In fact, the initial plan was to first weaken the power of the feudal lords, and only then to seize power from the powerful families and nobles.
The Crown Prince's departure from the capital was fraught with peril, and it originally had nothing to do with him. However, when her people approached the Borrowing Knife Pavilion, he realized that the Crown Prince was very important to her. He then ordered that the Crown Prince be rescued at all costs, resulting in the near annihilation of the Borrowing Knife Pavilion.
The commission was only ten thousand taels.
She was going to Guanzhou, which originally had nothing to do with him, but he volunteered to escort her, just wanting to be closer to her, even though he knew in his heart that it was unreasonable, as she was still too young.
The Hao family, including the Hao family's uncle, caused her great distress. He had considered many ways to avenge her, but in the end, he could only strip the Hao family of their military power. He hated himself for not being strong enough to give her an unbreakable embrace.
Upon receiving Li Zhuo's letter, he felt jealousy for the first time. How childish and ridiculous it is for a man to be jealous, but he still rushed to Guanzhou day and night.
He is not good at speaking and doesn't know how to express himself, so he has to listen to other people's advice, even though he thinks those so-called tricks are not good.
But the woman in his heart was so foolish that she didn't even seem to blush, which made him anxious. So he simply treated everyone the same way.
Seeing her standing there blankly in the cold wind, with snow and ice outside, he wanted to put a coat on her, but he was afraid it would be too abrupt and make her reject him.
Fortunately, her trust in him remained unchanged. Although he couldn't find a reason, it made him overjoyed. Seeing her filled with hatred for Jiang Yue, he wanted to kill this scoundrel to vent his anger for her. However, he knew that she didn't like others to do things for her, so he preferred to be a shadowy figure, like a death knight, to protect her and prevent others from harming her in the slightest.
At that time, Huo Baichuan said that if others knew you were in Guanzhou, they would think you were part of the Crown Prince's faction. Those others included Emperor Mingde, who would command a million soldiers and sweep away all obstacles, and therefore could not participate in the power struggle between the legitimate and illegitimate sons.
But having lived like a walking corpse for over twenty years, what harm is there in indulging in a little bit of recklessness for her sake?
It wasn't until the Fourth Prince went to Guanzhou to pick up Consort Hao that he felt an urgent need to have more soldiers and more cavalry. The imperial dynasty and the new policies no longer mattered to him, because he knew that the woman who had moved his heart was right.
This trust, too, has no reason.
Five years have passed in the blink of an eye. Letters filled the brocade box, and he couldn't bear to throw any of them away. He carried them with him wherever he went, treasuring them more than his own life.
Actually, the letter didn't contain anything special, just some trivial details, such as what dishes the princess ate that day, what color dress she wore, and what she said that made everyone burst into laughter.
Prince Yong was handsome and tall, and his daughter was also exceptionally beautiful and elegant. In particular, she was free-spirited and confident, and her every smile and frown was infinitely radiant. He dared not look at her for too long, yet he couldn't help but look at her.
He saw her grown-up appearance five years later. During those five years, he wanted to visit her in Guanzhou countless times, to eat a dish she cooked herself, and to call her Shushu by her own name, but she never used the token he had given her.
She had never talked about herself with anyone, and probably never missed a person named Wei Tingsi, even though he was different from others and called her Shushu, he didn't treat her any particularly specially.
Of course, she has to do business and research strange and unusual things to sell for money, so it's normal that she doesn't have time for anything else.
He said he would lead a million soldiers to escort her back to the capital. So, he decided to train his troops well and lead his mighty cavalry to escort her back to the capital. She had suffered injustice and had to leave the capital where she had lived for more than ten years. In his heart, she was extremely wronged.
Faced with the choice between personal gain and the past, she was abandoned, and it pained him to see her like that.
Over the years, he had always known that in her heart, when Emperor Mingde passed away, only the Crown Prince could inherit the throne, and no one else could. Therefore, all he could give her was the mighty army of soldiers waiting behind him at any time.
Upon learning of his engagement, he immediately went to find Qin Ji. There was only one person he wanted to marry in this life: Zhao Shu, who had given him so many surprises. How could anyone else compare to her? Not even a hair on her head could compare.
Emperor Mingde said that at the Hundred Flowers Banquet, he told him who he had taken a fancy to. Actually, he wanted to say that he had taken a fancy to your niece, but he knew that this woman, who was as dazzling as the sun, could not be married off by imperial decree. She had her own rules.
Her family was simple, and she had never lived in the complicated backyard of the valve industry. Fearing that she would be taken advantage of, he went there even though he disliked her, just to be his support when things happened.
Sun Yun was also tricked, but he couldn't control it. Apart from Zhao Shu, the other women were all outsiders.
However, none of this could win her heart. Sometimes he even wondered if he was too inadequate, or if she preferred Huo Baichuan a little more, because he had never argued with him or spoken to him in that disdainful yet affectionate tone.
So, just now, he inexplicably and despicably called out "Shushu" in front of the guards, and regretted it as soon as the words left his mouth.
At that moment, he realized that in front of the woman he loved, he didn't need tricks, he needed sincerity.
"What are you thinking about?" Zhao Shu tugged at Wei Tingsi's sleeve and asked suspiciously.
Pulled on like that, he snapped out of his daze, his face flushing red. "Here's the sword." He was a little flustered, acting clumsily, a stark contrast to his usual demeanor, almost like a completely different person.
Zhao Shu chuckled, having already picked all the ripe hollow berries and wrapped them in leaves. "I've thought about it, and it's safer to have the gardener from the manor move them."
"Hmm." He nodded, his gaze falling on Zhao Shu's wet skirt and shoes. He reached out and pulled her over the thorny bushes that were as tall as a person, and onto a rock in the stream that was big enough for two people to stand on.
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