Now that you're reborn, who would still keep a mistress for their scumbag husband?

Neither Ling Chengxu nor Lu Changyuan was able to stop Queen Lu.

As Xie Jinzhao was being rudely escorted to the Ministry of Punishment, the Emperor and Prince Zhuang hurried over and asked, "What's going on?"

The nanny knelt on the ground and replied. Xie Jinzhao and Prince Zhuang looked at each other. She did not miss the anxiety and heartache in Prince Zhuang's eyes. The eyes were so familiar that she thought for a moment she saw Ling Jinglan.

She trusts her instincts.

Xie Jinzhao narrowed his eyes and couldn't help but look at King Zhuang one more time.

"Xie Jinzhao, do you admit your guilt?" asked Emperor Yongjia.

"I don't know!" Xie Jinzhao didn't know what the emperor was up to, and she didn't have the habit of taking the blame easily.

"Since you are Rouge Sword, why have you never revealed your identity? Even the Queen doesn't know, do you admit your guilt?" Emperor Yongjia knew very well what the Queen was worried about. What she was worried about was that Rouge Sword did not help her cure her illness.

Xie Jinzhao raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, no one has ever asked me if I am the Rouge Sword. I won't tell everyone I am the Rouge Sword, right?"

Emperor Yongjia stroked his beard mysteriously and temporarily accepted Xie Jinzhao's explanation. "If I pardon you, what will you repay me with?"

"I am willing to do my best to help Northern Qi win the battle in Southern Shu." Xie Jinzhao's voice was clear and powerful.

Emperor Yongjia's blood surged, and he shouted "Good!"

He glanced at King Zhuang, who was still hesitating. King Zhuang stepped forward and said, "Father, I am willing to join forces with Miss Xie to attack the battlefield in Southern Shu. By then, what will Southern Chen do to Northern Qi?"

Emperor Yongjia thought of the Southern Chen envoy who was on his way. The Xie family was originally from the Southern Chen, but Xiao Shengyuan executed the entire family. As a superior, there must be the factor of being too meritorious to be feared by the master. However, as a superior, it would be too easy for Xiao Shengyuan to easily pass on the blame if he wanted to win over Xie Jinzhao.

Xiao Shengyuan can gain Xie Jinzhao's cooperation, or even gratitude, by helping the Xie family to take revenge.

Although Empress Xie was shot to death by Xiao Shengyuan, it was true that Xiao Shengyuan's hair turned white overnight, that he buried Empress Xie in his own imperial mausoleum, that he never made her queen, and that none of the concubines in the harem were favored for so many years.

While Emperor Yongjia was hesitating, the Queen and Lu Changyuan arrived, and Prince Zhuang became a little annoyed.

"Your Majesty, has this slut offended you again? I asked the nanny to take her to the Ministry of Punishment to teach her a lesson!" The Queen glanced at Xie Jinzhao. She had to guard against the Emperor being attracted by Xie Jinzhao's beauty.

"If she can learn to be ambitious but incompetent in the Ministry of Punishment, I am not unwilling to let her go and reluctantly let her return to Duke Dingguo's Mansion to serve Chang Yuan and atone for her sins!"

Xie Jinzhao said, "I dare not! The emperor has ordered me to divorce Duke Dingguo. If I return to Duke Dingguo's mansion, wouldn't that be deceiving the emperor?"

The Queen said angrily, "How dare you talk back? I asked you to return to Duke Dingguo's mansion. Did I ask you to go back and become Duke Dingguo's wife? You are really dreaming. I am honoring you by asking you to be a maidservant!"

Xie Jinzhao stood up straight. "The form is not important, the substance is important. Is the Queen trying to cover up her mistake? Are the people in the government and the public blind?"

The queen didn't expect Xie Jinzhao to be so tough, "Your Majesty, Xie Jinzhao is so rude!"

Prince Zhuang said, "Mother, I think what Xie Jinzhao said is true. Children of the Jianghu are not particular about trivial matters. Please bear with me, mother!"

The queen smiled gently, but the smile did not reach her eyes, "Qingchen, what's wrong with you? Why are you speaking up for Xie Jinzhao?"

The emperor glanced at Lu Changyuan. The previous incident at Xiaomatan Horse Farm had left a thorn in the emperor's heart. In recent years, the Duke Dingguo's Mansion could no longer be powerful, and if Xie Jinzhao fell into the hands of the queen, no matter how capable she was, it would be difficult for her to struggle away.

Once a woman gives her body to a man and has children in the future, her heart will be won.

"I have already arranged for Xie Jinzhao to marry Qingchen. She will be the Princess of Zhuang. It is natural for Qingchen to speak for her!" Emperor Yongjia saw everyone's expressions, especially Lu Changyuan. The pain in his eyes was as if someone had torn his heart apart.

Sure enough, if Xie Jinzhao were allowed to return to Duke Dingguo's Mansion, there was no guarantee that the couple would not reconcile.

"Your Majesty, this is not possible. Prince Zhuang is of such noble status, and Xie Jinzhao is a divorced woman. How can she be worthy of Chen'er!" The queen was shocked.

"Xie Jinzhao is from Changliu Pavilion and possesses unparalleled medical skills. The Xie family has made great military achievements for the Southern Chen Dynasty. As the daughter of the Xie family, why shouldn't Xie Jinzhao be a match for Prince Zhuang? As for the divorce with Changyuan, that was Dou Jinzhao, what does it have to do with Xie Jinzhao?" The Yongjia Emperor was very capable when he started to make trouble.

Empress Lu was speechless. Lu Changyuan said unwillingly, "Your Majesty, whether it is Xie Jinzhao or Dou Jinzhao, they are the same person. Isn't this just covering one's ears and stealing the bell?"

"Whose ears are you covering, and whose bell are you stealing? The girl you were engaged to was from the Dou family, and the girl you divorced was also from the Dou family. Now, the woman I am marrying Prince Zhuang to is the Rouge Sword of Changliu Pavilion. What does this have to do with you?" Emperor Yongjia's face darkened.

Before Lu Changyuan could speak, Empress Lu stopped him, "Your Majesty, why don't you listen to Xie Jinzhao's opinion? She is Rouge Sword, and may not be willing to enter the palace."

Ling Qingchen looked at Xie Jinzhao nervously, her eyelids lowered and the expression in her eyes was unclear.

At this moment, he was more nervous than ever, fearing that she would be unwilling. If he disobeyed her order, he might lose his only chance in this life.

"Father, I request your permission. If the marriage is settled, please allow me to go to the battlefield with my new wife!" King Zhuang lifted his robe and knelt down.

Xie Jinzhao looked at King Zhuang who was lying on the ground. A sentence echoed in her ears, "Jinzhao, do you want to go to the battlefield?"

Ling Jinglan once asked her this.

The emperor, the empress and Lu Changyuan stared at her.

She really wanted to go to the battlefield and lead her own troops. In the future, she would lead her troops to flatten the capital of Southern Chen to avenge her relatives whom she had never met, her senior sister, and her senior brother who died in Southern Chen in her previous life.

But as a person from the underworld, if she wants to set foot in the army, she will definitely be ostracized.

Marrying Prince Zhuang was a shortcut. Prince Zhuang had been fighting on the battlefield all the time. He had his own direct lineage. Using him as a stepping stone, and with her identity as Prince Zhuang's wife, it would be twice the result with half the effort for her.

"Thank you, Lord!" Xie Jinzhao knelt down, shoulder to shoulder with Ling Qingchen.

Ling Qingchen breathed a sigh of relief. He felt Xie Jinzhao glancing at him. He quickly met her eyes and his heart tightened involuntarily. The understanding and indifference in her eyes were a surprise and a joy, a smooth road and an abyss to him.

"Zhao Zhao!" Lu Changyuan was in great pain and tried to snatch Xie Jinzhao away. Ling Qingchen grabbed Xie Jinzhao's wrist and pulled her behind him. "Duke Dingguo, my princess, please be respectful and don't be disrespectful!"

Xie Jinzhao pulled back her wrist and looked at Ling Qingchen's back. Same back of the head, same back, same height, broad shoulders, narrow waist and long legs. Was she blind before?

She wanted to see how Ling Qingchen would continue the show. Would he become insane if he had to play two roles at once?