readytorunbook Chapter 169 Pure Blood
Chapter 169 Pure Blood
Peng!
The Queen Mother slammed the table and said angrily.
"How dare you! You are so outrageous!"
"I am a princess of the royal family and I can't find a husband. How can I easily ask someone to be my consort?"
"Drag him out and give him 200 strokes of the cane!"
Xiang Yingyu was almost going crazy. If Chen Changan was beaten with two hundred sticks, would Chen Changan still be able to survive?
Xiang Yingyu was about to speak when Chen Changan nodded and said, "The Queen Mother is clear about rewards and punishments, and I am convinced."
"Considering Princess Ning'an's young age, I will accept her caning punishment."
"Please approve, Queen Mother."
The Queen Mother looked at Chen Changan intently. This boy really had good eyesight.
She didn't really want to beat Xiang Yingyou, but Yingyou insisted on getting involved in such an important matter as marriage. Didn't the Queen Mother have any face?
Xiang Yingyu got angry: "No, Chang'an, I will take the punishment myself!"
"We are husband and wife of one mind, just like the story you told me, we may not sleep together in life, but we will be buried together in death. Let the old stubborn man beat us to death!"
Chen Changan kept shaking his head, and the Queen Mother was furious.
If I don't teach my granddaughter a lesson, she would actually call me a stubborn old man?
"Drag him out and beat him. Beat him hard!"
Xiang Yingyu looked calm, and Chen Changan shook his head and said, "Queen Mother, you can hit Changan, but you can never hit Princess Ningan."
The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows: "How can I not discipline my granddaughter?"
"As far as I know, Princess Ning'an is arguing for the eldest princess' marriage."
"Whether she is right or wrong, she is doing it to relieve the worries of the royal family. If the Queen Mother uses her status to beat Ning An, wouldn't that be considered bullying?"
The Queen Mother gritted her teeth, and Chen Changan spoke again.
"Princess Ning'an is very much loved by the Emperor. If the Empress Dowager takes advantage of her momentary pleasure, won't it chill the Emperor's heart?"
"Chang'an believes that a loving mother and filial son are the hallmarks of a great family."
The Queen Mother stared at Chen Changan; his words made it impossible for her to refute.
Wang Chuan also stood up and said, "Queen Mother, this matter has nothing to do with Princess Ning'an. I'll speak for her. Can you please remember this for now?"
Others gave her a way out, and the Queen Mother naturally came down.
"Humph, if it weren't for Prince Jing'an pleading for you, I would have punished you today!"
"Why don't you leave immediately?"
Xiang Yingyou refused to retreat, and Chen Changan gently shook his head at her.
Xiang Yingyu had no choice but to stop talking. The Queen Mother continued, "Chen Changan, you can't escape the caning no matter what!"
"I know." Chen Changan had no fear at all.
"But after the caning, I am afraid my buttocks will be bruised. I have failed the emperor's trust."
"I just want to know what you quarreled about, and then you can accept the punishment yourself, okay?"
Want to procrastinate?
Wang Chuan snorted coldly, but the emperor said: "Changan is right, and Ning An said that he has a quick mind, so let's follow Changan."
"Prince Jing'an, please tell me what happened in detail. Don't leave out anything."
The emperor has spoken, what else can Wang Chuan say?
He could only tell the whole story in simple language.
It's nothing more than immortality, pure blood, and a marriage proposal from Prince Jing'an.
"My son is incompetent. No matter what, he is not worthy of the princess."
"But I have failed many times, and finally found the technique to make the elixir of immortality, which is to take the blood of my closest relatives and add it into the medicine to succeed!"
"In the great Chu, only the emperor can achieve eternal prosperity!"
Wang Chuan grasped the emperor’s pain point.
Let us ask ourselves, which person in power can give up power and not want to stay in power forever?
What's more, the prince is incompetent!
The emperor nodded and looked at Chen Changan intently: "My Lord, what do you think?"
"Your Majesty, I request that this father and son be driven out of the Cining Palace, so that I can have something to say."
Wang Chuan frowned: "Chen Changan, drive me out of the palace. Who knows if you will use sweet words to deceive the emperor."
The Queen Mother also held an objection: "If you have anything to say, just say it clearly. It is absolutely not allowed to expel Prince Jing'an from the Cining Palace."
There was no way to drive Prince Jing'an out, so Chen Chang'an made up his mind.
"Empress Dowager, Your Majesty, there is something I don't understand." Chen Changan looked confused.
"Birth, aging, illness and death are the laws of nature. Why do you want to live forever?"
The emperor rolled his eyes and asked, "Why?"
Never mind that he is the emperor, just ask the common people, who wants to die?
"You have to understand that immortality does not mean eternal youth."
"You will age day by day, and your mind will become less flexible. How will you handle state affairs?"
"Watching your mother and your children pass away one after another, you will feel an inexplicable panic, and your loneliness will intensify."
"Even if you could stay young forever and see the unification of the Chu Kingdom, the warriors who fought with you in those days are now dead. What is the meaning of your life?"
Chen Changan shook his head and said, "I believe that in a limited life, we should do infinite things and be remembered by the people!"
"Even though the body dies, the name can be recorded in history. This is the meaning of life."
What Chen Changan said was just reasonable, and the emperor sighed.
How could the emperor not understand these words and these things?
"I thought the top scholar would have some opinions, but it's just the same old stuff."
Wang Chuan sneered and said, "If the elixir of immortality is successfully developed, the emperor, the empress dowager, the prince, and the princess can all live forever."
"I will rule the land of Great Chu forever, what's wrong with that?"
What Wang Chuan said makes sense.
In order to achieve this goal, it might not be a big deal to offer the eldest princess. How could the emperor not lean towards Prince Jing'an?
Chen Changan put his hands behind his back and said, "My Lord, what are your chances of success?"
"As long as the princess cooperates, ninety-nine percent of the time!"
Chen Changan looked at Prince Jing'an with a piercing gaze: "Ninety-nine percent of the time it won't work, but I'm afraid that 0.1 percent chance of failure will fall on the emperor's head."
"You just need to sign a document to ensure success. If you fail, your entire clan will be executed. Do you dare?"
Wang Chuan sneered indifferently, and the Queen Mother also shook her head.
"What can be guaranteed?"
"Don't mention that no one has ever succeeded in immortality since ancient times. Even if I asked Prince Jing'an to discuss the marriage, wouldn't there be an accident like you?"
Chen Changan clasped his fists towards the Queen Mother and said, "The Queen Mother also knows that there is an unexpected situation. I made such an assumption."
"The immortality refining failed, the eldest princess became pregnant, and decades later the queen mother and the emperor passed away, the prince lost power, and the Wang family took over!"
“Let me ask you, what will be the result then?”
Wang Chuan immediately knelt down before the emperor and kowtowed, saying, "I have absolutely no second thoughts. Please understand clearly, Your Majesty!"
The emperor said nothing, and the empress dowager just sneered.
"If it is true as you said, then my grandson also has royal blood, so what if he replaces me?"
"I and the Emperor are both dead, so who cares if there is a flood in the future!"
Wang Chuan was very proud and Chen Changan was speechless.
If this is what the Emperor and the Queen Mother meant, what else could he say be of any use?
"My Lord, these are the only suggestions you have?"
The emperor was a little dissatisfied: "In this case, I had too high expectations of you, and I am really disappointed!"
As the emperor spoke, the atmosphere suddenly became dull.
Chen Changan lifted up his gown and knelt down in front of the emperor: "Your Majesty, there is only one way to deal with this!"
"Golden Armor Guard Zhao Qingcheng is three years older than Xu Changchen, and happens to be in her twenties. I beg the emperor to marry her to me. On the wedding night, I will take her pure blood and give it to Prince Jing'an!"
"Whether you can live forever, Your Majesty will know once you try!"