Transmigrated into a cunning princess, she sets her sights on a celibate royal uncle.

“Your Highness is wise, but there is one more thing I haven’t mentioned!”

Yan Zijin concealed all expression in his eyes, met Jiang Xi's gaze, and spoke slowly and deliberately.

"From the moment the late emperor chose the Huo family, this situation was already destined. No matter who it is, unless the royal family can produce someone who can turn the tide, the country is destined to change hands!"

Jiang Xi raised an eyebrow: "So, according to you, I should give up on revenge? And leave it to fate?"

Yan Zijin slowly shook his head: "The princess's enemy is not the prince. When the imperial study caught fire, I was also there. The late emperor himself set the fire!"

Jiang Xi grabbed Yan Zijin by the collar in a flash: "You're talking nonsense!"

Yan Zijin looked directly into Jiang Xi's eyes, his expression unwavering: "At that time, the late emperor was already terminally ill, so why did the regent have to burn him to death as well?"

"Wouldn't keeping him around be better for assisting the Crown Prince's ascension to the throne? It would also save us from disagreements with those ministers!"

Jiang Xi's eyes widened for a moment, then she suddenly realized.

Seeing that she believed him, Yan Zijin continued, "His Majesty intends to use his own death to confirm the Third Prince's crime of treason and rebellion, thus blocking all avenues for the Third Prince to ascend the throne!"

"Why would he do this? Why is he so biased?" Jiang Xi couldn't understand.

Yan Zijin shook his head: "This humble official doesn't know either. Perhaps only the Regent can give you the answer!"

"Stop, stop!"

Jiang Xi lifted the carriage curtain, stopped the carriage, jumped down, and headed straight for Huo Jingxuan at the back.

Shang Que was still sitting in Huo Jingxuan's carriage. The two were chatting when Jiang Xi suddenly lifted the curtain and rushed in, which surprised them both.

"Master, please take my carriage!"

Jiang Xi plopped down opposite Shang Que, suppressing her temper, and said to Shang Que.

Shang Que stared blankly at Jiang Xi for a moment, knowing that she had come to see Huo Jingxuan, but not knowing why she had come to see Huo Jingxuan, so he obediently got out of the car and went to the front.

The carriage resumed its forward movement.

Looking at Jiang Xi's angry face, Huo Jingxuan had a vague idea of ​​what Yan Zijin had said to her.

"You really didn't start that fire in the Imperial Study?"

Huo Jingxuan poured himself a cup of tea: "Didn't you already know?"

"Why? Why is Jiang Zun so heartless?" Jiang Xi grabbed Huo Jingxuan's sleeve and asked stubbornly.

Huo Jingxuan glanced at her: "Wasn't the late emperor always this ruthless? You've been in the Yang family for ten years, don't you know?"

"But Jiang Zun doesn't like me because of rumors. My brother is his own son!"

Huo Jingxuan drank the hot tea in his cup in one gulp and put the cup down.

"Never overestimate human nature! The late emperor may never have regarded Jiang Ji as his own son!"

Jiang Xi was stunned. After a long while, she felt that she was ridiculous.

Yan Zijin is right. The world will change its surname sooner or later. As for who it will be, what does it matter?

Since Huo Jingxuan didn't kill her brother, all she needs to do is ensure Fu'er's continued wealth and prosperity!

But when Fu'er grows up, will he be content to be just a rich man's puppet?

No, he won't, nobody will!

Therefore, she can only choose one between Fu'er and Huo Jingxuan.

Jiang Xi closed her eyes briefly, then opened them again: "I agree to Yan Zijin's proposal to cooperate with you!"

Huo Jingxuan was not surprised by Jiang Xi's words.

Yan Zijin's arrangement was arguably the best, but he didn't understand Jiang Xi's personality.

Jiang Xi is not the kind of person who prioritizes love after marriage; she will not be content to be confined to the inner quarters of the house.

From age six to eighteen, she remained dormant. She and Jiang Ji were the same kind of people, and they would fight back whenever they had the slightest chance.

If he were to actually marry her, it would be like hanging a sharp blade over his head.

The convoy entered the capital city, and Yan Zijin was about to take Jiang Xi to the palace to meet the emperor.

In the Taiji Hall, on the dragon throne, facing the assembled civil and military officials, Jiang Gu, clad in a yellow robe, ordered his chief eunuch, Xiao Fuzi, to summon Jiang Xi into the hall.

Little Fuzi, clutching a whisk, announced in a high-pitched voice, "Princess Seven, Jiang Xi, is here to pay her respects!"

The sound traveled all the way to Jiang Xi, who was waiting outside the hall.

Jiangxi wore a thin, moon-white dress, her black hair loosely tied in a bun, without any hairpins or jewelry.

She looked like a lotus flower emerging from clear water, delicate yet dazzlingly beautiful.

Upon hearing the summons, Jiang Xi, with proper bearing, stepped into the Golden Palace.

Strangely enough, when Jiang Zun was alive, Jiang Xi almost never had the opportunity to enter this place.

Now that Jiang Zun is dead, she can come and go as she pleases.

"Your Majesty, my younger sister Jiang Xi pays her respects! Long live Your Majesty!"

Jiang Xi walked past the ministers and went straight to the front of the hall. He placed his hands under his forehead and knelt down to pay homage to Jiang Gu.

"I heard from Scholar Yan that you survived the fall from the cliff and ended up in Yunmeng Mountain. I am very worried and have immediately ordered Scholar Yan to go and bring you back. How can the blood of the royal family be allowed to wander among the common people? Get up and speak!"

"Yes!" Jiang Xi slowly stood up and looked up at the man on the dragon throne.

Jiang Gu and Jiang Ji actually look somewhat alike, especially their eyes.

So when Jiang Xi looked directly at him like that, she was momentarily dazed, as if the person on the dragon throne was her imperial brother.

"Seventh Sister, you've lost weight lately. You must have suffered a lot while you were away!"

Jiang Gu wore a kind smile, but his words were full of concern.

But Jiang Xi could never forget the scene from his childhood when he and Jiang Tang rode him and his elder brother like dogs.

Although I was only four or five years old at the time, Jiang Gu and Jiang Tang already looked like little boys.

"Thanks to my elder brother, Ah Xi didn't suffer!"

Jiang Xi also put on a gentle and kind appearance, and acted out a scene of brotherly affection and sisterly respect with her imperial brother in front of the ministers.

"Ah-Xi is eighteen now, isn't she? How about..."

Jiang Gu then changed the subject, indicating his intention to arrange a marriage for Jiang Xi.

Last night, he discussed it with Empress Mu. He decided that Jiang Xi was nothing to fear and that he could simply give her a remote and impoverished place as her fief.

Then just assign her a talentless and incompetent prince consort!

However, no sooner had he spoken than Huo Jingxuan, who stood at the head of all the officials and held the jade tablet, stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, the Seventh Princess is of noble character. When the late Emperor passed away, she was the only one willing to be buried with him. Her courage is commendable, and her filial piety is exemplary. Why not bestow upon her the title of Princess Yong'an and allow her to stay in the capital and establish her own residence?"

"Stay in the capital and establish a residence?" Jiang Gu looked at Huo Jingxuan below with surprise.

Some people couldn't understand why Huo Jingxuan was speaking up for Jiang Xi.

"Yes, Your Majesty, is that permissible?" Huo Jingxuan raised his eyes, responding to Jiang Gu's scrutiny, his expression unusually cold and hard.

"I……"

"Your Majesty, please allow the Seventh Princess to remain in the capital and establish her own residence!"

Jiang Gu hesitated only slightly, and a large number of ministers below him knelt down.

Jiang Gu looked at the people in the court who shouted "Long live the Emperor!" to him every day, and apart from Xie Zhuguo's faction, they all knelt down.