"If it weren't for that dog emperor confiscating my stronghold in the capital and looting all the treasures from the secret chamber, I wouldn't be in such dire straits. How hateful!" Prince Gong slammed his fist on the table in anger.
“Your Highness, there’s no need to be angry. What if you ruin your health? A few days ago, people from the south said they’d found a silver mine. Once things are settled here, we’ll head over there immediately and find an opportunity to mine the silver,” Shui Li Niang said with an air of certainty.
Prince Gong's sullen face relaxed again, and he kissed the person in his arms. "Li Niang is truly my savior. She can share all my worries. When I ascend the throne, the position of Empress will surely be yours."
"Then Your Highness must remember what you said." Shui Li Niang buried her face in the man's arms, her eyes deep and determined when he couldn't see her. She had gone to great lengths to follow Prince Gong, doing so much and enduring so much hardship, all for the sake of the Empress's position. She was determined to seize that position.
Although Prince Gong is now in dire straits and hiding in various places, he still has many followers, money, and of course, many beautiful women. I heard that he recently acquired a young beauty who has just come of age.
This man is both scholarly and martial, and capable, but he is too fond of beautiful women, which is what makes Shui Li Niang most worried. She is afraid that when Prince Gong successfully ascends the throne, he will abandon her, his old flame, and support a new one to take the throne. Wouldn't she have ended up with nothing?
That day, Xingxing always looked gloomy and sighed from time to time. She didn't enjoy her food as much as before.
When asked what was wrong, she said her eyelids kept twitching. She didn't have any premonition that something was going to happen, but she just felt uneasy and didn't know what was wrong. It was worrying.
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