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Feng Ningyan was shocked upon hearing these words. She softly spoke to Shen Ling Jue, "Hua Ruyu is an important witness for the crown prince's assassination attempt on Prince Yu's mansion. You mustn't let them take her away …"

Shen Ling Jue looked at her and smiled: "Since Crown Prince and Prince Cheng are so worried about the Duke Yu's Mansion, we shouldn't let them off the hook." "Wangfei can't bear to part with her cousin. You can go to the palace to see her."

He actually agreed so readily that Feng Ningyan had no choice but to keep her mouth shut.

A moment later, the crown prince and Shen Youhuang left King Yu's estate with Hua Ruyu.

Looking at the manor door that was slowly closing shut, Feng Ning Yan angrily said, "Your Highness, why did you let Hua Ruyu go?"

Shen Ling Jue held her shoulders and led her back to Linlang Pavilion.

"This duke does not plan on letting royal father know about this matter, so there is no need to make things big."

"Why didn't you let the emperor know?" Feng Ningyan was even more confused. "The Crown Prince has groomed a group of assassins. This is no small matter. The killer who intercepted me at the Pingping Inn was sent by the crown prince. The killer who killed Li Yu was also his man. "The Emperor is waiting for the conclusion of His Highness' investigation so that he can report this matter to the Emperor. This will only do His Highness hundreds of benefits."

Jing Qi gave a wry smile. "Royal Consort, you're thinking too simply. The assassin this time doesn't have that kind of concealed weapon."

Feng Ningyan was stunned. "They don't have that kind of concealed weapon?"

"That's right. This time, the crown prince is smart, causing us to not be able to find any clues." Jingqi shrugged.

Shen Ling Jue replied: "It cannot prove that the crown prince sent an assassin to kill Li Yu, nor can it prove that the assassin today was sent by the crown prince. Therefore, Hua Ruyu's confession, is actually not enough to be trusted. It is very easy to be questioned and overturned. "

Feng Ning Yan understood Shen Ling Jue's worries, but she was still unhappy that Hua Ruyu had let the tiger return to the mountain.

Shen Ling Jue could see her unwillingness. If he let Hua Ruo Yu go, how would she avenge Lu Ruo?

He comforted her, "Rest assured, Flower Rain caused the Crown Prince to lose fifty well-trained assassins. The Crown Prince will not let her off easily. As long as the Crown Prince keeps it a secret and royal father doesn't ask, I will have time to go to the Southern Wilderness and investigate the real source of the assassins.

Feng Ning Yan looked at his confident look and wasn't so worried.

"I still have to remind Your Highness, don't think that your fourth brother is some kind of good person. On the surface, he seems to be obedient to the crown prince, being his follower and being gentle and humble to anyone. However, the truth is that the crown prince used him as a advisor and was ten or a hundred times more insidious and vicious than the crown prince.

Shen Ling Jue raised his brows: "Oh? She had only met Prince Cheng a few times, how could she be so deep … "Understand?"

Feng Ning Yan was too lazy to explain to him about her past life, so she poked her head:

"I can guarantee with this head that the reason why Hua Ruyu could serve the crown prince and be supported by the empress is because of Chen Youhuang. It's obvious that the two of them have been working hand in glove in the general's estate."

After saying this, Jing Qi immediately understood: "No wonder the empress invited Hua Ruyu to visit a maple club and suggested that she be called Princess Yu's side wife …" Now that he thought about it, from the very beginning, Hua Ruyu had hidden the Duke Mansion's mission to steal the [Mechanical Compass], but she had failed. After returning, I was restricted by the prince to my small building near the water, so I had no choice but to use Lu Ruo to do this thing for her. "

Feng Ning Yan nodded, looking at Shen Ling Jue.

Shen Ling Jue gently held her hand and said with a smile, "Thank you for your consideration for this king. This king will remember this."

Almost all the assassins died in the mechanism of the Thousand Blessings Pavilion, and the cleaning system inside the mechanism completely cleaned up the corpses without leaving any trace.

After the crown prince left, everything quieted down.

When she returned to Linlang Pavilion, Feng Ningyan once again thought of Green Ruo, who served her every day. She couldn't help feeling sad in her heart.

Shen Ling Jue ordered someone to prepare hot water and carried her into the bedroom. He placed her beside the bucket and bent down to remove her embroidered shoes before placing them neatly beside the footstool.

"Come, take a bath and have a good night's sleep. Tomorrow morning, I will bring you into the palace to bid farewell to royal father and empress dowager. "

Feng Ningyan asked in surprise, "Bye?" He was going to Ningnan County so soon? "The matter of the Thousand Blessings Pavilion …"

"The Ten Thousand Buddha Pavilion has Luo Yunxuan. This time, the crown prince suffered greatly and did not dare to come back for a short period of time. Seeing you here and seeing so many things makes this king's heart ache. It's better to just go out and relax. "

Feng Ning Yan was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice, "You are also tired tonight, so don't sleep on a soft bed … It's easy for the wind to blow under the window, and you can't sleep well. "

When Shen Lingjue saw her take the initiative to let him sleep on the bed, he couldn't help but smile, "Okay."

When Feng Ning Yan finished her bath and dried her hair, Shen Ling Jue had already finished his bath.

He wore a light golden satin robe, and his long hair that shined like satin fluttered behind him. The hair scattered on either side of his face added a hint of elegance to his handsome face, and his facial outline also became a bit gentler.

Feng Ning Yan only glanced at him once and her heart was pounding wildly. She quickly turned around and spread out the blanket for him, concealing her embarrassment.

Seeing that she was a bit embarrassed, Shen Ling Jue smiled and embraced her from behind. Smelling the fragrance on her body, he gently said: "You're not angry with me?"

Feng Ning Yan bit her lip, and lowered her head to look at his arm that was wrapped around her, a little flustered.

"It's not that I'm unreasonable, it's just that at that time … I can't figure it out. "

She glanced over her shoulder at his chin, where she had punched him, and lowered her head guiltily at the sight of the bruises.

"Does it still hurt …"

"If you're in pain, then I'm not in pain." Shen Lingjue smiled in ridicule.

When he looked down, the cool hair fell into her neck, and she winced.

She seemed to understand something: "What nonsense."

Shen Ling Jue lifted her chin, turning her head to look at him, "Since you love my injury, why would I feel any pain?"

Feng Ning Yan let out a dry cough and escaped from his embrace. She crawled into her own bed, gave him a pillow, and then turned around to lie down.

"Go to sleep. If you don't behave at night, I'll kick you downstairs."

Shen Ling Jue laughed, "So it turns out that you have a habit of hugging your pillow in your sleep …"

Feng Ning Yan's face reddened. "What's wrong with holding a pillow!? "I slept soundly hugging my pillow!"

Shen Ling Jue thought to himself, No wonder I was carried as a pillow last night when I slept till midnight.

"What if you are dishonest with me?" he asked slyly.

Feng Ning Yan turned her head and glared at him in frustration: "I don't know how to! "Even if I am dishonest to you, I will just take this loss by myself. Why are you wasting your breath?"

Shen Lingjue replied with a taut smile, "Then this duke is relieved."

He lay beside Feng Ning Yan, looking at the big red phoenix tent above his head, his heart unspeakably calm and peaceful.

Last night, he drank too much, so he didn't know how he got onto this bed. When he woke up early in the morning, he found that Feng Ning Yan's hands and feet were on him.

Even though she had treated him like a pillow, not a man, his heart had melted at that moment.

He put down the bed curtain, closed his eyes, and listened to Feng Ning Yan's breathing. However, for a long time, he could not fall asleep.