You break off my engagement and I dig your ancestral graves

As soon as Cui Yingying stepped out of the palace gate, she started running, fearing that she would be called back by the empress dowager if she was a step late. Lian Li chased her breathlessly, and they only stopped after they had completely escaped from Kunning Palace.

"Princess, we don't need to be so scared. The Queen Mother is old and can't catch up." Lian Li said weakly.

Cui Yingying was also exhausted. She leaned against the red palace wall and said helplessly, "I'm also afraid that the Queen Mother will go back on her word. You always say that she is scary, how can I not be afraid?"

Seriously, even though she likes Xiao Su, it doesn't affect her fear of death.

Lian Li: "..."

What he said made sense. After the two of them took a break, they did not leave quickly. Cui Yingying paced back and forth anxiously, insisting that she would wait for the prince to come out no matter what.

Lian Li advised her several times, but she wouldn't listen.

Fortunately, it didn't take long. When the white snow was floating in the sky, the prince finally appeared. The man held up an oil-paper umbrella and smiled dotingly, "Why don't you go back and stand here?"

"Are you still afraid that the Imperial Grandmother will bully my eldest brother?"

"Yeah!" Cui Yingying nodded honestly.

Xiao Dai smiled and shook his head, handed her the hot water bottle in his hand, and escorted her back to the palace. "Although the Empress Dowager doesn't like us, she won't make things too difficult for us. Don't worry, but you are indeed unsafe in the palace, so you need to be more careful."

He was worried that the Queen Mother would use the same methods on Yingying that she had used against the late Queen, so he rushed over without stopping after hearing the news in the Imperial Study.

"Brother, actually...if it really comes to the last resort, you can choose to sacrifice me." When they reached the palace gate, Cui Yingying hesitated again and again, turned back and spoke seriously.

Snowflakes fell on her fur collar, her little face turned bitter, and she looked depressed.

Xiao Dai flicked her forehead and said in a serious tone, "Yingying, things haven't come to that point yet. Besides, you are a girl. No matter what happens, you don't need to rush forward. Otherwise, what's the use of us men?"

"I know Yingying is powerful, but this is absolutely not a reason for us to sacrifice you."

"You have to remember, even if something unexpected happens, it's because of their evil intentions. It has nothing to do with you, understand?"

Cui Yingying pursed her lips and nodded. Lian Li was right. The prince was such a person. He was gentle to everyone, like an elder brother.

It feels especially safe.

"Don't worry, my eldest brother. I will treat Xiao Su well in the future. I will be very good to him." Cui Yingying thought about it and realized that there was really nothing to thank him for. She didn't have any money on her, so she could only take Xiao Su as a gift of thanks.

"..."

Xiao Dai was amused by her and reached out to rub her head, "Okay, treat him well."

Lian Li burst out laughing, and waited until the prince left before she could not help laughing and said, "Princess, you make it sound like the Crown Prince is going to come to you."

"Then do you think he will be willing?" Cui Yingying actually asked.

Lian Li imagined how his own prince would protect his calf and nodded seriously, "I will agree to that."

It is something that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can do.

The good times did not last long. When Cui Yingying was happily waiting for the day of selecting a concubine, she was abducted.

The person who kidnapped her happened to be her father. The moment the mask was taken off, Cui Yingying felt like her head was about to fall off.

"Yingying! Daddy thought about it and decided that some things are too risky for you to do, so he rescued you first. When tomorrow's matter is resolved, you will be a princess." Father Cui squatted in front of her with a kind smile, but in Cui Yingying's eyes it was fatal.

He wanted to use himself as the last bargaining chip. If forcing the emperor to abdicate failed, he could use himself to escape unscathed.