Forced to die for his loyalty, he was reborn in the arms of the cold and cruel regent!

Qi Sui'an lifted the carriage curtain and took a look, then said calmly, "It just so happens that I have something to discuss with your princess."

Lu Rui couldn't believe her ears. When she heard this, she was naturally very happy.

"If the prince could personally express his gratitude, the princess would surely be very happy."

Qi Suian got off without saying a word and walked to the front of the carriage.

When the eldest princess saw him coming, her heart began to beat wildly.

"Your Highness, it's cold outside. If you have anything to say, come up and say it. There's a stove inside."

Qi Sui'an waved his hand calmly and refused: "Princess, I don't have anything else to do. I just want to remind you that the palace is strictly guarded. Don't shoot yourself in the foot."

The smile on the eldest princess's face suddenly froze.

"What do you mean?"

Qi Suian narrowed his eyes and looked at her coldly.

"The eldest princess is intelligent and beautiful, so she naturally knows what I mean."

The eldest princess was shocked. She never expected Qi Suian to look at her in this way.

The look was very cold, without a trace of emotion, as if he was looking at a dead person.

She couldn't stand it and almost wanted to go crazy: "It seems that this is who I am in your eyes. Then... it's useless to pretend. It's better to release my true nature. Don't you agree, Your Majesty?"

Qi Sui'an narrowed his eyes slightly: "Princess, if you follow your heart, you will have to pay a price."

"That's perfect. I can afford the price." The princess propped up her chin and looked at him with interest. "But once I succeed, I don't know if you can afford the price."

"Then we'll see."

Qi Sui'an knew that persuading her to turn back was harder than climbing to the sky, so he simply said nothing more and turned away.

The eldest princess gritted her teeth, looked in the direction where Qi Suian left, and asked Lu Rui beside her viciously.

"I know he cares about Shen Mengyao a lot, but I didn't expect that he cares so much that he would not hesitate to tear his face off with this princess."

Lu Rui sighed, not knowing what to say.

"Princess, you have been planning and taking advantage of Shen Mengyao's position in the prince's heart. Why are you sad?"

The princess wiped away the tears from her eyes and said, "Yes, that's right. Why bother about this moment? Follow me into the palace."

When she got off the carriage again, a smile appeared on her face, and her bright red lips looked particularly charming in the snow.

Inside Xingqing Palace, Shen Mengyao helped the empress dowager to finish dressing and looked at herself in the bronze mirror.

"Grandmother, what do you think of this?"

"It makes me look much younger." The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction.

"Grandmother, have you forgotten that I am your biological granddaughter?" The eldest princess walked in quickly, her tone coquettish and full of coquettish meaning.

Thinking of what Queyue reminded her, the smile on Shen Mengyao's face faded a lot.

"You are always in a hurry, girl." The Queen Mother smiled and patted her hands.

The eldest princess smiled and waved her hand, asking Lu Rui to serve the food.

"Isn't this because he is worried about you, the Imperial Grandmother? And my Imperial brother is also worried about you, so he specially found the tonic medicine for me to take into the palace."

The Queen Mother sighed, her tone full of pampering.

"It was clearly a reward from the Emperor, but he gave it back to me."

The eldest princess was sweet-spoken and comforted her with a smile on her face.

"I feel ashamed to receive such a good thing, so I will return it to you. Please take care of yourself. When you are well again next spring, I will accompany you to the National Temple to burn incense and fulfill your wish."

"You are such a thoughtful child." The Queen Mother nodded.

"It's almost time. Let me help you go to Weiyang Palace." The eldest princess warmly took the empress dowager's wrist and said with a smile.

"Okay." The Queen Mother patted her hands and smiled indulgently.

As the Queen Mother and the eldest princess left, Shen Mengyao followed them with light lotus steps, secretly thinking of a strategy in her heart.

The Weiyang Palace has been completely decorated and decorated with red silk in the winter, making it particularly festive.

At the banquet, there were many guests, all well-dressed and smiling.

The emperor arrived last, and everyone knelt down and shouted "Long live the emperor". The emperor smiled and said, "Let's just treat it as a family dinner today. No need to be so formal."

Having said that, no one dared to be disrespectful.

Men and women sat separately. When Shen Mengyao sat down, she looked up and saw Qi Suian sitting opposite her.

The latter's eyes flashed across her face with worry, but she just smiled back, indicating that she could handle it and there would be absolutely no problem.

As she looked away, she felt a burning gaze with ill intentions.

She immediately looked in the direction of the gaze and found that the eldest prince was holding a glass of wine and staring at her.

There was something sinister, cold, and hateful in that look.

Even when I looked at him, he never looked away.

what happened?

Before he had time to think about it, the emperor raised his glass and smiled at his ministers.

"Today is the winter solstice, and I am very happy. I have specially held this banquet to celebrate the festival with you, my dear ministers. I wish my country will prosper and the people will live and work in peace and contentment."

As soon as the words fell, there was a chorus of agreement in the hall, and the atmosphere seemed harmonious and warm as the glasses clinked.

Shen Mengyao took a sip of the tea in her hand, her eyes occasionally glancing at those smiles that were either sincere or hypocritical, but her heart was as clear as a mirror.

She knew that beneath the apparent prosperity, there were undercurrents, especially the threats from the eldest princess and the eldest prince, which forced her to be vigilant at all times.

Halfway through the banquet, a melodious piece of string music sounded, and the dancers walked lightly into the center of the hall, dancing to the music, adding a bit of elegance and joy to the banquet.

While he was enjoying the wine, the empress dowager, who was sitting on the high platform, suddenly coughed quietly, and the emperor quickly put down the wine in his hand.

"Mother, how do you feel?"

The Queen Mother covered her chest and shook her head, her eyes full of fatigue: "After all, I am old and not in good health. I can't sit still for just a while."

"This disease is dying quickly, and the weather has been bad lately, so your mother is recovering slowly. Don't worry," the emperor consoled her.

The Queen Mother sighed leisurely: "That's right, it's not advisable to think too much when you are sick."

"If you can't sit still, mother, please go back to the palace and rest." The emperor said worriedly.

The Queen Mother nodded: "Okay."

The eldest princess, who was sitting at the bottom, heard the conversation and quickly stood up and said, "Father, Princess Shen has always taken good care of Grandmother, so why not let Princess Shen accompany Grandmother back?"

"This..." The emperor glanced at Shen Mengyao.

Although Shen Mengyao didn't know what the princess was thinking when she suddenly brought up this matter, she believed that returning to the palace and staying in Xingqing Palace after the embryo was conceived might help avoid some problems.

She stood up and said, "What the princess said is true. The Empress Dowager is in poor health, and I should show my filial piety. Then I will accompany the Empress Dowager back to Xingqing Palace."