royal Forest Army had already brought people over.

The confrontation between the two sides was tense and oppressive, as if it was about to explode.

Suddenly a man walked out in a hurry, shook his head at the guards, they looked at each other and slowly retreated.

The light of hope in Han Xun's eyes was shattered little by little, and he was pushed forward by Ling Feng: "Go faster."

The shackles dragged on the ground and made a heavy sound, which seemed to indicate Han Xun's future fate.

Shen Ning returned to the palace and changed her clothes. When she came out, she ordered: "Take him to Jinlin Courtyard."

From inside the palace to outside the palace, Han Xun had been tortured enough. At this time, he was being forced to kneel on the bluestone in the courtyard. Not only was his body covered with scars, his hands and feet were also bruised by the shackles, and the pain was excruciating.

Shen Ning just looked at his embarrassment and asked herself countless times in her heart, what is so good about this person that she has been so blindly attracted to for more than ten years?

Because he was good at pretending in front of her, but now he can't even pretend?

"Princess Regent." Han Xun slowly raised his head and shouted in the direction of the main room, "I have something to tell you."

Shen Ning came back to her senses and looked at him coldly through the window: "What do you want to say?"

"I--"

"Shiqin." Shen Ning untied the whip from her waist and handed it to her, "This person is now a prisoner of the Regent's Palace. If he speaks without my permission, he will be punished with a hundred lashes."

"Yes." Shi Qin took the whip and walked out.

"A hundred lashes, Han Xun, you can bear it alive."

When Han Xun heard this, his pupils shrank suddenly, "You...are you Zhaohua? No, it's impossible, don't pretend to be a ghost for me! Who are you?"

Shi Qin whipped his whip, leaving a trail of blood.

Han Xun's face was twisted in pain, and he stared at Shen Ning behind the carved window: "Are you Zhaohua? You are not, she is already dead, she is already dead!"

Princess Zhaohua has never accepted any apprentices. The four closest people to her are either married or taken into the harem by the emperor. It is impossible for her to accept a person from another country as her apprentice.

Shen Ning held the tea cup and looked coldly at Han Xun, who was pale in pain, and said in an indifferent voice: "I always thought you were a dignified and proud person, but today I found out that you are actually no different from an ant."

"You...ah!" Han Xun fell to the ground and kept trying to avoid the sharp whip. However, he was heavily shackled and seriously injured, and his body was so heavy that he had no flexibility.

Shi Qin was a martial arts practitioner, and his attacks were no lighter than Shen Ning's. Han Xun was in so much pain that he was in a state of embarrassment.

After a hundred lashes were finished, Han Xun's clothes were torn, and his whole body seemed to be fished out of bloody water, with several blood marks inevitably left on his face.

Shen Ning looked at Han Xun who was lying on the ground like a dead dog: "Drag him to the stable."

"yes."

When Ji Yucang returned to the palace, Shen Ning went into the pharmacy again. When he heard that Han Xun was thrown into the stable, he went to the pharmacy without saying anything.

Like last time, she stood in front of the window and raised her hand to knock. As the window was opened, Shen Ning raised her head and looked towards him.

Ji Yucang said: "Do you want to lead the army?"

Shen Ning was stunned for a moment, then pondered: "Have you decided to share this pie with Xi Zhou?"

"Since Nan Zhao's energy has been exhausted, there is no reason to let Western Zhou eat this piece of meat." Ji Yu said calmly, "Besides, Beiwang Valley has beautiful mountains and clear waters, rich cities, fertile land, and the terrain is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is suitable for our retirement."

Shen Ning's gloomy mood was soothed by his words, and she couldn't help laughing: "How old are you before you start thinking about retirement?"

"Everyone has an old age, no one is exception." Ji Yucang said, "Besides, Han Xun is just one of them. Don't you want to meet the jealous Emperor Nan Zhao?"