Wealth and glory seek stability

"Your Majesty has issued a will?" Jian Xi was stunned.

Under the soft, bright, white moonlight, Jian Xi and Chu Lu stood facing each other.

Chu Lu nodded, her young face full of seriousness, "My mother said so, I don't know much, but the situation in the imperial capital is not very good, Li Cejun asked the Sixth Princess to go out and hide."

The appointment of Zhang Cen'er as the Crown Princess was too sudden. Although Jian Xi had some guesses in her mind before, she did not expect that things would happen so unexpectedly.

She always felt like she was missing something crucial.

"Where did this news first come from?"

Chu Lu told all she knew, "It seems that the new high priest and the emperor's husband have close contacts. This news is very likely told to the emperor by the high priest. Now the Ruan family is constantly putting pressure on His Majesty in the court to ask His Majesty to withdraw his order. The situation in the imperial capital is not good.

When I came out, it was my mother who got me the token and pass. Otherwise, if they knew I was the Sixth Princess’ man, I would not be able to leave the imperial capital. My mother told me to stay with adults in the future and not to return to the imperial capital in the next few years. "

Thinking of her mother, Chu Lu knew in her heart that her mother would never harm her no matter what.

Ruan Chi is in great power, so Li Cejun must be having a hard time too, not to mention her mother.

Jian Xi quickly analyzed the key information in Chu Lu's words.

The situation in the imperial capital may not be very good now. The Ruan family may have already established contact with the witch clan. Martial law is imposed around the imperial capital, and Zhang Cen'er leaves the imperial capital.

The situation is terrible.

What exactly does Zhang Qiao want to do by doing this?

If she really wanted to make Zhang Cen'er the crown prince, why would she leak the news? Wasn't she afraid that someone would do something bad to her?

High Priest——?

The high priest in her memory should be someone who is calm and composed like Wu Lanya. As for the new high priest Wu Zhan, she had only seen him once at a grand court meeting. That man was full of vigor and ambition was written all over his face.

The Wu clan has been a neutral faction since ancient times, which is why they have such a deep reputation and status.

In a flash, Jian Xi seemed to know something, "Chu Lu, do the candidates for the crown prince need to be approved by the high priest?"

Chu Lu rubbed her hands, knowing that this matter was of great importance, and said nervously: "The mission of the high priest is to protect the Xuanwu royal family and the Xuanwu Dynasty. The candidates for the crown prince in the past usually ask the high priest to divine the most suitable candidate for the crown prince. Of course, there are exceptions. The current emperor did not obtain the throne through divination..."

Jian Xi already knew how Zhang Qiao came to power.

I recalled Wu Lanya’s dying look at the high priest’s succession ceremony.

Zhang Cen'er was suddenly canonized, and she must have had some part in it.

Zhang Qiao was an ambitious and capable emperor who controlled the government for many years and held military power.

If the current princes and princesses wanted to force the late emperor to abdicate like Zhang Qiao did back then, the success rate of this approach would be very slim.

Jian Xi has a headache.

I hope Zhang Cen'er can fight for her dignity. These five years are the opportunities that Zhang Qiao has given her. She is now completely tied to the same boat with Zhang Cen'er, and it is impossible for her to get off.

"How powerful is Li Cejun's family?"

"The Li family is a subsidiary family of the royal family. Because Concubine Li has been favored in recent years, and because of the Fourth Prince and the Sixth Princess' marriage as hostages, the Li family now has jurisdiction over Xuancheng, which has several mineral veins. Concubine Li has been traveling around in recent years, and has chosen Qi Wen, the legitimate daughter of the second branch of the Qi family, as a concubine for the Fourth Prince."

Chu Lu told Li Cejun all of their plans. When he came, his mother had told him that Jian Xi would be one of their own from now on, and there was nothing she shouldn't know.

Through Chu Lu's answer, Jian Xi naturally guessed Li Cejun's attitude.

"It's hard for a little girl like you to walk such a long way. Come in quickly. Are you hungry?" Jian Xi smiled and took Chu Lu's hand and walked into the yard.

Chu Lu stared at the hand that Jian Xi was holding, and felt warm in her heart.

"I ate some dry food on the way, so I'm not hungry."

Lingbao and Baizhi both saw the person Jian Xi brought in, and shouted in unison: "Sister Chu Lu!"

Chu Lu smiled with her eyes curved, and when she saw the fireworks in their hands, she pretended to be angry and said, "Are you guys so busy playing that you forgot about me?"

"No, it's just that Sister Chu Lu didn't come with us, so no one made delicious cakes for us along the way."

"Little boy, just remember to eat."

When Tang Qian and Qu Lian saw that there were guests, they took their children and said goodbye.

Mo Chuan gave some firecrackers to Tang Xiaomi and Qu Xuan, and the two of them loved them very much.

After the firecrackers were set off, Mo Chuan urged Lingbao and Baizhi to wash up and rest. They were all busy with their own things. This was the tacit understanding they had developed over the past few days, and Jian Xi never restricted them.

Jian Xi took Chu Lu to settle down. "We have only been here for a few days. There are four people living in the yard, two adults and one child. I invited the wives of the craftsmen to come to my house to help with the work during the day. Today is New Year's Eve, so I gave them a day off. You can stay in my room for one night, and I will clean up the room tomorrow."

Chu Lu quickly waved her hands and said, "I'm not picky, as long as there's a place to lie down." She took the bedding from Jian Xi's hand and made the bed herself.

Jian Xi took out a brass hot water bottle from the box, picked up the hot water from the stove and poured it into the bottle, then placed the filled hot water bottle into the bed that Chu Lu had just made.

"I like to keep cool after I got pregnant. This hot water bottle has not been used for a long time. Girls should try not to catch cold. There is warm ginger tea in the teapot on the table. If you want to use the toilet, go to the southwest corner of the courtyard wall. There is warm water in the pot in the kitchen. If you want to wash, go and get some water yourself. The conditions here are not as good as those in the princess's mansion. You have to do everything yourself."

Chu Lu listened to Jian Xi's long list of instructions and felt as if she was at home. But seeing that Jian Xi was already a little clumsy, she didn't dare to let her worry.

"I am used to doing rough work, so you don't have to worry about these things. I came here to serve you, so I am not that delicate."

The room was warm. Chu Lu took off her outer clothes and only wore a padded jacket. Jian Xi looked at Chu Lu's unusually thin body and found it hard to imagine that she was already seventeen years old.

"I know, but today is different from usual. You have come all the way here, so I still want you to feel comfortable on the first day. I won't be polite to you in the future."

Chu Lu bared her teeth, "That's good."

"Come with me to the kitchen. There's rice in the pot."

Chu Lu was already hungry, and she did not refuse when she heard it, and followed Jian Xi obediently.

The lights in Mo Chuan and the others' room had been turned off.

The moonlight in the northern frontier is exceptionally bright. Even without lights at night, it is still as bright as daytime.