That night, Xiao Lingyan entered the palace to meet Cen Guifei and told him that Zhao Ruxi had reached the age of sixteen, and he was afraid that the ministers of the court would impeach her, and he could not delay it here.

In the end, he said: "Mother, I married Zhao Zhiwei, which means that Mr. Deadwood, Wu Huaisi and others are inclined to our faction, which my father does not want to see, and the other factions are even more unwilling to see it, and then Zhiwei will be in danger." ”

He sighed: "Zhiwei wants to be an official, I want to show my ambitions, and do something for the people, so I don't want to bring her to everyone so early, and I want to give her time to do things freely." But now, she and I have to be married. The contradiction is really difficult to solve. ”

"Actually......" Cen Guifei looked at her more and more mature son, and was a little afraid to speak next.

Xiao Lingyan raised his head and looked at Cen Guifei.

Cen Guifei stubbornly said the rest of the words: "You and Zhiwei are married, in fact, it is not without benefits. She is now in Nanyang, and the goal is especially obvious, if the crown prince, King Ming, and King Qian want to deal with her, they have to send someone to Nanyang......"

Seeing her son's eyes gradually becoming dangerous, her expression became cold, and she hurriedly said: "You don't have to worry about Zhiwei, I will go and beg your father and the emperor to send a powerful guard in the palace to protect Zhiwei, and we will also send someone to do it, so that she will not be in danger." ”

Seeing that the coldness in Xiao Lingyan's eyes no longer increased, she continued: "In this way, your father and emperor will be able to see the actions of the crown prince, King Ming and others. With your father's admiration and love for Mr. Deadwood, and his love for Zhao Zhiwei's talent, he will definitely be furious, and emotionally biased to our side. ”

As soon as her words fell, Xiao Lingyan denied: "No, I can't be in danger." ”

"Listen to me." Cen Guifei said hurriedly, "Unless you don't decide to marry, she will always be in danger." Even if she is not allowed to stay in Nanyang and transfer her back to the capital, it is just as dangerous, if not even more dangerous. After all, there are too many opportunities to fish in troubled waters in the capital, and it is impossible to tell who sent them. Even if she stays at home every day without leaving the house, it is still dangerous. Nanyang is a small place, as soon as strangers enter Nanyang, we will be aware of it, and it is better to guard against it......"

Xiao Lingyan was silent.

Cen Guifei's words, he couldn't refute them.

And so it was.

can let him use Zhao Ruxi as a bait to lure the enemy to chase and kill her, and all he gained was Xiao Yu's bad feelings towards the prince and others, so as to increase Xiao Lingpu's chances of ascending to the throne, he would never agree.

Zhao Ruxi is all the meaning of his existence in this world. After he poured out his love for Zhao Ruxi, he might still have a little emotion left for the woman in front of him, Xiao Lingpu and Xiao Yu, but there would be no more.

People say that the royal family has no warmth, but Cen Guifei still loves him and Xiao Lingpu. But she values her son more, and she also values the throne and the Cen family more.

If one day someone asked her to sacrifice her youngest son's life so that her eldest son would succeed on the throne, Xiao Lingyan was not sure which one she would choose.

The same is true for Xiao Lingpu.

Now he wants him to exchange something more important than his own life for a little bit of bargaining chips to increase Xiao Lingpu's chances of ascending the throne, which is ridiculous.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Cen Guifei asked, "Then do you have a better way?" Your family affairs cannot be delayed any longer. ”

Xiao Lingyan stood up irritably: "I'll think about it again." ”

As he spoke, he bowed and was about to leave, but after taking two steps and stopping, he turned his head to Cen Guifei and said, "Mother, Zhao Zhiwei is here with me, and he is a more important person than my life." I will not allow anyone to put her in danger. ”

As he spoke, he strode outside.

He knew that saying this would inevitably hurt Cen Guifei's heart, and it would inevitably make Cen Guifei have a bad impression of Zhao Ruxi.

In Cen Guifei's heart, he is her son, the son she gave birth to at the risk of her life and raised with great difficulty. As a result, this son values a woman more than his own life, where does this put a mother?

In normal times, he would not say such a stabbing thing with low emotional intelligence, but Cen Guifei asked him to use Zhao Ruxi as bait, which made him feel a kind of anger in his heart, and he had no scruples when he spoke.

Back in Yunhua Palace, where he lived, he only felt an indescribable irritability in his heart. simply took advantage of the fact that the palace gate was not closed, and went out of the palace directly and returned to the palace of King Qi.

asked the cook to cook, and he drank two glasses of stuffy wine alone, but he felt that the irritability in his heart was rising, so he simply summoned Xu Zhou to drink with him.

Xu Zhou is his protégé, taking care of the auction house affairs for him, and also taking care of the position of the dog-headed military advisor.

"Is there anything bothering the prince?" Xu Zhou asked.

Usually Xiao Lingyan is a very self-disciplined person. Knowing that wine will make mistakes, he rarely touches it, but today he frequently raises his glass, and everyone can see that he is irritable.

Xu Zhou, who is now thirty years old, was the one Xiao Lingyan inadvertently saved when he went to Jiangnan after crossing over.

He was originally a young talent from a small family in Jiangnan, and he was promoted at the age of seventeen or eight. But the family had a grudge with others because of some disputes, and was designed, and the whole family was captured by the bandits, and Xiao Lingyan rescued Xu Zhou and his six-year-old son who escaped from the bandits on the way back to Beijing from Jiangnan.

After Xu Zhou entrusted his son to Xiao Lingyan, he went home to take revenge in person, and came to defect to Xiao Lingyan.

Xiao Lingyan investigated and found that this person had a good character, and he was flexible and good at words, so he left him behind because the auction house was short of people.

After getting along, he felt more and more in love with Xu Zhou, who was more insightful in politics and business, gave him a lot of good advice, and was very trustworthy. After he built the Qi Palace, he left Xu Zhou in the Qi Palace.

Zhao Ruxi's matter, because he had to send guards and communications, as well as business cooperation, Xu Zhou also knew.

Now that Xu Zhou asked, Xiao Lingyan told Xu Zhou about it.

Xu Zhou also frowned when he heard this.

"The prince is nearly eighteen years old, and Miss Zhao is also sixteen. If this matter drags on any longer, it will not be appropriate for you or her. Therefore, it is not possible to be indefinite. Xu Zhou's words hit the nail on the head, "The words of the noble concubine are not good, but they are true. After you get married, you have to have half a year to prepare for the wedding before you can get married. No matter where Miss Zhao is during this time, she still has to encounter trouble, which is unavoidable. ”

"Therefore, instead of making a marriage after she returns to the capital, it is better to make a marriage when she is in Nanyang."

Xiao Lingyan's brows furrowed even tighter, and when he saw Xiao Liuzi filling his wine glass, he tilted his neck and poured the wine into his mouth.

Seeing this, Xu Zhou smiled slightly, and had a clearer understanding of Zhao Ruxi's status in Xiao Lingyan's heart.