After being married off, she was favored by the powerful official

In Cining Palace.

Concubine Jiang and Prince Yu sat on one side, holding their breath, and the expressions on the faces of both mother and son were equally solemn.

"Why aren't you talking? Have you all become mute since I left the palace?"

Prince Yu stood up and said, "Grandmother, I know I was wrong."

Queen Mother Jiang glanced at him calmly, her narrow eyes showing no emotion, "What's wrong?"

Prince Yu thought for a moment and said, "Sun Chen should not make decisions on his own. He should discuss this with his uncle and others before doing anything."

"It's understandable that you want to prove yourself now that you're older, but you're too arrogant and overconfident. Underestimating your opponents often leads to you losing everything."

There was gloom in Prince Yu's eyes. He didn't expect that he would be tricked by Gu Jin. He thought that she was just a woman and would allow him to do whatever he wanted.

"Do you think you are not to be feared because she is a woman?" Empress Dowager Jiang saw what Prince Yu was thinking at a glance, and her slightly rising tone invisibly brought tremendous pressure to people.

Prince Yu suddenly remembered that the highest power in Chen State was in the hands of the woman in front of him.

Queen Mother Jiang chuckled, with a hint of sarcasm in her tone, "You men are always like this, claiming to be superior to others because you are men, but all men in this world still have to submit to me!"

Seeing Prince Yu's tense figure, Madam Jiang picked up her teacup and said, "Forget it, sit down. Don't underestimate the enemy in the future."

Prince Yu felt relieved, and Concubine Jiang took the opportunity to speak well of Prince Yu and put all the blame on Gu Jin.

Empress Dowager Jiang glared at her coldly, "If you lose, then look for your own reasons. It's useless to blame your opponent. Does the opponent have an obligation to let you win?"

Concubine Jiang was so embarrassed that she dared not talk back and could only respond obediently.

Looking at the depressed mother and son, Empress Dowager Jiang's eyes flashed with disdain, "Is such a small matter worth your frown? If you really encounter a big event one day, won't you all be thrown into disarray?"

Concubine Jiang pursed her lips and said in a somewhat depressed tone, "My aunt is teaching you that Concubine Wan and Prince Heng have been bullying us too much recently.

Prince Heng took advantage of our defeat to place his own people in the fold, and Concubine Wan even took a share of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Now there are rumors in the court that Prince Heng is kind and generous, and has the demeanor of His Majesty."

After hearing this, Empress Dowager Jiang just took a sip of tea calmly and said, "Well, Concubine Wan and Prince Heng have indeed been a little too noisy recently.

I am old now, I like quiet and hate noise, it is time to let them be quiet."

After leaving the Cining Palace, Prince Yu asked, "Mother, is the Empress Dowager planning to deal with Prince Heng?"

"Who can guess what your royal grandmother is thinking?" Concubine Jiang took a deep breath. The return of this giant Buddha made people feel very pressured.

"By the way, let's put an end to your matter with Miss Bai."

"Mother, why is this happening? You clearly promised me!" Prince Yu became anxious upon hearing this.

Concubine Jiang glanced at him and said with an unhappy look: "Don't you know that she is the woman that Li Ziheng likes?"

Prince Yu was startled, "Li Ziheng? He's attracted to Bai Yiyi?"

Concubine Jiang snorted coldly, and her bright red lips were pressed into a thin line. "The daughter of a small family can attract the favor of both you and Li Ziheng. It shows that she is not an easy person to deal with. You don't need such an unruly woman in your backyard!

Besides, your father is very concerned about Li Ziheng's marriage. Do you want to make your father unhappy for a woman?"

Prince Yu thought that he would gain both fame and fortune with his beauty, but he didn't expect that in the end, everything would be in vain.

"It's this Li Ziheng again!" Prince Yu was filled with hatred.

This time, Li Ziheng brought people to search and raid the residences of many of his confidants, without giving him any face at all.

Now, he has snatched away the woman he likes!

There was a sinister look in Prince Yu's eyes. Li Ziheng and Xie Ran would be beheaded the day he ascended the throne!

Three imperial decrees were quickly issued from the palace, granting marriages to the Crown Prince Yu, Prince Heng and all the others.

The Princess of Prince Yu was naturally Jiang Fengqi, while the Princess of Prince Heng was the daughter of Zhang, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

However, no one expected that Emperor Hui'an would actually arrange a marriage for the prince, and the other party was Xue Wei, the legitimate daughter of Xue's family, the Vice Minister of War. Xue Wei even went to the Queen herself to ask for this marriage.

After all, the prince is too weak to reach the age of thirty, and no daughter of a powerful family is willing to be a widow.

Queen Zhao was deeply moved by Xue Wei's deep affection for the prince, and immediately went to Emperor Hui'an to ask for his orders.

Emperor Hui'an also hoped that the prince could leave behind offspring, so that when the prince passed away in the future, Queen Zhao would have some comfort. Therefore, along with the imperial edict, a unique reward for Xue Wei was also given to her when she entered the Xue Mansion. For a time, she was in great glory.

Gu Jin suddenly thought of the day when she and Jiang Fengqi ran into Xue Wei and the prince in the imperial garden. She thought that Xue Wei had expressed her feelings to the prince at that time.

Knowing that the other person's life span was limited, he still made a resolute decision. This courage alone was worthy of Gu Jin's admiration.

Someone as selfish as her will never go all out for others.

However, what worries Gu Jin the most is Jiang Fengqi. As a modern person, he is very opposed to the idea of ​​marriage between close relatives.

However, the letter that Gu Jin wrote to Jiang Fengqi fell on deaf ears and received no reply, so Gu Jin was not in a position to go to Jiang's house to look for her.

Unexpectedly, before he could take care of Jiang Fengqi's affairs, something big happened on Prince Heng's side.

Xie Ran originally helped Gu Jin write books at home. Gu Jin's book was extremely popular and every time it was published, the study was packed with people, and he also gained a group of loyal fans.

But when he had just written half of the story, he was hurriedly called away by people from the Dali Temple. It was not until Xie Ran came back that Gu Jin learned that something had happened to the Zhang family.

Originally, Miss Zhang Ningxue of the Zhang family was granted marriage and was waiting to be married at home, just waiting for the Imperial Observatory to choose an auspicious day so that she could marry into the royal family and become the honorable Princess Heng.

Zhang Ningxue's father was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. If Liu Nalan had not had an accident, this marriage would not have been hers.

Zhang Ningxue and Liu Nalan were originally good friends, and Liu's father was the immediate superior of the Zhang family. Now that the positions have been switched, Liu Nalan, who was already hurt, has suffered even more blows.

Unfortunately, she heard news from somewhere that her falling into the water that day was not an accident but was secretly planned by Zhang Ningxue in order to take away her position as princess.

Liu Nalan held on with all her might and went to Zhang's house. However, the two of them ended up fighting over a disagreement, and during the argument, Liu Nalan accidentally killed Zhang Ningxue.

Gu Jin felt a little depressed when he heard this. The young girl who was in her prime a few days ago had withered and died in such a short time.

"Will Liu Nalan be sentenced to death?"

Xie Ran took the hot tea handed over by Gu Jin and said, "I don't know yet.

However, the Ministry of Revenue is now in chaos. Minister Liu was implicated and confined to his residence. Minister Zhang was also hit hard by the death of his beloved daughter. The Ministry of Revenue is now leaderless. "

Gu Jin narrowed his eyes, sensing the hidden meaning in Xie Ran's words, "You mean this may not be an accident?"

Xie Ran nodded, looked at Gu Jin and said, "The Ministry of Revenue is originally the sphere of influence of Prince Heng. In this case, who do you think will benefit?"

"Prince Yu!"

Xie Ran lowered his eyes and nodded.

As expected of Empress Dowager Jiang, she used a killing move on Prince Heng right at the first move.

This was the first time that Gu Jin faced a power struggle at such a close distance, and he felt the bloody smell blowing towards him.

Gu Jin was in a bad mood and didn't like to go out recently. One day, the maidservant beside Su suddenly came to her and said, "Madam, Madam Feng is here to visit us. Madam wants you to go over and meet the guest."

"Mrs. Feng? I've never heard of that."

The maid replied crisply, "To answer the young lady's question, Lord Feng had been serving as an official outside the capital before, and he just recently returned to the capital to report on his work. This Madam Feng is a cousin of our Madam!"