"I want to get out!"

Song Yaozhu put her hands on her hips and said to Xie Liwei.

"I have not restricted the Queen's movements."

Song Yaozhu glared at him angrily, "I want to go out by myself!"

“That won’t do.” Xie Liwei crossed his arms and looked at her. “How can a wife go out to have fun while her husband is left alone at home?”

Song Yaozhu couldn't stand his way of talking, which made her sound like a promiscuous woman. In reality, they had nothing to do with each other!

“Yongle invited me to the Spring Banquet last time, but I didn’t go. Now she’s asking me to play polo, and I can’t break my promise again.”

"How did you end up playing with that little brat?"

"The little brat you're talking about is a year older than me!"

"Tsk. No way, what if she causes you trouble?"

"You don't actually think she's still infatuated with you, do you?" Song Yaozhu chuckled. "Please, she's already forgotten what your name is!"

Xie Liwei narrowed his eyes. "Really?"

"Of course! She has now succumbed to my personal charm and completely forgotten who you are."

Xie Liwei immediately said to Qin Yu, "Prepare clothes, I'm going out to play polo with the Princess today!"

Song Yaozhu: "......"

Good heavens, so this girl wanted to go out, but was afraid of being pestered by Yongle, so he wouldn't let her go out!

Song Yaozhu raised her hand and slapped her own loose tongue, realizing she'd dragged this burden along again!

There's a polo field near the west gate of the capital city, owned by Yuwen Xian. She was an avid horse rider, which is why she opened the polo field.

Many noble ladies in the capital learned polo, just to get closer to this lady.

After all, although she and the current emperor were siblings, their relationship was like that of father and daughter. The late emperor passed away early, and this young lady was initially raised by the late empress. Later, after the late empress passed away, the emperor personally raised her in the Qiankun Palace.

She was greatly favored by the emperor, who even gave her the late empress's dowry.

Upon arriving at the polo field, Song Yaozhu dismounted listlessly. She glanced at Xie Liwei beside her; for some reason, he had become incredibly clingy. Ever since the physician said he could go out, she insisted on following him everywhere. His stated reason was to prevent her from being assassinated again.

She has about a 60% chance of being safe when he's not around!

Upon seeing the carriage of the Prince of Xiaoyao's mansion, Yongle excitedly ran towards it.

"Sister Song!!!" she called out affectionately, but when she saw Xie Liwei alighting from the carriage, her face showed only disgust. She leaned close to Song Yaozhu's ear and whispered, "Why did he follow us again? Isn't he annoying!"

Song Yaozhu hadn't expected the girl's personality to change so quickly. Just a few months ago, she was telling her to stay away from Xie Liwei. Now, she wished Xie Liwei were ten feet away from her.

"Is it not allowed for me and my princess to go out together? But why does the princess always invite my princess out?" Xie Liwei's eyes were anything but friendly, making people involuntarily shrink back.

"Hmph! I didn't say you couldn't come, why are you being so fierce! A group of us girls came out to play, and you, a grown man, don't even know how to avoid suspicion. Or is it that His Highness has finally started to see me differently? Did you come here just to see me? Let me tell you, I don't care about you anymore! It's too late for you to turn back now!"

Xie Liwei & Song Yaozhu: "......"

Song Yaozhu couldn't help but raise her hand and touch her two index fingers together in silent applause. This kid is amazing!

"Sister Chen hasn't had time to play with me lately, so I can only ask you."

Song Yaozhu had also heard about the Fang family's affairs. Fang Wencai was on good terms with the son of the Vice Minister of Rites, and according to his confession, the exam questions he bought came from the son of the Vice Minister of Rites.

Because he had spent a lot of money betting at gambling dens, he sold the exam questions everywhere in order to recoup his losses. He was convicted as an accomplice by King Xuan. Fang Tong intervened for a long time, almost exhausting his family fortune, but only managed to save his son's life. He was sentenced to exile. Fang Tong was also demoted one rank to Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial because of his lax discipline.

Although Lord Shen was an old-fashioned man, he didn't want his daughter to suffer in such a family, so he asked the clan head to go to the Fang family to help his daughter get a divorce. But the Fang family was unwilling, after all, it was hard to say whether their son would ever come back, and even if he did, he wouldn't get such a good marriage.

The Fang family is now trying to use their connections to send Shen Qingyu to prison, hoping she can get pregnant on the first try so that Shen Qingyu won't have to divorce them.

Song Yaozhu could only sigh, "Human greed is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant."

Fang Wencai's current predicament was planned by her and Shen Qingyu. Shen Qingyu learned about Fang Wencai's buying of exam questions from his drunken state and then told Song Yaozhu about it. Song Yaozhu then gave her a plan to ensure that Fang Wencai would never have a chance to recover.

Shen Qingyu's original intention was to leave the father and keep the child. Since Xu was already pregnant, she, as the mistress of the house, could take the child to her side to raise, and her life in the Fang family in the future would not be too bad.

She never expected her father to want her to divorce and return home.

“Miss, let’s listen to Master and go back! The Fang family is no match for ours now. Once we’re back, Master will definitely find you a good marriage!”

Shen Qingyu shook her head. "I know Father's good intentions, but the Fang family is unwilling to let her go. Moreover, if I return home, the reputation of the women in the clan will be affected because of me. What good would remarrying do? I would still have to live at the mercy of my husband and in-laws. It would be better to wait until Xu Wan'er gives birth to the child, and then I can raise it under my care. I won't have to worry about not having a child."

Before the maid could say anything more, an old woman rushed in, looking panicked, and cried out, "Something terrible has happened! Concubine Xu has bleeded!"

Shen Qingyu stared in astonishment and immediately got up to go to Xu Wan'er's courtyard.

"What's going on!"

"After the young master was arrested, Aunt Xu has been so worried that she can't eat or sleep well. Today, she finally managed to go out and get some sun, but when she heard the servants gossiping that the young master had been sentenced to exile, she was so frightened that she fainted and bled! They've already sent someone to fetch a doctor, but there's so much blood!"

Shen Qingyu closed her eyes; Xu Wan'er's pregnancy was doomed.

She immediately stopped and said to her maid, "Go to the side gate and have the old woman guarding it send a message to Princess Yongle, saying that I have something to ask of her!"

The maid immediately took advantage of the chaos in the mansion and left.

Shen Qingyu looked at the sky. The sky was clear and the sun was dazzling, but the mansion was small.

I can no longer stay at the Fang family's place.

Meanwhile, at the polo field, Song Yaozhu met the woman who had borrowed her clothes from Prince Jing's (the eldest prince's) residence. Unexpectedly, she turned out to be the current Empress Yuwen Xian.

Looking at this little girl who had grown so much, Song Yaozhu was filled with mixed emotions. When she first came into her care, she was so small and wrinkled, but now she was graceful and radiant.

"Finally, I've met you, Princess Xiaoyao!" Yuwen Xian rode up, reined in his horse in front of her, and dismounted.

“I’ve always wanted to meet you. They all say you look a lot like my sister-in-law.”

Song Yaozhu looked at her, wondering what she meant by those words.

She narrowed her eyes slightly. "Then, Your Highness, do you think I look like it?"