Chapter 72 I wish you all the best
The storyteller in the teahouse made up a story about the affair between Xiao Bicheng and Bai Yingxue, telling it with so many twists and turns that it seemed as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
Xie Zhuoning was listening attentively when her vision suddenly went dark and a figure sat down beside her.
"Don't you even call me your majesty when you want to have tea?" Ye Wuque was not shy. He picked up the teacup that Xie Zhuoning had drunk from and put it to his lips.
And as if on purpose, she turned half a circle, and her thin lips just happened to be printed on the place where the lip balm was.
Xie Zhuoning rubbed his arms and got goosebumps all over his body. He said in disgust, "Don't be so mean!"
Ye Wuque sighed, feeling somewhat helpless, "Can't you see that I'm flirting with you?"
How could anyone be so unromantic as her?
Xie Zhuoning curled his lips and said, "Come on, I'm afraid of shortening my life."
The night is full of laughter.
"After all, we had such a pleasant cooperation this time, can't you show me some mercy?"
Xie Zhuoning rolled his eyes and gritted his teeth, saying fiercely, "You just played along for a while and you got so many benefits. Be content!"
The current emperor has spent a lot of money to stabilize him.
Damn it, he got the advantage but he still acts like a traitor!
Ye Wuque smiled, "Yes, yes, yes, I was able to gain so many benefits this time, all thanks to Miss Xie. If Miss Xie has any instructions in the future, I will follow her lead."
You'd be foolish to believe him!
Xie Zhuoning just listened to it and didn't take it to heart at all.
Below, the storyteller's story came to an end.
Xie Zhuoning clapped his hands and stood up. "It's almost time. I have to go to the palace."
If Xiao Bicheng and Bai Yingxue teamed up to slap the face of the Crown Prince of Western Chu, wouldn't they also be slapping her father in the face?
After planning for so long, she can finally enter the palace and cancel the engagement openly as a victim!
Ye Wuque raised his glass from a distance, smiling incomparably, "I wish you all that you wish for."
The news that Xie Zhuoning, the eldest daughter of the Xie family, knelt in front of Yu's study and asked to cancel her engagement with the eldest prince Xiao Bicheng soon spread throughout the streets and alleys.
While the people of Beijing were discussing the matter, Xie Zhuoning was kneeling in front of Yu's study until his feet were almost numb.
She had been kneeling for more than two hours, but Emperor Zhaowen had no intention of summoning her.
On the other hand, Xiao Bicheng hurried over with a gloomy face, "Xie Zhuoning, how long are you going to keep making trouble? It's fine if others are just taking advantage of my misfortune, but are you going to leave me too? I never thought you would be this kind of person!"
If Xie Zhuoning hadn't been so clear-headed, she would have been fooled by him.
What do you mean?
So he was having an affair with someone and was caught cheating, but in the end it was her fault?
She smiled bitterly, revealing a look of sadness, bitterness, and sadness. "Brother Crown Prince, you said that I was the only one in your heart. I believed you, but how did you treat me? You made me a laughing stock for the whole world!"
"Do you know what people outside are saying about me now? They say your feelings for me are fake, that you married me just for my father's military power, that if it weren't for my father you wouldn't even look at me, that the one you really like is Bai Yingxue..."
"I can't hold on any longer, so let's just say goodbye and live happily ever after!"
She spoke with such sincerity and heartfelt emotion that every word was heartbreaking.
Xiao Bicheng felt guilty for a moment, but not much. He even felt that she was being unreasonable.
"I just made a mistake that all men in the world would make. Why are you so harsh on me? Do you want me to only like you when there are three thousand beauties in my harem in the future?"
Xie Zhuoning's gaze froze for a moment.
Could this bastard be any more shameless and dishonorable?
Moreover, his title of crown prince had been revoked, yet he was still thinking about the three thousand beauties in his harem.
Do you think that since he is the only son of Emperor Zhaowen, the title of Crown Prince will be his sooner or later?
"There is no need to say more, Prince. I have made up my mind." Xie Zhuoning showed a firm and resolute expression.
Xiao Bicheng was so angry that he said, "Don't refuse a toast and drink the wine of punishment!"
It looked as if he was going to break off relations with Xie Zhuoning, and if soft tactics didn't work, he would resort to hard tactics.
At this time, a eunuch came out of Yu's study and summoned the two of them to the palace for an audience.
Xie Zhuoning was delighted.
Emperor Zhaowen finally agreed to see her.
"See you, Father!"
"See the Emperor!"
"Get up." Emperor Zhaowen asked them to get up indifferently, but he did not say anything more to them. He continued to discuss state affairs with the ministers in the study. "Go on."
The Minister of Revenue spoke up, "Your Majesty, it's not that I owe the military pay. It's actually because of last year's floods and droughts that caused poor harvests in many places. The tax we collect now is less than 70% of last year, and there is no money in the treasury!"
"Hundreds of thousands of soldiers are stationed in the north to guard the border for me. No matter how hard it is, they must not suffer. You must hurry up and handle this matter. You must not let the border guards feel cold."
"Your Majesty, the treasury is empty. Even if you kill me, I can't think of a solution!"
The Minister of Revenue cried to the sky and the earth, and cried like a poor boy.
Xie Zhuoning listened to the conversation between the two, but he felt a chill sweep through his body instantly, and he was shaking with anger.
Is the national treasury empty?
Emperor Zhaowen had just used 100,000 taels of gold to compensate Ye Wuque, but the next moment he couldn't even pay the military salaries to his generals!
It's not that he has no money. He is using hundreds of thousands of troops to suppress the Northern Army to benefit himself!
Waving his hand to let the Minister of Revenue go out first, Emperor Zhaowen's eyes fell on Xie Zhuoning, "Xie's girl, what is the matter that brought you here to see me?"
Xiao Bicheng looked at her nervously, afraid that she would open her mouth to cancel the engagement.
But how could Xie Zhuoning dare to say the word "break off the engagement" now?
Forcefully pulling a smile on her face, she said, "My father sent a letter home, saying that he had not paid his respects to the Emperor for a long time, so he asked me to go to the palace and kowtow to the Emperor on his behalf to show his gratitude."
Emperor Zhaowen nodded with satisfaction. "It is rare that you and your daughter are so thoughtful. I am very pleased. Your father is loyal to the country and deserves the title of the pillar of the country."
Having said that, he immediately asked someone to grind ink and spread paper, and personally wrote the four big characters "The Pillar of the Country".
Have someone make a plaque immediately and send it to Xie's house.
Xie Zhuoning was full of sarcasm.
What is this?
A slap in the face and a date?
She clenched her five fingers into a fist and then unclenched them, bowing her head to thank him, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your great grace!"
Coming out of Yu's study, Xiao Bicheng glanced at her with a smug look on his face.
"I am the only son of my father. How could he not consider me? Sister Zhuoning, you should just wait patiently to become my Crown Princess!"
"I know you were just angry for a moment, but I am still in your heart. Even if I have many other women in the future, you will always be the most important in my heart!"
Xie Zhuoning had endured it all for so long, but in the end he had to endure this. He instantly lost the mood to play along with him.
She looked at his hateful face and almost vomited, "Your Highness, oh no, now I should call you the Crown Prince. Congratulations on becoming the first deposed crown prince in Daye's history. I believe your name will go down in history."
"In the future, when future generations read the history books and see the heroic deeds of the eldest prince, they may even praise your bravery for having sex seven times a night!"
Knowing that Xiao Bicheng cared most about the public's evaluation and historical records, Xie Zhuoning seized on this stain of his and stepped on it one step at a time.
Xiao Bicheng's face flushed and he trembled with anger, "You!"
"Be quiet," Xie Zhuoning scratched his ears and said impatiently, "I can't stand dogs barking."