After waiting for a long time, when she was putting on the apricot yellow robe again, she suddenly remembered to ask Qu Sinian.
Qu Sinian asked with a smile: "Did you do anything?"
"No!" She denied without hesitation: "What can I do lying there?"
Qu Sinian smiled and said, "That's what we did before... For example, showing mercy to the Fourth Prince, and showing mercy to the Fifth Prince."
If that's the case, then it's possible. But does it matter?
Yan Shiyue blinked.
Then he explained to her: "You have to understand that the situation that the emperor has always wanted is that the prince is the prince and you are you."
What? She really didn't understand: "Why?"
Qu Sinian said: "My point is not that you should break up, but that you can't work together as one."
Yan Shiyue: “……???”
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Seeing that she was still confused, Qu Sinian had to explain more: "You are too popular, and there are too many new things. Anything that follows the routine is not as conspicuous as you. If you are too tight, it will give people the impression that you are leading the prince... Do you understand? The prince was helped to the throne by you, do you understand? You can be loyal to the prince, but you cannot 'protect' him. Whether it is overtly or covertly, the emperor does not want such a situation."
She finally, seemed to understand a little bit.
Qu Sinian said, "When he asked you to live in Changle Palace, it was actually this intention, but the prince did not accept it." He could not help but smile, "Our prince is also a wonderful person. And the key is that things push people. For things like Champa rice, it was you who handed it over to the prince, but if you didn't, he would have to put it on the prince's head. So he can only think of other ways."
His smile was very playful: "That's why I said this move is really great. You are now a 'female crown prince'. Following you, I can serve the country and the people, and I can be promoted to a higher position. I have everything. The only thing I don't have is..." He lowered his voice: "The merit of following the dragon."
She understood this sentence.
Qu Sinian smiled and said, "This is fighting without fighting. It is still a check and balance on the court. It is another kind of experience for the prince, and it can also help him see people's hearts."
Yan Shiyue tried hard to digest it: "You mean, I live in Changle Palace, and it was Aye who started a fight between me and my brother?"
"It's not about provoking a war," Qu Sinian said helplessly, "It's about checks and balances."
"Oh, it's not important, don't pick on the words," she said, "So brother didn't get angry with me, and Aye was unhappy, so he changed my clothes?"
"No," Qu Sinian said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince did not accept the challenge, which certainly jumped out of the Emperor's trap, but the Emperor will not be unhappy about it, and it is also a good thing for Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Damn, I still don’t understand what to do?
It must be because one pregnancy makes one stupid for three years! It’s not because she has no political acumen!
She said angrily, "You talk in a rambling way, and you don't make any sense at all! I don't want to see you, go away!"
Qu Sinian smiled and said, "You don't have to understand this kind of thing in your entire life, just follow your heart." He smiled, bowed, and left.
This is a later story.
At this time, Yan Shiyue was still detained in Kunning Palace.
After five days, I was allowed to get out of bed, but I was still not allowed to go back.
She was the type of person who had to finish anything quickly. She wanted to go back to write her Ministry of Commerce textbook, but Emperor Ming Yandi wouldn't let her. She asked someone to bring her paper and pen, wanting to write there, but the Empress didn't let her again.
She was so idle that her hair was growing thicker, and she was very worried about Yan Shitu.
During the first five days, she was afraid that Yan Shitu would feel guilty if he saw her, so she didn't ask him to come.
But when he wanted to call him over later, Yan Shirui put him under house arrest and told him to think it over carefully.
Yan Shiyue was helpless.
She had someone quietly call the fifth prince over and carefully instructed him: "Go and see my third brother secretly. No, don't do it secretly, go openly, but don't say that I asked you to go, because the second brother said he wanted to teach him a lesson, and I think that makes sense. In short, you just find an excuse... You are sure of this, right? Anyway, go and see him, and then pretend to be casual and comfort him a few words. You see, although you are young, you can barely be considered a man. You can put yourself in his shoes and think carefully. At this time, what do he want to hear, and then you can say to him..."
She also made chicken soup for people: "I don't trust anyone in this matter, but you. You see, Brother Four can't say a word, but you, Brother Five, are warm, caring and cute... You will definitely not let me down, right?"
The fifth prince nodded with a smile and agreed readily.
Emperor Ming Yan looked through the window a few times and felt helpless.
Although she looks resolute, she is actually very tolerant of "her own people". As long as you don't cross the bottom line, I will definitely protect you.
And when you told her that Yan Shitu was heartless and that it was a good thing for him to learn a lesson, she still argued: "This is not heartlessness, this is just his temperament! It is easy to change the country but difficult to change one's nature, don't you know! He was originally a peach tree, which can bloom and bear peaches, but you insisted on pruning him into a pine tree. After pruning, he is no longer himself! What's the point of having pine trees all over the world!"
I don’t know where this twisted logic comes from!
Ever since the last time when she showed reluctance when the Fourth Prince came to welcome the emperor, he had been thinking that he must find a way to mention her identity.
She kept saying that she only liked Aye, but if the Crown Prince was on the throne, would she not help him? Taking a step back, if the Fourth Prince or the Fifth Prince really took that throne, would she not help him? Even taking a step back, even if a monarch she didn't know was on the throne, as long as he could be considered wise, would she not help him?
She herself did not realize this, but four or five people knew it very well.
In this case, let's just create another situation... Check and balance each other! Fight without fighting! It all depends on what these people choose!
Emperor Ming Yan walked in with a wave of his sleeves.
Yan Shiyue sent the fifth prince away and strolled to find the queen.
The Queen has been busy with the beauty pageant recently.
It was probably because Emperor Ming Yan had told the empress that no one under the age of 15 would be chosen this time. The empress guessed that it was she who said that, and she criticized her severely. She scolded her so much that she could not stop at one time, and even made up for it afterwards.
Therefore, Yan Shiyue deeply realized his mistake, kept the lesson in mind, and abided by his duties. He never looked sideways when entering or leaving, and never looked too much.
This time, not only the harem will have people coming in, but also the East Palace and the Fourth Prince's Mansion, not to mention the Fifth Prince, it is possible that both the main wife and the concubine will be sent in.
Probably because the Fifth Prince often came over, Concubine Liang also came to ask for an audience once and carefully asked about the candidate for the Fifth Prince's wife.
The queen asked her, "Which young lady do you like?"
Concubine Liang said, "It's all up to you, Your Majesty."
The queen smiled and said, "Your daughter-in-law, just call her that."
The Fifth Prince’s mansion has been built. Once he gets married, he will have to move out of the palace, so his wife must be able to live there.
Concubine Liang made a few excuses and then carefully proposed a candidate. The empress did not want to be the bad guy, so she wrote it down and said she would discuss it with Emperor Mingyan later.
A day later, Concubine Xian also came over, wanting to choose a concubine for the Fourth Prince.
The person mentioned was a young lady from her mother's family, Yan Yuan.
Concubine Xian was born in the Suijing Marquis's Mansion, and her father and brother were officials in the court. The Empress considered Emperor Mingyan's intention and decided that this person should be taken into the palace, but Concubine Xian couldn't refuse.
Yan Shiyue lazily lay beside him. She really didn't want to interrupt, but she couldn't help it and said, "My Lady Concubine Xian, isn't the young lady from your brother's family the fourth brother's cousin?"
"Yes!" Concubine Xian smiled and said, "It is a close relationship..."
Yan Shiyue said seriously: "It is best not to marry direct blood relatives and collateral blood relatives within three generations, because the children born are likely to be deformed, have heart diseases, be idiots, be deaf, blind, and easily die young."
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