Time travel is risky, and love requires caution

There is one thing Ling Qiqi has never understood for a long time: why some people can do the same thing as if they didn't use their brains, while some people's thinking is even worse than if they didn't use their brains.

It’s just like when taking an exam in school, some people rack their brains to come up with answers that don’t score as high as some people’s random guesses.

Ling Qiqi belonged to the former at first, but later she completely fell flat and became half of the latter. The so-called half means guessing blindly but incorrectly.

Ling Qiqi feels that the Queen currently belongs to the former.

I don't know what the queen was thinking. She let her own daughter marry a family that had the possibility of rebellion. She was caught in the middle, being neither a human nor an outsider, and ended up in a situation of being unfaithful and unfilial.

It is said that the winner is the king and the loser is the enemy, but no matter who wins or loses, the only loser is yourself.

There are only two possible outcomes for marrying a traitor: either you become a hostage of the traitor, or you are killed by the traitor, or you are abandoned by your own family.

The Queen doesn't want to keep her daughter by her side at all; she's clearly trying to get herself killed.

Besides, the Fifth Princess is not old enough to get married yet. At most, she is engaged, and she still has to wait for several years before she can get married. If the Ninth Prince really wants to rebel, wouldn't that buy precious time for the rebels?

Ling Qiqi felt that the Queen's IQ gap was definitely not the big boss in the secret room, but a big bug.

There is another point that is completely beyond Ling Qiqi's ethical cognition.

Whether it is Prince Jing or Prince Yi, they are the Ninth Prince’s biological sons, right?

The Ninth Prince and the Emperor are half brothers, right?

The fifth princess is the emperor’s biological daughter, right?

So aren’t the Fifth Princess and the brothers Crown Prince Jing and Prince Yi cousins?

Although in ancient times, marriage between cousins ​​was not considered close relative marriage and was not considered incest, it does not mean that there will be no genetic disorder, right?

Aren’t you afraid of affecting the IQ of the next generation?

Don’t you know how ancient Egypt disappeared?

Isn't it because of inbreeding that the family lineage is cut off?

The conflict between the Queen and the Fifth Princess grew bigger and bigger, becoming a secret known to everyone in the palace, and eventually reached the ears of the Emperor. As it involved the Ninth Prince and his son, the Emperor was naturally very sensitive.

The Emperor had an ulterior motive in summoning the Ninth Prince back to the capital this time.

The Ninth Prince has been guarding the north for many years, and over the years he has become a difficult person to get rid of. The Emperor is worried that the Ninth Prince will become powerful and this time he summoned him and his two sons back to the capital, which is also an intention to appease him openly and secretly.

The Emperor originally wanted to take this opportunity to keep one of the Ninth Prince's sons in the capital for education, but the Ninth Prince declined. He said that the Ninth Prince's wife's health had been deteriorating in recent years and she was afraid that her death was approaching. The two sons were what the Princess couldn't let go of the most, so she begged the Emperor to allow the two brothers to return to their mother to be filial, and to send Prince Yi to the capital after the Ninth Prince's wife passed away.

The emperor could not say anything more, so he could only give the Ninth Princess many rare medicinal herbs and sent people to escort the Ninth Prince and his two sons out of the capital.

The emperor's plan failed, but after the queen and the fifth princess's mischief, he was greatly inspired.

In times of chaos, the purpose of a princess's marriage is to stabilize the country, but since marriage can resolve external worries, it can naturally also eliminate internal troubles.

And now, for the emperor, the main internal trouble is the Ninth Prince.

Perhaps he could test the Ninth Prince by using the engagement between the princess and the Crown Prince Jing. If the Ninth Prince rejected the marriage proposal, it would mean that he had other intentions, and he could make plans early. If the Ninth Prince happily accepted the marriage proposal, it would at least mean that he had no other intentions or was not capable of competing with the other party.

Once the engagement is made, a princess's mansion can be built in the capital, and there will be plenty of opportunities to keep him as a hostage in the capital. Even if Prince Jing doesn't want to be a hostage, it doesn't matter. The princess's mansion can't hold a hostage, so let the princess keep a hostage in her belly. When the princess gives birth to a boy, he will be immediately named the little prince, and then Prince Jing can be released back to his fiefdom.

Keeping the young master by his side and raising him personally would not only make the Ninth Prince and Prince Jing wary. At the same time, for the young master, he had both the grace of raising him and the loyalty of a monarch and a subject. The young master should not rebel again. When the young master grows up, he will be allowed to inherit the Ninth Prince's title. Even if the young master is allowed to go back to his fiefdom, there is no need to worry, as he has no foundation there and cannot gain the trust of the Ninth Prince and his followers.

The more the emperor thought about it, the more he felt that this method might be worth a try. If he could contain the Ninth Prince's lineage after marrying him, he could eliminate the worry of internal troubles without bloodshed.

If he couldn't, he could at least buy some time to mobilize the army, build more passes, store food and grass, and supervise the manufacture of weapons. And he would only lose a daughter.

But which daughter should I choose?

The Fifth Princess favored Prince Yi, while the Queen favored Prince Jing simply because of his status as the Crown Prince. As for status, he could change it with a single imperial decree. He could even use it to drive a wedge between the two brothers.

But the problem is that he is worried about the queen and her daughter.

First of all, the Fifth Princess, her status as a legitimate princess will certainly make the Ninth Prince more vigilant and on guard. Moreover, the Fifth Princess is spoiled and difficult to control. It is said that girls are good at dealing with foreign affairs. If the Fifth Princess does not take state affairs seriously, but only cares about love and is devoted to her husband's family, wouldn't it backfire in the end?

Furthermore, the Queen has always been ambitious. If she joins forces with the Ninth Prince, he would be in great danger, losing both his daughter and the throne.

Moreover, the fifth, sixth and seventh princesses are only ten years old now, and it will take them at least five years to reach the age of marriage.

He couldn't wait.

After much deliberation, the emperor decided to sacrifice the third princess who had just turned 15.

The third princess is not only the same age as Prince Jing, but her biological mother is Jiang Shuyi, who was a concubine in his mansion before he ascended the throne. She was of humble origin and had no power, so she has always been humble and docile.

The Third Princess's temperament was like her mother's. She was cautious and well-behaved. Although she was not as brave and resourceful as the Seventh Princess, she was not as arrogant and self-willed as the Fifth Princess. She was more likely to be accepted by the Ninth Prince and the Crown Prince Jing. She would neither help nor hinder anyone.

Moreover, the third princess has always been filial and has a very good relationship with Jiang Shuyi, so the third princess must take her mother into consideration and willingly obey her orders.

After the emperor made up his mind, he wrote a letter to ask the Ninth Prince what he thought about the Third Princess marrying the Crown Prince Jing.

The Ninth Prince's reply was filled with words of the emperor's great grace, long-awaited favor, and loyalty to the country.

So the emperor issued an edict to grant the marriage between the third princess and the crown prince Jing, and the wedding was to be completed in the spring of next year.

At the same time, Jiang Shuyi was promoted to Guiyi. The reason for only one level promotion was that Jiang Guiyi was of humble origin, secondly, she did not want to arouse the suspicion of the Ninth Prince, and thirdly, a higher position was not impossible to give, but it had to be given slowly, so that the mother and daughter who had always felt inferior about their origins would have hope, and they could be better restrained.

The wedding processions of the eldest princess and the second princess haven't set out yet, and the third princess will also be getting married next year, so the palace is bound to be busy again.

Ling Qiqi couldn't help feeling a little sad when she thought that there would only be five, six, seven princesses left in the palace in the future.

When he thought about his future fate as a bargaining chip in a marriage, he felt even more sad and lonely, and his grief and anger turned into food intake.

When the Fifth Princess learned that the Third Princess was going to marry the Crown Prince Jing, she calmed down. She was not old enough to get married, and if the Queen had not had any ideas, she would not have wanted to make such a fuss. She wanted to marry the Prince Yi only because she did not want to marry the Crown Prince Jing. Since the Crown Prince Jing did not want her to marry him, she naturally gave up the idea of ​​marrying the Prince Yi.

Besides, the Ninth Prince's Mansion is not so lucky as to marry two princesses. Even if the Ninth Prince doesn't mind, the Emperor won't agree.

Moreover, she was a legitimate princess, so she didn't want to be a sister-in-law to the third princess, and the third princess was now the crown prince's consort. She had already married down, and the one she married was not as good as the third princess. How could she, who was so proud, lower her status, bring humiliation upon herself, and suffer the consequences of her own actions?

Since ancient times, the emperor's daughters have never had trouble finding a husband, not to mention that she is a legitimate princess and it is not like she cannot get married. There may be many men who are more handsome than Young Master Yi in the future. She can just take her time to choose. Why rush?