Chapter 166: Do Your Job

After Feng Yaoguang left, Yan Donghuang got up and walked into Nuan Pavilion, thinking quietly for a long time.

Love is possessiveness.

This was the first time she heard this sentence.

It was probably because she had never been exposed to love in these years. Even though she and Sheng Jing'an got married in her previous life, she didn't have many thoughts about Sheng Jing'an that it was him.

So knowing what Sheng Jing'an had done, she only felt the anger of being offended and betrayed, but no sadness or pain - if there was, it was the pain of being betrayed by the emperor's brother.

Yan Donghuang was lonely when he was young. After going to the battlefield, he only saw war, military strategies, national territory and military regulations and disciplines.

She had never thought about male and female love.

Now that she has ascended to Dabao for the first time, she is thinking more about the country, the country, and the people's livelihood. From a distant point of view, she wants to create a stable and prosperous world. At a closer point, she wants to eliminate the corrupt officials in the court, stabilize her country, and weaken all those who have different intentions. The power prevents them from making trouble anymore.

As for the rest...

Yan Donghuang narrowed his eyes and frowned slightly.

She once really thought about giving Feng Yaoguang a status, and before she died in her previous life, she secretly swore that she would live up to him in the next life.

But plans are not as fast as changes.

In her position and pursuit of politics, she felt that she could not perfectly balance her feelings and family and country, and would always fail.

"Your Majesty." Yuan Ziying quietly poked her head in from outside the Nuan Pavilion and looked at Yan Donghuang, who was alone in his thoughts. "Can I come in?"

Yan Donghuang came back to his senses and nodded lightly: "Come in."

Yuan Ziying walked into Nuan Pavilion with tea and frowned slightly: "Is your Majesty troubled by something?"

"Nothing bothering me, I'm just thinking about something." Yan Donghuang glanced at her, "Aren't you Xiu Mu today?"

"Well, I just came back from the palace." Yuan Ziying put a cup of tea in front of her, "Just now Caichen saw General Feng and heard that he destroyed Nanling and made himself emperor. Why didn't your majesty just put Nanling into Yongzong? national territory?”

Yan Donghuang picked up the tea cup and took a sip: "There are many factors involved, and it takes more than a few words to explain them all."

Nanling is empty inside. It is necessary to stop the war and develop people's livelihood.

However, the Yong Kingdom fought all year round and the national treasury was not sufficient. If Nanling was included in the territory of the Yong Kingdom, people's livelihood alone would be a burden to the Yong Kingdom.

What's more, Beiliang is still eyeing it, and she doesn't have that much energy to focus on Nanling, so she hopes that Feng Yaoguang can concentrate on Nanling's government affairs, select loyal ministers and talented people, and make Nanling strong without distraction.

Yuan Ziying said, "Then will Your Majesty marry General Feng?"

"Probably." Yan Donghuang nodded and suddenly looked at Yuan Ziying, "How are you and Xie Yunjian lately?"

Yuan Ziying slowly shook her head: "We haven't seen each other for a long time. He stays in the military camp every day, and I work as a female officer in the palace, so we have almost no chance of contact."

Yan Donghuang's heart moved slightly: "I remember that when you first came to the capital, you had an attitude of not marrying anyone but him."

Yuan Ziying nodded, with a dazed look on her face: "Perhaps feelings will change, and people's thoughts will also change. I don't want to get married at all now, I just want to stay with His Majesty and do things."

She takes four days of bathing every month. Many ladies from aristocratic families in the capital know that she is working with His Majesty and will send her messages during her bathing time, inviting her to attend various flower viewing parties and birthday banquets.

Yuan Ziying has experienced kindness and malice.

Some people please her, some are jealous of her, and some look down on her.

But she didn't care about their attitudes. What impressed her deeply and was unavoidable at every banquet was probably the invisible competition between women and their various harsh requirements for women, both in words and in words.

Even though the status of women has improved a bit because of the empress's rise to power, and His Majesty even selected female officials, it still cannot eliminate the deep-rooted understanding among the women in the house that their husband is their first priority.

With more contact, Yuan Ziying couldn't help but ask herself in her heart, is this the life she wants to live after getting married?

Everything is centered on the husband and children. If the wife wants to be virtuous, she must take the initiative to take concubines for her husband.

Yuan Ziying didn't like this kind of life, and her thoughts about getting married gradually faded away.

"So feelings will indeed fade." Yan Donghuang realized something, "Whether you are a man or a woman, it is unrealistic to pursue a pair for the rest of your life, right?"

Yuan Ziying didn't seem to understand, and slowly shook her head: "I can't explain clearly, and I dare not give your Majesty any advice. However, I don't want to get married now, so I haven't thought about whether Xie Yunjian will have a concubine in the future. Even if I have a concubine, it has nothing to do with me.”

Yan Donghuang was silent after hearing the words, his probing eyes fell on her face, his eyes slightly deep.

Yuan Ziying suddenly smiled: "Actually, Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about these things. You are the Queen, and you should do what you want."

Yan Donghuang smiled lightly and said nothing. If he followed her thoughts, she would probably never have the chance to fall into the love between son and daughter in her life.

After all, that's not what she's good at.

"Zi Ying." Yan Donghuang changed the subject, "Have you lived in Qingmang Mountain since you were a child?"

Yuan Ziying nodded: "Yes."

"How old were you when you went there?"

Yuan Ziying thought for a while and slowly shook her head: "I can't remember clearly. I have the impression that I was always on the mountain."

"How did you and Xie Yunjian meet?"

"Xie Yunjian was injured when he fell off a cliff when he was about ten years old. He was picked up by my master and me. He said he didn't remember anything and lived in Qingmang Mountain for a few years. After his master passed away, he left. I will go back for a few days on my death anniversary.”

Yan Donghuang hummed: "When did you start liking him?"

"I don't know." Yuan Ziying looked confused. "After Master passed away, I said that we depended on each other and it would be better for us to get married. He was scared."

Yan Donghuang raised his eyes and looked at her thoughtfully.

Yuan Ziying didn't seem to be lying, but the more she told the truth, the more abnormal this matter became.

She was about to say something else when Fangfei, a relative from the warm room, hurried over with an extremely ugly face: "Your Majesty."

Yan Donghuang noticed something was wrong: "What's wrong?"

"Prince Jing..." Qi Fangfei knelt on the ground, "He and my cousin were caught in the wing room of Beiyang Marquis's Mansion... their clothes were disheveled."

As soon as these words came out, the air in the warm room suddenly became cold.

Yuan Ziying turned her head to look at her in surprise, with a look of shock on her little face.

Yan Donghuang's face turned cold: "Prince Jing and Qi Xuefei?"

"Yes."

"Does the Grand Master know?"

Qi Fangfei pursed her lips: "I have already sent someone to inform Grandfather, but I don't know what Grandfather will decide."

"This... how else can we decide?" Yuan Ziying said hesitantly, "Have they slept together? Then the only way is to get married."