Prince Rui, don't spoil your adopted daughter too much: she will eventually get married

Hearing someone in the crowd repeatedly calling for him to uphold justice: "The Prince Rui's mansion was besieged last night, which clearly angered the public. Please, Your Excellency, heed the will of the people and release Master Ke!"

"Please, Your Honor, release Master Ke! Master Ke is innocent!" The cries from the crowd grew louder and louder!

Duan Yi'an's face was ashen. He had no idea what the situation was at the Prince Rui's residence. If something really happened to Prince Rui, then Master Ke would have no choice but to be released!

Duan Yi'an's trusted confidant, observing the situation, cautiously spoke up: "These people are terrified! They know that force won't work, so they're resorting to soft tactics!"

After listening all morning, they heard from these people about the scene at the entrance of Prince Rui's mansion that morning, where corpses lay strewn everywhere, resembling a scene from hell, with a river of blood stretching for several kilometers.

The people within a few kilometers of Prince Rui's mansion were so frightened that they closed their doors and shut their homes, ceasing all their work!

What they didn't know was that these people were only seeing the surface. The real battlefield was at the entrance of Prince Rui's mansion, where the scene would terrify any ordinary person!

Inside the palace, the Crown Princess had been kneeling outside Consort Xi's palace for several hours, repeatedly pleading, "Father, my father is innocent! Please investigate!"

With that, she slammed her head heavily on the steps! With the Ke family gone, she had lost her backing, and her reign as Crown Princess wouldn't last much longer!

Guan Li looked at the Crown Princess, whose head was bleeding from kowtowing, his eyes filled with heartache. He dared not report it again. The first time he went in to report to the Emperor, the Emperor was in the middle of a good time with Consort Xi when he heard the Crown Princess shouting that his father was innocent.

Emperor Xing'an scrambled out of bed, grabbed a vase from beside the bed, and hurled it at Guan Li. Just a hair's breadth away, the vase struck Guan Li. Emperor Xing'an roared, "Injustice? Injustice! Where did all those mountains of gold and jewels in the Ke family come from? How did they get that secret chamber?! That shabby secret chamber alone is enough for me to build several palaces!"

Looking at the Crown Princess's bloodied and mangled forehead, Guan Li softly advised, "Crown Princess, go back! Live a good life with the Crown Prince. The Emperor will decide this matter!"

The Crown Princess could no longer hear any of this; she just kept kowtowing numbly.

At this time, the Crown Prince was in the Empress's palace. After being turned away by Emperor Xing'an, Bu Guojiu finally arrived at the Empress's palace. Upon hearing the Empress's words that she was still determined to take advantage of Prince Rui's injury to kill him, Bu Guojiu quickly surrendered.

"We can't kill them! A man and six or seven women have appeared out of nowhere from the Prince Rui's mansion, and they all know magic! We only have this many people, we can't succeed!" Uncle Bu lamented in anguish!

The Empress, enraged, smashed her teacup. "What are we going to do? Just let Prince Rui continue to be so arrogant! He can arrest Ke Ci today, and he can kill us tomorrow! Don't forget! That wretched maid Lian'er is still in Prince Rui's residence!"

Mentioning Lian'er, the Imperial Uncle Bu was filled with doubt. "Last night, my men did not find Lian'er at the Prince Rui's residence. Could Lian'er be dead already?"

The Empress shook her head repeatedly, asserting, "Impossible! Prince Rui would not kill that lowly servant girl on his own initiative. Whoever that lowly servant girl implicates, she is a witness!"

The Crown Prince, standing to the side, closed his eyes in deep thought. Perhaps he had panicked when he first heard the news, but now he was completely calm: "Now, apart from the few places where the cripples are recuperating, the rest of the Prince Rui's residence is unguarded. The palace maid can send someone to search again! Ke Ci has a high reputation in Fengli Kingdom, we can't abandon him!"

After calming down, the Imperial Uncle and the Empress, after some calculations, spoke up: "Even though Prince Rui and Zhai Yun have been severely injured, breaking out of Dali Temple will not be an easy task. There are troops guarding the northern suburbs there now, and we simply don't have enough men."

"I still have 50,000 private soldiers a hundred kilometers away. I will go and mobilize them immediately!" said the Imperial Uncle Bu, standing up.

"Uncle, please wait!" the Crown Prince interrupted. "Putting aside the fact that this idea is bad, it's not the right time to use them yet. We still have other ways!"

Bree stopped, and the Queen listened intently.

"Isn't Lu Tian'er already pregnant with Prince Rui's child? Use her to threaten Prince Rui into releasing her!" This is the safest solution the Crown Prince can think of right now.

The Imperial Uncle clapped his hands, a broad smile spreading across his face: "That's right, how come I didn't think of that?" He walked up to the Crown Prince and praised, "Nephew is so clever."

After saying this, the emperor's brother-in-law revealed a bitter smile and helplessness: "If you had come up with this solution yesterday, we wouldn't have lost so many men!"

With Ke Ci's matter resolved, the Empress was instead displeased. She looked helplessly at Bu Guojiu: "Brother, the Emperor has been claiming illness and not attending court these past few days, staying in Consort Xi's palace every day. He has completely forgotten that he has an Empress! Consort Xi is also relying on the Emperor's favor. Since entering the palace, she has not come to pay her respects even once. If this continues, how can I save face!"

Speaking of the Emperor, the Imperial Uncle Bu was furious: "These past few days, all the ministers who have come to see him have been turned away. And now, of all times, he has fallen ill. In my humble opinion, he has tacitly approved Prince Rui's confiscation of Master Ke's property!"

The Crown Prince agreed with his uncle's opinion. The Imperial Uncle advised the Empress: "To say something outrageous, don't count on the Emperor. Once a new favorite concubine arrives, he'll forget about you! People should learn to think of themselves!"

Although the Bu family has enjoyed great success in recent years, serving the emperor is like walking on thin ice. Who can be sure that Emperor Xing'an's next target won't be them?

When Zhai Yun and Feng Chenyi arrived at Dali Temple on horseback, the crowd surrounding the temple fell silent instantly. Zhai Yun helped Feng Chenyi, who was wearing a brocade cloak, down from his horse. Feng Chenyi's terrifying eyes swept across the crowd, and the people were so frightened that they retreated one after another.

"Cough cough..." Feng Chenyi could hardly suppress the coughing. He spoke in the loudest voice he could control, saying, "Can't you see whether Master Ke has been wronged or not? He has been wronged. Then whose things were moved out of the Ke residence? Was the secret room in the Ke residence built secretly by someone else? Cough cough!"

Feng Chenyi got a little agitated at the end and couldn't help but cough violently. Zhai Yun looked at him and her heart clenched!

Ke Ci's followers ignored all that and continued to incite the crowd, shouting, "Prince Rui is incompetent and immoral, disregards the law, and framees loyal officials. Prince Rui is the one who deserves to die!"

"The mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood at the gate of Prince Rui's mansion today proves that Prince Rui is a devil who indiscriminately kills innocent people and is ruthless in killing. It is truly unjust for Heaven to keep such a person in the world!"

The crowd grew increasingly agitated, and Zhai Yun knew that listening to them any further, or trying to explain herself, would be pointless.

Zhai Yun supported Feng Chenyi and whispered comfortingly, "Brother Yi, all they can do now is incite those uninformed people. There's no need to pay them any attention!"

Feng Chenyi gently patted Zhai Yun's hand that was supporting him, and forced a smile at her with his pale face: "I know, we're going to the prison to see Ke Ci!"