Chapter 684 The Ninth Prince Returns to the Capital
Outside the palace, the princess's residence
When the princes come of age, they will move out of the palace and build their own residences. They will not leave the capital until they are granted titles and fiefs.
Although Di Ran was the crown prince and originally lived in the East Palace, she didn't need to leave the palace. However, because she didn't like the chaotic atmosphere in the palace, she begged the emperor to let her leave early on.
The emperor did not object for some unknown reason, and the empress dowager certainly did not want her daughter to be out of control, but the emperor had agreed, so what could she do?
Just as Di Ran settled Ji Yunxie and Xiao Ji Nian, someone came to tell her that the Queen Mother wanted to see her.
The smile on Di Ran's face faded, and she knew what the empress dowager would say to her if she saw her at this moment.
But Di Ran still entered the palace, and no one knew what the mother and daughter talked about, but they ended up parting on bad terms.
Ji Yunxie learned from Di Ran that the Queen Mother was very unhappy with A Yue for bringing him back, and also wanted A Yue to marry the son of the Prime Minister.
Ji Yunxie was immediately jealous and felt sour in his heart. He didn't treat Di Ran well for several days and was particularly pretentious and clingy.
She would follow Di Ran wherever he went and would be jealous if she got close to any good-looking man. She had driven away several young masters from aristocratic families who tried every means to get close to Di Ran.
The little fox was jealous for quite a long time, which Di Ran found quite funny, with his eyes full of pampering and helplessness.
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Recently, the news that the Ninth Prince has returned to the capital has been widely circulated. It is said that the Ninth Prince is brave and good at fighting, wise and intelligent, and is deeply loved by the Liao Emperor. If the princess had not been chosen early, it would be uncertain who would be the crown prince.
Although there were female emperors in the history of the Liao Dynasty, there were only three of them. Most of the people in the court were men, and there were very few female officials.
Therefore, most people in the court may not support the princess Di Ran, and there are many ministers who support the ninth prince. And the Liao emperor, out of guilt or something, favors this son. Of course, the princess is still the most favored.
The Queen Mother was very wary of the Ninth Prince, who had made great military achievements and had a high prestige. She was afraid that she would endanger the status of the Crown Princess, and she sent people to assassinate her many times.
Now that the Liao emperor is seriously ill, all important affairs of the court are controlled by the regent and her. It is not appropriate for the ninth prince to return to the capital at this time.
The Queen Mother has not forgotten that the Ninth Prince has 300,000 troops under his command and the Duke of the State Guard Mansion behind him. If he has any ideas...
The Queen Mother was murderous, not to mention the Regent who could not tolerate the slightest threat. The Ninth Prince had to go through several waves of top assassins alone. If he had not had a good friend who was a miracle doctor by his side, he would probably have lost his life on the way back to Beijing.
Although the Ninth Prince returned, he was seriously injured and was poisoned and would soon die. This incident shocked the court and the public. The people of the Ninth Prince's faction knew that this incident must be related to the Queen Mother and the Regent, but they had no evidence, so they had to ask the Emperor of Liao to investigate the matter thoroughly and catch the murderer.
The Liao emperor was naturally furious when his son was injured, but he knew who the mastermind was, but he could not do anything about it. He could only be angry in secret. He took his temper out on the palace servants and killed many of them.
When the Ninth Prince got better, a banquet was held in the palace. It was called an ordinary family banquet, but it also meant to select a princess consort for the adult prince.
At the banquet, it was surprising to see the princess appear with her husband and children. Although people had heard that the princess had kept a man in her mansion, most people did not take it seriously and just thought he was the princess's confidante, or at most a concubine.
I didn't expect that the princess would actually bring this man to the palace banquet, and openly introduce this man as the emperor's husband whom she married in a formal ceremony, and even had a child with.
This made everyone confused. This princess... was too bold. Moreover, this man had an unknown background and did not look like he was from a decent family. How could he be worthy of being the princess's husband? !
Even the Queen Mother did not expect that the Princess would openly bring that wild man to such an occasion. It was simply a slap in her face, and she was so angry that her face turned black.
(End of this chapter)
