After a pause, Murong Xuan talked about the news he had just received: "Qi Xun died in Tianxiang Tower last night... The Qi family has already announced the funeral."

Shen Xiyue didn't react at first, and was stunned for a moment. Then she felt relieved and just said "oh" and didn't say anything else.

Qi Xun was such a bastard, he deserved no death. It was obvious that it was Gu Zhilan's doing.

These two people who were willing to turn Dashun upside down in their previous life to be together have come to a point where they are fighting to the death in this life. It's really... what they deserve.

Shen Xiyue just echoed: "How miserable."

Murong Xuan: "......"

Shen Xiyue then sighed, "After this, the Jiang family will not do evil again. And since Prince Duan touched Prince Yao's people, the two brothers naturally fought... The only thing that hurts is my shop!"

Whether Prince Qi lives or dies is not as important as her shop.

Murong Xuan looked straight at Shen Xiyue, and seeing her attitude towards Qi Xun, he smiled so hard that his eyes almost narrowed:

"I have already asked Mao Ping to clean up the shop for you. He will also buy the burned-down shops next door as well as the other shops and consider them as expansions."

Shen Xiyue nodded, smiled slyly, and said, "Then this shop can be regarded as a gift from His Highness to me."

Why would Murong Xuan bother with her about this?

He reached out and touched her hair: "Okay, okay, whatever you say. You've helped me so much, a few shops are my thank you gift, and I'm getting a bargain."

Shen Xiyue poured him another cup of tea: "Your Highness said so, but the emperor has already agreed to hold the wedding at the imperial mausoleum?"

Murong Xuan reached out and picked up the tea, brought it to his lips and took a sip, then smiled and said, "I said you bring me good luck."

"You fainted on your own." Shen Xiyue laughed, poured herself a cup of tea, and chatted: "Why don't you tell me about the queen?"

"My mother..." Murong Xuan's eyes were swaying, as if he was thinking of something from a long time ago: "My mother always told me about her life before she entered the palace. She said that she rode horses and hunted everywhere, and she was good at using the red tassel spear. She was as heroic as my uncle."

Shen Xiyue laughed: "She is indeed the daughter of a military commander."

Murong Xuan also laughed with her: "Not only that. Mother is also an elegant person. She likes to stroll in the garden under the moon. Uncle said that Mother has a scene in her mind, which is naturally poetic and picturesque."

Shen Xiyue sighed: "Girls are always so willful before they get married."

Murong Xuan smiled again, looking out the window, his eyes looking through the bright and peaceful spring scenery, as if he had really returned to the past: "My uncle also said that when my mother was still unmarried, she was very lively.

In spring, he would dig bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest, and then he would go to the kitchen to cook them. In the end, he almost burned down the kitchen. But my uncle said that the bamboo shoots were the most delicious he had ever eaten.

When rowing on the lake in the summer, in the lotus lake in the Qin family's backyard, my mother always liked to row a boat into the lotus flowers. She would sit on the edge of the boat with bare legs and paddle. She fell in several times. She said that fish were biting her toes.

When autumn came, the Queen Mother was still restless and wanted to go to the lake to dig lotus roots. My uncle helped her drain the lake, but the Queen Mother fell into the lake and turned into a mud figure. However, she said that she had dug the largest lotus root in the lake.

When she went to appreciate the plum blossoms in winter, she stood in the plum garden and turned around, saying that she wanted the plum blossoms to serve as incense for her.

My mother was always happy. My uncle said that when she knew she was going to get married, she hid in her bed and cried for three days...”

Shen Xiyue listened to his recollections in silence and found it really interesting that Queen Qin was such an open-minded person.

But it was such a person who was forced to marry into the palace and was trapped in the Yancheng Palace for so many years, gradually smoothing out her willful temper. How much sadness and pain was involved.

Murong Xuan sighed slightly: "My uncle said that my mother didn't know how to cook or sew before, but since I can remember, my clothes were all sewn by my mother, and my meals were all cooked by her. It's not that there are no palace maids to serve me, but my mother is always worried..."

At the end of the speech, the voice became softer and softer.

"Your Majesty, you are a strong mother." Shen Xiyue looked at Murong Xuan's eyes, which were slightly red with reminiscence, and comforted him with all her sadness: "It is a comfort for Your Majesty to see you get married."

A lot of thought went into making sure that the Empress could see this wedding... It seemed that as long as Concubine Qi or Emperor You'an wanted to bring the Empress back to the palace, it would still be impossible.

Just as she was thinking about it, Murong Xuan reached out and held her, smiling and said, "Xiyue, don't worry, your mother will definitely like you when she sees you."

"Yeah." Shen Xiyue put her thoughts aside temporarily and felt her heart warm again.

"Okay, let's stop talking about this and go out for a walk."

It is a sunny and windy day outside. A lot of flowers and plants have been transplanted in the garden. They are now in full bloom, so it is a great time to enjoy the flowers.

"Okay."

Shen Xiyue also became interested, so she stood up, held his extended hand, and went out together.

......

The news of Minister Jiang's defeat quickly spread throughout the capital.

The original followers of King Yao all thought that this was a warning from King Yao to everyone from hundreds of miles away, and for a moment, they did not dare to make any more rash moves.

All the signs of trouble that had just emerged in Prince Duan were nipped in the bud.

Prince Duan was so angry when he heard Rufang's report that he smashed the study room. "How can the boss be so long-handed even though we are hundreds of miles apart? Jiang Zisheng just wanted to show his goodwill to me, but why was his property confiscated and he was exiled!"

And Gu Zhilan once again experienced the taste of failure.

She jumped up from the couch, also furious:

"Your Majesty, why didn't Jiang Zisheng tell me earlier that he had embezzled military funds? If I had known that he had such evidence, I would not have set that fire to force him."

"What's the point of saying this nonsense now?" Prince Duan's feminine face was full of cruelty:

"Hurry up and think about how to get the position of Minister of War to us! If you don't have enough brains, I will invite a few more staff members back!"

Gu Zhilan showed dissatisfaction:

"Your Highness, are you blaming me? Your Highness, you didn't even think of telling me all the news you had, so how could I help you? You want to seize the position of Minister of War, so your Highness, tell me who you have in your hands!"

"The people in my hands? I don't have anyone in my hands. They are all the boss's people!" At this point, Prince Duan couldn't help but slapped himself on the forehead: "Otherwise, why can the boss still control me even though he has left the capital!"

Gu Zhilan was stagnant: "...How can I think of a solution without anyone?"

Prince Duan became even angrier: "...Then you should find a way to make more people available to me!"

The two of them quarreled fiercely and blamed each other for a long time, but they couldn't come to a conclusion!

In the end, Gu Zhilan had no choice but to show weakness:

"Your Highness, please don't be angry. The Crown Prince will be getting married in a few days, and after the wedding, the results of the imperial examination will be announced.

At that time, we can take advantage of the opportunity of publishing our newspaper to win over more students and train them to be the prince's confidants, wouldn't that be great?"

Prince Duan thought about it and felt that this was a feasible method, but when he thought about the failure this time, he couldn't help but ask another question: "What if I fail again?"

Gu Zhilan felt that the anger in her heart was about to burst: "My Lord, why do you want to boost others' ambitions and destroy your own prestige?! It's such a simple thing, I really can't imagine how I could fail!"

She just didn't believe it. Could God always be against her?

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