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Since ancient times, the Prime Minister had formed his own faction.

The ministers of the Prime Minister's faction flattered and flattered Su Jinruo, while ministers of the General's faction scoffed at Su Jinruo with contempt.

After sending the officials away, an unexpected guest came to Su Jinruo's side.

He was dressed in blue robes, and his bewitching eyes were staring straight at Su Jinruo.

A warm smile hung on his seductive face. He sat beside Su Jinruo and said with a smile that was not a smile: "What, Master Su doesn't remember me?"

Su Jinruo placed the teacup in his hand on the table at the side, got up and cupped his hands: "This official greets Imperial Heir Nan Luo, Imperial Heir greets you."

Southern Luo Imperial Heir — Shen Fengzhi

His royal father was the current emperor's blood brother. Not long after Old Emperor ascended the throne, he was conferred the title King An Qing by his father.

If King An Qing didn't get a summons from the Emperor, he would have no choice but to stay in Zhongheng and be barred from entering the capital.

Shen Fengzhi was the second son of An Qing Kingdom's direct line of descent, so he was recognized as Imperial Heir the moment he was born.

Shen Fengzhi stared at Su Jinruo's hand, waved his hand, and said: "Sit."

As Su Jinruo sat down, the light in his eyes changed.

He guessed that this Imperial Heir, who he had only met a few times, must have come to see her for some reason …

"Why didn't Master Su ask this Imperial Heir what he wanted to find you for?" Shen Fengzhi said as he brushed his sleeves and looked at Su Jinruo.

"If Imperial Heir wants to tell me, I will definitely find out. If Imperial Heir does not want to tell me, there is no point in asking. Why do you need to go to such an extent?"

Shen Fengzhi chuckled.

He looked at Su Jinruo with his devilish eyes: "I wonder how much Master Su understands about this Imperial Heir?"

Su Jinruo lowered his eyes, "If the rumors are true, then we have a little more information."

The rumors about the Nan Luo Imperial Heir were like the scattered flowers of a goddess, so many that it dazzled people's eyes.

According to the rumors, the most outstanding aspect of the Southern Imperial Heir was that it moved one's emotions and showed mercy everywhere.

He had caused himself to be in trouble, and there were countless of them. If he really did count them, then even the Emperor who possessed the seventy-two imperial concubines of the Three Palaces and Six Academies would not be able to compare.

"The rumors are true." Shen Fengzhi laughed, his eyes beaming with happiness.

He suddenly leaned towards Su Jinruo and whispered: "So that's why, do you know why this Imperial Heir is looking for you?"

Hearing that, Su Jinruo's narrowed his eyes, his slender fingers slowly tightening under his wide sleeves.

Shen Fengzhi liked to be amorous, flirting with women everywhere, and had a soft spot for beautiful women.

But right now, she was the legitimate son of the Palace and was a man himself, yet Shen Fengzhi said those words to her.

Could it be that her identity had been exposed?

Su Jinruo looked up, the possibility of her identity being exposed as well as the danger it would bring to her after her identity was exposed, causing her to ignore the distance between them.

Su Jinruo laughed, then said calmly: "If that's the case, Imperial Heir is fed up with the pestering of women, and has fallen for the man."

"…"

He did not expect Su Jinruo to say this, and Shen Fengzhi was unable to follow his train of thoughts.

Before he could think of how he could force his way through, he heard Su Jinruo say in a bland voice, "I never thought that Lan Jie Shan's City Enjoyment had already hurt Imperial Heir to such an extent, and actually caused Imperial Heir to change his sexual orientation. If I knew earlier, I would have taken her alive and sent her to Imperial Heir to vent my anger on him."

Shen Fengzhi's expression was still normal even without talking about the City Encounter Realm. When he talked about the City Enjoyment Realm, his expression immediately turned stormy.

The woman who was extremely disgusting and was vowing to marry him …

Shen Fengzhi would never forget it!

Back then, when Su Jinruo attacked, the people of the city were afraid that Shen Fengzhi might have heard something that he shouldn't have.

Shen Fengzhi slept for an entire day. By the time he woke up, the sky was turned upside down on Blue Mountain.

And he, was also brought down the mountain by Shen Hancheng.

Shen Fengzhi clenched his teeth, grabbed Su Jinruo's slender arm, and stared at her smiling eyes. He said coldly: "Don't mention that woman to me, Imperial Heir, or else don't blame me for being merciless."

Before Su Jinruo could speak, the inner hall suddenly quietened down, the silence was extremely strange.

She turned to look and saw that Shen Hancheng had entered the Inner Palace, his big red black robe fluttering in the air.

An intimidating aura that could not be seen directly flowed out from his body, and a wordless noble and domineering aura lingered around him.

He looked at Su Jinruo's arm that was being held by Shen Fengzhi, and the carefree smile on his face slowly faded. After that, he entered Su Jinruo's territory and sat down.

Everyone was astonished by Shen Hancheng's arrival.

Crown Prince Shen Yuan and Princess Xiwei Shen Mingyue looked at each other, a trace of astonishment flashing across their eyes.

Shen Hancheng had returned to the palace four years ago, and other than the fact that he was conferred the title of king and he had to appear at the palace feast, he had never attended the others.

He had never even been to a palace banquet during the various festivals.

But now, it was just a small feast to celebrate Su Jinruo's victory. He had come, this …

What did it mean?

For a time, everyone's thoughts ran wild.

Shen Hancheng had never cared about what others thought of him. He lazily waved his hand and Qian Yi immediately asked: "Master, do you have any instructions?"

As his gaze landed on Su Jinruo and Shen Fengzhi who were standing in a remote corner, Shen Hancheng touched the jade thumb ring on his hand and slowly said: "Bring him over to this king."

Qian Yi followed Shen Hancheng's gaze and looked over, and after thinking about it, Shen Hancheng should be referring to Su Jinruo.

Because Shen Hancheng had never been kind to Shen Fengzhi, and whenever they met, Shen Hancheng would always completely disregard him.

After all, he was his first cousin, and Shen Hancheng treated him like this was simply not a good cousin!

In regards to this, Shen Hancheng only replied lazily, "I don't like it."

These four simple and clear words, had accumulated enmity for a long time, or were so deeply wounded that it was unknown if it was true that Shen Fengzhi and Shen Hancheng had completely broken off.

As long as they met, tit for tat would be necessary.

Qian Yi cupped his hands and followed the order to where Su Jinruo was sitting.

Standing in front of Su Jinruo, Qian Yi said: "Qian Yi greets Imperial Heir, Master Su."

His tone was respectful, but he did not bow and kneel. Shen Fengzhi did not like Shen Hancheng, nor did he like Qian Yi.

Su Jinruo asked: Is there something wrong with bodyguard Qian Yi?

"Master asks Master Su to go."

Su Jinruo nodded, then turned and said to Shen Fengzhi: "Imperial Heir, you should let go now."

Her gaze was clear and cold, her tone flat and moody. Shen Fengzhi had grabbed her arm and had not let go, now that he had heard that Shen Hancheng wanted a person, he had even more so, refused to let go.

He raised his good-looking eyebrows and the corner of his mouth curled up into a coquettish smile.

"This Imperial Heir is unrelenting, why must you listen to what that stinky brat Shen Hancheng is saying?"

Su Jinruo did not say anything, nor did he make any movements.

She knew that since Shen Hancheng wanted to come and 'invite' her, she had to go as well.

And with Shen Hancheng's strong personality, even if someone stopped her from going over to his side,

He would also send people to get rid of the person who caused the trouble, even if the person who solved the problem, was a Imperial Heir …

Indeed.

In the next moment, Qian Yi was holding onto the sword at his waist, and saying to Shen Fengzhi: "The poison in Imperial Heir's body has not been resolved, and his cultivation has not recovered yet, please do not force Qian Yi, and try to take advantage of him."

"You dare to threaten this Imperial Heir?!" Shen Fengzhi squinted his eyes, and threw off Su Jinruo's arm and stood up.

Looking at his imposing aura, Su Jinruo thought that he would fight with Qian Yi, but instead saw that he had an enchanting smile, "This Imperial Heir is not going to argue with you."

Then, he returned to his original position.

Su Jinruo, "..."

Qian Yi remained expressionless, as if he was used to it, and remained calm and collected.

[The Jun Family won't have any normal people...]

He gestured towards Su Jinruo to sit and invited him in, saying, "Master Su, please."

Su Jinruo walked to Shen Hancheng's side, just as he was about to ask her why she was here, before he could even finish, he heard Shen Hancheng point to the chair beside him and say: "Sit here."

Su Jinruo glanced at the seats and then looked at the expressions of the ministers in the inner palace, especially Prime Minister Su and Su Chi.

After thinking about it, she finally sat down.

Fine.

Although Shen Hancheng was the biggest ticking time bomb to her, but until now, he was the person who was least dangerous to her.

He had made things difficult for her, and he had made her suffer, but he had protected her at critical moments.

Although there were many difficulties, but her life truly wasn't in danger.

Therefore, sitting by Shen Hancheng's side might be a good place for him to seek refuge.

Seeing her obediently sit down, the displeasure in Shen Hancheng's eyes slowly dispersed.

His subordinates should be by his side. They should be sitting there properly, sitting so close to others and moving so intimately. What were they doing?

What Shen Hancheng did not know was that the curve of his lips now had gentleness to it, "In the future, you will always sit by my side."

Unyielding, unquestionable, was Shen Hancheng's style of doing things.

Su Jinruo looked at him and suddenly caught a glimpse of a bright yellow robe, swaying in the air at an angle.

Subsequently, the inner hall was filled with people kneeling on the ground.

As for the assistant minister's speech, each syllable was higher than the last.

In the entire palace, only Shen Hancheng was left sitting quietly on a chair.

Dressed in a phoenix robe from a big red palace, the empress still had a proper smile on her charming face. She held onto Old Emperor's arm, and walked into the inner palace at a moderate pace.

Noble Consort Xiang, dressed in a beautiful pink cheongsam, followed right behind Old Emperor. With her graceful bearing and a few eunuchs and maids following behind her, they slowly walked into the palace.

When Old Emperor sat on the main seat, he glanced at Shen Hancheng and waved his dragon sleeve. The might of the Son of Heaven was fully displayed.

"It's only a palace feast. There's no need to be overly courteous, you can all rise."

"Thank you, your majesty. Long live and long live the Emperor."

"Thank you, Royal Father."

Everyone stood up and returned to their seats, quietly listening to the Old Emperor.

The Old Emperor looked at the people who had their heads lowered and laughed: "The purpose of this palace banquet is to celebrate the addition of a few sharp-witted and talented people. You all do not need to be cautious, sit down."

"Thank you, my lord." Everyone bent over before returning to their seats.