Compared to Mu Wantong's reluctance, the Fourth Prince was extremely humble, especially in front of Gao Xuance. He had given up the idea ever since his Third Brother came back from the expedition to the Western Rong. Gao Xuance knew it, of course, and did not make things difficult for him.

The Fourth Prince was already very relieved by this. He no longer had any ambitions and just wanted to live in peace in his fiefdom as a leisurely king, without mentioning anything else.

Of course, he knew how unwilling Mu Wantong was, and he also knew how she felt about him. Perhaps no one in the world could treat him better than her, so he thought that this was the best solution. Otherwise, it would be difficult to extricate himself when he was stuck in the mud.

The Fourth Prince and his wife went to the fiefdom with different thoughts.

After they left, Gao Xuance was the only adult male left in the palace. The emperor and the empress were quite sad, but fortunately, there was an heir to the throne by Emperor Jianzhang, as well as the fifth and sixth princes born to Concubine Li Gui, and Concubine Jia gave birth to a daughter. These newborns diluted their sadness of parting.

After King Zhou and King An were enfeoffed, Gao Jian brought generous gifts to them. He had secretly defected to King Zhou before and also took the opportunity to instigate Gao Xuance. Of course, Gao Xuance became much more distant from him, but he could not make trouble for the time being.

After all, he has a good dad.

The prestige of Prince Jinyang in the army cannot be easily seized. This is also the reason why Gao Xuance knew that Gao Jian was a bad person but still mixed with them. At that time, all the nobles went to support the eldest prince, and he had no choice.

Now Gao Jian has surrendered to the Emperor in a high-profile manner, and Gao Xuance has to accept it with a smile. He also generously seeks a position for him in front of Emperor Jianzhang. Gao Jian already felt guilty, but he was relieved to see that Gao Xuance did not hold a grudge.

He was really out of his mind. He actually thought that King Zhou had a good chance of winning and that the crown prince had no hope.

This was also one of the tests that Emperor Jianzhang used for his son. If he severely punished people around him when they made mistakes, he would be too harsh and ungrateful.

Since ancient times, those who are not in the first position, or who have reached that position through abnormal means, have to do better.

Gao Xuance is under tremendous pressure here. As the Crown Princess, Yao Niang has to behave more generously and virtuously. She knows Emperor Jianzhang's character very well. He himself does not like women who are too strong-willed. He likes those who are straightforward, knowledgeable, and know their limits, like Empress Hong and Concubine Li Gui.

For example, Mu Wantong showed too much enthusiasm, so Emperor Jianzhang gave him a woman.

Even though Gao Xuance is the crown prince now, the crown prince can be deposed. She should not offend her father-in-law even more now, and should not think that she can be proud of being the crown princess.

Mu Wantong failed at this point.

She thought that she was being strong and that showing off her strength would give her extra points to the Fourth Prince, but the reality was that the Emperor did not want to see an overly strong woman. It was not that it was bad for a woman to be strong, but the main thing was to find the right method.

The current master of this empire is still Emperor Jianzhang.

Even Gao Xuance only said that he wanted to be a Taoist priest to politely refuse women, and he didn't dare to really shout about himself.

As the crown prince, he has the Zhanshi Mansion as his East Palace team, and these people have to show their respect during every festival. Yao Niang then discussed with Baiying and Baizhi how to give gifts, which has always been her responsibility.

"This old man has a large family and has always been poor. It would be bad to give him money. We might as well pick out some practical things to send him. The Henan governor sent a lot of Henan noodles, the Zhejiang governor sent ham, and the governors of the three borders sent a lot of leather and ginseng. You should pick out some to send to each of them. Of course, the gold and silver ingots should be made in a more elegant style." Yao Niang ordered.

Bai Ying replied: "Okay, I will do it now."

"Why are you in such a hurry? There are still many things to be done and we must not be careless." Yao Niang was very concerned about selecting these.

After writing these lists, the whole morning had passed. After eating, Yao Niang began to feel sleepy. When Gao Xuance came back, he saw that Yao Niang had fallen asleep, like a weeping crabapple.

The black hair fluttering on her face made her face look even whiter, making people unable to resist picking it.

Yao Niang was woken up by the kiss, and even a little breathless. When she opened her eyes and found that it was him, she rarely got angry: "What are you doing? I need to rest at noon, but you messed with me. You usually act like a good wife, but you don't want me to do anything fancy, and you are always shy."

Although Gao Xuance usually thought that Yao Niang was the most talkative person, after hearing these words, he couldn't help but say, "You are too good at..."

"What are you talking about?" She was really in a bad mood. She didn't sleep well yesterday. She was busy all morning and took a nap at noon. She had to go to Queen Hong later. It was said that Princess Zhenyang was coming back, so she had to cheer up.

Before he could utter the word "clamp", he saw Yao Niang turned over and went to sleep, so he didn't dare to make a noise.

Although he was locked up in a small dark room in his previous life and did that thing without emotion every day, which always left a shadow, this life is very different. He and Yao Niang love each other, but they are never together. The more he is in front of Yao Niang, the more he often feels uncomfortable letting go.

But that feeling that penetrated into his bones made him very happy, and he often reminisced about it, and no one could understand it.

Especially now when he was with Yao Niang, he always hoped that she would be close to him. Just a few words with him would make him feel very happy.

He wanted to stay here with Yao Niang more, but Empress Hong sent someone over. In order to prove that he was a filial son, Gao Xuance arrived immediately without delay.

This time it's about Princess Zhenyang's daughter, who she wants to raise in the palace.

"So that's what happened. It's no big deal. Just tell your mother and father about it." Gao Xuance and Princess Zhenyang had an average relationship. When they were children, the princess sympathized with King Zhou more. It wasn't necessarily because she had a good relationship with King Zhou, but probably because they both felt a sense of sympathy for each other.

Gao Xuance was the kind of person who would treat you badly if you were not nice to him. Although they had a good relationship when they were older, Gao Xuance was only slightly better than he was to the King of Zhou.

Therefore, when he heard Queen Hong mention it, he just mentioned it casually.

How could she know that although Empress Xiaohong was now the Empress, she had rarely seen the Emperor because of her age. She had an idea: "Zhenyang gave birth to several children, but only one daughter survived. In my opinion, I would like to ask the Emperor to make her daughter a princess. What do you think?"

Gao Xuance said nonchalantly: "Of course that's good."

After all, she is his nephew, so Gao Xuance would not hope that she would have a bad future.

Empress Hong was also very happy to hear her son say this. She smiled and said, "If possible, it would be nice to let this girl be raised in the palace. I heard that the emperor intends to raise Princess Xing'an's daughter in the palace."

As we all know, Princess Xing'an's mother, Lin, has passed away, and her brother, the eldest prince, is imprisoned. She has a hard time, but she is a royal daughter after all. She was once the emperor's first daughter and was very doted on. Last year, she went to the palace to cry, and the emperor decided to take care of her children.

"Why are you telling me such a trivial matter? You should talk to the Crown Princess." Gao Xuance was impatient to hear this.

However, he also realized that his tone was a bit harsh, so he said: "Then let Zhenyang's daughter be raised in the palace as well. The Crown Princess and Zhenyang have always been like sisters and have been together for many years. This is perfect."

Queen Hong shook her head: "You think I'm talking to you about this? These are just trivial matters."

Gao Xuance raised his eyebrows, "Why is that?"

"You will be going to the frontline soon. I want to talk to you more. I am old now. I suffered a lot when I was young, but that is over. It has not been easy for you to come this far. I thought you had no hope and was afraid that you would suffer. I always wanted your brother to treat you well. I didn't know that you would come here by yourself. I am afraid you are blaming me in your heart, right?"

Looking at her son's appearance, she knew that he actually knew what was good and what was bad. If others treated him well, he would treat others very well.

But if someone treats him badly, he will no longer have that person in his eyes.

Sure enough, Gao Xuance remembered that his mother in his previous life committed suicide for him, and had always treated him with great care since he was a child. Knowing that he liked to use red sand steamed buns, she asked others to make them for him every time he came. Now that his second brother had become a vassal king, he was the only one left at the Queen Mother's behest.

"Mother, the past is the past, and your son will not think about it anymore. If I were in your shoes, your son would also find it difficult to make a decision. You are doing this for our own good." Gao Xuance sighed.

The mother and son reconciled, and Gao Xuance even said to Yao Niang when he came back, "It's very lonely there, Queen Mother. You can take the children there more often. Zhenyang's daughter has entered the palace, and I guess she will be raised in the palace."

"Okay, don't worry. I'm just going to Kunning Palace. I've also prepared a meeting gift for Wanwan." Yao Niang also felt a little sympathy for her niece Jing Wan'er.

Princess Zhenyang was such an open-minded person, but her son died of dysentery and I heard he was ill for more than half a year. At least she had her daughter by her side and she regarded her as a treasure.

But in fact, Yao Niang also knew something. Princess Zhenyang looked healthy on weekdays, but she was in excruciating pain when her period came.

In fact, she was a princess, and not having children was a good thing, but she had a better relationship with her husband.

Yao Niang was in good health and had been active since she was young, riding a horse and shooting arrows. Even after she became pregnant, she did not dare to take it lightly. Otherwise, if she was weak, she would never have entered the palace.

She and Princess Zhenyang had an old friendship, and when they met, they were very affectionate. When Yao Niang saw the delicate little girl next to Princess Zhenyang, she hugged her in her arms and said, "This must be Wanwan. She is worthy of being the princess's daughter. She is so cute."

Princess Zhenyang also met Chengze and Xunger here. Xunger was still young, but Chengze was already a few years old. A rouge mole between his eyebrows gave him the temperament of a beauty at a young age.

"The little princes are all very good."

In fact, Princess Zhenyang hasn't changed much. It can be seen that she is living a good life. She just feels a little sad when she talks about her brother who died young.

Yao Niang had a good relationship with her, and after some persuasion, she finally smiled again. The two talked about other things, "Although our Wanwan is young, she has already started to learn. The family also hired a female companion to study with her. What a coincidence, the person hired is Zhuang Lingyi's daughter. She has been a widow for several years now, and her situation is really not good."

After all, they are old friends. Princess Zhenyang couldn't help but say, "My mother wants Wanwan to accompany her. I am willing to do that. Our Wanwan and Miss Huang get along very well. When the time comes, I want that child to be like you were my study partner. It would be great if she could accompany Wanwan to study in the palace."

"Of course you can." Yao Niang smiled and told Queen Hong again. When Queen Hong heard that Zhuang Lingyi was determined to remain a widow and raise the children for the Huang family, she thought more highly of her. And since Princess Zhenyang and Yao Niang brought it up together, she agreed.

Of course, they all knew now that Huang Rushuang was just a slightly smart girl, but they never expected that she could stir up so much trouble.

At this time, Yao Niang came back and naturally told Gao Xuance all this, but Gao Xuance frowned: "Since you are already the Crown Princess, why is Zhenyang so tactless to mention you as her study partner?"

Yao Niang said: "It's nothing, I was indeed her schoolmate."

"I'm afraid she doesn't have any intentions. We all know that she is a straightforward person, but she has been taken advantage of many times. Hong Shuyi took advantage of her back then, but she was a fool." Gao Xuance was about to go to war, but he couldn't let his wife go.

Yao Niang just found it funny: "How can anyone say that about their own sister? Don't worry, I know my limits."

"Since you know your limits, why don't we do it today...just don't tie me up too tightly..." Gao Xuance became a little impatient.

I am about to go on an expedition to the East, and I don’t know when I will be able to experience such extreme happiness again.

Yao Niang was having dinner. When she heard such lewd words, she was furious: "I think you are the one who is stupid. You hesitate when you should say something, and you say nonsense when you shouldn't say it."