Zhao Nianze knew very well that if what she said was true, what he would lose might be the support of the Jiang family and the Gao family.
And his roots come from these two families.
If he gave up on Jiang Nianjiao.
In the future battle for the reserve, will the Jiang and Gao families be as loyal as before? If there is a better choice, will they choose another master?
These relationships, which were considered a solid alliance once they married Jiang Nianjiao, inevitably became turbulent.
In fact, he didn't care about this prospect.
After all, for this future, his biological mother died tragically in Chuanlin City, and those killers disguised as refugees attacked the team of his father and the emperor to take the mother and son to Beijing.
It's just that the person who killed his biological mother is still aloof.
If he couldn't become the crown prince, what capital would he use to compete with the powerful families that had dominated the country for several dynasties?
While he was still thinking, Jiang Nianjiao had already stood up. She knew that the choice between these two parties would be a big sacrifice for Zhao Nianze.
If it were an ordinary person, most of them would choose themselves.
But since her cousin's feelings for Su Zhirou were so intense, she also wanted to see what he would choose between the country and the beauty.
"Cousin, you can think about it slowly. If you think about it, you can come to me at any time."
And until Jiang Nianjiao left, Zhao Nianze didn't ask to stay.
When leaving Xiaoxie in the center of the lake, the system, which continued to pretend to be dead after being threatened, began to burst out again and said, "Host, if you do this, you will increase the risk of completing the mission."
Jiang Nianjiao said she didn't care about the system's prompts, "Isn't love a high-risk, low-return thing? If you are not willing to take any risks before falling in love, then what kind of true love do they have?"
The system was scolded by Jiang Nianjiao and once again doubted Tongsheng. At this time, it even felt that what Jiang Nianjiao said actually made sense. But he completely forgot where he stood.
After leaving Xiaoxie in the middle of the lake, Jiang Nianjiao originally planned to go directly to her aunt.
Unexpectedly, she heard the conversation between Jiang Zhi and Su Zhirou at the corner of the rockery and stone forest.
She actually didn't mean to eavesdrop on their conversation, but this rockery and stone forest was the only path out of the island in the middle of the lake.
Therefore, she listened to 100% of the conversation between the two people.
"Arou, do you think my sister's temperament is a little strange recently?" It was Jiang Zhi who asked.
Jiang Nianjiao was not surprised at all when she heard Jiang Zhi gossiping behind her back.
After all, those who usually flatter themselves every day and get a lot of benefits from them will inevitably arrange things behind their backs.
She had nothing to do with it. The little sisters who were bullied often said bad things about her. It's nothing.
But I didn't expect Su Zhirou to retort, "I don't think there's anything strange about Miss Jiang. Besides, it's always inappropriate to talk about people behind their backs."
Jiang Zhi was obviously choked by Su Zhirou's words. She said dullly, "I didn't say anything bad about her. I just thought she was a little strange. After all, she used to dislike you and me. But today I was five When the prince was taken to the depths of the peach forest, she actually rescued me."
After hearing this, Su Zhirou just added, "I'm not surprised. Miss Jiang is just spoiled. I know her nature is not bad."
Jiang Zhi didn't answer, obviously her evaluation of Jiang Nianjiao needed to be considered.
And Su Zhirou obviously didn't like to discuss other people's tempers. After briefly evaluating Jiang Nianjiao, she looked at Jiang Zhi with concern and said, "Then... nothing happened to you, right?"
Jiang Zhi shook her head, "Fortunately, she came in time. If there is any scandal with the fifth prince, I'm afraid my life will be over."
Although Jiang Zhi said words of joy, her face still looked obviously miserable.
Seeing her frown, Su Zhirou couldn't help but ask, "If nothing happens, why do you still look like this?"
Jiang Zhi naturally didn't hide anything from her friend. She just sighed and said, "I'm afraid that the fifth prince won't let me go. After all, the fifth prince has a temper that is bound to retaliate. I am like this now." I slapped him in the face, and if I meet him again in the future, I'm afraid there won't be anything good to gain."
"You just need to avoid him from now on. The Spring Festival Banquet is coming to an end anyway. When you return to the Jiang Mansion, you will naturally not meet him." Su Zhirou lived up to his name and continued to speak softly. Jiang Zhi comforted her.
However, Jiang Zhi's eyes turned red when she persuaded her, "It would be good if we can pass the Spring Festival Banquet. I'm afraid I won't be able to survive it myself."
Seeing Jiang Zhi like this, Su Zhirou quickly took out her handkerchief and asked, "Zhizhi, why do you think so?"
"When he coaxed me today, he said he wanted to let me in. If he really coaxed me into it, whether he can get in or not is another matter. But now that he hasn't succeeded, I'm afraid he won't give up."
"What if at the spring banquet, he said he wanted to accept me? Do you think I can disobey him?"
After listening to Jiang Zhi's words, Su Zhirou, who didn't say anything about other people's likes and dislikes, was silent for a long time.
The rumors about the relationship between these five princes are really bad, and they are true.
Therefore, even that person can be considered Zhou Zheng, and he is still a popular candidate for the position of crown prince today.
But most families with some background basically avoid this person when choosing a husband for their daughter. But they can choose to avoid Zhao Rui'an, but if the truth about Zhao Rui'an hits their daughter, most people will not be able to reject the prince.
After all, his mother, Concubine Zhang, was deeply favored by the emperor. If Concubine Zhang helped her son go to Emperor Yong, he would turn a deaf ear to her.
It is even more likely that this marriage cannot be pushed off even if it is wanted. After all, who can bear the responsibility of offending Emperor Yong.
Therefore, how could Su Zhirou not know about Jiang Zhi's difficulties?
Afterwards, she thought about it and said again, "If you are really afraid, you might as well choose a good son-in-law first. If you have an agreement with that person first, even if Zhao Ruian is interested in you, he still has to worry about his face. I look at today's meeting with him." You have many young masters who have given you peach blossoms, don’t you have someone you like among these people?"
Jiang Zhi lowered her eyes and smiled bitterly, "There are many young masters who gave me flowers, but after seeing Zhao Ruian, how dare they look for me again."
After listening to Jiang Zhi's words, Su Zhirou didn't know what to do for a moment.
She said, "If it doesn't work, you might as well ask your mother. Mrs. Yu certainly can't bear to let you suffer."
When Jiang Zhi heard this, she simply remained silent.
Seeing her like this, Su Zhirou wanted to persuade her again, but Jiang Zhi said directly and coldly, "It would be more reliable to beg her than to wipe my neck myself."
"Zhizhi, how can you talk about your mother like this?" Su Zhirou subconsciously retorted after hearing this.
After all, Yu Se is really good at pretending. The only one who really knows what kind of person she is is probably herself.
But now Jiang Zhi's words still made Jiang Nianjiao secretly surprised.
After all, Jiang Zhi has always been in her mind as Yu Se's follower.
Yu Se pointed her where to go.
She thought the mother and daughter had a good relationship, but now it seems that the conflict between the mother and daughter may be deeper than their relationship.
And since Jiang Zhi told himself that he didn't know Zhao Rui'an at all, but now he was able to talk about Zhao Rui'an in front of Su Zhirou, it seemed that Jiang Zhi was deliberately hiding his clumsiness.
Thinking of the past lives of the mother and daughter, Jiang Nianjiao always felt that there seemed to be something fishy about the mother and daughter. Perhaps if she followed this clue to investigate, she might get some surprises.
Jiang Zhi, who was standing on the rock path, couldn't hold back her emotions, so she revealed her emotions to her good sister.
However, Su Zhirou's words to help her mother only made her feel like she was being poured out of her heart.
So she said no more and just said in a low voice, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Su Zhirou could clearly see Jiang Zhi's gloomy mood. She knew that what she had just said subconsciously to help Mrs. Yu had undoubtedly hurt her friend.
Although she didn't believe that Mrs. Yu would treat Jiang Zhi badly, Jiang Zhi's attitude obviously had other reasons.
So as soon as Jiang Zhi left, Su Zhirou quickly chased after her.
Jiang Nianjiao didn't walk out of the winter jasmine bushes until the two of them disappeared into the rockery and stone forest. She patted the stained leaves on her body and then walked out of the garden as if nothing was wrong.
But she thought she was hidden, but she didn't know that there was a line of sight following her on the camphor tree three meters away from her.
Jiang Nianjiao planned to go find her aunt. After all, she had just promised to help Zhao Nianze save Su Zhirou.
Now is the time to express yourself.
However, when passing by the Chenyang Palace where married women socialized, she directly passed through the door and went straight to the more remote Zhaorong Palace instead.
When they arrived at Zhaorong Hall, Concubine Yuxian was hiding in Zhaorong Hall.
Jiang Nianjiao was not surprised at all.
After all, although the Spring Banquet was nominally hosted by Queen Min, it was actually hosted by Concubine Zhang and her aunt.
My aunt has never liked to be in the limelight. In the past, she would naturally only give the limelight to Queen Min so that she could sell herself well.
But Zhang Guifei is not a fuel-efficient owner. She was favored by the emperor, and she had always wanted to take the place of Queen Min, who was not favored by Emperor Yong. Now that the Spring Banquet was in the limelight, she naturally had to compete with Queen Min for strength.
One of her parents had a strong backing, the other was favored by the king, and both of them were her own bosses. In order not to get caught in the middle of them, the best choice for Concubine Yuxian at this time was to hide away.
Anyway, she is indeed in poor health all year round. At this time, there was no doubt about the illness.
When the palace officials brought Jiang Nianjiao into the Zhaorong Palace, Concubine Yuxian was having her pulse checked by an imperial physician.
The palace attendants beside her were busy rubbing her temples. Caressing the heart.
Concubine Yuxian closed her eyes, frowned, and looked very tired.
Jiang Nianjiao originally thought that her aunt was hiding here for a while.
Unexpectedly, he got really sick at this moment.
She couldn't help but quietly asked a palace attendant next to her about the current situation.
"Auntie, what's wrong?"
Seeing that it was Jiang Nianjiao, the palace servant whispered, "Mrs. Gao came over and had a few words with our empress. When Mrs. Gao left, our empress would look like this."
Jiang Nianjiao guessed that the Mrs. Gao mentioned by the palace people must be the wife of her aunt and brother.
She remembered that the woman seemed to have a kind nature, and her aunt had always had a good relationship with her. What could she say now that made her aunt react so much?
