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The news of Yun Yi and Prince Ling's meeting soon reached the East Palace, and Lu Chengchuan felt something was wrong.

Over the years, his father has become increasingly wary of him. At the same time, he has supported King Yan and King Ling and doted on them. If Yun Yi sides with King Ling, he will become even more passive.

His father was always paying attention to his movements, so he couldn't take the initiative to contact Yun Yi. Unfortunately, Shen Jiaojiao was not in the capital at this time because her father was seriously ill.

What Lu Chengchuan didn't know was that Shen's father's illness this time was not serious. He recovered within two days of Shen Jiaojiao returning home.

Father Shen was a stranger to Shen Jiaojiao. When she saw that he was well again, she left a letter and quietly ran away.

As luck would have it, she had just finished dealing with family matters and was preparing to return to Beijing.

"Why do you look so sad? Is there something bothering you?" Shen Jiaojiao asked with a smile.

Shi Xu shook his head and smiled, but the smile did not reach his eyes.

Shen Jiaojiao could see that he was in a bad mood, "But is your family's matter important? Tell me, and I'll let Lu Chengchuan take care of it for you after we return to Beijing."

"It's all been taken care of. There's no need to trouble Your Highness."

Shi Xu knew that the prince liked Shen Jiaojiao, and in a sense they were rivals in love, so he didn't want the prince to help him.

Even though he knew clearly in his heart that the prince was the king and he was the subject, and that they were not equal, he was still unwilling to beg him.

Shen Jiaojiao didn't know about Shixu's little thoughts. When she heard that he had solved everything, she stopped asking questions and the two of them went to the capital together.

When Shen Jiaojiao returned to the capital this time, she did not plan to live in the Linjiang Marquis Mansion again. She and Jiang Rang had made money from opening a shop together, so she could buy a house to live in. She did not want to live under someone else's roof.

Shen Jiaojiao didn't know that this was exactly the result Yun Yi wanted.

At the same time, two letters exchanged between them were delivered to him.

"I heard that his sister was thrown into prison because she beat the county magistrate's son into unconsciousness." Prince Ling looked at the two letters in front of him and thought carefully.

"So it seems that this is most likely a trap set by the county magistrate?"

A gleam of light appeared in Prince Ling's eyes. He had thought that the imperial court had been very cautious and strict in selecting officials, but he did not expect that it still allowed spies from other countries to take advantage of the opportunity and even reach the position of county magistrate.

Although the position of county magistrate is not high, it is also crucial, not to mention that now the county magistrate is planning to drag Shixu, the new top scholar, into the water.

"Whether it's a conspiracy or an open conspiracy, your Highness has the final say on how to deal with it now."

Yun Yi twirled the teacup between his fingers and lowered his eyes.

There is such an incident in the plot, but Shen Jiaojiao asked the prince for help, and the county magistrate failed to successfully let Shi Xu forge the letter.

At this time, the prince also discovered that the county magistrate was actually a spy from another country. After secretly investigating, he reported the results to the emperor, successfully eliminating the opponent's intelligence network and making a great contribution.

Now that Shen Jiaojiao returned home, she naturally had no way to help Shi Xu to ask the prince for help.

Shi Xu did not know the true identity of the county magistrate, who promised to release his mother and sister as long as he helped write a letter.

Prince Ling quietly brought the two letters back and forth to Prince Yan's mansion.

"The timing of these two letters being delivered to Father must be to blame. I am wondering if I can take advantage of this opportunity to implicate the Crown Prince."

King Yan shook his head. "Too much is as bad as too little. If the Crown Prince is really involved, our suspicious father will definitely get suspicious. That would be a loss instead of gain."

"After I have investigated the specific clues, you will submit them to me. The Crown Prince Regent did not notice anything. Even if he is not implicated, he is still responsible for negligence."

When Prince Ling heard this, he was immediately happy and said, "Then let's do it."

King Yan was very quick. Within a few days he found evidence of the county magistrate's dealings with other countries, and submitted it to the emperor together with the letters written in the same period.

The evidence was irrefutable, and there was also the confession obtained from interrogating the county magistrate. There was both witness and evidence, and the whole court was in an uproar.

It is rare to hear of spies infiltrating officials.

Shi Xu was immediately thrown into prison, and the emperor specially ordered Prince Ling to be in charge of the matter, and never mentioned the prince from beginning to end.

Such an important matter was not handed over to the Eastern Palace but to other princes. For a moment, those ministers could not help but start to guess the emperor's intentions.

Yun Yi was the same as before, reporting to the Ministry of War every day, handling some official business, and then going to the military camp for training.

During his days off, he urged Yunling to study and practice martial arts at home, and the turmoil outside did not affect him at all.

It was a sunny day, but an uninvited guest appeared in front of him.

"Cousin." Just as he was about to go out, Shen Jiaojiao blocked him.

Yun Yi showed surprise at the right moment, "Why are you here? When did you come to the capital? Is your uncle's illness healed?"

Shen Jiaojiao felt a little guilty when Yun Yi asked her this question. She had been living in the house prepared for her by Jiang Rang for more than a month since she returned to Beijing. She was not bound by those cumbersome rules and felt very free.

"Brother, this is not the time to talk about this. Do you know that Shi Xu was arrested and imprisoned? Do you have any way to save him? There is no way he could be colluding with foreign countries."

Shen Jiaojiao looked anxious, with her delicate brows tightly furrowed.

She wanted to find Lu Chengchuan to save Shi Xu, but Lu Chengchuan was in the East Palace and would not come out, and she could not enter the palace. After thinking it over, she could only come to Yun Yi.

"I have heard a little about this matter, but the evidence is conclusive and there is nothing I can do." Yun Yi looked embarrassed.

Although Shi Xu did not commit any subjective acts of treason, the letter was written by him personally, so it cannot be considered as slandering him.

"What conclusive evidence? This must be a frame-up. Prince Ling saw that Shixu was close to the Crown Prince, so he wanted to get rid of the Crown Prince. Shixu was brought to justice without any reason."

“Shen Jiaojiao, if you don’t want your head to be involved, don’t get involved in Linjiang Marquis Mansion.”

Shen Jiaojiao yelled loudly. There were people coming and going on the street. If she continued yelling, it would definitely attract the attention of someone with ulterior motives.

"Your Majesty will make the final decision on this matter. It's no use for you to come to me."

Yun Yi's voice was cold and chilling, and Shen Jiaojiao couldn't help but shudder.

"Since you didn't live in Linjiang Marquis Mansion after entering the capital, you must have found a new place to live. Don't come here again. You can say whatever you want in other places, but don't implicate us."

Yun Yi's words were very impolite. Shen Jiaojiao was furious and glared at him.

"Yun Yi, you will regret your choice today." Shi Xu will be promoted to prime minister in the future and will be a powerful assistant to Lu Chengchuan.

Now she gives Yun Yi the opportunity to save Shi Xu in exchange for a favor. Since he is so ungrateful, she doesn't need to promote him again in the future.

Shen Jiaojiao left angrily, not knowing that the current situation was because of Yun Yi.

The verdict was quickly announced. The crime of treason was unforgivable and he would be dismissed from office and executed by slow slicing.