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

This was the first time that Ji Lanshuang saw Su Sui'an with such a distraught look on his face since leaving the Marquis of Changping's Mansion.

"Did Duke Gu's Mansion embarrass you? Don't worry, your father has already gone to the palace to ask the emperor for help. If Duke Gu's Mansion is really making trouble like this, your father and I are not the kind of soft persimmons that can be manipulated by others."

Her attitude was unusually resolute.

Facing Ji Lanshuang's concerned and worried eyes, Su Sui'an smiled bitterly, "Mother, I'm a little tired, can you let me go back and have a good rest first?"

Today, because of the back and forth affairs of Duke Gu’s Mansion, not to mention Su Sui’an, even Ji Lan Shuang felt physically and mentally exhausted.

But at this time, An'er was in a bad mood.

Although she was worried, she was helpless.

"Okay, go back and have a good rest. When you're done, mother will come to see you."

Having said this, Ji Lanshuang's gaze fell on Mei'er.

When Su Sui'an returned to Tingyu Cottage, it was already dark.

Before Mei'er could help Su Sui to rest, Suguo and Aunt Deng came over with lanterns.

"Liu'er's foot is injured, and Mei'er is the only one left. Madam is worried that the young lady doesn't have anyone to care about, so she specially asked me to come and serve her." When Suguo smiled, there were two small dimples on her face, which made her look particularly cute.

Su Sui'an nodded listlessly, "Suguo will stay here, and Aunt Deng can go back and take care of mother."

Ji Lanshuang sent her two trusted confidants over, and Su Sui'an had a more or less idea in his mind why Su Guo and Nanny Deng came.

Fortunately, she always maintained a decent expression when facing Fu Jingrong, so Su Sui'an was not worried that Mei'er would notice anything.

I left the crispy fruit behind just to make my mother feel more at ease.

Just as Su Sui'an thought.

Mei'er had just helped Su Sui'an fall asleep when Su Guo nervously approached Su Sui'an and asked, "Sister Mei'er, what happened to the young lady today?"

Mei'er glanced at the room where only a dim light was on and sighed softly.

"What else could it be? Isn't it because you are annoyed by Duke Gu's Mansion?"

Then, Mei'er told Suguo what happened today after she and Su Sui'an arrived at Duke Gu's Mansion.

Suguo's expression, which was burning with gossip at the beginning, slowly turned into coldness...

After receiving Su Sui'an's instructions, Nanny Deng went back to Ji Lanshuang and told her what Su Sui'an meant.

At that time, Su Kang had already returned to the Su Mansion from the palace.

I also know about Fu Jingrong's forced entry into Duke Gu's mansion today.

After listening to Nanny Deng's report, Su Kang raised his hand to dismiss Nanny Deng.

"Master, it's obvious that the Duke Gu's Mansion wants to take advantage of An'er. It's already known to everyone that An'er is engaged to the Prince of Dingbei. What's the reason for them to do this?"

Su Kang took off his outer robe, sat on the edge of the bed, and took Ji Lanshuang, who was standing beside him, into his arms.

"No matter what the reason is, now that Prince Dingbei has taken action, Duke Gu's Mansion will definitely not gain any benefit. Moreover, Duke Gu's Mansion was already at the end of its strength. Now that Gu Xiuyan is dead, it is only a matter of time before Duke Gu's Mansion falls apart. We don't need to say more, we just need to wait for the follow-up results."

As early as on the way to the palace, Prince Dingbei's men had stopped him and told him what was about to happen.

Why would the Duke Gu's Mansion do such a stupid thing?

Isn't it because you see An'er's value?

Even Prince Yun is in danger of losing his throne. How can the Duke Gu's Mansion, which has close private dealings with Prince Yun's Mansion, have the qualifications to act so arrogantly?

Now he did these dirty things just to use An'er to support his Duke Gu's Mansion.

Today he entered the palace, and the emperor took the initiative to tell him that Fu Jingrong had come to the palace to talk to him about the relationship between Duke Gu's Mansion and Prince Yun. He probably also knew the emperor's attitude towards Duke Gu's Mansion.

He can then put his mind at ease.

What ambitions did he have in his life? He just wanted to have a complete family and three meals a day, four seasons a year.

...

At nightfall, the eunuch who was in charge of announcing the time in the palace had just finished announcing 3:15 p.m.

Emperor Mingqing was still bent over the imperial desk.

The bright bronze lamp tree illuminated his handsome appearance which had been eroded by time and almost unrecognizable from his youth.

Only a pair of eyes, deep and sharp like an eagle's.

"What do you think of the news that Fu Jingrong handed back?"

Emperor Ming Qing stared at the tall and thin man standing in front of the imperial desk without blinking.

The man had an honest face. If Prince Yun were here, he would definitely be able to recognize who the man in front of him was at a glance.

"I think there is no need for Prince Dingbei to conceal the news."

As everyone knows, the Dingbei Palace is "impartial and impartial" to the noble families in Luojing. Moreover, the master of the Dingbei Palace has been back for so long, but there has been no news that the Princess Dingbei is going to hold any banquets, or invite anyone to go out for fun.

There was no communication between the female members at all.

The man's words hit the mark exactly what Emperor Ming Qing wanted.

Although Fu Jingrong is sometimes unruly and can't do whatever he wants, but most of the time, if he wants to do something, there is nothing he can't do...

Now, as long as you can get it right...

Thinking of this, Emperor Mingqing's expression softened a little.

"Since Prince Yun is not innocent, then he should be executed as arranged before."

The man hesitated for a moment. "Since Prince Yun and Duke Gu's Mansion are colluding with the remnants of the previous dynasty, wouldn't it be too merciful for the emperor to just let Prince Yun be beheaded and let Gu Xiuyan die of a serious illness?"

"Oh? What do you think, my dear?" Emperor Ming Qing looked at the man with interest.

The man lowered his eyes respectfully towards Emperor Mingqing.

"In my humble opinion, it would be better to let Prince Yun be tortured to death at the Caishikou, and let all the people watching the execution eat his flesh and blood. This way, not only can it deter other people with disloyal intentions, but the emperor may also be able to lead out other remnants and accomplices."

"Are there any other remnants or accomplices?"

Emperor Mingqing's eyes slowly narrowed.

He seemed to be thinking about something.

After a moment, he nodded slowly, "Okay, I'll do as you say."

...

Dingbei Palace.

Fu Huai slammed the fine white jade paperweight in his hand onto the desk, and the paperweight broke into two pieces.

Fu Jingrong just lifted his eyelids lightly and continued to look down, as if what happened just now had nothing to do with him.

The father and son looked at each other across the table.

After a long while, Fu Huai was finally defeated.

“Why do you want to do this?”

Fu Jingrong pursed his lips and said nothing.

Fu Huai raised his voice again, "Do you know that because of your impulsiveness, our people were almost discovered?"

It seemed to have touched a string in Fu Jingrong's heart, and Fu Jingrong, who had been gritting his teeth and unwilling to speak a moment ago, finally responded.

"In my eyes, no one is more important than her."

"Asshole."