The news that her daughter was summoned to the inner city by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince reached Princess Changle's ears overnight.

Even the words that Qi Yuxiao shouted before she left, threatening her with death, were conveyed to her by the wet nurse.

"Something happened!" Princess Changle's face suddenly changed when she heard this. Ever since the girl from the Wei family was chosen by the emperor's younger brother and was canonized as the Crown Princess, she has been worried that her daughter's reckless nature would cause trouble.

The eldest daughter's personality is exactly like hers. She cannot tolerate any grain of sand in her eyes and will never allow her husband to have another love in his heart.

But the girl from the Wei family was protected by her royal brother, and she was not someone who could be easily dealt with like her father's previous one.

Although the relationship between the siblings is not close, Princess Changle has been entangled in love for half her life and has a relatively good understanding of men. Her royal brother was so indifferent and lonely, and even after being forced by their father, he refused to compromise and go to the East Palace to marry concubines. Now he has taken the initiative to issue an edict and is willing to marry a wife. He must be very sincere.

Since ancient times, men have been fickle and never obsessed with love. The higher the position and more powerful a man is, the more beautiful women he sees, and sincerity becomes increasingly rare. However, once such men fall in love, it is like a fire in an old house, out of control, and they will not tolerate the slightest mistake.

According to Princess Changle, the girl from the Wei family might be her younger brother's weak spot. Others are not allowed to touch her, let alone even look at her.

After the decree to confer the title of imperial concubine was issued, Princess Changle even suspected that her daughter's inexplicable title of princess might be related to the fact that she had made things difficult for the girl from the Wei family on her coming-of-age day.

The so-called letting a horse run wild in the street and refusing to change despite repeated admonitions are just random excuses.

Including asking her to marry her daughter off quickly...

Thinking about the past relationship between Gu Yunran and the girl from the Wei family, Princess Changle had nothing to understand.

...The mother and daughter took on the roles of the bad guys to pave the way for her good brother so that he could marry the beautiful wife he wished for.

Now, he wants to abandon his daughter after she has done her job. He doesn't know what his daughter has done to make him make such a big fuss. He has to vent his anger for his beloved daughter even at night.

Princess Changle could be arrogant and free-spirited towards her father because of his favor, but she was in awe of her cold and heartless royal brother. Now that she got the news, she was extremely worried, fearing that he would not care about family affection and would really kill his own niece.

She called the maid to change her pajamas, but kept asking, "Where is the prince? Where is he now?"

A maid replied hurriedly, "The prince is in the study, and the lights have just been turned off."

"Go call him over," she said anxiously and angrily, "He's been hiding from me all day long. He didn't even know that his daughter was in trouble. He really doesn't deserve to be a father!"

The couple's emotional entanglement has lasted for more than ten years. Everyone in the capital knows about it and it is no longer a secret. The servants in the room all looked natural when they heard this.

Prince Qi came very quickly. The couple never had intimate words to say to each other. Seeing his wife's anxious feet, he remained calm as usual and asked calmly, "What happened to Xiao'er?"

Princess Changle could tolerate his indifferent look on weekdays, but now she was worried about her daughter's safety, so how could she bear it? She threw a jade hairpin at him and said angrily: "She has violated my brother's taboo and has been summoned to the inner city. Her life or death is uncertain. If you still care about this daughter, follow me to the inner city to plead for her."

Prince Qi caught the jade hairpin that was thrown to him, lowered his eyes and looked at it for a while, then roughly understood what had happened.

He put the jade hairpin into the makeup box and said, "That day I didn't agree with Xiao'er marrying into the Gu family. No matter how good the man from the Gu family is, he is not a good match. It was the princess who said that a woman's marriage is a lifelong event, and she insisted on following her wishes and not letting her regret it."

"Over the years, the princess has wanted everything to go her way, which has made her a domineering person. Now the consequences are coming."

Prince Qi nodded in agreement, glanced sideways and told the servant, "Go prepare the carriage."

Princess Changle breathed a sigh of relief. She was really afraid that her husband, who had been cold to her for many years, would ignore her daughter's safety.

...It's true that people's hearts are made of flesh. After all these years, Qi Lang is not really made of stone. He still has her in his heart to some extent.

The Qi Mansion's carriage left the house overnight and headed for the inner city. The palace was not too big, and it took only half an incense stick of time to reach the gate of the inner city.

The gates to the inner city were closed, and soldiers in charge of the inner city's defense came to question them.

Princess Changle lifted the carriage curtain, revealing her face, and said, "Open the door."

The soldier saluted hastily, but did not open the door as ordered. Instead, he said, "His Royal Highness has ordered that the city gates must not be opened tonight."

"How dare you!" Hearing this, Princess Changle was furious and asked, "How dare you stop me?"

Several soldiers guarding the city gate knelt on the ground, but no one was willing to obey orders and open the city gate.

Suddenly, a figure walked out of the city gate, walked a few steps to the front of the carriage, and then said with a smile: "Princess Changle, why bother a small gatekeeper? Didn't he say that it was the Crown Prince's order that the gate cannot be opened tonight? Even if you kill him, the gate cannot be opened tonight."

"Jian Da!" Princess Changle stared at the man and shouted, "My daughter is inside. She went in not long ago. When did my brother order the city gates not to be opened? You are forging my brother's order and deliberately making things difficult for me!"

Jian Da, the deputy leader of the Eastern Palace Guards, was not in a hurry when the eldest princess asked him if he had falsely conveyed the order. He said calmly, "Mrs. Gu did go in not long ago, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did issue an order that the inner city gates should not be opened tonight. Don't you know what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince meant?"

Princess Changle's face turned pale.

Jianda asked and answered her own question very considerately: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not want to see you. It is getting late and the dew is heavy. Princess, please go back."

As he spoke, he seemed to have just realized that there was a silent Prince Qi standing beside him, and a hint of mockery suddenly appeared on his face, "Oh, isn't this Prince? You're here too."

Prince Qi turned his eyes away and ignored his sarcasm.

Princess Changle was quite angry, but a deputy commander of the prince's personal guard, a fourth-rank official, dared to be so arrogant in front of her. If she were to follow her usual temper, she would definitely vent her anger.

But she didn't dare to act rashly in this matter.

Jian Da has followed the Crown Prince for many years and is one of the most trusted ministers in the Eastern Palace. Now that the Emperor's younger brother has not yet ascended the throne, he is the deputy commander of the Eastern Palace's personal guards. Once the Emperor's younger brother ascends the throne, with his qualifications, it will be no problem for him to be the commander of the imperial guards or even the city defense forces.

It is even possible that he led troops to guard an area for the dynasty.

Although he is hateful, it is impossible for him to falsely convey the emperor's orders just to make things difficult for me because of some old grudges.

(End of this chapter)