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After returning to the palace, Chu Xingluo went straight to the study, with Qingyun and Long Yan also by his side.

"It's almost midnight, you guys should go to bed." Chu Xingluo's voice was cold and no change could be heard.

"I wonder what the news will be like tomorrow?" Long Yan glanced at Chu Xingluo.

"What should we do? The princess has suffered such a great injustice and almost lost her life, and she can't go and vent her anger? If it were me, I would kill that bitch with one knife!" Qingyun said angrily, and Long Yan glared at him.

Chu Xingluo had a blank expression on his face. He asked Qingyun Longyan to go to sleep as he wanted to be alone.

Long Yanqingyun left helplessly, and Chu Xingluo sat in front of the desk and stared at the candlelight in a daze. He didn't know what to do next. There was nothing between him and Gu Xixi. They knew each other just by chance. He saw Gu Xixi alone in an alley. At that time, Gu Xixi had abdominal pain and squatted on the ground groaning in pain.

He didn't want to help, but he couldn't just stand by and watch her die, so he took Gu Xixi to see a doctor. Gu Xixi insisted on thanking him, saying that she was alone and helpless and wanted to recognize him as a brother, but Chu Xingluo certainly couldn't agree. But seeing that she was pitiful, he asked Long Yanqingyun to buy her a yard and gave her a sum of money.

Not counting the time he stood at the gate of the courtyard last night, he had only been inside once, and that was when Gu Xixi insisted on hosting a banquet to thank him. He even just now knew that Gu Xixi was from a brothel.

Now he thought about it carefully. Gu Xixi worked in a brothel and had seen countless people. She could naturally tell that he was not an ordinary person. He was just careless.

Chu Xingluo felt regretful. If he had revealed his identity to Xia Taoyuan when he brought her back in the afternoon, she wouldn't have said nothing to him just now. She must be very sad.

The candle flame flickered and finally burned out. With a snap, the surroundings fell into darkness. Chu Xingluo still sat there silently.

In Yingyuan, the maids had all gone to bed. Xia Taoyuan was very sleepy but couldn't fall asleep. Her body wanted to sleep, but her mind kept turning. She thought about what had happened, and the more she thought about it, the sadder she felt. She hated him because he was there but didn't come out when she was almost humiliated. When he came back, he could have revealed his identity and explained what happened between Gu Xixi and him, but he kept silent no matter how she scolded him.

She kept her eyes open until dawn.

When Yu'er came up and saw her, she was startled, her eyes full of distress: "Miss, didn't you sleep all night?"

"Well, I can't sleep." Xia Taoyuan tried to smile.

"It's still early, go to sleep for a while, you look too pale." Yu'er said with concern.

"I'm not going to sleep anymore. I'm going to wash up and go see my father." Xia Taoyuan stood up. She had thought a lot. She could take this opportunity to get married to the emperor. In this way, the prime minister's mansion would not have to worry about being exposed. Once the storm was over, the real Wei Zhiying could go home and reunite with the family.

After washing up, Xia Taoyuan didn't eat anything. She went to find Mrs. Wei. When she left Yingyuan, she saw Wei Jinghe walking towards her. As soon as he saw her, Wei Jinghe said, "Come with me to the study. Father is waiting."

When they arrived at Prime Minister Wei's study, Mrs. Wei was also there. When she saw Xia Taoyuan, she touched her face with heartache and said, "You've lost weight." Xia Taoyuan's nose felt sore and she almost cried.

Prime Minister Wei said, "I'm sorry to have wronged you. I wanted to take this opportunity to explain to the emperor and see if he can cancel the engagement." After saying that, he looked at Xia Taoyuan.

Xia Taoyuan nodded, "That's what I meant. I'll use this as an excuse to ask the Emperor to cancel the engagement, and then I'll leave. I can tell the public that Miss Wei was sent to a distant relative's house because she was heartbroken. Then I'll come back with Master Xia after two or three years, and if anyone asks, I'll say that Miss Wei met Master Xia at a relative's house, and they fell in love, got married, and had a child. At that time, the child's age of two or three isn't much different from one or two, and others won't be able to tell, and won't suspect anything."

Mrs. Wei was grateful and praised: "Let's go with the flow and do it this way."

Prime Minister Wei sighed and said, "Don't be happy too soon. I'll talk to the emperor about it and see." He didn't say it out loud. Based on his understanding of the emperor, the emperor would most likely not agree to such a scandal. Not only would he not agree, but he would have to be thankful for his wise decision to arrange the marriage between Prince Jing and Wei Zhiying in advance.

After Prime Minister Wei left, Mrs. Wei comforted Xia Taoyuan for a while and told her to go back and have a good rest.