The Princess Royal 度华年 Episode 10

After washing up, Li Rong fell directly onto the bed, feeling relieved from her tiredness. Pei Wenxuan had no place to rest, and he couldn't make a bed on the floor, so he sat beside him gloomily. Seeing this, Li Rong reminded him that he could sleep on the bed. At first, Pei Wenxuan wanted to be polite, but Li Rong stopped paying attention to him, and he knew that there were many people who were getting married tonight, and going out rashly would definitely have bad effects.

At this moment, Li Rong suddenly asked Pei Wenxuan why he asked Su Rongqing to pick up the bride. Pei Wenxuan told the truth that he had met Su Rongqing before the wedding. Through this conversation, he believed that the other party had Li Rong in his heart. In fact, Pei Wenxuan knew that Li Rong was also interested in Su Rongqing, but she still had concerns, fearing that Su Rongqing would be the same as before, with power and family more important than her.

Pei Wenxuan told Li Rong that what he had to do now was to find an opportunity to win over Su Rongqing to become Li Chuan's man, and to give her a plan to rekindle her old relationship with Su Rongqing, so as to bring the two of them into marriage. Similarly, Li Rong did not let Pei Wenxuan worry about anything, saying that she would find a way to prevent Qin Zhenzhen from entering the palace so that he and Qin Zhenzhen could renew their relationship, but Pei Wenxuan politely refused.

That night, the two of them were lying on the bed together. They had been together through thick and thin for more than 20 years. They were once husband and wife, but now they are more like allies. Li Rong felt that they should be regarded as close friends, or best friends for short, which made Pei Wenxuan speechless. On the other hand, Li Chuan met Qin Zhenzhen right after leaving the princess's residence, and shared with him what happened on the front line and the battlefield. They were fascinated by the conversation for a while, but when he realized it was already dawn, he had to say goodbye reluctantly.

Now the emperor uses King Su as a puppet to secretly support ordinary nobles. All the noble families who have taken refuge with King Su can be promoted to compete with Li Chuan. Although Li Chuan was able to stay on his own under Li Rong's arrangement, he had no military power and relied entirely on his family. Therefore, the Shangguan family, which was the last of three dynasties, was naturally the queen's trump card and a major concern for the emperor.

Li Rong decided to stop Shangguan Ya from becoming the Crown Princess. She was confident that she knew something about her in her previous life, so she immediately sent her servant to the Jiwen Poetry Club to look for her. However, she was told that Shangguan Ya was most likely in a gambling house to gather wealth. After hearing this, Li Rong looked shocked. After all, she had frequent interactions with Shangguan Ya in the palace in her previous life. She had the impression that she was polite and dignified. How could she go to such an unruly place?

Pei Wenxuan was not surprised at all. He smiled with a look of watching a good show and accompanied Li Rong to the Wealth Gathering Hall to find out. Due to the mixed crowd of people in the Jucai Hall, Pei Wenxuan was afraid that people would bump into Li Rong, so he had to raise his hand to protect Li Rong in the middle to clear the way for her. He told everyone that Li Rong was his wife.

The two of them walked around the crowd and finally saw Shangguan Ya, who was disguised as a man. Shangguan Ya spotted Li Rong with sharp eyes and immediately threw the money away, turned around and ran upstairs. Li Rong followed closely without caring about her manners, while Shangguan Ya jumped directly from the window and landed neatly in the arms of Su Ronghua who was passing by downstairs.

As the scarf that bound her hair fell off, Shangguan Ya's long hair spread out, revealing her daughter's identity. Shangguanya hurriedly gave Su Ronghua a piece of silver, asked him to cover for her, and then hid in the grass frame next to him. Li Rong saw Su Ronghua and asked him about Shangguanya's whereabouts. Just as he was about to jump off the second floor, Pei Wenxuan caught him in time.

In the end, Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan opened the straw frame and found Shangguan Ya, directly explaining their intention and putting down her guard against them. Li Rong looked at the lively Shangguanya in front of her, and suddenly felt a little strange. In her memory, Shangguanya no longer smiled after becoming the queen. She looked lifeless and full of pessimism about the future.

Then the three of them sat down in the tea room. Li Rong got straight to the point and mentioned the prince's marriage. She wanted to know what Shangguan Ya thought of it. Taking the Yang family's failure as a lesson for the Shangguan family, she might not necessarily have the idea of ​​entering the palace as the queen. But Shangguan Ya didn't care, saying that she had been prepared to sacrifice for the family since she was sensible, not to mention that the loser may not be the prince.

Because of Shangguan Ya's words, Li Rong's view of her completely changed. The woman in front of him was free and unrestrained, completely unlike the queen who behaved gracefully and had elegant taste. Pei Wenxuan thought of the tragedy of Shangguan Ya in his previous life, who rebelled against the family for his lover Su Ronghua, and was eventually beaten by his parents. He didn't know whether he should tell Li Rong.

In the days that followed, rumors spread that the Shangguan family was going to give birth to a fourth-generation crown princess, which made the emperor furious. He knew that if the prince married the Shangguan family, their power would become stronger and stronger. The queen came to Li Chuan alone and asked him to marry Shangguan Ya, and said that as long as Shangguan Ya became the crown prince, he could accept anyone he liked as a concubine.

Li Rong went to the palace to see the queen and persuaded her to give up her fantasy, but the queen didn't listen at all. After leaving Weiyang Palace, Li Rong saw his brother's depressed mood and recalled his changed personality, feeling cold in his heart. Pei Wenxuan silently cared about Li Rong, learned about Li Rong's daily movements through Jinglan, and asked Jinglan not to tell her.

Later, Pei Wenxuan came to play chess with Li Rong and listened to her confiding her concerns. He took the initiative to mention Princess Yunyan who went to the north to make peace with the war. However, despite this, Princess Yunyan still died in the harem. Pei Wenxuan said that Li Chuan was affected by this incident. In order to prevent Li Rong from becoming the next Princess Yunyan, he came up with the idea of ​​​​Northern Expedition for unification. Unfortunately, even though he had the entire country, he still lost himself.