"...It's Xie Rou!"
Xie Yuan felt a pang of sadness as he recalled the past.
Because of Xie Rou, the original owner of this body died tragically, which is why she transmigrated to this fictional dynasty.
Although she retaliated, making Xie Rou experience the feeling of being hit on the head.
But the results are different.
The original owner of the body died, while Xie Rou only suffered minor injuries.
Later, with Helian Jue's help, Xie Yuan got back his dowry and also embroiled the Xie family in a lawsuit.
However, the person who has passed away can never come back.
Thinking of the original owner of this body, Xie Yuan couldn't help but feel depressed.
Helian Jue misunderstood, mistakenly believing that Xie Yuan had been mistreated in the Xie family, which is why she is still so sad and upset when she thinks about it now.
"What a fine Xie family! What a fine father and daughter!"
Helian Jue gave a cold laugh.
When he left the capital, he made arrangements to encourage those who had been murdered by Xie Ze to take turns going to the Dali Temple to appeal their grievances.
In addition, Helian Jue also sought out censors to launch a frenzied impeachment campaign.
Helian Jue was willing to bet that even if Xie Ze had Consort Cui in the palace as his backer, he still couldn't keep his official position.
Alternatively, Xie Ze would be stripped of his official position.
Alternatively, he would be demoted to a remote area.
"Thanks to Your Highness's intervention, Xie Ze and his family have been exiled to Yuezhou."
Xie Yuan emerged from his memories and said gratefully to Helian Jue, "Just a few days ago, I saw Xie Ze's wife, Cui, at the spring banquet at the governor's mansion."
"It's a pity Xie Rou got married and couldn't come along, otherwise, the scene would have been truly something to look forward to!"
Xie Rou was willing to bear the stigma of being an "opportunist" to break off the engagement, simply because she didn't want to suffer in Lingnan with Helian Jue.
However, Helian Jue made arrangements and directly moved Xie Ze's family to Lingnan.
In other words, Madam Cui was decisive enough to hastily marry off her daughter before the whole family left the capital.
Otherwise, Xie Yuan would have seen his once arrogant and haughty cousin at the spring banquet that day.
"I've heard about this. She became the fourth prince's concubine!"
Helian Jue had placed people in the capital, so he was naturally able to obtain information from there.
"A concubine? Not the principal wife?"
Xie Yuan was somewhat surprised.
At the spring banquet, she overheard gossip that Xie's daughter had entered the Fourth Prince's residence.
The gossipers didn't explicitly say it was a concubine, so Xie Yuan mistakenly thought Xie Rou had become the principal wife.
After all, Xie Ze is now the head of the Xie clan of Chenjun, no matter what.
As his eldest daughter, Xie Rou's marriage to a prince as his principal wife was considered a "marriage down."
Don't forget, Xie Rou's ex-fiancé was the Crown Prince.
"Of course, a concubine! The fourth prince married his wife two years ago."
Helian Jue said calmly, "Not only the fourth brother, but even the fifth brother has gotten married."
Of the five princes who were born earlier in the lineage, only he did not get married; the other four all married women from noble families or daughters of military families.
[There's nothing I can do; I'm just a pawn in the power struggle between the emperor and empress.]
Outsiders all thought that Helian Jue was too sharp-tongued and picky, which was why he was still unmarried in his twenties.
The incredibly intelligent Helian Jue understood his predicament when he witnessed the Emperor painstakingly selecting a consort for the Third Prince.
This crown prince was not the emperor's most valued and beloved son, and the emperor was too lazy to plan anything for him.
Perhaps the sage favored him when he was born.
But between his son and appeasing the empress, the emperor chose the latter.
He entrusted him, still an infant, to Empress Ashina to raise, successfully appeasing the infertile empress and her family, the Turkic royal court.
Helian Jue was a pawn, a tool to lull Empress Ashina into complacency.
The moment he was sent away, his father, the emperor, and his birth mother, Consort Xiao, probably gave up on him in their hearts.
Not to mention, they later had a third child.
Wow, this is the fruit of their true love, their precious son.
Therefore, as early as the age of seventeen, Helian Jue clearly recognized this cruel reality.
He was heartbroken, he felt wronged, and he was unwilling to accept it.
However, Helian Jue was not one to wallow in pain.
His stubborn nature quickly brought him to his senses.
He began to plan and strategize.
Last year, the Turks were defeated, and Empress Ashina's father and brothers were all killed in battle.
Helian Jue was twenty-two years old when the day finally came when he was "deposed".
Helian Jue was indeed very sad, but he did not despair.
His suspicions were confirmed, shattering his last shred of hope. He had no more expectations for family ties!
Xie Yuan sensed the disappointment in Helian Jue's words, but she didn't offer any words of comfort.
Because she is not Helian Jue himself, she cannot empathize with him.
No matter how many comforting words you say, it's just scratching the surface.
She simply held Helian Jue's hand gently, letting him know that he was no longer alone.
He still has her!
Helian Jue sensed Xie Yuan's goodwill, and a slight smile softened the hard lines of his face.
He wrapped his hand around Xie Yuan's and continued the previous topic, "The fourth prince's principal wife, Lady Xu, was the daughter of the emperor's Grand General Xu Liang."
"Xu Liang was originally just a stable boy of the Sage. When the Sage was young, he followed the Sage in fighting against the Rouran and made great contributions. The Sage appointed him as a general."
"Three years ago, when the emperor conquered the Southern Dynasty, Xu Liang was the first general to enter Jiankang and captured the last emperor of the Southern Dynasty and dozens of members of the royal family."
That same year, the Emperor decreed that Xu Lang's daughter be married to the Fourth Prince as his principal wife.
The fourth prince wasn't very bright; despite being the eldest, he was willing to be the fifth prince's follower.
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