"Is the Prince of Zhenbei back?" Li Yi asked.
"Um."
"she……"
“She won,” Yuwen Helan replied.
The eldest princess also wanted to laugh. In all her years, she had never seen a general who had won a battle and returned to the capital enter the city twice. This was the first time in history that such a thing had happened.
The three of them didn't understand why a proper celebration of victory had turned into casual conversation. They were happy, but also a little speechless. It wasn't that the Prince of Zhenbei was bad, but it felt like imperial power and wealth made no difference in front of him.
The garrison troops in Zhenbei still had to continue their march, as the clerk from the Jingzhao Prefecture informed them.
This prince either runs away with great strides or chats about everyday things in the street.
The moment the guards arrived at the Princess's residence, Yuwen Helan led his three male favorites out to pay their respects and express their gratitude.
"I thank the Prince of Zhenbei for his bloody battles outside, and I thank Your Highness for sparing the women of Great Yan from suffering. May Your Highness live a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years."
With the princess taking the lead, the surrounding people also knelt down and repeated the words she had just spoken.
"I thank the Prince of Zhenbei for his bloody battles outside, and I thank Your Highness for sparing the women of Great Yan from suffering. May Your Highness live a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years."
These words sound different coming from the eldest princess.
Yuwen Xuanhong, inside the Forbidden City, narrowed his eyes as he watched this scene.
His imperial sister doesn't usually even kowtow to him.
Helan is the eldest princess and has a certain degree of control over the power in the capital. Today, she bowed to Huo Xiaolong in public. Does this mean that from now on, she is on the side of the Prince of Zhenbei?
Therefore, it was not Lan Tingche who was ambitious for the throne, but Huo Xiaolong?
The emperor was surprised by his own idea; how could a woman be emperor?
But then I thought again, if women can take the imperial examinations and become officials, and can also go out to fight and quell rebellions, why can't they become emperors?
So, Huo Xiaolong was setting a trap for himself from the very beginning?
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
