Chapter 656: The Deposed Princess Strikes Back at the Female General 103
The Queen Mother had a bad start and could only put down the portraits in dismay. "I saw her chatting happily with those young masters and thought she had changed her mind. Well, let's keep these portraits for now. They will be useful one day."
The queen came out from behind the screen. She didn't want to come out, but Song Yan kept hinting at her, so she just fulfilled her silly nephew's wish.
This might be a rare opportunity for Song Yan and Huan'er to spend time together. This silly child is destined to have unrequited love.
The queen smiled and said, "Don't be discouraged, mother. There is still the Sixth Princess. The Sixth Princess's husband died of illness. The Sixth Princess's mother made a mistake a few years ago and was banished to the cold palace. The Sixth Princess has no one to rely on, and her life outside the palace is not easy."
"I wanted to bring her to the palace, but the Sixth Princess refused. She is timid and cowardly, and was bullied in the cold palace when she was a child. She doesn't want to return to the palace, so I'd better find another good marriage and marry her there in glory."
The Queen Mother became interested again. "The Sixth Princess's mother was not a good person. She deserved to be banished to the cold palace. It was just hard for the Sixth Princess. Later, she was raised by another concubine and she didn't like to talk much."
"I carefully selected a gentle and pleasing consort for her, but unfortunately he was unlucky and died at a young age, leaving no son or daughter. This time, I must choose a good one for her."
There were rumors in the court that the princess was unlucky and had killed her mother in the cold palace and her husband. Someone suggested sending the sixth princess to Putuo Temple to meditate. The emperor almost agreed, but the empress dowager stopped him.
Her granddaughter is so young, in her prime years, how could she live such a hard life?
The royal princess is so noble, if she can be treated like this, then ordinary women have no reason to live after their husbands die.
The Queen Mother was picking and choosing among a pile of portraits with great interest, determined to choose a better prince consort for the Sixth Princess!
Behind the screen, a game of chess has been completed.
Song Yan was killed without a single piece of armor left, it was very tragic. He frowned as he watched his own gangsters being surrounded and killed, and sighed:
"The quality of a person's chess reveals his character. Miss Ji was full of murderous intent in this game. She must still have hatred in her heart. Love gave rise to hatred. More than half a year has passed. Has the hatred in the girl's heart not subsided yet?"
"After seeing the vastness of the northern border and walking through thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, it's time for you to let it go. Prince Rui has already married a new princess and has long moved on from the past. Why do you have to suffer, Miss Ji? If you let the hatred accumulate in your heart, you will only hurt yourself."
Song Yan looked sincere, as if he was particularly considerate and caring about Ji Yunhuan in particular.
Ji Yunhuan picked up the white pieces one by one and had completely lost interest in continuing the game. Song Yan was too weak and very self-righteous.
It's boring to use all those fancy strategies only to lose miserably in the end.
"Mr. Song, have you forgotten that I am a great general, so I naturally have a murderous aura. Otherwise, how can I go into battle and kill the enemy? This is how my father taught me to play chess since I was a child. Is there any problem with that?"
Song Yan was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously retorted: "It's fine for the Duke to play like this, but you are a woman, and no woman has ever played chess like you. Playing chess, calligraphy and painting are all elegant things, and they are the best for self-cultivation, but your temperament is very different from before. You were not like this before."
Ji Yunhuan's expression was a little cold, "Anyone who has experienced such an incident will change."
Ji Yunhuan was referring to the revenge for the extermination of the Duke's Mansion. Anyone who has experienced such a broken family would never be as innocent as before.
However, Song Yan understood it as a matter of divorce from King Rui, and felt more and more that Ji Yunhuan had not completely let it go. However, he did not care. Women were always more gentle and affectionate. It was no longer possible for Ji Yunhuan and King Rui to be together, and he could wait for Ji Yunhuan to completely get over it.
Song Yan comforted him, "Time will smooth everything out. Now you are full of resentment and act very radically, but I know this is not your intention. You are gentle, kind, talented, and the best woman in the capital."
"I heard everything just now. The eunuch came to report that you ordered people to drag Miss Cheng away. Fortunately, the Queen Mother did not blame you. There is no evidence. If you target Miss Cheng like this, it will inevitably cause criticism. It will not be good for your reputation if it gets out. Don't be so impulsive in the future."
Ji Yunhuan threw the chess piece in his hand into the jade-white chess pot beside him and sneered, "Do you think I am targeting Miss Cheng? Since Master Song has never seen it with his own eyes, how can he know that Miss Cheng is innocent? He is actually better at distinguishing right from wrong than the Queen Mother."
Song Yan heard the sarcasm in Ji Yunhuan's voice and thought that Ji Yunhuan might have been exposed, so he became angry and embarrassed.
He secretly cursed himself for being so useless. He finally had a chance to be alone with Miss Ji, but he still managed to piss her off.
"Don't be angry. I don't mean to blame you. I just want to remind you kindly. I don't know any Miss Cheng. What happens to her has nothing to do with me. I just care about you and I'm afraid that your reputation will be damaged."
"I heard that Prince Rui had thought about taking a concubine in the past, but it was later abandoned. I know you hate Miss Cheng, so you should be more cautious to avoid giving others a reason to criticize you."
Two years after Ji Yunhuan married Prince Rui, Prince Rui did have the idea of taking a concubine, but the affectionate character that Prince Rui had previously established was so deeply rooted in people's hearts that the military generals in the capital were surprised when they heard about it, and they were not as warm to Prince Rui as before.
So Prince Rui put the idea aside for the time being and just said it was a rumor and never mentioned the matter of the concubine again.
If Song Yan hadn't mentioned this matter, Ji Yunhuan would have almost forgotten that she and Cheng Xiaoyue had such a "grudge".
Ji Yunhuan felt a little angry and a little helpless. Not only Song Yan would think this way, but those who thought they knew the "inside story" would also think this way and would forcibly interpret her actions today as jealousy between women.
Ji Yunhuan said coldly: "It's ridiculous. In your mind, besides being jealous, is there nothing else a woman can do? Although I can't attend the court, I am also a second-rank general. I will lead 5,000 northern troops back to the capital to entertain the northern envoys and discuss the northern alliance."
"Today I am leading the troops to guard Qingchuan Garden. I will not slack off in any detail. Cheng Xiaoyue has behaved improperly and harbored evil intentions. It is my duty to drive her out."
"Song Yan, if the commander of the Imperial Guards sitting in front of you today had ordered his men to drag Cheng Xiaoyue away, would you dare to question him like this? Would you dare to ask him to be careful with his words and actions and not punish Cheng Xiaoyue?"
Song Yan certainly didn't dare to question the commander of the Imperial Guards, as he was a powerful military commander who was deeply trusted by His Majesty.
He explained anxiously, "How can we compare them? He is a man, so he has no scruples. But you are a woman, and you will get married eventually. You can't lead the troops forever. You are so arrogant and reckless, and you don't care about your reputation at all. What are you going to do in the future?"
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