"Queen, don't take advantage of His Majesty's favor and speak so recklessly. This matter concerns the country and the people. How can you speak so recklessly?"

"Do you know the current situation in the court? If we don't have an heir, those ministers will never give up."

"Here, Prince Qin has been raised by me since he was young. He has a good temper. Please mention this to His Majesty when you return."

Xu Jinyi is also stubborn. She doesn't refuse, but she doesn't agree either. She doesn't reply at all.

This attitude made the Queen Mother very angry, and she was extremely dissatisfied with Xu Jinyi.

However, on the first day of their wedding, the queen could not be punished.

Otherwise, if it gets out, people will think that the empress dowager is dissatisfied with the empress chosen by the emperor.

Out of sight, out of mind, the empress dowager simply sent the man away.

After Xu Jinyi left, the Queen Mother complained again: "This is not as good as the Imperial Concubine? At least the Imperial Concubine is obedient."

Xu Jinyi knew that what she said just now would anger the Queen Mother, but she didn't care.

Anyway, after a month, when she finds out she's pregnant, the Queen Mother will naturally have no objection to her.

——

The emperor was sitting in the Pepper Room reviewing memorials. After hearing what the secret guards had found out, he was silent for only a moment before making a decision.

To him, the princess was just the child of his half-sister, and he did not have much affection for her.

So she immediately ordered the secret guards to rescue the man and bring the imperial edict to consult all the lovers in her mansion and let those who did not want to stay leave.

But the emperor hesitated for a moment about punishing the princess, after all, he had to consider the empress dowager's face.

But she definitely had to be punished. Not to mention it was because of the queen, the court officials had long been dissatisfied with what the princess had done.

Relying on her status as a princess, she forced many men in the capital to be her lovers.

If those ministers didn't want to cause trouble, they would have reported her long ago.

It’s okay to force the minister’s illegitimate son or someone who has just graduated from high school.

Now they even dare to imprison a major general who just returned from a victory. They must be tired of living.

If he didn't punish him, it would discourage the soldiers.

Thinking of this, the emperor directly stripped Princess Xiyue of her title, demoted her to a commoner, and forbade her to enter the palace without being summoned.

Of course, he would not admit that such a severe punishment was imposed because the prisoner was the queen's brother.

From being a noble princess, to being demoted to a commoner, the princess must be furious at the difference.

Although it has no impact on her mother and brother, it is very disadvantageous to her.

When Xu Jinyi learned that her brother had been found, she happily ran directly into the emperor's arms.

"Your Majesty, have you really found where my brother is? Where is he? Where is he? Why didn't he come back even though he's still alive?"

Upon hearing the news, tears immediately welled up in Xu Jinyi's eyes and she clutched the emperor's sleeve tightly.

The emperor felt really distressed by the girl's fainting look. He sighed and took her into his arms.

"I have already sent the secret guards to rescue your brother. You can only blame me for this."

Xu Jinyi looked at him in confusion.

The emperor slowly told the whole story: "Blame me! I knew Xiyue was forcing someone to be his concubine, and the ministers in the court also had opinions about it, but I did nothing."

"If I hadn't always condoned her actions, your brother wouldn't have been imprisoned."

"My mother really likes Xiyue, so I turned a blind eye to her. After all, it's rare for her to like those two siblings so much."

"I am sorry for you."

Then he talked about his punishment for the princess and the fate of those concubines.

When Xu Jinyi learned that he had demoted the princess to a commoner, she was immediately moved to tears.

She thought it would take a lot of effort to trip the princess.

I thought the princess would be confined to her house at most, but I didn't expect that the title she was so proud of would be taken away from her in an instant.

This is probably more painful than asking her to give up those lovers.

Xu Jinyi was actually very satisfied with this result.

The princess family can take their time, she is not in a hurry.

In the princess's mansion, the princess was stunned when she received the imperial edict. She didn't know how the emperor had found out about this matter.

She had obviously done it very cleanly.

She had no choice but to watch Xu Haoran being taken away, and she had to face the wrath of her mother, the eldest princess.

“Pah.”

Qin Xiyue was stunned by the beating. This was the first time her mother hit her.

"You are such a bastard. Who is Xu Haoran? He is the general who just defeated the Huns and won a great victory."

"Do you even know what you're doing? This is a crucial time for your brother to become the heir. Do you really want to ruin his future?"

The eldest princess' eyes were filled with anger, and she wished she could stuff her daughter back into her stomach and reshape her.

"Go back now and send all those concubines away. Put them under house arrest for three months and don't go out. If your brother fails to become his heir because of you, you will be a sinner."

The princess has a bad reputation to the outside world, but she is actually very afraid of her mother.

"Mother, I don't know why the emperor knew about this and came to investigate. I'm sorry, mother. Can you please ask the emperor uncle not to demote me to a commoner?"

The eldest princess glared at her with dismay, "Don't you know? How could this princess give birth to such a fool like you? You only know how to indulge in male beauty and collect handsome men."

"Xu Haoran's sister became the queen, but you don't pay any attention to her. What are you doing fooling around all day?"

"What? You're talking about Xu Jinyi?!" Qin Xiyue finally understood the reason.

The prince rolled his eyes and didn't want to look at this stupid sister anymore, so he walked away.

On the day of the emperor's wedding, he saw Xu Jinyi, who was as beautiful as a fairy, from afar. It was no exaggeration to say that her appearance was stunning.

No wonder Xu Youran said that if he used her to help him win over the ministers, he would definitely succeed.

But it was clear that the chess piece was out of control.

But the prince thought of another more direct way.

So even though he knew that Xu Youran's current reputation was no longer suitable for being his Crown Prince's Consort, he still came to her house with gifts every day.

Xu Youran lay sideways on the beauty bed, looking at the prince who came to visit her again, with a shy expression on her face.

When he heard the prince's request, he showed an embarrassed expression.

"Prince, it's not that Youran doesn't want to help. If it can help you ascend to that position, Youran will do anything."

"We just want my eldest sister to listen to us and let her influence the emperor's thoughts. I'm afraid she won't agree."

Xu Youran stared at the prince's expression, wondering what he would do after hearing it.

In fact, she was being very tactful.

Not to mention that Xu Jinyi would help, she just wanted to see them suffer even more.

If she knew what they were thinking, she would probably interfere and cause the prince to miss the throne.

But she was afraid that if she told the truth, the prince would think she was of no use and leave her.

She was not stupid and knew very well that her family background was not enough for the prince to promise her the position of prince consort.

So if she is not even of any use, I am afraid the prince would not even bother to pay attention to her.