Help! The innocent prince always tries to seduce me clumsily

"Princess, His Royal Highness Prince Qi is here."

There was a dim light under the bamboo curtain. After the maid reported, the eldest princess's low voice came from the carriage.

"Let her come up."

Chu Shitong lifted the curtain and entered the carriage. The carriage was narrow. The eldest princess was sitting quietly at the table in plain clothes, holding a Buddhist scripture in her hand.

"aunt."

Chu Shitong performed a simple ceremony, and she and the princess had not seen each other for more than a year. After Chu Shifan's death, she had visited him several times but was refused. Now that they met, the guilt that had surged up many years ago seemed to resurface.

The eldest princess put down the Buddhist scriptures and slowly raised her head.

"Xiao Qi is here, please sit down."

Chu Shitong took her seat. She did not feel how much time had passed in the past year. It seemed that apart from the changes in the situation, the appearance of other people had hardly changed. But when she saw the eldest princess's haggard face, she suddenly realized that people could grow old in the past year.

The eldest princess is no longer as cold and dignified as she used to be. Now she looks like a helpless woman who has lost her son. She can only recite scriptures and worship gods all day long.

Chu Shitong hesitated about how to apologize for Chu Shifan's matter. Her cousin's death was indeed beyond her expectation. Although the revenge was taken, the person was already dead. It seemed inappropriate to say anything at this time.

The eldest princess took the initiative to speak.

"I came here this time because of the promise we made."

Chu Shitong frowned, thinking back to the details of the original agreement. When she was fourteen, the princess stood on her side and helped and taught her a lot in private. They had always been in close contact until the incident with Chu Shifeng. Chu Shitong did not kill him as the princess wanted, and since then, their contact gradually faded until Chu Shifan died in battle.

She vaguely remembered...the eldest princess seemed to have asked her for someone.

"Aunt, don't you plan to wait until I ascend the throne before asking for someone else?"

The princess said, "That's not necessary. Now that things have come to this, with heavy troops surrounding the palace, the throne cannot belong to anyone else."

Chu Shitong said, "Aunt, please tell me clearly who you want."

By piecing together all the previous fragmented conditions, the only person Chu Shitong could think of who she wanted was Xuan Wu Yue.

He worshipped the goddess wielding a knife, and found a tablet of his deceased wife in the mourning hall. He rescued her secretly despite the emperor's wrath.

But she was already dead.

The princess was silent for a moment, then said, "You know who I want."

"I know, but how do you want me to give it to you?"

To people? Or to ashes?

Chu Shitong had sobered up from the alcohol long ago, but he still felt that everything in front of him was blurry and unreal.

"Princess Tianxuan is dead, and her ashes were taken away by Li Nu, who can no longer be found."

The eldest princess looked at her steadily and said, "I want the ashes."

Chu Shitong said: "Then I will find it for you."

When people are alive, they will turn into a handful of ashes after death.

With her identity, even if she succeeds to the throne in the future, she will not be able to acknowledge Xuan Wu Yue as her biological mother. If the news of her Tianxuan bloodline gets out, it will be enough to kill her thousands of times.

She had never gone to see Xuan Wu Yue when he was alive, and now his ashes were useless beside her. Chu Shitong could not do such a thing as not seeing him when he was alive and keeping his ashes to remember him after he died.

"I want one more thing."

"You said."

For Chu Shifan's sake, Chu Shitong would not refuse as long as the eldest princess' request was not excessive.

The princess slowly lowered her eyes and said, "I want...your approval."

Chu Shitong paused.

The eldest princess said: "I want you to accept Ah Qi as my wife."

Chu Shitong hesitated a little, "Why do you need my approval? If you decide that she is your wife, and I find her ashes for you, then she is your wife. I can promise you that you will be buried with her in a few years."

The eldest princess said nothing.

Chu Shitong didn't say anything further.

She has always maintained a certain skepticism about this matter.

It is said that the eldest princess and her husband are in love with each other. According to the timeline, Xuan Wu Yue disappeared when Chu Shitong was two or three years old. At that time, the eldest princess had already married, and Chu Shifan was the same age as her. This means that the eldest princess should have become pregnant at about the same time as Xuan Wu Yue.

According to Chu Shiyu, the eldest princess came into contact with Xuan Wu Yue after she gave birth to a child.

If the princess and her husband were really in love, why would she fall in love with a woman after giving birth to a child?

But if she was heartless, how could she help Xuan Wu Yue escape and even make a dead wife token for her?

The princess's husband died when Chu Shifan was three or four years old, which was one or two years after Xuan Wuyue should have escaped. With Chu Shiyu's means, he would definitely put the princess's fault on the husband. Was the husband's death related to Xuan Wuyue's affairs? If the husband died because of Xuan Wuyue, why didn't the princess vent her anger on Xuan Wuyue?

And... wasn't Xuan Wu Yue rescued by her? Why did he lose contact with her later? The princess couldn't even see the ashes now, so how did the two of them separate in the first place?

There was sandalwood burning in the incense burner inside the carriage. Perhaps because the space was too small, the smoke made her feel a little dizzy. No matter how she thought about it, she felt confused.

The princess seemed to sense her thoughts and said, "I know you have many doubts in your heart. If you want, you can ask me directly, but only tonight. After tonight, you and I will pretend that nothing happened before. After I get Ah Qi's ashes, I will leave for my fiefdom."

Chu Shitong thought about it again and again, and finally asked the question that was in her mind.

What exactly happened back then.

"I was eighteen when I met Ah Qi."

The eldest princess's gaze became more profound under the candlelight, and she brought up the past again, with her voice so hoarse that it made people's hearts skip a beat.

"I had just given birth at that time, and I entered the palace to discuss returning to my fiefdom..."

In the year that Chu Shiyu succeeded to the throne, because of his deep suspicion, he secretly dealt with all the children of the previous emperor in less than a year, leaving only his sister Chu Shining. He conferred the title of Wende, granted a mansion, and married a prince consort, and honored her as the eldest princess.

But the good times did not last long. Although Chu Shining and Chu Shiyu were born of the same mother, Chu Shiyu was still wary of her in various ways. The source of all these suspicions was a token that the late emperor secretly left for her, which could mobilize 3,000 cavalrymen from Yuzhou City.

Yuzhou City is Chu Shining's fiefdom, so it is normal to have a token.

Three thousand cavalrymen were not a serious threat to the capital.

What Chu Shiyu cared about was very strange. He believed that the token was secretly bestowed by the late emperor, so he suspected that the number of soldiers and horses that could be mobilized by the token was not just three thousand.

He thought of many ways to force Chu Shining to hand over the token, but Chu Shining refused.

The two siblings know that the other is not a good person, so they will not give up their cards unless it is absolutely necessary.

In order to prevent Chu Shining from returning to her fiefdom, Chu Shiyu issued an order to choose a son-in-law for her, personally built a mansion for her, forced her to get married, and repeatedly urged her to have children.

He wanted to use this crude trick on women to deal with his sister.

Chu Shining knew what Chu Shiyu meant, but since it was the emperor's order, she had to obey.

Chu Shining had never even met the prince consort, who was rumored to be in love with him, before the marriage.

Fortunately, the empress dowager intervened in the eldest princess's marriage, and the husband chosen for her was a young official who had become the Minister of the Dali Temple. He was a man of noble character and good looks.

After their marriage, the two treated each other with respect. The prince consort treated her very well and seemed to be able to sense that Chu Shining had no interest in her, so he always kept a distance from her. Chu Shining could not feel any affection for this man who was envied by everyone in the capital.

She knew in her heart that it was not because the prince consort was a bad person, but because the marriage was forced upon her by that man.

She had the opportunity to go to her fiefdom and choose a man she liked. Maybe that man was not as good as her husband, but at least the marriage was her own will and she was free.

But because of Chu Shiyu's suspicion, she was forced to marry a stranger and forced to get pregnant and have children. These three or two major events that were enough to determine the direction of her life all became a form of coercion.

She thought that Chu Shiyu would be less suspicious of her and she could finally return to her fiefdom. However, she didn't expect that Chu Shiyu had no intention of letting her go. He also took the newly born Chu Shifan into the palace and ordered people to raise him, not allowing Chu Shining to see him.

When he entered the palace that day, Chu Shining met Xuan Wu Yue.

She had been deceived by the late emperor's lies and thought Xuan Wu Yue had committed suicide in the Qun Yu Tower.

With just one glance, Chu Shining knew that she would never forget this woman in her life.

"She is so beautiful, so beautiful that it makes people yearn for her. There are no words in the world that can describe her beauty. Even the moment I saw her, I actually understood why Emperor Tianxuan would rather give up the city than send her to marry, and why the late emperor hid her."

Chu Shining never considered himself a sentimental person.

Being born in the Chu family basically cuts off the path of love. There is a reason why the Chu family has a very bad reputation. Not only do they use despicable means to deal with the outside world, but even the brothers and sisters in the royal family use despicable means to frame each other. Even though Chu Shining is a princess, she has to live cautiously since she was born in the Chu family.

All the habits, etiquette, and restraint that had been formed before, collapsed the moment he met Xuan Wu Yue.

For the first time, Chu Shining felt an extreme desire. She longed to get closer and to get to know him.

Chu Shiyu was very resistant to other people contacting Xuan Wu Yue, but out of a bad desire to intimidate others, he also wanted to show off some of his trophies in front of Chu Shining, so Chu Shining had the opportunity to meet Xuan Wu Yue.

Chu Shining had few opportunities to see Xuan Wu Yue. After giving birth to the child, Xuan Wu Yue was sent to Qun Yu Tower, which was located at the westernmost part of the imperial palace. No one dared to approach it. Chu Shining was the only one who dared to go there again and again.

She was like a possessed person and couldn't help but get closer again and again.

I am moved by everything about her.

In every frown and smile, every word and action, Xuan Wu Yue seemed like a perfect human being created by God. Even though he had suffered all kinds of injuries and tortures, there was still no trace of ugly human nature in him, only extreme simplicity and beauty.

"Chu Shitong, you are nothing like Ah Qi now."

The eldest princess said: "Except for the fact that you inherited some of Ah Qi's appearance, your personality and behavior are completely different from hers."

Chu Shitong asked: "Then may I ask, aunt, what kind of resemblance do you mean?"

"Even if Ah Qi suffered a lot, he would not be as calculating and vindictive as you."

"Unfortunately, I am."

Chu Shitong didn't believe that there was anyone in this world who was truly pure and innocent. After hearing what Chu Shining said, she always felt that either all this was just her personal imagination, or Xuan Wu Yue was too good at disguising himself and had deceived her until now.

As they spent time together day after day, Chu Shi Ning fell irresistibly in love with Xuan Wu Yue.

She herself didn't know what she was thinking. She had children and a husband, but she fell in love with a woman and was completely bewitched by her.

She carefully concealed her feelings, fearing that Xuan Wu Yue would be scared if he knew.

But how can true love be hidden so completely?

Xuan Wu Yue still knew what she meant.

What made Chu Shining excited was that she chose to accept it.

Their love was hidden in taboos, but it took root and sprouted like crazy, deep into their bones.

Chu Shiyu gradually became aware of the situation between the two, but there was not much he could do, because a lot of things happened in Beiqing during that period of time, and the government was busy with its own affairs, so how could it have so much time to take care of women's affairs.

In this way, a dangerous transfer activity gradually took shape.

Under Chu Shining's arrangement, Xuan Wu Yue was successfully taken out of the palace. In order to ensure her safety, the carriage carrying Xuan Wu Yue was sent all the way to the distant Yuzhou.

Chu Shiyu soon learned about this and went crazy.

He placed Chu Shining under house arrest and forced him to reveal Xuan Wu Yue's whereabouts.

He desperately sent people to look for Xuan Wu Yue.

But he didn't find it.

Chu Shiyu couldn't possibly kill Chu Shining because of Xuan Wuyue. Chu Shining was the eldest princess, her husband and children were still alive, and she had a very good reputation in the capital. If she did it for no reason, she would definitely cause trouble. He could only keep her locked up, hoping faintly that Xuan Wuyue would worry about Chu Shining's current situation and come back obediently.

Chu Shining was also worried at first.

Until she was locked up for a whole year.

A full-scale epidemic broke out in Beiqing, and there was no trace of Xuan Wu Yue. Even the people she sent out personally had no news. Only then did Chu Shining realize that Xuan Wu Yue also had a cruel side.

She disappeared completely.

Now all the plans of Chu Shiyu and Chu Shining failed.

After the epidemic was over, Chu Shining was also released. Since the princess consort had made great contributions during the epidemic, he had no reason to keep her locked up any longer.

The day Chu Shining walked out of the dungeon, she was greeted by her estranged son and the corpse of her husband.

She was silent for a long time.

I can't figure out whether what I did was right or wrong.

The prince consort knew that she had feelings for Princess Tianxuan, but he never exposed it, nor was he angry with her. Instead, he used all his merits and his life to buy back the freedom of her and her child.

Chu Shiyu kept a close eye on her and she could not leave the capital. When Chu Shining heard from people in Yuzhou that Xuan Wu Yue had not arrived in Yuzhou at all, she began her endless search.

He even found some old subordinates from the previous dynasty, but still couldn't find Xuan Wu Yue.

She seemed to have disappeared completely.

Life and death do not know.

During the endless wasting and silent time, she began to pray to God, hoping that God would make the person she missed come back to life like a dream. Whether alive or dead, she just wanted to see her once.

But the gods seemed to have heard nothing, and there was no news from Xuan Wu Yue either.

All to no avail.

He did nothing for decades until Chu Shitong grew up.

"I don't like your face." The eldest princess said, "You look a lot like her, but you are not like her at all. I can't stand watching you use her face to do those dark and calculating things."

Chu Shitong said, "This is my face. Aunt, you'd better not look through me to see another person. The person you want will not come back."