The top-level junior sister also wants to act weak today

Jiang Yingxue always feels relieved when she sees her goal achieved.

She stroked her sleeves gently, and as her eyes moved, she began to inquire about other things.

"By the way, Prince," she leaned forward slightly, "I just heard Yufeng say that the Taoist priest is very suspicious?"

Shen Yun immediately glared at Yu Feng: "Did you listen to what Yu Feng said?"

Yu Feng was swept by this gaze and immediately lowered his head, not daring to say anything more.

Seeing this, Jiang Yingxue quickly waved her hand and said, "No, I heard it from my father. He also said that His Majesty listens to him in everything. I don't know why, but since that Taoist priest came, His Majesty has even delayed the case of the missing children. I always feel that this Taoist priest is strange. Did he cast some kind of spell on His Majesty?"

Shen Yun sat down opposite Jiang Yingxue and said, "Speaking of this, I also find it strange. But I've observed my father, and he looks fine, nothing is wrong. He probably hasn't been bewitched by any magic."

"That's strange. What on earth is your Majesty thinking?" Jiang Yingxue muttered a few words, then teased, "Come to think of it, I heard that your Majesty intends for you to marry the Princess of Canglan Country?"

Shen Yun frowned: "Who told you this?"

She shrugged. "That's my father too. He said that His Majesty and the Empress are planning on having you marry a princess from a neighboring country, and it's been going on for a while now. Before I even went to Xianyun Sect, they had already revealed this to my father, intentionally or unintentionally."

She even joked: "No wonder the prince has kept himself clean for so many years~"

Upon hearing this, Yu Feng immediately said, "Miss Jiang, please don't misunderstand! Although His Majesty wants His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to marry the princess, His Royal Highness does not want to marry the princess. He—"

"Wind Control!"

Shen Yun quickly stopped him: "What's wrong with you today? If you keep talking nonsense, just change your name to Loufeng."

Yu Feng was instantly silenced by this shout. He curled his lips and lowered his head: "I know I was wrong."

He felt really wronged, and he also felt wronged on behalf of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

His Highness clearly has his heart set on Miss Jiang, yet he is forced to marry the Princess of Canglan Kingdom.

But Miss Jiang is such a proud person, how could she be willing to be a concubine?

Thinking of this, Yufeng couldn't help but sigh again, feeling helpless.

So what if you have a noble status? There will always be times when you are forced to do things against your will... Yufeng sighed inwardly, but did not dare to say anything more.

At this moment, a palace maid came over. She saluted and said, "Your Highness, someone from His Majesty's side has come and said he wants you to come over for something."

"Summoned at this time?"

Shen Yun seemed a little anxious. After all, he still had a lot of things he wanted to ask Jiang Yingxue, but now that his father had summoned him, he couldn't refuse.

Seeing this, Jiang Yingxue quickly stood up and said, "I don't have anything to do here, so let's go out together."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yun nodded.

Outside the East Palace, the chief eunuch was leading a group of younger eunuchs guarding the door. When they saw Shen Yun coming out, they all bowed and saluted, saying in unison, "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Shen Yun nodded slightly, his eyes swept over the crowd, and his tone was calm: "No need to be polite." He turned his head to glance at Jiang Yingxue and whispered: "I will go to my father first, and I will talk to you in detail another day."

Jiang Yingxue nodded, a smile on her lips: "Okay."

As the people walked away, the smile on Jiang Yingxue's face immediately disappeared.

She was holding a grudge in her heart, and she didn't dare to vent it until she left the palace and got on the carriage.

"This is totally out of line!" Jiang Yingxue slammed her fist on the cushion, her voice filled with gritted teeth: "It's fine if you use other tricks to deceive me, but you actually arranged for someone to lie to me that I was dying! I really, really am—"

The more she thought about it, the angrier she became. She couldn't even speak clearly. She stamped her feet in anger, and even silenced Cui Yu who was standing beside her.

Cui Yu looked at her angry expression and couldn't help but curl her lips. She asked cautiously, "Miss... are you feeling a mixture of love and hate towards His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

Jiang Yingxue raised her eyebrows: "Sister, I can understand the hatred, but where does the love come from?"

Cui Yu blinked. "But you even followed the Crown Prince to Canglan Country. Aren't you afraid that he might develop feelings for the Princess of Canglan Country and plan to sabotage them?"

???

Jiang Yingxue was stunned, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes: "Who told you?"

Cuiyu puffed out her chest: "I guessed it!"

"Guess what!" Jiang Yingxue rolled her eyes in anger. "If I hadn't asked him to take me to Canglan Country, and he had plotted against me like this, I would have slapped him in the face!"

Cui Yu was puzzled. "Then why are you going to Canglan Country, Miss? And as a maid? You are a rich lady, and being a maid would be too easy to be exposed..."

"Life is like a play, it all depends on acting~" Jiang Yingxue patted Cuiyu's shoulder: "Don't worry, your young lady's acting skills are first-class."

-

The sunlight shone on the vermilion palace walls, casting a golden glow, but Shen Yun's mood was not as bright as the scenery.

He followed the eunuch to the imperial study.

As soon as he stepped into the imperial study, Shen Yun saw his father sitting opposite the Taoist priest. In front of them was a pot of steaming tea, the aroma of tea filled the air. The two were chatting and laughing, with no etiquette between the emperor and his subjects.

No, this Taoist priest is not a minister at all, it is simply disrespectful.

Shen Yun put away his unhappiness and turned to salute the emperor: "Father."

"Yun'er, you're here." The emperor looked up at him with a kind smile on his face and waved at him: "Come, come and sit down."

Shen Yun walked over as he was told and sat down next to the emperor, his eyes sweeping over the Taoist priest unnoticeably.

He asked respectfully, "I wonder why the emperor summoned me here?"

The emperor stroked his beard and said with a smile, "You will be leaving for Canglan Country in a month, right?"

"Yes."

The Emperor took a sip of tea and said slowly, "Do you remember that your mother and I wanted you to marry their princess because we were worried about the Canglan Kingdom?"

Shen Yun's expression changed slightly when he heard this. He pondered for a moment, his tone tentative, "Father, although we should be wary of the Canglan Kingdom, do we really need to go to the stage of marriage? Furthermore, the Canglan Kingdom hasn't taken any action yet."

The Emperor, upon seeing this, pointed at Shen Yun and teased him, while laughing with the Taoist priest, "Oh, Brother Lu, look at this, this girl is upset when she hears about the marriage. She must be thinking about her lover again."

The Taoist stroked his beard and said, "Your Majesty, if a young man could choose, he would naturally want to marry his beloved."

"Yes, I was young once too." The emperor sighed, and then said to Shen Yun: "Father has decided. Although the Canglan Kingdom is eyeing us covetously, you will not be allowed to marry."

Shen Yun was visibly pleased when he heard this: "Really?"

But soon he thought of another layer of thought: "But Canglan Kingdom is powerful. Although our Yun Kingdom is smaller than them, we have many resources that they don't have. They must have ambitions against us. How does father plan to stabilize them?"

The emperor winked at the Taoist priest and said, "What you said is exactly why I called you here today."