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

Fengyi Palace

The queen leaned back on the couch and let the palace maids paint her nail polish.

"I heard that something happened in your East Palace yesterday?"

Prince Jing sat aside, drinking tea casually.

"Did mother listen to people's gossip again? That's not true."

The Queen suddenly sat up straight, her voice stern.

"Nothing like that? If I hadn't cleaned up all these messes for you over the years, do you think you could have kept it a secret from your father?!"

Prince Jing lowered his head and said nothing.

He just played with a few palace maids, but those women were too frivolous and boring.

"The selection of concubines is about to begin. Can you please control your bad habits first?"

"Don't worry, mother. I know what is important."

The Queen sighed.

After a while, he asked again: "You know what the third brother is planning. He wants to kill someone with a borrowed knife."

"Don't worry too much, mother. It doesn't matter if Lao Wu went to the Shenji Camp. He is a hopeless person."

"Don't underestimate them. The Shenjiying is in charge of firearms, which are invincible by any weapon." The Queen frowned, "Aren't the Xianfei and the Third Prince afraid of raising a tiger to cause trouble?"

"Mother, if Chu Ze can win over Old Five, so can we."

The queen rolled her eyes at him.

"Over the years, Concubine Xian and her son have never openly targeted the Fifth Brother, but you have been targeting him everywhere."

"So what? As long as the conditions we offer are good enough to tempt him, let's do a Mission Impossible game and make the third brother suffer a big loss."

"You can secretly find an opportunity to test Lao Wu."

"Just wait and see, mother." The prince curled his lips proudly.

"Your Majesty, it's done." The maid whispered.

The Queen raised her hands before her eyes.

Her fingers were slender and white, as if peach blossoms were blooming at the fingertips, and the queen's face showed satisfaction.

"The selection of concubines is imminent, do you have a favorite candidate?"

The prince smiled and said, "Mother, we hold the military power in our hands, and half of the military commanders are from our faction. But among the civil officials, some are idiots who cannot see the situation clearly. I think that the daughter of the Grand Tutor, Zhu Jin, is the most suitable candidate."

"Oh! You even remember the girl's name. It seems that the emperor has seen the girl and is very satisfied with her?"

The prince thought of the arrogant girl he met outside the palace when he left the palace that day. His eyes were full of interest. It would be great if he could tame a kitten like her.

The Queen changed the subject: "I heard that the Prime Minister's daughter has returned to the capital."

The prime minister is the head of all officials. Before the prime minister, the Yue family had silver, and now the Yue family has 30,000 cavalry. As for military power, no one has too much.

The prince frowned upon hearing this: "That sickly girl? Mother, I will inherit the throne in the future, and you let a sickly girl who grew up in the countryside sit in this position? Is she worthy?"

The Queen raised her hand and said, "Seeing is believing. Her mother is also from Gusu. I have seen her and she is no worse than anyone else. I will tell you tomorrow after I have seen her."

Even though the prince was unwilling, he said nothing.

At worst, the sickly woman could be the principal wife, and he could then use some tricks to get Zhu Jin to be his concubine, so that he could enjoy the happiness of having two wives.

Like the Queen and her son, the Virtuous Concubine and her son were also talking about the sickly person in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"Mother, you want to..."

The virtuous concubine nodded.

"The second young lady of the Cheng family's maternal grandfather's home is exactly what we need. What we need most in official circles is money. Also, the military power we need most is in the hands of the prime minister. Ze'er, you must capture the second young lady of the Cheng family."

Chu Ze still has this confidence.

A sickly person coming back from a small place cannot escape his clutches.

"Don't worry, mother."

"By the way, is there any movement from Lao Wu recently?"

Chu Ze frowned: "He just shows up every day. In his words, he just changes his place to lie down. He is really a hopeless case."

"I didn't expect your father would actually let him join the Shenji Camp."

Chu Ze said with a bit of pride: "That's because Father listened to your son's advice and arranged a job for Old Five."

"Is that right?"

"For so many years, the emperor has not thought of Lao Wu. It was only after I mentioned it that the emperor arranged a job for him. Perhaps it was because he remembered that Lao Wu loved to tinker with strange things when he was a child, and the emperor felt that the Shenjiying was suitable for him."

"Maybe."

Looking at her handsome son, Concubine Xian's face was filled with pride as a mother.

"In two months, it will be your twentieth birthday. You will have to move to a separate residence by then. Mother really can't bear to let you go."

"Mother, I will come to the palace from time to time."

"Your father chose the most prosperous area of ​​the capital for you. But you must remember that it is not your final destination. Your final destination is this palace!"

"My son, please remember this."

Concubine Xian nodded with satisfaction: "Tomorrow, mother will invite Miss Cheng to the palace. You can watch from the dark..."

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Princess Shion

The dim lights gave the silent house a layer of warmth.

Shan Lan pushed the door open and walked in. "Your Highness, the Queen will summon Miss Cheng to the palace tomorrow morning. Concubine Xian also has her eyes on Miss Cheng."

"Ah."

Shan Lan waited for a long time, but the prince held the book in his hand and did not say anything.

He tilted his head to look at His Highness: "Your Highness, is that all?"

Chu Heng glanced at him and asked, "What else do you want?"

"Your Highness, the Crown Prince and the Third Prince want to snatch Miss Cheng! How can you still sit still?"

Chi Zhang held the sword and said coldly: "Isn't this good? We can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight."

"But if they snatch him away..." Their Highness will then remain single.

Chu Heng put down the book and slowly stood up.

The moonlight poured in from the window, filling the room with silver light and making it feel cool and refreshing.

"She is not the type to sit back and wait for death. She is just going to watch the show."