Chapter 598 - 598: Rebel
Chapter 598: Rebel
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Su Cheng was stunned.
There were many people in the palace. After coming out of Zhaoyang Hall, neither of them mentioned this matter again.
Su Cheng returned the way he came after a huge blow, while Bai Xihe stayed in the palace.
Thinking of her father’s expression before he left, Su Xiaoxiao wanted to rebel for her father for a moment.
The Empress Dowager had not seen Su Xiaoxiao for a while. Knowing that she was coming today, she ate half a bowl more than usual.
The two of them arrived at her bedroom.
The Empress Dowager looked at her and then at Wei Ting beside her. A trace of relief flashed across her eyes. It was as if her child had grown up and she had fulfilled a wish.
However, before she could speak to the two children, Eunuch Fu came over.
He was spreading Emperor Jing Xuan’s decree that Wei Ting had been summoned to the throne room to see the envoys.
The Empress Dowager said to Wei Ting, “Go. Don’t let the envoys wait and let them say that our Great Zhou has neglected them.” Wei Ting cupped his hands. “I’ll take my leave.”
Wei Ting and Eunuch Fu went.
The Empress Dowager smiled faintly. ‘Girl, you more or less have the ability to help your husband. ”
“Huh?” Su Xiaoxiao was confused by these words.
The Empress Dowager liked her stunned look. It always reminded her of Xiaohu, but in fact, this girl was a top-notch intelligent person, so this occasional daze seemed precious.
The Empress Dowager said, “Wei Ting rejected the emperor’s betrothal to him and Hui An and angered the emperor. The emperor can’t face him. How long has Wei Ting been back in the capital? Can you see that the emperor has the intention to let him return to the imperial court? The moment the two of you got married, the envoy of Northern Yan arrived. Although I didn’t go to the front courtyard, I heard that the envoy of Northern Yan is very arrogant.”
Su Xiaoxiao understood. Emperor Jing Xuan had asked Wei Ting to hold the fort.
Wasn’t Northern Yan arrogant? Wei Ting’s appearance helped some people recall how they lost to Wei Ting back then.
The Empress Dowager glanced at her and saw that she did not have much of a reaction. She continued, “This is a good thing. The emperor has neglected Wei Ting for so long. If he suddenly let Wei Ting go back and work for him, he should be able to make up for it. It should benefit you.”
“Oh, can I benefit from it too?” Su Xiaoxiao was looking forward to it.
Whether this girl liked it or not was all obvious. The Empress Dowager had seen many schemes in the palace. Everyone was wearing a mask, including herself.
“Are you used to marrying into the Wei family?”
“Quite.”
Other than becoming a sandbag for her sisters-in-law.
The Empress Dowager sighed. “The Wei family is different from ordinary families. They don’t have so many rigid rules. Yue Ange isn’t someone who likes to torture others.”
Su Xiaoxiao asked, “Yue Ange?”
“Grandmother of Wei Ting.” The Empress Dowager did not seem to want to mention Matriarch Wei anymore and changed the topic. “The children have entered the palace to see their ‘father’ for a while.”
Previously, Xiaohu and Erhu had been here. She thought that she would see Dahu soon, but who knew that the little fellows would never come again?
Su Xiaoxiao smiled politely. “The Imperial Astronomer has been a little busy recently.”
She could not say that the three little fellows had forgotten about the Royal Farmer in the palace after having a biological father. The eldest and the three little ones went to the residence every day to uncover the tiles, angering Matriarch Wei so much that she grabbed her walking stick and chased them from behind.
The two princesses had gone to the palace to study and would come to Yongshou Palace for lunch.
The Empress Dowager kept Su Xiaoxiao with her to play chess.
At noon, Princess Hui An rushed in angrily. Princess Jingning followed behind her unhurriedly and did not blame her sister for not knowing the rules.
“What happened?” the empress dowager asked.
Princess Hui An threw herself into the Empress Dowager’s arms aggrievedly. “Grandmother, that Zhao Kangning is too detestable!”
Su Xiaoxiao greeted Princess Jingning.
Princess Jingning explained softly, “Princess Kang Ning of Northern Yan.
It had to start this morning.
The envoys entered the palace early to meet Emperor Jing Xuan. The men discussed important matters of the country. As a princess, Zhao Kangning had nothing to do, so she said to Emperor Jing Xuan, “I heard that the Great Zhou opened a women’s school like the Western Jin. It’s in the palace, right? Can you allow Kangning to take a look?”
What else could Emperor Jing Xuan say? He naturally agreed.
As soon as Zhao Kangning went to the palace school, she s.n.a.t.c.hed Princess Hui An’s seat as if no one was around.
Considering that she was a guest from Northern Yan, Princess Hui An endured it.
In the morning, it was the a.n.a.lects of Confucius and the Cla.s.sic of Poems cla.s.s. Princess Hui An could not answer the teacher’s question, and Zhao Kangning mocked her for being an idiot princess and that she was not even comparable to a finger of Princess Jingning.
This made Princess Hui An furious.
Princess Hui An immediately wanted to slap her but was stopped by Princess Jingning.
“She was right to stop you.” When the Empress Dowager heard this, she poked her beautiful forehead. “You can’t beat her.”
Zhao Kangning was not an ordinary princess. She was Helian Ye’s niece. She had practiced martial arts with Helian Ye since she was young. If Princess Hui An fought with her, she would basically be courting death.
Su Xiaoxiao said, “This Zhao Kangning doesn’t come with good intentions.” Princess Jingning nodded. “She tried to sow discord between me and Hui An the moment she arrived Fortunately_ Hui An didn’t fall for it ”
Princess Hui An was angry not because she was not as good as Jingning. She was not as good at school as Jingning. Did she need Zhao Kangning to say that? She wanted to defeat Jingning with her beauty!
She was angry that Zhao Kangning mocked her for being an idiot.
Princess Hui An stomped her feet. “Is that Zhao Kangning very powerful? So what if she knows a few arguments? I didn’t memorize them… I’ll memorize them casually later. Cant I beat her?”
Princess Jingning said, “She’s the female top scholar of Northern Yan.”
Princess Hui An was speechless.
Zhao Kangning was a legendary figure in Northern Yan.
Northern Yan was not as open as the Western Jin, and women were not allowed to take the scientific examination. Zhao Kangning disguised herself as a man and replaced the ident.i.ty of a collateral descendant of the Helian family. She stayed in high school all the way to the top of the Golden List.
Impersonating the scientific examination was a serious crime, but Zhao
Kangning was the biological daughter of the Emperor of Northern Yan. The Emperor of Northern Yan only stripped her of her honor and demoted her to a commoner. Half a year later, she recovered her status as a princess.
Su Xiaoxiao wanted to say, “Tricks… It’s all tricks.”
Su Xiaoxiao asked, “Since she’s so outstanding, why wasn’t she the one who went to the West Jin to reconcile?”
Princess Jingning pondered and said, “She has the talent to govern the country. The Emperor of Northern Yan probably can’t bear to part with her.”
While the two of them were talking, Princess Hui An had finished complaining.
Princess Hui An glanced at Su Xiaoxiao and selectively forgot that she had lost her composure just now. She raised her chin high up in the air. “You’re here?”
Su Xiaoxiao said, “Yes, I’m here to see the Empress Dowager and the two princesses.”
“I’m very good.” Princess Hui An crossed her arms and asked proudly, “Brother Ting didn’t bully you, right?”
Su Xiaoxiao flattered. “Thanks to the princess, Wei Ting wouldn’t dare.”
Princess Hui An smiled proudly. “I knew it!”
Her mood improved again.
She hugged the Empress Dowager’s arm and said sweetly, “Grandmother, I’m hungry!”
The Empress Dowager glared at her in anger and amus.e.m.e.nt. “Alright, alright, alright. Pa.s.s the food.”
The three of them had lunch in the Empress Dowager’s palace.
In the afternoon, the two princesses went to school. Su Xiaoxiao’s enrollment was only in name now and rarely went to cla.s.s. She planned to go back.
However, before she could leave the Empress Dowager’s bedroom, she heard the palace servants hurriedly report, “Empress Dowager! Bad news! Something big has happened! Princess Hui An… fell off her horse!”