One touch and one silence

"It's good that you have a heart to be filial to your parents, but what your father is going to do now is a major event that will wipe out the entire nine clans. Now that the righteous path is ahead, do you think those evil ways will succeed? On the contrary, what your father is going to do, I can tell you, will never succeed."

She had given so many hints and reminders, yet her stepfather and the prince were still killed. That could only mean that it was destined and no one, not even the gods, could save them.

"Isn't one of your good friends a member of the imperial harem? What is her character like? What is the ruler of the world like now? What is her reputation among the people? Do you think your father can succeed?"

Only then did Ling Chengxue understand what the Taoist priest meant.

She broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this.

She could never have imagined that her father would commit a capital crime.

No wonder my father always told me to get closer to the eldest princess in the palace.

Now that I think about it, it was probably just so that I could get some information from her.

Ling Chengxue could no longer hold the round fan in her hand. It fell onto the table and bounced to the ground.

She got up in a hurry and left Merlin in a hurry.

Nanzhi looked at their receding backs and sighed.

Women in this world are extremely pitiful. Even if they are the daughters of a wealthy family and are usually noble, if someone says they will give them away as concubines, they will be given away as concubines to be used as bargaining chips to curry favor with the powerful.

Just then, a little maid came trotting over and respectfully handed Nanzhi a silver note worth one thousand taels.

"Please keep this matter secret, Taoist priest!"

After saying this, he bowed to Nanzhi and ran away.

Nanzhi took the thousand taels, puzzled, and smiled.

"Liu Yue, put these one thousand one hundred taels away."

"Closing the stall! It's over!"

Nanzhi happily took down the cloth with fortune-telling words written on it hanging on the tree branch.

At this time, someone stepped forward bravely.

"Master, please stay. Can you calculate it for me?"

Nanzhi kept moving her hands, without even looking at him, and directly refused.

"Today's three trigrams are full, please come earlier next time!"

Under his incredulous gaze, Nanzhi walked away without any hesitation.

When he came to his senses, Nanzhi had already walked away.

"When will the Taoist priest come next time?" the man shouted loudly.

"It depends on fate!"

Nanzhi's voice was clear, and the man could still hear it even though it was far away.

It was not until Nanzhi disappeared that everyone began to discuss what happened today.

When Nanzhi returned to the carriage, she tore off everything on her body as quickly as possible and put on her original prince's clothes.

Liu Yue got on the carriage and pulled a rope on the side of the carriage. With a series of clicking sounds, the outside of the carriage had changed.

"What's that sound?" Nanzhi asked in confusion.

"Nothing!" After saying that, Liu Yue rode his horse and left the bustling Qian'an Temple.

When they arrived at the courtyard, Nanzhi got off the carriage and suddenly found that the carriage seemed to have changed.

"this?"

"How did you do it?"

She couldn't help but touch it with her hand. Liu Yue pointed to the top of the carriage, and Nanzhi then discovered the way.

Is this the legendary mechanical art? Isn't it amazing?

Ancient people were really smart.

Liu Yue packed up her things and then called out to Nanzhi who was sitting on the swing.

"Your Highness, we can go now!"

Nanzhi looked at the sky. It was still early, so she was a little reluctant to go back.

"Wait a minute!"

"Oh, by the way, have someone take a message to the prince, saying that the Qingnan Marquis's Mansion belongs to the Zhennan Prince, and ask him to be careful."

Liu Yue called San Qi who was hiding in the dark, "Go tell the two secret guards who came out of the Crown Prince's Mansion what His Highness just said, and have them tell the Crown Prince. Remember, don't mention anything else, anything at all!"

"My subordinate understands!"

Sanqi left after saying this.

Liu Yue then asked Nanzhi the questions in his mind.

"Your Highness, what did you figure out from the eldest daughter of the Qingnan Marquis's Mansion?"

It was really because Nanzhi felt indescribably depressed after counting the last one.

"Liu Yue, do you think the women in this world are quite pitiful?"

"Reincarnated as a poor man! Lived a life of hunger, and was lucky enough to be reborn into a powerful family! Still, it was inevitable that he would be treated as a gift and given to more powerful people as a plaything."

Liu Yue understood what his master meant.

"Master, are you saying that the eldest daughter of the Qingnan Marquisate was sent away by her father to be a concubine?"

Who is so powerful? The eldest daughter of the Marquis of Qingnan can be the prince's legal wife. Is the Marquis of Qingnan crazy? Why would he send his legitimate daughter to someone else as a concubine?

"To whom?"

Liu Yue couldn't help but feel curious.

"The current Prince of Zhennan, the future Prince Regent."

Liu Yue understood it. If that was the case, it did make sense.

Regent? Liu Yue was shocked.

This...what did she hear?

"For women in this world, unless they meet a good father and mother, their fate is unpredictable."

Liu Yue agreed with Nan Zhi's words and sighed, hiding the shock in her heart.

"Yes! You saw it too. What a good girl that was! She was worried about her father, but in the end, her father gave her away as a concubine in a sedan chair."

Nanzhi's expression was full of mockery.

"What was the purpose of the banknote that the master asked Liu Yue to put away?"

Nanzhi jumped off the swing and patted Liuyue's sleeve.

"Didn't I tell the prince about her father? It would be strange if the prince let her father go. When her house is raided, she has no money. What will she do as a weak woman?"

Only then did Liu Yue realize that His Highness had planned everything.

"Since ancient times, anyone who has anything to do with rebellion will probably have a bad end. I'm afraid she will end up in the Jiaofang Bureau as well."

Nanzhi laughed when she heard this.

"Don't worry, my good sister will not let her fall to this. Besides, she doesn't know about this, so there is no need to do so."

"The laws and regulations of the Great Ling Dynasty..." Liu Yue was just about to explain them to Nanzhi, but Nanzhi interrupted her directly.

The girl was quite pitiful. She died within a few months of entering the Regent's Palace.

"She has never done anything bad, and she is kind-hearted and straightforward. Just think of it as your pity for her. This matter was discovered by your Highness. When the time comes, if it is just a small request, can the Crown Prince refuse to agree?"

Liu Yue stopped talking.

She could see that her prince was particularly sympathetic to women.

Although I was born a girl, I feel more pity for other women.

Liu Yue felt an indescribable emotion spreading in her chest.

"Yue! We are both women. The only thing I am thankful for is that I am useful now. My cheap father, the emperor, does not dare to do anything to me easily. Now I am in a high position and have some power. When I can reach out, Your Highness is willing to do so."

"Even if you think I was the one who leaked this information and you are still pretending to be sympathetic, I admit it. This matter is of great importance. From a big perspective, I am loyal to my country. Even if I am not a princess or a prince, I have no choice but to do this. From a small perspective, I pity that girl and her tragic fate. Even if she hates me or blames me, Your Highness will not regret it."