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The next morning, the Fiery-Scaled Tiger decided to go to court without notifying anyone. Even the Five De didn't know about this. By the time Wu De received his report, the Fiery-Scaled Tiger was already in court.

"Esteemed Empress, esteemed Empress …"

Ji Tian Ning was still sleeping when she was awakened by someone. She was filled with anger as she asked, "What's the matter?"

"Reporting to the Empress, the Emperor has gone to the Imperial Court. This servant was worried that something might have happened, and thus disturbed the Empress's rest."

"What?" The Emperor went to court? "

"Yes, this servant just received a report. Empress, what should we do now?"

Ever since they found out about the illness of the Fiery Inverted Scales, Wude and Canon's stance underwent a subtle change. They also understood that in the future, the one who would rule under the Southern Champion would definitely be the Empress. As a result, they were more attentive.

"Got it. Send someone to keep an eye on me and see what the emperor has said and done." I'll get up now. You go first. "

"Yes, your servant has already sent someone to serve you."

Ji Tian Ning stood up and hurriedly entered as a servant. She waited on Ji Tian Ning to change and wash before being carried to the throne room in a small palanquin.

Arriving at the throne room, Ji Tian Ning did not enter. Instead, he asked the servants of the throne room summoned by the Five De to ask him about the matters regarding the Fire Lin Clan.

After quietly walking into the rear hall, Wudai quietly arranged a chair. Ji Tian Ning sat down and quietly listened to the movements in the throne room.

Huo Ni Lin sat on the dragon throne, silently listening to the officials. Most of the time, he did not make a sound, and the officials did not report much.

His deep eyes looked as if they couldn't see the bottom, and the gaze of Fire Reversal Scale was fixed on Shang Qiuyuan's face.

Shang Qiuyuan was still dressed in simple white clothes, the lotus patterns faintly flowed, his attire and attitude did not change because of his identity and official position. He respectfully stood below, his head bowed in silence.

"I've worked so hard to protect the king these days."

Shang Qiuyuan bowed. "Your majesty has spoken very seriously, this humble subject shall fulfill his duty."

"So much time has passed, but the style of protecting the emperor remains the same, without the slightest bit of change. "It's me who's aged a lot."

The crowd of officials went silent, no one knew what the Fire Lin Clan was trying to say, they peeped at the expression on their faces. At this time, most of the subjects still didn't know that the Fire Lin beast was very ill and didn't have much time left, but after seeing the Fire Lin beast get sick a few times and the Fire Lin beast become haggard, they all had ominous forebodings in their hearts.

"Your ability to protect the king is unparalleled, but your beloved one is still alone, which makes me worried. Initially, I was prepared to use the princess as a wedding gift to my beloved daughter. However, due to the recent busy affairs of the country, my health was not good and this matter was delayed. "Today, I shall use my royal sister to bestow marriage upon my beloved daughter to comfort my heart and protect you."

The crowd of officials were shocked as their gazes turned towards Shang Qiuyuan. Ji Tian Ning's hand couldn't help but clench tightly as she almost stood up.

"This humble official thanks Your Majesty for his kindness, but this subject's entire family has been annihilated, and both parents have perished. This subject has already made an oath to the entire Shang family, to be filial for three years, not to entertain any pleasures within three years, and not to take a wife or concubine. This humble subject is honored that the Emperor bestowed the marriage upon me with the title of a princess. This humble subject requests the grace of the Emperor to discuss this matter after three years of this subject's filial piety. "

"Dressing filial piety for one's parents is the way of a son, but if one were to do it alone, the parents would not be at ease if they did not open their branches and let their leaves fall soon. In case of emergency, there was no need to keep your beloved official here. "Right now, it's already been over a year since my beloved official's parents passed away. As the host of his wedding, I've already chosen my lucky day …"

"Your majesty."

Shang Qiuyuan interrupted Huo Ni Lin's words, taking a few steps forward and kneeling on the ground, his face full of sorrow. "Your Majesty, please forgive me, but this humble subject does not dare to pass down the decree. This humble subject has received great kindness from my royal father. I have already made an oath in front of my royal father's mausoleum that I would mourn for one year for my father. This oath cannot be broken. "You want the Emperor to rule the world with filial piety? This humble subject will not be disrespectful and break my oath."

Huo Ni Lin lightly rapped his knuckles on the table and looked down at Shang Qiuyuan who was kneeling on the ground.

"But does the beloved one have to be pushed aside and go against my will?"

"This humble subject does not dare disobey the decree, but I do not dare to disobey the oath as well. I request that Your Majesty allow this humble subject to be engaged to the princess for one year before the decree is passed."

Zuth stepped out. "It is very good that His Majesty should be the one to bestow marriage upon you, your Majesty, the honor and favor of protecting the King. However, since the King is being filial, he should first be engaged to the princess, and after a year, the marriage should not be too late. "

In any case, Shang Qiuyuan had sufficient reasons. From the perspective of reputation, although Shang Qiuyuan had declined to succeed the position of Emperor, he was still the foster son of the Emperor, so it was reasonable for him to be filial towards his father.

Everyone looked at Shang Qiuyuan, who was dressed in a white robe. They suddenly realized that the King had always been wearing plain clothes and had refused to wear a royal robe because he was wearing filial piety. Their hearts were filled with admiration.

If one were to say that in the past, Shang Qiuyuan had treated the Nine Heavens of the palace with utmost respect, there was another reason. Now that the Nine Heavens of the palace had already fallen, Shang Qiuyuan was still the same, even sending people to take care of the founding Duke's Mansion.

"Since that is the case, I shall betroth my imperial sister to my beloved official and get engaged first. In the future, my beloved official will be my Southern Champion Prince Consort." "Tomorrow, my beloved official will deliver the betrothal gift. Someone, come and announce this matter to the world. Tomorrow, we will celebrate the engagement of the princess and the guardian king at a banquet."

"Understood."

Behind the throne room, Ji Tian Ning suppressed the dissatisfaction in her heart. She almost wanted to get up abruptly, but when she looked at Wu De, who was respectfully serving her, a hint of a smile was displayed on her face.

"Engagement? Since you can get engaged or cancel the engagement, then Emperor Baima will make you feel complacent first. "

Although Wude looked at Ji Tian Ning's expression, he couldn't read the Empress' mind. He lowered his head, not daring to make a sound.

He sat for a while longer. The Fire Lin seemed to be only going to court today to betroth the princess to Shang Qiuyuan, there was nothing else. After the morning assembly ended, the biggest thing was only to protect the emperor and to betroth the princess.

As he walked out of the room, he saw that Ji Tian Ning was still sitting at the back of the throne room, looking at him with a mocking expression.

"The empress is here too, why don't you go in?"

"Such an interesting drama, wouldn't I interrupt it if I were to enter? The emperor is really scheming."

"The empress praises me too much. I have to work for the country to protect the king, but there is no one to take care of me today. This Emperor cannot bear this." Since my little sister is already old, it's time for her to get married. Why does the empress think that's inappropriate? "

"How could there be anything inappropriate with the Emperor's arrangements? Of course there's nothing wrong with it. This is very good."

Huo Ni Lin looked deeply at Ji Tian Ning for a moment. Ji Tian Ning then got close to Huo Ni Lin and said, "Your majesty, you shouldn't overdo it. I'll arrange for the engagement between the King and the princess to be held tomorrow. Since the Emperor's body was currently in an uneasy state, he could not go to court for the time being. The imperial court would temporarily cancel it, allowing the ministers to report to the Imperial Protector's estate and the Prime Minister's estate to settle any matters. There is nothing more important than the body of the Emperor, you know. "

Huo Ni Lin's eyes lit up. After struggling for a while, his eyes dimmed. "What the Queen says is correct. Let's do it this way."

"In this way, I request that the Emperor issue an imperial edict stating that for tomorrow's engagement, this subject shall share the Emperor's worries. "As for the cancellation of the imperial court's order, the Emperor shall promulgate it together with the decree."

"Someone has come to draw up a decree …"

The reverse fire scale followed Ji Tian Ning's instructions and spread it around, causing another wave of discussion.

The officials were all puzzled as to what the emperor was thinking. First, he bestowed the marriage on the princess, and then he issued a decree cancelling the marriage so that they could report back to the Imperial Protector's estate and the Left and Right Prime Minister's estates.

However, because the decree was given by Huo Ni Lin himself, the officials could only feel depressed. Of course, there were still many who supported it.

The next day, a decree came from the Imperial Palace saying that the Princess had caught a cold by accident, so the engagement was postponed.

Annoyed, Ji Tian Ning once again used her hypnosis techniques to control the Canon and the other commander of the Hidden Guard. She absolutely had to control everything in the harem, especially the movements of the reverse scale.

The marriage bestowed upon Shang Qiuyuan by the princess of the Fire Lin Empire had already crossed her bottom line. This made her understand that the White Horse Emperor had always been that domineering White Horse Emperor, and she couldn't give him too much face and freedom.

"Men, bring the king to you."

In the evening, seeing that there were still no movements from Shang Qiuyuan, Ji Tian Ning ordered someone to pass on her life to Shang Qiuyuan.

"Esteemed Empress, the matter of the emperor giving away the marriage has been suppressed for a while. In the end, it cannot be suppressed for long. "The Empress was too benevolent, that's why such a thing happened. If the emperor is allowed to happen, this subject is afraid that sooner or later, the emperor will harm the Empress and the prince."

"Yan Zhen, don't bother me, alright?"

"Empress, this subject is thinking for the Empress's sake. I think the Empress and the Prince are a pair, and their feelings are deep. If it weren't for the fact that the emperor had previously sent Empress Lu to the palace, there would have been no need for her to exist today. Does the Empress not want to be separated from the Prince? "

"Yan Zhen, what are you trying to say?"

Yan Zhen waved his hand down, making a gesture of "kill". His eyes were filled with killing intent. To this day, he still bore a grudge against the reverse scale of fire for not dying. Therefore, he never paid his respects to it before it began.

"Yan Zhen, he doesn't have much time left. Do you really need to spend so much effort?"

"But Empress, does the Empress have to continue to endure because the Emperor has repeatedly done unimaginable things?" This subject has heard that there are other women outside the Emperor's residence. Not only that, but that woman has also given birth to a prince for the Emperor. "

Ji Tian Ning was shocked, "Yan Zhen, what kind of joke is this?"

"Empress, this subject doesn't dare to joke around with Empress. Does Empress still remember the Begonia?"

"Begonia? "Don't tell me she …"

"Not bad, the Emperor found a mistake and sent the Begonia out of the palace. But after being sent out of the palace, he was secretly taken away and disappeared. Luckily, the Prince arranged for people to pay attention to this matter. Afterwards, he sent people to investigate and found out that Begonia was pregnant not long after. If it wasn't for the Prince's accident, this matter would have been dealt with long ago. Now, the Begonia has given birth to a boy, the Emperor's son. "

"He has a son!"

Ji Tian Ning didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Since that was the case, the True God was really playing with her.

"Yan Zhen, who else knows about this?"

"This subject doesn't know, but I reckon the leader of the dark guards knows about this. A few days ago, the Emperor made an excuse to go to the Hongmeng Palace, but he secretly brought some dark guards to visit the Begonia."

"Is there such a thing?"

Contrary to Yan's expectations, Ji Tian Ning was not angry or jealous. On the contrary, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. There was a faint oddity in his heart. So he already had a child, and it was born from the Begonia.

"That time when I took revenge on the Begonia, I didn't expect that I would accidentally let the Begonia bear his child. This is good as well, it can be considered as having let go of a matter of heart. He didn't mention it to me, but he was worried that I would harm Begonia or the child. "