Deep Palace Pet Peach Blossom Flawless

Meanwhile, the Crown Prince, who had just bid farewell to his mother and siblings, was filled with melancholy. His siblings were free to follow their mother to the border, but he himself had to stay in the imperial city, where he had his own responsibilities and obligations! His father was probably feeling bad too. He hadn't seen him reviewing memorials day and night, summoning ministers, and endlessly discussing state affairs with him. He was toiling away on paperwork, day and night, and the Crown Prince refused to listen. The Crown Prince couldn't help but look at the back of the Emperor Shenwu with some pity.

The Shenwu Emperor, who was standing in front of the Crown Prince, seemed to sense something. He turned around and looked at the Crown Prince and said, "My son, have you remembered everything your father has instructed you to do?"

The prince was confused and said, "I've remembered everything your father has said to me recently."

Emperor Shenwu nodded and said, "I will leave Wei Yanting and Leng Qujing in the Imperial City. Your uncle Ding, as well as your eldest and second brothers, will also stay in the Imperial City!"

The Crown Prince still hadn't come to his senses. He said in confusion, "...Yes! Father."

"In recent years, we have just implemented the policies we discussed previously. There have been no major problems with government affairs."

Prince: “…Hmm?”

Emperor Shenwu added, "We still need to keep a close eye on the movements on the border grasslands."

The prince was confused for a moment before he finally came to his senses: "Father, you are saying this...you..."

Emperor Shenwu patted the prince's shoulder amiably and said, "I have taken Qian Hui and Ye Feng away! Li Zhong will stay in the palace!"

The Shenwu Emperor turned and strode towards the largest carriage. The Crown Prince finally came around. Shock, confusion, hurt, and disbelief flashed across his face. He involuntarily stretched out his hand: "Father... wait..."

Li Xiang has quickly caught up with Emperor Shenwu.

Prince Ding had already walked over from behind the Crown Prince. The Crown Prince quickly restrained the expression on his face, leaving only the pupils in his phoenix eyes slightly shocked.

Prince Ding gestured to the Crown Prince, "While Your Majesty is out on tour, the palace is entirely dependent on Your Highness. Don't worry! The Emperor's uncle will do his utmost to assist Your Highness!"

The prince nodded with a reserved expression, but his fists were already clenched tightly in his wide sleeves. Good! Very good! In the end, he was left alone! His abominable, cunning father! He had left him to be a slave in the imperial city! He himself traveled with his mother, his brothers and sisters!

The prince became more and more angry the more he thought about it. No wonder! His father had been so busy these past few days. It turned out that he had planned to leave him alone!

The prince was furious inside, but his expression remained calm, which made him look even more solemn and calm.

The eldest prince, the second prince and the fifth prince looked at each other and felt that the crown prince had even more majesty than the heir apparent!

The prince watched his father lift the brocade curtain of the carriage and enter the carriage at the center of the team.

Inside the carriage, Lan Qingwu also looked at the Shenwu Emperor in shock, "...Your Majesty, are you here to say goodbye to me?"

Just now outside, Emperor Shenwu didn't say anything!

The seventh prince and the seventh princess also looked at Emperor Shenwu with reluctance.

The Seventh Prince said, "Father, we will be back in a few months at most!"

The seventh princess nodded obediently.

The Divine Martial Emperor glanced with his phoenix eyes and said calmly: "Go down!"

The seventh prince and the seventh princess quickly restrained their expressions, bowed hastily, and jumped off the carriage.

The Seventh Prince had his own carriage. He walked back and said, "Yueyue, go to your own carriage first. You can come back to find the Queen Mother later..."

The Seventh Princess exclaimed happily: "Seventh Brother, Yueyue also has her own carriage!"

The Seventh Prince looked carefully and saw that there were indeed three similar carriages parked in the middle of the team. He frowned slightly, scratched his head, and vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Inside the carriage, Lan Qingwu was looking at the Shenwu Emperor with a puzzled expression: "Your Majesty, you..."

Lan Qingwu was confused when the team started moving. At first, Lan Qingwu didn't react: "Your Majesty, the carriage is moving!"

Emperor Shenwu nodded calmly. Lan Qingwu stared at Emperor Shenwu for a long while, then suddenly woke up as if from a dream, his heart becoming dazed as if struck by lightning.

Emperor Shenwu looked at Lan Qingwu's wide eyes, a smile on his lips: "Weak..."

Lan Qingwu seemed to be in a dream. Was it what she imagined?

"Brother Heng, you...you won't get off the carriage?"

"Not getting out of the carriage."

Lan Qingwu stammered, "But...your emperor! How can he leave the imperial city? I...you..."

The Emperor of Divine Martial Arts stretched out his long arms and hugged Lan Qingwu to sit in his arms. His hot and moist breath gently blew on Lan Qingwu's earlobe: "Ruo Ruo, that 'worry-free dream' is not only for you, but Yun Heng also doesn't want to wake up! Moreover, Ruo Ruo is traveling far to the border, reliving the time of our youth there, how can Yun Heng not accompany us? Ruo Ruo, outside the palace, you and I can continue that 'worry-free dream', just us! Just our child! What do you say?"

Lan Qingwu blinked her eyes and threw herself into the arms of the Shenwu Emperor. Her arms wrapped around his neck like a spirit snake. Tears welled up in her eyes. "Okay! Okay! Brother Heng! You are just the weak Yun Heng!"

After being moved, the two of them whispered sweet nothings to each other for a long time. After calming down, Lan Qingwu always felt that something was wrong, but he was so dizzy from being coaxed by Emperor Shenwu that he couldn't think.

After the carriage had been going for more than two quarters of an hour, Lan Qingwu's shocked and suddenly enlightened voice suddenly rang out from inside the carriage: "Brother Heng, you left Chu Ming all alone in the Imperial City!"

Emperor Shenwu: "...Wei Ruo, let me correct your wording. It was us who left Chu Ming alone in the Imperial City!"

Lan Qingwu: “…”

The team moved forward slowly and regularly, and gradually faded out of the sight of the people standing in the imperial city.

The prince did not turn around and leave the high city wall until he could no longer see the tail of the team.

The people behind him followed the prince out of the city wall and into the prosperous and wealthy inner city of the imperial city.

The Crown Princess's belly was slightly protruding. The Emperor and Empress' departure was like removing two huge mountains from her head. Her eyes and eyebrows were full of vigor and vitality.

When the Emperor and Empress leave the palace, the Crown Prince is equivalent to half of the Emperor, or even the Emperor himself! As the most noble woman around the Crown Prince, how could the Crown Princess not be proud?

The Crown Prince began his first period of truly independent rule in the palace. He handled government affairs in a low-key manner, and the harem was still dominated by Concubine Jiang, Concubine Liang, and Concubine Han. The Crown Prince did not allow the Crown Princess to interfere in harem affairs, and still let her manage Dongde Hall.

After entertaining the princesses of other princes and the wives of the royal family at a banquet, the princess developed abdominal discomfort. After being treated coldly by the prince for a while, she finally calmed down a bit.

At the same time, Concubine Jiang was diagnosed with pregnancy, which made the Crown Princess completely silent.

Because of the arms trafficking case, the Crown Prince has been doting on Concubine Ma recently. Seeing that both the Crown Princess and Concubine Jiang were pregnant one after another, Concubine Ma felt extremely sad, but she did not dare to show it in front of the Crown Prince.

The Crown Princess was even more obedient, which kept the Dongde Palace peaceful for some time. The Crown Prince still valued his eldest son more and visited the Crown Princess more often.

One day, the Crown Princess was chatting with the Crown Prince about a cousin from her mother's family, saying that he had outstanding abilities but was not appreciated by his superiors. It happened that the Crown Prince was reassigning officials to the Ministry of Personnel. The Crown Princess didn't notice the Crown Prince's slightly gloomy expression and continued to coquettishly say, "Your Highness, this is one of your own! He is your absolute follower. When you have time, you can ask my cousin to come and pay you a visit. You will know what a talented person he is!"

The Crown Prince's phoenix eyes flashed with a puzzled light. He looked at the Crown Princess's belly, reached out and touched her chin, and chuckled softly, "It's hard to believe that the Crown Princess is still worried about me even though she's pregnant with the royal heir!"

The prince stood up and left without saying whether he would use the princess's maternal cousin. The prince knew very well that it was his own power or the power of the princess's unborn child that would come into play.

The Crown Princess watched helplessly as the Prince left her own Liangxu Palace, bewildered. She felt a little uneasy, but a few days later, her cousin was promoted to a higher rank. Before the smile on her lips could fully unfold, she received news from her mother's family: her own brother had been demoted, transferred out of the imperial city, and appointed magistrate of a remote county she had never even heard of.

The Crown Princess didn't dare to ask the Crown Prince any more questions, but the Crown Prince took the initiative to tell her: "My own people need to be tempered more, so that they can be used by me in the future!"

The Crown Princess could only feel aggrieved in her heart, but was secretly indignant that she had betrayed her own brother, but allowed a cousin who was not too distant to gain a foothold in the imperial city and be highly valued by the Crown Prince.