Marry my elder sister? Fine! I'll give you the letter of annulment and marry someone else.

As if realizing how much he had wavered just now, Song Yang said firmly: "Don't go, I want to marry her."

He had no wishes in his life, and his only wish was to marry his childhood sweetheart with the dimpled smile.

Time has passed, and his childhood sweetheart has turned gray. He finally found her, so how could he bear to miss her?

Song Zhi squinted his eyes, "Why, don't you consider my brother's feelings?"

Song Yang said with rare aplomb: "I am the head of the family, he has no right to control me!"

His expression brightened visibly. "Yes, I'll prepare the things and go to propose marriage. I'm going to marry Yinyin."

Song Yang happily called the housekeeper and servants to go to the warehouse. He wanted to marry Yinyin home in a grand manner, just as they had agreed when they were young.

He walked very fast, and the hem of his clothes swept up a gust of wind, which made the loose hair on Song Zhi's temples sway.

This time, Song Yang acted quickly. The next day, he prepared the betrothal gifts and took Song Zhi to the Xie family to propose marriage.

The marriage was settled and the process went surprisingly smoothly.

The wedding date is set in the second half of the year, which avoids the royal ceremony and provides enough time to prepare various items for the wedding banquet.

The two families visited each other more frequently, and even Alua was infected by the joyful atmosphere and often took the initiative to go to the Song Mansion to play with Song Zhi.

She said she was looking for Song Zhi, but in fact it was Xiao Tao who played with her the most.

Xiaotao still has to wait a year before she reaches the age of marriage, so she is still a child.

The two children were together and soon became friends.

During this period, she went to Yunshui Youyou several times. Now branches have been opened in various places one after another, and they can collect more and more information.

And the money came in like water. When Liu Ruoyu took out the account book, she realized that she had become a small wealthy woman.

With the silver and money, she quickly exchanged them for food and cotton clothes and sent them to the border.

She remembered that in her previous life, there were several heavy snowfalls in the winter, and many thinly dressed soldiers froze to death.

She urged Mu Qinghan, who was the prince at the time, to go to the emperor and plead for food and clothing for the soldiers, but Mu Qinghan refused without a second thought.

Not only did he refuse, he also sneered at her for meddling in other people's business.

By the time the imperial court really began to pay attention to this snow disaster, countless innocent lives had already been lost.

It's still early now, and she can definitely send these things to Aunt Xin and Meng Qi, as they will be useful.

She saves lives that the royal family doesn’t save.

She buys the hearts of people that the royal family cannot buy.

After finishing all this, it was the day of Mu Yuanzhi's crown prince ceremony.

Song Zhi bribed the guards and quietly came to the harem.

Civil and military officials participated in the ceremony in the front hall. The ceremony was majestic and grand. Mu Yuanzhi put on the dragon robe, took the imperial edict and offered sacrifices to heaven and earth.

Mu Nanqi, Mu Yunhe and the fifth prince Mu Qiancheng all stood below to pay their respects.

In an angle invisible to everyone, Mu Yunhe's eyes were as dark as if they were filled with poison. He said to Mu Nanqi beside him with a fake smile, "How pitiful! We are both from the late queen's family. Even if Mu Qinghan died, it would not be your turn to be the crown prince."

Mu Nanqi did not respond.

As the emperor's dislike for him grew, his background seemed to no longer be a secret in the palace.

Seeing that Mu Nanqi didn't respond, Mu Yunhe turned to Mu Qiancheng and said, "Don't say you don't have any ideas about that position. Brothers work together and their strength is unstoppable. Do you want my second brother to help you?"

Mu Qiancheng has always been indifferent. He shook his head and said, "Thank you for your kindness, second brother. However, I have never been outstanding since I was a child, and my father has never had the intention to cultivate me. I would rather have a fiefdom and be an idle prince. Today is the ceremony of my sixth brother's succession. Second brother, please stop talking nonsense."

Hearing Mu Qiancheng say this, Mu Yunhe's face darkened, "You useless thing."

After saying this, he looked sinisterly at the golden dragon throne at the top. He would sit on that place sooner or later.

However, his foundation is still unstable, so for now he has to endure and not take direct action.

The complicated ceremony lasted for several hours. Fortunately, it was a cloudy day, which was much better than standing under the scorching sun.

After everything was over, all the officials dispersed.

Just when everyone was feeling exhausted and wanted to leave the palace and go home as soon as possible, something unexpected happened.

"Why should he be the crown prince? The crown prince should be my son, my son!"

"Get out of the way. I am the queen. Who dares to stop me?"

A hysterical voice came from the side. Looking in the direction of the voice, everyone saw the queen struggling to rush over while being pulled by the servants.

She no longer had the graceful and elegant appearance she once had, and she often caught a eunuch who was similar in build to Mu Qinghan and called him her son.

Everyone in the palace said that the queen went crazy because she couldn't accept the death of the former crown prince and the murderer had never been found.

The emperor had lost all his patience with her. She was supposed to attend the crown prince enthronement ceremony today, but the emperor found an excuse to confine her to her room and did not let her appear.

All the ministers lowered their heads tacitly and quickened their pace. No one wanted to stay here and watch the fun.

Except for Song Zhi who was hiding in the corner.

The more she looked at the queen, the deeper her frown became.

The queen had bullied her in the previous life, so she had no intention of letting her go in this life.

The reason I came to the palace today was to provoke the Queen to cause a scene at the ceremony of establishing the crown prince.

But she didn't expect things to go so smoothly, so smoothly that it was almost weird.

Logically speaking, now that the imperial power is concentrated, a queen whose maternal family is in decline would be the most suitable candidate for the emperor. As long as she behaves herself, the emperor will not go out of his way to depose her.

As long as the queen is not deposed, no matter which prince ascends the throne, she will still be the queen mother and empress dowager.

But whenever the topic of someone else becoming the crown prince was mentioned, the queen would instantly become furious and lose her mind, as if what she cared about was not being the queen mother, but only Mu Qinghan becoming the crown prince or even the emperor.

Is this really just what one expects from an adopted son?

That strange feeling surged into his heart again. Song Zhi looked at the queen's hoarse figure not far away and retreated silently.

The palace was in chaos.

The minister who walked fast had already walked out of the center of the storm and happily got on the carriage to go home.

The ministers who walked slowly were in trouble. They were all summoned back by the emperor and given lectures. The emperor told them to forget about the accident today and not to tell anyone about it.

At least, no one is allowed to say it openly.

The queen was banished to the cold palace and was never allowed to leave again.

The Queen could not accept this outcome. Even as she was roughly dragged away by the palace servants, she was still crying loudly, "Your Majesty, you promised me that Han'er would inherit the throne. Han'er has only been dead for a month. How could you make someone else the Crown Prince?"

The voice was heartbroken and grief-stricken, but the emperor remained indifferent and unmoved.

Song Zhi felt very sorry when he learned that the queen was only banished to the cold palace. He didn't know what the dog emperor was thinking as he didn't even grant her the death penalty.

But it’s better not to sentence her to death. She has some questions that she needs to talk to the Queen in person.

It seems she has to go to the palace again.

Song Zhi was making plans in his mind when he returned to the Song Mansion leisurely.

Not long after she came back, Song Yang also rushed back.

He was one of the lucky ones, so he was in a very good mood.