In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

"Your Majesty, be merciful. I will do it right away." The Crown Prince was about to leave, but then something clicked in his mind. He glanced at the Emperor and offered words of comfort, "Your Majesty, please accept my condolences. The Imperial Physician has recently stated that your health is failing, so you should take good care of yourself."

"I know my health condition well. You go first." The emperor waved his hand nonchalantly, not taking it too seriously.

Seeing this, the prince didn't know what to say and had to take his leave.

After the prince left, the emperor's originally straight back quickly hunched over, and he looked more and more haggard, coughing from time to time.

The emperor sighed deeply, looking down at his trembling hands. He sat there alone, thinking for a long time before calling in the chief eunuch. "Pass on my decree. From today on, I will cultivate my character. All court affairs will be handed over to the crown prince. No court official shall disobey."

When the decree came out, all the ministers were shocked. In fact, not only these ministers, but even the prince was a little confused. However, considering the emperor's reaction after hearing the news of the queen's death, the prince made some decisions in his heart.

For this reason, the prince even went to see the emperor and said, "Father, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to entrust such an important task to me. The court officials won't trust me."

The emperor simply looked at the prince lovingly and said soothingly, "It's inevitable that the court officials will be dissatisfied. You must find a way to make them listen to you, my son. You are now the crown prince. When father passes away, it will be time for you to inherit the throne. As you said, father's health has long been declining. After what happened with your seventh brother, father has thought things through. Now, consider it father's opportunity to train you. Xie Chengjin is a man of great talent. He will help you stabilize the situation in the court. You don't have to worry, just go for it."

Seeing the emperor say this, the prince was silent. After a long while, he nodded seriously, "Since your Majesty has said so, I will certainly do my best and will not let your Majesty worry about this."

After returning to his own residence, the Crown Prince still called Xie Chengjin over. It was already late at this time. Seeing Su Zhizhi's worried look, Xie Chengjin touched Su Zhizhi's head soothingly, "It's okay, I'll be back soon. I think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to see me because of the Crown Prince's regent matter. It happened suddenly, and I was really helpless."

The two discussed matters in the Prince's Mansion for nearly two hours, until it was completely dark, and Xie Chengjin was able to return to his own mansion.

Su Zhizhi asked worriedly, "Why did the prince call you over?"

Xie Chengjin sighed and said, "It's because of the Crown Prince's regent situation. He's only been on the throne for a short time. Although he conquered Dayong in one fell swoop, he still can't completely convince the people. At least those civil officials still have some complaints about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can't convince the people, then future governance will be even more difficult."

"So His Royal Highness the Crown Prince called you over to appease the court officials?" Su Zhizhi also understood.

"That's right. If you want to suppress this group of old stubborn people, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince cannot do it alone." Xie Chengjin nodded.

"Have you figured out what to do?" Seeing Xie Chengjin so confident, Su Zhizhi became curious.

"Of course. It's most appropriate for me to handle this matter. Together with Shen Wenjun, I think I should be able to help His Royal Highness the Crown Prince stabilize the situation."

Xie Chengjin was determined to win this time. Of course, it was just as Xie Chengjin said. In order to help the prince establish his prestige, he did almost everything himself, which cost a lot of manpower and material resources.

Fortunately, the outcome did not disappoint Xie Chengjin's efforts. There were almost no remarks in the court or the country that were unfavorable to the prince. Even if there were, the prince could handle it himself.

For a while, the court maintained a situation of supporting the prince, and Xie Chengjin's actions also won the prince's favor.

The prince also saw Xie Chengjin's efforts. Seeing that Xie Chengjin was so tired, the prince specially approved Xie Chengjin to rest for seven days.

Although seven days is not a long time, it is enough for Xie Chengjin to accompany Su Zhizhi for a while. After returning from Dayong, Xie Chengjin and Su Zhizhi have very few opportunities to be intimate. Even if the prince does not mention it, Xie Chengjin will definitely ask the prince for a few days of vacation.

After receiving this news, Su Zhizhi was even happier than Xie Chengjin.

Xie Chengjin also seized this opportunity. As soon as he returned to the mansion, he excitedly hugged Su Zhizhi and said, "Zhizhi, now I finally have time to spend quality time with you. The weather has been nice these days, so how about I take you out for a walk?"

"But there are only seven days, and it seems we can't go very far." Su Zhizhi was a little worried.

Xie Chengjin consoled him, "It's okay. Let's go for a stroll around the outskirts of the capital first. When the situation stabilizes, I'll take you and A Niang and the others to Jiangnan. How about that?"

Su Zhizhi smiled at Xie Chengjin, "That's good. Since we're near the capital, we shouldn't be too tired every day."

Upon hearing this, Xie Chengjin whispered something into Su Zhizhi's ear. Su Zhizhi's cheeks instantly turned red. She glanced at Xie Chengjin coquettishly, then hit Xie Chengjin a few times, rolled her eyes, and pushed Xie Chengjin away and walked forward.

Seeing that Su Zhizhi was shy, Xie Chengjin laughed out loud. Seeing that Su Zhizhi's pace had increased a bit, Xie Chengjin hurriedly chased after her to coax her.

Meng, who was passing by, happened to see this scene, and the smile on her face deepened a lot.

"The relationship between these two children is really good..."

In the next few days, Xie Chengjin and Su Zhizhi went in and out together, traveling around the capital. In a short time, they also visited all the beautiful scenery around the capital.

In addition to playing, the two of them did some blushing and heart-pounding things in the house.

But even so, there was still no news about Su Zhizhi's belly, let alone pregnancy. The first person to notice it was Meng's mother. Meng's mother was eager for Su Zhizhi to give birth to a child. Meng's mother also knew everything about what had happened between the two of them during this period, but even with such frequent intercourse, Su Zhizhi did not get pregnant.

At first, Su Zhizhi didn't think there was anything wrong. She was not too keen on getting pregnant and having children, until she went to the princess's mansion.