The powerful, high and lofty Princess ng Qingqian.
Not only does she have an endless amount of docunts to deal with every day. She also has various etings to attend. She even had to help officials in the ng camp deal with conflicts between themselves.
Most of the ti, she had to work late into the night, reading the various folds and writing down her opinions. Whether to pass, and, or reject them for reconsideration, all had to be carefully considered. There were many tis when Han would deliberately ss with her. A single paperwork stuck in a major matter could cause the whole thing to go haywire.
It was already late at night in the palace, so ng Qingqian walked to her mothers bedchamber and quietly said, Is mother asleep?
At this hour, the Empress Dowager was naturally asleep. However, the Empress Dowager knew of her daughters character, and that nothing was going to happen, so if she ca over at this ti, there must be sothing big.
Qingqian, co in quickly. Is there sothing to discuss with the Empress Mother?
ng Qingqian nodded and said, Tomorrow morning at the court, I would like to ask Empress Mother to arrange for a reliable palace maid, dressed nicely, to sit in my place.
Why?
Mother, I intend to leave the palace and go to see Fan Yu.
Although the Eldest Princess had various etings of various sorts throughout the day, the most important, without a doubt, was the daily morning court.
It turned out that when the Empress Dowager was overseeing the kingdom, she sat behind a curtain behind the emperors dragon chair, and later, when power was delegated to the Princess, she sat behind the curtain beside the Empress Dowager.
The curtain was not thick, and two figures were faintly visible, in order to give the ministers an invisible sense of oppression.
The Empress was diligent and never missed the morning court after she had taken charge of the governnt.
This ti, when she went to see Fan Yu, ng Qingqian naturally had to find a double to sit there for her in order to be concealed. Not only would this not break her rule of not dropping the morning court, but it would also confuse Pri Minister Hans forces.
It was not difficult to find a palace maid, except that the Empress Dowager did not understand why her daughter had to go and see a general who had resigned from his post for a long ti.
Qingqian, what did you go to see Fan Yu for?
Mother, my ng clan is most in need of military power. If General Fan Yu, can rejoin the mountain, gather the Chu family army and serve my ng clan. Then in three years ti, when the Han surna and I hand over power back to His Majesty, there will be no danger of a mutiny.
ng Qingqian added after a pause, Moreover, Nanzhu would not have to marry He Yunxiao in exchange for Marquiss help.
The Empress Dowager froze for a mont and blinked, Dont make a decision for Nanzhu just yet, what if she wants to marry He Yunxiao?
ng Qingqing said, Empress Mother, Nanzhu is innocent by nature, how could she like a bastard like He Yunxiao?
The Empress Dowager said, I see that Yunxiao is very sensible, so how can he be of bad character? If you didnt need to oversee the state and couldnt marry soone else, how could the Empress Mother let this marriage fall on Nanzhus head?
Marrying He Yunxiao is considered a good thing
Empress Mothers character was sothing that ng Qingqian knew best.
Sotis, she even felt that Nanzhu was the mothers own daughter.
Mother liked to rely on her feelings and intuition when she looked at people and did things.
When she heard that He Yunxiao was handso and extraordinary, she was likely to make a rash decision just by looking at his face again.
ng Qingqian understands that it is absolutely unreliable to rely on face reading for a marriage.
The matter of marrying soone, especially a royal princess, requires multiple considerations, and personal factors like facial features and feelings are the last things to be considered. In which dynasty does a princess marry for the benefit of the entire royal family?
ng Qingqian asked herself if she still cared for her sister ng Qingrou, but if Fan Yu could not be invited, she would not be able to solve her predicant. At that ti, she would not hesitate to throw her sister to He Yunxiao.
The descendants of the royal family enjoyed privileged treatnt in normal tis, and when it mattered, they should naturally put the royal family first.
As for herself, ng only hoped that after she handed over her power to His Majesty, she could beco a nun and be at ease from then on, never to bother with worldly affairs again.
As for getting married and becoming a woman, and raising a husband and children, she had not even considered it.
Having been in a high position for a long ti, she had seen a lot of so-called human beings. The more she saw, the more disappointed she beca with them.
ng Qingqian did not believe in Buddhism and beca a nun only because she was disappointed. Because in this world, there is no man who is qualified to be close to her, or even to share a bed with her.
This ti, ng Qingqian did not bring her personal guards, and female attendants with her, but only Jianling.
With her protection alone, she could stand up to a whole army of female guards. There were too many female guards and they were too flamboyant, and now they were acting in secret, which was inconvenient.
As the Antler Academy was basically full of n, the two of them had to disguise themselves as n and blend in to et Fan Yu in order not to attract attention.
The reason for ng Qingqians caution was that the eting with Fan Yu must not be known to the Han family.
It was difficult to ask one person to co out of the mountain, but it was very easy to keep one person out of the mountain. If Han knew that she had gone to see General Fan, the matter would be almost hopeless.
Jian Lings face was not feminine, so she was very suitable for a woman dressed as a man, and hardly felt out of place. In addition, she is a natural swordsman who travels the world.
But ng Qingqian was a disaster.
Not to ntion the other things, the disobedient pair on her bust alone was very difficult to handle.
It was only after wrapping them in several layers of loose clothing that she was able to look normal.
Even so, her feminine and pretty features could not be changed when she wore ns clothes, and with her fair and delicate skin, she felt completely deceptive.
She had no choice but to put on a little more yellow powder to make her face less pretty and white, which made her look sowhat like an ordinary gentleman.
The two of them sat in the carriage that the palace maids would normally sit in when they went out for shopping, and secretly went to the Antler Academy.
In the carriage, ng Qingqian asked, Jian Ling, do I look like a man?
No.
ng Qingqian frowned, If I dont look like a man, then I cant be too flashy. After we enter the academy, I will find a quiet place to wait while you find Fan Yu to et .
Okay.
When they arrived at the entrance of the Deerstalker Academy, ng Qingqian didnt dare to stay too long as she was worried about her exposure, so she got out of the car and walked towards the academy.
Just as they entered the gate of the academy, they heard the academys children start talking about He Yunxiao.
Even though she had heard about He Yunxiaos extraordinary handsoness, she did not intend on turning around to take a look. Even a handso face was only skin and bones.
She seized this rare, unnoticed opportunity and said quietly, Jian Ling, soone has distracted attention for us, lets go.
Good.
The two of them quickened their pace and soon disappeared into the quiet lanes of the academy.
After finding a secluded and deserted place, Jian Ling bid farewell to the Eldest Princess and went alone to ask General Fan Yu to co.
ng Qingqian stood alone on the deserted path. Even though it was a rare opportunity to leave the palace. She did not dare to relax at the mont, and was still thinking about the situation on the court.
The ti had only gone by for a mont before ng Qingqian felt exhausted.
She had developed a bad habit of eating sothing sweet when she was thinking. If not, she would not be able to do her best in her scheming.
And this ti, she was in too much of a hurry to take so sweets with her.
Luckily, the Lord had never let anyone down.
The trees beside this path were just bearing sweet fruits.
After looking around and finding that no one was there, ng Qingqian walked under the tree and stood on tiptoe to reach the fruit on the tree.
It was just that she had overestimated herself a little.
Even on tiptoe, she was only able to grasp the branch.
She was not short by any ans. Her net height was nearly 1.7 ters, and with her shoes on, she was even taller. It was just that the trees in the academy grew well and were much taller and bushier than those elsewhere.
But it was not hard to beat her. The ripe fruit, which always cannot be shaken, would fall regularly when the wind blew.
ng Qingqian shook the branch, but found that it did not give a damn. Not even a single fruit could co down.
After confirming once again that there was no one around, she beca a bit more daring.
She simply shook it harder.
This ti it did the trick and the fruit fell like rain.
One of them fell straight onto her bare forehead.
Ouch! It hurts.
ng Qingqian rubbed her forehead and scolded the fruit tree, You dare hurting . Youre a bad boy, arent you?
As this was not the palace and no one was watching, she simply played with her childish temper and picked up so broken fruits and buried them under another tree.
After doing this, she felt much better. The knot that had been piling up over political matters for a long ti had also dissipated a bit.
ng Qingqian simply stopped thinking about family and national affairs and did whatever she wanted to do.
She picked up a fruit like a girl from an ordinary family, wiped it briefly, and then put it in her mouth.
Feeling the sweetness in her mouth, ng Qingqians mood improved a little more.
Lets eat another one.
She thought.
So she ate another one.
Another one.
Until an unwanted fruit core appeared where it shouldnt have.
A choking sensation that took over all her senses for a mont.
Cough cough cough!
So uncomfortable
I havent t General Fan yet I cant
Even at this ti, she was still weighing the dynastic situation of Qi.
Just as ng Qingqian was falling into confusion, and despair, a pair of strong arms wrapped around her waist, then pulled her back from the road to hell in an instant.
A male voice like heavenly music, ca.
Si Brother Im fellow student, are you all right?
ng Qingqians heart, which had been running wild just now because she was in a life-threatening situation, had not yet cald down at this point.
ng Qingqian looked up, and He Yunxiaos handso and stunning face, as well as his caring deanor instantly caught her eye and was firmly engraved in her mind.
For so reason, her racing heart still had no intention of stopping.
At this mont, the subconscious mind defeated the rational mind and briefly prevailed over ng Qingqians consciousness.
This kind of handso, upright and reliable feeling was sothing she had only ever felt in two n in her life. So subconsciously, she thought that the man who had saved her was the sa late emperor who had been able to bear the burden of the Qi state for her, but had passed away.
ng Qingqians mouth involuntarily murmured, Father.
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