Shi Miyuan's tense face gradually broke into a smile. "That's right. Prince Yi's aggressive attacks previously made it difficult for the Crown Prince to move. Now that Prince Yi is finally in trouble, Prince Qi, who is also the Emperor's son-in-law, appears. I don't believe he won't be worried."
Xue Ji nodded. "Since ancient times, the position of Crown Prince has not been easy. On one hand, he has to guard against his brother's schemes. On the other hand, he has to deal with Imperial Father's suspicions. It can be said that he is dancing on the tip of a knife. As long as he does not ascend to the throne, there will be more variables. Therefore, every Crown Prince wants Imperial Father to pass the throne to them as soon as possible. Now that the Emperor's health is in such a state, the Crown Prince will certainly be tempted and wish for the Emperor's early demise. But now that Song Qingshu is guarding the Emperor's residence, the Crown Prince has no way of obtaining first-hand information. As long as he is sane, he will not allow these variables to exist. Just watch, it won't be long before the Crown Prince's clique takes action. "
Shi Miyuan stroked his beard and smiled. "Let the Crown Prince test the waters. Hahaha!"
In the palace, although Song Qingshu did not know what happened in the secret chamber, he could guess that the various powers in the capital must be discussing ways to deal with him. Now was just the calm before the storm.
Closing his eyes, he thought of all the details. Suddenly, he had an idea. He quickly wrote a secret letter and sent it to Ren Yingying. It turned out that he had realized a key problem. In the future, the palace would be led by Consort Jia and the other concubines. If he directly called Chen Yuanyuan and Ah Ke back, they would have no one to rely on. They would be a commander without an army. No matter how experienced Chen Yuanyuan was, she would not be able to cook without rice.
Therefore, if they returned to the palace now, not only would they not be able to help, but they would also divert his attention to take care of their safety. Therefore, he hurriedly sent someone to inform Ren Yingying to postpone sending them to the palace until the palace maids from Vulture Palace arrived. At that time, he would have enough bargaining chips to control the entire imperial harem.
Originally, such confidential information should have been delivered by him personally. But now that he had just returned to the capital, he did not dare to go too far from Zhao Gou. Therefore, he could only send someone to deliver the letter.
Fortunately, there were still some useful people in the Prince of Qi's household. When Ren Yingying had entered the palace, she had been brought along with her. Of course, Song Qingshu had also added another layer of insurance. That was, the letter was written in a secret code. Only he and Ren Yingying had the key to it. Even if the letter was stolen, there was no need to worry about the secret being leaked.
"Knowledge is power." Song Qingshu was glad that he had hundreds of years more knowledge than the people of this world. Standing on the shoulders of giants was like getting twice the result with half the effort.
After delivering the letter, Song Qingshu walked towards the back of the palace. With his martial arts, entering the palace at night was as easy as taking something out of his pocket. However, it was broad daylight, and under the watchful eyes of the public, it would be troublesome for him to stay in the palace.
Fortunately, he quickly thought of a justifiable way. The Emperor sympathized with him and the Princess for being separated for so long, and allowed them to see each other. When young lovers meet and stay a little longer, no one can say anything.
Of course, as a foreign official, it was not convenient for Song Qingshu to enter the back of the palace. Thus, he issued an edict for the two princesses to come. This way, Song Qingshu could legitimately guard Zhao Gou's side.
"The feeling of controlling the Emperor to order the nobles is really quite satisfying." Looking at the unconscious Zhao Gou on the throne and seeing the imperial edicts that actually belonged to him being sent out, Song Qingshu immediately understood how Cao Cao had felt all those years ago.
If he had not experienced this feeling of being in power in other countries, Song Qingshu might have accidentally lost himself in this pleasure, and in the end, he would have been enslaved by power.
Not long after, with the special shrill voice of the eunuchs, the two princesses finally arrived.
In the beginning, with outsiders present, the two young ladies were still very careful about their manners, maintaining the grace and dignity of princesses. However, when Song Qingshu waved his hand for the eunuchs to leave, the two of them instantly recovered the carefree manner of young ladies.
"Brother Song!"
The two young ladies called out and ran to him together. Zhao Yuanyuan was a little older. She might have been a little embarrassed halfway and stopped where she was. Zhao Huan 'er, on the other hand, did not care so much and directly rushed into his arms.
"It's all my fault for making you worry." Hugging the girl's petite and soft body tightly, Song QingShu felt the excitement and trembling of her body. Song QingShu's heart was full of guilt. After careful calculation, it seemed that after bringing them back from the Jin Kingdom last time, although he stayed in Lin 'an for a long time, he only met them a few times.
This was also the reason why he was not willing to easily get involved in love affairs. In the past, he naturally hoped that the more women he had, the better. However, as he really had more and more female confidantes, he gradually realized that he did not have so much time and energy to care for everyone.
It was easy to say that a bowl of water was fair, but it was too difficult to do.
"I thought you didn't want me anymore." Zhao Huan 'er pouted and tears kept sliding down her snow-white cheeks.
Hearing her childish words, Song Qingshu could not help but laugh, "Who would be willing to give up such a beautiful little girl?" Seeing Zhao Yuanyuan standing aside, he moved his buttocks and patted the chair next to him, "Yuanyuan, sit here."
Zhao Yuanyuan's face was slightly red, but she obediently sat down.
Song QingShu could not help but laugh and said, "Hu 'er, you should learn more from your older sister. Look at how virtuous and proper your older sister is. You look like a little girl who hasn't grown up yet."
"You don't know." Zhao Huan 'er was suddenly dissatisfied, "In private, my sister often secretly wipes her tears alone, and every time it is me who comforts her."
"No!" Zhao Yuanyuan was ashamed and annoyed. She reached out and wanted to pinch her mouth, "Don't talk nonsense."
"I'm not talking nonsense." Zhao Huan 'er dodged and exclaimed, "Brother Song, look, she wants to silence us."
Song Qingshu could not help but sigh, "Some time ago, I was in a game with your brother, and there were many interests that needed to be balanced. In addition, marrying two princesses at the same time is really unheard of in this dynasty, so I can't risk the world's condemnation by coming to see you often."
Zhao Yuanyuan said softly, "Brother Song, we know you have your difficulties. I am too useless. Sometimes when I think of father and mother, I can't help but feel sorry for myself."
Zhao Huan 'er's eyes also turned red when she was reminded of the sad things, "Although we are noble in name, we are not of the same mother as my brother, and there is a large age gap. We did not have any interaction with him at that time. Later, we were imprisoned in the Jin Kingdom for more than ten years, and we were separated for so long, so naturally we did not have any feelings for each other. After we came back, he gave us glory on the surface, but in fact, he grounded us in the harem all day long, and we couldn't go anywhere. It was no different from being imprisoned. In retrospect, the happiest moment of my life is probably meeting you in the Jin Kingdom, Brother Song. "
Listening to the young girl's story, Song Qingshu felt even more pity in his heart, "Don't worry, you will soon regain your own bodies."
"Really?" Even Zhao Yuanyuan, who had always been demure, looked at him expectantly.
"Before, the marriage was delayed again and again, but this time, I will not let you wait in vain," Song Qingshu said in a deep voice, "At the latest, we will officially get married in half a month!"
"Really?" Zhao Huan 'er was surprised and could not help but kiss him on the cheek. Zhao Yuanyuan's eyes were also shining, but she was relatively more reserved.
"Of course, it is true." Seeing the two young girls' excited eyes, Song Qingshu could not help but smile. It was indeed a great sense of accomplishment to make his women feel happy.
"Aiya!" Zhao Yuanyuan suddenly exclaimed and suddenly stood up from his side, "No, no, according to etiquette, we can't meet you in private before we get married, otherwise, it will be inauspicious."
Song Qingshu could not help but smile, and pulled her back into his arms, "Don't believe in those nonsense. As the saying goes, the strong have strong luck. You don't have to worry about these things when you are with me. By the way, Huan 'er kissed me just now, what about you?"
Zhao Yuanyuan bit her lip, and her face suddenly became very red. Zhao Huan 'er, who was next to her, teased her heartlessly, "Sister, when we were in the Jin Kingdom, we were so intimate with Brother Song, so why are you still embarrassed?"
"You are a shameless girl." Zhao Yuanyuan was embarrassed and annoyed by her words, and the two young girls quickly played together.
Feeling the young and soft bodies of the two beautiful girls rubbing against each other, Song Qingshu was happy to see it happen.
"The Imperial Consort has arrived!" At this moment, a eunuch's voice suddenly rang out from outside the hall.
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