“Others may not be able to, but what if that brat Ninth Prince bullies Yao’er? We’re all not here. If Yao’er is wronged, she won’t even have anyone to help her,” Ji Chenhai said dryly, blowing his beard and glaring.

"Come on, Father. Yao'er is very clever. If my brother-in-law dared to bully her, I'm afraid the Ninth Prince's Mansion would have been torn down by her long ago. If you haven't received news of the Ninth Prince's Mansion being torn down, it means that they have already discussed the matter of Princess Zhaoping entering the mansion."

Ji Fengming stretched, yawned, and stood up, saying, "You know how troublesome those things are in the court. Since Yao'er has chosen to marry into the Ninth Prince's mansion, she has to face some troubles with her brother-in-law. I haven't had a good night's sleep in months. Father, I'm going to sleep now."

Ji Chenhai: "..."

He probably taught his son to be too slick, to the point that he himself couldn't control him anymore.

Wife, can we take our son back and retrain him?

Should we re-educate them?!

Ever since she learned that her marriage to the Ninth Prince was arranged, Princess Zhaoping has been very happy and content every day.

She buried herself in her room, meticulously embroidering her wedding dress, putting her heart and soul into every stitch.

I'm dreaming about my wedding day;

When Brother Xiye saw her in this wedding dress, he was so amazed...

No, no, given his personality, she would be perfectly content as long as he showed even the slightest hint of amazement in his eyes.

Despite sitting there day after day, Princess Zhaoping, filled with sweet joy, did not find it boring.

Until this day.

Shang Chuyue suddenly came to visit.

Princess Zhaoping was somewhat surprised by her visit.

Because the two were not blood-related sisters, one was raised by the Empress Dowager and the other by the Empress, and was deeply favored by the Emperor.

There was no conflict of interest between the two, and they had never even crossed paths.

Seeing Shang Chuyue's emaciated and haggard appearance, Princess Zhaoping was startled: "Sixth Princess, how come you've become so thin after just a few months?"

"Sister Zhaoping..."

Before Shang Chuyue could even speak, large tears rolled down her cheeks from her sunken eyes. As she spoke, she stood up to kneel before Princess Zhaoping.

Princess Zhaoping quickly got up and gently lifted her up.

It's not that Shang Chuyue wasn't sincere.

Princess Zhaoping felt that her body was as thin as paper and frighteningly light: "Sixth Princess, what are you doing for no reason?"

"Sister, after thinking it over and over, I really can't think of anyone else who can help me except for me to beg you. Could you please ask the Empress Dowager for me, since we were born into the royal family?" Shang Chuyue choked up, unable to contain her sobs.

Princess Zhaoping asked in confusion, "What exactly happened? Isn't the Emperor always the one who dotes on you the most? Why didn't you go to the Empress and instead went to the Empress Dowager?"

Shang Chuyue gave a general account of the whole story, but cleverly avoided mentioning that she had offended the Ninth Prince.

She only said that for some unknown reason, the emperor suddenly wanted to marry her off to a distant place for a political alliance.

Princess Zhaoping saw how pitiful she sounded.

Then he thought that since the Great Zhao Kingdom was now prosperous, there was no need for a princess to marry out of the country for political reasons, so he agreed to go to the Empress Dowager to plead for her.

It was the New Year holiday, and the Empress Dowager kept claiming to be unwell and avoiding people.

Princess Zhaoping had originally planned to visit the Empress Dowager in the next couple of days.

When they arrived at Cixi Palace.

Although the people and scenery remained the same, for some reason, Princess Zhaoping felt that the Cixi Palace was not as beautiful as it used to be.

Perhaps it was because of the cold weather that everyone was huddled indoors by the fire to keep warm;

The entire palace seemed deserted and desolate.