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

She knew what Xie Rong was thinking, so she asked Yongle to act arrogant and domineering to deal with Anle.

Yongle was the legitimate princess, and had a natural advantage over Anle.

Anle had to deal with Yongle, so naturally he had no time to bully the fifth prince.

This subtle change naturally caught Xie Rong's attention, and sure enough, Xie Rong turned back into the loving father he was to Yongle.

But this time, Yongle was no longer the spoiled little princess. The three days in the cold palace made her deeply afraid of Xie Rong.

She knew what Xie Rong was thinking, so no matter how much the outside world spread rumors that Xie Rong favored and valued Prince Rui, she remained indifferent.

Because she knew that Prince Rui would only be a stepping stone for the Fifth Prince.

She was very caring towards Concubine Shun and the Fifth Prince, thinking that when the Fifth Prince ascended the throne in the future, she and Yongle could live a stable life.

Xie Rong once promised her that as long as she did what she should do honestly, he would find a young man with noble character and good family background to marry Yong'an, so that Yongle could have a grand wedding.

She once believed in this promise.

In other words, everything about her was controlled by Xie Rong, and she had no choice but to believe it.

Especially after discovering that Xie Rong had set up a plan to strangle Prince An and also wanted to kill Prince Rui, a chill ran through his bones from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

Why did Prince An know the secret passage in the palace?

Why didn't Xie Rong arrest Prince An when he knew he was going to rebel?

He would never believe that Xie Rong had no hand in all this.

He was so cruel even to his own children, let alone Yongle?

So when there were rumors that Yongle might be sent to the northern border to marry a foreign princess, she was really scared.

She was afraid that Xie Rong would not keep his promise and would really send Yongle to marry.

The father dies and the son inherits, these four short words may have ruined Yongle's life.

So when she learned that Xie Rong was preparing to fight against the Northern Frontier, it was the first time in all the years since Yongle was imprisoned in the cold palace that she felt grateful to Xie Rong.

But in the end, all my gratitude was wasted.

That's why she chose to betray Xie Rong.

Even though death might be waiting for her after betraying Xie Rong, she couldn't care less for the sake of Yongle.

In addition, Xie Rong later forced the fifth prince to become the crown prince, and she finally saw through Xie Rong.

Xie Rong is an extremely selfish person and he doesn't love anyone.

The late queen, Concubine Zhou and she were just pawns for him to manipulate the previous dynasty, and he was extremely indifferent to Prince An and Prince Rui.

Even Shun Guipin and the Fifth Prince, whom he truly values, may not be very sincere towards him.

If he really loved Shun Guipin, even though Shun Guipin was of humble origin, he should have protected her well, helped her ascend to a high position, and taught her the ability to protect herself.

Instead of letting her be kept in the dark like a dodder, suffering day after day in this dark palace.

It’s just that the former requires too much energy and he is unwilling to do it.

Or maybe, what he needed was the docile maid who accompanied him in the cold palace back then, not the current Shun Guipin, so he didn't want Shun Guipin to change.

No matter which one, Shun Guipin was just a plaything in his palm. He despised her to the extreme, but still claimed to be deeply affectionate.

As for the fifth prince, is it really because he was born to Concubine Shun that Xie Rong loved him so much that he offered the position of crown prince to him?

Not necessarily.

Perhaps the fifth prince is a little different from the other princes, but that is not the real reason.

The maternal families of several princes in the palace are more powerful than each other, except for Concubine Shun, the fifth prince, who has no maternal support because of his humble birth.

Therefore, among all the princes, the fifth prince is the weakest and the one that Xie Rong is most at ease with.

He had no power of his own; everything came from Xie Rong's charity.

Unless Xie Rong himself gave up his power, the Fifth Prince would never have the courage or the ability to covet the throne under his butt.

Another reason, she thought, might be that Xie Rong could see his former self in the fifth prince.

Xie Rong spent his childhood in the cold palace. His mother was of humble origin and made a mistake, so she was sent to the cold palace. He was the least visible among all the princes. Even the late emperor didn't know of his existence when he was young.

Even after she found out, she didn't care at all about her son who was born in the cold palace.

If he had not met the late queen and had not had the support of the Duke of Zhenguo, how could he have escaped from the cold palace and ascended to this position.

Having suffered enough in his childhood, he wished that the fifth prince, whose mother also came from a humble background, would be better off, as if comforting his younger self.

So all these factors combined together made Xie Rong obsessed with the fifth prince ascending to the position of crown prince.

He even ignored the Fifth Prince's own wishes and forced him to take the throne of Crown Prince.

Even though the Fifth Prince's current strength is not enough to sit in this position, he still insists on having his own way.

It's extremely selfish.

Thinking back to the past, the queen really wanted to stab Xie Rong to death with a knife.

Perhaps the hatred in her eyes was so intense, almost solidifying into something that would penetrate him. Xie Rong lost his composure and said in a hoarse voice, "Queen, you must think carefully. If you really commit regicide, I'm afraid Yongle..."

"I'm going to kill you just for Yongle's sake!" the Queen roared. "You forced me to do all this!"

Perhaps the queen was too excited, the dagger in her hand shifted slightly, cutting the skin on Xie Rong's neck. A few drops of bright red blood came out, scaring the ministers below and causing them to scream in surprise again.

Xie Rong's face, which had originally looked pale due to excessive blood loss from the wound on his chest, suddenly became even paler.

His body was shaking a little, and most of it was leaning on the queen, otherwise he would have fallen to the ground.

The Queen's voice continued, her tone filled with resentment, "Xie Rong, for so many years, you have made me a target to divert the harem's attention. I have compromised."

"In order to restrain Concubine Zhou and her son and protect Concubine Shun, you pretended to dote on me. This made Concubine Zhou hate me and attack me, but I tolerated it."

"I even protected Concubine Shun and had Yongle act arrogant and domineering to deal with Anle, so that Anle would not bully the Fifth Prince..."

"I've done so much, and you clearly promised me that you would find a man of noble character and good family background to marry Yong'an, so that Yongle can have a grand wedding..."

"But what about reality? How do you do it?"

"In order to destroy the National Defense Army, you joined forces with the Northern Frontier and even wanted to use my Yong'an as a bargaining chip. After the success, you sent her to the Northern Frontier for marriage. The Northern Frontier Emperor is already over 40 years old. How dare you!"

"Yongle is also your own flesh and blood, you beast, actually pushed her into the fire pit with your own hands!"

The Northern Frontier Emperor was over forty years old, and her Yongle was only sixteen. If nothing unexpected happened, when the Northern Frontier Emperor died, her Yongle would be in his prime. That would definitely...

How could such a humiliating thing happen to her Yongle? Isn't this like cutting out her heart with a knife?

Just thinking about it made the queen feel heartbroken.

The queen didn't care and expressed all the resentment she had in her heart for so many years, without caring at all how her words would shock others.

what?

Is the emperor's favor for the queen over the years fake?

Did he deliberately let the Queen and Concubine Zhou kill each other to protect Concubine Shun?

Princess Yongle's arrogance is a disguise, to protect the fifth prince?

The Emperor intends to use Princess Yongle as a bargaining chip to marry into the Northern Frontier?

The news one after another made the ministers dizzy and dazed.