She had inquired with Wei Yao and the others and learned that the Prince of Ye and the late Queen had always had a strained relationship. After the late Queen passed away due to illness and the eldest prince went missing for a long time, the Prince of Ye reacted indifferently to the matter, to the point that he could be said to have ignored it.
Until a few years ago, his health completely collapsed. After finally giving birth to a sickly son, his attitude changed drastically.
In recent years, the King of Ye has been increasing his manpower and is determined to find his eldest son. He probably thinks that his youngest son is too weak and sickly to handle state affairs, and that he won't last much longer. The mess in Ye will eventually need to be cleaned up and taken care of, so he thought of his eldest son.
If the eldest prince returns this time, he might pass the throne to the king after the king has held on for a few more years, provided that the young prince and his stepmother do not cause trouble.
She didn't know if Yuan Xingzhou could wait that long.
If he doesn't destroy the country to avenge his father, then as long as the King of Ye is alive, he will always be the eldest prince, and he still won't be able to meet her demands.
After she made her request, Yuan Xingzhou seemed to be seriously considering it for a moment, and then he said, seemingly seriously but actually not, "...It's not impossible."
Hey, you can't have nothing at all?
Should he make her the Queen of Ye, or should he give up on her and let her continue to be a widow for Yuwen Sheng?
Could he be plotting something dangerous?
Zheng Quchi was too lazy to probe his thoughts, and even less willing to continue this topic with him. She remembered something: "You should be mentally prepared. We will soon escort you to Shengjing to see the Prince of Ye. I advise you not to make any rash moves and cause trouble."
Upon hearing this, he didn't show much resistance; he seemed to have been mentally prepared to be brought back again.
"I won't run away anymore. After being away for so long, it's time to go back and face everything that happened in the past."
He closed his eyes slightly, and the soft light shone on his pale, snow-white face, making him appear like a docile lamb, harmless and peaceful.
He gives off a completely different feeling when his eyes are open and when they are closed.
"It's best if you think that way."
He was still injured, and he had just woken up and had said so much to her all at once. Now his thin skin was showing a faint bluish tinge, which must have caused him great mental exhaustion.
As Zheng Quchi was about to leave without disturbing his rest, he heard Yuan Xingzhou ask, "Zheng Quchi, you saved me once. If I were in the same situation again, would you save me a second time?"
Will you save him a second time?
To be honest, when she stopped Yuwen Sheng, it wasn't purely to save people. Although she had a kind heart, she wasn't so kind that she would save everyone indiscriminately.
Assassins like them, who specialize in killing, are not the kind of people she can show kindness to.
However, the situation was special at the time, so we did the rescue and didn't have any regrets about it.
But I won't do it again...
She thought this in her heart, but said it against her conscience: "Of course."
Things have changed. He was an assassin back then, but now he is the Crown Prince of Ye Kingdom. As long as she's not stupid, she knows how to speak wisely to protect herself.
Of course, she only ever seemed silly.
In reality, she is very shrewd.
Yuan Xingzhou was indeed very satisfied after hearing this, and the consequence of that satisfaction was—
"You have been so good to me." He was truly moved. When he opened his eyes, he saw the bright light from outside the window, which shone like a piece of golden porcelain, shimmering and sparkling.
Zheng Quchi suddenly had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, his next sentence left her speechless.
"I will carefully consider your request. If I become king in the future, you will surely be the heir of the Ye Kingdom."
——
Zheng Quchi walked out in a daze. Wang Zebang and Wei Yao were waiting in the fenced yard. When they saw that she looked strange, they immediately went up to her and asked, "Madam, what's wrong?"
Zheng Quchi raised his head: "He's going to rebel!"
Wang Zebang and Wei Yao looked at each other incredulously: "...Rebellion? You mean the eldest prince is going to rebel?"
Zheng Quchi didn't care whether they believed her or not. She was thinking, "Yes, this trip is essentially sending back an enemy to the Prince of Ye. Judging from his appearance, I can already imagine what will happen..."
The Prince of Ye had done such inhuman things to them, mother and son. Now he has returned not to show filial piety, but to stage a revenge story for the heir.
It's hard to say what comes next directly; those who know, know. The question is, will this matter have any impact on them?
She suddenly felt that... ever since the bandit incident, they seemed to have fallen into a huge vortex from which they could not escape. By the time they realized it, the more they tried to crawl to the side to escape, the more they were pulled deeper into the vortex by an invisible force.
The key point is that it seems like only she thinks this way, while Wang Zebang and Wei Yao are completely oblivious to the situation.
“Madam, the matter between the King and the Crown Prince is complicated, involving the late Queen and her maternal clan. We cannot interfere.”
Who's interfering?
She wished she could close her eyes and see nothing at all.
But no, she realized as soon as she stepped outside that the young master of the Renmin University wasn't interested in her at all; he was clearly after her ex-husband's inheritance.
If he marries her, wouldn't it be a matter of naturally inheriting the estate left to her by her ex-husband?
Of course, this was his idea. As long as she was determined and refused to yield, he figured that he, a powerless and insignificant prince returning from abroad, would not be able to bring down her, a powerful and influential general's wife with a large army at her disposal.
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