"What did you say? A spy from the Northern Frontier?" Lu Yanluo looked at Chu Xuan in surprise.

How does this matter involve the Northern Frontier? Didn’t Nanyue send people to set fire?

[Nanyue has joined forces with the people of Beijiang? Is this woman so powerful? ]

Lu Yanluo couldn't figure it out, but Chu Xuan understood it.

"Nanyue got an advantage this time. She has known Cao Ren for a long time. If my guess is correct, when she entered the capital, Cao Ren should have secretly contacted the envoy of Nanjiang, trying to join forces with him to do something in the capital. However, the King of Nanjiang is a peace advocate, so the envoy should have directly refused. But Nanyue knows Cao Ren's identity."

Lu Yanluo suddenly realized: "You mean, Nanyue had already figured out everything before doing this, including who would be the scapegoat after the matter was exposed."

Chu Xuan nodded. Nan Yue was a man with a very sophisticated mind.

After the incident of Cao Ren came out, the emperor no longer had any wariness towards Southern Xinjiang. Instead, Nan Yue pretended to be ignorant and naively pleaded for Cao Ren.

"Lord Cao is a good man. I just came to the capital and I don't know anything. It was Lord Cao who asked his wife to teach me the etiquette of Tianji. He is a very kind-hearted person. You arrested Lord Cao. Could there be any misunderstanding?"

Hearing this, the emperor held Nan Yue's hand lovingly. "You are still young and kindhearted. You don't understand how treacherous people are. He treats you well just to get close to you. That's all. You may not understand what I've said. Just remember that those who show kindness to you for no reason must have some intentions towards you. I will protect you well in the future."

Upon seeing this, Nan Yue nestled herself in the emperor's arms, trembling like an extremely frightened little bird that needed protection.

Sure enough, the emperor felt pity for her and felt guilty for his neglect of her in the past few days, so he stayed in Qingcheng Pavilion that night.

Early the next morning, the emperor issued an edict to promote Nanyue from concubine to concubine as compensation to Nanyue.

For several days in a row, she stayed in Qingcheng Pavilion every night. For a while, Nanyue could be said to be the only favorite in the imperial concubine's room, just like the virtuous imperial concubine a few days ago.

The people in the palace smacked their lips and couldn't help but sigh secretly, "It's true that fortune changes. It doesn't matter if she was demoted to a concubine. She's still young and good-looking, and is favored by His Majesty."

The fact that Nan Yue was promoted to the throne deeply hurt Concubine Xian's heart. Now Fenghua Palace has become cold and deserted, and it no longer has the glory it once had.

There are still occasional rumors in the court now, mentioning that the emperor was bewitched by Concubine Xian and lost his mind, which has caused Concubine Xian to dare not make any secret moves anymore.

Now he could only watch Nan Yue being favored, feeling jealous.

On this day, Nanyue came to see Concubine Xian with the newly acquired material. As soon as she entered Fenghua Palace, Concubine Xian was ridiculed by her.

"Oh, who am I thinking? Isn't this our Concubine Yue? Your Majesty is so busy, how can you have time to come to this desolate place like mine?"

Nan Yue could hear the resentment and jealousy in Concubine Xian's words. She smiled indifferently, walked to the table and sat down, and said casually, "My niece is favored, so are you jealous, aunt?"

The thoughts of Concubine Xian were exposed, and she felt a little embarrassed. She tried to make amends by saying, "Why should I be jealous? You are favored, and I am so happy for you."

Nan Yue snorted coldly and waved her hand to signal the servants to put the material on the table.

"It's good that you think so, aunt. You must remember that now, in this palace, only if I live well, your son will have the opportunity to sit on the throne. Just like these materials, the top-grade Yuehua yarn tributed by Yangzhou, who can get them? But your majesty loves me and gave them to me. I respect and love you, so I will give them to you. Do you understand?"

Concubine Xian gritted her teeth secretly and nodded in humiliation. She naturally understood that Nanyue was the emperor's favorite now, and only when Nanyue was well could she benefit from it.

Seeing this, Nan Yue smiled with satisfaction, patted the cloth with her hand, stood up and left.

She didn't know what was more important, and she felt that Concubine Xian was not stupid.

Soon, spring ploughing was approaching, and the emperor wanted to send someone to prepare for the various matters related to spring ploughing, but who to send was a question worthy of debate among everyone.

Because spring ploughing has always been a big day, representing a year of good weather and good harvests. On that day, the emperor would bring his people to the farming and weaving garden, change into coarse linen clothes, and plow the fields like ordinary people.

At night, they would climb to the highest point of the imperial city to worship God and pray to God for good weather, peace and prosperity for the country and the people.

According to the old etiquette, the crown prince should have worked the fields with the emperor and then offered sacrifices to God, but the emperor had not yet appointed a crown prince, and no one had mentioned this matter in previous years. But this year was different.

Ever since the emperor mentioned the matter of spring ploughing, the ministers in the court began to debate which prince should help the emperor prepare for spring ploughing and offer sacrifices to heaven and earth.

Most of the ministers suggested that the Night King should go together. The Night King first pacified the war in the northern border, and then together with the princess, he resolved the epidemic in Pingzhou. He was truly the people's choice and he deserved the title.

However, a few people mentioned Liang Wang Chu Han, who had not appeared in public for a long time.

Chu Han's mother is of noble status, she is the princess of Southern Xinjiang. Because of the war in Northern Xinjiang, in order to appease Southern Xinjiang, King Liang should be pushed forward at this moment to show the importance attached to Southern Xinjiang.

There were many different opinions and endless arguments among the people. Every time they went to court, they started arguing, which made the emperor very annoyed. Finally, he simply suspended court for a day and let the ministers argue among themselves.

In the Qingcheng Pavilion.

The emperor had a splitting headache and lay on his back on Nan Yue's legs with his brows tightly furrowed.

Nan Yue had heard about the events of the previous dynasty, but at this moment she deliberately asked, "What are you worried about, Your Majesty?"

The emperor snorted coldly, "It's still those ministers who are arguing over spring ploughing. It's as if whoever goes with me will be made the crown prince. What a bunch of stubborn old men!"

Nan Yue laughed softly, "In my opinion, these people did it on purpose. Your Majesty, there is no need to be angry. As for the spring plowing, it is up to you to decide who to send. It is better to decide as soon as possible so that you can have some peace of mind."

The emperor was pleased with Nan Yue's words. He opened his eyes and stared at her steadily. After a while, he asked, "My beloved concubine, who should I send with me?"

Nan Yue said without thinking, "Of course it's Prince Liang. Prince Liang is my aunt's son. If I were to choose, I would naturally choose someone who is close to me. However, I am short-sighted and my words cannot count. Your Majesty should make the decision. I was just joking."

But it was Nan Yue's frankness that pleased the emperor. He was suspicious, so he liked those who were straightforward and allowed him to tell what they were thinking at a glance.

"Okay, then I'll do as my beloved concubine said and let Prince Liang go with me."

Nan Yue pretended to be surprised, not caring about etiquette, and hugged the emperor's neck, saying happily: "Really? Then aunt will be very happy, I will tell aunt this good news!"

The emperor laughed out loud at her amusement, but he did not notice that there was no innocence in the eyes of the woman in his arms, but only calculation.