Quick wear: cannon fodder is a bit strong

Situ Zhige looked at the way Qu Xiaoxiao looked him up and down. At some moment, perhaps because they had a mutual understanding, Mo Ming seemed to understand something from it.

He immediately blushed with shame and almost ran away.

Fortunately, he kept reminding himself: Ah Xiao is 6 years younger than me, still a child. That look couldn't possibly mean what he thought it meant.

It's all because my thoughts are too blasphemous.

He immediately straightened his expression and said, "I do have something to discuss with Ah Xiao..."

Situ Zhige came here for something serious, and it was a big deal.

Several major events have occurred in Wubie State in recent years.

First, the second prince Situ Bowen was imprisoned in his palace because of Xu Liangdi's request for a child. In addition, his ability to handle state affairs was indeed poor. In the following three years, he was finally pulled down from the position of crown prince.

Just pull him down, at worst you can be a free and easy prince.

Unfortunately, Situ Bowen was a narrow-minded person. After losing the throne and his concubines were unable to give birth to a son, he died of depression in less than a year.

In this way, the heir to the throne can only be chosen from the two disabled princes.

The eldest son, Situ Yao, was the empress's legitimate son, but unfortunately, a fever in childhood led to his dementia. Although the emperor and empress had hired famous doctors to treat him in the palace over the past few years, there seemed to be no sign of recovery.

So the emperor and empress had to settle for the next best option.

Especially after the death of the second prince, he kept stuffing women into Situ Yao's bed, and even used strong drugs for this purpose, just hoping that those women could give birth to a grandson to inherit the throne.

Unfortunately, after Situ Yao became stupid, his intelligence was that of a three-year-old child. He was simple-minded and extremely averse to sex. Even if he was drugged, it would often fail.

The fact that the third prince Situ Xingyun was a eunuch has also been confirmed.

In other words, it seems that neither of these two princes is suitable to be chosen.

As a result, any royal family member who had even a passing connection to the throne began to eagerly try, and the court was in turmoil. Emperor Situ Qing thought again and again and decided to send someone to bring Situ Zhige, his closest nephew, to the palace.

Of course, when King Xinyang settled Situ Zhige, he wrote a letter to the emperor to report the matter.

The emperor did not say anything at the time, but sent some rewards and assigned four imperial masters to come for protection. Naturally, these four guards were not only there to protect (monitor) Situ Zhige, but also to monitor Prince Xinyang and Xinyang City.

It’s just that these four guards were fed loyalty pills by Qu Xiaoxiao as soon as they arrived.

Therefore, the news reported back to the palace in the past few years was that everything was safe and sound, and Situ Zhige and the Prince of Xinyang's family were all law-abiding, although this was also the fact.

It was these guards who reported to Situ Zhige that the emperor was about to send someone to pick him up. Situ Zhige felt uneasy, so he came to discuss it with Qu Xiaoxiao.

I don’t know why, but whenever Situ Zhige encountered a big event, his first thought was to seek Qu Xiaoxiao’s opinion.

Although Qu Xiaoxiao was younger than him, she seemed to be a pillar of support for him. As long as Qu Xiaoxiao decided on something, he would do it with peace of mind.

Qu Xiaoxiao naturally knew about this a long time ago. Seeing Situ Zhige asking about this, she smiled and said:

"Since Your Majesty has made up his mind, as a subject, there is no room for you to refuse. You may go on this journey without any hesitation..."

"But……"

Situ Zhige hesitated for the first time: "How about I go alone this time, and send someone to take you to the capital after everything is settled?"

If someone else had said this, they would probably have misunderstood that he wanted to break the contract and marry someone else.

Qu Xiaoxiao knew Situ Zhige's concerns.

Since ancient times, the succession to the throne has meant countless bloodshed and fighting. Situ Zhige only has a status, but no power or influence. How can it be so easy to be a candidate for the throne?

Moreover, the emperor did not explicitly order him to be the crown prince.

She only vaguely mentioned that she would take him into the palace. To put it in a positive light, she was using him as a backup. To put it in a negative light, she was clearly using him as a pawn or a shield.

The emperor's real hope was naturally on the "eldest grandson" who was still non-existent at that time.

The main purpose of inviting Situ Zhige into the palace was naturally to use Situ Zhige to divert the attention of those who were staring at the eldest prince's offspring.

From an emperor's perspective, it's not that the emperor's considerations were wrong. He simply didn't care about Situ Zhige's life or death. Therefore, Zhitu Zhige's journey was destined to be extremely dangerous, with a narrow escape. Even if he luckily made it to the palace, life wouldn't be easy.

That's why he wanted to go ahead - in case something happened to him, Qu Xiaoxiao would stay in Xinyang City and at least have the care of King Xinyang to continue living a peaceful life.

Qu Xiaoxiao knew what this meant, so she naturally couldn't let him take the risk alone.

What a joke! Situ Zhige was the target of my mission. The original owner wanted me to marry him and make him happy for the rest of his life. If he died before the wedding, wouldn't my mission be 100% complete?

"I'll go with you," Qu Xiaoqi jumped off the swing, stood on tiptoe and patted Situ Zhige's shoulder, with a "brotherly" attitude, and said heroically:

"I'll protect you!"

——This body was raised by her. It is beautiful, but a little petite.

After arriving in Xinyang City, Situ Zhige had probably been exercising regularly, and his height had grown several centimeters, and his physique had become much stronger. Standing before him, she seemed even smaller.

Qu Xiaoxiao felt a little unhappy as her momentum was suppressed invisibly.

Situ Zhige blushed. But he still bent down and gently touched the girl's soft, smooth hair.

"Okay, then thank you Xiaoxiao!"

Qu Xiaoxiao was silenced by his slightly ambiguous action: He was the one who started it - OK, it's time for the little puppy to come to her bowl~

After the two of them decided on something, they returned to the flower hall to play chess once a week.

Suddenly, there seemed to be a commotion coming from the gate. A moment later, Que'er came running in, panting and clattering:

"Miss, Miss... cough, cough, someone is causing trouble at the gate of our house!"

"If anyone is causing trouble, just beat him out. Why disturb the young lady?" Nanny Cha was a little dissatisfied. She always felt that Que'er needed some discipline.

Qu Xiaoxiao waved her hand: "Who is it?"

In fact, while playing chess just now, her powerful spiritual sense had already captured the situation outside. This question was naturally for Situ Zhige to hear.

"There are a lot of people, miss."

"Someone claims to be your biological father, and he brought your two younger brothers with him... There's also a woman... someone named Bai Lu, who's said to be your sister..."

Que'er was a little puzzled. During the few days she had been at the mansion, she had never heard that her young lady had any relatives in Xinyang City. How could such a large family suddenly appear here?

"When the gatekeeper refused to let them in, they started making a scene, saying they wouldn't leave until they saw you and the prince... and kept saying..."