The Eastern Palace of the capital.
Xiao Shiyan has been very irritable lately.
It's been three months!
Su Xuerong has been divorced from him for three months, yet she shows no remorse whatsoever!
He originally thought that she had just said those words in anger when she gave birth to his daughter, and that she just wanted a place in the Crown Prince's Palace.
Considering that she had been with him for two years, he rejected one of the concubines as soon as he returned to the capital, leaving the position open for her.
Unexpectedly, the people he secretly sent back to Suzhou brought news that Su Xuerong had quietly left Suzhou with her parents on the third day after he returned to the capital, and their whereabouts were unknown.
Of course, he also learned the reason behind it.
That bastard Xu Songnian actually secretly went to Suzhou, only to find nothing there.
Xiao Shiyan naturally knew what he was doing, and his disgust for Xu Wanjing grew even stronger.
So, while Xiao Cheng was secretly plotting to incite internal strife in Jiangnan, he intentionally or unintentionally suggested that Xu Songnian go to Shaoxing.
Xiao Yuan is no pushover; causing trouble on his turf is no easy feat.
The Xu family later realized that it was because Xu Wanjing secretly sent Xu Songnian to Suzhou that Xiao Shiyan harbored resentment towards the Xu family.
"Since she avoided the Xu family, why didn't she come looking for me?" Xiao Shiyan said angrily in the magnificent bedchamber of the East Palace.
"Do you think I wouldn't protect them, mother and daughter?"
His attendant, Feng Baodao, said, "Perhaps the lady has her own reasons..."
Xu Wanjing hadn't even officially married into the Eastern Palace yet, but she had already started interfering in its affairs, getting rid of several of Xiao Shiyan's concubines, and even the future Consort Yun, who would later marry into the Eastern Palace, had been openly and secretly bullied by her...
Right now, everyone in the capital knows that the future Crown Princess is arrogant, domineering, and extremely jealous; it's never a good thing for anyone to marry into the Eastern Palace.
After Xiao Chengcheng's affair, the Yun family was granted the title of Duke of Dingguo. At this time, they all began to waver and dared not send their daughters to the Eastern Palace.
The Xu family took a very strong stance; all the pretty maids in the Eastern Palace were replaced, leaving only palace maids and eunuchs who were an eyesore to Xiao Shiyan.
Even among the eunuchs, none of those who were even somewhat handsome were spared.
Xiao Cheng ignored this and even sent the Empress to deliver a message.
The Crown Prince is still young, and it is not necessarily a bad thing that he should prioritize national and family affairs and refrain from indulging in women.
Xiao Shiyan felt utterly pathetic!
The crown prince of the country was actually manipulated like this by the shrew Xu!
Seeing his master's frustration, Feng Bao couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, please be patient for a few more days. Wait until His Majesty formally ascends the throne and appoints the Crown Prince before you confront the Xu family..."
Now, the Xu family is using their influence to control the Xiao family, and if Xiao Cheng wants to rightfully ascend the throne, he still has to rely on them.
What can the crown prince do?
Xiao Shiyan closed his eyes, his mind filled with images of Su Xuerong.
He regretted it.
We shouldn't have gone along with her wishes in the first place; we should have just brought her and her daughter back to the East Palace.
She's already given birth to a daughter, so what can the Xu family do?
Could it be that Xu Wanjing would dare to openly storm into the East Palace and kill the mother and daughter?
This is outrageous!
"If Xu Songnian hadn't run off to Suzhou, how could Arong have been forced to flee?" Xiao Shiyan gritted his teeth in anger, his eyes red as he said to Feng Bao, "Give me some clothes, I need to see the Empress Dowager!"
Although Xiao Cheng was still waiting for the auspicious time to ascend the throne, his queen and other female relatives had already moved into the harem.
Empress Wu moved into the Kunning Palace, the former residence of the late Empress, and had already made major changes to the interior decorations according to her own wishes.
When Xiao Shiyan arrived, he saw the completely renovated hall.
Empress Wu was discussing the preparations for her enthronement with several female officials when she heard a eunuch announce, "His Highness the Crown Prince has arrived."
Xiao Shiyan entered the inner palace: "Your subject greets Your Majesty."
Empress Wu gestured for the female officials to leave first, and said with a smile, "What time is it? What are you doing here?"
Xiao Shiyan glanced at the female officials who bowed and retreated, as well as the young palace maids serving beside them; they were all more pleasing to the eye than those in his Eastern Palace.
Since Xu is so jealous, fine, he'll make sure the whole world knows!
When Xiao Shiyan returned to the East Palace from Kunning Palace, he was followed by nearly ten palace maids. Among them, four were beautiful and charming. Although they were not as good as Su Xuerong, they were still better than that shrew Xu Wanjing.
In the following days, four beautiful palace maids were successively favored by Xiao Shiyan and were all promoted to the rank of Liangdi. The other six were also promoted to the rank of Liangyuan.
These ten concubines, who were suddenly appointed by the Crown Prince, were all actually Empress Wu's people.
When the news reached Xiao Cheng's ears, he couldn't help but criticize Empress Wu.
Empress Wu retorted sarcastically, "Your Majesty has not yet ascended the throne, yet you have already expanded the number of concubines in the harem to more than thirty. The Crown Prince is so young, yet he can only face those ugly and unattractive women every day. Anyone who doesn't know better would think that the Crown Prince is not His Majesty's biological son. How can you treat him so harshly! Does His Majesty want to have no descendants?"
Xiao Cheng's cheeks twitched a few times. Faced with Empress Wu's sarcasm, he was speechless and could only turn away in a huff.
Upon hearing the news, the Xu family was furious.
"If it weren't for the Crown Prince's instigation, how could Songnian have been sent to Jiangnan? Not only was he defeated, but his fate is still unknown. And now Xiao Shiyan is causing trouble again, carrying so many people!"
Xu's mother was furious, and her already rugged face became even more ferocious.
Xu's father looked at his wife's old and ugly face, unable to bear to look at her, and instead looked at Xu Wanjing beside him.
Fortunately, the son and daughter born to Xu's mother both resembled him and did not grow up to be shrewish.
But given Xu's mother's natural features, Xu Wanjing could only be described as not ugly, but she was far from being considered pretty.
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