"Ugh..." Yue Zhixiao had been holding it in for a long time, and finally waited until Empress Dowager Chen left.
Zebin, who was outside the door, also heard Empress Dowager Chen's words, "Please punish me, Your Highness."
"What punishment are you receiving? Why are you being punished? Is it because you obeyed me? Go and find someone to take you to the secret chamber."
"Yes, I'll go right away."
Even though Zebin was heartbroken, he had no choice but to comply for the sake of the prince, hoping it would help alleviate the prince's nausea.
Inside the Minister's residence, Liu Xuening sat in the front hall, her heart filled with despair, as if her heart were being tightly gripped.
“Xue Ning, things have come to this point. Marrying Prince Xiao may not be a bad thing. The Regent is about to marry Princess An and has no feelings for you at all. Prince Xiao is a better person to entrust your life to.”
Madam Zhao knew that her husband must be feeling frustrated and angry at the moment. If Xue Ning made him angry again, he would definitely punish her, given his temperament.
"Hmph, your mother is right. If the Regent had any affection for you, he would have pleaded for you today. Since you chose to take someone else's path, it's your own stupidity. You can't blame others. These days, you should stay in the manor obediently and not go anywhere. Wait for Prince Xiao to come and propose marriage. You're not afraid of losing face, but I am."
Liu Xuening clenched her hands tightly, her fingers bleeding from the effort. They only knew about power and interest; how could they possibly know the extent of the humiliation she had suffered today? Her entire body was being pulled apart, causing her immense pain.
She had never hated as much as she did at this moment, never wanted to kill as much as she did at this moment. Overwhelming hatred seemed to engulf her entire being. She hated it so much, hated the cruelty of those people, hated this evil world, hated her own powerlessness, hated that she could only watch helplessly and could do nothing.
“Father, are power and profit all you see? Do you have to make your daughter suffer to satisfy your vanity? If Prince Xiao ascends the throne one day, you will be the father-in-law of the Yue Kingdom.”
*Slap!* Liu Youlin slapped Liu Xuening across the face, and blood trickled down her lip.
"Xue Ning, apologize to your father right now! This is utterly disrespectful!"
The anger and hatred that had been suppressed in Liu Xuening's heart slowly began to grow, and her fists clenched tightly.
"Father, I spoke without thinking and misunderstood your good intentions. I will listen to you and stay in the manor obediently. When I become the Princess Consort of Xiao, I will make you the most respected person in the Yue Kingdom, second only to the emperor."
Liu Youlin's expression softened slightly as he looked at Liu Xuening.
"Don't blame your father. Now that you've lost your virginity to Prince Xiao, there's no way you can marry the Regent. You might as well serve Prince Xiao well. Prince Xiao has been scheming for so many years, and his abilities are no less than the current emperor's. Perhaps one day, things will really change in this Yue Kingdom, and then your status will rise to the top."
“My daughter understands everything. She just didn’t understand it before, but now she has figured it out.”
Since Prince Xiao said he could help her control the Regent, she might as well make a deal with him: she would use the power of the Minister's Mansion to help him become Emperor, and then she could be with the Regent again.
"Now that you've figured it out, go back and get some rest."
"Yes, Father."
...
"Yue Xiyuan, what do you think Yue Zhixiao will do next?"
"I don't know. He's been plotting for years. Maybe his next step is to assassinate the emperor and seize the throne."
"Huh? Should we come up with some other countermeasures?"
"Don't worry, the hidden caves in the moat are all guarded. These days, we've also been secretly searching for the location of Yue Zhixiao's privately raised army. I believe we'll have results soon, and then we can wipe them out in one fell swoop."
"That's good. But it's getting late, aren't you going back?"
"Yes, An'an, I will come to propose marriage tomorrow. You wait for me at home."
Suddenly, Yue Xiyuan kissed her, his hand on the back of her head tightening slightly, pulling her closer to him.
"good."
After Yue Xiyuan left, Yan An's consciousness flashed into her space. In the past, she would have been reluctant to let Yue Xiyuan leave, but that was because she hadn't seen the gift Gu Yanan had given her. If Gu Yanan hadn't repeatedly told her that she could only see it herself, she would have definitely dragged Yue Xiyuan to see it with her.
Yan An placed it beside the bed, reached out and opened the box. "? It's all books? Then why can only I read them?"
Yan An lay on the bed, took out a book, and said, "Wow, 'Regent, I've Got Your Back!'"
Then she pulled out several more books, "What kind of stuff is this, 'The Regent Seems to Be 'Not Quite Right'' and 'The Queen's Slim Waist Makes Her Alluring, and the Regent Never Gets Out of Bed'?!"
Yan An flipped through several of them, all of them ancient romance novels. "And they're all by the same author. Could it be that this author also time-traveled?"
“There are more below!” Yan An flipped through the pages again. “These few seem to be a little different.”
Yan An took out a book, opened a page, and quickly closed it. "Wow, is this something a child should read?"
But Yan An couldn't resist her curiosity and turned to another page, immediately covering her eyes. "Are these ancient comic books really this explicit?"
"No, no, I'll get corns if I keep looking at it." Yan An quickly packed up the box and tossed it into the dressing room.
Yan An lay in bed, her cheeks flushed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep, her mind filled with the image of the little man she had just seen.
"Gu Yanan!"
Gu Yanan, far away at the Marquis's residence, sneezed several times in a row. "Could it be that someone is missing me? Is it An'an? Or Yufeng? Hehehe, I hope An'an likes the gift I gave her. Xiyuan, you'll have to thank me properly when An'an uses it on you in the future."
The next day, Yan An got up very early and after having breakfast, she said, "Miss, the Regent has arrived with a lot of things. I think the Regent has brought the entire Regent's Palace to you."
Yan An went to the front hall and saw that it was piled with boxes. There wasn't enough room in the front hall, so many more were placed outside the door.
"Yue Xiyuan, did you move the entire Regent's Palace here?"
"Yes, does An'an like it? An'an, look, these boxes are medicinal herbs, all of which the Dark Pavilion has found over the years. You can use them without worry. I'll have the Dark Pavilion find more."
Yan An's lips twitched. "Okay, I like it very much, but there's no need for so much."
"Marrying An'an would be the best, I think this is not enough."
"An'an, since it's a token of the Regent's goodwill, please accept it."
This month, Xiyuan has become more and more to Jiang Luo's liking. He never expected that the regent, who was only in his twenties, would have assets comparable to the national treasury, and he had given them all to his daughter. It seems that he made the right choice in choosing this son-in-law!
"Yes, An'an, just listen to your mother-in-law. I'll be relying on An'an to protect me from now on."
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