After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

Zhao Ying served the meal. The mother and daughter were eating happily when Nanny Li suddenly came in.

"Your Highness, something happened at the family banquet ahead!"

Zhao Ying put down his chopsticks, his eyes lit up, and his gossip spirit burned, "What's the matter?"

[Of course, Daddy asked this morning to confer the title of Princess Huai'an's eldest daughter Hu Yanxue as Princess Jingguo. My upright second brother objected and will be spanked by Daddy! ]

Shangguan Qingyue curled his little mouth that was chewing the greasy lamb leg.

"Your Highness, the Second Young Master heard that the Crown Prince submitted a petition this morning requesting that Hu Yanxue be named Princess Jingguo. At the banquet, he saw Hu Yanxue mentioning the marriage of the late Queen to Princess Huai'an and insulting her with her words, so he pointed at her nose and cursed, 'Princess Jingguo? You are a daughter of a barbarian. Whose country are you trying to pacify? What kind of princess are you?!'"

"The Crown Prince and the old Duke are furious and are about to beat the Second Young Master with a stick!"

The gossip fire in Zhao Ying's eyes was extinguished.

It turned out that it was her house that was burned.

She sighed, it was the same old question.

"Bai Lin is the same. Huai'an married for the sake of the country, and now she is praying for the country. She will never marry, so it's nothing to make her daughter a princess. The prince is loyal and affectionate, and there is nothing to blame."

"Even if it is insulting the late queen... Xue'er has Xiongnu blood in her body. She is not as reserved and tactful as us people from the Central Plains. It is inevitable that she is a little free and unrestrained. She is gone, and everyone can judge her achievements in life..."

"But Princess Huyan is too arrogant. She relies on Princess Huai'an to act recklessly. The emperor is partial to her, and even the people in the Duke's Mansion are partial to her. My eldest sister has to obey her. I can't stand it anymore. Your Highness, even if you feel that you owe Princess Huai'an, you shouldn't indulge her children to climb over the heads of my brothers and sisters!"

Zhao Ying felt that she owed Huai'an from the bottom of her heart.

She put down her chopsticks and sighed, "I was unruly when I was young, and my status was noble enough, so I was a little willful. I didn't like to stay in the palace on weekdays, and my father and mother also spoiled me. It happened that my second uncle was on a royal business trip, so I mostly followed my second uncle to travel and play. Before I came of age, I had never met the prince of the Zhenguo Duke, nor had I heard that the prince and Princess Huai'an had a private relationship."

"Later, I followed my second uncle to the southwestern border to transport grain. I was playful for a while, so I changed into a soldier's uniform and went to the battlefield."

The battlefield was different from the fights on ordinary days. Her martial arts skills, which she could normally see through, were useless on the battlefield, and her weapons were knocked out of her hands in just a few moves.

"Runlang came out to save me."

"I have been ignorant for half my life and have never experienced the word love. At that moment, I understood what 'love' means."

"After returning to the palace, I secretly fell in love with Run Lang. Later, when Huai'an got married, the prince came to me and knelt down to beg me to save Huai'an. Only then did I realize that I had feelings for him but he was ruthless. But how could I change the imperial decree?"

"But Huai'an suffered misfortune because of my momentary emotion. At that time, the prince angrily asked, 'Why wasn't it you who was married off?' I know that he has been blaming me."

"Over the years, I have told myself that no matter whether Runlang has me in his heart or not, as long as he is well and Huai'an is well, I can make up for the sins of being a good mother..."

"But fortunately, Runlang and Huai'an have finally moved on..."

She has seen how good the prince has been to her over the years.

She only favored her wife and did not take concubines, and was loyal to her father and brother abroad.

People’s hearts can be warmed, can’t they?

[No! They are still meeting privately...]

[Daddy always says he's going to inspect Weidu Prefecture, but actually he's going to see Princess Huai'an...]

Zhao Ying's eyes suddenly widened, her heart felt like it was being squeezed tightly by a big hand, and her mind went blank.

Do they meet privately?

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

Nanny Li looked at Zhao Ying's sudden distraught look and said worriedly.

"It's okay, I owe this to Huai'an. Originally, all of this belonged to Huai'an..." Zhao Ying murmured to himself.

[Mother, there is no need to feel sorry. Princess Huai'an did it herself! ]

[It was my grandfather who personally asked the Royal Grandmother for the marriage. It was my grandfather who took a fancy to my mother, and my father later became reluctant. After Princess Huai'an found out about this, she took an extreme approach and tried to drug my mother at the state banquet, thus ruining her innocence and reputation.]

[As a result, he got what he deserved. He was caught by the Empress Dowager and had sex with the guards. They made love without knowing what was going on~]

[After the incident, Concubine Ji Shu knelt down and begged the Imperial Grandmother to spare Huai'an's life. In order to cover up the royal scandal, the Imperial Grandmother had to marry Huai'an to the Xiongnu to save her life! ]

[My grandfather also knew about this. He was the one who forced my mother to marry him. He didn't want that whore Huai'an to be his daughter-in-law!]

Shangguan Qingyue hated himself for being mute and illiterate and unable to tell his mother the truth!

Big liar! They are all big liars!

Shangguan Qingyue could no longer control her tear incontinence and her tears started to flow... She tried hard to hold back her tears, but a few drops still flowed down.

When Madam Li saw her crying, she came over to comfort her and asked, "What's wrong, young lady? Why are you crying?"

Nanny Li picked up Shangguan Qingyue, then went to look at Zhao Ying, and found that Zhao Ying was also sitting there with red eyes.

Zhao Ying was in a state of confusion.

According to Yue'er, she and her mother were not at fault at all, but were instead betrayed by Huai'an and her daughter?

Empress Xiaomin was charming and seductive, and she was jealous by nature.

Although Concubine Ji Shu was not of high birth, she was virtuous and kind, making her more suitable to be the mother of the country?

Princess Chengqian was extremely naughty, unruly and arrogant.

Princess Huaian is kind and cautious, and cares about the people. Although she has been married twice, her heart is pure and perfect.

For many years, she had given in to Huai'an in everything. As a legitimate princess, she received an annual salary of 10 taels of silver and a fief of 30 households. As a concubine's daughter, she had to spend taels of silver and a fief of households a year under the guise of praying for the country!

Her one son and two daughters are all princes and princesses, and they are even going to be conferred the title of princesses in violation of the rules?

Zhao Ying was feeling angry when he heard Shangguan Qingyue's voice, which was like a sword piercing his chest, completely breaking his defenses.

[Oh my mother, you are so miserable. Daddy treats you well just to paralyze my grandfather and uncle the crown prince. If he wants to rebel, their whole family will rebel! ]