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In the Duke Fuguo's Mansion, this Chinese Valentine's Day was not peaceful either.

Because of the incident at Marquis Pingyong's mansion, Ling Feier was forced to claim illness and was not allowed to attend the palace banquet. Hua Shuolei wanted to take over the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but her belly was getting big and she was feeling uncomfortable several times. In the doctor's words, her fetal position was too forward and low, and she could come back to life at any time, so neither of them entered the palace.

The two were already unhappy, and when a message came from the palace, they were left in the dark. When the palace gates were finally opened, all they heard was bad news.

When they heard that Bao Yanqing had been stripped of his title as Crown Prince and beaten half to death, and that the head of the family had been demoted two levels, they felt as if the sky had fallen.

At this time, Hua Shuolei had a miscarriage and was about to give birth.

It should have been a happy event, but at this time, the Prince of Fuguo's Mansion became even more chaotic.

Bao Yanqing was carried back and became the object of resentment of the whole family. He was in excruciating pain. Hua Shuolei finally gave birth to a boy, but because the child was too big, the delivery was not smooth, the baby was held in the womb for too long and for a series of reasons, the child was born stillborn. Hua Shuolei collapsed and had heavy bleeding again.

After hearing the bad news one after another, when she finally recovered her breath and opened her eyes weakly, she was still alone in the empty house. With tears streaming down her face, she murmured unconsciously:

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

She wanted to ask her personal maid Luyun Hongying to call the prince over. She wanted to explain to him. She finally propped herself up and saw a figure, but she also saw the face of the woman in front of her clearly.

Ling Feier.

At this time, Ling Feier was still a few steps away from the bedside. Her expression was as dull and indifferent as before, but there was an obvious smile at the corner of her lips.

"you?"

Her heart shuddered, and horrible thoughts surged into her mind. Hua Shuolei vaguely smelled something and suddenly had a very bad premonition. However, before she could catch her breath and say anything, Ling Feier spoke first.

"According to common sense, I should call you 'little cousin'. You are obviously my elder, but you insisted on lowering yourself to become my sister... Heh, there are so many identities you could choose from, why did you choose this most embarrassing one?"

"Sister, all of this is your own choice. When you did everything you could, did you ever think that this day would come?"

Looking down at her, Ling Feier felt that all the anger and grievances she had endured in the past six months were worth it.

Look at how pitiful she is now!

She wants to gain status by relying on her son, wants to step on her and even wants her son to seize the opportunity to take over as the next generation of crown prince. Why doesn't her wishful thinking go to the sky?

Ling Feier sneered in her heart, but she still held back the curse that was about to come out of her mouth:

"You made your own choice, so you have to bear the bitterness and sweetness of it."

"Don't worry about the prince. He can't even protect himself right now, how can he care about you? Haven't you noticed that no one in the entire Fuguo Mansion has come to ask you a question except me? Who cares whether you give birth to a boy or a girl, or whether the baby lives or dies?"

"Oh, I forgot again. He is no longer the prince."

"Take good care of yourself! Even though you can't have children after the heavy bleeding, you're still breathing, right?"

After saying what she needed to say, she threw the fragrant red handkerchief embroidered with mandarin ducks at her, then turned and left. As if she vaguely sensed something and was a little uncertain, Hua Shuolei was unable to catch her breath, and her eyes went dark and she fainted again.

……

The Prince's Mansion was not peaceful at this time. As soon as he entered the mansion, the Prince lost his temper and had a big quarrel with the Crown Princess. He then left the mansion angrily.

Afterwards, the Prime Minister's Mansion sent Yu Wei and her luggage over. She was scolded by the Prime Minister again, and they had another quarrel and parted unhappily. She returned to her room and smashed things. She was also crying loudly in despair and grievance.

The same noise was also happening in Beitang Mansion.

Yang Tao was refused entry and her luggage was thrown directly at the gate. She knelt on the ground and cried, wanting to see the old lady.

In the room, the old lady paced back and forth with shaking hands, wanting to go out, wanting to beg for mercy, wanting to keep her, but she couldn't stand the fact that Beitang Yi hadn't come back. And she heard a lot of news about the battle in the palace, and saw with her own eyes the emperor's anger and the end of the prince's mansion. The past experiences kept circling in her mind, and in the end, she still couldn't get out of the door.

At this time, the scene in the Mu Mansion was completely different.

When the two elders of the Mu family came back, they went to see their youngest son first, and so did Mu Lianzhi. Finally, the whole family gathered together and hugged the crying baby to comfort him. The three of them had red eyes, but they couldn't hide the smiles on their faces.

In the study, Beitang Yi was busy processing various information collected from the palace.

Meanwhile, Si Chao, with his almost photographic memory, also wrote down the list of names in the palace. When he handed it to Beitang Yi, he couldn't help but shook his head:

"It's hard to say how many have slipped through the net. Judging from this ratio, there are indeed quite a few people in the palace who have second thoughts."

At least one tenth of it should be accounted for.

Because there are people they have planted inside, and some of them have cheated but have not been exposed.

"Based on what I have learned and the results of the preliminary investigation of those people, it is definitely not just one force. If we analyze the people on the list together, I feel that the probability of the Prince's Mansion being involved is more than 60%."

"The Crown Prince is the legitimate heir to the throne. I really don't understand why he would take this risk?"

"Do you think it's because his people are not good enough or is there something fishy going on and he was framed?"

This harvest was really an extraordinary surprise. At this moment, Si Chao looked at Mu Lianzhi with new eyes from the bottom of his heart. Thinking of something, he asked:

"Ayi, strike while the iron is hot. Do you think we should try this method as well?"

Beitang Yi raised his eyes, but before he could say a word, Si Chao shook his head again:

"You should discuss this with your wife in advance."

After all, this idea was originally hers. It would be bad if there was something he hadn't thought of and he ended up shooting himself in the foot.

Mu Lianzhi had just arrived at the door with fruits and food when she heard these words:

"Are you talking about me?"

Originally, she came here because Yang Tao and the people from Beitang Mansion came to ask for his advice on how to deal with the situation. As soon as she explained the situation, Beitang Yi ordered his men to drive them away.

After Si Chao saluted her, he directly stated his intentions:

"Ma'am, what do you mean?"

I thought that if I found out something, it would be Mu Lianzhi's secret skill, and she would definitely agree. But as soon as he said that, Mu Lianzhi directly denied it:

"I don't agree. There's a saying that goes, 'Don't doubt a person if you employ him, and don't employ him if you doubt him. Besides, if the water is too clear, there will be no fish. Screening the whole government may reveal some problems, but the loss should be greater than the gain. It's better to investigate the doubts."

"Master Si Chao, forgive me for daring to ask you a question. After the emperor's test, have your attitude, cognition, and way of dealing with things changed compared to before?"

With one sentence, Si Chao was startled, but his eyes lit up again in an instant——