The princess only wants to survive, and the cold-faced king of hell begs for mercy

"But before we could find out the truth, Meng Tai was captured by the people from Xingchen Pavilion, and I was taken to Ruyi Fang, where I was rescued by Yu Ruyi."

Yun Shang thought for a moment and said with certainty, "What Meng Tai meant was that there was no such thing as a real or fake daughter in the Xiang Mansion. From the beginning to the end, the Xiang Mansion only had me as its daughter."

"Lin Zhiyi is the fake daughter!"

"She was an imposter. To make her impersonation perfect, they even killed Mei Niang and her son, and drove her husband crazy."

Zhao Qiyan frowned, "In other words, the Xingchen Pavilion instructed Lin Zhiyi to impersonate the Prime Minister's daughter?"

"Then their goal is to make Lin Zhiyi marry me?"

Qi Chuan was a little confused. "But they clearly already know that the prince doesn't trust time travelers, and even less so Lin Zhiyi. So, even if Lin Zhiyi married into the prince's palace, she wouldn't be able to get close to the study or any important places. Why bother with this?"

Yun Shang silently recalled the series of events that happened from the time she first crossed over to the time she married into Prince Qi's mansion. A terrible idea gradually took shape in her mind.

"Could it be that Lin Zhiyi was deliberately sent up as bait?"

Zhao Qiyan looked at her, "Shang'er, what did you think of?"

Yun Shang said with a serious expression, "Meng Tai said that Lin Zhiyi is not a time traveler."

"But before this, no one had ever doubted Lin Zhiyi's identity. Everyone knew that Lin Zhiyi was a time traveler and a member of the Xingchen Pavilion."

"Your Highness hates travelers from the Star Pavilion the most. If Lin Zhiyi really enters the palace, she will inevitably be hanging around in front of Your Highness every day, and she might even do something to anger You."

"At that time, you might put her in the Forbidden Wearing Department prison for interrogation, or you might kill her directly."

"In this way, the prince will fall into the trap set by the Xingchen Pavilion."

Zhuo Fang also suddenly realized, "Yes, the King of Qi recognized the wrong time traveler and killed a citizen of Yu Country."

"If this rumor gets out, people will start to speculate, are all the people the King of Qi has killed in the past really time travelers?"

"In this way, the forbidden wearing department will definitely be restricted or even banned."

"Lin Zhiyi's life will become the fuse of the whole thing."

Yun Shang nodded, "Perhaps, even Lin Zhiyi herself doesn't know that she is actually a death warrior."

Qi Chuan still didn't understand, "But how did they manage to make the Prime Minister and Lady Liu firmly believe that Lin Zhiyi was their daughter?"

"Moreover, judging by the Prime Minister and his wife's attitude towards the princess, it seems that they have never treated her as the daughter of the Prime Minister's family."

Yun Shang shook her head. "I don't know why this happened."

"Perhaps, the person behind this is planning something for the long term."

Zhao Qiyan held Yun Shang's hand, his eyes deep, "Okay, let's go back to the capital now. After we get back to the capital, I will send someone to investigate the matter of the real daughter."

"I will redeem you for every wrong you've suffered because of Lin Zhiyi."

Yun Shang pursed her lips and chuckled, "Yeah."

After saying that, the group immediately packed up their things, prepared the carriage, and set off on the journey back to the capital.

For safety reasons, on the way back, they took the main roads of various states and counties, acting like the King of Qi was traveling. Wherever they went, everyone knew them.

Whenever they arrived at a place, the local officials of the prefecture would lead their subordinates to greet them, and then the local government would send soldiers to escort them to the next prefecture.

With such a grand display, the assassins who were hiding in the dark and preparing for the assassination followed all the way but were unable to find a suitable opportunity to strike. They could only grit their teeth and watch the carriage of the King of Qi and the Queen of Qi return to the capital safely.

When they went there, they didn't walk fast to begin with, and on the way back they stopped and walked frequently, and they also stayed in Tongshan for a long time.

When they left the capital, it was early September, the beginning of autumn, and the sun still carried a hint of summer's warmth. However, when they returned, time had quietly slipped into late autumn, and even the chrysanthemums that had bloomed throughout the garden had gradually withered, their petals scattered across the ground, as if telling of the fleeting passage of time.

During this period, they did not return to attend the annual Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, let alone the wedding ceremony for the two concubines.

Just as Zhao Qiyan said before leaving, on the third day of October, the two concubines were quietly carried into the palace from the side door in a rose-red sedan chair.

The Prince of Qi himself was not in the palace, let alone any arrangements.

There were no red lanterns hanging or wedding characters posted, just two newly cleaned courtyards with lights on all night.

Yun Shang is not here, and King Qi is not here either. Yu Ruyi and Lin Zhiyi have been living in peace during this period.

At this time, hearing that the King of Qi had returned to the capital early, the two of them dressed up beautifully and waited at the door early with their maids, thinking that as soon as the King of Qi got off the car, he would be able to see their graceful figures.

A gorgeously decorated carriage slowly stopped at the wide and solemn gate of Prince Qi's Mansion. The curtain was gently lifted. Zhao Qiyan lifted the curtain swiftly and jumped out of the carriage. Then he turned around and carefully stretched out his hands, ready to help Yun Shang, who was sitting in the carriage, get out.

In fact, after this period of recuperation, the injuries on Yunchang's feet had almost healed. After all, they were only minor skin injuries, and did not damage the vital parts of the muscles and bones, so the pain had long disappeared.

However, when Zhao Qiyan saw that there were still a few faint red marks on the soles of her feet that had not completely faded, he felt extremely distressed and pity for her, and was determined not to let her walk easily.

Even though the driver had already placed the horse stools for easy getting on and off the carriage, he had no intention of letting Yun Shang step on the stool to get off the carriage.

Under the surprised gazes of the many people who came to greet him at the door, Zhao Qi Yan bent down without hesitation, picked up Yun Shang's light body horizontally, held it tightly in his arms, and then walked straight into the palace with firm and powerful steps as if no one was around.

He didn't even give a spare glance to the crowd standing respectfully at the door.

Yun Shang was held in Zhao Qiyan's arms. She leaned her head out slightly and glanced at the two concubines standing at the door in surprise. They were obviously still not reacting. She said softly, "Your Highness, there are beauties beside us, and you don't even glance at them. Didn't you let these two beauties dress up for nothing?"

Zhao Qiyan curled his lips, looked down at her and chuckled, "Shang'er, are you trying to harm me again?"

"Shang'er is already unhappy even though I didn't look at them. If I did look at them, I'm afraid Shang'er would send me back to the study tonight and not let me go to bed."