She knew that she could no longer keep her position as the Crown Prince's Consort.
She opened her eyes, took a deep breath to calm herself down, and continued, "Prince, do you think I am still useful to you and Prince Chen's Mansion now?"
Prince Chen looked at her and smiled. "I've tried that musket. It's certainly powerful, but its accuracy is too low. It's only suitable for long-range combat. With it, the best you can get is a concubine."
"For the sake of Huoqiang and Song Yu, I can agree to the position of concubine."
In fact, given Ruan Hezhu's status, being able to become a concubine was already a blessing.
But having been a princess and a queen, and with a modern soul, she would never be interested in the position of a concubine.
For her, all women below the queen are concubines, and she will never allow other women to climb over her head and boss her around.
"Your Highness, you can cancel the engagement now, but I want to use my musket to buy myself a year."
"One year?" Prince Chen looked at her in confusion.
"That's right. During this year, the prince will not arrange a marriage for the prince, so the position of the prince's consort will remain vacant. Once I use my musket to help the prince ascend the throne, the prince will be able to grant me the position again."
Upon hearing this, King Chen's eyes narrowed and he said in a deep voice, "Why one year?"
Ruan Hezhu was slightly stunned. The reason why she mentioned this time was because in her previous life, Prince Chen launched a mutiny a year later and finally succeeded in ascending the throne.
Now, Prince Chen should have been preparing for this matter. He suddenly spoke out what was in his mind, which must have shown that he had some suspicions.
"Your Highness, I said one year because I had a dream. In the dream, Your Highness became the Supreme Ruler a year later. Even though it was a dream, I felt it was real."
Hearing her say this, King Chen's eyes were filled with suspicion, scrutiny, and finally laughter.
"I like this dream. You are a smart woman. Since we share similar interests, I will give you another year."
"For this year, you must keep a low profile. Your main task is to develop a musket for me. When you succeed, I will still give you the position of Crown Princess."
As for Ruan Hezhu's shameful life experience, it will not be a big deal for King Yu Chen at that time.
As long as she is given a decent identity, no one will pay attention to or talk about it anymore.
No one dares to tear off the royal fig leaf.
"Thank you, King Chen. Don't worry, I won't disappoint you."
Ruan Hezhu was overjoyed, "This victory will definitely belong to us."
It will definitely belong to her.
Prince Chen looked at her and said in a deep voice, "Fortunately, you are a girl. If you were a boy, I would be really worried that your ambition would be too great and you would get out of control."
Although Prince Chen is smart, in his mind, only men can sit on the throne, so he can rest assured about Ruan Hezhu.
Before his death in his previous life, he let Song Yu ascend the throne. Although he was a little worried about his weakness, he felt relieved when he thought that he had Ruan Hezhu, an ambitious and capable queen, to support him.
But he was smart all his life, but he never expected that Ruan Hezhu's ambition would become more and more uncontrollable, and she would get rid of Song Yu and replace him.
If he knew that a woman could become emperor, he would probably get rid of Ruan Hezhu as soon as possible.
"Your Highness, you are worrying too much. As a woman, I can only rely on my husband's family."
Ruan Hezhu lowered his eyebrows and said obediently.
At this moment, she really didn't have such big ambitions.
She only wanted to support Song Yu as emperor and herself as queen.
King Chen was very satisfied with her answer. Just as he was about to let her leave, he thought of another question.
"This king still doesn't know who your biological father is?"
Ruan Hezhu was slightly stunned, and looked up at King Chen's half-smile. She didn't dare to hide it anymore.
"It's Jiang Weiyan."
"It turned out to be him?" Prince Chen sneered, "This is beyond my expectation."
Jiang Weiyan is the most famous person in the capital for doting on his wife.
He only has one daughter, but he is unwilling to take a concubine. This is not something that ordinary people can do.
No matter how much people speculated, they would never have thought that he was Ruan Hezhu's biological father.
"No wonder he tried to persuade me to make you the Crown Prince's Consort last time."
"That's fine. He's also my man. When I accomplish my great task, I'll have you included in the Jiang family tree and become his true daughter."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
She didn't care who her nominal parents would be in the future, as long as she could marry Song Yu.
"Go out and let Yu'er get up."
"yes."
Ruan Hezhu walked out and saw that Song Yu had stood up, so she couldn't wait to run up and hug him.
She said in a trembling voice, "Song Yu, we did it. The prince said to give us another year. If we perform well, he will agree to let me be your prince consort."
There was no expected joy on Song Yu's face. He didn't say anything, but took Ruan Hezhu back to his yard.
"Song Yu, what's wrong with you?"
Ruan Hezhu noticed that something was wrong with him and was very confused.
"How did you convince father to agree?" Song Yu asked in a deep voice.
"I..." Ruan Hezhu lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes hiding the guilt in her eyes.
"The prince said that he could see your feelings for me and didn't want to make you sad."
"Ruan Hezhu, do you think I'm so easy to fool?"
Song Yu sneered, a hint of disappointment flashing in her eyes, "Last time, my father suddenly asked you to be the Crown Prince's Consort, and you said it was because you gave me a painting. I know this reason is impossible, but I believe you if you say it."
"But if it was just that simple, given my father's character, he would have called off the engagement the first day your identity was revealed."
"But he hesitated. He hesitated before I even pleaded. If you could make Father hesitate, there's only one possibility: you've convinced Father that your own value is greater than his reputation."
Song Yu said as he approached Ruan Hezhu, his eyes fixed on her, "For my father, there is only one thing that is more important than fame, and that is the great cause he desires."
"What on earth can you bring to him? Why are you hiding it from me?"
Seeing the disappointment and questioning in his eyes, Ruan Hezhu felt very uncomfortable.
"I'm sorry, I don't want to lie to you, but I have no choice."
She had never intended to hide the matter of the musket from him from the beginning, but King Chen didn't allow her to tell him, so there was nothing she could do.
Song Yu also guessed the reason, "Did Father ask you to keep it from me?"
Ruan Hezhu nodded with difficulty, "I'm sorry, except for this matter, I haven't hidden anything else from you."
"No?" Song Yu shook his head and took a few steps back weakly.
"What about your identity? You already know who your biological parents are, right? Why didn't you tell me?"
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