The Duke's Daughter is Reborn

Yang Qi stood behind the bookshelf, not knowing how to react for a moment. Should he go forward and kneel down to pay his respects?

Just as Yang Qi was hesitating, he heard a cold voice: "Everyone get up."

Then, everyone present said in unison: "Thank you, Your Highness."

In the previous life, Yang Qi might have been interested in the Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince, and secretly looked at these princes and nobles. But in this life, Yang Qi only felt that these nobles were troublesome, and if he got involved with these princes, it would only bring endless troubles.

Although Yang Qi in his previous life only stayed in Linhu Courtyard every day, he had a very deep impression of the day when the prince rebelled. That night, the whole imperial city was as bright as day, and the fighting between the armies filled the capital with a strange red color and a strong smell of blood. Some people who could not survive took advantage of the rebellion to cause chaos everywhere in the hope of gaining some money and property.

Even the people in the Duke of Song's mansion were in a panic. Duke of Song, Song Hongwen, asked everyone in his family to take refuge in the upper house, and sent some servants and secret guards to guard the front and back doors to prevent people with bad intentions from entering. All the remaining servants and secret guards surrounded the upper house to protect the masters of the Duke of Song's mansion. But these masters did not include Yang Qi. Her lakeside courtyard was far away, and Song Hongwen and the old lady did not think of her, or Song Hongwen wanted to watch Yang Qi fend for herself in this turmoil. It was not until later that the second aunt Xu rushed to the upper house and found that she was not there, and then she took the pressure from the old lady and Song Hongwen and asked a few servants to take Yang Qi over.

That night, Yang Qi stayed in the Linhu Courtyard in fear. Linhu Courtyard was close to the outside of the palace. Yang Qi heard the shouts outside as if they were right next to him. After that night, Yang Qi had nightmares for half a month and fell seriously ill. Even so, afterward, Yang Qi knew that the prince had failed and was sentenced to death by the emperor.

At that time, the whole Tianyuan Dynasty was lamenting the death of the crown prince. Yuan Ruiyuan was a man of both civil and military talents, and was extremely intelligent. It was said that he had a photographic memory when he was a student, and he was also a martial arts prodigy. He was the man that all the girls in the capital wanted to marry. Yuan Ruiyuan was the legitimate son of the emperor and empress. His grandfather was the famous General Huo, the Duke of Ying, who controlled one-third of the military power of the Tianyuan Dynasty. The queen also had only one son and one daughter. Therefore, Yuan Ruiyuan was recognized by everyone as the crown prince since he was a child.

However, things happen unexpectedly. After Yuan Ruiyuan was born, the emperor favored Concubine Nian day and night. Later, Concubine Nian gave birth to the fifth prince. The emperor favored Concubine Nian's family even more. Not only did he promote Concubine Nian's brother Nian Chuan to the Minister of War, he also ranked first among the six ministers, in charge of the selection of military officers and military registration, military equipment, military orders, post stations and other matters across the country. After serving as the Minister of War, Nian Chuan had been making things difficult for General Huo in both open and covert ways, but he did not dare to do anything excessive in public. In this way, the court was strangely quiet for a while.

Until the Western Barbarians invaded the Tianyuan Dynasty and broke all the balance in the court, General Huo, the Duke of Ying, died on the battlefield to resist the iron hoof of the Western Barbarians. The Fifth Prince and his party also took the opportunity to madly suppress the prince's family until the prince rebelled. Yang Qi once heard in Yang Qing's study that the emperor was able to suppress the prince overnight, which meant that the emperor was well prepared, that is, the emperor was waiting for the prince to take the initiative to rebel. Yang Qi felt a chill when listening to Yang Qing's words. The emperor and the prince were not father and son, but enemies. But the prince was so smart, why did he take this road that he knew would lose?

However, thinking about how Song Hongwen treated him, although he was not an enemy, he was no better than a stranger.

Xihu, Yang Qi was thinking about the whole place. Since Xihu was bound to cause trouble later, it seemed that he could make some preparations early and let Zong Yue see if he could establish a relationship with Xihu. He had to master first-hand intelligence. After all, his future opponents were the Minister of Revenue Han Fu and the new noble champion. Moreover, in order to clear his grandfather's grievances, he had to have his own source of intelligence.

Yang Qi was so lost in his own thoughts that he didn't even notice the Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince standing in front of him. One sentence woke Yang Qi up: "You are not polite."

Yang Qi suddenly looked up, and what caught his eyes was Yuan Ruiyuan's slightly smiling face. "Buzz", Yang Qi felt his brain explode, and then he froze in place.

At this time, Yang Qing suddenly appeared from behind, grabbed Yang Qi's hand, slightly moved back to block it, then knelt on the ground with Yang Qi and said, "Crown Prince and Fifth Prince, please forgive me. I am Song Yangqing, the son of Song Hongjin of Duke Song's Mansion. This is my younger sister. I am young and ignorant. I hope you will forgive me for offending Your Highness." Then he kowtowed with both hands.

Yang Qi looked at Yang Qi kowtowing, and hurriedly imitated Yang Qing's kowtowing.

Yuan Ruiyuan found the baby-faced Yang Qi very interesting, so he looked at her twice more. Unexpectedly, the little girl didn't pay any attention at all, but just stood there in a daze. He found it more and more interesting. After hearing Yang Qing's report, he realized that the girl was from the Duke of Song's family.

The education he received as a prince since childhood had made him hide his joy on his face. He said to Yang Qing, "Nothing, get up." Seeing Yang Qi's small body standing straight with the calligraphy in his hand, he couldn't help but say, "You've started practicing calligraphy at such a young age."

Yang Qi looked at Yuan Ruiyuan in shock. Was the prince asking him? Seeing that Yang Qing was winking at him, he said hurriedly, "My grandmother will hire a female teacher for me and my sisters in the near future, so I want to practice calligraphy as soon as possible."

Yuan Ruiyuan didn't continue talking about the afternoon, but nodded and left. When Yuan Ruiyuan strode away, Yang Qi looked up and saw the fifth prince who had been standing behind the crown prince. His expression was a little dark. Yang Qi was afraid and lowered his head.

Yang Qing watched the Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince walk away, then looked at Yang Qi. This little girl was actually calm when talking to the Crown Prince. She raised her hand and touched Yang Qi's head: "The Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince have probably returned to the palace. You can follow them to pay the bill."

Yang Qi looked at Yang Qing and nodded. After what had happened, he was already sweating profusely on his back. How could he continue reading in Jishi Bookstore?

After Yang Qing paid the bill, Yang Qi came back to his senses and said to Yang Qing while holding a book: "Brother, I want to go to the grass market to take a look at my herbal medicine shop. The manager came to tell me yesterday that the shop has been decorated almost completely. This is my first shop, so I still want to go and take a look myself."

Yang Qing was a little hesitant and did not agree to Yang Qi's request.

Yang Qi said coquettishly, "Brother, please. It's still early, let's go to Caoshi and take a look. It will only take an hour to go back and forth. Second Aunt has allowed me to stay out for a day."

Unable to resist Yang Qi's coquetry, Yang Qing had no choice but to agree: "Okay, I'll listen to you."