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  The spring color of the Southern Dynasty has already entered its final chapter, friends who have been waiting for Wen's new book, you can finally get your hands on it now.

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  Langling King sneered, "Who dares to move my Ah Gui? I will not let anyone be intact." Turning his head, he asked Yang Shoucheng, "I let you release those messages, what's the response?"

  Yang Shoucheng replied respectfully: "When we came to Jiankang, didn't the streets and alleys of Jiankang also say that the Duke of Guo was willing to make an enemy of the entire Zhou state for Zhang Ji? The same is true in Ye City and Jin Yang, and even more so, with more people discussing it."

  The King of Lanling nodded in agreement.

  Seeing him silent, Yang Shoucheng asked in a low voice: "Did the princess really agree to divorce?"

  As soon as this was said, Prince Langling furrowed his brow. After a while, he shook his head and said, "It's probably not that easy."

  "Why?"

  "Didn't Cheng Jun say that many women's thoughts are completely different from their husbands? They can't let go of their heart knots and are more prone to being stubborn. Zheng Yu has deep resentment towards Ah Gui, I'm afraid she will drag out the marriage just to make things difficult for Ah Gui. The talk of divorce is just a trick to lure me back to the country."

  Yang Shoucheng had no room to intervene in this matter, he fell silent.

  After a while, Lang Ling Wang coldly smiled and said: "It's not Zheng Yu who can't bear it now, but Your Majesty. Let's drag it on, one day they will learn to concede."

  He slowed down at this point, "You draft it, and say that I and Ah Qi have arrived in Jiankang. Ah Qi's knot in her heart is still there. You apologize to the Emperor on my behalf, and say that as of today, I, Gao Changgong, have come to a realization. I can give up the position of Duke and the military commander position, but there is only this woman, I cannot forget or put down. Please ask the Emperor to see clearly, and wait for me to resolve her knot in the heart. After having children with her, I will consider returning to the country."

  "Yes."

  When Zheng You received the letter from Langling Wang, it was already April.

  April grass is lush and green, it's the best time in human world.

  Nor did he know what Gao Zhan was thinking, after receiving the letter from Langling Wang. After finishing reading the note, he sent someone to send the note to the Langling Wangfu, into Zheng Yu's hands.

  At this moment, Zheng Yu is standing in the courtyard, staring blankly at the increasingly lush trees. Outside the wall, one can occasionally hear the laughter of young men and women. Without looking, she also knows that those people are hand in hand, strolling along the riverbank, on the spring mountain.

  This world is full of warmth and sweetness everywhere, except for this courtyard, which is blocked by a centuries-old banyan tree, letting out a chill.

  After glancing at the note, she slowly tore it into shreds. She tore it very finely, until the paper was like snowflakes, and with a gentle breeze, they scattered and fell, only then did she stop.

  Her heart had become a cocoon, inside which it was so gloomy that sunlight could no longer penetrate. Although outside it was springtime with warm sunshine and joyful laughter all around, those things were too far away from her, too far for her to imagine, too far for her to turn her head, too far for her to understand that she only needed to give up some things in order to obtain the happiness she yearned for.

  All that appeared in her mind was that one sentence, "Wait for me to have a child with her and then return home."

  Have you had a child? Uncontrollably, Zheng Yu's eyes appeared with that scene: Gao Chang Gong and Zhang Yi holding hands, one big and one small, two beautiful boys with tears in their eyes chasing after them, calling out "Father King, Mother Queen, wait for the child."

  "How is this possible? How can it be?" Zheng Yu coldly laughed and swiftly turned around to return to her room.

  At this moment, a servant hurried over and saw Zheng Yu. He bowed his head and reported: "Reporting to the princess, the Grand Secretary has arrived."

  As soon as the words "and Shangshu" were mentioned, Zheng Yu's face changed, and she said in a low voice: "I am a lonely widow, and Han Gong is the Minister of the Right Assistant. How can he visit me frequently? Tell him I'm not here."

  As soon as her voice fell, He Shi's bright and clear laughter echoed, "Why must the princess refuse people from afar? Gao Zhang Gong doesn't want you, but in this city of Yan, there are still other husbands who would be willing to get close to the princess." As soon as his voice fell, a round-faced man in his 40s with a rather bright and smooth complexion rushed in.

  This man was He Shi-kai, the most trusted and closest minister to Gao Zhan. As soon as he saw He Shi-kai's smiling face, Zheng Yu's complexion turned pale. Since that day when she was teased by Gao Zhan, He Shi-kai had appeared. Every time he came to the Lanling Wangfu, he treated it as his own mansion, swaggering in and teasing her with contemptuous words.

  Zheng You was not without resistance, she also had the servants in the mansion drive him out, and told her father and clan elder. However, the servant who drove Shi Kai away was beaten and had his leg broken the next day, thrown outside the main gate. Her father and clan elder just let it go, saying that Shi Kai was just taking advantage of her verbally, and Zheng You didn't need to be so angry.

  Now, He Shi Kai has arrived again. He saw Zheng Yu Qing's face turn blue as he stared at himself, and as he approached, he scolded the servants to come forward, while casually picking up a broom as a sword to block her path.

  This Zheng Yu made He Shiren sigh repeatedly, he glanced at the maids who didn't dare to come forward and shook his head, saying: "Why bother, why bother? I say, Princess Wang, this matter between men and women is just that simple. To be honest, you women can also get pleasure from it. Why do you have to refuse people so much?" He clucked twice and said again: "Besides, Gao Changong abandoned you, why do you have to keep your chastity for him?"

  He Shikai spoke as he crept closer to Zheng Yu, his movements slow and stealthy like a cat stalking its prey. Zheng Yu retreated step by step until her back was against the wall, at which point she let out a shrill cry: "He Shikai, don't force me! I'm warning you, when Gao Longxiao returns, he won't let you off scot-free, he won't let you off scot-free!"

  As soon as the words came out, He Shi burst into loud laughter. In his laughter, Zheng Yu's screams suddenly stopped, and in an instant, she was tearful: Gao Changgong had come back, even if he were to confront him face-to-face about this matter, he wouldn't care. His heart, his energy, were all focused on that woman, how could he see his own difficulties, his own loneliness? He always pitied that woman, always felt sorry for her, but had he ever thought that in places where he couldn't see, he himself would also be bullied, and he was just as pitiful?

  This matter cannot be thought of, and as soon as she thinks about it, her heart aches like a needle prick, and her tears can't be held back. Finally, Zheng Yu retreated to the wall, finally put down the broom, covered her face with her sleeve, and burst into loud sobs.

  Seeing her cry, He Shikai shook his head and sighed: "It's really not fun, crying like this? What a disappointment, today is too disappointing." As he muttered about the disappointment, He Shikai walked away with a swagger. As soon as he left the yard, the dozen or so servants he brought with him swarmed in like a beehive.

  A young servant who had been entrusted with the letter came forward and whispered: "Your Excellency, where are we going?"

  "Where are we going?" Shi opened his mouth and smiled, also replied in a low voice: "Of course, to the imperial palace to see the empress, she is still waiting for me to tell this story of Zheng Yu."

  No matter in Ye City or Jin Yang, Zheng Yu was just slightly better than the noble ladies in terms of family background and appearance. What made Empress Hu, He Shikai, Emperor Gao Zhan and others interested in her was only her stubborn and devoted love for Gao Changgong, who had abandoned her. Among all the noble ladies, there were not many who remained chaste before marriage, and even fewer who would still guard their husbands without wanting to abandon them after being neglected by them for a year, and Zheng Yu was the only one.

  In the Northern Qi, where rituals and music had collapsed, chastity and loyalty had become a joke, a dessert to be savored after meals. Zheng Yu had unknowingly become someone's plaything. Moreover, when she was still a lady-in-waiting, Zheng Yu had not gotten along with Empress Hu, and because of the Zhang Qi affair, she had once subtly plotted against Empress Hu. Therefore, after Empress Hu seized power, Zheng Yu's days were no longer easy to pass.

  Gao Zhan was outrageous, and as his outrageousness became more and more severe, the civil and military officials, the hundred-year-old aristocratic families, were all no match for the knife in the hands of the soldiers. In other words, except for some generals he still had some fear of, Gao Zhan and Empress Hu were unscrupulous towards others.

  Zheng You cried for a while, then saw He Shi Kai finally leave. She wiped away her tears and choked: "Get ready, I want to see Qiu Gong Zhu."

  A maid came forward and whispered, "Has the princess forgotten? After the last time with Shi Kaito, Princess Qiu came to find Your Majesty about this matter, but was locked up by Your Majesty, saying that she would be married off to the Turks. Now if the princess goes to see her, she may not be able to meet her."

  The maid's reminder made Zheng Yu recall that there was indeed such a thing. She bit her lip, and for the time being, she couldn't think of anyone else to turn to in order to break through the current situation.

  She cried silently for a while, then suddenly said: "Prepare paper and pen, I want to write a letter to Chang Gong. I want to tell him about these things. I know that only his words will be listened to by His Majesty, and he will be cautious." As she spoke, she seemed to remember something, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly walked towards the study while choking back tears: "I'm so stupid, so stupid... Why did I insist on being strong? I should have told him about this a long time ago, I should have said it." She believed that Chang Gong, who had protected her since childhood, would also lend a hand this time. She even more believed that once he knew of her difficulties and the burdens she bore for him, his heart would soften, and he would pity her.

  What right does that cheap person have to receive High Long Gong's wholehearted treatment? Isn't it just because she is better at pretending to be pitiful, and putting on a strong front while actually being extremely fragile?

  When Langling Wang received Zheng You's pigeon letter, he and Zhang Qi had been staying in Jiankang City for almost a month. At this moment, he was rushing back to Jiankang with Yang Shoucheng and others from a small city outside Jiankang. Recently, he has collected a lot of information about the major castles in Jiankang City, with the purpose of finding a place that Zhang Qi imagined as safe, prosperous and would not be affected by war. That was her dream, and he planned to find it first, then set up some fields and mansions in that city, and also arrange some manpower, just in case as an escape route.

  At this time, a guard came hastily from the city and met him head-on. After making a bow, he handed the paper to Prince Langling's hand.