However, wasn't the prince going too far? She was the legitimate daughter of the Wei family, and even though a concubine was a little higher in status than an ordinary concubine, a concubine was still a concubine, and there was no difference.

"Your Majesty has nodded in agreement?" Wei Bingyan asked anxiously.

"Of course not, but it can be explained." Mingyue said.

The cute little Wei Bingyan's face turned slightly pale. The old man had never told her about this matter, and Wei Zhong had not told her about it when he visited his mother. Why didn't anyone tell her?

She doesn't want to be the prince's concubine!

Wei Bingyan tilted her neck and looked directly at the old man walking in front. Was the Empress Dowager wanting to see her today also because of this matter?

But she didn't say anything, just two normal questions, and Wei Bingyan didn't notice anything wrong at all.

She really wanted to go back and ask the old man for clarification, but now when everyone was enthusiastically admiring the charming flowers in the Imperial Garden, she really didn't dare to go up to the Empress Dowager and tell her that she had to leave first.

It felt like there were tens of millions of ants biting at her deep inside, making her feel restless and uncomfortable.

"Bingyan!" Mingyue grabbed Wei Bingyan's hand and dragged her to a more inconspicuous place, and said softly, "The crown prince and several princes are here."

Wei Bingyan was greatly surprised. She stood facing the crowd, deliberately hiding her figure among the shadows of people and trees. Her eyes fell coldly on the several tall figures in front of her.

The one walking in front was dressed in golden clothes with crimson dark silk dragon claws vividly displayed on it, which added a bit of royal nobility and elegance to the slightly fat prince. Standing upright behind him were the fourth prince and the sixth prince, and the other princes stood behind these three people.

Recently, as the Crown Prince has fallen into decline, the Sixth Prince has gradually attracted the attention of His Majesty, and he is now in charge of the solemn and majestic Ministry of War.

However, Wei Bingyan was in no mood to look at other princes at this time. She wanted to come up and tear the prince to pieces alive, but she could only stand upright where she was and look at this man who suddenly set his sights on her.

The Crown Prince led the other princes to pay respectful greetings to the Empress Dowager. I don’t know what else they said to the Empress Dowager, but she looked very happy.

Even the Queen Mother, who always had a bad face, smiled happily when she saw the Prince.

"...I heard from others that His Majesty is becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the Crown Prince. I wonder if he will replace the Crown Prince. Now Empress Linghu and the Fourth Prince are trying to win over court officials everywhere." Mingyue lowered her voice even more, speaking in a voice that only she and Wei Bingyan could hear.

Changing the Crown Prince? I'm afraid that His Majesty has always had this idea, but it was not obvious before. However, not being obvious does not mean that no one can't see it. Otherwise, what have the Fourth Prince and the Linghu family been doing in recent years?

"The Seventh Prince is probably nine years old this year, right?" Wei Bingyan suddenly thought of the way Concubine Lu De looked at her today. She had a serious suspicion in her heart, so she asked Mingyue softly.

"Yes." Mingyue nodded.

Did Concubine Lu De have some idea? She thought that since the crown prince had stepped down, other princes would have a chance... Wei Bingyan thought about the fact that the seventh prince would not live to be ten years old. Could it be related to the fight for the throne?

Wei Bingyan looked at Concubine Lu De standing upright behind her in a strange way, and then looked for the Seventh Prince anxiously. Suddenly, she felt as if someone was staring at her. She turned around in confusion and met a pair of mysterious eyes...

It's the Sixth Prince! Wei Bingyan looked at him in surprise, and was even more stunned when she saw a nice smile on his resolute and proud face.

Then, the Imperial Garden became even more lively. The Crown Prince stayed beside the Empress Dowager and talked, while the other princes sat by themselves. Only a few young princes and princesses were running around.

It lasted until the Empress Dowager showed a sleepy expression. The Empress Dowager personally accompanied the Empress Dowager back to rest. Some daughters left one after another. Wei Bingyan was unwilling to stay any longer, so she went to greet Empress Linghu and Concubine Lu respectfully and said goodbye.

Empress Linghu scanned Wei Bingyan from head to toe with her pair of noble fire phoenix eyes, "This one is Lord Wei's eldest daughter, but she's just like this..."

Now the Linghu family is in control of everything, and Empress Linghu's momentum is even more intense than before. Seeing that she looked down on her niece, Concubine Lu De felt very upset. "Empress Linghu thinks Bingyan is just so-so, but the Empress Dowager likes her very much. Bingyan, the Empress Dowager just left a message, asking you to come to the palace again in two days. The old lady likes to have little girls like you around her the most now."

"Yes." Wei Bingyan lowered her head and responded softly.

Empress Linghu arrived at Fulu Palace at about the same time as the Empress, so naturally she didn't know about the friendship between the Empress Dowager and Wei Bingyan in the past. When she heard Concubine Lu De say this, a hint of sadness passed through her eyes, and she looked at Wei Bingyan with an even colder look.

With a supporter like the Empress Dowager who she didn't quite understand, Wei Bingyan finally said goodbye and left the magnificent imperial palace smoothly. The moment she walked out of the gate, she felt like she was alive again.

She strode towards the Wei family's carriage, wanting to go back immediately to ask the old man what was going on.

"Miss Wei!" A pleasant and arrogant voice came from behind.

Wei Bingyan looked back and saw a young lady wearing an exquisite pink Hunan embroidery moonlight shirt and a solid-surface skirt with scattered flowers. She looked very bright, with a slim waist full of streamlined beauty. She appeared beside Wei Bingyan with her head slightly tilted back.

"Princess Su Yan!" Wei Bingyan saluted respectfully and looked at the newcomer with a smile. As early as when she was in Fulu Palace, she discovered that this princess seemed to have obvious ill will towards her, but because of the presence of the Empress Dowager and other ladies, she did not cause trouble for herself.

"Are you Li Yuyan's junior sister?" Princess Su Yan asked in an unfriendly tone as she looked at Wei Bingyan's bright and beautiful face with translucent skin.

"I wonder what advice Princess Su Yan has?" Wei Bingyan asked indifferently. She was Li Yuyan's junior sister, so what on earth did she do to those people?

"Miss Wei is a legitimate daughter of the Wei family and has a noble status, but you should be confident about your reputation now. Li Yuyan is the youngest number one scholar in the Tang Dynasty since ancient times. His Majesty attaches great importance to him. He has a bright future and it will not be a problem for him to rise to the top. I hope you can understand yourself and stop talking about your relationship with Li Yuyan everywhere, so as not to affect his future."

Princess Su Yan looked at Wei Bingyan with contempt, as if she was Li Yuyan's junior sister and had made Li Yuyan lose face.

"What does this have to do with you?" Wei Bingyan asked calmly, with a raging flame of anger slowly growing in her heart.

What does her reputation have to do with Li Yuyan? When did she go around saying that she is Li Yuyan’s junior sister?

"I just can't bear to see Li Yuyan being dragged down by you." Su Yanluan said loudly.

"Who are you to Li Yuyan? Are you his wife? What status do you have to talk to me like this? What does my relationship with Li Yuyan have to do with an unrelated person like you? Princess Su Yan, you are meddling too much." Wei Bingyan replied coldly, thinking in her heart that this bastard Li Yuyan was always looking for trouble for her.

The next time I see him, I will definitely not let him go easily!

Princess Su Yan blushed at Wei Bingyan's tone of voice, "You...you are going to be betrothed to the Crown Prince, shouldn't you distance yourself from Li Yuyan?"

Wei Bingyan smiled grimly, "Does this have anything to do with the princess?"

"Wei Bingyan! Do you want to drag him down?" Princess Su Yan was raging with rage. She had heard from others that Li Yuyan was particularly close to his junior sister, so she wanted to persuade Wei Bingyan to keep a certain distance from Li Yuyan on her own initiative. Unexpectedly, she turned out to be such a stubborn person.

"If the princess has no other instructions, I will leave first." Wei Bingyan didn't want to waste time talking to Princess Su Yan.

Princess Su Yan's eyes turned red with anger, and she glanced at the maid beside her. The maid understood Princess Su Yan's intention best, so she reached out her hand and was about to grab Wei Bingyan's arm, trying to pull Wei Bingyan out of the kick.

Before the maid's hand touched Wei Bingyan's arm, Wei Bingyan quickly grabbed it and twisted it hard.

She stood on the step like a jade sculpture, looking down at Princess Su Yan with cold eyes. Her beautiful white marble face was lightly covered with a layer of cold snow. She opened her mouth in a cold voice, "I respect you as a princess and treat you with great courtesy. If you continue to force me, don't blame me for being rude."

Even if she was a princess, so what? As the legitimate daughter of the Wei family, her status was not much different from those princesses. She was very polite and respectful to Su Yan as a princess, not wanting to cause trouble, but that didn't mean she would be oppressed and bullied at will.

"You...you dare to threaten me shamelessly!" Princess Su Yan couldn't believe that Wei Bingyan would have such skills, and her face immediately turned pale with fright.

Wei Bingyan snorted coldly and slowly let go of the maid's hand, "Get lost!"

The maid was in so much pain that she burst into tears and could no longer lift her hand.

Wei Bingyan entered the carriage without looking back and coldly ordered the servants to leave. She could still hear Princess Su Yan's cursing in her ears, but she just ignored it as if it was wind blowing past her ears.

Bai Binghui shouted angrily, "Miss, what right does she have to say that to you? Young Master Li may not even know who she is, why does she want you to be with Young Master Li..."

Wei Bingyan gently raised her hand to stop Bai Binghui and said that now she really wanted to kill the prince and Li Yuyan, so she was too lazy to listen to anything and would wait until she understood everything.

No one noticed that outside the gate, there was a man staring silently in the direction where Wei Bingyan left. The guy was wearing a black Huizhou uniform, and he was handsome, tall and strong, with mysterious eyes like the sea, and a hint of thought gradually settled in his eyes.

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