After the arranged marriage, she farms and survives under the tutelage of the villainous boss.

"After Lady Jiang leaves, the Empress Dowager and the Empress will also be sent to the Cold Palace. What's so funny about that?"

"These three women must be going crazy!"

"..."

Anyway, no one around them thought that any normal person would do such a thing.

The more I thought about it, the stranger it seemed.

These subordinates also told Xie Lin about this matter in detail.

Xie Lin had grown accustomed to this prolonged period of madness.

"That's normal. The three of them are women, and all of them were abandoned by me. Now that they're together, they must be feeling melancholy all day long, just as my beloved concubine Qing'er said."

"The only reason they're all together now is to find some amusement in their misery, and I bet they're also thinking about how to get Qing'er into trouble."

"Therefore, my top priority is to protect Qing'er."

Xie Lin's expression was rather unpleasant.

He didn't care about anything else. Anyway, this so-called empire had nothing to do with him. As for the so-called empress, the harem, or the loyal courtiers, he felt they had nothing to do with him either. He hoped they would all die.

He didn't know why, but he felt particularly uneasy and nothing he did felt right.

Ideally, if he dies, everything around him should be buried with him.

He knew better than anyone that he was deceiving himself, but there was nothing he could do. All he could do was try to buy time and find a way out.

As for the so-called cooperation with the Turks and the lack of dignity, Xie Lin didn't care at all. His dignity was enough as long as he could protect Gu Wanqing...

Xie Shuheng couldn't possibly stay quiet like that. His biggest problem right now was not knowing what Xie Shuheng's plans were. He just wanted to deal with it quickly so that he could be done with it once and for all.

"Wanqing, I will definitely protect you. We will definitely live a long and healthy life together..."

He gritted his teeth, and at that moment the cup he was holding shattered, but he didn't feel a thing.

He was even fascinated by the sensation of bleeding.

I always think that it would be great if I could try a little harder, and then a little harder still.

Tonight, because his hand hurt, the Emperor thought that if he went to see Wanqing, he would worry her, so he slept in his own palace. As for Gu Wanqing, she didn't sleep well either. When she heard that the Emperor didn't plan to come, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"fortunately."

"Luckily he's not coming tonight, otherwise I'm not sure if I would have given myself away."

"There's clearly nothing there... what do I have to be afraid of?"

Gu Wanqing has always been very lucky, the kind of woman destined for good fortune. She always manages to escape danger and turn misfortune into good fortune, so she felt that this time would definitely be the same.

But considering that Gu Wanzhi, who was right beside me, was now dead, and Xie Shuheng had remained silent, it was very strange.

Even though Jiang Zhiyun was going to marry a Turk, they weren't worried at all. They were still eating and drinking well. Why did everyone seem to have so many strategies?

She was really annoyed by this feeling. No one could see through her, and she felt like a clown standing there, as if she was about to be laughed at.

Thinking about all this, Gu Wanqing couldn't sleep all night and almost fell when she got up the next morning.

The maidservant kindly reminded her, "Your Highness, you must be on your best today. This is a welcome feast for the Turks, and you'll be bringing Princess Jinxiu along. You can't afford to mess things up. You are the most important person by the Emperor's side."

"What do you want me to say?"

Gu Wanqing grabbed her neck in annoyance: "Drag her out and give her fifty lashes."

A young girl with such a frail body would usually die if she were hit with fifty blows, and she would be completely dead.

After saying these words, almost everything was taken care of.

Even if Gu Wanqing is incompetent, there are still many capable people in the palace. Everyone is afraid of death and everyone is afraid of being blamed.

So in the end, the banquet was successfully held.

Jiang Zhiyun sat in front of the mirror, doing her hair and makeup. She had been taking several baths, changing clothes, and putting on various hair ornaments since morning.

She found it funny when she saw it.

The Empress Dowager said helplessly, "What are you laughing at, child?"

"I'm still feeling unwell."

“I say that life is really unpredictable. I used to be just an ordinary little girl in a rural area in Southwest China. Who knew that I would be wearing gold and silver now, and even becoming some kind of fake Princess Jinxiu.”

“You’re not an imposter, you are Princess Jinxiu.” The tutor summoned by the Emperor said earnestly, “Lady Jiang, you must remember your identity.”

"Understood."

"If you marry into the Turkic Khaganate in the future, and others ask you, just say your name is Ayun. As for your specific name, you are not allowed to say it randomly."

"understood."

Jiang Zhiyun was lazy and didn't take it to heart at all.

Whether she'll be able to marry him is still uncertain.

Is she the kind of person who would just sit and wait for death when it's something so far in the future?

Looking back now, all I did was sneer twice and say, "It's come to this, I won't struggle. When will your banquet start? I'm hungry."

"Even if you're hungry, you have to wait a little longer. Madam Jiang has gained a lot of weight recently, and the clothes that fit her before are no longer enough."

Even though Jiang Zhiyun was a little chubby, she wasn't ugly; in fact, she looked even more beautiful. Sitting in the palace, she had a plump and graceful appearance.

"I'm a mother now, so it's normal for me to be round and plump."

Jiang Zhiyun yawned: "Then I can at least take a nap, right?"

The headmistress nodded.

Anyway, Jiang Zhiyun's image as a rural woman is already set, so it's hard to say anything more about her; she just seems to be like that.

I just hope that the Emperor won't scold them...

Everyone works so hard, but really it's all just to survive.

The banquet started very late that night, and Gu Wanqing personally came to pick up Jiang Zhiyun.

"Sister Zhiyun, I've come to pick you up."

“You are a princess, bestowed the title by the emperor’s sister. From now on, I should also call you sister, and it wouldn’t be wrong for you to call me sister-in-law.”

"Empress Deng Chan is still alive. Does Consort Qing want to climb even higher?"

"Fortunately, whoever the Emperor cares about and whoever is on his mind is the one who holds power. I think Empress Deng Chan understands this better than anyone else."

"Tonight, I'm taking Zhiyun out with me. There are so many ministers here. Everyone else, don't embarrass yourselves, especially you, Mother, and Deng Chan."

Grandma Yu slapped Gu Wanqing without hesitation: "Don't be so arrogant."

"I'm just an old woman who won't lay a hand on you. If I did, you really couldn't beat me!"

"..." Gu Wanqing gritted her teeth. She did not argue with the Empress Dowager because the Emperor would not stand on her side.

The Empress Dowager must have some kind of leverage over the Emperor.

Gu Wanqing didn't know the specifics, but she had no choice but to suffer this injustice herself.

Xie Shuheng, sitting at the banquet table, now had ice-cold hands and feet.

He missed Yunniang terribly.

I wonder when I'll be able to see him...