After the heroine was robbed, save the paranoid villain

As soon as the carriage arrived at the palace, Xiao Chengji carried Yan Yu out of the carriage.

Yan Yu's breathing slowed down and he gently pushed his shoulder: "I can walk down by myself."

Xiao Chengji's gaze on her suddenly deepened, and his hand around Yan Yu tightened a bit: "...Don't move."

He carried Yan Yu all the way in and asked all the maids in the room to leave.

The afternoon sunlight shone in through the open window, and the warm spring breeze felt slightly cool on his body. Before he even went inside, Xiao Chengji lowered his head and covered Yan Yu's lips.

Yan Yu frowned slightly, feeling a little pain, and grabbed Xiao Chengji's shoulders with his slender fingers.

Xiao Chengji held her and landed on the narrow chaise longue. He held Yan Yu's face and looked at her again: "Don't be afraid."

After more than half an hour, Yan Yu leaned on Xiao Chengji's shoulder with his clothes in disarray.

Her face was flushed, her eyes looked a little hazy, and her breathing was not quite calm.

After the effect of the medicine wore off, Xiao Chengji finally came to his senses and checked on Yan Yu's condition. Their clothes were tangled together.

In fact, he had never felt this way before, and some thoughts emerged more and more clearly in his mind.

Xiao Chengji felt that he seemed to really fall in love with Yan Yu. Over the years, even under such circumstances, he only wanted to touch Yan Yu.

Yan Yu fell asleep on Xiao Chengji's shoulder not long after, her eyelashes wet with tears and still a little moist.

Xiao Chengji took off the heavy jewelry on her body, asked for a wet towel to wipe her, changed her clothes and brought her to bed.

It was not until the evening that Xiao Chengji called two secret guards and asked them to keep a close eye on the Seventh Prince's mansion during this period of time.

In the past, Xiao Chengji only regarded Xiao Qiru as Xiao Jiashan's follower and did not regard him as a threat.

What happened today happened at Xiao Qirui's house, and it is not easy to find out the whole story.

But this time, Xiao Qirui's marriage to the Zheng family is enough to show that Xiao Qirui's thoughts and methods are extraordinary.

The huge Zheng family has been divided into two factions.

One group is the legitimate lineage headed by Queen Zheng, followed by Queen Zheng's brother Zheng Shu. These people stand firmly on the side of the Fifth Prince.

The other faction was headed by Duke Yingguo Zheng Can, who brought with him the second branch of the Zheng family. As they were disappointed with the fifth prince, they secretly wanted to support the seventh prince.

As for Queen Mother Zheng, who is at the top, she will weigh the pros and cons and will only stand on the side that has the ability to seize the throne.

In these intrigues, Xiao Chengji has never been at a disadvantage, he is just too lazy to do it on weekdays.

This time, Xiao Qirui tampered with his drink, which really pissed off Xiao Chengji.

No matter what, Xiao Chengji will not let Xiao Qiru have an easy time.

Liang Qingxue's plan failed, and she was depressed for two or three days after returning.

She felt very upset as she was getting older and older but had no idea where to get married. The men her parents knew were all from poor families and could not help her with matters of marriage. Princess Xianyi could help but was too stingy to introduce her to any good ones.

The more Liang Qingxue thought about it, the more anxious she became, to the point of two or three blisters forming in her mouth.

Sometimes she thought about just calling it quits and marrying into a family higher up than the Liang family and living an ordinary life.

But when she thought about how people of Princess Xianyi and Princess Qin's status were enjoying great glory in the outside world, and that if she married an ordinary family, she would never be able to enjoy the same treatment in her life, she would feel deeply unwilling and did not want her life to end like this.

At this time, Queen Mother Zheng suddenly extended a hand to her and invited Liang Qingxue to visit the palace.

She had never been to the palace or met the empress dowager. Liang Qingxue was flattered and went there secretly without telling Princess Xianyi.

Queen Mother Zheng, despite her high status and being the most honorable woman in the entire Wei Dynasty, was not at all airy. She had a kind face and spoke in an amiable manner.

Liang Qingxue was extremely grateful.

Until Queen Mother Zheng took out a small brick-red porcelain bottle.

When Liang Qingxue saw this, her face instantly turned pale.

This was what she gave to the servant of the Seventh Prince's Mansion that day. She paid a large sum of money to bribe him to put drugs in Xiao Chengji's drink.

In order to prove that the pills were just for fun and not poisonous and would definitely not harm the person who drugged them, Liang Qingxue poured one out and swallowed it in front of him.

Queen Mother Zheng smiled and said, "Are you interested in the King of Qin?"

Liang Qingxue's whole body stiffened, and she fell to her knees with a plop, kowtowed to Empress Dowager Zheng repeatedly.

She knew very well that with this medicine bottle, Queen Dowager Zheng could take her life.

"Silly child, what are you afraid of? I like girls who dare to think, dare to act and have ambition."

Queen Mother Zheng asked Madam Zhao to help Liang Qingxue over and brought her in front of her: "Come closer, let me take a closer look. What a pretty girl you are. If the King of Qin doesn't like you, it must be because he is short-sighted and unworthy."

Liang Qingxue was scared and nervous, her body was shaking slightly.

Queen Mother Zheng patted her back gently and said, "Okay, good girl, don't be afraid."

With the Queen Mother's comfort, Liang Qingxue's mood gradually calmed down.

Queen Mother Zheng had a faint smile on her kind face: "I just happen to have something I want to discuss with you."

"..."

The peach blossoms were in full bloom these days, so a peach forest was planted in the palace garden, and Yan Yu became busy again.

She prepared all kinds of food with her maid, including peach blossom porridge, peach blossom tea, peach blossom cake, peach blossom cake, and peach blossom wine. Every morning she would ask the maid to collect dew from the peach petals to wipe her hands and face.

It just makes Xiao Chengji suffer.

Xiao Chengji really doesn't like things made from flowers and plants. He picked up a piece of cake from Yan Yu's room and found that it was filled with sugar-pickled peach blossom filling. The taste was weird, like the smell of grass and a bit bitter. What's the difference between this and eating grass?

In comparison, Xiao Chengji still prefers to eat meat.

But Yan Yu liked these things, and she kept muttering about the beauty and skin care benefits of peach blossoms. She also asked Xiao Chengji to apply peach blossom powder with her on their faces, saying that their faces would become whiter after using it.

Xiao Chengji firmly refused.

As a man, he didn't object to Yan Yu putting on makeup, but he objected to himself doing the same.

The peach blossom wine brewed by Yan Yu was ready, and he gave two jars to Xiao Chengji. Xiao Chengji remembered that the emperor liked it, so he gave it to the emperor, and also brought a basket of various pastries and foods made by Yan Yu.

Emperor Jianxing was flattered.

This bastard son has really grown up. He has been very well behaved this year and has even learned how to respect his father.

For the emperor, the value of things is not important, what matters is the thought behind them.

A few days ago, the Empress Dowager was sarcastically saying in front of the Emperor that Xiao Chengji was unfilial. Now it seems that Xiao Chengji is much more filial than his other sons. He even remembers that Emperor Jianxing likes snacks and wine made of various flowers the most.

After eating and drinking, Xiao Chengji took the initiative to ask his father for military power.

Emperor Jianxing's heart skipped a beat.