The quick travel journey of the cold heroine

Just like he would never fall in love with the woman Zuo Zhanting liked, Si Qingquan thought that Zuo Zhanting would never like the woman he liked, even if that woman was very special to Zuo Zhanting. So when Zuo Zhanting admitted that he liked Shui Zhizi, he felt something was wrong.

Now Si Qingquan finally understood, but he was even more confused.

"Zuo Zhanting, face the reality. She is your biological sister. You and the emperor you are loyal to killed your biological sister, and you even fell in love with her. How ridiculous, ahahahaha..."

At Shui Fengguo's harsh voice, Si Qingquan and Zuo Zhanting left the prison and remained silent until they arrived at Si Qingquan's bedroom.

Bang! It was the sound of Zuo Zhanting kneeling down, "Your Majesty, please punish me." Zuo Zhanting found that Si Qingquan was shaking all the way back.

"Why? Why did you lie to me? You knew it a long time ago. You knew the queen was your biological sister, but you kept me in the dark. You just watched me suffer and struggle. Why did Zuo Zhanting?"

Zuo Zhanting looked guilty but had no regrets. "What if the emperor knew? Would the emperor give up his plan if he knew? Will you bring Shui Zhizi back from Shuifeng Kingdom?"

"Yes! I will! I was serious when I asked you to save the queen that night. I even hoped that you could bring the queen back. I know it's irrational to do so, but I really hope that you can bring the queen back!"

Zuo Zhanting was speechless. He stared at Si Qingquan as if he was meeting him for the first time. The Si Qingquan Zuo Zhanting knew would not give up his plan even if he knew about this. He was always terribly rational. But now Si Qingquan told him that Si Qingquan did not agree to let him go to save the queen that night because he could not refuse him.

"I thought I could always be so rational, but Zuo Zhanting, I really wanted to bring the queen back every day!"

"I just think that even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. No matter what, Shuifeng Kingdom will never lay a hand on such an outstanding daughter. If I knew the identity of the queen, I would never gamble with her."

Zuo Zhanting lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, it's because I'm afraid of this that I dare not tell you the truth."

Si Qingquan was stunned. "Why?"

"Gardenia doesn't want to stay in the palace."

Si Qingquan's heart ached again and again, "She said it herself? Did you recognize each other?" Si Qingquan could accept that this was Zuo Zhanting's self-assertion, but he could not accept that this was Shui Zhizi's choice.

"She knew my identity before she entered the palace. On the way to rescue me, she was injured and the birthmark on her arm was discovered by Doctor Li. We talked about it when I went to the Mountain Resort to find her that night." Zuo Zhanting didn't look at Si Qingquan's expression because he was afraid that he would be soft-hearted.

Silence, long silence.

"Before meeting Shui Fengguo, I had already planned to tell the court officials everything Shui Zhizi had done, and then divorce Shui Zhizi. If she wants to be a general, I will continue to let her be a general to protect the safety of the people. If she wants to be with you, I will grant you a marriage." Si Qingquan smiled self-deprecatingly. He was even prepared to confront those ministers, but all this is now a joke.

Zuo Zhanting was deeply shocked, but in the end he could only say, "I'm sorry, Your Majesty, you know that she is my only relative. You just heard how hard she has been living these years. I swear that I will always be loyal to you at all costs, but I want Shui Zhizi to live an easy life in the days ahead. I beg you to agree."

"How do you know that I won't let her live an easy life?" Si Qingquan said in a hoarse voice.

"Because you are the emperor, there are always things more important than love. Being an empress is not easy. Even if Shui Zhizi's true identity is restored, how many people can trust and respect her without any reservations? Amid the continuous questioning of the crowd, she will slowly blame herself for being a burden to you."

"Your Majesty, you have just conquered the Shuifeng Kingdom. It is time to show your abilities and you should not be affected by these things."

Si Qingquan smiled sadly, "Zuo Zhanting, when did you start to consider things so carefully?"

Zuo Zhanting lowered his head to hide his guilt and told the truth, "This is what Gardenia said. She said that you two are the same, and there are always more important things than feelings for her. She wants to leave the capital after this is over."

"Get out! Zuo Zhanting, get out!" Si Qingquan seemed to have suffered a great blow, and his voice was weak.

Zuo Zhanting retreated silently. He knew that Si Qingquan had suffered too many blows today and he needed time.

Si Qingquan never thought that the biggest obstacle between him and Shui Zhizi was not their identities, but the brotherhood between him and Zuo Zhanting for so many years. In the past, Zuo Zhanting had always risked his life for him. This was the second time Zuo Zhanting asked him for help. The first thing was that Zuo Zhanting had to bring Shui Zhizi back that night.

Si Qingquan stayed alone in the palace until the next morning court session, and drove away Zuo Zhanting and the servant who brought him food. Yesterday, Si Qingquan went to the villa to see Shui Zhizi after the morning court session. It was almost lunch time when he returned to the palace to see Shui Fengguo, and then stayed alone until the next morning court session. No one knew the pain, entanglement, collapse and even despair in his heart.

He even went to the morning court with a normal face, but everything he said in the court shocked the court officials.

"Your Majesty, this is probably inappropriate. Let's not talk about whether the Queen's true identity is credible. There has never been a precedent of an emperor divorcing his wife in our dynasty, and there is no saying that women who enter the palace can leave the palace and remarry. Just think about this second thing of letting women enter the court as officials. Isn't it too shocking?"

Listening to the court officials' repeated objections, Lin Xuan's father quietly lowered his presence. His daughter, who had never followed the ordinary path since childhood, finally poked a hole in the sky.

Si Qingquan glanced at the courtier who was speaking nonchalantly and said, "I can't do it without precedent? Then there has never been a precedent of courtiers in my dynasty raising private soldiers. How come Shuifengguo has raised so many of them right under your nose, Minister of War? How did the Minister of Revenue allow Shuifengguo to have so much money? Minister of Rites, Shuifengguo has been lying over my head for many years and you have never said anything against the rules. How come there are precedents for all these?"

The court fell silent in an instant, and Lin Xuan's father, Lin Yi, shrank himself even smaller. According to the emperor's calculations, none of the six ministers would be able to escape. Who could have thought that the emperor would not care about his face and directly say that the Shuifeng Kingdom was lying on his head.

However, Si Qingquan's attack did not stop because the ministers were silent. After all, Si Qingquan was full of resentment.

"It's appalling for a woman to be an official. Why didn't you say it was appalling when Shuifeng Kingdom stuffed the queen into the military camp? Why, all your rules are set for me? The same thing is reasonable when Shuifeng Kingdom does it, but it's appalling when I do it?" Stared at by Si Qingquan's sarcastic eyes, everyone tacitly began to lower their heads and stare at their feet.