After being reborn in the Mass Grave, she overturned her predecessor's power

When the Princess Protector of the Country returned to the palace, the Queen Mother personally greeted her at the palace gate, and the entire harem was on high alert.

Jiang Xue Ning was looking at the scene from afar in the Weiyang Palace, with mixed feelings in her heart.

When she went to the battlefield, the Princess Protector of the Nation presented her with a red tasseled spear, wishing her to be invincible.

Qing He stretched her neck and said with admiration, "When I was young, my grandmother loved to tell me the legendary stories of the eldest princess."

This is the influence of the Princess Protector of the Nation in Xiling. From the eighty-year-old elders to the three-year-old children, everyone knows her.

Jiang Xue Ning watched the guard of honor of the Protector of the Nation Princess enter the palace and whispered, "It's interesting that the Princess has come back at this critical moment."

In the afternoon, Shen Zhaoyan entered the palace, still looking pale and sickly.

Helian Xuan met him in the imperial study and said with a half-smile, "The prince hasn't been here for a long time."

Shen Zhaoyan smiled faintly and coughed twice, "I am in poor health, so I won't come to the palace to disturb Your Majesty unless it's important."

"So, you came to the palace for something?"

"The Princess of Qingzhou and I met in Tongzhou, and we fell in love in Qingzhou." Shen Zhaoyan knelt down and said devoutly, "Please Your Majesty, grant us our marriage."

Shen Zhaoyan leaned back in his chair, tapping the table lightly with his fingers, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes.

"The Concubine Zhengui is gone, and the Queen has been deposed. I lack a close friend by my side, and Xue Ning looks very similar to her sister, which makes me very happy."

The meaning of his words was obvious. If he continued, he would be competing with the emperor for a woman.

Shen Zhaoyan lowered his eyes, his voice tinged with sadness, "The Shen family soldiers have guarded the border for generations, but when it comes to me, they are unable to maintain it."

Helian's expression changed slightly, and he snorted in his heart, feeling aggrieved.

Although he was an emperor, he was always held hostage by the military power. After the fall of the Zhenguo Mansion, Shen Zhaoyan held the military order, and the Shen family army became more and more lazy in recent years, and lost its former bravery.

The Wolf Fang Army was not under his control, so he had always wanted to take back the military power, but he had never found the right opportunity.

Shen Zhaoyan is weak but cunning and calculating. He is not an easy character to deal with and is always smooth.

This was the first time he let go.

"what do you want?"

"Ahem, the imperial physician has determined that I will not live long. My health condition has become increasingly grim lately." Shen Zhaoyan's pale face showed a trace of yearning, "I only wish to find someone to spend the rest of my life with."

Helian Xuan looked at him suspiciously, he had heard the rumors between him and Jiang Xue Ning.

But he hadn't expected that he would be willing to go to this extent for her.

"The prince turns out to be a foolish man."

Shen Zhaoyan held the military amulet in his left hand, deliberately revealing half of it so that Helian Xuan could see it clearly, and said bitterly and resignedly, "I have also fought on the battlefield, but now that things have come to this, I just want to be with the one I love, and it would be great if we could have a child together."

When he said this, Helian Xuan looked more serious. He had read Shen Zhaoyan's pulse records over the past six months, and according to the imperial physician, the condition was indeed not good.

Wanting to get married early and leave an heir to the Prince of Zhennan's Palace is understandable and practical.

"You know, the Queen Mother wants to marry the Ninth Princess to you."

"My weak and disabled body is unworthy of a princess of wealth and status."

Helian Xuan sneered, "If he is not worthy of the princess, then he is worthy of the Princess of Qingzhou?"

"Ningning is different..." Shen Zhaoyan's eyes were filled with smiles, "She said she likes my face the most and doesn't mind my body."

“We have so many beautiful memories…”

Jiang Xue Ning fell in love with him without anyone noticing, and they had a wonderful past.

Helian Xuan felt a little angry and a little unhappy.

It turned out that the woman he had his eyes on was already having an affair with someone else without his knowledge.

"If I don't want to let her leave the palace, what should the prince do?"

Shen Zhaoyan said calmly, "Then I can only stay away from Shengjing, this sad place, and go to guard the border."

This was the situation that Helian Xuan least wanted to see. Because of his poor health, he had been staying in Beijing all these years.

The imperial court sent people to the border to try to gather the Shen family army bit by bit. If he returned to the border, it would be very likely that all the efforts of the past few years would be in vain.

This was a naked threat, and the northwest was unstable. Helian Xuan really couldn't break up with him at this time.

If he loses his loved one and becomes desperate and goes crazy and causes trouble, he will not be able to spare any extra troops to suppress him.

Helian Xuan had always known that compared to the former Duke of Zhenguo's loyalty to the emperor and his country, Shen Zhaoyan was not in awe of the royal family or him. He was even a heretic and a lunatic at times.

The thing he feared the most was that such a person would suddenly go crazy and do something big. But he didn't want to let him do what he wanted so easily.

"This matter is of great importance. I need to consider it carefully."

Shen Zhaoyan added another bargaining chip, "If I can marry the princess as I wish, I will withdraw from the court and resign from all my duties. I will take the princess to the south to find a warm climate and live in seclusion to recuperate."

Helian Xuan was in a delicate mood. After ascending the throne, he had always wanted to completely get rid of the Zhennan Palace. He didn't expect that in the end, it would be realized in this way.

Is it true that beauty is the root of all trouble?

"Heh, I didn't expect that the prince would prefer beauty to power. This is unexpected."

Shen Zhaoyan said sadly, "Beauty is hard to come by, and a soulmate who loves you is even harder to come by. Moreover, in my situation, power is nothing but a passing cloud to me."

These words revealed a hint of seeing through the world, and his expression seemed extremely calm and unperturbed.

Helian Xuan didn't believe everything he said, but the military token was very tempting.

If he could get the military token and completely subdue the Shen family army, his power as an emperor would be even more prosperous. He could not resist such a temptation.

As for Jiang Xue Ning, she is just an interesting woman.

"I am tired, please leave first."

Shen Zhaoyan, "I hope that the princess and I can get married soon. I hope Your Majesty will help us."

As soon as he left the imperial study, Shen Zhaoyan returned to his expressionless look. He glanced in the direction of Weiyang Palace, and some expectations arose in his heart.

At the same time, I was a little worried that if someone knew that I had become his lover for no reason, he would roll his eyes.

He walked out along the red palace wall, tightly holding the military token in his hand, not regretting his decision today at all.

What he said in the imperial study was half true and half false, but he really wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. He had been walking alone in the dark night for too long, and Jiang Xue Ning unknowingly broke into his world, and his world became vivid.

Life is too boring, and he is the one who is determined to have no future. So he wants to be selfish for once and want to get her.

There was a flash of madness in Shen Zhaoyan's eyes. Helian Xuan should never even think of touching him.

Otherwise...don't blame him for going crazy.

When he reached the palace gate, he turned his head and glanced in the direction of Weiyang Palace, "I'll wait for you to come out."

Meet someone to grow old with, and choose a city to live out your life in.

If, she wants.