Quick Wear: Male supporting role, come to my arms quickly

Chapter 204: Childhood sweethearts with the villain?

Chu Yuan's guess was correct. Just as they were carrying boxes and riding in carriages to Xishan, most of Xishan's forces were also heading towards the capital.

The War King blocked all news outside the city with lightning speed. By the time the emperor received the battle report, their army had already occupied the south, north and west city gates.

Duan Qinglie was ordered to guard the city gate and surround the capital as quickly as possible to block all the emperor's requests for help.

The King of War led a team of elite soldiers and charged straight into the palace.

The commander of the guards at the palace gate is under the command of the King of War, and has been lurking in the palace for this moment.

A massive rebellion ended in just one day.

The emperor was forced to write an abdication edict, passing the throne to Prince of War Chu Yunxiao, and he himself retired to De Shou Palace and ignored state affairs.

Chu Yunxiao took three days to gather the stubborn forces, suppress the opposition voices in the court, and move into the Qianqing Palace.

By the time Chu Yuan and her mother returned from Xishan, she had already become Princess Rui'an, known to the world.

Duan Qinglie was also granted the title of Shangzhuguo because of his meritorious service to the emperor.

When a new emperor ascends the throne, he will inevitably be urged to get married by his ministers, especially for someone like Chu Yunxiao who only has one queen and one princess in his harem.

However, Chu Yunxiao was very determined. No matter how the court officials advised him, he would ignore them and stay with Fang Chanyi and her daughter.

This situation was not eased until two months after he ascended the throne. After all, even the censors who were willing to risk their lives to give advice could not wake up a person who was pretending to be asleep.

Moreover, after Chu Yunxiao ascended the throne, he issued numerous decrees in succession, sometimes to repair rivers and sometimes to reduce taxes.

He kept the ministers in various departments of the court busy, and they would fall asleep as soon as they got home every day, and would not even go into their own backyard. How could they have the extra energy to care about his personal problems?

I have to say, this move was really brilliant. Chu Yuan silently gave his father a thumbs up.

During the days when she was the eldest princess, Chu Yuan actually felt a little regretful, because being the emperor's daughter was obviously much more restrictive than being the prince's daughter.

When she was in the prince's mansion, she could go out for fun often, but after entering the palace for such a long time, she hasn't gone out even once.

The palace was a very small place, and she had already explored it thoroughly in two months.

When she had been lying in front of the window and staring at the sky in a daze for countless times, a servant finally came to inform her that His Majesty had summoned her to the imperial study for an audience.

Chu Yuan jumped to the door and said, "Father, what do you want to talk to your daughter about?"

Chu Yunxiao picked her up and put her on his lap: "Yuanyuan, father is going to select a few study companions for you. How about I accompany you to the Shangshufang next month?"

"Study companion? A friend who will play with me?"

"You can understand it that way, but the main purpose is to study with you."

"Okay, father, you don't know, your daughter is so bored in the palace alone."

Chu Yunxiao pondered for a while. Indeed, Yuanyuan was the only child in the palace now. Without any playmates of the same age, his life would inevitably be lonely.

"It was father's negligence. Tomorrow, father will send the portraits of women of appropriate age to your mother. Then you can go and choose one."

"Thank you, Father."

The so-called study partner is most likely to be her future close friend, so Chu Yuan must make her own judgment.

The next morning, she didn't even bother to have breakfast, and went to Kunning Palace where the queen lived: "Mother, did the emperor send someone to deliver the portrait?"

"It's delivered. I know you're impatient. You haven't had breakfast yet, right? It's a good opportunity for you to accompany mother."

Chu Yuan patiently sat down and had breakfast, but his eyes kept glancing at the desk next to him.

Fang Chanyi held back her laughter and ate very slowly on purpose, just to see how long she could last.

Chu Yuan discovered her intention: "Mother, how could you tease me on purpose, humph."

"Alright, alright, it's the Queen Mother's fault. Let's go and choose now, okay?"

Chu Yuan looked at a few of them and was immediately disappointed. The portraits were too lifeless, and almost every woman looked the same.

"Mother, you can't tell anything just by looking at these portraits. This is my daughter's future study partner. How can you make such a hasty decision?"

Fang Chanyi thought she knew her daughter very well, and when she heard her words, she knew that she was up to something again.

Of course I have to spoil my own daughter, so I followed her words and continued: "Then what do you want to do?"

"In my opinion, why don't you take advantage of the opportunity of spring flower viewing to hold a banquet and summon all these housekeepers to the palace so that your daughter can meet them in person?"

In order to win the consent of his mother, Chu Yuan squatted beside the couch and massaged her legs and shoulders.

"Okay, okay, let's do as you say."

"Yeah! Mother is awesome!"

Chu Yuan kissed her heavily on the face, but unfortunately, this scene was seen by Chu Yunxiao who had just finished the morning court.

"Cough, cough."

"I have met my father."

"What is this for? Have you chosen your reading partner?"

Fang Chanyi mentioned the plan to hold a banquet: "Yuanyuan said that she had to see the person in person before she could choose. I think it's not bad either. It's more vivid than just looking at the portrait."

"You should just spoil her. You just chose a study partner, but you have to hold a special banquet for her. If it gets out, people will say she is spoiled and extravagant."

Chu Yuan saw that her father was about to object, so she quickly interrupted him, "Father, I won't agree with what you said. What do you mean by just choosing a study partner? This is a major event concerning my daughter's future. What's wrong with holding a banquet?"

Fang Chanyi also echoed: "The emperor also said that I dote on her. I don't know who sent these portraits last night, saying that they were for the princess to see as soon as she arrived."

"Okay, okay, I can't argue with you two, mother and daughter. Since you want to hold the banquet, let's set the time for ten days later."

This was the first banquet held after the new emperor ascended the throne. It represented the face of the royal family, so the scale was very grand.

After intensive preparations, the ladies and young ladies from each mansion arrived as scheduled ten days later.

Chu Yuan looked at the dozens of women sitting below and carefully selected his ideal companion from among them, one who was outstanding in character, appearance, family background, and talent.

The young ladies from each mansion had also made some preparations before arriving, and were all ready to show off their talents in the talent show session.

After Chu Yuan looked through them, she selected two that best met her expectations.

One is Liao Xuewei, the only daughter of the Minister of Personnel. She is good at playing the piano and has good etiquette.

The other one was Cao Xinxi, the second daughter of the Duke of Qi. She was the only one among all the ladies who performed sword dancing.

Chu Yuan saw that her sword skills were good and her body movements were very steady, and he admired her very much.