Hearing about Xiao Shiyi, Rong Zhao was not only angry, but also felt guilty. Xiao Shiyi was the prince's younger brother, and now he was favored by the emperor and loved by the prince. Xiao Shiyi was actually this woman's adopted son!

Rong Zhao cursed the Second Prince more than once, saying that he was a hopeless person who was indecisive. If he had beaten the Ninth Prince to death, or killed Concubine Shan, the Second Prince would not have to go to Nanzhong Province to rebel, and he would not have ended up in this situation...

Rong Zhao didn't want Chen Afu to continue talking about Xiao Shiyi, so he stopped Chen Afu and said, "Where are my grandchildren? If they are around to entertain me, I will get better faster."

Lord Chu spoke, "It was me who didn't allow the three little ones to come. They were too young and I was afraid they might get sick. But Yan'er is here." He then said to Miss Chu, "Yan'er, go and greet Her Royal Highness the Princess."

The little girl Chu at the door bowed to the inside of the house and said timidly, "Yan'er wishes Her Royal Highness the Princess good health."

Rong Zhao just noticed the little girl at the door. The little girl was wearing a bright red jacquard brocade jacket, a sky-blue long skirt, white jade-like skin, watery almond eyes, and a petal-like mouth. She was very beautiful. This look gradually overlapped with the face from many years ago.

Rong Zhao stared at the door, his eyes widened, and shouted, "You bitch, why did you come to my house!"

Little Miss Chu was so frightened that she burst into tears and trembled while hugging Nanny Huang.

Chen Afu didn't expect this to happen, so he hurried out to pick up the little girl and coax her.

Lord Chu stood up and said to Rong Zhao, "Princess, what are you doing? The children didn't come to greet you, and you said they were unfilial. The children came to greet you, but you treated them like this. Your Highness, you are really hard to serve." His voice was not loud, but it was as cold as ice in the severe winter.

Rong Zhao seemed to have just come to his senses and said, "Chu Lang, I was mistaken. I thought she was..."

That year, she was only ten years old. On a sunny spring morning, she led two palace maids to fly a kite. The kite flew high in the sky, but suddenly the string broke. She couldn't bear to let it go, so she ran in the direction of the kite. After turning around the outer wall of a palace, she almost collided with a guard in military uniform.

The guard quickly clasped his fists and bowed, saying, "Damn you, young man, for offending Her Royal Highness the Princess."

The sound is like a gurgling stream, very pleasant to hear.

Rong Zhao was much shorter, and although the guard lowered his head and bowed, she could still see his smooth white forehead and straight nose. She intuitively felt that he must be very handsome.

Rong Zhao was not angry, but curious. He said, "Look up."

The guard didn't dare to look up, and said with a fist, "I dare not."

Rong Zhao said angrily, "If you look up, I won't blame you. If you don't, I will blame you and tell my father and mother that you offended me."

The guard thought for a moment and finally raised his head.

Under the spring sun, this man was handsome and had cold eyes like stars. He was so beautiful that she could not forget him. She was stunned there quietly.

The guard quickly clasped his fists and said, "I have important business to attend to. Bye." Then he bowed and walked away quickly.

Later, after much investigation, Rong Zhao found out that the guard was the son of Yong'an Marquis, a second-class sword-bearing guard in front of the emperor. He was twenty years old and married. His wife was a beautiful and gentle girl from the Luo family, and they had a two-year-old son.

She simply ignored the fact that he had a wife and children, and would go to the place where they first met, or where he might have passed by, but she never came into close contact with the Prince of Chu who haunted her. Once, she even saw him from a distance, but in a blink of an eye, he turned a corner and disappeared.

The second time she saw Prince Chu was on the day of the Queen Mother's birthday banquet. Outside the Cining Palace, she not only saw him, but also the beautiful woman beside him. Mrs. Chu had skin as white as jade, a pair of watery almond-shaped eyes, and a small mouth like a peach blossom in March.

Even though Rong Zhao hated this woman, he had to admit that she was the most beautiful woman in the group.

Rong Zhao saw it clearly: the look in Prince Chu's eyes when he looked at Madam Chu was not cold at all, but was as deep and affectionate as autumn water, which was captivating.

Rong Zhao's heart was beating fast. She finally waited until she finished kowtowed to the Queen Mother and the palace banquet was over, then ran to Ma Shuniang and said, "Mother, I like Prince Chu, and I want to marry him as my husband when I grow up."

Concubine Ma Shu was startled and said, "What nonsense! The Prince of Chu is much older than you and already has a wife and children. How can he be your consort?"

Rong Zhao said stubbornly, "I don't care that he is ten years older than me. So what if he has a wife and children? Just kill his wife and children. I am a princess, the eldest daughter that the emperor loves the most. As a subject, he should obey whatever I say."

Ma Shufei frowned and said, "Prince Chu is not good enough, he is highly valued by your father..."

Seeing that her daughter was stubborn and unyielding, Concubine Ma Shu frowned and lectured her, and also beat the maids and servants who served her closely with five boards.

Rong Zhao felt that her father loved her, so she went to the emperor to tell him about it. The emperor was even more rude and severely reprimanded her for the first time. He also told her clearly that she was not allowed to have any ideas about Chu Guangche. The emperor was still angry and severely reprimanded Concubine Ma Shu for not teaching her daughter well. He did not go to Concubine Ma Shu's palace for half a year.

When Rong Zhao was fifteen years old, the emperor could not wait to point out the second son Xue as her husband. He also said that the second son Xue was talented, handsome, gentle and elegant.

Rong Zhao was forced to marry Prince Consort Xue, and she was extremely reluctant. In her opinion, Prince Consort Xue was talented but only knew how to talk about sour things, and Wen Run was cowardly, and he was inferior to Prince Chu in everything.

After marrying Prince Consort Xue, she began to torment him and his family. The Emperor and the Queen Mother reprimanded her many times, but she behaved herself for a while and then started to torment him again. Five years later, she finally succeeded in angering Prince Consort Xue to death.

But at that time, Chu Guangkai had already inherited the title of Marquis of Yong'an and was promoted to the commander of the Imperial Guards. He was the emperor's most beloved minister.

The next year, Queen Wang suddenly became friendly with Concubine Ma Shu and Rong Zhao, saying that she liked Rong Zhao's cheerful personality very much. She also said that the Second Prince also doted on this sister and couldn't bear to see her become a widow at such a young age. Chu Guangche was still a subject no matter how favored he was, and if the king ordered him to die, he had to die. He would find a way to force Chu Guangche to marry her.

Rong Zhao and Ma Shufei knew that Queen Wang and the Second Prince were doing this in order to pull Ma Shufei and the Ma family to the Second Prince's side. Ma Shufei and Rong Zhao discussed it and realized that they and the Ma family had always favored the Second Prince, not only because he was born in the imperial harem, but also because the Wang family was more powerful. They felt that the Third Prince, Concubine Sun, and the Sun family, who were competing with the Second Prince for the throne, were overestimating themselves.

Besides, the conditions offered by Queen Wang and the Second Prince were too tempting.

So, the scene of her and Chu Guangche being caught cheating together many years ago happened again.

It turned out that he, his mother, Queen Wang, the second prince, and everyone else had been deceived by the emperor and the Chu family...