After Transmigration, I Snag a Stunning Bigwig as My Husband-Chapter 610 Brute Force

Palace, Baihua Palace.

It is the bedroom of Princess Beimo.

She sat on the bed, agitated and restless.

Marquis Dongxiang was adamant; if Beimo did not agree to Daqi’s demands, Daqi would not release her father, the King.

She didn’t know what to do.

The maid hurried in, and Princess Beimo stood up and said, "Did Prince Cheng agree?"

"He didn’t agree," the maid said happily.

"The Emperor has already returned to Beimo."

Princess Beimo was stunned, her voice rising with incredulous joy, "Father has returned to Beimo?"

"You’re not deliberately deceiving me, are you?!"

The maid shook her head repeatedly, "A matter this big, how could I dare to deceive the Princess?"

"It’s Marquis Dongxiang who risked his life to release the Emperor."

"By now, the Emperor has safely returned to Beimo, and the hundred thousand troops borrowed from Nanliang have returned to Nanliang."

"The Princess does not need to marry for alliance anymore!"

Princess Beimo jumped up with joy.

Prince Beimo walked in and said, "Don’t be happy too soon."

The smile on Princess Beimo’s face froze instantly.

"Imperial brother, you say this...?"

"Could it be that Daqi is saying this deliberately to buy time?"

"Is Father still actually detained in Daqi?"

Prince Beimo walked over, "That is not the case."

"Father has indeed returned to Beimo."

Princess Beimo frowned tightly, "How can imperial brother be so sure?"

"I had suspected this earlier on our way to Daqi," Prince Beimo said.

Princess Beimo looked at him, "Why did imperial brother suspect this?"

She hadn’t suspected it at all.

Prince Beimo sat down and said, "On the way, at a resting tea stall, I saw a doodle drawn by Father."

"That doodle was once casually drawn by Father, and only I’ve seen it."

Apart from that, no one knew it was drawn by King Beimo.

King Beimo must have known that Beimo Cheng King would bring him and Princess Jing Mountain to Daqi, so he left a mark on the only route.

Prince Beimo had thought it through.

King Beimo couldn’t have escaped easily; someone must have released him.

Releasing King Beimo while deliberately calling for Beimo Cheng King to fetch him clearly was to send Beimo Cheng King away.

This indicates that Daqi is a friend, not a foe.

However, this guess could never be verified, so he did not reveal half a word to anyone, including his close aides.

"I don’t know what conditions Father privately promised to Marquis Dongxiang that led Marquis Dongxiang to release him," Prince Beimo said.

Princess Beimo’s small face fell instantly.

What else could he promise?

Surely to marry her off, right?

Not only did Princess Beimo think this way, but Prince Beimo did too.

After all, historically, reconciliations were mostly achieved through marriage alliances.

Hmm.

If the two siblings knew their father himself proposed marriage and was rejected by Marquis Dongxiang, one wonders what they would think?

Princess Beimo looked at Prince Beimo and said, "As long as Father can return safely to Beimo, I am very happy."

Since she came to Daqi, she was originally prepared for a marriage alliance.

She used to hate Daqi, but now knowing Daqi released her father while also helping King Beimo, she felt less resistant to it.

Prince Beimo comforted Princess Beimo with a few words.

Then—

Princess Beimo glared at him, "You knew for a long time that Father wasn’t in Daqi, and you didn’t tell me!"

Prince Beimo was at a loss for words.

"Others used me, and you didn’t give me a heads up!"

"I don’t have such a heartless imperial brother like you!"

Princess Beimo suddenly stood up and walked away.

Her imperial brother’s displeasure was no small matter, so Prince Beimo hurriedly chased after her.

He took Princess Beimo’s hand and said, "Imperial brother did not deliberately keep you in the dark."

If it was exposed and discovered by Prince Cheng, Father would be in grave danger.

Even he might not be able to act that well.

If she knew nothing, she wouldn’t have to act at all. 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Princess Beimo shook off Prince Beimo’s hand, "Don’t pull me!"

"Don’t be angry with imperial brother," Prince Beimo said.

"Who has the time to be angry with you?" Princess Beimo glared.

"I’ve been about to fall ill from being cooped up in the palace; I’m going out shopping now!"

Prince Beimo, "...."

Weren’t you angry?

Why are you going out shopping?

Prince Beimo was a bit baffled.

Princess Beimo extended her hand, "Give me all the silver notes you have."

"Since Father has returned to Beimo, even if a marriage alliance is necessary, I will depart from Beimo."

"I need to buy more things to take back."

Although Daqi’s people were not quite to her liking, their goods were truly excellent.

She only glanced at them briefly, not daring to look too much.

With Father still in peril, being a daughter who only thought of shopping would be too disrespectful.

Now that she knew King Beimo was safe, she no longer needed to restrain herself.

Princess Beimo took Prince Beimo to the streets.

She shopped.

He paid.

The siblings enjoyed themselves immensely.

But Beimo Cheng King was far from comfortable, feeling as if his heart and all his organs were aching with anger.

Although Duke Chong leaked the news about Marquis Dongxiang releasing King Beimo,

Beimo Cheng King still could not believe it; he would rather believe it was a ruse.

A scheme forced by the Daqi Emperor’s pressure on Duke Chong to cooperate.

But soon, Beimo sent a letter, shattering Beimo Cheng King’s last bit of hope.

The letter was delivered by a trusted aide of Beimo Cheng King.

Leaving him no choice but to believe it.

Beimo Cheng King now even wanted to kill Marquis Dongxiang.

Marquis Dongxiang was both his success and his failure.

If it weren’t for Marquis Dongxiang training the Flying Tiger Army, collaborating with Prince Zhenbei to capture King Beimo alive, he wouldn’t have such a good chance to seize power.

However, he never expected the Beimo royal power, so easily within reach, to be lost due to Marquis Dongxiang’s consideration of the bigger picture.

To avoid war between Daqi and Beimo, Marquis Dongxiang secretly released King Beimo.

Though King Beimo was a king, he was also righteous and loyal.

Considering King Beimo’s character, as Marquis Dongxiang knew, King Beimo would never wage war against Daqi again in his lifetime.

After years of patience and plotting, this endeavor brought him no benefits and exposed his ambitions to King Beimo.

Beimo Cheng King dreaded explaining his feigned illness over the years to King Beimo so much that it made his head ache.

Very soon, the news of Marquis Dongxiang releasing King Beimo spread.

Numerous ministers submitted memorials to impeach Marquis Dongxiang for acting without authorization.

The memorials of impeachment filled most of the Emperor’s Dragon Desk.

But as the hour was late, the Emperor restrained himself from summoning Marquis Dongxiang to the palace.

Yet the Emperor was even more enraged.

Such a significant matter, and not even once was it discussed with him, the Emperor.

Ignoring the consultation was one thing, but even after being exposed, Marquis Dongxiang didn’t enter the palace to say a word. Did he even regard him as the Emperor?

At the next morning’s court session, the officials openly impeached Marquis Dongxiang, asking the Emperor to severely punish Marquis Dongxiang to maintain court discipline.

Marquis Dongxiang looked at those ministers and said, "Are you each itching to be skinned?"

"When Beimo Cheng King borrowed troops from Nanliang and was at the city gates, you all hated Duke Chong for sabotaging things and blocking the Emperor from releasing King Beimo."

"Now that I’ve released him, resolving the crisis at the gates, you come to impeach me?"

"Don’t think that just because I recognized my ancestry and returned to my roots, my temper has improved!"

A portion of the timid ministers dared not speak.

But this certainly didn’t include Duke Chong.

He gazed at Marquis Dongxiang and said, "What conditions did King Beimo promise to you for you to release him?"

"No conditions," Marquis Dongxiang said.

The officials, "...."

The Emperor looked at Marquis Dongxiang, "No conditions were promised, and you released him just like that?"

"Using brute force only makes people temporarily submit; what’s important is to win people over with virtue," Marquis Dongxiang said.

The Emperor, "...."

The officials, "...."