C126

At dawn, Chu Zongge took the carriage and stepped on the snow that had almost melted all the way to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Coincidentally, Xue Longhu had gone out to work continuously for a few days, causing a majority of the people in the house to be brought away. When he kicked open the door, it was extremely quiet, with only the sound of his wife sweeping the courtyard clean of snow.

"Your Highness, why have you come?" Little Zhui, who was outside, happened to see his figure, and was shocked.

Chu Zongge anxiously pulled her arm, "Has your young miss woken up?"

Little Zhui sized up his frozen face in confusion, and asked suspiciously: "Miss woke up early, and is currently in her room reading a book. Prince coming to find Miss so early, is there something urgent?"

"It's very important," Chu Zongge said as he hurried up the stairs. "Don't come down yet, and don't let anyone go upstairs either."

Little Zhui nodded solemnly, "Then I'll go make breakfast for Miss."

Chu Zongge quickly rushed to Xue Ronghua's room and saw her reading a book with a refreshed expression.

Xue Ronghua looked at the panting Chu Zongge, and laughed lightly: "I heard your carriage's sound upstairs, why are you here so early?"

Chu Zongge swallowed his breath and enunciated word by word, "Do you know that the Emperor has appointed a Peace-Making Princess?"

"Everyone in the palace should know about this," Xue Ronghua said as she lit the stove to warm his body. "I was still talking about this to Consort Fu yesterday, and she was even quite sympathetic towards Princess Wen Min."

"The one who is going to make a marriage alliance is not Princess Wen Min," Chu Zongge's eyes were filled with frost, "The Emperor has changed."

"Switch people?" Xue Ronghua was still unhurried, "Who else?"

Chu Zongge's eyes dimmed, gritted his teeth and said: "Princess Poyang Chu Lingyun."

Xue Ronghua's smile immediately stiffened on her face. This was something that was hard for her to believe. How could the emperor, who doted on the Princess Poyang above all else, allow Chu Lingyun to be a Peace-Making Princess to be sent to the Great Qi?

Chu Zongge revealed a bitter smile, "I never thought that the emperor would make such a decision, I'm afraid that Princess Poyang is still in the dark."

Xue Ronghua bit her lips and thought for a moment, then asked, "Why does the Emperor want to send Princess Poyang out?"

"I don't know. The Emperor said it was because she loved to cause trouble. This definitely isn't the real reason."

Xue Ronghua stared at him blankly. "She originally wanted to ally with the Princess Poyang and push Chu Zongge onto the throne, but why is it that suddenly, this princess is about to be sent to the Qi Nation?"

"I thought about it carefully, maybe it's because of these reasons," Chu Zongge said seriously. "Firstly, Chu Lingyun entered the palace with poison as an accomplice, and the emperor was extremely disappointed in her, and secondly, the emperor was afraid that I would become stronger, so she directly chopped off my arm, and thirdly, the emperor planned for Chu Lingyun to become a snitch in the Qi Nation."

The second way is also wrong. If the emperor wants to weaken your power, he can just find a reason to do so. As for the third way, doesn't the emperor want to forgive the princess? "

"In short, the emperor has already made his decision. If the Princess Poyang really wants to send it to the Qi Nation, I can't persuade him no matter what."

"What exactly does the Emperor mean by this," Xue Ronghua said as she rubbed her head, upset. "Why would she do such an unbelievable thing?"

"It has already been a while since the emperor visited the Princess Poyang," Chu Zongge pursed his lips, "For more than ten years, the relationship between father and daughter, how did it suddenly give birth to such a feud?"

"I'm also curious, I just can't understand why the Emperor would send the princess to the Qi Nation," Xue Ronghua rolled her eyes and continued. "Do you think it's a good thing for us that the Princess Poyang is going to the Qi Nation?"

Chu Zongge shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "This cannot be considered as saving us the trouble, in many ways, the Princess Poyang is extremely useful to us."

Xue Ronghua muttered to herself for a moment, then laughed: "Then, let's go to the Qi Nation together with her."

Chu Zongge's body froze, his eyes opened wide in disbelief, "You want to go to Qi Nation?"

"Yes," A trace of malice flashed past Xue Ronghua's eyes, "Sooner or later, I will have to return to the Qi Nation to seek revenge on Meng Qianzhong and Su Rushuang. Rather than delaying until I don't know when I'll get the chance, I might as well go with Princess Poyang."

"If we were to go to the Qi Nation, then all the direct battles would have ended here," Chu Zongge looked at her unhappily. "We have worked hard to prepare for so long, and after finally defeating the Prince Jin and the crown prince, and just as we were about to take the Eastern Palace for ourselves, you actually brought up the idea of going to the Qi Nation right now."

"I didn't say that I'd let you go," Xue Ronghua said thoughtfully. "You've also tested me out quite a few times, does Your Majesty really intend to make you the crown prince?"

Chu Zongge stared blankly, gritting his teeth and shaking his head. This was the truth, the Emperor had asked him to interfere in the affairs of government, but had never revealed anything to him.

"Do you know why the emperor keeps dragging it on?" Xue Ronghua methodically analyzed the situation, "The Emperor is currently in his prime, and the former Crown Prince is only doing so to appease the former Empress, and the former Crown Prince is gone, there is no need for him to rush to make another one, and your mother has also told the Emperor before that she did not wish for her own son to become the Crown Prince," she paused for a moment, before continuing, "Furthermore, the Prince Jin's influence has successively toppled, and yet you have held on until the end. Do you think the Emperor does not have any doubts at all?"

Chu Zongge's gaze dimmed as his lips tightly pursed into a line.

"So listen to me, if there's nowhere to go with the Princess Poyang, then we'll follow her to the Qi Nation," Xue Ronghua said with a steady look in her eyes. "During the time you're at the Qi Nation, there's no prince in the palace who can help you, even if a new prince is born from a imperial concubine.

Chu Zongge curled his lips, and asked hesitantly: "Are you sure that going to the Qi Nation is the right path?"

"I'm sure, and you don't want to take this opportunity to probe out the situation with regards to Qi Nation," Xue Ronghua winked at him, "You should know that the decline in the strength of our nation in recent years is something that everyone has witnessed. Especially in the field of military affairs, where only one General Luo is in effect."

A faint smile appeared on Chu Zongge's lips as he reached out to caress her hair, "I really hope that you can take revenge for yourself."

Xue Ronghua smiled sweetly, "I will definitely take revenge for this grudge. However, the goal of my life is not only revenge, I also hope that I can help you get what you want."

Chu Zongge gently embraced her in his arms and said with a smile: "My greatest wish is to marry you."

"But not only do I want to be your wife, I also want to be your queen," Xue Ronghua said as she brushed his lips with her index finger, revealing a gentle smile.

Shouxiang looked at Li Xiuse who had finished drinking the soup, leaned close and said softly by her ear: "That girl Ru Yan has been taken care of."

Li Xiuse was slightly startled, and almost dropped the spoon in his hands, "Isn't she sick a few days ago?

"This servant obtained this medicine from an outsider," Shouxiang's eyes darkened, "I was sick for a while and then left."

Li Xiuse composed herself, but in the end, she felt a little sad in her heart, "After all, she is still a master and servant.

Seeing her sad expression, Shouxiang immediately advised: "The Empress is in a bad mood and will implicate the dragon in her stomach, Ru Yan is not a good servant, she has a lot of eyes and soul, the Consort Hua cut off her tongue that day because she betrayed her master and colluded with outsiders, but in truth there is still a layer of willingness behind this."

"What else did Ru Yan do that Consort Hua would never forgive?"

"Ru Yan intended to seduce the Emperor and tried to climb onto the dragon bed," Shouxiang said as she winked, "This was what the palace maids in the Changchun Palace had told the servant. When she arrived in front of the Emperor, her mouth felt like it was smeared with honey, and the former Empress had even promised to help her introduce the Emperor before she was willing to watch over the Consort Hua."

Li Xiuse sighed, and said with regret: "How can an intelligent child not know how to live a peaceful life?"

Whether it's the Empress or the palace maids, they are both the emperor's women, and most likely, they are staring at the dragon bed, "Shouxiang said as she clenched her teeth," That's why this servant advised the Empress to take care of Ru Yan, or else there would be another disaster waiting for us. "

"Forget it," Li Xiuse closed her eyes tiredly. "I have long experienced the complexity of the human world in the palace.

Shouxiang smiled and bowed, "This servant will definitely do it well for the Empress."

"Will the Emperor come for dinner tonight?" Li Xiuse inserted an Eight Treasures Blue Luan Steps into her bun at an angle and then opened the makeup box, preparing to cover the exhaustion on her face.

"From Eunuch's words, it seems like Your Majesty isn't coming tonight," Shouxiang lowered her eyes. "A new Worthy Lady Zhao has entered the palace."

Li Xiuse paused for a moment, thinking that this was something she was used to, after the Queen left, the Emperor immediately took in two new consort s without rest, "Which palace does Worthy Lady Zhao come from?"

"They're from Empress Dowager Xu's palace," Shouxiang said with a smile. "Empress Dowager Xu and Worthy Lady Zhao are concubines without titles. They're not as noble as the Empress."

"If I serve him well and get pregnant, wouldn't this title come," Li Xiuse's lips revealed a slight smile, "I heard that Worthy Lady Zhao was born charming and can even play the lute, would make the emperor very happy."

"A young woman's moment of entertainment," Shouxiang said as she helped her take the next step of shaking it, and untied her black hair that had been coiled into a bun.

Li Xiuse carelessly took off her jacket, and said, "Do as you wish. I was favored by the Consort Hua in the past, and now I see you again.

"Does the Empress want to meet Worthy Lady Zhao?"

"Why would I want to see her? Could it be that you want to woo her so much that you have no relationship with her and the emperor? I just have to take good care of my own child."

"Empress's thinking is for the best," Shouxiang smiled as she rubbed her stomach. "Child, you must hurry up and grow up. In the future, this servant will bring you to the palace to play on the swing."

Li Xiuse looked at her slightly protruding stomach gently, "It's not even two months yet, I don't know how long I'll have to wait until you take him to fight in Thousand Autumn."

"Right now, the snow outside is melting and everything is coming back to life. Spring is about to come, life will be going to be even faster than flowing water," Shouxiang said as she helped her to tidy up her hair.