His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was her choice. For Xiao Changying, it was like a bolt from the blue, and pain spread throughout his limbs.
"Brother, is the prince really not pretending to be sick?" Xiao Changying's voice was restrained and hoarse.
"Brother, I can't be sure either." Xiao Changqing thought for a moment and said, "But Princess Zhaoning is determined to marry His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. I think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may not be in good health."
"Why?" Xiao Changying was puzzled.
"I haven't had much contact with Princess Zhaoning, but from the few things related to her, I can tell that Princess Zhaoning is smart and calm. Although she often visits the Crown Prince in the East Palace, I have never seen love for the Crown Prince in her eyes."
The most obvious moment was today, when she stood aside and watched His Royal Highness the Crown Prince being crowned. Her eyes were calm the entire time, without a single ripple.
This was not a disguise of restraint, nor was it a suppression of affection, but he truly had no love for the Crown Prince, otherwise Xiao Changqing would not have indulged his brother in looking for Shen Xihe again.
In this case, Princess Zhaoning wanted to marry His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not for love. If marriage is not for love, it is naturally for profit.
"For profit?" Xiao Changying didn't believe it. "If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really can't live for more than three to five years, who will help her protect the northwest in the future if she marries him? She's a former Crown Princess, who will be able to tolerate her when he ascends the throne?"
"What if she gives birth to a grandson?" Xiao Changqing asked back.
Xiao Changying was speechless, and then his pupils shrank slightly: "You mean she..."
"Yes, she never wanted to be the mother of the country." Xiao Changqing also vaguely guessed Shen Xihe's thoughts today, "If she is the mother of the legitimate grandson, even if the Crown Prince dies, her son is still more qualified to inherit the throne than us."
Throughout the ages, the legitimate daughter of the queen has been honored.
"How could Your Majesty allow someone with Shen's blood to inherit the throne?" Xiao Changying felt that Shen Xihe was too naive.
"Brother, don't underestimate girls." Xiao Changqing used to have many prejudices against girls, always thinking that girls were weak and short-sighted, but Gu Qingzhi made him understand that a girl has the ability to subvert the world.
"There is no principal wife in the harem, and His Majesty has vowed not to appoint another queen. If she marries into the Eastern Palace and wants to take charge of the six palaces as the Crown Princess, it is also reasonable. By then, the entire harem will fall into her hands. Just wait and see how she governs the harem and how she cuts off the source of the trouble." Xiao Changqing did not think that Shen Xihe's plan was a fantasy.
This road may seem tortuous and difficult, but once it is completed, the Northwest will have no worries, and the Shen family will be truly invincible.
In this way, no one can shake her power, and even if she wants to become the French empress, it will not be difficult.
This is much cleaner and more efficient than relying on a man. Even if you become a queen, you still have to pretend to be nice to your husband.
After hearing what Xiao Changqing said, Xiao Changying was completely stunned. He stared blankly at one spot for a long time before he smiled miserably: "So... So I lost here."
"Brother, I advise you to let it go, not because I'm afraid that you will become enemies with Princess Zhaoning in the fight." Xiao Changqing sighed almost inaudibly, "but if Princess Zhaoning's thoughts are as I expected, she is a person who will not be moved by worldly feelings."
Xiao Changqing thought that it was lamentable that he met Gu Qingzhi, but Shen Xihe was more terrifying than Gu Qingzhi, and he was more daring in thinking and planning.