My husband, please respect yourself. The princess is here to grab the bride.

The two factions are fighting for the right to speak in the court!

What we are fighting for is the dominance over the future of Xingguo!

Now, the Left Prime Minister's faction has gained the upper hand, but the Left Prime Minister's faction is almost entirely composed of civil servants.

All they rely on is their mouths and the pens in their hands!

They are with the emperor!

The verbal and written criticism of military generals has almost never stopped in recent years.

But the emperor just liked literature, and he was not tired of those military generals who kept shouting about fighting and killing.

As a result, the left prime minister's faction was favored in the court, while the right prime minister's faction... is now extremely weak.

Dongfang Changying is a girl who is only sixteen years old, but she was born in the Zhenxi Palace!

Her elder brother Dongfang Ce is an official in the palace!

Big brother’s wisdom is unmatched!

Dongfang Ce saw the situation in the palace and the changes in the government better than anyone else.

Therefore, the Prince of Zhenxi's palace has a clearer understanding of the imperial court than many people.

Ye Qionglou will definitely wipe out all of Qin Xiang’s followers!

This is the most important step in consolidating his power!

Prime Minister Qin now has fewer and fewer companions in the palace, and even the Ministry of War is gradually distancing itself from him.

His only remaining greatest supporters were General Wei Buyi of the northern border army and the Prince of Zhenxi's Palace.

Wei Buyi was recalled by the Emperor's decree...

Then the last obstacle for Ye Qiong Tower is the Prince of Zhenxi's Mansion!

The secret letter sent back by my eldest brother Dongfang Ce a few months ago contained only four words:

"Just wait and see what happens!"

Originally, the Zhenxi Palace was supposed to be quiet, but the wind would not stop even if the tree wanted to be quiet!

Someone in the court came up with a plan, and the emperor issued an edict granting the marriage.

The eldest brother sent back another letter, which still contained only one sentence:

"Endure the calm for a while!"

Then just bear with it.

This son-in-law must not be killed!

Even she, Dongfang Changying, had to take a step back.

But no one expected that within a few days this son-in-law would suddenly become so famous that he would rise to the sky!

No one in Kyoto knows about it yet.

But with Dongfang Changying's wisdom, she could imagine what the literati in the court would do based on this incident!

We absolutely cannot let the Zhenxi Palace tolerate this!

They will definitely stir up this storm!

The ninth princess Tang Xianxian did not see the worry in the depths of Dongfang Changying's eyes.

"It seems that he only wrote a frontier poem, but in the eyes of others, he represented the meaning of the Zhenxi Palace."

"Now, the pro-war faction headed by Prime Minister Qin has long since lost its influence, and few people write frontier poetry anymore."

“I don’t even dare to write!”

“He wrote such a poem at this time…”

Dongfang Changying looked at Tang Xianxian:

"Do you think Ye Xiangyi will let him go? Will they let go of this rare opportunity?"

Tang Xianxian vaguely understood——

She didn't know that there was a deeper meaning behind this matter. Her understanding was that the tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.

She did not care about the factional struggles in the court, nor could she care.

What she was worried about was Bai Shaoqiu's safety!

Tang Xianxian, who had originally not cared about the political affairs of the court, decided to learn more about them after returning to Kyoto. At least she would go to the Princess's Mansion to meet her aunt and listen to her aunt's opinions.

"There's still so much time until next autumn. I think the poem he wrote today will be transmitted to Kyoto in no time."

Tang Xianxian looked at Dongfang Changying who was walking towards her and said:

"If there really were someone in the court who disliked his poem, he would be in danger here."

"No!"

Dongfang Changying sat down cross-legged again and said:

"This is Xiling City!"

"It's my father's fiefdom!"

"The previous incident involving memorials, deliberately exaggerated by the court officials, made the Emperor extremely dissatisfied with my father."

"But even if he was dissatisfied, the emperor did not summon my father to the capital, or strip him of his title as Prince of Zhenxi."

"No matter how dissatisfied the court officials are with the Zhenxi Palace, they wouldn't dare to extend their hands here... Therefore, Shaoqiu is safest in Xiling City."

"But the Zhenxi Palace is a thorn in the side of the Left Prime Minister's faction. If they don't get rid of the Zhenxi Palace, they won't dare to truly make the final move against the Right Prime Minister's faction."

"So they persuaded the emperor to grant me a son-in-law."

"They all think this son-in-law is a waste. The palace can't accommodate him, and I won't accept him either."

"This is a conspiracy!"

"In fact, their strategy was very successful!"

"I won't sleep with him, because that would mean I haven't truly fulfilled the purpose of our marriage. If we still don't have an heir after two or three years, the palace would be guilty of deceiving the emperor."

"If anyone in the palace can't stand this humiliation and kills Shaoqiu... that's what they'd love to see, and it would also be a crime of deceiving the emperor!"

"But none of them expected that Shaoqiu was not a loser at all, but had knowledge as high as three floors!"

"This is something they absolutely don't want to see... or perhaps it's something they'd really like to see."

This sentence was very contradictory. Dongfang Changying did not explain. Tang Xianxian was a little confused. Then she heard Dongfang Changying continue:

“They’ll make a fuss about it!”

"Make a fuss about Shaoqiu!"

"Make a fuss about Shaoqiu's poem 'Fisherman's Pride, Autumn Thoughts'!"

The innocent Ninth Princess Tang Xianxian was stunned!

After a long time, she nodded slightly, finally understanding the meaning of Dongfang Changying's words.

"So...if he goes to Kyoto, do you want me to take care of him?"

Dongfang Changying also nodded:

"That depends on his position in your heart."

"Aren't you going to Kyoto?"

Dongfang Changying smiled cunningly:

"I can't go. Wouldn't it be reassuring to have you, the Ninth Princess, backing him up?"

"...Aren't you afraid that I'll snatch him away?"

"If you want to rob it, the first thing you should do after returning to the capital is to meet Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

"If she agrees, you can take him away. If she doesn't agree... you have to return him to me in one piece!"

Tang Xianxian stared at Dongfang Changying. Was this what she really thought?

of course not.

She had no choice but to say these words for Bai Shaoqiu's safety after he entered Kyoto next year.

Can I just stand by and watch?

……

……

Bai Shaoqiu never expected that copying a frontier poem would lead to unforeseen disaster.

He was still sitting in the pavilion where he had taken the fifth test.

I didn’t eat green plums anymore.

Too sour!

Buckled teeth!

More than ten students came here one after another.

Qi Shao, Zhuo and his group also had another thin student who got the lower grade. The three of them had passed the pavilion and were heading towards the final test.

The remaining two still didn't say a word.

None of the more than ten students who came after him wrote a single word.

They did see Bai Shaoqiu.

They originally thought that Bai Shaoqiu had not been able to answer this question either, but after hearing what the two students who had fallen behind said, they realized that Bai Shaoqiu had gotten another A.

If you get an A, keep going!

What's the point of stopping here?

Just when those students were confused, Bai Shaoqiu asked them:

"Hey, hey, hey, have you seen Song Zigui?"

"Do you know where he went?"

One student replied cautiously:

"Young Master Song sent his father back to the city for medical treatment and has not returned yet."

"This……"

Bai Shaoqiu looked up and saw the sun was already high in the sky.

He muttered:

"Is this guy not going to come back?"

After thinking for a while, he stood up and waved to the dozen or so students:

"Brothers, I'm leaving!"

"See you at Lanting!"