After being married off by my younger sister, I became the most beloved person in the palace

"…Madam Jing'an still thinks Sun Ruqian is a hot commodity. She even has the nerve to come to my house and ask about my mother and my third brother's marriage. She is so shameless."

He was talking about what happened just now when the wife of Marquis Jing'an came to visit.

Liu Zhenzhen finished speaking in one breath, picked up the teacup and gulped down a cup of tea.

When the teacup was empty, the maidservant beside her immediately and considerately refilled the tea.

"Did the Duke find out that the person who bribed her was the Ninth Prince?" Gu Zhiyin asked with a sidelong glance in surprise.

Liu Zhenzhen nodded: "Yes."

"But since it concerns the prince, my father did not make it public and also reached an agreement with the Cheng family." After a pause, Liu Zhenzhen continued.

Gu Zhiyin lowered her eyes and pursed her thin lips.

The fragmented sunlight from outside the window shone into the room, casting a faint golden hue on her cheeks. Her skin was fair and translucent, and the fine hairs could be clearly seen under the light and shadow.

Seeing that she remained silent, Fu Yunyao asked, "Yinyin, what's wrong? Did you think of something?"

Gu Zhiyin raised her head slightly, glanced at the two of them with hesitation, and then said, "I went to an opera two days ago, and I seemed to see Sun Ruqian and a man walking out of the house one after another. They were indeed very noble. At first I thought it was her brother, but now that I hear you say this, I suspect he is not a member of the Sun family..."

"It's the Ninth Prince!" Liu Zhenzhen widened her eyes and said affirmatively.

Gu Zhiyin thought for a moment and said, "But as far as I know, the Ninth Prince is sixteen years old this year, and the man I saw was probably in his early twenties."

"Ah?" Liu Zhenzhen was confused: "Maybe they are too far away, are you feeling it wrong? After all, they are only a few years apart."

"Is it possible that he is not the Ninth Prince?" Gu Zhiyin asked.

In her previous life, Sun Ruqian married the Fifth Prince, so she believed that the Fifth Prince was behind Sun Ruqian. Otherwise, how stupid would Sun Ruqian be to do such a thing that would cost her her life and bring disaster to her family? Of course, only a man who made Sun Ruqian love him wholeheartedly could make her willing to take risks for him.

"If it's not the Ninth Prince, then who is it?" Liu Zhenzhen asked stupidly, her mind unable to react for a moment.

Gu Zhiyin sighed quietly in her heart.

I have to say that the Fifth Prince is really resourceful. He is obviously not in the capital, but he can still stir up trouble and even throw a basin of dirty water on the Ninth Prince.

But even the Duke of Protectorate could not find the Fifth Prince, which meant that he had wiped out all the evidence. If she told them with certainty that the Fifth Prince was the mastermind behind this, wouldn't that make people suspicious of her?

How come she knows someone that neither the Duke of Huguo's Mansion nor the Cheng family can find?

That's why she made up this excuse.

Liu Zhenzhen asked her who she was, but she didn't dare to tell him directly, otherwise it would seem too deliberate.

Worry!

Just as he was thinking about it, Fu Yunyao asked tentatively: "Yinyin, do you still remember what that man looks like? Can you draw him?"

Gu Zhiyin secretly gave Fu Yunyao a thumbs up in her heart, but a hesitant look appeared on her face.

After a while, she nodded: "I'll try it."

Fu Yunyao immediately asked someone to prepare pen, ink, paper and inkstone. Gu Zhiyin stood up, walked to the table, picked up the pen and started painting.

A few simple lines outlined the man's profile, with angular features, sword-like eyebrows and star-like eyes, which concealed coldness and sharpness.

At just one glance, Liu Zhenzhen's eyes widened in shock and she gasped fiercely.

Gu Zhiyin put down his pen and looked up at her: "Do you recognize her?"

Liu Zhenzhen was so shocked that she couldn't respond to Gu Zhiyin.

Fu Yunyao said with a gloomy expression: "From the side, it looks like the fifth prince."

In this life, Gu Zhiyin was born in a family of minor officials and had never seen the Fifth Prince, so her face showed just the right amount of confusion.

"Why did Sun Ruqian appear in the theater with the Fifth Prince?" Liu Zhenzhen came back to her senses and asked in astonishment, "Could it be that she is playing two-timing, working for the Ninth Prince while flirting with the Fifth Prince?"

Gu Zhiyin: “…”

How did you go so far off the mark with such obvious information?

Shouldn’t a normal person’s first reaction be “It turns out we were all wrong, the mastermind behind this is not the Ninth Prince, but the Fifth Prince”?

"How shameless! My third brother actually likes such a person." Liu Zhenzhen clenched her fists, extremely angry.

Fu Yunyao looked at Liu Zhenzhen with a serious expression and said, "This matter must be reported to the Duke as soon as possible. I'm afraid the one who really has a problem is the Fifth Prince."

"Ah? I'll go home and tell my dad right away." Liu Zhenzhen said in surprise.

Having said that, he left in a hurry.

……

The Duke of Protectorate was not at home, so Liu Zhenzhen went directly to the main courtyard to find the Duke of Protectorate's wife, told her what Gu Zhiyin had seen, and then unfolded the portrait.

"How is it possible?" The wife of the Duke of Protectorate was so shocked by the news that her mind was dizzy.

How could she not have expected that with the power of their Duke Huguo's Mansion and the Duke's ability, they could still make a mistake in the investigation.

"Mother, Sister Gu wouldn't be wrong. Sun Ruqian has no relationship with the Fifth Prince. There must be something wrong with their private meeting." Liu Zhenzhen explained, fearing that the wife of the Duke of Protectorate would not believe Gu Zhiyin's words.

"Yes." The wife of the Duke of Protectorate nodded in response. It was not that she did not believe it, but she was just too shocked.

But on second thought, nothing is impossible.

Which of the princes is a good person? There is only one throne and everyone wants to be the crown prince, but the emperor has so many sons. In the absence of a legitimate son, everyone has a chance.

He killed Cheng Shuli in their house, thereby provoking hatred between the Liu and Cheng families, so as to use the Duke of Huguo's Mansion to suppress the Sixth Prince.

If the Sixth Prince becomes friends with the Second Prince, he will become the enemy of the Liu Family.

No matter what the fifth prince's ultimate goal is, he is taking himself too seriously if he wants to use the Liu family as a knife in his hand.

There was an infinite coldness on the elegant and dignified face of the wife of the Duke of Protector of the Country.

The Duke of Protectorate returned in the evening.

As soon as the wife of the Duke of Huguo entered the study, she saw the steward standing at the door and reported: "My Lord, Madam, the Marquis of Jing'an is here."

"Please ask him to come to the study." said the Duke Protector of the Country.

The wife of the Duke of Huguo probably guessed the purpose of Marquis Jing'an's visit, so she took the opportunity before Marquis Jing'an arrived to tell him what happened today.

As soon as Marquis Jing'an entered the study, he felt a terrifying sense of oppression.

He raised his head slightly and looked towards the Duke of Protectorate, only to see that the Duke of Protectorate had a tense face and under his raised eyebrows, his eyes, which were red with anger, shot out two cold rays of light, which made Jing'an Hou's legs involuntarily go weak and he almost fell down.

"My lord."

The Duke of Huguo looked at him expressionlessly: "Lord Sun, you came here at this time to find out what your daughter did?"

This question made Marquis Jing'an's already anxious heart tremble even more.

He bowed his hands and saluted towards the Duke of the Guardian, saying with great trepidation, "Duke, I taught my daughter improperly, causing her to commit an unforgivable sin. I have come to apologize to you. I dare not ask for your forgiveness, but I only hope that you can spare her life. I have sent her to a nunnery, and she has shaved her head to become a nun. She must repent and reflect on her sins, and she must never return to the Sun family in this lifetime."