Chapter 759 That person...what's his name?
Princess Jiahe paused slightly while holding the teacup, then looked up at her, the scrutiny in her eyes becoming more intense.
"Oh? Tell me, what earth-shattering event is it that requires me to be involved?"
"This matter is truly earth-shattering." Gu Qingchen took a step forward. His voice was not loud, but it reached Princess Jiahe's ears clearly. "I would like to ask Princess Jiahe for a favor."
She paused, then said word by word, "Help me cancel my marriage with the prince."
"puff--"
Princess Jiahe nearly spit out the tea she had just brought to her lips. She slammed the teacup on the table so hastily that the tea splashed out.
She looked like she had heard the funniest joke in the world, staring at Gu Qingchen intently, her eyes full of absurdity and sarcasm.
"Gu Qingchen, are you crazy? You come to me and ask me to help you break off the engagement? Are you humiliating me or yourself?"
"Princess, why are you so angry?" Gu Qingchen's expression remained calm. "We both know that you hate me to the core and want to trample me underfoot. And I have never thought of entering the East Palace and competing with a group of women for a man."
She looked directly into Princess Jiahe's eyes, which were filled with anger, and said slowly, "The biggest obstacle between you and me is not each other, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
The sarcasm on Princess Jiahe's face froze.
"He wants me to be his Crown Princess, standing in front and using my father's military power to stabilize his empire. He also wants you to be his concubine, to appease the Yongding Palace behind you, and to have you fight me in the backyard. It would be best if both sides were defeated, so that your royal family can reap the benefits."
Gu Qingchen's voice was as cold as ice. "In this game, you and I are just pawns. Princess, a proud daughter of heaven, are you willing to be manipulated like this for the rest of your life, to be another woman's foil?"
"Shut up!" Princess Jiahe shouted harshly, but her voice lacked confidence and was filled with embarrassment as if she had hit the nail on the head.
"It's easy to make me shut up." Gu Qingchen's tone didn't yield at all. "You and I will join forces to disrupt this chess game. I'll get off the chessboard, and you'll take the seat you want. From now on, we'll go our separate ways. This is my sincerity."
The flower hall fell into deathly silence.
Princess Jiahe's chest, which had been heaving violently, slowly calmed down. She sat down again, but her beautiful eyes, now like ice soaked in poison, stared at Gu Qingchen without blinking.
"Why should I believe you?" she asked coldly. "This might be another trap you've set to drag me into it."
"The princess is a smart person. She should be able to tell whether I am lying or not."
Gu Qingchen met her gaze calmly. "For you, the position of Crown Princess is the glory you've sought your whole life. For me, it's a cage I can't escape. Our goals are fundamentally contradictory, so there's a possibility of cooperation between us."
She smiled gently, with a hint of cunning and certainty in her smile.
"Besides, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is now deeply in love with me, and the Emperor is also happy to see this happen. Without a sufficient reason, this marriage cannot be cancelled. And only you can give me this reason."
Princess Jiahe tightly grasped the handkerchief in her hand and said nothing.
She was in a state of confusion.
Every word Gu Qingchen said was like a needle, piercing the most unwilling and humiliating part of her heart.
Yes, concubine.
This is a shame that she will never be able to wash away in her lifetime.
But she was asked to join forces with Gu Qingchen, the mortal enemy she had hated since childhood?
"What do you want to do?" After a long time, Princess Jiahe finally squeezed out these words from between her teeth.
A genuine smile finally appeared at the corner of Gu Qingchen's lips.
“It’s very simple.”
She leaned close to Princess Jiahe's ear and whispered a few words in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
Princess Jiahe's expression changed again and again as she spoke, from initial shock, to disbelief, and finally to uncertainty.
After Gu Qingchen finished speaking, he stood up straight and regained his calm demeanor.
"I've already told you the method. Whether to do it or not is entirely up to you, Princess."
She turned around and didn't look at Princess Jiahe again.
"My patience is limited, and so is the princess's youth. I hope to hear good news from her next time we meet."
After saying that, she walked straight out of the hall, her back looking resolute and without any trace of nostalgia.
It was not until Gu Qingchen's figure completely disappeared that Princess Jiahe seemed to be exhausted and slumped in the chair.
She looked at the cup of tea that had already gone cold on the table, and Gu Qingchen's last words kept echoing in her mind.
"I want you to expose my affair with Qian Zhenyun in front of everyone at the New Year's Eve palace banquet."
Princess Jiahe maintained her sitting posture, her eyes fixed blankly on the cup of tea in front of her that was no longer hot.
break off an engagement.
Join forces.
She stood up suddenly and paced back and forth in the hall impatiently, and the expensive Persian carpet was stepped on without making any sound.
She hated Gu Qingchen and wanted to tear that woman to pieces. But she hated the word "concubine" even more. It was like a knife hanging over her head, reminding her all the time.
Gu Qingchen's plan kept echoing in her mind...
However, there was one thing she could never figure out.
Princess Jiahe stopped and frowned tightly on her pretty brows.
How could he be the prince’s study companion?
The core of Gu Qingchen's plan was to start with one of the prince's companions.
Princess Jiahe couldn't help but feel it was ridiculous.
In her opinion, shouldn’t the best knife be Lin Jiayou?
He was a dirty, bloody knife in the prince's hand, and it was only natural for him to use this knife to stab the prince.
You can frame someone, you can frame someone, no matter how you do it, it seems reasonable.
But Gu Qingchen chose a study partner.
That person...what was his name?
"Princess." Chun He, the personal maid, walked in cautiously. Seeing that her face was not right, she lowered her voice and said, "It's time for you to have lunch."
Princess Jiahe waved her hand impatiently, "Everyone, leave. I have no appetite."
Chunhe didn't dare to say anything more, bowed and walked out.
She was the only one left in the huge flower hall.
It doesn’t matter who Gu Qingchen chooses to ruin her own reputation!
As long as this plan succeeds, Gu Qingchen will be removed from the position of Crown Princess, and she, Princess Jiahe, will be the Crown Prince's only choice.
By then, she can use some tricks to soothe the prince's injured face, and the supreme throne will be in her pocket!
What she wants is the complete position of Crown Princess and to be the mother of the country in the future!
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