346 Three Conditions for Marrying a Princess ()
Divorce, another divorce!
Chen Jie had heard of this request before. It was proposed tonight by the two elders, Gui and He.
Now he heard this question again, and it was raised by King Ruyang. Chen Jiusi was able to deal with it calmly last time with the two elders, Turtle and Crane, because even if the two of them were added together, they were not his match. He could handle it with ease.
However, facing his old father-in-law who was in the Melting God Realm, Chen Jie was in a bit of a dilemma.
King Ruyang didn't say much at this time, but just looked at Chen Jie quietly, waiting for his answer. If Chen Jie's answer was not to his liking, although he would not kill Chen Jiusi, he would not let Chen Jiusi have an easy time either.
Zhao Ya also became quiet at this time. She knew how Chen Jie would answer, but she still looked at Chen Jie like this.
She wanted to see if Chen Jie would change his bottom line just because he was under power?
Thinking of this, she saw Chen Jie looked up at King Ruyang and said, "Your Majesty, this is not the first time I have heard this question today."
Hearing this, King Ruyang was slightly stunned. He did not speak, but waited for Chen Jie's next words. At this time, Chen Jie continued, "Just today in Lu'an Prefecture, Masters Gui and He also asked me the same question."
"Well, how did you answer?"
Prince Ruyang looked at Chen Jiusi and asked in a deep voice. Chen Jie said, "My answer is: Today I can divorce my wife because of the pressure from the prince. In the future, I may divorce the princess because of the pressure from others. What kind of person will I be by then?"
"Isn't that a mean and ungrateful person? I don't think the princess would be willing to marry an ungrateful person, and you, Your Majesty, don't want your son-in-law to be a capricious person, do you?"
"so what?"
Chen Jie spoke excitedly. After hearing this, King Ruyang looked at Chen Jiusi indifferently.
Chen Jie's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. It sounded like the prince was not very satisfied with his answer. Thinking of this, he pondered for a moment and looked at King Ruyang.
King Ruyang looked at him with a gloomy face and said, "You have said so much, but it is all nonsense. I just want to ask you one question, do you want to stop or not?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the murderous aura on Prince Ruyang's body rose directly, and the strong murderous aura was directly pressed on Chen Jie.
It was as if he would strangle Chen Jie if he answered even one word wrong.
Chen Jie felt as if his heart skipped a beat. At this moment, he felt like he was facing an angry tiger.
The tiger will not let you go easily just because you say a few random words.
Cold sweat broke out on Chen Jie's forehead.
Zhao Ya was also nervous and whimpered. Prince Ruyang looked back at Zhao Ya and said, "Shut up. Don't act like you've been poisoned just because of a few bland words he said."
"I don't care about the wife who has shared my hardships with you or the ungrateful wife. I just want to tell you, Chen Jiusi, remember this: I am Chagan Temur, the King of Ruyang of the Daqian Empire, and I suppress the five routes and eighty-one prefectures in Jiangnan."
"She is Yaya Timur, my daughter, the Princess of Xiangning, who was conferred the title by the court. Her family background is ten thousand times more noble than yours."
"I don't care what methods you used or what kind of drug you gave her to make her so devoted to you, but my daughter must not share a husband with other women."
"If your answer today satisfies me, you can live. If even a single word you say displeases me, I would rather let Yaya hate me for the rest of her life than let her lower herself to become your mistress!"
"She has no shame. I cannot ignore her dignity!"
Prince Ruyang spoke in an icy voice, with absolute certainty that left no room for doubt. It was clear that he really wanted to kill.
Don't doubt the decision of Prince Ruyang. For a man like him, face is sometimes more important than life. He is the Prince Ruyang, a great warlord who suppressed the five routes and eighty-one prefectures in Jiangnan, and one of the top ten figures in the world. You want him to let his favorite daughter be someone's mistress?
What are you thinking?
Is Prince Ruyang still a human being?
At this moment, even Zhao Ya was scared. She was finding it increasingly difficult to see through her father. She used to think that her father loved her and could do many things for her.
But she later discovered that in her father's eyes, she was just a tool for marriage into the royal family.
At that moment, she cried, and she understood that perhaps in her father's eyes, the only thing he wanted to see was her becoming the queen with dignity.
As for whether you are happy or not, happy or not, it doesn't matter and no one cares.
But today this issue is not a matter of personal feelings. If Chen Jiusi does not divorce his wife, it would be a slap in the face of him, the King of Ruyang.
What kind of person is the Prince of Ruyang? It is impossible for his most beloved daughter, let alone his most beloved daughter, even the most ordinary daughter, to be someone's concubine.
Even if she married the emperor, it was only after he promised her the position of empress that Prince Ruyang agreed.
Who is Chen Jiusi now?
Even though Chen Jiusi directly governs four prefectures and has over ten thousand soldiers under his command, in the eyes of King Ruyang, he is just mediocre at best.
In terms of territory, King Ruyang is in charge of five routes and eighty-one prefectures in the south of the Yangtze River.
It is more than ten times larger than Chen Jie's territory.
In terms of strength, King Ruyang is among the top ten on the Heavenly Ranking, a world-famous master, and a strong man in the realm of Rongshen.
Where is Chen Jiusi?
The melting pot.
Is it very strong?
It is indeed very strong for ordinary people, but it is just so-so for King Ruyang who is in the Melting God Realm.
Some people say that Chen Jiusi is young and has unlimited possibilities. Moreover, entering the Furnace Realm means entering the Middle Furnace Realm, which means he has great potential. If he does not die, he will definitely be able to enter the Melting God Realm in the future.
Very good, you also said that it is the potential rather than the strength that will enable you to enter the God-Melting Realm in the future, not the God-Melting Realm now.
In fact, there is no shortage of geniuses in this world, and there are also many fallen geniuses. Therefore, people of this era pay more attention to their current strength.
And now Chen Jie is in the palm of King Ruyang's hand. Just one word from King Ruyang will decide Chen Jiusi's life or death.
Because of this, Chen Jie is under a lot of pressure now.
Zhao Ya was also whimpering. Seeing that she was getting annoyed, Prince Ruyang had the cloth on her mouth removed.
At this time, Zhao Ya was finally able to speak. She looked at King Ruyang and said, "Father, I beg you, please don't hurt him, please."
After hearing this, Prince Ruyang took a deep breath and said, "Yaya, you are my father's most beloved daughter and have always been my pride. But what have you done?"
"She betrayed the imperial court, betrayed the virtues of a woman, had a private relationship with him, and now she has even eloped."
"Do you know what your father and I will face after tonight when the news reaches the capital?"
Prince Ruyang questioned Zhao Ya.
Zhao Ya lowered her head in shame. "Father, I was wrong, but this matter was all Yaya's wishful thinking. It has nothing to do with Jiu Si. If father is not satisfied, just take it out on Yaya and don't involve Jiu Si. No matter how wrong I am, it's all my daughter's fault. Father, please let Chen Jiu Si go."
"Hahahaha, hahahaha…"
After hearing this, Prince Ruyang laughed loudly, turned to look at Chen Jie and said, "Chen Jiusi, did you hear that?"
"This idiot is still begging for mercy from you, and you don't even want to give her the title of the first wife? Are you worthy of her making such sacrifices?"
"And you, how could I give birth to a fool like you? Weren't you very smart before? You were devoted to him and gave him your whole heart. What about him?"
"Hehehe... They don't even want to give you a title. You are a princess, a second-rank princess canonized by the Daqian Kingdom, and you are being treated as a servant."
Prince Ruyang's voice was cold and harsh.
"Do you still have any shame? Do you still know what shame is?"
King Ruyang was so angry that he gritted his teeth. If he had not checked Zhao Ya and found her to be free of poison before finding her, King Ruyang would have suspected that Chen Jie had poisoned her.
How could I bear the fact that I had spent so much effort to raise a beautiful and talented young lady, but in the end, she was taken away by a poor boy?
Prince Ruyang's heart bleeds at the thought.
It's like a father who spent all his efforts to train his daughter to be a talented person and to marry her to the heir of a big family, but halfway through, the daughter ended up bringing back a strange boy.
Okay, they adopted a yellow-haired boy, and my father put up with it. But it turned out that the yellow-haired boy was married.
My father agreed, but the condition was that Huangmao divorced his marriage and then came to see my daughter. But Huangmao acted stubbornly and refused to divorce. He even wanted to seduce his daughter.
To be honest, the fact that Prince Ruyang has been able to endure until now is already a great achievement.
At this moment, he was really angry. How could he, a prince who was once so powerful in the south of the Yangtze River, fall to this point? It was such a shame and humiliation.
He had never been so angry in his life.
Prince Ruyang scolded Zhao Ya so much that she couldn't utter a word and her eyes turned red.
Chen Jie stopped talking. To be honest, he felt that he was a little bit in the wrong.
But there is nothing he can do, love is like this. Chen Jie is truly in love with each of his three daughters and cannot give up any of them.
Can Zhao Ya give it up?
Chen Jie couldn't let go, so could Su Yunjin?
Chen Jie couldn't let go either.
There is no way, sometimes love is like this. Chen Jiusi is a passionate person, especially when it comes to feelings, Chen Jie puts his heart into every relationship.
These three women are hard to let go.
At this time Chen Jie fell silent, and King Ruyang also vented all his emotions.
At this time, he sat back in his seat, took a breath and said, "Okay, no more nonsense, die or divorce, it's your choice."
Prince Ruyang calmed down, but the murderous aura within him became more concentrated. Looking at Prince Ruyang's state, Zhao Ya said, "Father."
Prince Ruyang waved his hand and said, "Shut her mouth. I don't want to hear her talk anymore."
Seeing Prince Ruyang like this, Zhao Ya immediately shouted, "Father, father, come to your daughter if you have anything to say, father, father."
Prince Ruyang scratched his ears, with no expression on his face. The only thing that could be seen was the fierceness in his eyes. Yes, fierceness.
The more Zhao Ya pleaded, the more annoyed he became.
Chen Jie could understand Prince Ruyang's feelings, and also understood that his life depended on Prince Ruyang's decision.
Chen Jie was silent for a moment, then looked at Prince Ruyang and said, "Your Highness, this matter was caused by me. If there are any questions, please don't blame the princess. The princess has always been bewitched by me. Please understand clearly, Your Highness."
"No matter what problems there are in the future, they are all my, Chen Jiusi's, problems. If the prince wants to beat or kill me, Jiusi will take it here."
"I just ask Your Majesty not to embarrass the princess. After all, even a tiger won't eat its own cubs."
After hearing this, King Ruyang said, "How about this king? I don't need you to teach me. Just tell me your answer."
"Divorce your wife, or die!"
Prince Ruyang said, "Think it over. Divorce your wife and marry Yaya. Although I still don't like you, I can help you a little for Yaya's sake."
"But if you make the wrong choice, you can die. I would rather Yaya hate me than let her be my mistress."
"Don't doubt me. As a member of the royal family, face is always more important than children. In addition to Yaya, I have four daughters. I don't care about the attitude of one daughter towards me!"
After saying this, Prince Ruyang stopped talking and looked at Chen Jie.
Chen Jie raised his head and looked at Zhao Ya first. He saw that Zhao Ya's eyes were red with tears in them. She shook her head at Chen Jie.
Chen Jie looked at King Ruyang again. He was looking at him with murderous eyes.
Feeling the pressure from both sides, Chen Jie took a deep breath, looked at Prince Ruyang and said, "Your Majesty, I, Chen Jiusi, have always had a clear conscience in my life, but I feel guilty towards the princess."
"If the first woman I met was the princess, I would definitely love only her for the rest of my life, but I met two other women."
"They have been with me through hardships and have suffered a lot. I cannot divorce them after I become rich. If I do that, I, Chen Jiusi, will not be worthy of being a human being."
"So, Your Majesty, you asked me whether I should choose to divorce my wife or to die."
"Really, I don't want to die. After all, I'm only twenty years old and have plenty of time to live. But today, I'm faced with this dilemma and I have to make a choice."
Prince Ruyang looked at Chen Jie's true feelings and said nothing. Instead, he stared at him with murderous intent on his face.
Chen Jie was hesitant at this time, with various ideas flashing through his mind, including pretending to divorce his wife, deceiving King Ruyang, and then bringing Su Yunjin and the others back when he became powerful, which was a more tactful method.
But after thinking it over, Chen Jie finally gave up.
He wants to follow his heart. There are some things that can go against his conscience. Fighting for fame and fortune is just like that. Using lies to gain benefits for oneself.
But he doesn't want his feelings to be fake, he wants them to be real. That's right, he decided not to pretend anymore, he wants them to be real.
Thinking of this, Chen Jie said, "Your Majesty, I can actually tell you some lies, such as agreeing to divorce your wives, and then secretly raising them. When I become stronger than you one day, I will take them back openly."
"Stronger than me?"
Prince Ruyang narrowed his eyes.
Chen Jie said: "I am only twenty years old, and I am already in the middle stage of the Furnace. Give me time, I will definitely be able to enter the Furnace God Realm, and I will become stronger than you."
King Ruyang asked, "So you are going to divorce your wife?"
Chen Jie shook his head and said, "No, I choose not to divorce my wife!"
Upon hearing this, Prince Ruyang smiled brightly and looked at Chen Jie and said, "Haha, Chen Jiusi, do you think that you can win my sympathy by saying a few seemingly honest words, and then you can escape death? Don't be silly, I won't fall into your trap."
"Since you chose not to divorce your wife, then you're dead!"
Boom!
As soon as these words came out, King Ruyang's martial arts image suddenly appeared behind him. It was an invincible and huge white deer, which was the totem of their Mulan tribe.
The Mulan people claim that they are descendants of the Canglang and Bailu. Both the Canglang and Bailu are powerful gods. In the Mulan mythology, they are only weaker than Changshengtian.
At this time, King Ruyang showed his martial arts virtual image, and with a bang, the entire tent was blown up.
At this time, King Ruyang was filled with internal energy, and then he roared angrily. The next moment, the huge palm grabbed Chen Jie directly.
As Prince Ruyang exerted more force, one could hear Chen Jie's bones crackling. It was obvious that he really wanted to crush Chen Jie to death.
Chen Jie did not try to stop him at this time, because it would be useless to stop him. There was no possibility of survival for him in front of the strong man in the Melting God Realm.
Moreover, before entering the valley, Chen Jie had made preparations.
And because Chen Jie made his own choice, for some reason his mind felt particularly peaceful.
Recognizing his own inner self allowed Chen Jie to reach a state of emptiness.
Zhao Ya was the one he loved.
Su Yunjin is also the person he loves.
Huang Wan'er is also the person he loves. If he has to choose one and give up the other, Chen Jiusi can't do it.
In life, there are things you do and things you don't do. Even if he died like this today, Chen Jie didn't think it was a big deal.
At least he did not let his conscience down.
Everyone here today is speaking from their heart.
When it comes to feelings, Chen Jie is not hypocritical at all. He is sincere. He is sincere to Zhao Ya, Su Yunjin, and Huang Wan'er. He will not sell out his lover in order to save his life.
This is his bottom line.
Click, click, click…
As his bones were forcibly suppressed by King Ruyang, the wound on Chen Jie's chest burst, and with a "pu" sound, Chen Jie spat out a mouthful of blood.
His face turned pale instantly. It was obvious that Chen Jie was in a very bad condition. Seeing this, Prince Ruyang did not say anything, but continued to increase his strength. He looked at Chen Jie and said, "Chen Jiusi, I will give you one last chance. If you regret it now, it is not too late."
Chen Jie grinned, his mouth was red because he had just spit out blood, and looked at Ruyang Wangdao.
"Your Majesty, I may disappoint you. I love Yaya, and I also love my other two wives. Poverty and humbleness cannot change me, power and might cannot make me change my mind, and life and death cannot make me change my mind."
"Your Majesty, go ahead. I still say that I, Chen Jiusi, am sincere to every woman. If one day someone forces me to leave Yaya, I will not obey!"
Chen explained.
"Haha, okay, okay, I want to see if you can still be so stubborn when you meet the King of Hell."
As he spoke, Prince Ruyang suddenly increased his strength. Chen Jie suddenly screamed and felt as if all the bones in his body were to be crushed. His heart also contracted rapidly. Chen Jie understood that as long as Prince Ruyang exerted more strength, his body would surely collapse.
At that time, his body would be instantly crushed like a bicycle under a hydraulic press.
Woo woo woo…
At this time, Zhao Ya screamed in pain, tears gushing out of her eyes. That kind of despair could not be acted out, looking at Zhao Ya like this.
Chen Jie's heart was broken.
At this time, he opened his mouth and said, "Don't let Yaya see me die in front of him... She will have a nightmare!"
Chen Jie's words were very light, but they reached the ears of Prince Ruyang, who suddenly let go.
His face looked extremely ugly.
Whoosh whoosh…
"Ahem…"
Chen Jie coughed desperately and had difficulty breathing. It took him a long time to recover.
At this time, the big hand of King Ruyang had disappeared. King Ruyang looked at Chen Jie with an unpleasant expression and said in a cold voice: "Chen Jiusi!"
Chen Jie looked at Prince Ruyang.
He said with a face full of resentment: "Remember this feeling of near death today. If one day you let Yaya down, I will make you feel it a thousand times, ten thousand times, and make you wish you could neither live nor die!"
After hearing the harsh words from Prince Ruyang, Chen Jie stood up and bowed to him.
He clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, my lord."
Prince Ruyang ignored Chen Jie and waved his hand. His men put the princess down. Then the princess fell into Chen Jie's arms.
"Jiu Si, you scared me to death."
Zhao Ya said with tears in her eyes.
Chen Jie heard this and said, "Don't cry, it's okay. The prince was just testing me. The prince didn't really want to kill me."
Upon hearing this, Prince Ruyang said, "Don't be so ungrateful after getting such an advantage."
Zhao Ya turned around and looked at King Ruyang and said, "Thank you, father."
Prince Ruyang looked at Zhao Ya and said, "Look at the trouble you've caused me."
Zhao Ya lowered her head in embarrassment. Prince Ruyang said nothing more and looked at Chen Jiusi and said, "Let's go."
Upon seeing this, Chen Jie immediately clasped his fists and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your help. Yaya, let's go."
Zhao Ya immediately followed Chen Jie and left. But then she saw King Ruyang frowning and angrily saying, "Stop! Who told you to leave?"
Chen Jie looked at King Ruyang.
King Ruyang said: "You can go, Yaya stay."
As soon as these words came out, Chen Jie stopped walking and looked at Prince Ruyang and said, "Prince, you are so ungraceful!"
Prince Ruyang frowned and said, "Why should I talk about manners with a young man like you?"
Chen Jie was stunned when he heard this, and then he said: "Your Majesty..."
Prince Ruyang raised his hand and said, "Stop talking nonsense. Sparing your life is already a favor. Don't be ungrateful."
After hearing this, Chen Jie frowned and said, "Your Majesty, the purpose of my trip is to rescue Yaya and prevent her from becoming a political victim..."
"You did it. Now she can't marry the emperor."
Chen Jie was silent for a moment and said, "But I..."
Prince Ruyang looked at Chen Jie and said, "Chen Jiusi, don't be so shameless. My Yaya is at least the princess of the current dynasty, with a distinguished status. Even if you don't divorce her, can't you even marry her in a formal ceremony? She's gone with you now, and it's unclear. You really treat her as a concubine, right!"
After hearing this, Chen Jie suddenly realized, yes, it was indeed against the rules to let Yaya follow him like this!
Prince Ruyang said at this time: "Alright, I will not go back on my word. I will give you the chance to marry Yaya, but you have to promise me three things!"
Chen Jie said: "As long as you don't divorce your wife, Jiu Si will agree."
King Ruyang said: "First, my Yaya must be married in a formal ceremony, with a sedan chair carried by eight people, a marriage certificate, and a matchmaker. Can you do it?"
Chen Jie bowed and said, "It should be so."
King Ruyang said: "Okay, secondly, you want to marry my Yaya, but you can't do it with your current cultivation level. At least you have to reach the Melting God Realm, otherwise you are not qualified to marry our Yaya."
Chen Jie clasped his fists and said, "Okay, I promise, Your Majesty, I will reach the God Melting Realm!"
King Ruyang said, "Okay, that's the third rule. As long as I'm here, you must not rebel against the court and must be a loyal subject to the court. Is that possible?"
Chen Jie frowned upon hearing this, but he looked at Prince Ruyang, then looked at Yaya and said, "Okay, as long as the prince is alive, I will not rebel against the court!"
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