After the divorce, the princess was forced to raise a sickly villain

The entire Hong family was temporarily detained.

After learning that the palace gate was locked, Chu Qinghuang gave up the idea of ​​entering the palace and ordered people to summon the Dali Temple and the Dali Temple officers, borrowed handcuffs and shackles from them, and asked the guards to lock up the old and young of the Hong family and temporarily guard them in the house.

The three thousand guards surrounded the Hong family mansion so tightly that not even a mosquito could escape.

In order to prevent someone from coming to kill them without knowing the consequences, Chu Qinghuang ordered Fufeng, Fuyun, Fuying, and Fuwei to guard here. No matter if they wanted to save people or kill them, they would be killed without mercy.

After working for half the night, Chu Qinghuang finally took Fu Cang back to the princess's mansion.

Jinlan and Mingyue prepared some light hot food and a bowl of black soup: "The soup was boiled in half an hour and has been warmed on the stove. It's just right to drink it now."

Fu Cang didn't say anything, and silently picked up the soup and drank it.

Chu Qinghuang was about to sit down to eat when Wen Zhan asked to see her outside.

"Come in."

Wen Zhan walked in and bowed respectfully: "Your Highness."

"What's the matter?"

"Nothing special, I just want to thank Your Highness for protecting me today." Wen Zhan lowered his eyebrows, his tone was gentle and humble, "By the way, I want to say a few words to Your Highness."

"Your most important task now is to prepare for the upcoming autumn exam." Chu Qinghuang said coldly, "Don't think about anything you shouldn't think about."

Wen Zhan was slightly stunned, and then his mouth twitched: "Your Highness is so angry for his lover during the day, but so cold at night, isn't it a bit inappropriate?"

Chu Qinghuang frowned.

"Since I am your Highness's servant, I should act like a servant." He said gently, "If I don't compete for your favor, how can I be called a servant?"

Chu Qinghuang said calmly, "What do you want to do?"

"I plan to compete for your favor." Wen Zhan coughed lightly, "Your Highness can get used to this situation in advance."

It was the first time that Chu Qinghuang heard someone call himself a servant in front of her. She paused for a moment with an undetectable expression, and then said calmly, "I am a little tired tonight. I want to compete for your favor. I will talk about it after the case of the Ministry of Revenue is over."

Wen Zhan nodded and said yes, and quickly left.

Chu Qinghuang stared at his back, frowning slightly. He looked like a servant?

What should a servant look like?

She imagined the scene of several servants with different looks swarming over to compete for your favor. She had a strange expression, then shook her head to get rid of the weird picture in her mind, and turned to look at Fu Cang: "What are you doing standing there? Eat."

"Yes."

You can't eat too much supper, Chu Qinghuang and Fu Cang only ate a bowl of white porridge.

After dinner, it was almost midnight. Before he knew it, Chu Qinghuang stood in front of the window, looking at the moonlight outside, silently thinking about the matter of the Ministry of Revenue.

"Your Highness, go to bed early." Jinlan stood aside and said, "You have to get up early to go to the palace tomorrow morning."

Chu Qinghuang hummed, turned and walked to the inner room, half lying on the bed.

Since he ascended the throne when he was young, the Emperor of Xiqi has developed the habit of getting up early and going to court. Although the power of the government was controlled by the Lin family when he was young, he finally overthrew the regent of the Lin family with extraordinary endurance and took power as he wished. Later, he was very diligent in his more than 20 years of imperial career.

However, Xiqi has been suffering from a serious loss of national strength since the civil strife decades ago. It is obviously not easy to restore its former strength after the serious damage.

Especially now the situation in the world is very delicate.

The current continent has changed from nine countries to seven countries, namely Dongling, Dazhou, Xiqi, Beijiang, Shu, Qing and Yan.

Among them, Dongling has the strongest national power and the strongest military force. After annexing Nanyue and Yu, Dongling has the most extensive territory. It has maintained its peak of strength over the years and no one dares to provoke it.

Dazhou and Dongling have a kinship relationship, and Shu voluntarily became a vassal of Dongling.

Qing and Yan have the smallest territories and rely on neighboring powers to survive.

More than 20 years ago, after Dongling annexed Nanyue, which had repeatedly provoked, it had a great deterrence on various countries. Dazhou and Shu took the lead in paying tribute to Dongling to show their loyalty, and then the situation of Xiqi and Beijiang became more embarrassing.

The lesson of the destruction of Nanyue was unforgettable. No one dared to offend Dongling by breaking the law, and was even more worried that Dongling would use the excuse to send troops. Therefore, after only three years of hard persistence, they followed Dazhou and Shu to pay tribute in the name of celebrating the emperor's birthday.

However, one or two years was not a big deal. As tribute became a habit, the huge amount of gold, silver, jade, and silk and satin sent out year after year was really a big burden. The national treasury suffered a great loss in the past two years. Without money, it was impossible to train soldiers and buy horses at ease. A strong army became a luxury.

If the army is not strong, it will naturally not dare to compete with powerful countries. Such a vicious cycle shows how much pressure the emperor is under.

This is also the reason why Chu Qinghuang can raid the mansions of powerful officials at will.

The national treasury is too short of silver, and there are many corrupt officials in Xiqi. The emperor dare not offend all the major families at the same time. He can only use his daughter Chu Qinghuang to punish corrupt officials and fill the national treasury. Anyway, Chu Qinghuang has a bad reputation since she was a child and is not afraid of offending people.

However, no matter how deep the emperor's mind is, he can never think that this daughter is no longer the same daughter as before. While he is using Chu Qinghuang, isn't he also being used by Chu Qinghuang?

…

That night, Fu Cang still hugged Chu Qinghuang's waist and fell asleep.

But after Chu Qinghuang fell asleep, he suddenly opened his eyes, stared at her silently for a long time, and suddenly raised his hand and a wisp of Qi brushed across her sleeping point.

Chu Qinghuang fell into a deeper sleep.

Fu Cang turned his eyes slightly, his sight fell on her wrist, his lips pursed slightly, and his fingertips touched her pulse.

The pulse was steady and strong, without any abnormality.

Fu Cang withdrew his hand, got up quietly from the bed, put on his shoes, walked to the window, gently opened the window, and flashed out like a ghost, quickly blending into the night.