Chapter 278 Honglian's New Bride
The Hu sisters were worried about their future fate and wanted to grab every means to save themselves. But at the same time, in the same city, another woman was in a completely different mood.

She had no so-called worries, only pure happiness and anticipation, because she was about to get married, and the person she was marrying was the one she loved.

It is a lucky thing for a girl to marry the person she loves most at the best age, and Honglian is such a lucky girl.

The girl who was still young back then is now over eighteen years old, which is the most beautiful time in a girl's life. Her mature body and the girlish aura that has not completely faded are perfectly integrated into her body that has grown for nearly twenty years, exuding a charm that is enough to attract the attention of anyone, whether it is a man or a woman.

In the King Han's palace, in Honglian's bedroom, Honglian stood in front of a huge clothes hanger. Her round, peach-shaped face was still filled with a happy smile. Hanging on the hanger was a red wedding dress, which belonged to her.

"Princess, stop looking at it. You can wear it tomorrow." A figure walked out from the curtain and said jokingly as he looked at Honglian who was completely immersed in her own world.

"We have to wait until tomorrow. Time is passing too slowly." Honglian did not turn around, nor did she refute the visitor's teasing. Instead, she directly admitted her eagerness, only because she was too familiar with the visitor, and many private things were no longer secrets to the other party.

"Princess, your resentment won't last long. By the time you get to Linzi, you'll have probably forgotten your current resentment." Madam Mingzhu looked at Honglian in front of her. Even though she was no longer at the age of falling in love, she still revealed a hint of envy.

If possible, not everyone wants to become mature. The so-called growth comes at a price. If one could remain simple forever, it would actually be a very good thing. Unfortunately, in this world, not everyone is qualified to be simple.

Of course, Madam Mingzhu’s envy of Honglian is not just this, there is more to it.

For example, between love and power and wealth, Honglian can have both at the same time. It seems that all the good things in the world are possessed by Honglian alone.

In order to gain the so-called power, she risked her life to enter the Palace of King Han and became the woman of King Han An, who was good-looking but useless.

She used to enjoy being able to control Han Wangan. As for the things between men and women, she looked down on them at all. But as time went on, a man broke into her world with a rudeness that she could not understand.

Her cousin, whom she regarded as omnipotent, was killed. Ji Wuye, whom she regarded as the most powerful man in Korea, was also killed. Even she herself lost everything she had.

It was from that time that she realized how ridiculous her so-called pursuit over the years was.

Over the past few years, she had colluded with her cousin Bai Yifei and used every possible means to drug King Han An. The only thing they wanted was power, but the power that they went through so much trouble to pursue was so ridiculous.

One person could easily shatter her so-called power, one person could easily possess the power that they had struggled for half their lives but could not achieve, which made her pride be severely knocked into the dust.

That man was Yang Chong.

"I won't forget, but after I meet my master, I'm afraid I really won't be able to say anything tough." Honglian muttered, her beautiful thoughts preventing her from saying even a single harsh word.

"You're so silly. You can't call me Master anymore when the time comes." Madam Mingzhu pinched Honglian's elastic little face. It was really hard for her to dislike such a naive girl who was on good terms with her.

This is the current relationship between Madam Mingzhu and Honglian.

They didn't have such a good relationship in the past. On the contrary, their relationship was not only not good, but very bad. Although Madam Mingzhu was too lazy to regard Honglian, who was just a little girl at that time, as an enemy, little Honglian regarded Madam Mingzhu as her biggest enemy.

Of course, Honglian’s hostility at that time was not only directed at Madam Mingzhu, but also at Concubine Hu. A child will always have some hostility towards his father’s woman, and of course Honglian is like that.

However, this situation soon changed. On the one hand, as Honglian grew older, he gradually understood many things and gradually realized that the hostility he had in his childhood was ridiculous.

On the other hand, because of a man, Mrs. Mingzhu changed her strategy towards Honglian, from an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth to carefully trying to please her and actively building a closer relationship with her.

One is a naive girl with a simple personality and straightforwardness, and the other is a woman who is well versed in the rules of survival in the palace and is as cunning as a devil. When the latter is deliberately manipulating, the former will be quickly taken down!

Over the years, the two of them had already become close friends who could talk about anything. If Madam Mingzhu was willing to curry favor with her, no one, whether a man or a woman, would be able to resist her sweet words and charm, not even Honglian was no exception.

"Of course I know. We haven't been to Linzi yet." Honglian retorted, but the blush on her cheeks betrayed her true thoughts.

"Time flies so fast." Mrs. Mingzhu's joke suddenly turned into sadness.

Honglian was also stunned when she looked at the 'young lady' in front of her. It was the first time she saw such an expression on Madam Mingzhu's face. After a moment of confusion, she quickly understood why Madam Mingzhu had such a sad expression.

Because I can't bear to leave her.

Honglian, who understood this, couldn't help but feel sad. Although her identity as a princess provided her with things that most ordinary girls could not have, correspondingly, some things that ordinary girls could easily get were also extremely rare for her.

Such as friendship.

"I can't bear to leave you either." Honglian showed a look of reluctance.

"Princess, are you really reluctant to leave me?" Madam Mingzhu, whose sadness was only 30% true, was waiting for Honglian to say this.

"How could I lie to you? I don't have many friends. After my ninth brother went to Qin, there are only a few people I can talk to. Although my fourth brother is very nice, he only thinks about those things. I don't like those things. Only you can know what I think and what I like." Honglian narrated, and for the first time, her nerves, which had been dominated by joy these days, had a different feeling.

This is probably life. When you gain something, you also have to lose something. When she chose the power of the palace, she had to give up her freedom outside the palace.

But that was back then, and now Madam Mingzhu wants to give herself a chance to make a new choice.

Concubine Hu was able to find out what King Han An and his son were planning during this period. How could Madam Mingzhu, who was more cunning than Concubine Hu, not get any information? So Madam Mingzhu also knew that the Korean ship was about to sink.

Lady Hu wanted to plan a way out for herself, and so did Lady Mingzhu. She had actually been planning this way out for a long time. When Ji Wuye lost power, as one of the four evil generals of the Night, Chao Nuyao threw herself into Yang Chong's hands without any burden. In addition, they even had another closer relationship.

Although Chao Nuyao at that time hated Yang Chong's arrogance and tyranny, she was also addicted to it.

Madam Mingzhu seems to want to conquer all men and make all men sink and float at her feet, but deep in her heart, she also has a secret desire to be conquered.

The appearance of Yang Chong just met her expectations.

Just when she was ready to cooperate wholeheartedly with Yang Chong, and the two of them colluded internally and externally to completely control Korea, Yang Chong suddenly gave up everything he had in Korea and left without any regrets.

This made Mrs. Mingzhu angry and helpless at the same time.

As to whether she was angry because she had lost her partner or because she was abandoned by Yang Chong without hesitation, only she herself knew.

However, no matter what her mood was before, she now has to face a problem: when the Korean ship sinks, where should she, the woman who is parasitic in the Korean palace, go?
There were only two paths waiting for her. Either she would be sent to the Xianyang Palace as a trophy after the Qin army conquered Xinzheng, or she would take the opportunity to leave the Han Palace in the chaos and become an ordinary woman.

She didn't want the former, nor did she want the latter. She didn't want to be a slave, nor did she want to be away from the power. As a result, there were not many choices for her.

But Madam Mingzhu is Madam Mingzhu after all. As a woman among women and a strong woman among women, she can always find a way out of desperate situations, and Honglian is the key to her success.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Mingzhu couldn't help but feel fortunate.

At first, she regarded Yang Chong as her enemy, and wanted to use Honglian as a tool to trick Yang Chong. Because Honglian was still hostile to her at that time, she was careful to please Honglian, which eased Honglian's hostility towards her and even made Honglian regard her as a friend regardless of age difference.

So many years later, when Madam Mingzhu encountered a crisis again, that little bit of thought at that time could really help her break the situation.

In Madam Mingzhu's understanding, since the Palace of King Han was about to be destroyed, she would just choose another palace. There were seven palaces in the world, but this time she would choose the Palace of King Qi.

Yang Chong was the man who took her chastity, and now that Yang Chong is the King of Qi, there is no problem for her to go to his man.

Of course, their relationship was not open to the public. It was a thousand miles from the Palace of King Han to the Palace of King Qi. If she went there alone, it would be extremely difficult. After all, she was still the woman of King Han.

So she thought of Honglian.

Honglian is about to marry into the State of Qi, and the dowry alone will be five or six thousand people. Will there be a place for her among these people?

Such a thing is simply a fantasy. When a princess of a country gets married, although there are many slaves and maids as dowry, it has never been heard of that a princess would also give her own woman as a dowry.

If Han Wangan still had any self-respect as a man, he would never do such a thing.

But Madam Mingzhu can make Han Wangan do something that is almost impossible.

She has too many ways to persuade Han Wangan to agree to this matter, such as hypnosis and suggestion. She has been using them on Han Wangan for many years and is already very familiar with them. There will be no accidents this time.

However, Madam Mingzhu can use Han Wangan to leave the Han Palace and enter the Qi Palace, but in the process of approaching Yang Chong, if there is no cooperation from Honglian, various problems will arise.

Moreover, Honglian is different from Han Wangan. Madam Mingzhu can use those shameful means on Han Wangan, but she dare not use them on Honglian.

A few years have passed, and Madam Mingzhu still has no clear idea of ​​how strong Yang Chong has become. But from the few words she has learned, she knows that Yang Chong is now stronger than he was before.

If she used those methods on Honglian, it would definitely leave some traces. Others might not be able to see those traces, but Yang Chong would definitely be able to see them.

If Yang Chong knew that she used those methods to take advantage of Honglian, what would Yang Chong think? Madam Mingzhu was not too optimistic about this.

Therefore, she absolutely could not use those methods on Honglian. In this case, she had to try another approach.

Laying sufficient groundwork with Honglian and playing the emotional card became Madam Mingzhu's best option.

After some tricks, Madam Mingzhu really led Honglian's thoughts to the rhythm she wanted. Madam Mingzhu took over Honglian's words and said, "The king told me something that could keep us together, but I refused."

"What method? And why do you refuse?" Honglian became anxious when he heard it.

"That method, that method is really..." Madam Mingzhu said with an unspeakable look on her face.

"What's wrong? Tell me now!" the impatient Honglian urged.

"The king plans to let me go to Qi as your dowry." Madam Mingzhu looked conflicted and seemed very embarrassed.

"What?" Honglian couldn't help but widen her eyes. Is this a thing?
In this era, when noble women got married, they would indeed bring some women from the clan as dowry, but most of these women were sisters of the same age. But what about Madam Mingzhu?
Strictly speaking, Madam Mingzhu is Honglian's mistress. She is Han Wangan's woman. Is it possible for a man to use his own woman as his daughter's dowry?

This was too outrageous. For a moment, Honglian felt that her three perspectives were about to be refreshed.

"I told you, this matter is outrageous, so I have no intention of agreeing to the king. Even if the king may want to punish me, I will accept it. I will never make things difficult for you, Honglian." Madam Mingzhu said resolutely.

(End of this chapter)