After the wrong flirtation, I became the villain's favorite

She was so pure and beautiful, and the love that was once filled in her eyes when she looked at him could not be deceived. She had always been his alone.

Now that she finally has a child, although her father hasn't relented yet, the atmosphere has eased a lot.

As long as the child is born and the blood test is done to prove the relationship, the relatives can be silenced and then they can take her home.

Xie Yunji pondered carefully, the balance in his heart swaying back and forth. Should he take her home and let her continue to use Jiang Yao's identity, or should he overturn the case for Minister Song and let her become his wife under her real name?

He wanted to make Song Nihuan happy.

She would be happy if she could stop living under someone else's name.

He also wanted her real name to be next to his name.

Xie Yunji smiled slightly, and had an idea in mind. He put his hands in his pockets and said, "Your Highness, Zi Che has something to ask of you."

Xiao Shen leaned over to listen, his expression changing dramatically as Xie Yunji continued to whisper. At the end, he simply interrupted and said, "Are you crazy?!"

"Are you crazy or am I crazy? Do you know how difficult it is to single-handedly separate the Song family from the Qi Wang Rebellion?"

Xie Yunji smiled upon hearing this, looking very relaxed, as if he was talking about something as trivial as where to have dinner later, "Wait until Your Highness ascends the throne and vindicates the King of Qi."

"Your Highness has just ascended the throne and has issued a general amnesty. At that time, the cabinet and all officials will be grateful for your generosity towards your deceased uncle. The Qi Wang branch is still there, and they will be grateful for your kindness and will serve you. Moreover, isn't your trip a redemption for the excessive killings of the emperor?"

"Too many people died in the Qi Wang Rebellion. I think that after His Majesty passes away, he would not want to be forever nailed to the pillar of shame by the historians."

Xiao Shen looked at him in astonishment, feeling a chill on his back. It took him a lot of effort to understand the subtlety in his words.

He did not expect his father to pardon the Song family, but instead directly bet the future on him.

Xie Yunji found it funny to see Xiao Shen like that. He pulled up his robe and leaned forward, then asked leisurely, "Does Your Highness still remember Wang?"

"Which Wang...the sister of Prime Minister Lord Wang? I ordered people to set up a trap to trap his son. What should we do next? Why should we go to the trouble of getting her? Lord Wang is the person I want to win over, and I don't want to offend him." Xiao Shen asked.

"Your Highness, just wait and see. The Eastern Palace is in danger." Xie Yunji said calmly.

Xiao Shen was stunned for a moment, as if he had an epiphany, but he still couldn't figure it out. "It's true that the concubine of the Prime Minister is in the East Palace and is very favored, but my sister-in-law is not an ordinary woman. If you want to stir up conflicts between concubines so that my eldest brother will make mistakes in a hurry, I'm afraid you will fail."

Xie Yunji smiled and did not argue with him. He just said, "Your Highness, just wait and see."

"If Your Highness ascends the throne, will you agree to what I just asked for?"

Xiao Shen pondered for a moment, nodded, and felt disappointed. Fortunately, this person was his.

Xie Yunji's plan was certainly not to use concubines to compete for favors and confuse the prince's mind. This was too low-level and had little hope.

Xiao Xuan is mature and prudent, and knows what is important and what is not. He would never go against the grain for a woman.

What he wanted was for everyone in the East Palace to die, and it must be a fatal blow with no way to tell.

*

East Palace.

The incense of Buddha lingered above the caisson, and Sheng Surou sat quietly in the Buddhist hall for a long time.

As a young girl, she could not understand why the female elders in her family loved to worship Buddha and meditate so peacefully.

Now she finally understood that this was also a kind of escape from the unchangeable reality of the world.

I don't know how many hours I sat there, but my body became numb and I lost all feeling.

What was written in the Buddhist scriptures could not wash away the pain and resentment in her heart.

Life is a tragedy, and who can help people? (Note 1)

She knew that Xiao Xuan didn't love her anymore.

Because she had seen how he loved her, she was now sure that he no longer loved her.

Her family members advised her not to indulge in love affairs. She was already in her thirties, so why was she still trapped by love? She naively thought that Xiao Xuan could give her a lifelong companion.

Sheng Surou looked at the Sanskrit on the table, suppressed the resentment in her heart, and straightened her back.

She is the legitimate daughter of the Sheng family. She must not fall into the resentment, anger and ignorance that only young women would suffer.

The maid leaned in from the door, and Sheng Surou said, "Come in and talk."

"Crown Princess, that Wang is here to beg for money again. She has come to Concubine Wan Liang three or four times this month." The maid said dissatisfiedly. The Eastern Palace is a place where such women can come as they please!

Sheng moved her stiff neck and her eyes drifted towards the distant green smoke in the caisson. The smoke changed into this shape for a while, then dispersed and gathered again.

"That Wang is a poor woman. In fact, the Prime Minister Wang has wanted to cut off all ties with her a long time ago. She still relies on her relationship with Wan Liangdi to act like a master in our Eastern Palace." The maid said dissatisfiedly, "Crown Princess, you have to control her, otherwise what will happen to our Eastern Palace? Every time Wang leaves, she brings a lot of bags. I wonder how many good things she took away."

After the maid finished her complaints, Sheng Surou closed her eyes and said, "What she can take away is what Wan Liangdi allowed. Wan Liangdi's things are rewards from the prince. If the prince is willing to give them to her, she can do whatever she wants with them."

The Sheng family is also a well-known scholarly family. Sheng Surou was the legitimate daughter of the Sheng family who was coveted by hundreds of families in the past. She has seen and handled too many luxurious things, not to mention jewelry and silks, which are worldly possessions that she is too lazy to even bother to even glance at.

How could she make a big fuss about getting something for the relatives of the concubines in the mansion?

As she was feeling sad about her separation from Xiao Xuan, she did not want to be known as someone who treated Xiao Xuan's concubines harshly.

Not being jealous is the principle she has adhered to since she married Xiao Xuan.

Sheng Surou didn't think at all about what Wanniang and her aunt were doing.

Until one night, Xiao Xuan slept in her palace, which was rare. The two of them had not made love for a long time, and this time they were particularly enjoying themselves. Sheng Surou's heart softened. She looked up at Xiao Xuan's neat jawline, which was the look she liked. With a smile on her face, she fell asleep in his arms.

There was a sudden and frightening knock on the door of the East Palace, and the noise came from far away.

Xiao Xuan put on some clothes and stood up. He comforted the dazed Sheng Surou and asked the gatekeeper in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

"Reporting to His Royal Highness, the one knocking on the door is calling for the Eastern Depot to investigate a case." The eunuch outside the door shrank back, "They are all wearing flying fish suits and are coming to the bedroom."

"Send someone to guard Wan Liangdi's Guanju Palace and don't let anyone get close and scare her." Xiao Xuan said.

The eunuch responded and quickly led a group of people to run to the west.

The Eastern Depot thugs were approaching in a dark mass.

Xiao Xuan always looked down on eunuchs. The previous dynasty was destroyed because of the eunuchs' abuse of power. He looked at the cold face of the East Factory Supervisor and said coldly: "Supervisor, you broke into my East Palace at night. What are you doing?"

"Your servant is investigating the case under your order." The supervisor of the East Depot said, and then raised his hand to signal the guards behind him to move forward. "The East Depot is investigating the case, Your Highness should know what to do."

Xiao Xuan naturally understood what these four words meant.

The East Factory is the emperor's eyes, monitoring all officials. It can act upon any news and execute people first and report later, which is a special permission granted by the emperor.

Basically no one can resist, including the prince.