Reborn to Become A Queen: The Real Heiress's Comeback-Chapter 274: The more he can’t have it, the more he wants it!

Chapter 274: Chapter 274: The more he can’t have it, the more he wants it!

Zhan Lan arrived at a tea house and entered a private room.

Inside the private room, a man had been waiting. After chatting for a while, Zhan Lan said with a hooked smile, "I appreciate all your efforts."

The man smiled slightly, nodded, and stood up; then, they left one after another.

...

While Zhan Lan was plotting his affairs, Xuerou came storming into the Heavenly Person Building to search for Si Jun.

Si Jun looked at her frowning face and asked, "What’s wrong?"

Xuerou coldly replied, "What’s wrong, Your Highness? You didn’t accompany me to choose my wedding dress."

Seeing Xuerou’s anger, Si Jun gently reassured her, "Rou’er, I’ve been really busy lately for our future, I hope you can understand."

As he spoke, his hands began to untie Xuerou’s sash, seeking to be intimate with her.

"Don’t," Xuerou stopped his hand, her eyes watery as she looked at Si Jun, "Your Highness, it’s not that Rou’er is being unreasonable. Yesterday, Mu Yan, along with Zhan Lan and my siblings, flaunted through Ding’an City. Zhan Lan’s wedding dress is already prepared, and Mu Yan even found South Sea pearls for adornment."

Xuerou grew more aggrieved as she spoke, complaining, "Look at how smug Zhan Lan is. Your Highness, it hurts my heart."

Si Jun looked at Xuerou and pulled her into his embrace, saying, "Rou’er, it’s my fault. I will make time for you."

Xuerou looked at Si Jun with hopeful eyes, "Your Highness, when will you finally take action against Zhan Lan?"

Si Jun glanced at Xuerou, knowing he couldn’t become enemies with Zhan Lan over their personal vendetta.

He still needed to use Zhan Lan, who controlled the military power of 200,000 soldiers of the Brave Army.

Although he was also training troops in secret, compared to the seasoned army led by Zhan Lan, there was still a gap.

Moreover, the news of Zhan Lan’s impending marriage to Mu Yan truly agitated him.

Now, Si Jun was consumed by thoughts of how to make Zhan Lan switch her allegiance to him before her big wedding.

The more unattainable she was, the more he desired her!

His advisers gave him many ideas, some of which he was ready to implement.

But he could not let Xuerou know about this.

"When will you marry me?" Xuerou asked sweetly.

Si Jun replied with a smile, "Soon."

Xuerou nodded satisfied, unaware of the deceit in Si Jun’s eyes.

He rubbed her waist and comforted, "How about this, let’s find an opportunity to deal with Zhan Lan to relieve your distress first?"

Xuerou’s eyes sparkled as she looked at Si Jun, gently saying, "Really? Will you take action, Your Highness?"

Si Jun smiled faintly, wrapped his arm around Xuerou’s waist, and whispered into her ear, "That depends on how you make me happy."

"Your Highness, you’re naughty..." Xuerou shyly smiled and unbuckled Si Jun’s belt.

...

Meanwhile, in the palace, the Crown Prince visited the imperial chambers to see his mother.

When the Crown Prince arrived, the Empress Dowager was rubbing her forehead, and a young palace maid was massaging her shoulders.

"Mother, are you alright?" the Crown Prince asked anxiously.

The Empress Dowager lifted her eyes and looked at her son, her eyes were bloodshot and her face was full of fatigue.

She said weakly, "My son is here."

"Mother, do you want to summon the Imperial Physician to examine you? You don’t look well."

The Empress Dowager sneered coldly and dismissed those around her.

The palace maids and the eunuch all left, and the Empress Dowager stood up and said to her son, "Mother wanted to carefully pave a path for you, but I did not expect that it would be so difficult."

"Are you talking about the Regent King?" the Crown Prince also looked distressed.

The Empress Dowager sneered, "Not just Mu Yan, but also Zhan Lan. I originally wanted to win her over to be your right-hand woman, no one is more suitable to be your Empress than her. But, Mu Yan has betrothed her, this Imperial Uncle really has wild ambitions!" freewēbnoveℓ.com

The Crown Prince sighed and said, "Currently, the Imperial Uncle mostly controls the court, but fortunately, some old officials in Lu Zhong stand on my side. If Mu Yan dares to seize power, his claims will not be legitimate, and he will surely be criticized by the world. Besides, even if Zhan Lan has an army of 200,000, Beicang remains loyal to the Imperial Family and his forces are enough to compete with Zhan Lan’s Brave Army. Should we instigate them to turn against each other?"

The Empress Dowager nodded and said, "Ah, had I known I should have betrothed you to her when Zhan Lan became the Martial Arts Champion. Who would have thought that she would return alive from the battlefield!"

The Crown Prince respectfully said, "You are not planning to deal with Si Jun? I despise him deeply. He deceived father Emperor, and I do not know what he has been feeding father with his blood remedies. Father has been seriously ill and now, apart from Eunuch Li and the Imperial Physician, no one is allowed near for fear of transmitting the illness. I have been turned away when I visited."

The Empress Dowager’s eyes darkened as she said, "Your father’s illness is probably incurable, of course we must deal with Si Jun, and mother will act when the opportunity arises."

The Crown Prince looking slightly reassured, bowed and said, "Very well, I shall take my leave now."

The Empress Dowager waved her hand and said, "Go then, and do not be so fearful of Mu Yan in the court. Stand tall, my family once helped the previous Emperor divide Nanjin, so naturally, we are not to be underestimated. That is your support. As the future ruler of Nanjin, you must show confidence to convince the ministers."

The Crown Prince’s eyes brightened and he said, "My strategists have told me the same, I will not disappoint you, mother!"

The Empress Dowager curiously asked, "Have you recruited new strategists?"

The Crown Prince smiled and said, "It was recommended by Lord Lu Zhong, I am very optimistic about him, he has recently proposed several good ideas."

The Empress Dowager asked smilingly, "What’s his name?"

The Crown Prince mysteriously replied, "Mother, I am grown up now, I’ve secretly cultivated some confidants, please give me some space. I will definitely break free from the Regent King’s control and become a ruling Emperor!"

The Empress Dowager nodded, delighted with the Crown Prince’s growth, noting that the strategists around him were good, adding to his confidence in speech.

And indeed, her son was increasingly showing the disposition of an Emperor. Once he comes into his own, he will surely soar high in the sky!

...

At night, Mu Yan was going through memorials, flipping through one after another, when Yun He knocked and entered to report, "Master, today Madam met a man wearing a hood. They met briefly and then left separately."

Mu Yan closed the memorial, his expression darkening, "I asked you to covertly protect Lan’er, not to spy on her."

Yun He was frightened by Mu Yan’s demeanor, and knelt down saying, "I misunderstood my Master’s intentions, I was wrong."

Mu Yan leaned back in his chair, hands crossed, and said to Yun He, "Get up, from now on, you don’t need to report to me about whom Lan’er meets."

"Yes! I will remember!"

Seeing that Yun He hadn’t left, Mu Yan continued, "Is there anything else?"