"Princess refused, is it because of Concubine Jing?" Gong Yunyang's voice came, making Zong Zheng Xiaoting's brows frown deeper. Concubine Jing?

The woman that Situ Xunxiao once had a crush on? I'm afraid the situation back then was not much different from today. It is said that the former crown prince, who is now the emperor, also intervened and stole her love.

"I just want to tell the emperor that not everyone's love can be snatched away, and not everyone is like Concubine Jing, who changes her mind when she sees something new." Zong Zheng Xiaoting sneered.

However, Zong Zheng Xiaoting's words made Gong Yunyang overconfident and in a good mood. "Can I understand that the princess rejected me because she was worried that I was just fighting for my own pride?"

"Your Majesty, you are thinking too much!" Zongzheng Xiaoting rolled his eyes, then turned around and looked at Gong Yunyang, "Xiaoting just wants to remind Your Majesty that there are some people and some things that even a high-ranking person like Your Majesty cannot handle. Especially feelings. Since Your Majesty is frank, Xiaoting might as well speak frankly. A person has only one heart, and Zongzheng Xiaoting's heart, once given to someone else, cannot be taken back. Please think twice, Your Majesty."

"The princess has her own ideas, and I have my own choices." Seeing Zongzheng Xiaoting's unhappy face, Gong Yunyang left first after saying something.

Astonished, watching Gong Yunyang leave, Zong Zheng Xiaoting rolled his eyes again. What's wrong with the people he met today? These two people are completely assimilated to the modern people's thinking. They said nice things one by one, "You are free to dislike me, and I have the freedom to pursue my own ideas." Bah! Zong Zheng Xiaoting pursed his lips. One is sincere and the other is false, but they are equally annoying!

Unhappy and stomping on the ground with hatred, Zong Zheng Xiaoting returned to Tianxue Palace with a lot on his mind.

At the same time, in Xianghe Palace, the empress dowager was applying medicine to Gong Yunluo with a distressed look on her face. She saw that both sides of her cheeks were already red and swollen from being slapped several times by Zongzheng Xiaoting. Even after applying the cold ointment carefully, Gong Yunluo still burst into tears due to the pain.

"It hurts..." Gong Yunluo said to the Queen Mother while sniffing.

Seeing Gong Yunluo's grievance and pain, the Queen Mother felt reluctant and distressed, "Yunluo, bear with it a little longer. If I don't give you medicine at this time, you will feel more pain."

"Yeah." The thick nasal tone still revealed infinite grievance.

At this moment, the announcement of the emperor's arrival came from outside the palace. Gong Yunluo was angrily, and when he saw the emperor coming, he turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Gong Yunyang's voice.

"Why, do you still want to listen to my explanation? Do you still want to marry Situ Xunxiao?" Gong Yunyang saluted the empress dowager and sat down beside her.

Hearing this, Gong Yunluo stopped walking abruptly, with a pouty mouth and a troubled look on her face. Gong Yunfei pulled Gong Yunluo's sleeve and winked at her. Gong Yunluo then turned back and sat quietly aside, looking at Gong Yunyang with a glare.

"Then Yunfei will take his leave first." Gong Yunfei was very aware of the current situation and bowed.

"No need." Gong Yunyang waved his hands, "You should also listen to this matter. When Yunluo does something stupid in the future, I will also need you to help me hold her back."

"Yes." Gong Yunfei heard this and sat down respectfully. Originally, whenever the emperor and the empress dowager talked, she was left alone. She always tried to find ways to get some information from Gong Yunluo. Now, if it wasn't a matter of great importance, she was afraid that they still wouldn't trust her.

Gong Yunfei sat quietly, head bowed, and listened.

"I would like to know, why is the emperor so abnormal today that he is not willing to wrong me and your sister? What big thing could have happened to make him so absurd?" The empress dowager looked at Gong Yunyang unhappily. Thinking of the emperor's favoritism in Tianxue Palace earlier, she was still angry.

"Mother, this is a matter concerning the country and the people, so I have no choice but to do this." Gong Yunyang bowed to the Queen Mother, "I am sorry for wronging you, and I will apologize to you first."

The emperor's words made the empress dowager relax her brows a little. "How much influence can a Zong Zheng Xiao Ting have? I don't believe that they, the Luozha Kingdom, dare to start a war for a princess? Besides, if that is true, my Yunguang Kingdom is also comparable, so why should I be afraid? Emperor, don't you also want to annex the world? With this opportunity, isn't it justified?"

"The problem is, now it's not as simple as marrying a princess." Gong Yunyang sighed, "Before, I did think about it. Even if my mother or Yun Luo really attacked her in anger, I would have plenty of excuses to cover it up. Even if Situ Xunxiao was angry, or Luozha State sent troops to punish me, I don't care and I can afford the risk. But..."

"But what?" The emperor's words made the empress dowager vaguely feel that the matter was of great importance.

"If the king of Luozha secretly issued an edict to appoint Zong Zheng Xiaoting as the crown princess, things would be different." Gong Yunyang told everything he had found out.

Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother and Gong Yunfei both widened their eyes in astonishment. Only Gong Yunluo snorted with disdain, "Emperor brother also said that you are not afraid even if Luoshan wants to go to war. So, whether the princess is made the crown princess or not, what does it matter!"

"Yunluo!" The Queen Mother scolded, and her expression became serious. The Queen Mother turned to the Emperor and frowned, "Your Majesty, do you want to make her the Queen, seize power in Luoshan without bloodshed, and then rest and recuperate better, and annex the other two countries?"

The Queen Mother's words finally made Gong Yunluo realize.

"But, Your Majesty is in a dilemma now. After all, she is a princess who is being married off to a foreign country. In such a situation, if Brother Xunxiao had no interest in the princess, it would be fine. But unfortunately, it seems that they are in love with each other!" Gong Yunfei said incisively.

"Just now, I met her in Yu Garden, and deliberately blamed my mother for her and myself, saying that I was obsessed with her because of a dream. In order to avoid the trouble caused by a beauty, my mother took this desperate measure. Indeed, as Yun Fei said, she, Zong Zheng Xiaoting, does have someone she loves. However, I have met someone I love before, right?" Gong Yunyang said with a hint of meaning, looking proud.

Gong Yunluo frowned, "Brother, are you talking about Concubine Jing?"

"Not bad." Gong Yunyang nodded. "What Concubine Jing wants is power and nobility, and Zongzheng Xiaoting, didn't you say that you love money more than your life? People like this actually have something in common, don't they?"

"But, what about Brother Xunxiao?" Gong Yunfei frowned and reminded, "Your Majesty, if his love is taken away for the second time, will Brother Xunxiao lose his mind?"

Gong Yun was afraid that if he said something inappropriate, it would bring trouble to Situ Xunxiao, so he deliberately spoke in a tactful way. However, he still saw murderous intent on the emperor's face.