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

Jiang Fenghua took the initiative to leave, and Su Tingwan was even more at ease, trying to please Xie Shang, "Your Majesty, please try this fish."

Xie Shang pointed at his throat, meaning that it hurt and he couldn't eat.

But she picked a bite and fed it to his mouth, smiling: "Wanwan will feed you!"

Xie Shang was surprised that he didn't say he wanted to eat fish. Seeing her trying to please him, he wanted to say, Wanwan, don't be like this.

Su Tingwan put down her chopsticks and said with great emotion, "Ah Shang, I wish I could go back to the past, back to the carefree days when we were together. I find that I have changed now, and I have become sad. Seeing you and the princess being so affectionate, I feel very sad. I often think that you love me, right? Ah Shang loves Wanwan."

She confessed her true feelings, with tears in her eyes, "I love you. I can't live without you in this life. Anyway, I am yours in life and your ghost in death. Ah Shang, you said you would always love me."

Xie Shang felt his scalp tingling and his face was so embarrassed that he almost threw it into the bowl. He never said that he didn't like her.

She added, "Can you give me a little bit of the kindness you show to the princess? I would be very happy if you could just accompany me once in a while."

Xie Shang was stunned. Seeing that she was about to cry, he couldn't bear to leave. Every time he faced her, he felt that he was a bad person. He shouldn't have made her sad and he always ignored her.

He endured the pain in his throat and picked up the fish in front of her and ate it, and then picked up her favorite braised chicken and put it in her bowl.

Tears instantly fell from the corners of Su Tingwan's eyes. She held back her tears and cried with joy. She picked up the chicken and started eating, "Ah Shang, I knew you still cared about me."

Xie Shang began to be thankful that he had become mute, otherwise he really wouldn’t know how to answer Su Tingwan.

He began to reflect on himself. He should like Su Tingwan, but she and Jiang Fenghua were already his women, so it didn't seem so important whether he liked her or not. He felt happier when he was with Jiang Fenghua, so did he like Jiang Fenghua more?

After dinner, Su Tingwan said, "The prince and princess are both sick. The imperial physician said that for the sake of your respective health, it is not appropriate for you to meet. Why don't you go to the Sandalwood Courtyard to rest tonight? Wanwan can also take care of you."

Xie Shang had already asked for leave, and he was sick again, so there was no way he could leave the house to work. He suddenly couldn't find a reason to leave.

He hasn't set foot in Sandalwood Court since the last time he left it.

She is the woman he likes. He cannot neglect Wanwan just because he likes Jiang Fenghua. Otherwise, what would the first three years between him and her be? Would it be a joke?

He refused to admit that he had completely changed his mind. He told himself that at least he could like Su Tingwan while liking Jiang Fenghua.

Xie Shang wanted to prove that he also liked Su Tingwan, so he accompanied her to Sandalwood Courtyard.

Jiang Fenghua watched them leave through the window. She knew that Xie Shang must know that she was watching them. It was not entirely true to say how much Xie Shang loved Su Tingwan, otherwise he would not be easily attracted to her, and even disregarded Su Tingwan's feelings and was in love with her.

The cheapest thing in the world is love. Su Tingwan foolishly thought that she would be sad because of Xie Shang's departure.

Given Xie Shang’s current physical condition, what would happen even if he went to Sandalwood Court? I’m afraid Su Tingwan will be disappointed again.

She enjoyed seeing Su Tingwan getting frustrated when she couldn't get what she wanted.

Jiang Fenghua looked indifferent. She took the medicine and went to bed. She would not damage her voice for a man.

This is not a good deal. Let him be. I need to rest well.

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Xie Shang lay on the bed with his eyes closed. No matter what Su Tingwan did, he was not interested at all. This time, Su Tingwan naturally did not dare to drug him again and just snuggled up to him honestly.

Her shoulders were half exposed, her clothes were thin, and she suddenly put her arms around his waist, preparing to take off his clothes. She leaned close to his ear and said in an ambiguous voice, "Wanwan knows that the prince has a sore throat, so you don't say anything."

Xie Shang grabbed her wrist, increased his strength, and suddenly said, "I am not feeling well, you should go to sleep!" His voice was hoarse. After taking medicine for a day, his throat was indeed better, at least he could speak.

Su Tingwan refused and took the initiative to climb on his body and wanted to kiss him.

He pushed her hand away and moved aside, "Wanwan, Doctor Mei said that my disease is contagious. Let's sleep separately tonight! Stay away from me. I'm afraid you will get sick too."

Su Tingwan said anxiously, "I'm not afraid, I can serve you."

She was about to make a move again, but Xie Shang's eyes were filled with anger, and he said in a deep voice, "If you do this again, I will leave."

After hearing what he said, she dared not move anymore, tears welled up in her eyes. She never thought that they would end up sleeping in the same bed but having different dreams.

She closed her eyes and held back her tears. Seeing her crying, Xie Shang suddenly felt upset and took the initiative to hold her hand. However, his body told him that he didn't want to do anything and just wanted to sleep and wait for the day to dawn soon.

The next day, Lin Feng waited outside the Sandalwood Courtyard but did not go in. Ginkgo called him but he ignored her and was just doing his duty as a guard.

Xie Shang came out of the Sandalwood Courtyard early. Seeing his sullen face, he asked him, "Who has offended you so early in the morning? Are you angry?"

"Oh, the prince's voice is better now! It seems that Concubine Su took good care of the prince last night." Lin Feng spoke in a sarcastic tone.

Xie Shang coughed lightly and wanted to explain something, but in the end he said nothing and went straight to the study.

He suddenly felt a little guilty and didn't dare to see Jiang Fenghua.

Steward Cheng has already sent the petition he has reviewed to the Jingzhao Prefecture, where officials will re-examine the case based on Xie Shang's comments.

Butler Cheng brought another stack of account books to Xie Shang and said, "Your Majesty, these are the bills for the past two months. Please have a look."

Xie Shang said, "Such minor matters have always been handled by Butler Cheng. Just handle it. I still have cases to review."

Butler Cheng was a little anxious. "In addition to the accounts in the palace, there are also some account books sent by Mingyifang, as well as Cuiyuxuan, Hefeng Restaurant, Liuji Cloth Shop, Li's Dim Sum Shop... All the major well-known shops in Kyoto have come to the palace."

Xie Shang was puzzled, "What are they doing here? What does this have to do with Prince Heng's Palace?"

Butler Cheng placed the bills on the table and let him look at them one by one.

Xie Shang took it and flipped through a few pages. "Since the princess likes it, you can go and pay for it."

Butler Cheng was sweating profusely, "No, Your Majesty, these are not the Princess's accounts. I checked and found that Concubine Su took these things by pretending to be the Princess."

After Xie Shang heard this, his eyes became solemn. "What's going on? Why would Wanwan use the princess's name to buy something?"

Butler Cheng explained one by one, "At first, I also felt strange that the palace suddenly had so many external debts. When people came to the house, I went to ask the princess, and she said that she had never sold these things. Later, I went to check each store one by one, and found out that the people who went to these stores to buy things on credit were Concubine Su and her servants. Every time they came out of the restaurant, they would put the bill on the Heng Wang Fei's account. They were extremely extravagant, and even took jade ornaments worth thousands of taels and hundreds of thousands of jewelry. I calculated that in the past two months, our Heng Wang Palace owed 48,979 taels of external debts."

Su Tingwan's servant is naturally Yunfang.

Xie Shang was incredulous, "He owes so much." He only looked at the signature and the title. It was Jiang Fenghua's name, but not her handwriting.

If Prince Heng's Mansion fails to pay back this debt in time, it will be in big trouble and may even be impeached by the censors.

Butler Cheng thought: Concubine Su is really incapable of accomplishing anything, and is always causing trouble. He has no way to explain the sudden loss of so much money in the account.

He felt that the power of stewardship was like a hot potato in his hands, and said, "I have something to say, but I don't know whether I should say it or not."

"Speak." Xie Shang was extremely angry. He didn't expect Su Tingwan to be this kind of person.

"Before the prince had a princess, he trusted me and handed over the power of the household to me. There was nothing to say about that. But now that the prince has married, the power of the household should be handed over to the mistress of the palace to manage the household affairs." Butler Cheng was afraid of Concubine Su. If she did something like this again in the future, where would he find the money to make up for it?

Xie Shang had never thought about it this way. "Do you mean to let the princess be the housekeeper?"