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

In the dim sky prison, no one knows how fast or slow time passes.

Perhaps because Liang and Zhao Qingwan had cursed too harshly just now, the cell where the wives of Marquis Changping were imprisoned was now completely silent.

From time to time, screams of torture could be heard from a distance.

Su Sui'an closed her eyes and rested. She didn't know if it was because the disaster that had been worrying her was about to be settled, her tense nerves were finally able to relax, and she didn't even know when she fell into a deep sleep.

"You bastards are all lawless, aren't you?"

Su Sui'an was awakened by Liang's voice.

Turn around and look.

Through the firelight from the fireplace in the hallway, Su Sui'an saw that Su Xinhe and Zhao Qingwan had disheveled hair and untidy clothes.

It was obvious that there had been a fight.

She calmly crossed her arms over her chest and watched their dog-eat-dog fight with raised eyebrows.

Su Xinhe is still young after all and is the most impatient.

I was afraid that if I said something late, Zhao Qingwan would interrupt me.

"Madam, it was Zhao Qingwan who was the first to blackmail me..."

"I didn't..." Zhao Qingwan looked aggrieved, "I just whispered a few words to her, and for some reason, she threw me to the ground..."

I have to say that Zhao Qingwan is better at judging the situation than Su Xinhe.

"What time is it now? Do you think you are still in Changping Marquis Mansion?"

Liang shouted angrily, and a hint of hesitation flashed in the eyes of the two people who originally wished that the other party would die immediately.

In the end, he succumbed to Liang's pressure.

A farce that started without anyone knowing how came to an end with Liang's scolding.

The prison cell at Changping Marquis' Mansion returned to peace again.

Su Sui'an knew in his heart that this was only temporary peace and tranquility.

The people in Changping Marquis' Mansion are just dreaming that after Su Qishun is rescued by Prince Yun, he will come to the Heavenly Prison to rescue their female relatives...

Thinking of this, Su Sui'an's lips slowly curled up into a cold smile.

The people in the Changping Marquis Mansion didn't know about it, but she received the letter before the people from the Ministry of Justice came to arrest her.

On the day Su Qishun was imprisoned in the death row of the Gyeonggi Prefecture Government, he was secretly transferred to the Ministry of Justice.

Anyone who thinks a little bit knows that without solid evidence, how could the people from the Ministry of Justice have the confidence to take away all the servants and masters of the Changping Marquis' Mansion?

But the people in Changping Marquis' Mansion still can't see the truth...

It seemed to confirm Su Sui'an's secret mockery of the Changping Marquis Mansion.

Su Xinlian's voice was heard again from the Changping Marquis Mansion.

"When we were taken away, did we leave behind a courtyard of people?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the sound that followed turned into a "Mmmmm" sound.

It was obvious that someone covered his mouth.

Later on, it seemed as if someone was deliberately speaking to her in a low voice.

Su Sui'an didn't listen deliberately, but sat down again with his back to the prison door.

...

Yun Wang Mansion.

"How dare Gu Xiuyan?"

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Prince Yun’s eyes almost popped out.

"He is just a man who is about to die of illness at any time. Is he really not afraid that I will uproot his Duke Gu's Mansion?"

The person who reported to Prince Yun was a middle-aged man named Huo Dao. He stood out from a group of secret guards at the age of twelve and had been with Prince Yun for nearly thirty years.

In front of others, King Yun is like a father and a lord to him.

Therefore, Prince Yun also trusted him particularly.

When Gu Xiuyan came to Prince Yun to show his loyalty, it was Huo Dao who saw through Gu Xiuyan's current situation. Prince Yun felt that Gu Xiuyan was easy to control, so after Gu Xiuyan was reinstated, he entrusted him with an "important task" for the first time.

However, he did not expect that Gu Xiuyan would be so bold. Not only did he arrest all the people in Changping Marquis' Mansion without his consent, but he also presented one of the lists of people who needed to be dealt with that he had previously handed to him to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, don't be angry."

Huo Dao hurriedly stepped forward to steady Prince Yun as he tried to get up and walk out.

His crow-like eyelashes hid the emotions in his eyes. "Now that the matter is done, all we have to do is to protect ourselves."

With a dull "bang", Prince Yun's fist slammed heavily on the table beside him.

"Save yourself? How to save yourself? Something happened in the palace before, and you asked me to abandon Consort Xian and the Sixteenth Prince, and I did. Now I am like a blind man in the palace. If something happens, I get the news slower than others. If I abandon Su Qishun again, what difference will it make between me and abandoning the entire Changping Marquisate?"

"Your Majesty."

Huo Dao called out to Prince Yun, his eyes full of disapproval, "No ruthlessness, no hero. If you can make more sacrifices for the greater cause today, you will be able to sit firmly in the high position tomorrow."

Seeing that Prince Yun still had a hesitant look, Huo Dao simply said, "Look, since ancient times, which dynasty's merit of following the dragon was not the most troublesome for the emperor? Not to mention the distant past, just take the previous dynasty as an example. How much effort did Wenzu, the founding emperor of the previous dynasty, put in to deal with those children who helped him build the country?"

Prince Yun's expression was obviously relaxed, "But, after all, it is my bloodline, and I also promised Liang..."

"Women's kindness has always been the biggest drawback of women in the harem. Liang can come to you to ask for help today in order to get Su Qishun sent to prison. Tomorrow, she may use the excuse of asking you to do something bad to you for the same thing..."

Every word that Huo Dao said touched Prince Yun's heart.

A thoughtful expression slowly began to emerge in Prince Yun's eyes.

"According to you, I should go all out?"

"Your Highness is wise." Huo Dao was overjoyed. "In fact, given the current situation, if Your Highness wants to kill Su Kang with one strike, the Changping Marquisate has to be used as a chess piece."

Prince Yun followed Huo Dao's words and added, "Otherwise, once His Majesty has suspicions, even if I have been extremely innocent before, I will inevitably be found out by His Majesty in the end."

"Your Majesty is wise." Huo Dao's eyes lit up, not caring how inappropriate it was to use the word "wise" to describe Prince Yun. "Since you are determined to be ruthless, don't leave any trace behind."

At this point, Huo Dao lowered his voice and said, "When the bandit's nest was wiped out, since the prince was willing to sacrifice a son who was rarely taken care of for many years, he would naturally be able to turn the tables this time. I have already inquired about it. The new faces who worked in the Changping Marquis' Mansion a few days ago were among the assassins back then..."

Upon hearing this, Prince Yun, who had already made up his mind to use the Changping Marquis' Mansion as a scapegoat, couldn't help but blurt out a complaint.

"How could the Changping Marquis's Mansion be so confused?"

Huo Dao laughed sarcastically, "This is all thanks to the old lady of the Marquis's Mansion and that adopted daughter."

"They?" Prince Yun was a little bit unbelievable.

What kind of trouble could a mere woman in the harem cause?

"Since the old lady took over the Changping Marquis Mansion, she has reduced the number of servants in the Changping Marquis Mansion, resulting in a shortage of people in each courtyard of the Changping Marquis Mansion. Naturally, this gave Su Qishun's adopted daughter the opportunity to hide people."

"You mean, those people didn't hide in there by themselves, or was it the adopted daughter who hid in there?"

Faced with Prince Yun's look of disbelief, Huo Dao resisted the urge to roll his eyes.

"It was her. If it weren't for the fact that the traces of the remnants of the previous dynasty were found by the Dingbei Palace, and the Dingbei Palace let His Majesty know about this..."

As he spoke, Huo Dao sighed and said regretfully, "If this incident had not happened, if it was just the case that Su Qishun accidentally killed Shen Meng, the prince would not have been able to save the Changping Marquis's family if he personally stepped in."

Prince Yun was really curious about the purpose of Zhao Qingwan's doing this, "That adopted daughter, doesn't she know that those are the remnants of the previous dynasty?"

Huo Dao smiled slightly, but the meaning in his eyes could not be seen clearly.

"If she knew, she wouldn't be so bold."

"Ignorant stupid woman."

This was the first time that Prince Yun realized the "destructive power" of women.

Seeing that their deployment was very successful - Su Kang was sent to the Heavenly Prison, and then the other servants of the Su Mansion would be randomly "committed suicide out of fear of punishment"...

By then, Su Kang would be unable to defend himself, and even if King Dingbei wanted to protect the Su Mansion, he might not be able to get anything good out of it.

Unexpectedly, all his painstaking efforts were ultimately ruined by Liang's thriftiness and Zhao Qingwan's ignorance.

Prince Yun was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

"Your Majesty, the Dingbei Palace and the Guguogong Palace have both gotten involved. I'm afraid that people from the palace will come soon. What do you think..."