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Chapter 173 The Time Traveler’s Ex-fiancé (5)

As a result, she met several of the prince's concubines.

Seeing them, Zhong Li Yao was very disdainful.

She looked down upon these women who had no value of their own, could only depend on men, and spent all their life value on giving birth to sons.

They couldn't get Ning Chao's heart, which was really pitiful.

But the attitude of several concubines towards her is even more interesting. Their attitude towards her is - no attitude.

who are you?

Oh, the daughter of Lord Zhong.

Hey, that's not right. Wasn't the Minister of War just dismissed from his post? The new minister hasn't even taken office yet. So where did Lord Zhong come from? Where did Lord Zhong's daughter come from?

What, your engagement with the prince?

How dare you! The prince has no engagement now, are you trying to pretend to be a royal relative?

After several rounds, Zhong Li Yao did not gain any verbal advantage and became increasingly angry. She looked at the concubines with sarcasm in her eyes.

"If you ask me, you are really pitiful. You can't get the Crown Prince's love at all. If I were you, I would have taken the initiative to ask for it long ago. Why wait for the Crown Prince to let you go? Wouldn't it be even more embarrassing then?"

Several concubines also changed color, "Although we are concubines, we are all given to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince by the Emperor, and we are all on the royal jade disc. What right do you have to speak so arrogantly and ask us to leave!"

"What's the point of being on the jade disc? The prince has already promised me that we will be together for the rest of our lives. He will only grow old with me in the future. It's useless for you to pester him anymore. It's better for you to leave on your own and preserve your last dignity."

"You, how can you do this!"

Several concubines were upset, but Zhong Liyao acted as if it was natural. She sighed and said, "Alas, you are really pitiful. You pin everything on a man's mood, but you can't win the heart of the crown prince. You can only draw water with a bamboo basket, and it's all in vain."

"Hey, Song Fengyi, what's wrong with you?"

"Chu Liangyuan, wake up! Don't scare me!"

Regardless of whether they were really dizzy or not, several concubines fainted from anger.

Then the families of several concubines started to make a fuss. Their families were not ordinary people either. Based on the prince's obsession with Zhong Li Yao, it was very likely that what Zhong Li Yao said was true and the prince did make such a promise to her.

But the daughters of these families did nothing wrong. Why should they be divorced for no reason?

Moreover, even if Ning Meng is suppressing it now, this kind of thing will not happen, but when Ning Chao succeeds to the throne, no one will be able to restrain him. He can definitely do it, and maybe even punish them!

Who can agree to this?

Even if Ning Meng issued an edict to appease them, they would no longer work for the Ning Dynasty, and would even try to trip up the court openly or secretly.

Ning Meng gritted his teeth in hatred and was deeply disappointed with Ning Chao.

These three concubines were carefully selected by him for Ning Chao. Not only were they good-looking and well-behaved, but they also had powerful backing.

Song Fengyi is a daughter of aristocratic family, Chu Liangyuan comes from a military family, and Zhao Liangyuan is the daughter of an upright official. Each of them is a helper of the Ning Dynasty and will be able to help the Ning Dynasty control the court in the future.

But he has offended such good helpers. Originally, these people firmly supported the prince, but now they are just waiting and watching. He is destroying his own Great Wall!

Ning Meng was worried about him, but Ning Chao still protected Zhong Li Yao. He was willing to contradict Ning Meng to ensure that Zhong Li Yao was safe.

"Asshole! Zhong Liyao offended the Crown Prince's concubine and spread rumors. I am already showing great mercy by confining her to her quarters. Do you really want to let her go without punishment?"

If it weren't for Ning Chao's protection, he would have put Zhong Li Yao in jail long ago!

But Ning Chao said, "Yao'er is right. I did promise her, so she didn't spread rumors. She just has no ulterior motives and shouldn't have said it out so early."

"That's unreasonable!"

Ning Meng finally couldn't hold back anymore and let Ning Chao take a "dragon palm"!

"You still hold such a woman who talks nonsense in your hands, you are blinded by greed! Besides, those concubines have always been well-behaved and considerate to you, why do you want to divorce them!"

He actually had such a cruel and ruthless plan, and this was the son he had been raising with all his heart!

If he treats this like this even to the person next to him, how can he be nice to the people of the world?

However, Ning Meng still has the mentality of a parent. Even if there is something wrong with his own child, it is because he was led astray by other people's children.

Ning Chao was still a good kid, but he was led astray by Zhong Li Yao, so he wanted to punish Zhong Li Yao even more, but Ning Chao was willing to risk his life to protect her, which made Ning Meng sad and disappointed.

Just when they were in a stalemate, urgent news suddenly came from the border saying that the barbarians were invading. For a moment, Ning Meng and Ning Chao's attention was drawn to this matter, and Zhong Li Yao was temporarily safe.

But Ning Chao soon discovered that when it came to state affairs, his performance as the crown prince was far inferior to Ning Ning's.

While he was busy with his romantic affair with Zhongli Yao, Ning Ning had been working diligently in the court. Not only did he become more familiar with government affairs, he also got to know the officials well.

This resulted in his suggestions being more practical and the candidates he recommended being more useful. In contrast, the Ning Dynasty was constrained and had no idea where to start when it came to state affairs. They set high standards for everything but found it difficult to implement them.

Not to mention, because he has made a series of stupid moves recently while Ning Ning has performed well, a force has secretly emerged in the court that does not want him to succeed to the throne, so he will encounter resistance in everything he does. With someone holding him back, his performance will naturally be worse.

After a few times, Ning Meng no longer felt disappointed.

Ning Chao was upset, so he went to talk to Zhong Liyao. Zhong Liyao rolled her eyes and said, "Brother Crown Prince, I can help you with this. I know the formula of gunpowder, and I can ask craftsmen to make it for the soldiers at the border. Gunpowder is very powerful, and we can definitely use it to repel the barbarians."

Zhongli Yao always makes some weird things, Ning Chao knows this.

But he didn't know how powerful the gunpowder that Zhong Li Yao mentioned was, as there was no gunpowder in this world.

"Yao'er, this is a military matter, no joke. You also know that the emperor is prejudiced against you now, and you can't let him down again."

"Don't worry, I won't fail. Once the gunpowder is made and I have accomplished a great feat, His Majesty will definitely revive our engagement."

Zhong Li Yao was full of confidence, but Ning Chao did not dare to be careless anymore. He asked her to make two smaller portions first and demonstrate it in front of Ning Chao. Only after it was proven to be effective did he present it to Ning Meng.

Although Ning Meng was extremely annoyed with Zhong Li Yao, he was an emperor after all, and war was his top priority, so he summoned Zhong Li Yao again to watch her demonstration.

"Your Majesty, this gunpowder makes some noise, but don't worry, it's a small amount and we're far away, so it won't hurt anyone."

As she spoke, Zhong Li Yao lit the fuse with a smile and ran away in a few steps.

When the gunpowder exploded, there was a loud bang, dust flew, flames shot up into the sky, thick smoke billowed, and the surrounding air was filled with a pungent smell, as if the earth was shaking.

“It’s so powerful!”

Ning Meng's face changed color, while Zhong Li Yao looked very proud, and Ning Chao was also proud of it.