Ruyi was unwilling to accept that Queen Zhaojie died because of the person she cared about most. She was mentally devastated. Ning Yuanzhou took Ruyi, who fainted in the rain, back to Siyi Pavilion to take care of her.

As for how she was taken care of, Chu Ji had no idea. She was busy at the moment and had no time to eat melons.

Chu Ji brought Du Changli to meet Emperor An and frankly stated that the 50,000 taels of gold were now outside the palace gate. As for the other 50,000 taels of gold, they would be converted into silver notes and would be paid in full after Emperor Wu entered Wu Kingdom.

Emperor An was naturally dissatisfied with Chu Ji's behavior and did not tell him when he would send him back home. Although Chu Ji did not care, he still told Emperor An according to his character that if he wanted to continue conquering other countries, the right way was to send them and Emperor Wu and his entourage away from An.

Chu Ji analyzed why Emperor An asked for gold after the war. It was simply because the treasury was empty and he wanted compensation from Dawu to serve as military pay to continue the war. However, Chu Ji said that although gold is important, it cannot be more important than the emperor's trust.

If he could not return to Wu safely this time, and there was another battle in the future, which country would be willing to believe in Emperor An's promise not to kill him if he surrendered the city?

Emperor An admitted that he could not believe that Chu Ji would pay the remaining 50,000 taels of gold. Chu Ji frankly stated that King Danyang of Wu Kingdom was in power now. If Emperor Wu returned, there would be civil strife, and 50 taels of gold would be well worth it to buy off the civil strife in Wu Kingdom.

After Chu Ji returned to the Siyi Pavilion, he received a banquet from Emperor An. Ning Yuanzhou analyzed the current situation and confirmed what Chu Ji said today that Emperor An would never let them leave Anguo easily.

But this is exactly the result they want.

Chu Ji looked at Ning Yuanzhou and said, "Is Sister Ruyi's case over?!" The implication was that if it was over, then leave quickly!!! Once their rescue plan started, they wouldn't be able to leave.

Ning Yuanzhou shook his head: "She may not go with me." He knew Ruyi.

Qian Zhao told Ning Yuanzhou that although he had bandaged Ruyi's external injuries, Ruyi had suffered too great a blow and was still having a high fever.

In order to reduce Ruyi's fever, Ning Yuanzhou simply used ice to lower his own body temperature, and then used his body temperature to cool down Ruyi.

With Ning Yuanzhou's cooling down, Ruyi's fever subsided and she woke up successfully.

Ning Yuanzhou said that he had arranged the body according to Jialing's wishes, but the posthumous title that Jialing wanted from the court might not be possible.

Ning Yuanzhou guessed that Deng Hui would falsely accuse Jialing of colluding with the Beipan people to assassinate Li Tongguang, and that the left envoy Chen Kui also died at her hands. Deng Hui said that he would surround and kill them after discovering this, so that he could not only eliminate dissidents in the Zhuyi Guards, but also explain the matter to Emperor An.

Ning Yuanzhou told Ruyi the secret letter from Liudaotang, guessing that Emperor An cooperated with Beipan people to buy horses for the sake of war, and Empress Zhaojie turned against him for the sake of justice. This news was not in the news sent by Tianji Pavilion. Ruyi vowed to find out the truth about this matter. No matter who harmed Empress Zhaojie, she would not let him go.

Three days later, Ruyi asked Qian Zhao for hallucinogenic drugs, and she decided to investigate the cause of Queen Zhaojie's death herself.

Chu Ji asked Ning Yuanzhou about the plan to attack the tower and rescue people, and learned that it had already been arranged. After Chu Ji knew this, he asked Ning Yuanzhou to take everyone away immediately.

Ning Yuanzhou didn't think so, and then shook his head, "Ruyi went to the palace, she wants to find her answer."

And he couldn't let Chu Ji face such danger alone, at least that's what he thought now.

Ruyi sneaked into the Second Prince's mansion and saw that the Second Prince was trying to please his aunt the Imperial Concubine for the sake of imperial power, but chose not to worship his biological mother because Emperor An was afraid of Empress Zhaojie. Ruyi was very disappointed with him.

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