Chapter 173 Playing Chess

The whole study was full of coldness and loneliness. The cold wind blew, and all the papers on the table blew down to the ground, and the characters were eye-catching.

This is his own choice. Even if it is difficult to go, he still has to go on.

Princes Xingqing is already on her way here. The play has begun, and there is no room to look back. However, in the face of Yan Ji, Zhan Lengze still has a lot of unwillingness. He could have put this woman Liu Zi by his side.

Originally, he could have been indifferent, but when he heard that he and Luan Yuchun went to the Ice and Snow Kingdom, Zhan Lengze was really a little panicked.

Mingyue Palace.

The Empress Mingfei was feeding more mung bean cakes, and Yan Ji broke in directly, hugged her son and left.

"Hight." The Empress Ming snorted coldly.

"Jin Sui, leave with Duoduo. I have something to say."

Duoduo suddenly flashed his eyes and felt that the anger between the two adults was very unusual. His mother had never been like this. Shouldn't she really take the wrong medicine?

Yes, Madam.

Jin Sui left with Duoduo, and there were only two of them left in the hall.

Looking at Yan Ji's dusty appearance, the Empress Ming already knew that she had just returned from the ice and snow country.

"What do you want to do? Leave irresponsibly. Do you come to vent your son now? Yan Ji, you are really too disappointed by your aunt."

Yan Ji turned around and sat down in the chair without saying a word.

The gossip in the capital is nothing to him, but today Zhan Lengze proposed to take away Duoduo, which completely messed her up the rules.

"Little aunt, I don't care about Zhan Lengze's wedding at all, but what I care about is that he wants to take away my son."

The Empress Ming sat down and sighed helplessly. When the news of Zhan Lengze's wedding came, he already understood what was going on, why the emperor did not let go that day, and why he said that no matter what, Duoduo was a royal descendant.

What the emperor said has his own plan, which is this matter.

However, the Empress Mingfei knows better that this Princess Xingqing is just a pawn used by Zhan Lengze to fight for the throne, and his feelings for Yan Ji are still very heavy.

"He dares." Concubine Ming said rudely, "Yanji, even if you agree, my aunt will not agree. Don't forget that I am a noble concubine."

Yan Ji closed her eyes helplessly. These days, his mood has been so ups and downs. He thought that his aunt would go back to Yan's house to help him regain power, but he didn't know that Zhan Lengze would plug in such a bar and force him into a desperate situation.

"Yan Ji." The Empress Mingfei held his face and said, "You are my niece, so you have to learn how to take responsibility. Zhan Lengze may not be your best choice. Aunt can guarantee that even if you don't marry, you can become the most capable woman and the most prestigious one in the banquet house."

"Little aunt." Yan Ji looked at her and nodded, "It's true. Now is not the time to sink at all."

"Tomorrow's wedding, Yanji, aunt could have left you in the palace, but in this case, you will be looked down when you return to the banquet house in the future, so you'd better go back. As for Duoduo, we will go back to the banquet house together in a few days, so you don't have to worry."

Yan Ji nodded, and he understood her aunt's intentions very well.

"Aunt, please don't worry, I won't humiliate you. I'm going back to the banquet now."

The Empress Ming nodded, and that's right.

When they came out of the Mingyue Palace, Si Kou Xunxiang and Luan Yuchun were waiting outside, and it could be seen that both of them were very worried.

"I'm fine." Yan Ji waved her hand.

At this time, the little eunuch next to the emperor came to send a message, saying that it was the same as inviting Miss Yan Ji.

Yan Ji can't refuse, and you can imagine what the emperor wants to say after she goes there.

In the huge Taihe Hall, there is only one emperor.

"Yan Ji said good to the emperor."

The emperor nodded and pointed to the seat next to the chessboard to signal him to sit down.

"Your Majesty, I won't."

The emperor smiled faintly: "It doesn't matter. If you don't know how to play chess, you can watch chess. Sit down."

Yan Ji sat down and looked at the black and white chess pieces in front of her. She was a little nervous. What did the emperor want to say with this game of chess?

"Yan Ji, how is the health of the Queen of Ice and Snow Kingdom?" The emperor put on a white man and asked casually.

Yan Ji was shocked. She followed Luan Yuchun to the ice and snow country. Her intention was obvious, but it was just for a few carts of porcelain, but after all, if anyone really used it to make an article about the emperor's first-class doctor, it must have caused a lot of storm.

"To the emperor." Yan Ji lowered her head and replied, "The Empress's condition has been controlled, and I think she should have recovered by this time."

The emperor nodded: "Very good, Yan Ji, don't be nervous. You haven't done anything wrong in this matter. Relatively speaking, I would like to thank you for bringing back such a large porcelain mine."

Yan Ji frowned. This matter really doesn't make sense. Originally, it was just Ye Feng to thank you, but she didn't expect that it would cause so many troubles. If the emperor is punished, he can't argue.

That's all. On the contrary, even if the emperor is willing to be such a small medical girl as him, he is also reluctant to make a rich porcelain soil mine.

"What?" The emperor looked at him and said, "Do you feel a little wronged? The reward you finally earned has now been used for confisation."

"No, no." Yan Ji waved her hand.

"Then why are you unhappy? Is it because of the matter of King Chang'an?"

Yan Ji shook her head again: "No, no."

The emperor put down another chess piece and said, "Between Zhan Lengze, you still have many sons. Thinking about it, you could have become the princess of the sixth prince, but you refused. Can't you see that the Empress and the Empress Dowager are very satisfied with you?"

Yan Ji bowed her head and said nothing. Even now, she still has no regrets. Luan Yuchun can be her best friend or even a relative in her heart, but there is no way to become a husband and wife.

The predestined relationship between them is unchangeable.

"However, later, you did not hesitate to revealed Duoduo's identity and refused this marriage. At that time, I just thought that you could get together with Zhan Lengze, but things often did not follow our imagination. Zhan Lengze offered to marry the temperament boar of Venus. As for the reason, I don't need to say more. You should understand."

Yan Ji raised her head and said, "Your Majesty, whether Zhan Lengze marries other women or not, neither of us will come together. If we missed it six years ago, there is no way back."

The emperor shook his head slightly: "Yan Ji, don't you understand? Zhan Lengze still vacancies the seat of the princess. No matter how noble Princess Xingqing is, she is still condescending to the seat of the side concubine. You should understand."

Yan Ji smiled bitterly and didn't understand what to do. If Yan Ji really wants to get married, there are many candidates. Now that Zhan Lengze has made a choice, whether it is the princess or the side princess, the result is the most important.

It is true that he and Princess Xingqing became husband and wife.

"Your Majesty." Yan Ji stood up blankly, "There are some small things to say. If there is anything contradicted, please ask the emperor to atone for your sins."

The emperor nodded: "If you have anything, just say it as soon as possible."

"Your Majesty, you have so many sons, and you are so wise. You should know which son is the most suitable to become the king of the future flaming country, but if you watch them kill each other, not only do not stop them, but even become their accomplices. Your Majesty, the slaves and maidservants are really not Got it."

After listening to this, the emperor did not react for a moment and was slightly stunned.

It's true. Yan Ji's words are not wrong, but they are wrong.

"Yan Ji." The emperor nodded and said, "You are the first person to tell me the truth. You are right about these things. You have seen through them, but you have not seen through them. I am the emperor, but at the same time, there are also times when you are powerless. I hope you can understand that killing each other in the palace is also the best way to survive. I would rather they kill each other. If you have the ability to ascend the throne, you don't want an incompetent monarch to destroy the whole flaming country.

"But they are your sons. Do you think they can bear it so much?"

"I can't bear it." The emperor spread out his hands, but think about it, even if I set up the position of prince, do you think my sons can take care of themselves and accept such an arrangement convincingly?

Yan Ji nodded. The emperor was most satisfied with Zhan Lengze, but the Empress and the Empress Dowager stood on the side of Luan Yuchun. No matter which one, it was difficult for the emperor to choose.

In the end, they can only make their own choices.

It's so cruel, but it's so realistic. The reason why the flame country has been founded for a hundred years and become the head of the four major countries is that it has its own rules of survival.

"You are the same." The emperor stood up and put a black man on the table. "If you want to find out what happened in those years, you have to rely on yourself. Outsiders will never believe it. All you can believe is yourself."

"Your Majesty." Yan Ji looked up at him and felt that this was not the emperor he usually knew, the amiable emperor. At this time, the wisdom was a little scary. It seemed that everyone was just a pawn for him. Where should be placed, just by its interest.

Yan Ji finally believed that he was able to return to the banquet house not because of his cleverness, but because all this was in line with the emperor's arrangement.

"The next thing you need to do is to hold your position in the banquet house, sit in the seat you want to sit on, and find out what you want to find out, understand?"

"Yes, your Majesty."

"Yan Ji." The emperor nodded and said, "Sometimes, both people and things have to go through a kind of training so that she can really understand the law of survival in this palace."

After the emperor finished speaking, he put the last piece on the table and turned away.

Yan Ji slowly walked in and clearly found that it was a reply.

He suddenly looked back at the emperor. Yan Ji had understood everything, and the emperor also made an arrangement for her final ending, but the last point in the middle still had to be finished by himself. Anyway, even if she knelt down, he had to finish it.

Whether it's for her son or her innocence, she has no choice.