After my soul traveled to ancient times, I don't want to be cannon fodder

Murong Xin felt very uncomfortable at the moment. She used to like Sister Ning very much because there was always a kind of free and easy spirit in Sister Ning that she had never seen before.

But now, after Emperor Yong's repeated attention to her, this liking has slowly turned into resentment.

In addition, because Princess Zhaohua was canonized as the Princess Zhenguo, she had the power of regent and openly divided the power that originally belonged to the second prince Murong Yun.

In the more than ten years that she has been a princess, she has never been in power.

She couldn't even control her own marriage.

If not for this, she would not have been so confused and eloped with Xiao Yu.

Although Xiao Yu is missing now, she can't bear to let Murong Lan, a weakling, suffer in her place, so she has already made preparations for the marriage.

What people fear most is comparison!

Obviously, she is the princess!

Obviously, that was her father!

But now, she, the real princess, may be married off at any time, while the fake princess Zhong Ning has won the emperor's heart and was even named the Princess Guarding the Country!

The title of Zhenguo alone is unparalleled in the world.

Even at the New Year's Eve banquet, her father showed her special favor.

It can be seen that she and Ning Zhongning are no longer at the same starting point.

She shouldn't be jealous, but she couldn't be generous either. Murong Xin's expression changed again and again, and then she forced a smile, raised her glass and congratulated her, "Sister Ning, it's been a long time since we last met, I toast you a glass!"

Zhong Ning glanced over indifferently, and suddenly saw the jealousy and unwillingness hidden in Murong Xin's eyes as he looked at her.

Zhong Ning sighed. She really had no intention of hurting her, but she also understood that sometimes doing things differently would bring different results, and she alone could not change that.

"Zhaoyang, let's celebrate together!" Zhong Ning also raised his glass and saluted from afar!

Emperor Yong was delighted to see this: "You sisters are of one mind and one heart, and I am very pleased!"

Then a young eunuch came up to Murong Xin carrying another tray, on which was a gold and jade necklace!

Murong Xin's face was slightly distorted, but he quickly recovered and expressed his gratitude in the direction of Emperor Yong!

Under the brocade robe, she pinched her fingers hard into her palms, controlling herself not to lose her mind, and not to compare herself with Zhong Ning!

Originally, there was no such segment of Emperor Yong bestowing gifts at the New Year's Eve palace banquet. This year, because of Zhong Ning, Emperor Yong added this item, which made everyone jealous.

But she, Murong Xin, the dignified Princess Zhaoyang, had to be treated differently by her father because a fake princess was too favored.

This gap made her extremely uncomfortable.

But how could she know that Emperor Yong's treasury was filled up because of Zhong Ning, and he just took out one of the items to reward him in public.

But Murong Xin had lived in the deep palace for a long time and knew little about what was happening outside. She only knew that her father had been kidnapped.

Murong Xin picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. The wine entered her sorrowful heart and turned into a pool of bitter water, leaving her speechless.

In her drunken haze, she inadvertently looked down and saw that the Lord Xiao Fang, whom she had been thinking about, was actually looking in the direction of Zhong Ning.

Murong Xin only felt that the bitterness in his heart became even greater.

Since Zhong Ning entered the palace, he not only snatched away her father, but also the attention of the person she liked...

She already has Gu Mingzhe, so why does she want to take action against Ping?

Murong Xin swallowed the bitter wine in her cup and looked towards Zhong Ning. Tears suddenly welled up in her eyes. "Sister Ning, what should I do? I don't think I like you anymore..."

Zhong Ning felt her gaze, picked up the wine glass and smiled faintly.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t like it, I didn’t intend for you to like it anyway!

There are many people in this world who hate her.

One more is enough!

The eldest princess sitting on the side saw this scene and her eyes flashed slightly.

It seems that the relationship between her two nieces is not as good as rumored.

Her eyes inadvertently swept down and saw Lord Xiao Fang, who was wearing official uniform and still looked handsome and elegant sitting in the crowd. The corners of her lips couldn't help but curl up slightly.

It would be a shame not to capture such a handsome man and keep him as a lover!

I heard that he can sing. It would be the best if he sang under me and lingered with me. Thinking of this, the eldest princess felt her throat tighten.

The eldest princess's eyes were full of confidence, but she felt nervous again when she thought of the stunning appearance of Gu Mingzhe, the eldest son of Prime Minister Gu.

Forget it, she can’t afford to offend Gu Mingzhe. After all, his father is Prime Minister Gu.

But Fang Ping was just a small Hanlin.

Even if she took him into her residence, the emperor wouldn't say anything.

The most important thing is that by conquering such a young Hanlin, he can also give Zhao Hua a hard time. Who made her provoke her mother before?

As her aunt, she should take action personally and teach her a lesson!

Let her know who is the real queen in this palace!

The Grand Princess looked in Fang Ping's direction and drank the wine in her cup.

His eyes were filled with determination to win!

.........

The palace banquet continues.

Wave after wave of courtiers came forward to toast him, and Emperor Yong drank with great joy.

At this time, in the palace banquet, the scene of harmony between the emperor and his ministers was very pleasing to the eye.

Until a sudden piece of news came, breaking the tranquility of the palace banquet.

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty..." A young eunuch rushed into the hall in a panic, knelt on the ground, and presented a secret report: "Your Majesty, Qinghe County Magistrate Liu Ben has an urgent memorial!"

Emperor Yong put down his wine glass and said in a slightly cold tone, "Read it!"

The young eunuch opened the memorial, knelt on the ground and recited loudly. There was silence in the palace banquet. At this moment, they were all shocked by the sentence in the memorial: [Overnight, the entire Cui family of Qinghe was wiped out. I have carefully checked the population in the past two days. Except for the newborn son of the branch and the wet nurse who are missing, all other people are dead]!

Zhong Ning drank the wine in the glass silently with no expression on his face.

Calculating the time, apart from taking stock of the number of casualties, the amount of land and other factors, Liu Ben's memorial should have been delivered the day before yesterday.

But who would have thought that such urgent information would be suppressed until now, and even announced publicly at the palace banquet!

Zhong Ning tightened his grip on the wine glass slightly. It seemed like the person behind this was also intent on pushing the matter forward and magnifying it!

With a loud bang, Emperor Yong slammed his palm on the imperial table. "How dare you do such a wicked thing in broad daylight! Investigate, I want to see who is so vicious!"

Emperor Yong's voice was like thunder, but his eyes couldn't help but glance at Zhong Ning.

If he didn't know that Zhong Ning had been staying in the princess's mansion and had never gone out, he would have suspected that Zhong Ning did it.

After all, the hostage-taking case a few days ago involved people close to Zhong Ning, and the target of the threat was Zhong Ning himself.

Apart from her, he couldn't think of anyone else as having the motive to commit the crime.

Ning Yuanfeng, the Minister of Works, also had a gloomy expression on his face and said angrily:

"Your Majesty, a vicious person who slaughtered an entire family for a single disagreement must be apprehended and brought to justice."