On the night of the broken engagement, the paranoid prince came to me crying and asking for my statu

She was just about to name the maids who had helped her manage the household when she was in Yancheng.

But she suddenly remembered that when she came back to Luojing, she felt sorry for the maids around her who were still following her around at such an old age. She thought that there must be a special accounting office in the Dingbei Palace in Luojing, so when she left the maids behind, she specifically asked her personal soldiers to walk slower so as not to break the maids' bones.

At this moment, I don’t even know which corner I’m in, and I’m rushing along at a snail’s pace.

Considering that the child is not as resistant to talking and communicating with her as before, Mu Xiaoxiao reluctantly "took over" the "burden of being the head of the Dingbei Palace", although she was not very satisfied with the arrangement that she could not go out in the short term.

After saying goodbye to Fu Jingrong weakly, she went back to the main courtyard with the maids and servants who were following her like followers not far away, looking listless.

Fu Huai returned to Dingbei Palace almost at the same time as Mu Xiaoxiao.

What was rare was that after Fu Huai came back from Yumen City all the way, the first thing he did when he returned home was not to look for Mu Xiaoxiao, but to ask someone to pass a message to Fu Jingrong.

Fu Jingrong had just sent Mu Xiaoxiao away and was about to go to Su Sui'an to "sound out the situation".

Being stopped by Fu Huai's men, he could only temporarily put aside his thoughts of looking for someone.

After a stick of incense.

The study room of Dingbei Palace.

Fu Huai took off his armor, and his muscular body was wrapped bulgingly under the single piece of clothing.

At this time, he had just put a yellowed secret letter in his hand into Fu Jingrong's hand.

"The emperor has begun to be wary of me. Your marriage must be settled first."

The man spoke in a loud voice, but his tone was full of indifference, as if the person who was engaged was just an insignificant person to him.

After reading the secret letter, Fu Jingrong turned around and put it in the incense burner and lit it.

Not until the flames had completely consumed the letter did he look up to meet Fu Huai's piercing gaze.

"The kid will find a way."

Fu Huai nodded, as if he was very satisfied with Fu Jingrong's obedience, and reminded, "Since the Su family has turned around, then do as you said, but this matter can't come out of your mouth after all."

Fu Jingrong pondered for a moment, "The private relationship between Prince Yun's Mansion and Duke Gu's Mansion is not bad either, we can find a breakthrough from this aspect."

"Speaking of the Duke Gu's Mansion..." Fu Huai frowned, "I didn't expect that His Majesty would agree to the marriage between the Duke Gu's Mansion and the Marquis Changping's Mansion so easily."

"If Su Kang really turns against Su Qishun, the Duke Gu's Mansion's withdrawal of the engagement would be a blessing in disguise." Fu Jingrong lowered his eyes, "Now that it has come to this, it is only a matter of time before Prince Yun's Mansion is uprooted. By then, as long as our people make trouble, the Duke Gu's Mansion will definitely be implicated..."

At this point, he paused, "After the fall of Prince Yun's Mansion and Duke Gu's Mansion, someone will definitely use the events of the previous dynasty to make a fuss..."

Fu Huai narrowed his eyes, as if thinking of something unpleasant, and said in a cold tone, "I'm afraid I can't keep your mother's affairs secret any longer."

"So, Father, we should resolve this matter before Mother knows the whole truth..."

Fu Jingrong raised his eyes and met Fu Huai's slightly hesitant and inquiring gaze.

His tone was firm, "Since those people only recognize tokens, why don't we just be straightforward and pass off fakes as real ones?"

After Fu Huai sat down at the desk, he did not immediately reply to Fu Jingrong.

This is a risky move.

One wrong step and everything is lost.

Even if it was his own son who made him take this step, Fu Huai would not dare to gamble with his wife's life...

Once my wife knows the truth...

Looking at Fu Huai's clenched fist on the desk, Fu Jingrong continued to speak slowly, "I know that my father has always disregarded life and death. Apart from my mother, there is basically nothing that can make you hesitate. However, as I said, although the court seems to be harmonious now, in fact, everyone has their own ulterior motives.

If you had not listened to what my child said and went to Yumen City in person to intercept the defense map that was about to be circulated, I am afraid that Su Kang and his son would have been beheaded long ago.

As soon as Su Kang died, the second branch of the Su family was accused of treason. The three mansions of Changping Marquis, Yunwang Mansion and Guguogong Mansion will surely unite to share the worries of His Majesty. How can my Dingbei Palace end up well?

Father, you have known the emperor for many years. You should know his temper better than anyone else. What will happen to a minister if the monarch is afraid of him?

If my guess is correct, His Majesty already knew that the leak of the defense map was related to the Marquis of Changping Mansion, but he still chose to turn a blind eye and let the Marquis of Changping Mansion destroy itself, while he was happy to be a benevolent monarch on the side, because Su Kang's popularity has been too high in recent years, and he has long been wary of him. Maybe His Majesty knows more about the dirty things that the Marquis of Changping Mansion cannot do in public than we do..."

"Bam—"

With a dull sound, the carved sandalwood desk in front of Fu Huai cracked, and the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone on the desk were shaken to the ground.

Fu Jingrong ignored Fu Huai's murderous aura and continued to speak, "Father knows better than anyone what will happen to the Dingbei Palace once the true identity of my mother is discovered. If there is a better choice, father will choose to abandon the entire Dingbei Palace and the Queen for my mother..."

"What nonsense! When did I ever say I would not care about the Dingbei Palace and the Queen?"

Fu Huai stood up suddenly and turned away from looking at Fu Minghuai. "I just think there's no need to act hastily."

"But my father had already promised me before he went to Yumen City, didn't he?"

Fu Huai was speechless. "At that time, I didn't expect that you even knew all these things. It's simply..."

Fu Jingrong snorted coldly, and his attitude became much tougher than before. "Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. No matter what my father wants to say, I have already dragged Xiaojiu into the game, and my mother has also lived in the Ninth Prince's Mansion for some time..."

So, no one should think of quitting halfway.

"Fu Jingrong."

Fu Huai suddenly turned around, and the look he gave Fu Jingrong was as if icy.

"Don't think that just because you are my son, I will..."

"What do you want to do, father? Are you going to kill me?"

Fu Jingrong not only ignored Fu Huai's cold gaze, he even took two steps forward, waved his hand and threw the dagger he was carrying on the desk, his eyebrows stained with a bit of sarcasm and contempt, "Beauty Pass, Hero's Tomb, Father becomes timid whenever it comes to Mother. If I had known that Father was so useless, I might as well not have told you anything."

"Father, you now have two choices. Either you kill me now and return home to your old ways of destruction and death; or you respect my arrangements and cooperate well, and I will protect all of you."