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Chapter 171 The Five Powers of Imperial Concubine ** (Special: So-called Family)

When Xiao Dingyuan was born, long-awaited victory reports came from the border.

The late Emperor Hongjia was delighted and personally bestowed the name Dingyuan, which means to pacify distant places and protect the country.

At that time, Xiao Dingyuan's mother, Concubine Yi, was favored in the palace. He had everything he wanted in the palace. His older brothers and sisters all gave in to him, and no one urged him to study.

Everything changed when he was five years old and Emperor Hongjia hosted a banquet for General Song's family who had returned from the frontier. He met Song Yuesheng.

His mother said that Song Yuesheng was one year older than him and was his sister.

The mother also said that since it was her first time back in Linjing, she must have many difficulties to adapt to, so she asked him to help take care of her.

But Xiao Dingyuan had never seen a sister who made him go east and west as soon as they met.

She doesn't pay attention to the rules and does everything according to her own preferences.

His uncle and aunt were very good to him, but his brothers and sisters were fooled by Song Yuesheng's sweet words. He used to be the most favored one, but when Song Yuesheng came, she became the most favored one.

The most important thing is that Song Yuesheng would drag him to do bad things every now and then!

Fishing in Yu Lake, sneaking out of the palace against curfew, playing Pai Gow…

Xiao Dingyuan was so angry that he secretly found someone to spread all of Song Yuesheng's deeds.

See if there is any man in Linjing who likes her!

Xiao Dingyuan made a mistake, but his third brother Xiao Guixi was an exception.

Ever since the third brother became Song Yuesheng's tutor, the two of them have become very strange.

But Xiao Dingyuan was very happy.

With the third brother around, Song Yuesheng would have no way of dragging him into doing bad things.

He still has to get married and have children, so he can't let his future wife know that he is close to Song Yuesheng.

Although he and Song Yuesheng are cousins, she is the only sister in Linjing who has a blood relationship with his mother.

You will need to move around in the future.

However, everything changed after the third brother ascended the throne.

To be precise, ever since the Third Prince met Wen Man from the Prime Minister's Mansion, there was no going back.

His mother died because of him, and Song Yuesheng entered the palace because of him.

My uncle fought for Da Ning for several years, but in the end, because of the emperor's suspicion, he was thrown into the Ministry of Justice without any explanation.

He lobbied everywhere and asked for help, but no one was willing to come forward.

Later, news came from the palace that General Song was safe and would return home soon.

When Xiao Guixi first ascended the throne, his thunderous actions shocked the court and the public.

He ruthlessly deprived Prime Minister Wen of his power, wiping out his former glory, and mercilessly threw General Song, who was loyal to the court, into prison, which was chilling.

If he sits on the throne for too long, who can guarantee that the world will not fall into chaos?

So Xiao Dingyuan commissioned the assassins of Yanzitang. They used the swallow tattoos on their faces as a symbol to kill people invisibly.

New Year’s Eve is a very good time to pay homage to ancestors at the imperial mausoleum.

only……

Xiao Dingyuan didn't expect to see Song Yuesheng in the imperial mausoleum.

He knew that Song Yuesheng was brave, but he didn't expect that after becoming a concubine in the harem, she would dare to secretly follow him to the imperial mausoleum and fight on equal terms with those assassins.

She wanted to chase him, but he didn't want her to do that, so he stopped her.

One reason is that Yanzitang’s killers will not allow anyone to track them.

Second, in this world, apart from Song Yuesheng, there are no other relatives of his age.

Of course, he has his own selfish motives.

He wanted her to help take care of someone in the palace.

The little girl didn't have a background like the General's Mansion to support her, nor did she have a strong personality like her. If she entered the palace, she might be bullied.

With Song Yuesheng around, that person's situation would be better.

But before Xiao Dingyuan could ask for help, she fainted at the New Year's Eve party.

He believed that no one would dare to poison a concubine in front of the royal family, civil and military officials. It was only possible that Song Yuesheng saw a woman with the same name and surname as the late queen, and was so angry that he secretly took the poison.

It’s hard for my uncle and aunt.

They saw Song Yuesheng fainted, and due to palace rules and etiquette, they could only return to the general's mansion first.

Later, word spread in the palace that Song Yuesheng wanted Yuan Xi to play the piano in public.

His uncle and aunt were unable to enter the palace, so they asked him to go to the palace to inquire about the news.

That day……

Ugh.

Fortunately she pretended to be sick and didn't go.

**

Later, Xiling and Gao Qian jointly sent troops to attack Una City, and my uncle led the troops.

One day, his aunt suddenly came to the palace to find him, saying that they hadn't seen each other for a long time and wanted to catch up.

However, when the servants around them quietly retreated and they were the only two left in the huge house, my aunt's expression became solemn.

She took out a yellowed letter from her sleeve and handed it to him.

The handwriting on the envelope was vigorous and powerful, yet it revealed an indescribable heaviness.

"There have been a lot of rumors in the palace recently. Has Xiaosheng been affected and gone insane? This matter does not stand up to scrutiny. If the Prime Minister's Mansion finds out, Xiaosheng will probably have a hard time in the palace." The aunt looked anxious.

Xiao Dingyuan held the letter in his hand and consoled her, "Don't worry, aunt. My cousin is smarter than we thought. She must have her reasons for making such an arrangement."

Yes, she was smarter than he thought.

He never told anyone about Cheng Qi's existence. Even Concubine Wen thought that the person he liked was the daughter of Minister Li of the Ministry of War, and wanted to use Miss Li to threaten him.

That night, when Xiao Dingyuan was leaving, he met Cheng Qi. He thought everything was normal, but she said in a tone that he had ulterior motives in entering the palace.

He was worried about bringing trouble to her and Cheng Qi, so he rarely entered the palace after that night and continued to play the role of Prince Xiaoyao outside the palace.

Now her letter is really a hot potato...

Xiao Dingyuan sighed and began to make arrangements with his aunt.

Perhaps it was because the rumors about the change of the throne some time ago had not been confirmed, and coupled with his aunt's play "Phoenix Nirvana", the rumors he ordered people to spread kept popping up like mushrooms after rain.

He waited for her next move, but envoys from Xiling and Gao Qian suddenly visited.

They proposed to withdraw their troops on the condition that she and Concubine Wen go to marry.

Whether Xiao Guixi agrees or not, Xiao Dingyuan will be prepared to kidnap the bride.

Song Yuesheng has suffered enough, and he can't bear to see her go to Xiling or Gaoqian alone.

However, what arrived before the discussion results was the letter that Song Yuesheng asked Eunuch Wei to deliver.

The letter said that she would fake her death and leave the palace with two young palace maids, and asked him to send someone to the mass grave to pick them up. He also asked him to inform his aunt not to believe the palace's death report and just do it for show.

After coming out of the mass grave, Xiao Dingyuan couldn't help but ask her, "Why did you choose to set it on fire instead of finding a death row prisoner and leaving his body intact?"

Song Yuesheng ordered his men to carefully carry Qiao Xin and Qiao Yue, who had just been detoxified, onto the carriage, then turned around and replied.

"Song Yuesheng, who was born in the General's Mansion, has been trapped in the palace for too long. Now that I have the opportunity to live a carefree life, I must leave with ease. When you ascend the throne in the future, please don't bury Xiao Guixi and me together. It will bring bad luck."

"Oh, yes. The girls in the harem are all pitiful. If they want to leave the palace, you can give them some money and send them away. If they don't want to, then arrange for them to live outside the palace. The more girls in the harem, the easier it is for something to go wrong."

Song Yuesheng said as he got on the carriage.

"Cheng Qi is a good girl. If you two encounter any friction, you must talk it out and resolve it. Don't hide it in the name of doing good for you."

"stop!"

Xiao Dingyuan felt something was wrong the more he listened, so he reached out to interrupt her: "Cousin, how do you know he wants to be buried with you? Also, you're talking as if I'll be sitting in that seat tomorrow. He's only in his twenties, it's too early."

"Xiao Guixi is sick. He doesn't care about the person he likes when he's alive, but becomes affectionate when he's dead. Wen Man is like this, and I am like this too now."

Song Yuesheng mentioned all this lightly, as if he was telling an insignificant story.

She smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry. In less than two years, that position will be yours."

"Oh, by the way, I shouldn't go see my parents now. They still need your care. Wait until you ascend the throne, then find an excuse to let them leave Linjing." Song Yuesheng paused, lifted the carriage curtain, asked the coachman to stop, and then looked at Xiao Dingyuan, "Don't send me off. If we go any further, we won't be able to catch up with the palace to report the death to the prince's mansion."

Xiao Dingyuan slowly got off the carriage, his eyes closely following the slowly moving vehicle, as if every distance was deeply imprinted in his mind.

He hesitated for a moment, then involuntarily quickened his pace. In a few steps he caught up with the carriage and knocked on the window.

"cousin."

Song Yuesheng tilted his head: "Hmm?"

Xiao Dingyuan pursed his lips and said, "If you are unhappy outside, you can come back. By then, your brother and I will be the ruler of the world, and no one will dare to doubt your identity."

"Okay. By then, I will definitely walk sideways!" After hearing this, Song Yuesheng smiled and waved at him, "Let's go!"

……

In the second year of Yongshi, at the end of the month of Tu, there was a heavy snow.

"Didn't you send someone to secretly protect uncle and aunt along the way? Don't worry, nothing will happen to them. It's easy to catch a cold in such a heavy snow outside."

A woman in a bright red palace dress walked into the room, walked lightly to the window, and gently closed the half-open window.

Xiao Dingyuan took a look, grabbed Cheng Qi's hands, and pulled her to sit on the couch.

The two of them sat around a charcoal fire, the firelight shining on their faces, making them look particularly warm.

"You know, I'm not just worried about them."

"Sister Song is much smarter than ordinary people, she won't suffer any loss." Cheng Qi's eyebrows curved, "Besides, Young Marquis Ye has been sick for the past two winters and has been sick for one or two months. Others don't know the reason, but doesn't His Majesty know it? He won't watch Sister Song suffer."

"Heh. Ye Heyou is possessed by evil spirits and has evil ambitions!"

Xiao Dingyuan snorted coldly, his voice full of disdain.

He paused and said, "Ye Heyou's vision is too poor. I will definitely grant a marriage to the Xuanping Marquis's Mansion in the spring. The Queen has a good eye for people, so please help me make a choice."

Cheng Qi sighed in his heart.

The marriage has been arranged many times, but has it ever been actually carried out?

He was just worried that Sister Song would marry Young Marquis Ye and return to Linjing, the sad place.

Cheng Qi patted his hands and cleverly changed the subject: "Yesterday was the day when Lord Yi made his routine report. I haven't heard from Sister Song for a long time. Your Majesty, why don't you talk to me?"

"Okay..." Xiao Dingyuan took out a letter from under the couch.

Uncle, aunt, cousin.

Since you have decided not to come back, I wish you all the best out there. I also hope you have a bright future and will no longer be bound by the rules of the aristocratic family!