The Whole Dynasty Spoils the Tyrant's Beloved Youngest Daughter-Chapter 421: Yu Country’s Backstab

Chapter 421: Chapter 421: Yu Country’s Backstab
The kindness of helping others in need leaves the deepest impression.
But the evil of betrayal incites the greatest hatred!
If Jun Ning doesn’t vent her anger, she truly won’t be able to suppress the fire in her heart.
At this moment, the little girl was already biting her lips and clenching her fists in anger. If those suitors from Yu Country were right in front of her, she wouldn’t hesitate to give them a beating.
Emperor Yongning expressed no opinion. He had said too much just now and felt a bit tired, so he left with a simple, "Ah Ning, you decide for yourself," and then walked away.
Declaring war on Yu Country wasn’t impossible, but it would have to be on the premise that they first defeated Bei Xia.
If they couldn’t defeat Bei Xia, then nothing else mattered; it would all be in vain.
Emperor Yongning was well aware of this, which is why he didn’t express any opinion.
Jun Ning also understood this, so she said nothing about Emperor Yongning’s departure and instead focused on preparing for the upcoming battle.
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Two days later, the marriage proposal letter from Yu Country was personally delivered to Jun Ning by their envoy.
Jun Ning received the envoy with a smile and accepted the letter without a word of dissent.
The envoy had been worried that Jun Ning would refuse their proposal and not accept the letter, so they had made plenty of preparations. Yet, Jun Ning said nothing and simply agreed.
This left them a bit at a loss.
Could this Crown Prince really be so easy to talk to? Or was she truly the uneducated fool people rumored her to be?
Or perhaps she simply didn’t understand the situation?
Yu Country was seeking to marry Princess Anle, who is now the Crown Prince!
Could she really agree so easily?
"Um... Princess... oh no... Crown Prince..." the envoy leader said with a grin, "Have you truly decided to marry our King of Yu Country? Did you know? Our king is nearly fifty years old this year!"
Jun Ning raised an eyebrow, "What, you disagree?"
The envoy panicked and quickly waved his hand, "Not at all, not at all!"
If he dared disagree, he probably wouldn’t want his position anymore, nor would he wish to return alive.
He absolutely dared not.
"In that case, go and prepare! Three days from now, I shall fulfill the marriage as scheduled!" Jun Ning said while looking at the marriage letter in her hand.
The envoy’s face showed a look of disbelief, as if struck by lightning.
Jun Ning could imagine their reaction but did not lift her head to see it. Her aloof attitude carried a hint of barely perceptible disdain.
The envoy left, feeling both anxious and pleased.
Once they were gone, Jun Ning summoned the eunuchs to thoroughly clean the Imperial Study Room.
Yu Country lay to the north of Eastern Chu, living a nomadic lifestyle. Both officials and commoners ate a lot of mutton, which left them with a strong body odor.
Just now, while speaking with Jun Ning, the smell was truly overwhelming.
Jun Ning had some difficulty accepting that odor.
"Crown Prince, please wait, the servants will clean it up immediately!"
The eunuchs and maidservants quickly began airing out and cleaning the Imperial Study Room.
During this time, Jun Ning went to see Yao Yao.
Since Jun Yang was thrown into the Qi Mansion by Jun Ning and had his legs broken by debt collectors, he had not returned to the palace, and naturally, the monthly respects to Yao Yao had stopped.
Yao Yao now lived with Liu Pin, who had been driven mad by her, became erratic, and harassed people in the harem, leading Emperor Yongning to send her to the Cold Palace.
The place that once belonged to Liu Pin was now occupied solely by Yao Yao.
Yao Yao lived in poverty, wearing clothes made of fabrics from years ago. Her food was poor, and she had a picky taste, refusing to eat anything not to her liking. She carried herself with an air of arrogance, unwilling to tend even a small garden for food in this vast palace.
As a result, she was now so hungry that her face was pale and thin, looking frail and weak.
When Jun Ning arrived, she was sitting in a weed-infested yard, basking in the sun. Seeing Jun Ning enter, she didn’t stand up and remained seated, only raising her eyelids slightly.
"Hey, Jun Ning, have you finally grown a conscience and decided to let me out?"
"All these years have passed, and you really have the nerve to bask in glory as the Crown Prince, admired by all, while I, your sister, can only eat rough grain..."
"Do you not feel a twinge of guilt when you think of your sister’s misery at night?"
Yao Yao arrogantly spoke, each word sharper than the last.
Jun Ning listened quietly for a while and then signaled the accompanying eunuchs to lock the doors to the chambers; they swiftly complied with just a look from her.
Seeing Jun Ning have the door locked, Yao Yao felt a sense of foreboding, but her pride kept her seated as she coldly questioned Jun Ning, "What do you intend to do?"
Jun Ning looked to one side at the elderly man Emperor Yongning had sent her, skilled in crafting human skin masks, and said, "Make her look like me, but place a mole on her nose bridge for differentiation..."
The old man nodded, "Yes, Crown Prince."
Carrying his medical kit, the old man approached Yao Yao, holding her chin and scrutinizing her face.
Yao Yao was frightened, "What do you intend to do?"
The old man did not respond.
She looked at Jun Ning again and questioned, "What do you mean by making me look like you? I don’t understand; explain it clearer?"
Fearing Jun Ning might ignore her as before, she added, "Speak up, don’t pretend to be deaf or mute, and don’t ignore me. Ignoring someone isn’t a valid skill!"
Jun Ning smiled without responding, still observing Yao Yao’s mad antics as if watching a clown show. Her calm demeanor only emphasized Yao Yao’s madness.
Yao Yao couldn’t bear Jun Ning’s demeanor, started to act crazily, and resisted the old man, but in the end, she was no match for the servants brought by Jun Ning. They pinned her down, administered a tranquilizer, and she fell asleep.
When she woke up again, her face had been transformed to resemble Jun Ning’s.
Still, a counterfeit was just that.
No matter how perfectly a human skin mask was crafted, it couldn’t capture her essence.
Jun Ning grew up under the pampering of Emperor Yongning and the Imperial Concubine, always the high-status princess, admired by many, born noble and of high status.
Every gesture and step cultivated her princely elegance.
But Yao Yao was just an impostor; even with Jun Ning’s face now, she lacked the proper upbringing and was never respected. Imitating her mother’s ways from a young age, she was now exuding an air of coarseness with a shrewish demeanor.
Standing next to Jun Ning, Yao Yao’s face looked similar, but their temperaments were worlds apart.
Yao Yao, caught in the situation, couldn’t see the differences and was even a little smug for now possessing Jun Ning’s face.
After smiling at the bronze mirror for half a day, she speculated, "Jun Ning, did you suddenly make me look like you so I could take your place as the Crown Prince, and you could elope with that Young Master Qi of yours?"