The war god prince climbs the wall every night, and the princess is angry

Yanxi Palace.

Concubine Zhou sat at the top, with Princess Anle and Xie Qian'an standing beside her.

The three of them had varying degrees of anger on their faces.

Concubine Zhou swept the enameled teacup with the inscription "Blooming Flowers and Prosperity" beside her to the ground. With a crisp sound, hot steam rose.

"It was almost, almost the credit for the three million taels of silver would have fallen on my An'er, but now it has been given to someone else for nothing!" Concubine Zhou said gritting her teeth, her expression full of regret.

"I told you that the merchant girl was so close to that bitch Pingning, so she couldn't be any good, but you just didn't believe me. Now you've been tricked by that merchant girl. If I had known, I should have let myself vent my anger first."

"Now that she's become the county lady, I'm afraid she'll be even more difficult to deal with."

"I don't know what the emperor is thinking. A merchant girl who reeks of money can actually be named a county lady. Isn't she afraid of being laughed at?" Princess Anle said angrily.

She had not forgotten that the lotus viewing banquet was disrupted by a merchant girl. If she had not been nosy, that bitch Pingning would have married someone else and been trapped in the inner house, and would not have been pestering Brother Fu every day.

Previously, that merchant girl killed her second cousin, and she wanted to vent her anger after moving out of the Yongning Marquis Mansion. However, her mother and brother thought that it was still possible to make amends and it was not appropriate to offend the merchant girl to death, so they kept stopping her.

Now, that merchant girl has become the county lady, and has taken refuge with that bitch Pingning and the third brother. With the third brother still around, I'm afraid she won't be able to do anything to the merchant girl easily.

"The Shen family is so lowly that they even dare to collude with that evil creature to oppose my son. I want to see how long the title of County Lady can protect her." Concubine Zhou said.

"Yes, mother, we must not let her go easily. It would be best if she could suffer all those secret punishments, so that we can eliminate the hatred in my daughter's heart." Princess Anle echoed, with undisguised malice in her eyes.

"Enough!" Xie Qianan shouted angrily, his face ashen.

I thought everything I wanted would come true today, but when the time came, I got tricked. It feels really bad.

Xie Qi'an was also extremely angry at Shen Qionghua's ingratitude, but he could not accept that Shen Qionghua favored Xie Nanyuan over him.

Xie Nanyuan already had military aspirations, and the Duke of Zhenguo had military power. If the Shen family was added to the mix, they would have an inexhaustible supply of money.

He holds the hearts of the people, military power, and money in his hands. He is afraid that even if his father really passes the throne to him in the future, Xie Nanyuan will be unwilling and want to rebel, and he will not be able to suppress him.

"If she really takes out three million taels of silver for disaster relief, I'm afraid we won't be able to touch her in the next one or two years." Xie Qian'an said unhappily.

"Why!" Princess Anle asked angrily.

"She donated so much money for disaster relief this time. As long as she doesn't make any serious mistakes, even for the sake of the royal family's reputation, my father won't punish her. Otherwise, won't the people talk about the royal family being ungrateful?"

"Father will not lose face." Xie Qian'an said in a deep voice.

"Does this mean that Princess Ben has to tolerate a merchant girl running around for another year or two?" Princess Anle said in disbelief.

It would be fine if she couldn't touch that bitch Pingning, but now she has to endure a lowly merchant girl being an eyesore in front of her. What's the point of being a princess!

Listening to the conversation between her children, Concubine Zhou's brows were full of ruthlessness, but this ruthlessness turned into tenderness and guilt when it touched Xie Qian'an.

"It's all because of your mother's uselessness that she's dragging you down. My son is so outstanding. If the Yongning Marquisate was as good as the Zhenguo Dukeate, the position of crown prince would be within his grasp."

"Now, it has even come to the point where you two brothers and sisters have to endure the humiliation of a merchant girl."

Concubine Zhou was also resentful, resentful that the Yongning Marquis's Mansion was in decline and could not help her.

Back when the emperor was still the crown prince, all the concubines in the Eastern Palace, without exception, had family backgrounds to rely on, except for her.

By that time, the Marquisate had been in decline for many years, and the little money she brought with her when she entered the Eastern Palace was the entire fortune of the Yongning Marquisate.

Fortunately, the emperor, who was still the crown prince at the time, fell in love with her at first sight, doted on her for many years, and promoted her family. That's why she didn't fall into the infighting in the backyard of the Eastern Palace.

The person she envied and hated the most at that time was the Crown Princess, who was also the former Queen.

She always felt that with the emperor's favor towards her, if her family was not so weak, she would not be just a concubine in the prince's mansion.

If she had a family as prominent as the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, and was favored by the Emperor, it would only be a matter of time before the Crown Princess was deposed.

Later, the emperor ascended the throne, the former queen passed away, and the situation of the Yongning Marquis' Mansion changed a lot.

She fully expected that the emperor would make her the queen, but she didn't expect that the emperor would fall in love with a beautiful girl who was born into a seventh-rank official family and make her the queen.

She gradually fell out of favor, and it was then that she realized that her previous thoughts were a joke.

If the emperor truly likes someone, he will not care about that person's family background. Even if she comes from an unknown family, he can still make her the queen.

After she figured this out, she put all her attention on An'er. Since she couldn't get the position of queen and couldn't get the emperor's wholehearted love, she would become the empress dowager.

She must hold on to one of the following: the position of empress, the true love of the emperor, and the honor of empress dowager. Only then can she be content with her life and close her eyes peacefully when she dies.

When Xie Qian'an saw Concubine Zhou complaining like this, the anger in his heart quietly dissipated a little.

"Mother, why blame yourself? You have done well enough."

Princess Anle also stamped her feet and said, "Mother, it's obvious that they are ignorant and insist on going against us and stealing things from my brother. Why are you blaming yourself?"

As she spoke, she looked at Xie Qian'an and said, "Brother, we've suffered such a huge loss. Are we really going to just sit back and let Third Brother, Ping Ning, and that merchant girl continue to act so arrogantly?"

Xie Qian'an's eyebrows darkened. "Of course not. I have already sent people to find out the news."

As he was speaking, the person who was sent out had already returned.

"Your Majesty, when the Emperor met with Princess Jialin, he sent everyone away, leaving only Chief Steward Li, Prince Rui, and Princess Jialin. Our people don't know what they discussed."

"However, I have heard that the Emperor has ordered Princess Jialin to raise three million taels of silver within three days."

Within three days...

Xie Qi'an's heart moved, and he sneered, "Who said to let it go? Isn't the opportunity here?"