Reborn to overthrow the throne, I became the new emperor's dark moonlight

Qiao Xi knocked on the study door.

"Enter."

Su Heting was handling official business and did not even raise his head.

Qiao Xi had seen her father busy since she was a child, and later saw that the prince wished he could split one day into two. She knew how busy people who really did practical work were.

So he didn't disturb him and found a place to sit down, thinking of waiting for Su Heting to finish the official business at hand.

"What's the matter?"

It was Su Heting who spoke first.

Qiao Xi raised her eyes and met his gaze. After not seeing him for more than ten days, he had become much thinner, and his eyebrows and eyes looked even more profound.

"How are you feeling?"

Su Heting seemed to have not expected that she would care about him. After a moment's pause, he said calmly, "It's okay. How is the matter of the imperial edict going?"

Qiao Xi knew that Lou Xin must have told Su Heting what they had done, so when he asked, she told him the truth.

Finally, he asked, "You know the whereabouts of the team that delivered the imperial edict to the Ji family, right?"

This was one of the reasons why she returned to the palace.

Su Heting nodded.

Qiao Xi breathed a sigh of relief. "Eunuch Wu's letter is already on its way to the capital. Could you have your men slow down the team that was delivering the imperial edict?"

Qiao Xi's way of dealing with the imperial decree granting marriage to Ji Yao and Su Heting was to make the emperor mistakenly believe that Ji Chuan had rebellious intentions.

As long as the emperor is convinced of this, he will never dare to give Ji Chuan the opportunity to win over other forces. He will definitely withdraw the marriage proposal to Ji Yao and will never have this idea again.

It just so happened that the marriage granted to Su Heting and Ji Yao was a secret decree. If the emperor wanted to take it back, he only needed to secretly order the team that delivered the decree to return to the capital.

But this takes time, so we need to find a way to delay the speed of the team delivering the imperial edict.

If the imperial edict-delivering team were allowed to arrive at the Ji family and publicly read out the imperial edict, the emperor's words would be final and there would be no room for maneuver.

Su Heting understood what she meant and nodded, "Okay."

Then he called the secret guard in, gave him some instructions, and picked up the documents again to deal with them.

But how could the emperor easily believe it based on just the letter from Eunuch Wu?

Someone as smart as Su Heting would not have failed to realize that he was waiting for me to speak.

Qiao Xi thought so.

Pursing her lips, she said, "Can you let Ji Yao go? I will keep an eye on her and won't let her leave Jiangbei, nor will I let her contact Ji Chuan.

But you need to behave nicely to her. The emperor is suspicious, and with Eunuch Wu's letter before him, if you suddenly change your attitude towards Ji Yao, he will be more likely to believe that Ji Chuan is indeed rebellious, so he wants to win you over to expand his power."

As far as she knew, Su Heting was not idle during these days of recuperation. He had contacted the Yao family.

In the eyes of the emperor, the Yao family belongs to Ji Chuan, and the interaction between the Yao family and Su Heting is equivalent to the communication between Ji Chuan and Su Heting.

The emperor will be more suspicious of Ji Chuan. If Su Heting continues to be nice to Ji Yao, the emperor will suspect whether Su Heting has already formed an alliance with Ji Chuan in private.

This would make the emperor uneasy, prompting him to withdraw his decision to issue the imperial edict and arrange another place for Ji Yao.

"How can I behave well towards Ji Yao?"

Su Heting asked Qiao Xi, his eyes cold.

Qiao Xi stood up, walked in front of Su Heting, and half-knelt down, "Your Highness, could you please turn around?"

Su Heting frowned but did not move.

Qiao Xi smiled and took out a jade pendant from her bosom. "I received two jade pendants from the prince before, but I haven't returned the favor yet. I saw this jade pendant a few days ago and thought it was very suitable for the prince."

Su Heting usually hangs the jade pendant on the right side of his waist, and there is a bookshelf on the right side of his desk, and Qiao Xi is on his left.

He didn't turn around, so Qiao Xi could only lean over, half-hug him, and hang the jade pendant around his waist.

The woman's unique fragrance penetrated his nose. Su Heting tightened his fingers and warned himself in his heart that she had ulterior motives.

Sure enough, I heard Qiao Xi whisper softly, “Accompany her to go shopping in jewelry and clothing shops, or go to a restaurant for a meal.

Of course, these are all fake, made for the emperor to see.”

At that time, she will also write a letter to the emperor.

Su Heting lowered his eyes and glanced at the jade pendant around his waist.

It was not the two pieces he had before. It seemed that Qiao Xi bought them specifically to coax him to accompany another woman.

It really is... thoughtful.

"Okay, as you wish."

Su Heting shifted his gaze back to the official document, "Princess, if you have nothing else to do, please go back first."

Qiao Xi remembered clearly Su Heting's rejection of the arranged marriage. She didn't want them to argue again like last time, so she bought this jade pendant to please him.

But the effect seems not so ideal.

However, there was no quarrel or fallout, and Qiao Xi comforted herself in her heart.

After thinking for a moment, she said, "I was inappropriate in my words last time..."

Qiao Xi was actually a little confused, but if it could ease the relationship, she would admit her mistake.

She remembered the women in the palace who would admit their mistakes first, regardless of whether they were wrong or not, when the emperor was angry.

As I recall, my father seemed to be the same. No matter what made my mother unhappy, my father always blamed himself, and then my mother would laugh.

But Su Heting didn't laugh. Instead, he interrupted her with a sullen face, "Qiao Xi, the king is busy with official business."

Su Heting didn't want to, and couldn't, hear about the past anymore.

This time the poison attack was not completely suppressed. If his emotions fluctuated too much and caused the poison to attack again, he could only live for another six months at most.

Half a year was not enough for him and Qiao Xi to complete their cooperation, nor was it enough for him to arrange the future of northern Xinjiang.

Qiao Xi always felt like she was in spring breeze when she was with the prince. The prince treated her warmly and considerately, so she didn't have many opportunities to coax him.

She didn't love Su Heting, nor could she give him any affection, but Su Heting's diligence in serving the people reminded her of her father and the prince. He, like them, was someone worthy of her respect.

During the days when Su Heting was poisoned, Qiao Xi reflected on herself when she had time. She did not do well enough in this cooperation.

"These are the seeds I found. They are said to be able to be planted in dry desert land and have a short growth cycle. Your Highness, please have someone try them."

Qiao Xi placed the purse containing the seeds on Su Heting's desk and observed his expression.

Those who love the people will be happy to receive this gift.

Su Heting picked up the purse.

He did hear that before Qiao Xi went to rob Eunuch Wu and his group, he searched for seeds in various shops on the streets of Yanzhou.

There are usually special shops selling seeds, but Qiao Xi searched one shop after another. When she was in a clothing shop, the other party mistakenly thought she was deliberately playing a trick on her and kicked her out.

This in itself is a weird thing.

"How do you know this is a seed?"

Su Heting gently gathered some small yellow particles with his fingers and looked at them in his hands.

He was well-read, but had never seen any document recording this thing.

Seeing his expression soften, Qiao Xi curved her lips and said, "I've heard that this thing can fill your stomach, is drought-resistant and easy to grow. I thought maybe I could try it in northern Xinjiang, so I found some."

A year later in the previous life, Ji Chuan and his daughter presented this product to the imperial court, which solved the food problem in drought-stricken areas such as the border areas. They were rewarded by the imperial court and praised by the people. The emperor also named this product golden rice.

Later she learned that the golden rice was accidentally discovered and successfully planted by a woman who fled to the mountains with her children. The woman urgently needed money to treat her child's illness, so she took half a bag of golden rice to the grain and seed shop in Yanzhou to exchange for money.

But no one believed her, thinking she was trying to fool people with wild grass seeds from the mountains. The woman was anxious about her son's illness, so she went from shop to shop on the street trying to sell the seeds.

A kind-hearted shopkeeper took pity on the woman and accepted the half bag of rice, but did not dare to eat it.

Half a year later, somehow this half bag of rice came into Ji Yao's hands. Ji Yao sent people into the mountains to find the woman and her family with doubts. He happened to see a field of golden rice planted by the woman. The woman and her family had been eating this rice for a long time, and not only were they not poisoned, but they looked very good.

Ji Yao knew that this thing could indeed be used as food. In order to take credit for it, she ordered people to kill the woman's family and the kind-hearted shopkeeper.

Qiao Xi didn't know which shop the shopkeeper belonged to. Based on what she knew, she vaguely guessed that the kind-hearted shopkeeper had already accepted the woman's gold and rice at that time. She then searched for him one by one, and luckily, she finally found him.

She knew that her statement could not stand up to scrutiny, so she wanted to change the subject. She leaned slightly towards Su Heting and whispered, "Your Highness, anger is harmful to your health. I sincerely hope that Your Highness will be in good health.

There is something I want to explain to you, Your Highness, whether you believe it or not. You are my first man, and he will be my only man. I will uphold my duties as a woman."