I used the space to empty the pirates' private vault.

Jiang Yimo wanted to reach out and catch it, but it jumped onto another lotus leaf and croaked twice. So she reached out to catch the ice toad again, but the ice toad jumped onto another lotus leaf.

Wow, this little thing is quite naughty. It actually started playing with her. So she just ignored it.

The next day was a cloudy day with a gray sky, and it looked like it was going to rain.

Jiang Yimo got up early and wanted to see the Xie siblings off, but they had already left the restaurant, so she had to give up.

The Xie brothers and sisters left, and Jiang Yimo was also preparing to leave Baihua City.

"Momo, let's finish breakfast and get ready to head back to the Imperial City."

Feng Wuhen smiled lightly, revealing a hint of pride in his smile.

"Okay! I'll go to the imperial city with you after breakfast." Jiang Yimo replied.

Half an hour later, Jiang Yimo took Qingzhu, packed their luggage, and got on the carriage that Feng Wuhen had prepared in advance, driving all the way to the imperial city.

Jiang Yimo wanted to find answers to some questions, so she had to go to the imperial city no matter what.

At the same time, King You was also preparing to set off back to the imperial city.

"Your Highness, according to the secret guards, the Evil King and the woman surnamed Jiang have set off for the imperial city this morning." Leng Feng reported to King You respectfully.

"Well, did you notice what the two of them brought?"

King You spoke in a calm voice, without any emotion on his face.

"No, they only took some simple clothes with them and boarded the carriage heading back to the Imperial City."

"Have you arranged everything for the trip?"

"Your Highness, we have arranged for the road that the Evil King took. We can take a detour back to the Imperial City tomorrow."

"Well, how's the matter with that woman?"

"Your Highness, she, she is not very willing to go back to the Imperial City with us."

"Have you told me my identity?"

"I told Miss Cui's parents. Her parents were very happy to hear that their daughter was going to become King You's concubine, but Miss Cui didn't seem too happy. She kept telling her parents that she had a lover."

When King You heard Leng Feng say this, his eyes narrowed slightly, a cold chill covered him, and he suddenly became hostile. His face became gloomy, and his tone of voice became icy.

Even Leng Feng, who was standing behind King You, felt the chill from him.

"Who is her sweetheart?"

"I heard from her that it was Xie Hefan, the young master of Yunlai Villa."

"Humph! It turned out to be him. No wonder, this girl has good taste. It's a pity that Xie Hefan doesn't like her."

"Yes, I heard that Miss Cui has been trying every way to get close to Xie Hefan since she met him, but Xie Hefan is not interested in her." Leng Feng gossiped with some amusement.

"Go to the Cui family again and tell them that if they can marry Miss Cui to me as my concubine, I will make them the largest tea merchant in Donglin."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After receiving the order, Leng Feng went to Cui's house again.

That night, King You got the beauty as he wished. Cui Wanwan became King You's concubine unwillingly and agreed to follow King You to the imperial city.

At the same time, on another way back to the imperial city, Feng Wuhen received a secret letter from the imperial city.

After Feng Wuhen finished reading the letter, his angular and handsome face immediately darkened, his eyes instantly became sharp and murderous, and his whole body was as cold as a lonely ice sculpture, and the chill filled the entire carriage.

Qingzhu couldn't stand Feng Wuhen's coldness and shivered from the cold.

Jiang Yimo also noticed the cold aura on Feng Wuhen's body. She glanced at Qingzhu who was hiding behind her and said unhappily, "My Lord, what happened to you? Hurry up and reduce the coldness on your body. You scared my Qingzhu."

After he finished speaking, Feng Wuhen slowly suppressed the coldness in his body, but his face was still very dark.

Jiang Yimo was worried that Qingzhu would be frightened by Feng Wuhen, so she winked at Qingzhu, indicating that Qingzhu should sit outside the carriage with Feng Wuhen's two guards first.

Qingzhu quickly understood what her young lady meant. She walked out of the carriage and sat with the two young guards driving the carriage.

After coming out, Qingzhu's feeling of depression suddenly disappeared.

She thought to herself: I don't know how her daughter can withstand the coldness from the Evil King. The Evil King is really scary.

Next, Feng Wuhen told Jiang Yimo about the contents of the secret letter he had just read.

"Momo, your scumbag father was brought out of the prison and became a fourth-rank official. Although this position is one level higher than his original position, it is a nominal position with no power."

Hearing this, Jiang Yimo simply asked, "Do you know who did this?"

"At present, I don't know. I have to return to the imperial city and conduct a thorough investigation to find out. But according to the letter from my people, they found a lot of evidence to prove that Jiang Qigong had nothing to do with the sale of official salt and collusion with pirates. They pushed all the blame onto Jiang Qigong's brother-in-law Ruan Bolin, making him the scapegoat. Ruan Bolin will be executed at noon tomorrow."

"Your Majesty, guess who would be so bored as to go to such great lengths to rescue a discarded chess piece?"

After Jiang Yimo finished speaking, Feng Wuhen looked at her. She met his gaze, curled the corners of her lips slightly, and smiled slowly.

"Who else could be my enemy and have the ability to get your scumbag father out of prison? The most likely one is my sixth uncle, the others are my two brothers, and the other one is Prime Minister Lu Zhihong."

"After hearing what you said today, the Imperial City is a huge den of dragons and tigers! Now that I am so close to you, won't I be implicated by you?"

Jiang Yimo said this to him on purpose.

"Oh, even Momo, who is so powerful, is afraid of being implicated!"

Feng Wuhen raised his eyebrows and said teasingly.

"Nonsense, who isn't afraid of death? Less trouble is worse than more trouble. Isn't it good to live a peaceful life?"

Jiang Yimo answered straightforwardly and honestly.

"Momo, don't worry. I brought you back to the Imperial City. I will never let you get hurt."

Feng Wuhen made a solemn promise to Jiang Yimo.

Jiang Yimo didn't agree with what she heard.

"Your Majesty, don't make promises to someone easily. If you fail to fulfill your promise one day, it will easily hurt others."

The two of them chatted back and forth, and before they knew it, they had spent a whole day on the journey.

The sky gradually darkened, but they were in a place where there was no village in front and no shop behind, so they could only spend the night in the wilderness.

It is summer now and the weather is hot, so you don't have to worry about catching a cold if you sleep outdoors at night, but there are many mosquitoes, poisonous snakes and wild animals in this mountain.

Their carriage stopped on a lawn by the river. The two young guards immediately dismounted and found a lot of dry firewood in the woods and started a small fire.