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Everyone thought that it was because the young emperor feared the power of the Du Family that he ordered his men to gather evidence against them and loot the entire Du Family.

Who would've thought that this was all part of Empress Zhen's plot?

Feng Ning Yan's heart chilled. She couldn't help but gently hold onto his fist, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, the matter is already over. Now that Shen Di has been personally exterminated by you, the Queen will definitely be sent to the Cold Palace. It is time for the spirit of Du Xiangyang in heaven to rest in peace. "

Shen Ling Jue's ice-cold fists felt the softness and warmth of Feng Ning Yan's hands, and slowly loosened.

"It's a pity that Shen Dian has fattened up this evil wolf, Shen You Huang. His goal is to ascend to the throne."

Feng Ning Yan lowered her eyes. She recalled Shen You Huang's deliberate use of power in her previous life. She knew that after Shen Di, she and Shen Ling Jue would face an even fiercer and more difficult battle.

She said lightly, "Shen You Huang has concealed his strength, is hypocritical and cunning, rarely leaving any evidence. He knows how to win over people's hearts and is even more difficult to deal with than Shen Di. We must not be careless."

Shen Ling Jue pursed her lips tightly, looking at Shen Di's prisoner carriage leaving the Imperial City. He pressed down the grief and indignation in his heart and tightly held Feng Ning Yan's hand.

"Come, let's go home."

The evening was thin, and the evening breeze was growing colder.

When they returned to the palace, Jing Qi, Chu Zhao, Lan Zhu, and Ah Yao were already waiting for them at Linlang Pavilion.

They already knew that the Crown Prince was conspiring against them. After being captured and sent to the border, they were all excitedly chatting.

Upon hearing the report, the guard immediately came out to welcome them.

When Feng Ningyan saw them from afar, she smiled and said, "Why are you all standing here? "Shen Di has been crippled, everyone here has done a great service. My lord and I will reward the Three Armies and we will get drunk tonight!"

"Wah!" "That's great!"

Lan Zhu and Ah Yao cheered as they hurried down to pass the meal.

Jing Qi and Chu Zhao also felt that today was the most relaxed day in the past two months. The crown prince was gone. He could finally catch his breath.

Shen Lingjue smiled faintly and said, "Princess, you can go upstairs and change into a comfortable set of clothes."

Feng Ning Yan glanced at Shen Ling Jue with her eyes: "Why do you want me to change clothes again … Every time you want to leave me, you let me change my clothes, can't you just say so? Those who don't know, would think that you like to peek at me while I change my clothes … "

"Cough, cough!" Jing Qi and Chu Zhao didn't dare to laugh. They lowered their heads and pursed their lips, pretending they didn't hear anything.

Shen Ling Jue's face darkened, staring straight at Feng Ning Yan. "No, this duke likes to look at it openly, would you like to exchange with this duke?"

"Ah, no need!" Feng Ningyan chuckled and jumped up the stairs.

Shen Ling Jue's eyes turned cold as he glanced at Jing Qi and Chu Zhao, before walking into the study.

When Jing Qi saw Wang Ye's serious expression, he knew that they had probably let their guard down too early.

"Your Highness, what's the matter?" Jing Qi closed the door to the study and asked in a low voice.

Shen Ling Jue replied, "Send the order immediately. The security outside the Mansion is strengthened, and the security inside and outside the Mansion is doubled."

Jing Qi and Chu Zhao looked at each other, puzzled, "Your highness, the crown prince is dead, why are the dark guards being strengthened instead?"

Shen Lingjue did not reply, but continued, "Pay attention to all the spies on the outside and make contact with anyone, be it in the imperial court or in the martial arts world. Investigate everything about them. Let Nangong Xing Yao cooperate with you on this matter."

Jing Qi and Chu Zhao now knew that after the crown prince had been crippled, King Yu's enemies hadn't been completely eliminated, and there was still Shen Youhuang.

"Yes sir!"

At this time, Chu Zhao took out a short reed tube from his sleeve and said, "Your highness just entered the palace, General Feng's message arrived at the manor."

Shen Ling Jue opened it to have a look, and said happily: "Good! Skeleton Island has been secretly taken by the Southern Ning Army! "

After they left Ningnan County, Feng Wei chose officers that could swim well, disguised as merchant ships, and went around the south side of Skeleton Island. Without alerting the sea defense of the Southern Wilderness, he killed all the assassins on the island.

Looking at the number of assassins killed and captured, as well as the number of assassins the Crown Prince had lost in the previous three fights, it was indeed in keeping with the list of assassins.

Shen Ling Jue's eyebrows finally relaxed. He lit up the letter and burned it.

However, just as he burned the secret letter, he was suddenly startled. "No!"

"What's wrong?" Jing Qi quickly asked.

Shen Ling Jue's eyes flashed, his mind raced, and suddenly hit the table with his palm: "This King has missed a person!"

"Who …" These words made Jing Qi and Chu Zhao tremble with fear.

To be able to make the prince so nervous, he must not be an ordinary person.

"Shen, You, Huang."

Shen Ling Jue's heart was slightly in a mess. He took off the brush on the brush holder, dipped it in ink, and opened a piece of paper to write a few words.

It was only when he had finished writing the poem that his calligraphy posture, like a wild wind sweeping through fallen leaves, allowed him to gradually calm down.

"Your Highness …" Are you alright? "

Both Jing and Chu knew that Shen Ling Jue had learnt martial arts and calligraphy from a young age to calm his mind, but after he had grown up, he had always been able to control his emotions.

Shen Ling Jue's gaze slowly rose from his calligraphy, so cold that it made people take a step back.

"Shen Youhuang is most likely the second Shen Di."

Jing Qi and Chu Zhao looked at each other.

If these words were merely on the surface, then Shen Lingjue had arranged for the monitoring of Shen You Huang to be carried out just now. There was naturally no need to speak of it.

From the looks of it, it didn't seem to be a literal sense.

At this time, Feng Ning Yan had already changed into her usual casual clothes. She went downstairs and saw that the door to the study was closed, so she knocked on the door.

Jing Qi looked at Shen Lingjue. Seeing that the prince had no orders, she opened the door for Feng Ning Yan.

Feng Ning Yan walked in with a smile on her face, only to see Shen Ling Jue, Jing, and Chu have cold expressions on their faces. She couldn't help but be startled.

"What happened to all of you?"

Chu Zhao hastened to say, "Esteemed wangfei, quickly come here and solve a riddle …" She then told Feng Ning Yan about the things that Shen You Huang suddenly felt were inappropriate with the letter.

Feng Ning Yan turned her head to the side and looked at the calligraphy in front of Shen Ling Jue, feeling a sense of mania.

With a faint smile, she walked over to the table and poured Shen Ling Jue a cup of green tea and offered it to him.

"Does His Highness' current worries have anything to do with killers?"

Shen Ling Jue's brows twitched as he looked at Feng Ning Yan. He accepted the cup of tea from her and didn't deny it.

Feng Ning Yan stood in front of the table and picked up the brush. She washed the brush and soaked it in her hand for a while. With a light shake, the ethereal black color fainted in the water.

As she leisurely washed her brush, she continued, "His Highness said that Shen You Huang would be the second Shen Di. Rather than say that he was the one who created the current tyrannical, cold-blooded, greedy Crown Prince. He has a share in all the evils that the crown prince has committed. He may seem to be helping the crown prince, but he's actually personally sending the crown prince to the guillotine. "

When Shen Ling Jue saw how wise she was while holding the brush, the anxiety in his heart inexplicably lessened by a bit. He picked up the teacup and slowly took a sip.

Jing Qi and Chu Zhao nodded as they listened to Feng Ningyan's words.

"So that's what the prince meant!" Chu Zhao was suddenly enlightened.

When Jing Qi touched him, he saw that Feng Ningyan and Shen Ling were smiling at him. Of course, they were laughing at Chu Zhao for thinking things through so simply.