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Xue Ronghua took a sip of her wine and turned to look out the window. The willow trees by the river crossing had just been dyed green, and a few swallows were darting among the branches, forming a vivid picture of early spring.

"Quasi Royal Consort," Prince Jin said as he took a jug of wine and sat across her with a smile. "I haven't seen you in Tingxue Building for quite a few months, why have you come today?"

Xue Ronghua didn't even turn her head around, she continued to stare at the willow branches dancing in the wind, "It's too cold in winter, I don't want to go out."

Prince Jin did not mind her indifferent expression and said with a smile: "The spring flowers bloomed. After a long winter, it's always spring time."

Xue Ronghua lowered her eyelids, and drank the entire cup of wine, "Does someone like Prince Jin still need to use the words' boil '?"

The Prince Jin chuckled, "Even if it's your majesty, there will still be difficult days to live."

Xue Ronghua sighed: "I'm afraid that even the Emperor will have to rely on the Prince Jin to survive."

"You cannot speak nonsense with these words," The Prince Jin raised his eyebrows.

"I heard that Prince Jin's Uncle Kang Zhiming is extremely rich and is able to compete with the National Treasury. I heard that Master Kang even gave two hundred boxes of gold and silver to the Subei without blinking an eye.

"I dare not," Prince Jin quickly waved his hand, and laughed. "Uncle is just an ordinary businessman, how could he dare to compare with the Emperor's treasury?"

"I heard," Xue Ronghua's eyes flashed with a bright light, "The crown prince has been busy working hard for many days on this matter, flipping through many books, but to no avail. Now that it has been easily resolved by you and received the praise of the emperor, aren't you afraid of being jealous?

The Prince Jin's gaze turned cold as he laughed lightly, "A famine is something that can be solved with money. The crown prince should have used this matter to understand that he is not qualified to be the crown prince."

Xue Ronghua squinted her eyes, "Is Prince Jin praising me for being the trump card of the king?"

Prince Jin was obviously very vigilant, "As long as Prince Duan is this material, it's fine, but I don't care."

Xue Ronghua remained silent with a smile. Even at this point, the Prince Jin was still unwilling to break that layer of window paper and be honest with them.

"Is the quasi wangfei doubting my intentions?" "That day when we crossed the river, I was at fault. Is the quasi wangfei not willing to forgive me this time?"

"Only the Prince Jin knows of Prince Jin's intentions," Xue Ronghua coldly put down the cup, "I don't dare to speculate."

"You don't dare to deduce?" "Then why didn't you know that the Emperor would suddenly summon me to the palace? It looks like not only the quasi wangfei and Prince Duan do not understand my intentions, I also don't really understand what you mean."

"The reason the Prince Jin is allied with the Prince Duan is because they want to borrow the Prince Duan's hand to take down the Empress Chen and Crown Prince. Wait until they think of another idea to deal with the Prince Duan and take the throne as their own, am I right?"

Prince Jin licked his lips, his face was unfathomable. "Where did you see that I wanted to snatch the position of storage monarch?"

"Many places," Xue Ronghua lifted her chin proudly. "As for the reason, it's because of the story you told me."

Prince Jin no longer pretended to be confused and revealed an expression of reminiscence, "That woman is called Yu Zhu."

Yu Zhu? Xue Ronghua was startled, how could she be so famous, with no surname, and with such a name, could she be a lowly person?

Prince Jin saw through her thoughts and laughed: "You guessed right, she is a dancer in the palace."

Xue Ronghua suddenly thought of the Spring Dancing that Xue Liuhua had danced with, "No wonder the look in your eyes when you looked at Xue Liuhua wasn't right, it's because you thought of the Yu Zhu of the past."

The Prince Jin nodded, "When I first met Yu Zhu, she also did the same dance."

"Then, did the crown prince snatch her away?"

Prince Jin's eyes were filled with ice, "Who doesn't love beautiful women in this world? If he treats Yu Zhu nicely, I wouldn't be worried, but he actually toyed with Yu Zhu for two months and kicked him out of the Eastern Palace. She is truly despicable, unworthy of being Royal Brother, and even more so unworthy of being the ruler."

Although Xue Ronghua was not very familiar with the crown prince, she still knew what kind of useless fool he was, "I agree with what you have to say later on, he is indeed a mediocre prince, you can see how powerful the Empress Chen is."

"Actually, I had thought that if the Prince Duan could not inherit the throne, I would belong to the crown prince's faction."

Xue Ronghua curled her lips, "I knew that you had this kind of way of thinking, then why don't you think about it later?"

"The Crown Prince is incompetent, he really cannot inherit the throne," Prince Jin took a sip of wine and said, "Besides, I have no choice but to take revenge for Yu Zhu."

Prince Jin is still righteous. Xue Ronghua chuckled: "Then Prince Jin is sincerely joining hands with us?"

"Yes," Prince Jin's lips revealed a smile, "If I can get my revenge, then Prince Duan can become the depositary and inherit my fortune. In the future, I won't mind being a idle prince."

Xue Ronghua nodded her head in satisfaction, "Prince Duan will definitely be very happy to hear this. If you can give up on the idea of seizing the throne, the two of you brothers will work together."

"If you are willing to forget all the grudges between us, then I can tell you everything that happened in Mrs. Heyi."

Prince Jin's words were quite accurate, the most mysterious and crucial thing right now was Mrs. Heyi.

Xue Ronghua smiled sweetly: "Then, I'll have to thank Prince Jin and the Noble Consort Empress."

Empress Chen watched as the crown prince hurried over and frowned, "Are you still busy with the Subei famine? Why have you only just arrived?"

The crown prince stared at her and gently said, "The famine in Subei … "It's been taken care of."

Empress Chen was overjoyed, and immediately asked: "Did you come up with the idea?"

"No," The Crown Prince shook his head, "It was taken care of by the Prince Jin."

Empress Chen's smile instantly collapsed. "What's going on, Prince Jin has been outside the palace the past few days and hasn't been in the palace at all."

The crown prince wiped the sweat off his forehead, "Prince Jin's uncle Kang Zhiming gave two hundred boxes of gold and silver to Subei and resolved this matter."

"What?" Empress Chen opened his eyes in disbelief, but quickly calmed down. "That's right, his uncle is the richest man in the capital, his family's treasury is even bigger than the national treasury, two hundred boxes of gold and silver is nothing."

"A few days ago, the Emperor specially summoned the Prince Jin to the palace to praise him for thinking highly of the world."

Empress Chen closed her eyes in distress. Consort Kang's brother's family was indeed rich, and he had given his nephew a great deal of face without saying a word. Seeing the dejected look on the crown prince's face, she felt his heart ache. He consoled him with a soft voice, "In order to help the emperor deal with the famine in Northern Jiangsu, you haven't slept for many days. Your eyes are already red.

The Crown Prince held his head in frustration, "Am I really so incompetent that I can't handle a small famine?"

"This famine is not a small issue," the Empress Chen said gently. "Even your Royal Father has had a headache for several days, let alone a prince like you."

"But the problem that gave the Emperor a headache for so many days was easily solved by the Prince Jin."

"Sigh," Empress Chen rubbed his head, his eyes were filled with love, "It wasn't resolved personally by Prince Jin, it was merely because his uncle was wealthy. Moreover, you should be happy that Prince Jin solved the problem, not Prince Duan."

The Crown Prince was startled, then said in confusion, "But no matter who it is, it isn't me who is the one to solve it. Why are you so happy that it's not Prince Duan?"

The Empress Chen said with a smile, "Prince Duan and you have been at loggerheads for a long time. If he solved the problem, the emperor would praise him and he would be different. If he solved it, the emperor would praise him and belittle you."

"But Prince Jin doesn't seem to follow me."

"It's all because of that dancer," the Empress Chen said as he furrowed his brows. "If you hadn't brought the girl that he liked over to the East Palace, he wouldn't have refused to get close to us."

The Crown Prince was stunned, "It can't be, Prince Jin doesn't seem like someone who would fall in love with a lowly dancer. After Yu Zhu caused a ruckus once, she never showed me her face again, and has been looking for me to drink from time to time."

Empress Chen let out a faint sigh, "You, are just too kind. If Prince Jin doesn't say it on the surface, who knows how he will curse you."

The Crown Prince was frightened and covered his chest, "mother, don't scare this son. This son believes that Prince Jin isn't that kind of person …"

Empress Chen could no longer hold it in and reprimanded him: "What kind of brotherly friendship do you have? Do you believe that Prince Jin and Prince Duan will discuss how to take us down right now?"

The Crown Prince was anxious, "But will the Prince Jin have to deal with me for the sake of a dancer?"

"This is something that I can't say for sure." The Empress Chen forced himself to calm down. If the Prince Jin and the Prince Duan really were to join hands, then the Noble Consort Kang would definitely reveal something.

"I'm afraid that this son is unable to deal with the two princes. It's better for us to find the Prince Jin for reconciliation."

"Don't think about such impossible things. If Prince Jin was really obedient, how come he didn't come looking for us for so long? I still can't let that dancer in his heart."

"Then what should we do, we can only curry favor with the Royal Father."

The Empress Chen held his breath and pondered for a moment, then said: "One side of you needs to go to the Imperial Study to help your Royal Father manage his affairs, so as to leave yourself a way out, the other side still needs to prepare how to retaliate." Glimmers danced in her eyes as she smiled and said, "I already have an idea."

When Chu Zongge entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, he coincidentally bumped into Zhu Tong who was tending to a few peony trees in the garden.

"Zhu Tong, there are peonies on the Chiron as well," Chu Zongge said as he placed his hands behind his back and walked over with a smile. "Why are you being so careful?"

Hearing the voice, Zhu Tong turned to see that it was Prince Duan, and immediately bowed: "This servant greets Prince Duan."

"No need to be so courteous, are these peony flowers really so beautiful? I saw your eyes staring blankly."

Zhu Tong laughed, "Although there are peonies in the Chiron, they are not as bright as the ones in the Central Plains."

Chu Zongge thought back to it carefully, "I don't think so either. Although few of their Chiron are red in color, the yellow is still the best in the world."

Zhu Tong was startled, then suddenly asked: "Prince Duan have you been to the Chiron before, how do you know the 'Yellow Peony of Chiron' is the best in the world?"

Chu Zongge was stupefied and was momentarily at a loss for words. He almost forgot that he was no longer the prince of Chiron. I heard from the messenger from Chiron that he even brought a few yellow peony for me. "

"Oh," Zhu Tong nodded her head, pointed to a red peony and laughed, "This flower hairpin must be very beautiful when compared to quasi wangfei's hair."

Seeing that she did not continue her line of questioning, Chu Zongge was relieved. He then laughed: "Only empress of a flower palace like a peony can wear it, what's more a would-be wangfei who does not like such beautiful flowers."

Zhu Tong asked doubtfully, "Then what flowers does quasi wangfei like?"

Chu Zongge's eyes were gloomy, "She likes Lv Ying the most."

"Isn't that a flower that can only be found in the Xinyang Hall of Prince Duan?"

"That's right," Chu Zongge smiled and nodded. "That's why only this king can get it."