Song Chiyou had guessed whether it was for survival or for revenge.

But up to now, Xu Qiudong has not done anything out of line. He copies Buddhist scriptures in the Yangxin Palace every day, has never said anything bad about anyone, and never mentions anything about what happens in the court.

She also asked Xu Yuxi to withdraw his troops, allowing him to win smoothly without losing a single soldier.

How come they didn't know about such a sensible person and even said she was a demon concubine?

What a demon concubine. However, she seemed to have really won his heart.

Back to the present, Song Chiyou looked at the Duke coldly and said, "For the sake of your past contributions, you should resign and return home. This will preserve your reputation."

"Resign?" The Duke looked at Song Chiyou in surprise. He didn't expect Song Chiyou to be so cruel.

It is said that killing someone is a crime that destroys one's heart. The Duke has always loved power, but Song Chiyou forced him to resign.

"Well, for the sake of your family's lives, resign from your official position and go back to your hometown to hide." Song Chiyou threatened him.

Speaking of family, the Duke lost his temper instantly. He bent down and said, "As you wish."

At the morning court session the next day, the Duke proposed to resign and return home, and Song Chiyou agreed.

The farce in the palace seemed to have calmed down, and the ministers roughly knew what had happened.

Although he didn't say anything, he would think in his heart that Song Chiyou was cruel.

The Duke had been following him from the very beginning, busying himself for him and worrying about everything. It was not an exaggeration to say that he deserved a small half of the credit for his founding of the country.

Just like that, for a woman, he was exiled to the frontier.

For the next period of time, there was another bloody storm in the court, and everyone was in danger, fearing that they would be implicated.

After several corrupt officials were caught in succession to serve as a warning to others, the rest of the people became well behaved.

The days passed one by one. Song Chiyou wanted to make Xu Qiudong the queen, but because of Xu Qiudong's special status, the ministers always disagreed.

They remained in this stalemate for several days.

Xu Qiudong, however, felt at ease.

Song Chiyou snuggled in her arms and complained about the ministers.

Seeing Xu Qiudong's calm expression, Song Chiyou turned his head to look at her and said, "Aren't you angry?"

"Why am I angry?"

Xu Qiudong didn't care about these things at all, so she was very calm.

But Song Chiyou now wants to make Xu Qiudong the queen.

"Don't you want to be my legal wife? To share the same bed and grave with me."

"Yes."

"What if they don't agree?" Song Chiyou said, feeling a little aggrieved. "Who to appoint as empress is clearly my family affair. I can appoint whoever I want. Why are they opposing it one by one?"

Xu Qiudong patted his shoulder soothingly and said, "It's okay. It's okay even if it's not closed."

Anyway, he will lose the throne in a few days, so there is no point in talking about making her the queen now.

On the contrary, in Song Chiyou's eyes, this sentence and this attitude meant that Xu Qiudong didn't care.

Did he not care about him? Or did he not care about the back position he gave him?

Why did she choose to stay with him in the first place?

Song Chiyou stood up with a serious look. He looked at Xu Qiudong for a moment and said, "I still have some memorials to review. I'll go back first."

"Yeah." Xu Qiudong didn't try to keep her, as she just happened to have some details that she needed to discuss with Xu Yuxi.

However, in Song Chiyou's eyes, these undoubtedly deepened their conflicts.

Song Chiyou seemed to be in low spirits for the rest of the day.

"Do you think she likes me?"