When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, Queen Xue once lay alone in bed, unable to sleep. She really didn't understand why things had turned out like this.

She regretted it. She regretted why she didn't keep her mouth shut and ridiculed the relationship between Emperor Xuanwen and Xie Yuanfeng in public.

But now that things have come to this, what’s the point of saying all this?

Nanny Jin sighed and handed Empress Xue a cup of tea. "Your Majesty, I dare to say something. You have chosen the wrong enemy."

Queen Xue lowered her eyes and said nothing.

Nanny Jin continued, "The Queen Mother has always been in poor health, and Your Majesty was raised by the eldest princess, so they are naturally closer.

Furthermore, the eldest princess was the first child of the late emperor and had been spoiled by him since she was young.

You have read a lot of books, but have you ever seen a princess leading troops into battle in any dynasty?

The late emperor didn’t like Your Majesty that much back then…”

Nanny Jin was right. The late emperor did not like Emperor Xuanwen. Instead, he liked the second prince and the fourth prince more at that time.

But Xie Yuanfeng followed the late emperor to the battlefield at the age of seven, was able to lead troops to fight alone when he was a teenager, and had won the recognition of more than half of the generals before he was twenty.

He even holds the military power of 300,000 troops.

Xie Yuanfeng would do anything to get Emperor Xuanwen.

The late emperor finally passed the throne to Emperor Xuanwen, largely because of Xie Yuanfeng.

This was because the late emperor was worried that if he passed the throne to the second or fourth prince, Xie Yuanfeng would definitely rebel.

But the late emperor was reluctant to kill or imprison Xie Yuanfeng.

The late emperor was even more worried that if someone other than Emperor Xuanwen inherited the throne, there would be no room for a legitimate princess who had fought in the battlefield and held military power.

Therefore, the late emperor finally chose Emperor Xuanwen as his successor.

Firstly, I believe Xie Yuanfeng will assist me wholeheartedly;

Secondly, he believed that Emperor Xuanwen would treat Xie Yuanfeng well.

Therefore, Emperor Xuanwen felt dependent on, afraid of, and grateful to Xie Yuanfeng.

Nanny Jin looked at Empress Xue and said, "Your Majesty, the eldest princess is half your mother-in-law.

Back then, you ridiculed the relationship between the eldest princess and His Majesty in front of Duke Ningguo and the royal family.

I don’t mean to cause trouble.”

Queen Xue lowered her eyes and said nothing. What was the point of saying all this now? Time could not be reversed.

"Although His Royal Highness Prince Duan was driven to his fiefdom by His Majesty, he cannot return without an imperial decree.

But don't forget, you still have Prince Xu and the Third Princess."

Queen Xue put down the teacup and said, "Prince Xie Junyi is obsessed with books and is a complete nerd. What use is he!"

The third princess loves to keep a lover, and she basically changes the green hat of the third prince consort every month.

Emperor Xuanwen never had a good face towards the two of them.

"Your Majesty, don't forget that there are many concubines of lower rank in the palace who have children."

Queen Xue's eyes flashed and she looked at Nanny Jin.

"you mean....?"

Nanny Jin leaned close to Empress Xue's ear and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, if nothing unexpected happens, His Majesty will be healthy for another ten or twenty years.

It's too early to say anything now.

It is not difficult for you to leave your mother and son to raise a few little princes under your knees.

In ancient times, the younger brother would inherit the throne after the elder brother died. Does that mean the younger brother cannot let the elder brother inherit the throne?"

Shaoyao lowered her head and pretended that she didn't hear what Nanny Jin said.

Queen Xue looked into the distance thoughtfully. For a moment, the palace was unusually quiet.

In the Shangshufang, Emperor Xuanwen listened to Li Dezhong's words without even raising his eyelids, and continued to concentrate on painting.

After finishing the painting, he admired it for a while, then stretched his wrists a few times and sat back on the dragon throne.

While drinking tea, he asked Li Dezhong, "Why does this daughter of the Jiangning prefect look familiar?"

Li Dezhong smiled and said, "My eyes are not good enough to tell which noble person he looks like."

Emperor Xuanwen glared at him and said, "Your dog eyes, anyone who saw them once more than a decade ago can remember them. Now you are saying that you are short-sighted. Do you think I am a fool?"

"Oh, Your Majesty, I dare not do that!" Li Dezhong nodded and bowed, "I think this person's eyebrows are three points similar to Princess Dingyuan."

Emperor Xuanwen looked at it carefully for a moment after hearing it, and it was true.

"The Queen is really my mother!"

Li Dezhong didn't dare to listen to these words, let alone respond. He just stood there like a pillar.

"Now that the queen has been chosen, let's draft the decree. In three days, even if the prefect of Jiangning uses a thousand-mile horse, he won't be able to send his daughter to the capital to get married."

Emperor Xuanwen thought for a moment and said, "Let Prince Duan get married in his fiefdom, and let the Ministry of Rites arrange it according to the regulations."

After receiving the imperial edict, Li Dezhong went to Prince Duan's Mansion and the Ministry of Rites.

After receiving the imperial edict, Xie Junyao sat there for a long time, motionless.

He thought that his father would punish him, but he never thought that he would be directly driven out of the capital.

Any prince who left Beijing to establish a fiefdom had almost no chance of returning to Beijing.

Even in a national mourning, the new emperor must grant amnesty.

The emperor is disgusted with him.

Xie Junyao shook his head with a wry smile, well, let’s leave.

As long as I stay in the capital, I will always think of Prince Dingyuan and her respect for each other.

Maybe as we get farther away from each other, I will slowly forget about it.

"Your Majesty, in three days, Commander Meng of the Jinwu Guard will personally escort you out of the capital."

Li Dezhong continued carefully, "If you have no other instructions, I will return to the palace to report."

Xie Junyao waved his hand and let Li Dezhong take his men away.

He continued to sit for a while, then turned back to his study and told his confidants to pack up and prepare to leave Beijing in three days.

Xu Fan, the staff member, said, "Your Highness, three days is too short. We can't take away many things. Why don't you go to the vassal first and let me take care of them before leaving?"

Xie Junyao shook his head, "Father said three days means three days, we can take as much as we can.

If you want to take it again after the time limit, your father will not let you leave the city gate."

Xu Fan sighed, "But you have to get married when you get to your fiefdom, so it can't be too shabby. Why don't you go to the palace and ask His Majesty for a few days' grace?"

Xie Junyao looked at him expressionlessly, "Do you think that my father will see me again in the next three days?"

Xu Fan was speechless. They probably wouldn't meet each other.

"Not only my father, but my mother will not see me either."

The difference is that Emperor Xuanwen didn't want to see him, while Empress Xue wanted to be unable to see him.

You know your own father well.

Be generous and tolerant to your own people.

Be cold and cruel to people you look down upon.

In the past, as a son, he was definitely one of ours, so everything was easy to deal with.

But after what happened in the Golden Palace today, Emperor Xuanwen had already classified him as someone he looked down upon.

Emperor Xuanwen had many sons, so he didn't need one more.

"Go and prepare. Take only the important and valuable things."

Xu Fan bowed and accepted the order.

Xie Junyao sat in the study, painting Xiao Yunxi's portrait over and over again, but he was never satisfied with it no matter how hard he tried.

Finally, he simply put down his pen, went to the backyard of the palace, found a concubine, and tossed her around to vent his anger.

An hour later, another female corpse was found in the dry well in the backyard of the palace...

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