"Your Highness, cousin." Ge Yuanhui smiled gracefully, "I wonder why your Highness, cousin, has wandered here?"
Looking at Ge Yuanhui's heart-throbbingly beautiful face, Gu Shichong's eyes lit up, and his tone softened a lot: "The Qionglin Banquet is about to begin. I was just strolling around the Imperial Garden and saw how lively it was. I didn't expect Yuanhui to be here."
Ge Yuanhui glanced at Xue Zhiyi and said, "We met an acquaintance, so Yuanhui spoke to her for a few words. Seeing how times have changed, and how different things are now, I couldn't help but sigh a little. I didn't expect to disturb my cousin, His Highness."
Gu Shichong looked over and saw that Xue Zhiyi was dressed neatly in the palace style, with his hands folded in front of him. His eyes, which sparkled in the sunlight, were now drooped, but he did not look dispirited, nor did he look servile.
But the more this happens, the more people feel that she is like a tough cattail swaying in the wind, unmoved by fame or disgrace, and unperturbed by wind and frost. It's really inexplicable...it makes people feel pity for her.
But it's just pity.
Gu Shichong withdrew his gaze.
He is the future emperor, and his wife is the future empress. His wife cannot be a relative with a powerful family like Ge Yuanhui, but she cannot be a woman of unknown origin like Xue Zhiyi either. After all, cattail cannot be placed in the position of peony.
Even if he didn't say it, his father would take the initiative to cancel this marriage.
He sighed with some regret. If it were in the past, he might have defended her because of the engagement and Xue Zhiyi's infatuation with him.
At this moment, he just remained silent about the quarrel between the few people.
As he spoke, a eunuch bowed to him. Recognizing him as the eunuch from Cuiwei Palace, he asked, "But what are your instructions, mother?"
The eunuch said, "Your Highness, the Imperial Concubine invites Your Highness to come to Cuiwei Palace to speak."
"Understood." Gu Shichong responded and said to Ge Yuanhui, "The banquet is about to begin. Yuanhui should not waste time talking to the palace maids. Since my mother has summoned me, I will go ahead."
Ge Yuanhui smiled and said, "Then I respectfully send my cousin off."
Everyone bowed in unison: "Farewell, Your Highness."
As soon as Gu Shichong left, Ge Yuanhui's smile became stiff, and his eyes looked at Xue Zhiyi fiercely.
A person who was not as noble as her in the past, now has his family broken up and has been completely reduced to a worthless person. Such a person actually dared to compete with her and used all kinds of despicable means to harm her. He really deserved it.
From then on, they were all different people, each with their own status. There were plenty of opportunities to kill Xue Zhiyi.
She hadn't felt so happy for a long time since her facial injury.
Thinking of this, she only smiled condescendingly, gently waved the fan in her hand, and said, "Let's go."
So, the group of people who came in such a mighty force also left in such a mighty force.
Shen Qingtang was only worried about Xue Zhiyi: "Zhiyi, are you okay?"
These women, who grew up in wealthy families, were all treated like royalty. They all had to protect their reputations, so how could they not feel wronged by such humiliation?
Xue Zhiyi smiled calmly: "What could be the problem? Don't worry."
Seeing that Xue Zhiyi didn't feel wronged, Shen Qingtang felt that she had suffered too much in the palace these days, and she felt even more distressed: "Zhiyi, if you are sad, don't bear it..."
"I'm really fine." She chuckled, "I'm fine in the palace, don't let your imagination run wild."
This is the truth, although it is a little thrilling. But after all, she is the censor, who would dare to humiliate her?
She originally wanted to say a few words to Shen Qingtang and then return to Jianzhang Palace, but she was delayed for some time by Ge Yuanhui and the others, and had no time to comfort Shen Qingtang. She only said a few words, then hurriedly said goodbye and rushed back to Jianzhang Palace.
However, the two of them did not notice that not far away, Lan Ying had been quietly observing everything that was happening here since some point in time.
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Cuiwei Palace.
"Since your separation, you haven't been able to come and go in the harem as often as before. How long has it been since your mother last saw you? You didn't even bother to visit Cuiwei Palace when you entered the palace."
Gu Shichong was also handsome, but he failed to fully inherit the beauty of the Ge family. Compared with Concubine Ge's beauty, he was slightly inferior.
Looking at Concubine Ge, Gu Shichong smiled. "I was also very worried about Xue Zhentong's incident a while ago. Now that Gu Shimin has returned to the capital, I'm afraid that Huajing will not be peaceful. I don't have the time to visit mother in the palace often. It's my fault. Fortunately, I still have my ninth brother to enjoy the happiness of mother."
"Your own affairs are more important." Concubine Ge sighed, and said, "Thank goodness your father didn't get angry with you about the Xue family incident. However, your father hasn't issued an edict to annul your marriage yet. You might as well take the initiative to mention it to avoid making him unhappy."
There was a quiet movement in Gu Shichong's eyes: There was one thing he understood very well. His mother was indeed his mother, but she was also a member of the Ge family. While she was planning for him, she also had selfish motives towards the Ge family.
His mother had been eyeing his position as princess for a long time. At this time, she naturally hoped that Xue Zhiyi would give up the throne to Ge Yuanhui.
Seeing that Gu Shichong didn't answer, Concubine Ge's heart skipped a beat: "Chong'er, could it be that you really are reluctant to let go of Xue Zhiyi?"
"Of course not." Gu Shichong answered without hesitation: "My son's princess must be a lady from a famous family, who can assist him in his great cause, and not be a stain on him."
Hearing this, Concubine Ge finally breathed a sigh of relief and then said, "Even if nothing had happened to the Xue family, Mother still felt that Xue Zhiyi was unworthy of the position of Prince Gong's Concubine. This woman is truly scheming. The Xue family was destroyed in an instant, yet she was able to remain unscathed. She even offended Concubine Song's fetus and was not punished. How cunning is she?"
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