"Your Highness, you have half the blood of the Hesheli family flowing in your veins. Our fates are intertwined, one for the glory and the other for the ruin!"

There's no need for us to make a huge fuss over a mere, inexperienced girl!

Since you insist on marrying Suhetai's daughter, this servant dares not say anything more.

"You'll probably have to wait a few more years to marry Hexue. You can't stay unmarried forever. You can marry the Crown Princess first, and when Hexue comes of age, you can give her the position of a concubine!" Soetu tried to soften his tone.

"What if I say no? I will marry He Xue, and she will be my wife, my first woman!" the Crown Prince said without room for argument.

"Yinreng, do you know what you're saying? The Emperor won't agree! The Emperor will absolutely not agree!" Soetu shouted.

The Crown Prince and He Xue are eight years apart. He Xue is six years old now, and it will be seven years before He Xue reaches the age for the imperial concubine selection. By then, the Crown Prince will be twenty-one years old.

Let alone in the royal family, even in ordinary households, there isn't a family this big that isn't married, unless they're sick.

If the Crown Prince does not marry, rumors may spread that he has some hidden illness, and his position will become precarious.

The Crown Prince ignored Suo'etu, saying, "I know what he's talking about. I will do this regardless of whether Father Emperor agrees or not!"

Suo'etu would not tolerate such a person appearing by the Crown Prince's side. He Xue's influence on the Crown Prince was beyond his expectations. If someone with ulterior motives found out, He Xue would become the Crown Prince's Achilles' heel.

In order to secure the crown prince's position, he had no choice but to play the villain, hoping that the crown prince would understand his intentions in the future.

He must arrange for someone to get rid of He Xue. Hopefully, Su He Tai won't blame him. If anyone should be blamed, it's his daughter's influence on the Crown Prince is too great.

The Crown Prince had been watching Suo'etu closely, and he naturally noticed the murderous intent in Suo'etu's eyes. "Grand Uncle, I advise you not to do anything to He Xue, or I will make you regret it!"

There are some things I originally wanted to do to save face for you out of respect for the Empress Dowager, but since you've developed feelings for He Xue, it seems there's no need to save face anymore.

Was Consort Hesheli behind the Wanliuha clan incident?

Soetu did not speak, but it was indeed at his behest that Consort Hesheli did what Wanliuhashi did.

At that time, Consort Hesheli told him that the Crown Prince's feelings for Hexue were unusual, so he told Consort Hesheli to find a way to cause some trouble for Hexue and try to get her to leave the palace.

He felt that the Crown Prince's feelings for He Xue were only temporary and that he would forget about her after a while.

At the time, considering Su Hetai's reasons, he only wanted to drive Xue out of the Emperor, and even sacrificed a secret agent he had painstakingly cultivated.

As it turns out, whether it was because Wanliuhashi was too incompetent or He Xue was too cunning, Wanliuhashi ended up confining herself to her quarters, while He Xue remained unharmed.

Later, he learned that Fei Yanggu's daughter was dissatisfied with He Xue and wanted to spread rumors about her. He wanted to add fuel to the fire and ruin He Xue's reputation. Regardless of the truth of the matter, if He Xue's reputation was ruined, the emperor would not allow her to marry the crown prince.

But how could he allow someone to ruin the crown prince's reputation when his daughter actually tried to slander him?

So he had the prince removed from the list and only spread information about He Xue.

But who knew that it would be discovered on the very first day, and the whole thing would be completely exposed. It didn't have any impact on He Xue at all. Fortunately, they only found out about Fei Yanggu's daughter and didn't find out about him.

Later, he even investigated who had ruined his plan, and to his surprise, it turned out to be Su Hetai's eldest son. He not only stopped the spread of rumors, but also minimized the impact on He Xue.

He thought the matter was over, but unexpectedly, the Crown Prince came out of the palace to find him.

"Grand Uncle, I hope this is the last time. If I find out what you did to He Xue, I will destroy what you care about most!"

I hope you will heed my advice, and I will definitely keep my word!

Tell Consort Hesheli to stop eyeing Hexue, or I won't care if she's the Empress Dowager's sister! I won't let anyone who hurts Hexue get away with it! After saying this, the Crown Prince flicked his sleeves and turned to leave.

Looking at the Crown Prince's retreating figure, Suo'etu knew that the Crown Prince's words were not a joke, but for the sake of the Crown Prince and the Hesheli family, he had to get rid of He Xue.

He felt that no matter how dissatisfied the Crown Prince was, he could not possibly break away from the Hesheli family.

The Crown Prince returned to the palace quickly and went straight to Chengqian Palace. He wanted to see He Xue now, because only by seeing He Xue could he feel at ease.

He knew that his words wouldn't have much of an impact on Suo'etu, and Suo'etu would definitely still take action against He Xue. What should he do?

He ran into He Zhu at the entrance of Chengqian Palace.

"Your Highness, this servant has already bought the jujube paste cake and auspicious rolls as you instructed!" He Zhu could wait at the entrance of Chengqian Palace.

He knew that the Crown Prince had bought all these things for He Xue, and that His Highness the Crown Prince would definitely come to Chengqian Palace, so he figured waiting at the entrance of Chengqian Palace was the right thing to do.

"Give it to me!" The Crown Prince took the things from He Zhu's hands and walked straight into Chengqian Palace.

The Crown Prince entered Chengqian Palace and saw He Xue sitting on a swing.

He noticed that Xue seemed to really like the swing, so it seemed he would also like to install a swing in Yuqing Palace.

He Xue sat on the swing, swinging up and down.

When she and the Fourth Prince returned to Chengqian Palace, the Imperial Noble Consort had just woken up. She and the Fourth Prince exchanged a few words with the Imperial Noble Consort, and then she made an excuse to leave, suggesting that the Fourth Prince speak with the Imperial Noble Consort alone.

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