The Princess Royal 度华年 Episode 1

On a cold night in late winter, the bright moon hung high above the Hanqiu Palace, reflecting the heavy crowd gathered in front of the palace. Queen Shangguanya led her ministers to seek an audience with the emperor, but was stopped by a group of imperial guards who were waiting in full formation. Wearing armor and holding spears, these imperial guards were like sculptures standing in the cold wind. They were neatly arranged outside the palace, building an indestructible barrier. Until the appearance of Pei Wenxuan, the first minister of the Great Xia Dynasty, there was finally a crack.

Although the queen was in an emergency, she did not dare to confront Pei Wenxuan. Pei Wenxuan went alone to meet Emperor Li Chuan, who was seriously ill in bed, and prepared an edict of succession in advance. On his deathbed, Li Chuan asked Pei Wenxuan to depose the crown prince Li Xin and support the prince Li Ping to inherit the throne. He also wanted to suppress the power of the family, especially the eldest princess Li Rong. If she had the intention of rebellion, Pei Wenxuan must represent the poor family. The soldiers eradicated it.

In the eldest princess's mansion, Li Rong was suffering from a serious illness. Fortunately, Su Rongqing was often at his bedside to serve him. He was the steward of the eldest princess's mansion, and he was also the person Li Rong trusted most and was closest to. As the battle for the crown prince gradually intensified, Li Rong knew that the aristocratic family was a serious concern for his younger brother Li Chuan, so he decided to make the queen's son Li Xin the crown prince before Pei Wenxuan took action to protect the family.

Although Pei Wenxuan is the consort of the eldest princess, he and Li Rong seem to be very close to each other. They have different personalities and do not work together. They have always been tit-for-tat, with a strong sense of unyielding hatred. Tonight, Pei Wenxuan suddenly paid a visit to the Princess Mansion, just for the purpose of setting up the crown prince. Li Rong did not refuse to see him, but forced herself to negotiate with him despite her illness.

When he was young, Pei Wenxuan was born extremely well. Even at the age when he knew his destiny, he still had some calmness that is rare for a young man. It's a pity that Pei Wenxuan has his own heart. Ever since Li Rong knew that the person he was thinking about was the imperial concubine Qin Zhenzhen, and what he did later, she no longer had any affection for him as a couple.

Pei Wenxuan had a grudge against Su Rongqing, so Li Rong found an excuse to send Su Rongqing away, pretending not to know what was going on in the court, and responded to Pei Wenxuan in an understatement, emphasizing that the eldest son should be established as the crown prince. At the same time, he noticed the sachet worn on the other side's waist. The two did not talk to each other. Before leaving, Pei Wenxuan warned Li Rong to stop in time and ridiculed her for actually valuing Su Rongqing, who had been castrated. Spit out a mouthful of blood.

Su Rongqing was stunned for a moment and panicked and called the imperial doctor to check her pulse. The imperial doctor concluded that she had been poisoned by Xiangmeiren. As soon as she said this, Li Rong thought of Pei Wenxuan's sachet and the cause of Qin Zhenzhen's death, and couldn't help but feel sad. This man had done something to her after all. That night, Li Rong ordered Su Rongqing to summon elite troops to ambush Pei Wenxuan on his way back home, intending to kill him. When Pei Wenxuan heard that the assassin was ordered by the princess, he was shocked and grieved and refused to close his eyes until death.

Before Li Rong died, she regretted missing Su Rongqing, but she lost consciousness before she could finish her words. When she opened her eyes and woke up again, she found herself in Changle Palace, the old palace of her youth, and beside her was Jinglan, the personal maid who had "resurrected from the dead". After some conversation, Li Rong confirmed that she was reborn at the age of eighteen.

This year, it was his father who chose a son-in-law for Li Rong, and Li Rong followed the arrangement and married Pei Wenxuan, a scholar from a poor family. Pei Wenxuan was handsome and gentle in temperament. He was the eldest son of the aristocratic Pei family. He was even on par with Su Rongqing, the most noble son of Hua Jing. However, due to his father's early death, he gradually became a poor member of the aristocracy.

Originally, Li Rong had thought that if Pei Wenxuan was a good man, she might as well grow old together with him. Unexpectedly, after getting married, this legendary gentle man actually had a hidden side, which made her fully realize what a smiling tiger is. Li Rong didn't dare or didn't want to think about what happened next, and was determined to change the past trajectory of her life. She must first put an end to marriage with Pei Wenxuan.

After freshening up, Li Rong went into the palace to meet his father. Looking at the person he hadn't seen in ten years, he suddenly had mixed feelings. Because Li Rong is the emperor's direct daughter, her status is naturally noble. Before the age of eighteen, the relationship between father and daughter was quite good, and she cherished the family ties in the royal family very much. To this day, she still dreams about whether they could do it all over again. They are just ordinary father and daughter.

Unfortunately, the next second, Li Ming, as the emperor, was suspicious and alienated, breaking the warm atmosphere of father and daughter's reunion. Li Ming asked someone to bring the portraits of the four young masters to Li Rong to choose from. Three of them were all good-looking, but were corrupted on the outside. Only Pei Wenxuan had a good character. Li Ming did this deliberately to suppress the power of Li Rong's mother clan. Li Rong cleverly avoided choosing a son-in-law and invited the four young masters and the children of the aristocratic family in the name of a spring banquet.

At the same time, Pei Wenxuan was surprised to find that he had returned to Yongning for twenty-four years. In this year, an accident in his family led to poverty. Qin Zhenzhen was greedy for vanity and proposed to break off the engagement. It happened that the emperor arranged for him to marry again. With the identity of the consort, Pei Wenxuan The family can regain its foothold in the court. Therefore, when Pei Wenxuan received the invitation to the spring banquet from the princess's palace, instead of being flattered like in his previous life, he happily agreed. On the surface, they seemed to care about each other, but in fact, they were planning and competing with each other.