Chapter 144 I am your sister-in-law
Ye Lanzhou was about to fall asleep, but when Xie Chengyan said this, she suddenly opened her eyes. It was true that she wanted to rely on Xie Chengyan, but at the moment, she was still too noble in name only. If she really moved into Xie Chengyan's main room, what would that mean?
"Your Highness, do you really think I'm Princess Rui?" Ye Lanzhou said, "I'm your sister-in-law, have you forgotten?"
Xie Chengyan seemed to have just woken up from a dream. He also realized that although there were not many people in his house, not all of them could be trusted. What happened to Ye Lanzhou in his house should have been a secret. Only Xie Zhaohe knew about it in the palace. But if the servants in the house knew about it and spread it out, it would be a big deal.
Xie Zhaohe had promised that he could choose his own princess, but if he forcibly took the emperor's sister-in-law, the impeachment memorials from all officials would pile up into a mountain.
A flash of disappointment flashed across his eyes. It was true that he liked Ye Lanzhou, but he had to consider his own future. He gently bit Ye Lanzhou's ear and said, "The court is in turmoil right now. When the storm is over, I will give you a title."
Having said that, he himself didn't know when the turmoil in the court would end.
Ye Lanzhou felt an itch on her ear, but she said nothing and let Xie Chengyan bite it. She closed her eyes and pondered her way out.
She had gained a lot today. Not only did she quench Xie Chengyan's anger, but she also gave him the idea of marrying her as the Princess of Rui. She knew this was unlikely, as she was a concubine of the Ye family, already married, and in everyone's eyes, she had already given birth to a child.
Princess Rui should be born into a noble family and have a clean love history. People like her are unlikely to be suitable for this.
Fortunately, Xie Chengyan has this intention.
What she is struggling with right now is not this. The revenge for the Ye family has not been completed yet, and she has been forced to leave the Ye Mansion. She is afraid that revenge will be more troublesome in the future.
Pei Song is suspected of murdering his unmarried wife due to his witchcraft, and the Dali Temple re-examines the case of the Pei and Ye families. Pei San returns home just in time, and the two elders of the Pei family rush to the Dali Temple, forgetting to question Pei Ruxin about his unauthorized departure.
But the two elders were a step too late. By the time they entered the Dali Temple, the indictment had already been issued. Pei Yuanzhong immediately sensed something was amiss. How could the Dali Temple suddenly move so much faster? Why did a case that hadn't been solved for so long suddenly move much faster once Pei Song was involved? It was as if they were waiting for Pei Song to join the conspiracy.
Pei Yuanzhong has been in the cabinet for many years and has formulated and revised many laws. It is hard to say which one of them will harm someone's interests and thus cause retaliation from others. Therefore, Pei Yuanzhong himself could not figure out who was behind this and what the purpose was.
Knowing that Xie Zhaohe had sent someone from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the Pei Mansion to deliver a message saying that the eldest son Pei had murdered his fiancée, the royal family could not agree to the marriage between Pei San and Prince Rui Xie Chengyan.
Pei Yuanzhong then realized that this was a trap set by Xie Zhaohe to prevent him from getting involved with Xie Chengyan.
Xie Chengyan was quite powerful. When Yin Jing was alive, he was given the power of the Imperial City Inspection Office and the Divine Soldiers Camp, and he was also granted special permission to remain in the capital. It was hard to say what such a person would do in the future. Lieutenant General Pei Yuan submitted his daughter's name to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to test the emperor's intentions, but he didn't expect that she would actually be chosen.
But now Xie Zhaohe has ruined it again, what does this mean?
Pei Yuanzhong pondered for a while, and suddenly remembered that there was someone in the palace that he had not noticed.
Since the death of the previous emperor, she seemed to have faded out of government affairs, but how could a person like her, who had been scheming for half her life, just withdraw like that?
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