The legitimate daughter becomes cannon fodder? Rebirth to overthrow the system's fatality

Chu Heng left Northern Qi early in the morning on the second day after the farewell banquet.

After returning to Dongling and reporting to the palace, he couldn't wait to go to Baichuan Academy.

The autumn wind blew gently, and the leaves in the yard rustled.

The sunlight shines through the mottled leaves and onto the ground, forming patches of light and shadow. A cup of tea is placed on the ancient stone table, with steam rising.

Cheng Jiuyuan took a sip of tea and asked, "Your Highness, did your trip go smoothly?"

"It will go smoothly naturally."

Cheng Jiuyuan nodded. It made sense. The prince and Chu Ze both believed that Chu Heng was on their side and would not attack him.

"I met your sister. She is now Qi Zhen's favorite concubine and is living a good life."

Cheng Jiuyuan put down the teacup: "Pampered concubine?"

Qi Zhen, a man who would wish to have his skin peeled off if a woman touched him, would actually favor a woman?

"Yes, but the girl next to her said that she is more of a counselor than a favorite concubine."

Cheng Jiuyuan nodded, knowing that the girl he was talking about was Cui Luo.

When Cui Luo was in the Prime Minister's Mansion, she became a hidden chess piece that she had planted next to Cheng Yun Ge. However, she was in the Northern Qi Palace and no news could be conveyed, so she asked her to take care of herself first.

Before Chu Heng left this time, she gave Chu Heng a letter.

When Cui Luo sees her letter, she will naturally help Chu Heng and the others.

"That makes sense."

"Hmm? You seem to know Qi Zhen very well?" Chu Heng asked casually.

He could feel that she had hatred towards Qi Zhen, and this hatred was just like her hatred towards Chu Ze, which came without much reason.

She knew Qi Zhen very well and could even imitate Qi Zhen's handwriting.

"I just don't think a guy like him could fall in love with someone easily."

Cheng Yunge, no, it should be Bai Lu who is really good at it. She was able to survive Chu Qing's hands and climb to a high position.

She thought of Bai Lu's original world, which she had seen with her own eyes.

Children in their world start learning from a very young age. With so much experience from their predecessors, she could just copy it directly, which would make Qi Zhen take her seriously.

"But she's courting her own death."

Cheng Jiuyuan looked at Chu Heng with a hint of curiosity in her eyes.

"She is investigating Qi Zhen's past, trying to find out what made Qi Zhen so unapproachable to women."

Cheng Jiuyuan curled her lips and smiled.

This is indeed a dead end.

In her previous life, she also accidentally learned some of Qi Zhen’s secrets, secrets that Qi Zhen would never dare to let others know.

"I also want to know why Qi Zhen doesn't like women. Since she wants to find out, I'll help her."

"Now that Qi Zhen has ascended the throne, I'm afraid that in two years, when his foundation is stable, he will take action against Dongling."

"No problem. As long as there is a chance, Jiang Xiubai, Feng Yu and others are no worse than Wei Tiankuang, they will only be stronger."

In his previous life, Jiang Xiubai was the new god of war after Wei Tiankuang.

"Moreover, Qi Zhen has a fatal flaw, which makes it difficult for him to maintain his position as the ruler of Northern Qi."

Chu Heng put down the teacup and looked at Cheng Jiuyuan curiously.

Cheng Jiuyuan whispered, "He is not the biological son of the old Northern Qi emperor."

A hint of surprise flashed across Chu Heng's eyes.

How could she know such a secret?

The inexplicable heart-wrenching pain surged up again.

Seeing that his usually calm face was turning pale, Cheng Jiuyuan stretched out her hand and waved it in front of his eyes, and asked softly, "Are you okay?"

Chu Heng grabbed her shaking hand, his heart tightening as he asked, "How did you know?"

Cheng Jiuyuan wanted to find an excuse to fool him, but when she saw his expression and eyes, she suddenly didn't want to lie anymore.

"...I'll tell you later, but you have to believe me, I..."

"I believe you." Chu Heng interrupted Cheng Jiuyuan before she could finish.

He wouldn't push her.

He already had some vague guesses in his mind.

She also had a prophetic dream, or...she really experienced it.

Although this idea is absurd, if not, where does her hatred for Chu Ze and Qi Zhen come from?

It was impossible that she would develop such strong hatred just because of a dream.

I really experienced...

When he thought that she might have really experienced everything in the dream, he felt as if his heart was being tortured and his internal organs were burning, making him have the urge to destroy the world.

His hand exerted force unconsciously. Cheng Jiuyuan glanced at the hand he was holding. Seeing that his expression was starting to change again, he gently stroked the back of his hand with his other hand: "What's wrong with you?"

Chu Heng came back to his senses instantly and immediately withdrew his strength.

"I'm sorry, does it hurt?"

There were indeed finger marks on the back of her hand, and a trace of annoyance flashed in Chu Heng's eyes.

"What's wrong with you?" Cheng Jiuyuan asked worriedly.

"Nothing, I was just daydreaming for a moment." He kept stroking the red marks on the back of her hand.

"It's okay, it doesn't hurt." Her skin just became a little paler, and any marks were very obvious.

After she finished speaking, she wanted to take her hand back, but he held it tightly.

When the red marks on her hands faded a little, he held her hand gently and looked at her tenderly. His eyes were like a deep ocean that seemed to want to drown people.

"Yuan'er, I haven't seen you for more than half a month. Do you miss me?"

"In the past, we often didn't see each other for more than half a month, or even longer."

"That's different."

In the past, we only saw each other once in a while, but that was because we were both in the capital and not far away from each other.

This time he went to Northern Qi.

Seeing how serious he was, Cheng Jiuyuan found it a little funny.

I never realized he was so clingy before, and at the same time, I felt a little soft in my heart.

"Think about it."

After getting a satisfactory answer, Chu Heng's smile widened.

"But Your Highness, when you go to Northern Qi, do you still have time to miss me?" Cheng Jiuyuan withdrew his hand with a teasing look.

Chu Heng looked puzzled.

"Didn't the new emperor of Northern Qi give you a beauty?"

She remembered that although Qi Zhen hated women in his previous life, he kept many beauties to win over and entertain ministers or envoys from various countries. She wondered if it was the same in this life.

Chu Heng thought of something and his smile paused, but he quickly began to prove his innocence.

"Yuan'er, you don't believe me? You are the only one in my heart. Those rouge and powder... No, even if she is a fairy, my heart will not be moved."

Cheng Jiuyuan smiled but said nothing.

"You want me to swear?"

Seeing that Cheng Jiuyuan didn't say anything, he actually raised his hand to swear.

Cheng Jiuyuan stopped him and said, "If I didn't believe you, how could I sit here and drink tea with you so calmly?"

Chu Heng was a prince, so even if he hadn't married, he should have been surrounded by maids. Just like Chu Ze, although he had no wife or concubine, he also had several maids.

Not to mention the Crown Prince, no palace maid in the Eastern Palace who was slightly pretty could escape his clutches.

People like Chu Heng are the exception.

Whether in his past life or this life, he has always been clean.

Chu Heng took her hand again and said, "When I was a child, my father and mother had a very good relationship, just like an ordinary couple. Later, when Northern Qi rebelled, my father came less and less often. I often saw him with Chu Jing and Chu Ze. My mother also began to feel sad in private."

"At that time, I felt that if I really loved someone, I would not make her sad."

"Later, my mother passed away due to a dispute over the throne and a dispute over wives and concubines. I swore that if I ever find someone I love, she would be the only one for me in my life."

Cheng Jiuyuan was deeply moved, but she was also extremely rational.

"But you may be able to sit in that position, three palaces and six courtyards..."

"No!" Chu Heng interrupted her with a firm look.

"No harem! If I have to rely on the harem to hold that position, then I would rather not hold that position. Don't you want to be trapped in the palace for the rest of your life? I have my own plans, just don't worry. It's just that this road is a little difficult to walk, are you willing to accompany me to the end?"

He stared at him, and it was obvious that he was not just talking, but was thinking it over carefully.

Cheng Jiuyuan, who doesn't trust people easily and even less so promises, doesn't want to think too much about it at this moment.

At this moment, she was willing to believe him.

Cheng Jiuyuan held his hand in return, curled her lips and said softly, "Okay."

It is both belief and commitment.