Reborn to marry the emperor, I just want to confuse the emperor and seize the throne

Jiang Fenghua's eyes also turned red. Although she knew this would be the result, the emperor was still quite good to her and the Jiang family. The emperor was good at scheming and calculating. He could make things happen in the court with a wave of his hand.

Maybe the Jiang family had no value to be used, so the emperor's attention was not on the Jiang family. It was also the queen who asked the emperor for permission to marry her into the palace. Regardless of the purpose, the emperor did a good job on the surface and did not let her suffer any physical pain.

Even in her previous life, when she married into the palace, the emperor treated her as a transparent person. When she gave birth to two royal heirs, the emperor gave them a name and rewarded them with some gold, silver and cloth. After that, she and the emperor never had any contact again.

She thought: If the emperor was not sitting in this position and if he had not taken the royal family's reputation into consideration, Xie Shang might have abolished her position as Crown Princess for Su Tingwan long ago.

Besides, she is just Xie Shang’s wife, her mother-in-law is vicious, her husband is indifferent, and she has nothing to do with her father-in-law.

Thinking of this, Jiang Fenghua's tears welled up in his eyes and flowed all over his face, "Father must get better."

Seeing her so sad, Xie Shang was very touched. "Father will be fine. No matter what happens in the future, we must talk about it. You are not allowed to hide it from me, and I will not hide it from you. We must not be like father and mother and miss decades."

Jiang Fenghua nodded heavily, "Well, we won't be like our father and mother."

Ever since the birthday party, for some reason Xie Shang became more and more attached to her. After being busy with official duties during the day, he would go to Chenxi Palace to accompany her and the child.

She analyzed it carefully. Because she was drunk that day, she showed her deep love for her, but she had no memory of what happened specifically. It was Hongxiu and Lianye who helped her recall. She just felt ashamed and didn't want to leave the palace to see anyone for the rest of her life.

How could she be that kind of Jiang Fenghua? It's absolutely impossible.

Could it be that she wore too many masks in this life and was too repressed in her previous life, so another Jiang Fenghua, a third Jiang Fenghua, was squeezed out of her body?

Jiang Fenghua saw that it was getting dark outside. In the cold winter, the wind was howling, as if there were ghosts.

After coming out of the Qianqing Palace, she held Xie Shang's hand tightly. Xie Shang asked her, "What's wrong?"

"Your Highness, what kind of me do you like?" Jiang Fenghua asked him.

Xie Shang paused, "I like them all."

"Which time of myself do you like the most?" she asked stubbornly. She would never love him in this life, but she wanted Xie Shang to love her deeply. She did it, but it seemed that she did not completely get into his heart.

"I like the way Ruan Ruan calls me husband, the way Ruan Ruan's heart and eyes are filled with me." He leaned close to her ear, "The way Ruan Ruan tells everyone that I am her man, the way Ruan Ruan calls me Xie Shang instead of Your Highness..."

When Jiang Fenghua heard this, he just wanted to dig a hole faster. He couldn't be slower even for a moment. It was so embarrassing.

No wonder he did not go to court that morning, nor did he go to Taihua Palace to attend classes. He was kept in bed by her all morning, and then had sex with her in broad daylight.

"I can't remember it at all." That must be the third Jiang Fenghua, because she couldn't have done that in her previous life, and it's even more impossible for her to do that in this life.

The person Xie Shang was talking about was not her.

Seeing her blush, Xie Shang thought she was just shy, "The plum blossoms in the palace are blooming. I'll take you to see them."

"Now?"

Xie Shang nodded.

"But it's so late, so dark, so scary, and so horrible..." She was terrified.

"Don't be afraid, I will protect you."

“But I’m still afraid.”

"Are you afraid of the dark?"

Jiang Fenghua nodded and said in a cute voice, "I'm scared. It's so cold." It might be snowing. The cold air blew on her face, like ice knives cutting her. Her skin was delicate. In her previous life, when she had thick skin and flesh, she would get frostbite every winter. Although it was not fatal, it was torturous enough to make people want to die. So in this life, she took good care of her skin and wore a thick cloak when going out.

In the end, she was still no match for Xie Shang and was taken to his secret base by him.

She has lived in the palace for twenty years, and Xie Shang in his previous life didn’t have any secret base! Maybe she didn’t know!

What Jiang Fenghua didn't expect was that Xie Shang took her behind a rocky hill. Even though she was holding a lantern in her hand, she still felt a little scared to come to such a rocky place at night.

She raised the lantern and saw that there was a plum tree planted next to each rockery. Some of the plum blossoms had even bloomed, while others were still in bud.

Xie Shang introduced, "There are many kinds of plum blossoms here, in addition to red plum blossoms, there are also green plum blossoms and purple plum blossoms..."

"Did Your Highness plant it?" Jiang Fenghua asked.

Xie Shang gave her a smug look, "Don't you believe it?"

"I didn't expect that Your Highness likes plum blossoms."

"What kind of flowers does Ruan Ruan like?"

"I like peonies." Peonies are also known as the flower of wealth and honor. What she wants is wealth and honor, not the plum blossom that blooms alone in the cold. She does not have such a noble and upright temperament. It's not that she doesn't like them, but that she can't afford to like them.

Aren’t all the women who enter the palace coming for the peony flowers?

She is the same, so she doesn't want any integrity.

She only liked plum blossoms in her previous life. Scholars all like plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum. Plum blossoms represent nobleness, steadfastness and an indomitable spirit.

Integrity is of no use in the palace.

Xie Shang's eyes were full of doting, "Ruan Ruan likes peonies, so I will plant peonies for you." These plum blossoms were just planted by him for that person, and he had been planting them for ten years. This was also the place where he and that person met for the first time, and also the last time.

"Why did Your Highness plant so many plum blossoms here?" Jiang Fenghua had long forgotten that Xie Shang was seen crying in a cave in the rockery. She was so ugly during her teeth-changing period that she even despised herself.

"I was bored in the palace when I was young, so I planted the plant." He made up a random reason. The person he liked now was Ruan Ruan, so there was no need to mention the past. After a long time, he would just feel a little regretful.

"It's so dark here, let's go back!" Jiang Fenghua suggested, "The flowers haven't bloomed yet. When they bloom, I will accompany Your Highness to appreciate the plum blossoms." Having said that, Xie Shang became increasingly busy in the days that followed and had no time to accompany her anymore.

"Okay, let's go back to the palace." He held her hand, only to feel her fingers were cold. He rubbed them for her and put them on his chest, "Is this warmer now?"

"Well, it's warmer now." Jiang Fenghua said in a gentle voice.