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Seeing Hua Ruyu's heart-wrenching cries, he couldn't help but feel a bit of pity. He knew in his heart that this was Shen Lingjue's scheme, and that Hua Ruyu had her reasons for doing so.

The crown prince grabbed onto Hua Ruyu's neck, causing her face to turn purple and she nearly rolled her eyes.

"Fifty assassins, how much effort and time did I spend on them! You just died in vain? "

Shen Youhuang hastened to say, "Elder brother, Ruo Yu still has other uses for her if she fails this mission!"

"What's the use?" The Crown Prince relaxed his fingers and asked.

Shen Youhuang's face paled as she said in a low voice, "She's an elegant girl. She'll definitely be of great use to royal father."

Hua Ruyu fell to the ground and hurriedly kowtowed when she saw that the crown prince was deep in thought upon hearing Shen Youhuang's words.

"Your Highness Crown Prince, Feng Ning Yan has set me up, I also hate her and Shen Ling Jue to the bone! "In the future, when I enter the palace, I'll definitely work hard for your highness the crown prince and atone for my deeds …"

"You're right, your face isn't bad either. If you are doted upon by royal father, you can help me deal with Imperial Concubine Fu and support mother. Separate royal father and Shen Ling Jue …"

"That's right!" When Shen Youhuang saw that the crown prince had made up his mind, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and extended a hand to help Hua Ruyu up.

Hua Ruyu couldn't even stand properly as she fell into Shen Youhuang's arms. She looked timidly at him, her eyes full of self-blame and gratitude.

Shen Youhuang smiled warmly and nodded at her.

The Crown Prince saw the ambiguous look in their eyes and sneered, "I will send someone to treat her and send her to the Palace tomorrow morning!"

Shen Youhuang looked at the crown prince's back, gritting her teeth as she endured the hatred in her heart.

Hua Ruyu pitifully shed tears. "Your Highness Prince Cheng, Ruyu is incompetent, dying is not a pity …"

Shen Youhuang hugged her tightly. "You're not allowed to say such words. Ruyu, for your lordship's sake, you've suffered so much. Tomorrow, you're going to the palace to serve your father. It's your lordship's fault …"

The more Hua Ruyu cried, the more she hurt. "No, Ruyu is willing, but Ruyu is an elegant woman now. Whether as a slave or as an imperial concubine in the future, she will be the emperor's woman … Once you enter the palace gates that are as deep as the sea, it will be difficult to meet again if you miss your highness in the future … "

"I won't." Shen Youhuang lightly wiped away her tears. "Your lordship knows what you're worried about." Remember, the person this king loves is you. It is you who is sincere and sincere to this king. No matter if you are a palace maid or an concubine, when the day comes where This King takes control of everything, you will always be the most respected woman in the world standing beside This King. "

Hua Ruyu looked at Shen You Huang in astonishment. His charming gaze and moving words almost made her forget the pain in her body.

Wasn't the most respected woman in the world the empress?

His ambition was actually to ascend to the throne, and not to forever be subordinate to the crown prince and Shen Lingjue. As long as she is at ease and can help him deal with Shen Lingjue, or even the crown prince, his mountains and rivers, will be shared with her!

Thinking of this, Hua Ruyu was wild with joy. Thinking of Shen Lingjue and Feng Ning Yan, she couldn't wait any longer and wanted to enter the palace.

The next morning, a desolate autumn wind blew into the streets and alleys of the capital.

Outside the imperial city, the hawkers wore thick layers of clothes and collars, and they were shouting and selling with hunched necks.

The Imperial Palace was a desolate scene. The leaves on the trees had turned yellow overnight, and the flowers had withered quite a bit.

When Feng Ningyan woke up, her acupoints had already been opened. Just as she sat up, she heard Lan Zhu and another young maid walk in with an autumn dress that Senior Servant Xu had ordered for them.

Feng Ning Yan pulled open the bed curtain and walked down. She put on her shoes, rubbed her eyes, and stretched lazily.

Upon seeing Feng Ningyan's neck, the young maid felt extremely awkward. With a blush, she turned around and said to Lan Zhu, "Big Sister Lan Zhu, look …" "Is esteemed wangfei's neck …"

Lan Zhu, who was fiddling with her clothes, looked back. She was startled, but immediately understood. She hurriedly lowered her head and pretended that she didn't see anything.

After a night of training, Feng Ning Yan had forgotten about this matter. Instead, she openly opened her arms and allowed the maids to dress her in her palace attire.

When she was dressed and was eating some breakfast, Shen Ling Jue had already ordered someone to prepare a sedan.

When she walked downstairs, all of the maids and guards looked at her in surprise. Then, they lowered their heads and secretly smiled, causing her to be baffled.

"Princess, put on your cloak." Lan Zhu hurriedly ran down the stairs and put on the cloak for Feng Ningyan and wrapped the collar of her coat tightly around her.

Feng Ning Yan pulled Lan Zhu's hand with a pained heart. "Lan Zhu, wait for me at Linlang Pavilion. After we report this to the emperor and empress dowager, we'll head back to Ningnan County together."

Lan Zhu's eyes reddened as she nodded.

Feng Ning Yan turned around, thinking that if she had left earlier, then nothing would have happened to Lu Lu.

Lan Zhu was like a sister to her. He didn't know how long it would take for the pain to dissipate.

Just as she was getting on the palanquin, Jing Qi suddenly walked to Shen Lingjue's side and reported, "I just received news from the justice courts. The civil overseer committed suicide in prison in the middle of the night."

Shen Ling Jue was slightly stunned, but still nodded his head.

"It must be the crown prince …" Feng Ning Yan couldn't resist asking.

Shen Lingjue helped her onto the palanquin, and sat down beside her. "The crown prince would not allow the civil servant to be tried, so it's not hard to guess. Only, I never thought that his hand would really extend to the justice courts. "

Feng Ningyan coldly shook her head. "The Crown Prince has been planning this for a long time. Right now, his influence should be everywhere in the imperial court."

"That's why royal father needs us to investigate the origin of those assassins as soon as possible and find evidence that the crown prince violated the law."

"But if we leave the capital, the situation in the capital will constantly change. Does Your Highness really not worry?" Feng Ningyan felt apprehensive. "Why don't you stay in the capital? I'll go to the Southern Wilderness."

Shen Ling Jue couldn't help smiling, "A snake without a head is no good, you don't have a me no matter how hard you try."

Feng Ningyan rolled her eyes at him. "Look at your morals!"

Ever since she was humiliated and poked by him last night, she had accumulated a bellyful of anger. Now that she looked at him directly, she only saw the red wounds on his lips that had just scabbed over and he looked extremely miserable. She couldn't help but laugh, thinking that he had truly vented her hatred.

Seeing her gloating, Shen Lingjue did not say anything. He smiled mysteriously and turned his head to look at the outside of the sedan.

Right now, they didn't know that someone had already gone to the Palace after the morning assembly.

The crown prince, Shen Di, rushed to the Qianyuan Palace to pay his respects to the emperor. Although he said he was paying his respects, he actually had another purpose.

He handed over a list and respectfully reported the matters of the previous dynasty.

"Father, your son has already been ordered by the imperial court today to open up the army in the Henan Province and mobilize the ministers there to provide assistance for the disaster. I, your son, will donate eight hundred acres of farmland, a hundred taels of gold, and a thousand taels of silver. "The officials followed suit. After the assembly ended, they had already collected five thousand and five hundred silver taels for the disaster. They had stored two thousand stones in their stash …"

He flicked a glance at Shen You Huang as he spoke, and Shen You Huang nodded in approval.

The emperor looked at the list and seemed unsatisfied. He passed it to Wu Nianen and asked the crown prince,

"How about the Henan Yin's dereliction of duty case and the matter of Wen Xuru's forgery?"