"I don't know much about her. I only know that she is the Crown Princess of Yongfeng Kingdom. It is rumored that her relationship with His Highness the Crown Prince is not very good. When they got married, Song Tangxue was quite resistant. If such a good thing happened to me, I would love to marry His Highness the Crown Prince."

Wen Yinzheng felt somewhat regretful. He wished Song Tangxue were just an ordinary daughter of an official. Her status as the Crown Princess involved too many relationships and was connected to the imperial court. He did not want to deal with them at the moment.

"I didn't expect her to be the Crown Princess. No wonder she seemed to have a very strong presence during the day."

"Actually, I think she's a rather strange person. She's always all alone, but she's actually a very good person."

Meng Youyu never believed what others said; she only believed what she saw. Although this person was a bit simple-minded, he was definitely not a bad person.

"No, why should I tell you so much?"

Meng Youyu suddenly realized that Wen Yinzheng was from another country, and she told him everything. If her father heard this, he would definitely punish her according to family rules.

"Thank you, little girl. I've learned most of what I wanted to know today. Hope we meet again someday!"

As Wen Yinzheng's figure disappeared from her sight, Meng Youyu felt a pang of reluctance. It seemed she was the fool.

...

These past two days, Song Tangli has been sticking to Li Zhaoxian's side. Taking advantage of her favor, she has even completely replaced the maids in the mansion.

This time, she did some research beforehand to prevent someone like Pei Xi from infiltrating. Strangely enough, Pei Xi hasn't appeared for a long time either, but Song Tangli doesn't care where she went. It would be better if she never came back.

However, her life was not easy either. The Empress Dowager had repeatedly targeted her, leaving her overwhelmed. She was just a Crown Princess, and her power was not as great as the Empress Dowager's. She had heard that Song Tangxue had a very good relationship with the Empress Dowager, which must have been her doing.

"What exactly does this Empress Dowager mean? I have clearly never offended her!"

In the past few days, the Empress Dowager has summoned her to the palace repeatedly. She originally thought that the Empress Dowager appreciated her, but each time she was given some kind of task, and these tasks were almost impossible to complete.

Song Tangli ignored him and spent all her time with the Crown Prince, which angered the Empress Dowager.

"Xue'er and she are both from the Song family, so how can there be such a big difference between them? If Song Tangxue had done those things, it wouldn't have taken so long, and there wouldn't have been any progress at all!"

The Empress Dowager has been deliberately picking fights these past few days. She hasn't forgotten that Song Tangxue's life in the Song family was not good, and Song Tangli deserves a lot of credit for that. Since Song Tangxue is not in the capital, she will have to teach certain people a lesson on her behalf.

"What a useless good-for-nothing! Xue'er is much more astute. By the way, why is Qianzhong still not better? It's been so many days, and I couldn't even get in when I went to visit him."

Xie Qianzhong had been unwell for several days, which aroused the Empress Dowager's suspicion. Song Tangxue also left the capital at this time. Could it be that he secretly went to see Xue'er?

The Empress Dowager thought so. It seemed she would have to be more discreet these days and not let anyone know that Xie Qianzhong had gone to Lingfeng Kingdom.

"Have the spies from Lingfeng Kingdom not returned yet? What has happened to Xue'er?"

Despite their friendly relations with foreign countries, the two nations were actually constantly at odds, with each side having planted numerous spies within the other's ranks, and the Empress Dowager was no exception.

"I've replied to the Empress Dowager and the Crown Prince. They said that the Crown Princess has been waiting outside the palace for His Majesty to summon them these past few days, but His Majesty has been busy reviewing memorials and has neglected them. I wonder if he should give them a hard time?"

"That's for sure. Martial arts are revered there. If Xue'er goes there without knowing martial arts, she'll just be bullied for no reason."

It is said that Song Tangli was originally supposed to go, but Song Tangxue asked the Empress to let her go instead, so the name on the list was changed.

"I'm really getting old. I can't even guess that their hearts are dead. Keep an eye on things for me these next few days. If there's any news, you must tell me immediately."

"promise."

A few days later.

There was still no news from the emperor of Lingfeng Kingdom. In the past few days, Song Tangxue had been waiting outside the palace without fail, clearly to promote good relations between the two countries. But Lingfeng Kingdom's actions made it seem as if they were asking for a favor.

At noon today, we gathered at Jumanlou, a restaurant renowned for its delicious food in Lingfeng Kingdom. On weekdays, there are always long queues to get in.

Meng Youyu was already starving. It wasn't because they had been eating dried meat in the room all this time, but because Lingfeng Kingdom hadn't been entertaining them at all, and hadn't even provided a proper meal.

"Finally, I can eat my fill! Heaven knows what I've been living these past few days. Look at my waist, it's definitely thinner than when I came here!"

Meng Youyu and Song Tangxue gradually became acquainted and became friends.

Meng Youyu speaks frankly and doesn't keep her thoughts to herself. You can tell from her expression whether she's hiding anything from you.

"Alright, I knew you were hungry, that's why we came to Jumanlou today. Tell the waiter what you want to eat later, it's on me."

With Song Tangxue's words, Meng Youyu no longer cared about anything and ate heartily, ordering a whole table full of dishes. Song Tangxue wondered if they could finish it all.

As it turned out, Song Tangxue underestimated Meng Youyu. Meng Youyu ate more than half of the food by herself, like a starving ghost. Anyone who didn't know better would think that she hadn't eaten for the past few days.

"Slow down, no one's going to take it from you."

Meng Youyu's eyes lit up. If it were before, she would never have believed that she would eat so much. But here, no one could control her, so she wouldn't care so much.

"It's so delicious, you guys should eat some too!"

Everyone was both amused and exasperated. With Meng Youyu around, the atmosphere along the way was quite harmonious.

"Your Highness, should we wait outside the palace gates again tomorrow?" The head of the delegation was exasperated. They had been there for six days in a row, and there was still no word from the Emperor of Lingfeng Kingdom. "How about I send a letter to the Emperor about this matter and ask him to intervene?"

"No." Song Tangxue shook her head. "Did you send any letters to the Emperor when you came to Lingfeng Kingdom in previous years?"

The head of the delegation nodded. He would remember this almost every time he came, because the people here were really too difficult to deal with, let alone the emperor.

"Of all the letters you sent out, was even one of them useful?"

The commander was stunned. He had sent many letters, each one filled with heartfelt words, and had written several pages, but not a single message had come in.

"We haven't received any news from the palace, but we must still inform the Emperor, just in case..."

Song Tangxue interrupted him: "There's no 'what if.' Even if you send out a lot of letters, they won't reply."

The envoy leader fell silent, his face pale. What should he do now? He couldn't possibly not even get to see the Emperor of Lingfeng Kingdom.