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

On the other side, Song Zhi left the palace under the leadership of Xiao Qingzi.

When they reached the palace gate, she said meaningfully, "If you need help one day, please feel free to come to me."

After saying this, without waiting for Xiao Qingzi to answer, he walked straight towards Song Yang and Cang Jing who had been waiting at the palace gate for a long time.

"Zhi'er, the emperor didn't make things difficult for you, did he?" Song Yang walked over first and asked anxiously.

Song Zhi shook his head and said, "Let's talk in the car."

Cang Jing whispered a few words in his servant's ear, and the servant ran away respectfully.

The three of them boarded the carriage, and Cang Qiong said, "I was so scared! I thought they were going to force me to abdicate today. I even gathered all the secret guards left by Nan Qi and the guards of the Cang family."

Song Zhi said: "It's not that he's forcing the emperor to abdicate, but he wants to threaten the Song family to support the Sixth Prince."

After briefly repeating the emperor's words, Song Zhi's expression was serious. "Dad, why does the emperor hate the third prince so much?"

They are both his own sons, but he is even more biased than Sun.

Sun favors Song Yale because she can't let go of the Sun family bloodline. Why does the emperor do that?

Song Yang frowned, "Actually, I'm not very clear about this matter, I just heard a little bit about it."

Cang Qiong's eyes lit up immediately and he sat up straight, "No problem, tell me about it."

Song Zhi looked at him with disdain, "How can a man like you be so gossipy?"

He smiled and said, "I'm different. It's normal for girls to gossip. Come on, tell me about it, Dad."

Song Yang looked at the two people with faces full of curiosity and smiled helplessly, "Well, just treat it as a story."

"You all know what a unique and wonderful person the late queen was..."

"I don't know." Cang Jing interrupted.

Song Zhi was impatient, "I don't know. I'll tell you later. Dad, please continue."

Song Yang looked at the aggrieved and innocent Cang Jian, then at the impatient Song Zhi, and naturally chose his own daughter. He continued, "You haven't seen the portrait of the late queen. If you had, you would know that the deposed crown prince doesn't look like the late queen. On the contrary, the third prince looks 60% like her."

Cang Qi's eyes widened, and he covered his mouth as if he had discovered some secret. "Could it be that Nan Qi is the late queen's child?!"

"That's not true."

Song Yang shook his head. "The Third Prince is actually the child of the late Queen's biological sister, so it's normal that they look alike."

"So that's how it is. My parents have always believed that Nan Qi was born to a woman who was not worthy of being on the stage, and that's why the Emperor disliked him."

Cang Qiong stroked his chin and sighed deeply, but Song Zhi slapped him in the face, "Can you please listen carefully and stop interrupting me?"

Song Yang agreed: "That's right, it hinders me from laying the groundwork for telling the story."

Cang Jing: “…”

Song Yang continued, "The Third Prince actually has a good family background, but the problem is that the late Queen's mother's family saw that the late Queen was in poor health and was very likely unable to give birth to this child. In order to preserve the family's honor, they had her younger sister take advantage of the drunken Emperor to climb into his bed as soon as the late Queen was diagnosed with pregnancy."

"It was also because of this incident that the late queen became depressed and her life was shortened."

Cang Qiong rushed to say, "As a result, because of that one drunken absurdity, the late Empress's younger sister became pregnant with Nan Qi. So, the Emperor dislikes Nan Qi because of this?"

Song Zhi and Song Yang glared at Cang Qiong at the same time, and Cang Qiong quickly shut his mouth.

Song Yang said: "Yes, that's indeed the case."

Cang Jian didn't make a sound, but raised his chin proudly.

“But it’s more than that.”

Song Yang sighed, "As both of them gave birth to sons, the former queen's younger sister naturally didn't want her son to be inferior to others. That's why she tried to kill Mu Qinghan several times, but she failed every time."

"The Emperor didn't like her to begin with, and with these crimes, he was furious and ordered the mother to be executed, sparing the child."

"How could the late queen's mother's family watch helplessly as the pawn they had carefully brought into the palace to consolidate their family's glory was abandoned? So they did everything they could to protect the legitimate sister, and even tried to persuade the late queen to have the emperor directly appoint the legitimate sister as the heir, which made the late queen vomit blood in anger."

"Upon hearing of this, the Emperor, without a word, ordered the execution of the younger sister, who had been promoted to a noble, with a cup of poisoned wine. He then exiled the entire family to a small border town, accusing them of family unrest, and ordered them never to return to the capital."

"And the Third Prince was randomly assigned to a nanny to raise him."

After a pause, Song Yang said with regret, "For so many years, the Emperor has been suppressing the Third Prince. Even if the deposed Crown Prince is stupid, he still insists on training him. It's nothing more than these reasons. It's a pity that the Third Prince has outstanding talents but cannot display them. It would be much better if the Third Prince was the child of the late Queen."

Cang Jing and Song Zhi nodded in unison, they also felt it was a pity.

"Uncle, you know so much about it. It doesn't sound like you've just heard about it. You must have made thorough inquiries."

Song Yang's face flushed, and he put his fist to his lips and coughed twice, "Why, you can gossip but I can't?"

Cang Qiong said eagerly, "How could that be possible? Do you have any other inside stories? Let's talk about it together."

Song Yang said unhappily, "It's good enough to know this. What else do you want to know?"

Cang Jing smiled awkwardly and didn't ask any more questions.

Before getting off the carriage, he saw that Song Zhi was in a bad mood and comforted him: "Don't sympathize with Nan Qi, he is fine now and strong enough."

How could Song Zhi sympathize with him? She just felt sorry for him.

No matter how difficult it was for her, her father and brother would stand by her unconditionally, but he had to go this far alone.

It must have been a very difficult journey for him.

Song Zhi's eyes were a little moist.

When the carriage stopped, Cang Qiong jumped off swiftly. "Let me know if there's anything else. Next, I have to go see the dozens of girls my mother asked Wang Po to find for me. I hope I'll still be alive when we meet next time and not tortured to death by her."

As soon as the words fell, Madam Cang's full-throated scolding could be heard from inside, "You stinky boy, you only know how to slander your mother, why don't you get out of here right now."

Cang Jian ran in quickly with his feet moving like the wind.

The carriage started moving again.

"My daughter, I actually have a question I want to ask you."

"You say."

"You are so focused on supporting the Third Prince to ascend the throne, but have you ever considered that once he becomes emperor, he will definitely have a large harem. How will you cope with that?"

"..."

Song Zhi was silent. Although Mu Nanqi did not marry in his previous life, there were so many variables in this life. Who could say for sure?

"In fact, if Dad says that it's okay to support the Sixth Prince in accordance with the Emperor's wishes, then the Third Prince will at most be an idle prince. With the power of the Song family, he will have no choice but to respect you."

Song Zhi's eyes flickered slightly, and he shook his head. "I know you're thinking about me, but having my life in someone else's hands is so frustrating. Can you guarantee that the Sixth Prince won't kill us after he takes the throne?"

"Even the emperor probably doesn't intend to let the Song family go. Not taking action against us now is just a temporary measure."