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Xie Zhichan received an imperial edict summoning her from the palace at Prince Yan's Mansion. Although she didn't know what had happened, she knew it was definitely not a good thing. Pei Yi was out at the moment, so she asked Yue Yan to stay in the mansion and wait for Pei Yi to come back and tell him. If she couldn't leave the palace tonight, Pei Yi would probably have to go to the palace to rescue her.

Yueyan thought that even if she followed him, she couldn't enter the palace, so she might as well listen to the Crown Prince's Consort.

Xie Zhichan was not sure what clothes would be the best to wear, so he simply changed into the official dress of the Crown Prince's wife and followed the summoned eunuch into the palace.

Not long after she left Prince Yan's Mansion, a masked assassin broke into Yang Zhuoyan's home.

The sunlight shines through the window, illuminating the quiet courtyard.

The assassin tiptoed around the outside of the house, flipped into the yard, opened the door lightly, and entered the room quietly.

The room was silent, with only the sound of Sasha's brush stroking the paper.

Yang Zhuoyan knew nothing. He was buried in front of the desk, writing the packaging contents of the Qianyuan Pavilion Twelve Flower-Bearing Maids Gift Box. There were several pieces of old paper on the table. It was obvious that he had written several versions and he was not satisfied with any of them.

The faint sunlight shines through the window and shines on the ground, quiet and harmonious.

The assassin quickly approached behind Yang Zhuoyan, holding a sharp dagger in his hand.

Suddenly, the assassin stepped on a piece of white paper. Yang Zhuoyan was very familiar with the sound of paper and immediately realized that something was wrong. The moment he turned around, he saw the knife in the assassin's hand rushing towards him.

The dagger flashed with a sharp light and pierced into Yang Zhuoyan's heart. He only had time to hold the assassin's hands to prevent the dagger from going deeper, but he was just a scholar after all, and his strength was no match for the assassin who had practiced martial arts for many years.

After a cry of pain, Yang Zhuoyan fell to the ground, blood gushing out of his heart. He could only helplessly watch his life gradually disappear and eventually return to nothingness.

The assassin waited until Yang Zhuoyan was completely dead, then tested his nose to confirm that he was dead, and then cut off his tongue with a knife, leaving only a cold sentence: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that people who talk too much should not keep their tongues to bring disaster upon themselves."

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When Pei Yi came back, Xie Zhichan had been in the palace for an hour. When Pei Yi heard Yue Yan say that it was the empress dowager's decree, he did not understand for a moment why the empress dowager summoned Xie Zhichan into the palace.

He thought about everything, but still had no clue.

Until He Yi carried Yang Zhuoyan, who was only breathing his last breath, into Prince Yan's Mansion.

Madam Yu also followed the two of them, and it was she who discovered the person.

Fortunately, Xie Zhichan thought about Yang Zhuoyan's study and preparation for the imperial examination, so he asked Madam Yu to pick up the manuscript at the agreed time. Today was the day agreed with Yang Zhuoyan to pick up the manuscript.

As soon as she entered the door, she felt that Yang Zhuoyan's house was too quiet. She called out several times but no one answered. When she entered the house, she saw someone lying in a pool of blood, unconscious.

She used all her strength to carry the man onto the carriage and sent him to the nearest clinic. The doctor saw that the man was injured in the heart and was afraid that the man would die in the clinic. He also saw that the woman who brought the injured person was well dressed and did not look like an ordinary person, so he was afraid that the clinic would be in trouble, so he just said that the man could not be cured and asked them to take the man away quickly.

Madam Yu didn't know where to send Yang Zhuoyan for a moment. She was afraid that other medical clinics would be the same and would put Yang Zhuoyan's life at risk. She remembered that He Yi in the shop was the prince's consort's man, so she had to take him on the carriage and send him to the rouge shop to ask He Yi for advice.

When He Yi saw Yang Zhuoyan like this, he took him back to Prince Yan's Mansion and went straight to the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess for help.

Pei Yi asked He Yi to put Yang Zhuoyan in a guest room. The wound on his heart looked serious, but when he heard his heart beating on the other side, he realized that he was a person with a heart on the right side. He was a lucky person with a good life.

Pei Yi gave him a life-extending pill given by Xie Zhichan, which temporarily saved his life.

Seeing his tongue cut again, he remembered that he had asked Xie Zhichan why Liang Qixing's arm could be reattached. Xie Zhichan told him that it was the principle of cryopreservation of limb survival, so he asked He Yi to bring ice to find Yang Zhuoyan's severed tongue and preserve it, even if there was only a glimmer of hope -

After taking the life-extending elixir, Yang Zhuoyan regained a little consciousness and gestured the word "Crown Prince" on the bed sheet with his fingers. Pei Yi then thought of the imperial examination and instantly understood why Xie Zhichan was suddenly called into the palace.

He asked someone to look after Yang Zhuoyan and hurriedly asked Dan Feng to drive the carriage to the palace.

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When Xie Zhichan arrived at the palace, he followed the little palace maid who led the way into Shoukang Palace, where he saw Empress Dowager Cao and Empress Cao sitting high up in the seat of honor.

Qin Baiwei stood beside Empress Dowager Cao, her face as calm as any sculpture in the palace, as if what happened here had nothing to do with her at all.

Xie Zhichan was certain in his heart that his entry into the palace today was not without reason, and it was most likely related to Qin Baiwei.

This white lotus always likes to provoke her.

But who a man likes has nothing to do with a woman? If she is capable, Qin Baiwei should go find Pei Yi. What's the point of framing her? Without Xie Zhichan, will the men who don't like Qin Baiwei suddenly fall in love with her?

While Xie Zhichan was complaining in his heart, he knelt down and said, "The Crown Prince's Consort of the Prince of Yan's Mansion greets the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother, and the two queens. Best wishes."

It was the first time that Empress Dowager Cao met Xie Zhichan, and she couldn't help but look at her carefully.

She was dressed simply as a woman, with a simple peony hairstyle and no flowers on her head. She only had a silver silk butterfly on her bun, and her earrings were a pair of elegant jade earrings.

The clothes she was wearing were the imperial robes of the Crown Prince's Consort of Prince Yan's Mansion, and there was nothing wrong with them.

If Empress Dowager Cao had not thought that it was this woman who caused the prince to be punished, she would not have felt annoyed based on her first impression.

"Raise your head and let me see you." She said indifferently.

Xie Zhichan responded respectfully, “Yes,” and stood up.

Only then did Empress Dowager Cao see Xie Zhichan's face and figure clearly.

At first glance, I could see that this woman had a beauty that was unparalleled in the world. Even among the three thousand beauties in the harem, I was afraid that there would not be many who could match her.

She couldn't help but glance at Qin Baiwei. Compared to the two of them, the Crown Prince's Consort was much more beautiful.

Most men prefer gorgeous beauties rather than cool and elegant ones.

Thinking that if Pei Yi married this girl, he might be tempted by beauty and would fall for her and become infatuated with her. The Prince of Yan's Mansion would probably allow this girl to stir up trouble.

Thinking of this, he felt that no matter how beautiful Xie Zhichan was, she was still a beauty who brought disaster to the country and the people. He hated her even more and just waited quietly. After Xie Zhichan knelt for a long time, he said, "Princess, please stand up."

Xie Zhichan cursed the old witch in his heart, saying that she had no human rights. Princess Yongtai and Princess Anle were simply of the same lineage! But he said, "Thank you, Queen Mother."

When she stood up, Empress Dowager Cao did not offer her a seat, but asked directly, "Crown Princess, I heard that you recently took in a failed candidate named Yang Zhuoyan? Is this candidate very talented in writing?"