Shocking! Five men are in love with the same woman!

The lavish music and banquet had just ended, and the joyous dances and melodious songs had not yet faded.

This banquet was truly lively and joyful from beginning to end.

And so the banquet finally ended after midnight.

Many people, drunk and staggering, left the main hall and the palace in a disheveled state.

This shows just how happy everyone was tonight.

It's astonishing that so many people are so drunk and out of control; they would never normally dare to behave so disrespectfully before the Emperor.

It's only because Emperor Jingzhao doesn't hold it against us that everyone is so relaxed.

However, neither Ling Yan nor Xiao Muyao were drunk.

Xiao Muyao hadn't drunk much to begin with.

Although Lingyan had drunk a lot, she had taken some hangover medicine, so both of them stepped out of the main hall steadily.

He Jingchuan, Lu Yanqing, and Chu Xiyao were all not drunk.

Therefore, all five of them were fully conscious when they arrived at the Crown Prince's residence.

At this moment, Shen Qingchen was already waiting in the bedroom for their return.

After all six of them gathered,

Lingyan then asked Chu Xiyao, "How do you plan to resolve this matter today?"

Chu Xiyao, upon hearing this, confidently replied, "How can we possibly end this? I've already made my statement today, and His Majesty has personally bestowed the marriage upon us, so naturally, a grand wedding is in order! Lin Ya's identity is that of an orphan with no parents, so her identity is easy to arrange. Therefore, no one will doubt her identity at the time. So, we can simply arrange a wedding banquet. However, even if it's just a sham, I don't want to go through the wedding ceremony with any other woman, so Lingling, what do you think..."

Seeing his expectant eyes, Lingyan nodded and replied, "I understand. I will disguise myself and have the wedding ceremony with you. Anyway, I can change my voice now, so it's not difficult to become someone else, and no one will suspect anything. But the wedding itself isn't difficult. What's difficult is whether Lin Ya will never appear again after this. How will you deal with that? I don't have that much free time to play along with your act. Besides, there will always be occasions where the Crown Princess and your Ninth Prince's wife appear together."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiyao confidently replied, "Don't worry, I have already come up with a solution. I will let everyone know that Lin Ya is sickly and very weak, so she can only recuperate at home and cannot go out."

Lingyan then asked, "So she'll never leave the house for the rest of her life? Won't people get suspicious?"

Chu Xiyao replied with a smile, "So in a few years I will arrange for her to pass away. At that time, I will put on a deeply affectionate appearance, saying that my beloved wife has passed away and that I will not have anyone else for the rest of my life. Naturally, no one will suspect anything."

Lingyan nodded in understanding, then asked, "But if Lin Ya passes away, you will have no reason to stay in Da Zhao."

Chu Xiyao unfolded his folding fan and smiled, "I have already considered this point. Therefore, I will ask His Majesty to let me leave Da Zhao on the grounds that my beloved wife has passed away and I want to leave this sad place. On the surface, the Ninth Prince has returned to Xi Chu, but in reality, I will not leave. I will disguise myself and stay by your side. I can't bear to leave you."

Lingyan asked in confusion, "But you could have other reasons or excuses for staying in Dazhao, why did you choose this one?"

Chu Xiyao looked at Ling Yan and smiled gently, "Because the identity of the Ninth Prince is somewhat restrictive for me to get close to you, since I can take this opportunity to get rid of this identity, I should go with the flow. Then I can stay by your side at all times, isn't that great?"

After listening, Lingyan and the others finally understood his thoughts.

But then Lingyan pressed him further, saying, "When everyone knows you've returned to Western Chu, you can ignore or keep it from others, but what about your brother?"

Chu Xiyao chuckled upon hearing this, "Don't worry, I will tell my brother the 'truth' when the time comes. Apart from the woman in our story being replaced by Lin Ya, I will tell my brother everything else, and he will understand when the time comes."

After hearing what he said, Lingyan was completely free of doubts and concerns.

Then she looked at him and said with a smile, "You really have considered and calculated everything so clearly. In just a short while, you have already thought out the trajectory of your life for the rest of your life. You are really good at making things up. It is a pity that you are not a screenwriter."

Chu Xiyao asked, puzzled, "Screenwriter? Script? What do you mean?"

Lingyan smiled and explained, "Oh, it means to write storybooks."

Chu Xiyao smiled and replied, "You know what, I really think I have the talent, but my heart isn't in this, so let's forget about it."

Having listened for so long, Shen Qingchen now understood what had happened at the banquet.

He then looked at Chu Xiyao, He Jingchuan, and Lu Yanqing and said leisurely, "You guys are all quite good at making things up."

The three of them chuckled upon hearing this.

At this moment, Ling Yan looked at Xiao Muyao and Lu Yanqing and said apologetically, "I originally said this afternoon that I would have a lot of free time to spend with you... but from today onwards I'm afraid I won't be so leisurely."

Shen Qingchen looked at the others in confusion upon hearing this.

Chu Xiyao then stood aside to explain things to him.

At this moment, Xiao Muyao and Lu Yanqing finished listening to Ling Yan's words.

Lu Yanqing smiled and said nonchalantly, "It's alright, Yanyan. Your matter is the most important. We'll have plenty of time in the future."

Xiao Muyao then added, "Yes, we must not let our personal feelings affect you. You must come first in everything."

After listening to their words of comfort, Lingyan smiled and replied, "Yes, you're right. We have a long future ahead of us."

Entering the court to participate in politics is not simply a matter of attending court or acting as a figurehead.

It means truly participating in government affairs and handling national matters.

Moreover, as the first woman to participate in government affairs, she was the focus of everyone's attention.

Therefore, she must not make the slightest mistake, nor can she drift aimlessly and accomplish nothing; she must achieve something.

Then the world will see, especially the men, how powerful women are in politics.

Let them know that women can do a much better job in politics than many men.

Since she is the first, she should set an example so that men and officials alike will know about women's abilities.

It also allowed women to see that women could also enter the court, participate in politics, and serve as officials.

At that time, even more women will emerge.

So she'll definitely be very busy afterwards.

Emperor Jingzhao only allowed her to participate in politics, but did not give her a specific position or which department she would be assigned to.

Therefore, she thought that as the Crown Princess, she should be like Xiao Muyao, able to manage everything and participate in the affairs of any department.

She was right; Emperor Jingzhao did indeed have those thoughts and intentions.

He mainly felt that the sixth son's wife was very knowledgeable, and that she understood all the affairs of the Sixth Department very well.

Given this, he certainly wouldn't just send such a talented person to only one department.

She should go to various departments and contribute to the affairs of Dazhao.

Lingyan said: I'm really sorry you think so highly of me, you're trying to work me to death!