After inquiring in the palace for several days, the news finally reached Qi Jingxuan.
"Your Majesty, these past few days, the prince from the Western Regions has been inquiring about the daughter of the Prince of Dingyuan, Jiang Shuyuan, but has not taken any other action. Occasionally, a few civil officials have gone to chat with him, seemingly wanting to marry their daughters to him, but they have all refused."
Qi Jingxuan held the memorial in his hand, a half-smile on his face.
"I feel the time is right, let's go!"
Eunuch Wu looked completely bewildered, not knowing what the Emperor was talking about.
Not knowing how to fathom the Emperor's meaning, and seeing that he remained motionless, Qi Jingxuan understood, "Go to Yuquan Palace, to Consort Shuyuan's place."
"Yes, Your Majesty! Your Majesty, prepare to travel to Yuquan Palace!"
Upon hearing that the Emperor was coming, Jiang Shuyuan still did her best to prepare the meal.
Eunuch Wu hurriedly came in to remind her, "Your Highness, please prepare two more sets of bowls and chopsticks, as a prince from the Western Regions is also coming with you."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Shuyuan immediately dropped the handkerchief in her hand to the ground. "Sister, what should we do?"
"Sister, don't be afraid. Just eat in a bit and talk less, so that the Emperor won't find out anything."
"I...I..." Although her younger sister kept trying to reassure herself, she was still extremely nervous.
She kept stomping her feet in the room and pacing back and forth, never stopping for a moment.
"Sister, sister, calm down. Since we're here, let's make the best of it. You sit down, and we'll see how things go, okay?"
Jiang Shuyuan nodded repeatedly.
"Your Highness, the Emperor said he'll come back later; he's going to Cheng'en Palace to see the eldest son." Upon hearing this from the palace maid, Jiang Shuyuan immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"but·····"
"But what? Tell me quickly!" Jiang Shuyuan looked at the palace maid, hesitant to speak.
"Yes, hurry up and say it!" Jiang Shuhua rushed out when she saw that she hadn't spoken for a long time.
Oh my god!
The prince from the Western Regions arrived alone and stood at the entrance of Yuquan Palace.
"Shh! Don't tell my sister, I'll go and persuade him to leave."
Jiang Shuhua knew that at this moment, she absolutely could not let her sister do anything that would damage the family's reputation.
"You should leave. My sister is already the Emperor's Consort Shuyuan. Prince, you two are truly not destined to be together in this life."
“Sister, may I see her? I haven’t seen her for many years and I have no idea how Sister Shuyuan is doing. I…” the prince from the Western Regions said anxiously.
"What do you mean, 'you'? You didn't take my sister with you when you went back to your country back then. Where have you been for the past four or five years? I don't believe that with your abilities, you can't find out where my sister is! You'd better leave. My sister won't meet with another man in secret."
Jiang Shuhua then closed the door.
Inside the house, Jiang Shuyuan had already heard the voice she longed for, but there was nothing she could do; she couldn't leave.
Qi Jingxuan already knew all the inside stories, as if everything was under his control.
"Qi Yunli, the Emperor comes to see you every day, are you happy?" Qi Jingxuan happily teased the eldest son in Chengen Palace.
Ruan Yumu gently probed, "Your Majesty, regarding the matter of the Western Regions prince, the Eldest Princess...?"
"The women of the inner palace are not allowed to interfere in politics! Why are you saying all this?"
Ruan Yumu had been holding back for several days. That was his own younger sister! He couldn't let her marry into the Western Regions.
"Your Majesty, please show leniency. Qi Yuantian is exceptionally intelligent and should not be sent to such a desolate place as the Western Regions! Moreover, she already has someone she loves. Please, Your Majesty, do not betroth her to the prince of the Western Regions!"
Ruan Yumu knelt on the ground, pleading, wondering what he had done to offend Qi Jingxuan again. He was speechless. If it weren't for Qi Jingxuan's sorcery that he could switch bodies, he would be the emperor now, and this lowly man would never have a chance!
When you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head!
"I've been spoiling you too much lately, I never expected you to be so reckless! Ruan Yumu! Don't even think about playing any tricks on me! Guards! Close the gates of Chengen Palace! Consort Mu is discussing politics, which is against the virtues of a concubine in the harem! She is punished by copying the 'Precepts for Women' five hundred times! The gates of Chengen Palace will only open when she finishes copying them! Humph!"
"Your Majesty, please spare the Empress!"
"emperor!"
"Your Majesty, please spare the Empress for the sake of the eldest son!"
"Your Majesty, reciting the 'Precepts for Women' five hundred times will probably take two years. You absolutely must not do that, Your Majesty!"
Everyone knows what it means for their master to fall out of favor.
So all the palace maids and eunuchs in the courtyard knelt down and begged Qi Jingxuan for mercy.
He shook his head, indicating that he was very disappointed.
Qi Jingxuan knew that she was his sister, not only Ruan Yumu's biological sister, but also the one who had survived in the backyard years ago when the general was fighting on the frontier.
She couldn't bear to see her sister marry into that family! But could she bear to see herself do the same?
The Emperor sent people to guard the entrance of Yuquan Palace early this morning. If it weren't for the princess not being married off to a distant place, why would he do all this?
Looking at the group of servants kneeling on the ground in the palace to pay homage to Consort Mu, how could this woman have won people's hearts so well now?
To make such a big fuss about this is incredibly stupid!
If the prince from the Western Regions found out that his princess already had someone else in her heart, how could the marriage proceed?
How could Qi and the Western Regions sign a peace treaty under such circumstances?
Qi Jingxuan's empire will also be threatened!
What a vicious woman!
"Hmph!" Qi Jingxuan glanced at the tightly closed palace gates and strode away. He couldn't let that vile woman disrupt his plans, and he turned and left.
Ruan Yumu stood up angrily, patting the dirt off her clothes. Honestly, this damn man, I've had enough of him already, why is he pretending?
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