The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

Now, the matter of marriage naturally fell back on the head of the Emperor of the Northern Kingdom.

But Ye Chuji shook his head and said:

"No, I want to marry you and become the Fourth Prince's consort, and the Queen of the Northern Kingdom in the future."

Bei Su raised his eyebrows in surprise:

"Your Highness, do you think that I can definitely take that position?"

"Your Highness the Fourth Prince is already very capable, and with the support of the Imperial Sister, I will naturally do my utmost to help him."

These words made Bei Su serious. Of course he wanted the throne.

It would indeed be a good thing if we could get help from the Night Country.

"Why did Your Highness help me?"

Ye Chuji smiled and said:

"Of course it's for our sake. When I need it in the future, Your Highness the Fourth Prince will be able to help me."

Bei Su thought about it and felt that this deal was indeed a good one, except that...

"Okay, but the princess will have to be the prince's concubine."

Ye Chuji's face changed and he said angrily:

"What does this mean, Your Highness?"

Bei Su smiled somewhat indifferently.

"I don't want to marry a woman I don't love as my principal wife. What's the problem?"

With Ye Chuji's help, it would indeed be icing on the cake, but it would only be icing on the cake.

Bei Su's mother was the Queen of the Northern Kingdom, his mother's family was powerful, and the Northern Emperor had always been very optimistic about him. The reason he did not appoint a crown prince was because he was afraid that he would be hated.

The throne of the Northern Kingdom has long been firmly in the hands of Bei Su. Even without Ye Chuji, he can still sit on that position, but it will take some effort.

Ye Chuji is different. Although he is the crown prince, Ye Lanfeng also respects Ye Jinan very much. He has felt several times that Ye Lanfeng wants to depose him and make Ye Jinan the crown prince.

Therefore, when he heard Bei Su's impolite words, he did not dare to confront him on the spot.

For the sake of the great cause, he had to let his sister suffer. When he ascended the throne, he would definitely put pressure on the Northern Kingdom and let Bei Su support her as the queen, and would not let her suffer.

Ye Chuji comforted himself in his heart and then calmed down.

"Okay, but you can't let my sister be wronged."

Bei Su gave him a mocking look. He was about to marry her off as a concubine, yet he asked others not to let her suffer any injustice. How hypocritical.

This look made Ye Chuji feel a little embarrassed, so he said he had something to do and left.

Jia Lan only found out about this when she went to pay her respects to the Queen the next day.

She was so angry that she slammed the table and stood up, pointing at Ye Buhuo and said:

"How dare you marry me to the Northern Kingdom and make me your concubine? Ye Chuji, are you crazy?"

Seeing that Jia Lan was so angry that she didn't even call him the prince, she just shouted Ye Chuji's name.

Ye Chuji knew that this decision was difficult for Jia Lan, who had been spoiled since childhood, so he lowered his posture and coaxed:

"Don't worry, sister. Bei Su doesn't have a principal wife. You can marry him and bear with it for a few days. When I take that position, I will support you and ask Bei Su to make you the principal wife, and the queen in the future!"

Jia Lan didn't believe his empty words.

"Don't even think about it! It's not your turn to decide who I marry!"

Seeing that Jialan's anger was getting more and more intense, the queen, who had been silent all the time, also looked unhappy.

"enough!"

"This is my arrangement!"

Jia Lan looked at the Queen who always loved her, and asked in disbelief:

"Queen mother?"

The queen felt that she was really ignorant today. Not only did she not comfort her, she also looked at her with displeasure.

"As long as you marry into the Northern Kingdom, the Northern Kingdom will help the prince ascend to the throne, and then our Shen family will be able to rise to prominence!"

Jialan certainly knew this, but how could she accept being sent to marry a foreign prince?

"The Crown Prince is secretly involved with the Northern Kingdom. Even without me and Bei Su, he can..."

"Shut up!"

The queen glared at her fiercely. Even in her own bedroom, she could not guarantee that there were no ears on the other side of the wall. If such a thing was heard by others, both the Shen family and the prince would die!

Jialan has been forced to this point, she doesn't care about anything else.

"Did I say something wrong? The relationship was already a sure thing, why would you sacrifice me?"

After all, they were sisters from the same mother. Jia Lan had previously spent a lot of effort to help him win over Hua Wu Ke. Ye Chuji still cared about her, the royal sister, and explained to her:

"Before, I just leaked a little information and wanted to use them to get rid of the annoying people. We didn't reach an alliance. Now, if you, my sister, marry them, the relationship between the Northern Kingdom and me will definitely be different."

The queen didn't say anything, and she and Ye Chuji just looked at her quietly.

Tears welled up in Jialan's eyes as she looked at her younger brother, then at her mother. She moved her lips but couldn't find the words to convince them.

Seeing that they had no room for negotiation, Jia Lan finally understood that since they had gone to Bei Su to reach an agreement first, it meant that the matter was a foregone conclusion, and today they were just telling her the news.

She sneered in her heart, what mother and daughter, what sister and brother, in the end, the most important thing in their eyes is the glory of the Shen family, whether they can ascend to the throne, who cares about her life or death.

Seeing Jia Lan silent, the Queen thought she had finally figured it out. She smiled, took her hand, patted it, and consoled her:

"Don't worry, I will definitely marry you off in style and let your father prepare the most generous dowry for you. Even if you go to the Northern Kingdom, no one will dare to look down on you."

Jia Lan felt that the hands she had held many times now became extremely repulsive to her, so she pulled her hands back and stood up.

"In that case, I will go back home to prepare. I will take my leave."

After saying this, she left without waiting for the Queen and Ye Chuji to react.

Xiao Liqiu, who had been away from the capital for a long time, finally came back and brought back a piece of news that made the emperor furious.

"What Lord Xiao means is that someone dared to mine iron ore privately?"

Xiao Liqiu handed over all the documents he had written during the investigation and replied:

"Yes. I have been investigating along the route that Han Bing was escorted back, and finally found a village and a mountain. Although the mountain has been destroyed, the sewage from the iron ore mining and iron smelting in the mountain has polluted Shuyuan and caused the people living at the foot of the mountain to become sick."

"With the help of a pair of villagers, I personally went to check the water source and proved that the water source was indeed polluted by wastewater from the iron smelting."

With sick people and polluted water sources, mining cannot be fake.

All the iron ore in a mountain was mined out and smelted into iron. There was no other reason except to secretly cast weapons.

Xiao Liqiu continued:

"So I guess the person behind the scenes must be afraid that this matter will be discovered, so he killed Han Bing halfway."

Ye Lanfeng's face turned pale, and no one in the hall dared to speak for fear of accidentally getting into trouble.

Among them, the night is the most clear.

He didn't expect that Xiao Liqiu would actually find out what happened at Dongshantou. At this moment, he lowered his head and didn't dare to look up at Ye Lanfeng, for fear that he would reveal his flaws after meeting his eyes.