The Empire and the Kingdom

Among all the presents, Xue Ai's favorite was actually a pair of butterfly hairpins inlaid with treasures given by Feng Qianzi.The small and exquisite hairpin head is low-key but beautiful, and the emerald beads on it are crystal clear and radiant.

"I didn't expect that even Princess Yunyi would lose this time." Seeing that Xue Ai was remembered by so many people, Meng An was also happy for her.

Xue Ai made a grimace towards Meng'an, put the butterfly hairpin in her hair, and looked in the mirror again and again.

The queen has been ill recently, she has heart palpitations and night sweats for no reason, can't sleep all night, and always has some weird dreams.The imperial doctor's explanation for this was excessive worry, probably because the prince was attacked outside and the queen was worried.Now that the crown prince has returned to Beijing, the condition of the queen has improved a lot.

After the prince returned to the palace, on the one hand, he followed up with King An's affairs, and on the other hand, he wanted to settle accounts with Zhuang Ruoshui.Zhuang Ruoshui categorically denied that she had colluded with King An to kill Xue Ai, and the prince ordered her to be confined to the East Palace and not to go out.

After all this commotion, even if the queen is recuperating in Fengde Palace and ignores the matter, she has to call the prince to have a good talk.

"You and Ruoshui are young couples, what's the trouble?" The queen's spirit is still not very good, but her complexion is much better than before.

"Empress Mother, the Zhuang family actually colluded with the vassal king to hunt down and kill Miss Xue San. If the father knows about this..." The crown prince paused, "Forget it, the father must have known about it. She was jealous for the sake of power, You can do so outrageously. Mother, you know that it is a serious crime for officials in the capital to collude with the vassal king, and it is even more taboo for the prince to collude with the vassal king. This woman is just out of jealousy, regardless of the severity, and the ministers have not divorced her It's already giving the dealer a lot of face." The more the prince said, the more angry he became.They are all daughters-in-law of the royal family, how can they be so small?People say that "a good wife in a family will not suffer from violence", such a woman can only do bad things, so what's the use of it?

After listening to the prince, the queen also felt that Zhuang Ruoshui had done too much this time.But the Zhuang family was her maternal ancestral home, and Zhuang Ruoshui couldn't give up if she didn't look at the face of the monk or the face of the Buddha, even for the sake of her own mother.

"Prince, what Ruoshui did is really wrong, but she doesn't understand this as a woman. When I recover, I will ask her to come over and give a lecture. You are going to be the emperor. It's a bit tolerant You still need to be brave. Now that you don't have a main concubine, if you divorce your side concubine, who will take care of you? Who will take care of the East Palace?"

When the prince heard this, his attitude became a little vague, "It's not that there is no one, the third lady of the Xue family is very good."

The queen finally understood the reason why the prince was so angry this time, and the emotion was because of Xue Ai. "Prince, I told you before that before the main concubine enters the door, you can't add more side concubines. Don't talk about the royal family, it's the ordinary people outside. Who doesn't marry the main wife first, and then take concubines? Yours The main concubine is the princess of the Li Kingdom. This is for the sake of the friendly relationship between the two countries. The marriage of the Li Kingdom has been dragging on. Your father made an exception and asked you to marry a side concubine first. Now you can't marry again, otherwise, what will the Li Kingdom think? ? Aren't you hitting the princess in the face?"

The queen had told the prince about this truth a long time ago, and the prince also understood that marriage is just another means of politics.Anyway, he will be the emperor in the future, which woman can't he want?There is no need to rush in these few years.The prince has also been doing very well, until he saw Xue Ai's beautiful and agile appearance, he discovered Xue Ai's goodness, and looking at Zhuang Ruoshui, there were problems everywhere.

"Empress mother, son-in-law knows this truth. That's why son-in-law wants to divorce the Zhuang family and marry Miss Xue San, so there will still be only one side concubine in the East Palace."

The queen said angrily, "Are you an idiot when you are a member of the Li Kingdom, or are you an idiot when you think that everyone in the world is an idiot?" She felt dizzy when she was excited, and her face turned pale.

The prince hurriedly helped her to lie down, "Mother, it's my son who is not good, which disturbs you. My son will not divorce Mrs. Zhuang, don't worry."

The queen was lying on the bed, somewhat relieved that even though this son was bad in every possible way, he was still filial.As for the others, it was inevitable that my own mother would make more plans for him.

At night, Xue Ai was laying chess pieces under the lamp in boredom. The door suddenly opened, and Feng Jingsu walked in. She was not surprised when she saw Xue Ai raised her head. Feng Jingsu smiled and said, "Waiting for me?"

Xue Ai nodded. "The war between the Kingdom of Li and the Kingdom of Yi broke out. Although you can't bear it, Sister Su, this kind of opportunity is once in a lifetime, and you won't miss it."

"Why?" Feng Jingsu came over and sat on the chair, and hugged her onto his lap.The two are obviously only two years apart, but Xue Ai is like a child in front of her.

"I know you're worried about Princess Yimin, but worrying won't save her. You should know what to do to help Princess Yimin." Xue Ai dropped the pawn in her hand, and now Feng Jingsu kissed her on the lips.

Feng Jingsu was a little depressed to find that when the two were alone, Xue Ai was more active than herself.She suddenly felt a sense of crisis, Xue Ai is young now, and she doesn't understand many things between the bed, what if she understands?It's really uncertain who will eat who between the two.

"And then?" Feng Jingsu didn't answer, but just asked Xue Ai to continue talking.

Seeing that she was noncommittal, Xue Ai knew that he must have guessed right. "If I were Sister Su, I would seize this opportunity. Any war cannot be just a matter between two countries. Yunguo has a chance, and Sister Su has even more chances."

Feng Jingsu looked at her, if Prime Minister Xue Feng Jingsu said these words, Feng Jingsu would not be surprised at all, but this is Xue Ai, a 14-year-old girl, and it is impossible for Prime Minister Xue to teach her this, so how did she think of it? Woolen cloth?

"How did you come up with this?"

Xue Ai pursed her lips, it seemed that this question was much more difficult to answer than the previous ones. "I didn't think much about it, I just thought about it." These were almost all she thought of subconsciously.

Feng Jingsu pinched her little nose with a smile, "So your father is prime minister, and you should be prime minister in the future too."

Xue Ai immediately grabbed the hand pinching his nose, "You are not joking!"

yo!This is for real!Feng Jingsu nodded, "Okay, if I am the king in the future, you will be the prime minister!"

Many years later, when Emperor Xiang recalled this incident, he felt a little unbelievable. Xue Ai's phase turned out to be pinched out by pinching his nose.

Lying on the bed, Feng Jingsu held Xue Ai in her arms and told her her plan.Her plan has indeed changed fundamentally because of the war between the Li Kingdom and the Yi Kingdom.

"I'm not optimistic about Yi Country. Based on what I've learned, after the war, Yi Country won't be able to hold out for three months and will collapse across the board." This is Feng Jingsu's estimate.

"Can't last three months?" This subverted Xue Ai's cognition a bit.In her impression, the country of Yi is rich and beautiful, with a benevolent monarch and peaceful people. It is an ideal country.

"Yiguo is the most beautiful and delicate flower, and Liguo is the cold wind with hail." The flowers are indeed beautiful, but they are also fragile and cannot withstand the cold wind at all.

Xue Ai nodded, beautiful things always make people want to destroy, this is the sin of beauty.

Feng Jingsu continued: "After the Kingdom of Yi is destroyed, according to the usual practice, all the royal family will be escorted to Jinglan City, the capital of the Kingdom of Li, and then they will be given death, betrothed, or imprisoned. If there is no accident, there must be some of these people The big sister is here."

Xue Ai interrupted her suddenly, "Sister Su, Princess Yimin really won't escape back to Feiyejin?" She felt that if Yi Guo perished, it would be better for Feng Jingsu to escape than stay as a prisoner.

Feng Jingsu smiled wryly, "Of course the elder sister can escape, her martial arts are superior to mine, and it is not difficult to escape back to Feiyejin. But she will not escape." Xue Ai didn't need to ask why, she directly said the reason, "Yi There are so many royal families in the country, the elder sister should not leave them alone, she will stay and try her best to save the lives of these people. As I said, she is good at everything, but she is soft-hearted, and always likes to take responsibility on herself. When we were in the academy, if everyone made a mistake together, she would definitely take it all on herself. Sometimes she had nothing to do with her, but it turned out that she was the one who was punished the most by the head of the academy." She patted Xue Ai's back, "Otherwise, why should I be close to her? I am not a person who likes to make friends. Not only me, but also among the disciples of the entire academy, she is very prestigious, and her words are even more useful than the words of many masters. "When she said these words, Feng Jingsu also thought that the head of the school was basically Yi Jiachenxu who was trained according to the standards of the next head of the school, but she didn't understand. Since the head of the school intends to hand over the academy to Chen Xu, why And let her go down the mountain and return home?

Feng Jingsu doesn't believe that the director can't see that the war between the Li Kingdom and the Yi Kingdom is imminent, so if Chen Xu is allowed to leave like this, how can there be any certainty about the war?In case Chen Xu made a mistake, could the director still use Jing Hanyou as the future director?Thinking of this possibility, Feng Jingsu almost vomited to death.

"In this way, isn't Princess Yimin very dangerous?" Xue Ai was a little nervous.

"There is definitely a danger, but I think as long as Jing Hanyou is still in the Li Kingdom, nothing will happen to the elder sister." Feng Jingsu frowned, and she could vaguely guess what Chen Xu would do.

Chen Xu is the princess of Zhenguo, and Jing Hanyou is not too bad, with 4 horses in his hands to guard the capital.It stands to reason that it shouldn't be a big problem for Jing Hanyou to save Chen Xu's life, but is it true that Jing Hanyou's thoughts are from the same family?

Back in the academy, Jing Hanyou only had friends with Chen Xu, and had almost no contact with other teachers and sisters.Feng Jingsu discovered very early on that Jing Hanyou had other thoughts about Chen Xu, but it was a pity that Chen Xu was always so glamorous, so he didn't care about it at all.

There is no doubt that Jing Hanyou likes Chen Xu, so does Chen Xu like Jing Hanyou?From Feng Jingsu's point of view as an outsider, he likes it.But this kind of liking is not as obvious as Jing Hanyou.Chen Xu is the first disciple of the academy, and she has to deal with many matters inside and outside the academy, and she is often so busy that she doesn't see anyone for a few days.Even if she liked Jing Hanyou, it was probably just placed in the deepest part of her heart, and she didn't show it, or in other words, she didn't even realize it.

Feng Jingsu will realize that it is because she has watched too much of the interaction between her master Jiang Fengmin and the director. Although Jiang Fengmin always provokes the director, it is unquestionable love. Don't look at the director who always wants to fight When Jiang Fengmin died, he often chased Jiang Fengmin away for his life, but everyone in the academy knew that the head of the school had a nickname "One Move Second". If he didn't really like Jiang Fengmin, the head of the school could beat people with one move. Ashes to ashes.Chase?Chasing means not wanting to be killed, chasing is love.

Feng Jingsu shook her head, thinking to herself, what kind of people did she meet in the academy these years, and what kind of knowledge did she learn?Why are all these pictures of love and love?Thinking of love, she hugged Xue Ai tightly beside her, and her own little fox was the best, how could they have so many troubles?

During the time Feng Jingsu recalled, Xue Ai was also thinking.She imagined a sadomasochistic life-and-death drama between the princess of the victorious country and the princess of the subjugated country in her mind, so that she was almost moved.

"Fortunately, Princess Roujia is still here." She rubbed her face against Feng Jingsu's collarbone, "Sister Su, the key to your plan lies in the marriage between Liguo and the prince, right?"

Look, how good and smart my little fox is.Feng Jingsu couldn't help but bowed her head and kissed her, "You're so smart."

Xue Ai was both happy and shy, and buried her head in Feng Jingsu's chest.

"After the Li Kingdom annexes the Yi Kingdom, the country's land and national power will increase greatly, which constitutes a threat to neighboring countries, including our country. So the father will speed up this marriage, and Chen Xu probably doesn't want to see this marriage." Feng Jingsu was calculating the possible follow-up development while talking.

"How to destroy it? Kill the Princess of Li Kingdom?" Xue Ai asked.

Feng Jingsu was silent for a while, then suddenly lowered her head and asked, "What if the crown prince goes to Liguo to greet his relatives in person?"

Silence, both of them were silent this time.Xue Ai raised his head, although there was shock in his eyes, but more understanding.

At this moment, Xue Ai understood the meaning behind Feng Jingsu's words.If the prince goes to Li Kingdom, Chen Xu will give priority to killing the prince.After all, to kill the princess, this hatred belongs to Li Guo and Chen Xu, and Li Guo can still send the princess to make peace with Yun Guo.But if Chen Xu kills the crown prince, the hatred belongs to Yun Kingdom and Li Kingdom, then this marriage will be completely broken.

This is the biggest change in Feng Jingsu's plan.Of course, all of this is just her guess, and maybe the facts will be quite different.But Feng Jingsu had confidence in Chen Xu, and she bet that as long as Chen Xu was allowed to enter the palace, Chen Xu would definitely do so.This is the tacit understanding of the teachers and sisters for many years, and it is also the best way to teach in the school. Now she only hopes that Jing Hanyou will not think so much.

"If this is the case, will all your deployment be accelerated?" Xue Ai did not think as much as Feng Jingsu. Her thinking was clearer and simpler, which was how to help Feng Jingsu take this opportunity to seize the throne.

Feng Jingsu nodded.

"What do I need to do?" Xue Ai asked.Although she is indulging in the current happiness, she will not slow down her progress because of this happiness.

Facing Xue Ai's thoughtfulness, Feng Jingsu couldn't bear to say some things.She touched Xue Ai's head, "Xiao Ai, if the prince dies, do you know what it means to you?"

Xue Ai leaned her head on her shoulder, "I know, I will become a widow."

If the husband is dead before the engagement is completed, it is a widow.Such women are generally labeled as "hard fate", "Keff" and "unknown". Marriage is difficult for a lifetime, and even if they can marry again, they will be controversial.Therefore, although widowed women are still unmarried, they are not much better than widowed women, or even worse.