"Xiaoshu...you should know!"

Gao Zhinan pursed his lips and did not dare to look back at Xu Shu's eyes. Xu Shu was so smart that she should have known what she wanted to say for a long time, but Xu Shu still asked, asking so directly without any concealment. Since she asked, what else would she have to pretend to be deaf and dumb, so she might as well just vomit.

"Earlier, it was rumored in the capital that the emperor wanted you to be the crown princess. You are the candidate for the crown princess that the emperor likes. How dare the Qiu family be presumptuous?"

Xu Shu's heart fell to the ground, and it was indeed this! After all, it was impossible to avoid it. Ten years of sisterhood finally failed in the word "power".

"It's just a rumor, it's not true!"

It doesn’t matter whether others take it seriously or not, the key is that Gao Zhinan takes it seriously...

"Although it is a rumor, it is somewhat credible when discussed in detail. If the emperor had not been interested in you, how could he have been reluctant to make a candidate for the Crown Princess?"

Gao Zhinan's heart was hanging high. Whenever she mentioned the candidate for the Crown Princess, she couldn't help but feel nervous. This was something that was related to her life. She couldn't even want to be calm. She could never be as indifferent as Xu Shu, who was not even related to her.

"The straight male sister means that the emperor rejected the Fu family's request to entrust the memorial to you as the Crown Princess!"

Xu Shu slowly told Gao Zhinan that she was afraid to say it, but she wanted to remind Xu Shu to remember it at all times.

Gao Zhinan showed a hint of embarrassment on his face, "I...I don't mean that!"

Seeing Xu Shu's calm expression, he explained anxiously, "If you really become the Crown Princess, you will never be cheaper. You will not be afraid of you laughing at me if you say it. I want to compete for the position of Crown Princess and don't want to see this position fall on Huang Xianer's head. If you end up being the Crown Princess, that would be the best. We sisters can be together for a long time!"

Can't it be better?

Xu Shu's heart became colder.

"I won't be this Crown Princess! Never!"

"What did you say?"

Gao Zhinan was shocked and could not believe what Xu Shu said. That was the Crown Princess! In the future, he would be the mother of the world and become the most noble woman in the world. There would be someone who would not want to sit in that position? The women in the backyard of the Pingning Princess Mansion, regardless of whether they were from high or low background, whether they were smart or stupid, were coveted by the position of Crown Princess, and they all shrunk their heads and pushed forward, but Xu Shu actually said something that would never be the Crown Princess.

"The candidate for the Crown Princess can be Sister Zhinan, you can be Miss Huang, or Miss Qiu Er, or any woman in the backyard of the Pingning Prince's Mansion, but I can't be me!"

"You... don't want to be the crown princess?" Gao Zhinan looked at Xu Shu suspiciously and hopefully. She hoped that what Xu Shu said was true, but she suspected that Xu Shu was just deceiving her because the empress dowager clearly said that between Xu Shu and the crown prince...

"yes!"

"But... but if the emperor issued an order... wouldn't you resist the order and refuse to obey it?"

Gao Zhinan might be willing to believe what Xu Shu said that she didn't want to be the crown princess, but she had no way to believe that Xu Shu would not be the crown princess. Now the emperor obviously does not want the crown princess to come from any home close to the crown prince, so the possibility of the emperor letting Xu Shu be the crown princess is very high. Even if the empress dowager deliberately showed closeness to Xu Shu and wanted to interfere with the emperor's decision-making, but with the queen there, the possibility that the emperor would let Xu Shu be the crown princess is still very high.

"Give marriage?" Xu Shu laughed softly, "The late emperor also married me and the Fourth Prince of Qi. Didn't I marry you even though I was different?"

The imperial edict is the least to be disobeyed, but it is also the best to be disobeyed.

"Xiaoshu, you..." Gao Zhinan was shocked. Is Xu Shu rather resisting the order than being the crown princess? But why? Why is Xu Shu unwilling to be the crown princess?

"Sister Zhinan, I won't fight with you or rob, it's been like this from the beginning!"

"..." Gao Zhinan's eyes became hot and he suddenly couldn't speak.

"Miss Zheng Jiu, the Empress Dowager summoned me!" An eunuch came outside the door to pass on the message.

"I'll take a step first when summoned by the Empress Dowager!" Xu Shu smiled slightly and walked away slowly.

"Xiaoshu..." Gao Zhinan suddenly stopped Xu Shu.

"What's wrong?" Xu Shu turned around, and her hand, which had been tied with her cloak and halfway stopped.

Seeing Xu Shu turn around, Gao Zhinan suddenly lost his courage again, "It's cold outside, I tied my cloak tightly..."

"Well..." Xu Shu tied the cloak tightly and finally disappeared in front of Gao Zhinan.

Gao Zhinan murmured, "Does she really not fight with me? Should I believe her?"

"Miss, what were you saying?" Gao Zhinan's voice was very low. Caixia didn't hear it clearly, so she couldn't help but get closer.

"pink clouds……"

"I'm here!"

"You said, did I do something wrong? I shouldn't treat Xiaoshu like this. She... is still thinking about the old love!"

Caixia gritted her teeth and said, "It's already reached this point, you can't turn back!"

"Yes, I can't turn it back..."

She has already died and there is no chance to look back. Even if she can think that nothing has happened, can Xu Shu? After knowing everything, can Xu Shu still call her "Sister Zhinan" without caring about it?

Gao Zhinan touched his face, but at some point he had already cried. "Since he can't turn around, he can only move forward!"

"Let's go, Miss, the prince is coming soon, it's time to go and greet him!"

Xu Shu went out and walked towards the empress dowager's bedroom with the eunuch. Suddenly, Lu He pulled her sleeves a little, and she couldn't help but turn to Lu He. Lu He pointed with her fingers and looked at her point, and Xu Shu saw a familiar corner of her clothes.

It was the smoke-purple all-round skirt that Gao Zhinan wore today, with the pattern of peacock feathers embroidered on it. Just as Gao Zhinan held her hand, she looked carefully when she looked down. But when she came out, Gao Zhinan was obviously still in the room behind, so why did it come from the other side now?

"Miss Zheng Jiu, the Empress Dowager is still waiting!"

Xu Shu's pace couldn't help but slow down while thinking, which immediately caused dissatisfaction from the eunuch who led the way. Xu Shu had to speed up and keep up.

When I returned to the Queen Mother's bedroom again, the atmosphere in the room was completely different from when I first arrived. There was no sound at all, and I could even hear the sound of a needle falling to the ground.

"My daughter pays me a blessing to the Empress Dowager!"

The queen mother showed anger on her face. After seeing Xu Shu, she felt miraculously relieved. The play was indeed realistic.

"You are here, give me a seat!"

Looking at the female family sitting all over the place, Xu Shu didn't refuse and sat down directly.
Chapter completed!