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Perhaps it was because of Shen Hanxin's rude actions, but Liu Yu'er felt a sharp pain and instinctively wanted to pull Shen Hanxin's hand away, but she was stopped by one of Shen Hanxin's hands on her head.

"Your Highness …" "I …" Just as Liu Yu'er was about to open her mouth and beg for mercy, a tearing pain came from her body in the next second. She didn't feel any pleasure, only a devastating pain. Only when Shen Hanxin calmly retreated away from Liu Yu'er did he realize that he was too crazy, and that he had hurt the girl in front of him.

"The Empress was indeed too tempting today. Han Xin could not hold it in anymore. It's all her fault …" Shen Han Xin walked around to Liu Yu'er's side, her slender fingers caressing Liu Yu'er's jade white arms, the tenderness in her words completely melting the pain in Liu Yu'er's body.

"Why does Your Highness say that? Being able to serve Your Highness to the fullest extent is Yu'er's fortune. As long as Your Highness remembers Yu'er's good fortune, don't go against my feelings for her …" Her long and thick eyes sparkled like crystals. It was just a few sentences, but Liu Yu'er was already mesmerized by Shen Han's words.

"Your lordship naturally remembers Yu'er's good looks …" Shen Han Xin narrowed her eyes, her thin lips curled up into a strange smile that Liu Yu'er would never be able to see.

"Oh right, the emperor is retracting the imperial edict bestowing upon him by the Frost King and Princess Yuying. This is the first time that old thing has reneged on his promise. I don't know why …" Liu Yu'er said resentfully.

"That's something to be happy about. If Shen Hansheng can't ally with Xia Hou Bo, then Ben Wang's chances of winning will increase." Shen Hanxin opened his mouth lightly, a glint flashed across his eyes.

"That's not necessarily true. Right now, the emperor is inviting Duke Han and Duke Rong to an imperial garden banquet. Who knows what they're planning? You have to be careful …" Liu Yu'er said worriedly, her eyes filled with concern.

"I'm afraid that the Goddess has a mind of her own. If this old man wants to ease their relationship, it will depend on whether they are willing or not!" Shen Hanxin's thin lips curled up, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Within the imperial flower garden, Shen Ao Tian looked at Xia Hou Bo and Shen Hansheng drinking wine on both sides of him, and couldn't help but exclaim out loud.

"Han Sheng, I'm afraid that my body is becoming more and more useless. If it weren't for Prince Rong accompanying me during your absence, I'm afraid that I wouldn't have been able to keep up with your words. Hurry up and give my royal father a toast." Shen Ao Tian had a profound look in his eyes as he stared at Shen Hansheng's body. Currently, the only contenders for the title of Crown Prince were his Third and Fourth Princes. Even though Shen Aotian wanted to treat him equally, he still felt that he owed Shen Hansheng a debt.

"Imperial Father's words are extremely true. Without the support of the Prince Rong, the country of South Heaven will no longer have Chang Rong. The King should be fully deserving of this goblet of wine!" Shen Hansheng stood up leisurely, his purple robes shining mysteriously against the moonlight. On the opposite side, Prince Rong also raised his wine cup, but didn't stand up.

After that, I found out that my daughter had long had a crush on someone she liked. Fortunately, my lord was wise, and my king was magnanimous, so I didn't bother with him. This cup of wine can be counted as a toast to my king, and I hope my king won't take this matter to heart. Xia Hou Bo lightly opened his mouth, explaining the matter of annulling the engagement as if it was to save face for Xia Hou Yu Ying.

"How can that be? Princess Yuying is talented and intelligent, but it's a pity that Han Sheng doesn't have such good fortune. No matter who she marries in the future, I will send my blessings to her." Shen Hansheng laughed lightly and said, "Drink first as a form of respect. Xia Hou Bo did not object and immediately drained her cup of wine."

Although the two of them appeared amiable on the surface, Shen Ao Tian was still able to smell the thick scent of gunpowder from within. Perhaps his feast was meaningless. Han Sheng, Imperial Father did his best.

The moonlight grew denser, and in the blink of an eye, it was already midnight. A light breeze blew, rustling the leaves, and the door opened as Duan Mu Yan quietly walked out from her room. When she saw no one around her, a figure suddenly appeared in front of her.

"I wonder where Miss Meng Yan is thinking of?" Ye Li respectfully said. After his previous mistake, how could he dare to be careless?

"I... I can't sleep and I want to walk in the backyard. " Duan Mu Yan's words chilled her to the brim, as she quickly replied.

"Ye Li will accompany you!"

"Alright, but don't get too close. I'm not used to it." Duan Mu Yan didn't refuse, and she knew that she had no intention of doing so. Entering the backyard, the fragrance of the flowers wafted into the air, causing one to feel refreshed and relaxed. Only when they were near the flower room did Duan Muyan turn around.

"I heard that there are some rare items among the flowers in the greenhouse. Wait for me here, I'll go in and take a look." Duan Mu Yan indifferently said, only to be rejected by Ye Li as he shook his head.

"Your highness ordered me to stay by Miss Meng Yan's side at all times. If anything happens again, even if Ye Li dies, he will still be blamed for it." His deep gaze contained a hint of guilt. Back then, he had begged Duan Mu Yan to save Leng Bing Xin, but Leng Bing Xin had not known how to express her gratitude. Furthermore, she had nearly killed the girl in front of him. Seeing Ye Li in such a state, Duan Mu Yan was at a loss of what to do. All she saw was Ye Li suddenly falling to the ground, unconscious.

"Ye Li?" Duan Mu Yan was alarmed. She gripped the dagger by her waist tightly and in the next second, a bitter voice was heard from the greenhouse.

"He's fine. He'll wake up in two hours. Since the Third Princess is here, she must want to know the truth. Please come in." The voice sounded very familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before. Without any hesitation, Duan Mu Yan hurriedly walked into the greenhouse, which was filled with strange flowers and herbs, only that Duan Mu Yan was not in the mood to appreciate the sounds and directly walked inside. After passing by a tree of green needles and purple robes, a pale green figure impressively appeared in front of her.

"You are …" Duan Muyan's long, shapely eyebrows slightly knitted together, and her eyes that were as clear as water slightly narrowed. Suddenly, her beautiful eyes widened as she stared in disbelief at the figure standing in front of her.

"You are Leng Bing Xin!" This figure was not only present in the Southern Yue; it had already been imprinted in her mind back when she was still in the Spring Festival.

Speechless, Leng Bingxin slowly turned around as she looked at Duan Moyan with a solemn gaze. The coldness in her eyes continued to grow colder and colder.

"It really was you! How do you know the true cause of death of my royal brother?" Her eyes were filled with doubt. She only knew that Leng Bing Xin did not have good intentions towards her, maybe the words she wrote before were just a lie to lure her here.

"If in your heart, you truly care about your dead royal brother, then you should not be with the prince anymore. Otherwise, how could you face Duan Jingyang?" Leng Bing Xin pursed her lips. She knew that Ye Li wouldn't give her the chance, so she drugged Ye Li's food for dinner.

"What do you mean?" Duan Mu Yan frowned, her gaze as cold as ice. An ominous premonition suddenly emerged from the bottom of her heart.

"Take a look at this first." Leng Bingxin calmly spoke, as she casually passed the already prepared needles over to Duan Mu Yan.

"This is …" At that time, Xiao Yuxuan had shown him the exact same thing. This was the exact same thing he had found in the Tian Man Manor the other day. Not only that, but after her royal brother died, the same needle had also appeared in her royal brother's room.

This is different from the needles you have seen before, the needles are called Ice Needles, and there are only a few of them. I used one of them on Tian Kou Ren, and another appeared in Duan Jingyang's room, while the rest were used to strangle and kill Gui Luo Sha, the Yichun Courtyard's Ni Chang, all of them fell on him. Leng Bingxin went straight to the point. Since she wanted to tell the truth, she wouldn't hide anything from the king. Only by letting Duan Mu Yan know the truth of the matter, would she forever be unable to be together with her highness.

"You were the one who killed Tian Ri?" "Then my royal brother?" Duan Mu Yan's gaze chilled, the light that radiated from her eyes was enough to freeze the entire greenhouse. Even though Leng Bing Xin had been prepared for this, she was still shocked by the killing intent in Duan Mu Yan's eyes and couldn't help wanting to retreat.

"I didn't kill your royal brother! That day, Tian Gongzi had died in order to frame Duan Jingyang. Who knew that Xiao Yuxuan had discovered the existence of the needle, so the needle had to appear in Duan Jingyang's room. "You're so smart, you probably don't need me to explain, right?" Leng Bingxin spoke in a faint voice, looking at Duan Muyan's bloodshot eyes. There was a moment when his heart had softened, but for Shen Hansheng's sake, she could only continue speaking.

"Did you put the needle in Brother Huang's room?" All of you just wanted to frame your royal brother, why did you kill him?! Who is it? Who did it? " Duan Moyan choked on her words, her eyes misted over. She tried her best to endure the pain in her heart as she spat out each word, "Ice stings!"

"Bing Xin doesn't think she has the ability to come and go freely in the Great Mo Imperial Palace." Leng Bingxin spoke with a profound tone, her eyes filled with determination.

"Shen Hansheng!" You mean Shen Hansheng put the needles in his brother's room? But why did he still kill his royal brother? I don't believe it... I don't believe it! " The feelings of gratitude he felt last night had yet to dissipate. Now that she faced such a cruel reality, how could she bear it? If it really was the case, what should she do?

"Originally, Duan Jingyang didn't need to die that early, or perhaps he didn't need to die at the hands of the prince. Unfortunately, he saw the needle, so he had no choice but to die, so …" "That's all I can say, because that's all I know, since Bing Xin wasn't there at the time, so I can't tell you the details. Maybe you should ask the people you're talking about …" A trace of decisiveness flashed past Leng Bingxin's eyes as she stared at that pale-faced, delicate figure of hers that fell to the ground. Duan Mu Yan, if you have to blame someone, you can only blame yourself for pestering someone that you shouldn't.

When Leng Bingxin walked to the door of the flower room, she seemed to have thought of something and stopped.

"You can tell the prince what happened tonight. Since Bing Xin dared to say it, he is not afraid of death." After saying that, Leng Bing Xin pursed his lips and left the greenhouse. When he walked out of the greenhouse, he saw Ye Li get up from the ground in a trance.

"Where's Duan Mu Yan?" The moment he saw Leng Bing Xin, Ye Li felt his heart stop, his eyes filled with terror.

"She's inside, but you'd better not disturb her now!" The curve of her cherry lips caused an indescribable sense of fear to rise up in Ye Li. In the next second, Ye Li fiercely pushed away the cold ice heart and ran straight into the greenhouse.

She recalled the love and care her royal brother had for her, and the hatred that spread from the bottom of her heart, gradually growing stronger and stronger. If she had known the truth from the very beginning, she wouldn't have felt such a heartache, but after feeling the true love that Shen Hansheng would never give up on for her, she realized that the man who loved her so deeply was actually the murderer of her royal brother. There must have been many cruel things, Shen Sheng's murder, there was no doubt about it!