Overcoming all difficulties, the princess is reborn to become the empress

"You proposed to the Imperial Master to establish a woman as the heir..." Su Changfeng wanted to guide the conversation.

Su Yunxuan brought the topic back to the direction she wanted to know. She asked, "Zhaoxia was destroyed. It's understandable that your grandfather, as the national teacher, fled to another country, but how did he become Yunsheng's tutor? And is the queen mother the last princess born to Queen Zhaoxia?"

"Yes. The Queen Mother's name is Yunshang, and she is indeed the little princess of Chaoxia." Su Changfeng replied.

After a pause, he continued, "According to Prince Xu, although the Queen Mother was called the Little Princess, she did not have a good life in the palace. Not only was she disliked by her father, but she was also constantly abused and retaliated by the new Queen."

"My grandfather did not defect to Yunsheng. He failed to persuade the king and was ostracized by the old officials in the court who had long been jealous of the status of the Bai family because of his young age. He had no choice but to resign from the position of national teacher and lead the Bai family to retreat to Yunzhong again."

"It was also at that time that the Queen Mother secretly escaped from the palace and took refuge with my grandmother. The war between Chaoxia and Yunsheng officially began a year after they had been in seclusion in Yunzhong. It was also nearly half a year after they returned to Yunzhong that the 19-year-old Bai Muchuan and the 15-year-old Su Dongxu met in Yunzhong and became close friends."

"Master Bai and Prince Xu are actually good friends?" Su Yunxuan was extremely shocked.

Ever since she could remember, she knew that Prince Xu's Mansion and Grand Tutor's Mansion were incompatible. Even if she asked anyone on the streets of Yunsheng, the answer she would get would definitely be that Prince Xu and Grand Tutor Bai were mortal enemies.

"Yeah." Su Changfeng nodded again and answered softly, without any impatience on his face after his words were interrupted again.

He smiled and reached out, rubbing Su Yunxuan's eyebrows just like Su Yunxuan smoothed his eyebrows.

That night in front of his grandfather's coffin, when he heard King Xu recounting the past, he was as shocked as she was now, and even doubted the truthfulness of what King Xu said.

At dawn, Prince Xu left tremblingly. He suddenly recalled what Uncle Zhong had said before about his grandfather looking for Prince Xu, and how Prince Xu had helped him and explained things to him later. He was shocked to realize that perhaps he had gotten too much information wrong, just like Yunxuan had done before.

"Do you remember when we were in Haiyue City, we discussed why King Xu voluntarily gave up the throne and preferred to fight wars?" Su Changfeng asked.

Su Yunxuan nodded.

"Prince Xu and your grandfather are not brothers. In fact, they are cousins, but outsiders do not know this. The relationship is too complicated, and I do not have time to explain it to you in detail now. It was precisely because Prince Xu knew his life experience that he was willing to do it back then."

"He went out early because he felt confused about his life, and met my grandfather in Yunzhong. King Xu introduced my grandfather to your grandfather, and King Xu also found his life goal during their interaction, which was to emulate his idol, your grandfather Lu Zhenyuan, and lead troops to fight for Yunsheng from then on."

At this point, Su Changfeng paused again. He looked up at the sky, and thought of the next few things he had to do, so he spoke faster.

"Everything was originally going in a good direction, but the turning point was the Queen Mother. Yun Sheng and Zhao Xia had been fighting for nearly eight years, and the Queen Mother followed Prince Xu and witnessed it for five years. During these five years, the Queen Mother and Prince Xu...they became lovers."

Su Yunxuan was so shocked when she heard this that the teacup in her hand shook.

Su Changfeng raised his hand and gently wiped away the tea that splashed on the back of her hand, and continued talking.

"According to Prince Xu, he fell out with my grandfather, Grand Tutor Bai, because he firmly believed that it was Grand Tutor Bai who offered Yunshang to the emperor for his own official position. Grand Tutor Bai also believed that it was Prince Xu who secretly abducted his eldest daughter, Bai Yeying."

"You should have guessed it. The Queen Mother deceived both sides, which led to the situation where Prince Xu and Master Bai never had any contact with each other."

"How could it be?" Su Yunxuan was surprised, "Why are the two of them..."

"Why don't you explain it clearly?" Su Changfeng clenched Su Yunxuan's trembling hand and chuckled helplessly.

"Perhaps it's because they are both equally proud and conceited, and they focus their energy on state affairs. Prince Xu has been fighting wars all year round, and after learning that the woman he loves married his brother, he was unwilling to return to the capital of Yunsheng for several years; and Master Bai... because of his family mission, he focused his energy on assisting the king throughout his life."

"My grandfather finally decided to go to Prince Xu when he felt that he didn't have much time left. That was the time that Uncle Zhong mentioned. Only then did they resolve their misunderstanding. But now that things have come to this, no one can judge the twists and turns and who is right or wrong. Prince Xu said that when you went back to Fenglan to celebrate your birthday, he was indeed guilty of his behavior. At that time, he just wanted... just wanted to fight for his own son once, just like the Queen Mother."

"Uncle Shaoyu is the Queen Mother and Prince Xu's..." Su Yunxuan was shocked again and stood up involuntarily.

Su Changfeng also stood up hurriedly.

Noticing that Ruofeng had walked outside the pavilion and was waiting, Su Changfeng knew that he was about to leave, so he said briefly: "I am telling you about these past events to tell you about Yun Sheng's current situation."

"We cannot verify or judge what was true or false in the past. You only need to know that the Queen Mother wants to seize power now. Prince Xu is no longer in the same camp as the Queen Mother, but Prince Xu can't really stand against the Queen Mother."

"Yunxuan, I promise you that once we have reached an agreement on the peace between Yunsheng and Fenglan, we will immediately set off for Yunsheng, but before that, I cannot let you go back to Yunsheng alone."

"Is the peace negotiation so important?" Su Yunxuan was puzzled again.

Seeing that Su Changfeng's expression was still firm, Su Yunxuan shook her head worriedly, "Brother Changfeng, I just think that the peace talks may not be that simple."

Su Changfeng looked at Ruofeng again, then glanced at Anchu before saying, "The princess hasn't returned yet. Something big might have happened in the palace. Yunxuan, I'm going to the post station to see Ali right away. Prince Xu can't possibly let him come here at this time for no reason. Also, I want to take Ayi away."

"Okay, I'll go with you." Su Yunxuan said as she took Su Changfeng's hand and prepared to walk out.

Su Changfeng stood still, "You can't leave the Princess's Mansion. Feng Yuqi's people are still guarding outside."

Su Yunxuan stopped and slowly loosened her hands, her face full of disappointment.

After Su Changfeng comforted them, the three of them went to Jinggu Garden together.

Ruofeng and Ruoying both wanted to go to the post station, but Su Changfeng was worried and forced Ruofeng to stay and guard the Princess's Mansion.

Su Changfeng, Ruoying and Ayi left, while Su Yunxuan and Ye Zixi stayed in Jinggu Garden waiting.

About an hour later, An Lan returned home and wanted to take Su Yunxuan to the palace to meet the emperor.

Su Yunxuan was puzzled and asked why Su Changfeng was not brought along.

An Lan had a headache.

When she entered the palace, she happened to see Feng Yuqi arguing with her "good brother". Feng Yuqi refused to marry Pei Qianluo as his concubine.

The emperor scolded Feng Yuqi for being ignorant and unable to see the situation clearly, and said that he would not only give Pei Qianluo to Feng Yuqi, but also Shen Qianqian to Feng Yuqi.

Feng Yuqi still had some backbone. She sneered at the help of her "good imperial brother" and bluntly said that he disdained to rely on women to get to the top.

Her "good royal brother" was so angry that he threw an inkstone at her, and blood instantly appeared on Feng Yuqi's forehead.

If she hadn't stopped this farce in time, who knows how far the fight would have gone.

When her "good royal brother" saw her, he looked embarrassed and drove Feng Yuqi to kneel outside.

She took out the peace document and handed it to the man, but after reading it, he said that now was not the time to negotiate peace.

She asked for the reason and even quarreled with him again about the death of Sister Yingbai. Her "good royal brother" remained firm in his attitude and lied to her that the peace talks had to be delayed and ordered her to bring Su Yunxuan to see him.

She also asked: "Isn't it Su Changfeng you are summoning at this time?"

The man did not answer her, but still ordered him to bring Su Yunxuan into the palace as soon as possible, without saying another word.

When she was leaving the palace, she was called to see the Queen Mother again. The Queen Mother asked her a few simple questions before letting her go. She hurried back.

I wanted to come back and ask Su Changfeng for his opinion, but unexpectedly Su Changfeng had already left the house.