Report to the Empress and the Eldest Princess: They're using the system to poach your men.

"Your Highness, please have some porridge."

Seeing that Wen Yuening was trying to find an opportunity to evade the issue, Shen Sangwan did not take the bait, but instead grabbed her hand, "If A-Ning doesn't say, I will go and ask Shuyun myself."

"Ahem... I've finished eating. Now that the imperial decree has been issued, Yue Ning shouldn't stay in the palace any longer. She should leave as soon as possible."

It's impossible to get her to reveal her embarrassing moments, and judging from her guesses of Shuyun's thoughts just now, she probably won't tell Shen Sangwan either.

Therefore, as long as you don't say it, no one will know.

After forcefully breaking free from the other person's grasp, Wen Yuening hurriedly got up and walked outside.

“Hey, Aning, you don’t need to rush to leave the palace. Chen didn’t issue an order for you to leave immediately. You can pack up slowly.”

Seeing the person run away, Shen Sangwan put down her chopsticks, got up and chased after them.

"Your Highness, something terrible has happened! People from the Taiji Palace say that the King's body is missing, and his guards have also disappeared."

Shuyun, who was supposed to be guarding the outer room, rushed over from the outer courtyard and happened to run into Shen Sangwan and Wen Yuening pulling at each other.

"If even corpses can disappear, could it be that Shen Yujing has left some other backup plan in the palace?"

"Those around His Majesty speculate that the person may not be dead, and may have taken a drug to feign death."

Shen Sangwan cursed herself for being careless and also mentally berated Mo Ran for not knowing how to finish off a dead man.

What are Your Majesty's plans?

"An imperial edict has been issued to all prefectures to conduct a full-scale manhunt for the Ming King, stating that they must find his body, dead or alive."

Shen Sangwan nodded, exchanged a glance with Wen Yuening, and then said, "You should also send a message to our people in Qinzhou and Yuanzhou, and tell them to keep an eye out for anyone leaving the pass."

"Subordinate, go right away."

"Wait—!"

Seeing that the people were leaving faster than anything else, Shen Sangwan shouted loudly to stop them.

"Does Your Highness have any other instructions?"

She didn't want to stay a second longer than the living devil beside her prince.

"Come here, I have something to ask you."

Wen Yuening guessed that Shen Sangwan wanted to force Shuyun to reveal the matter of Prince Sheng's mansion. She pretended to be worried on the surface, making the other party think that she had the victory in her grasp, but she was not flustered at all in the middle.

As she expected, Shuyun stammered for a long time without uttering a complete sentence, and instead made an excuse to escape quickly.

Wen Yuening, who was covering her mouth and chuckling to herself, had a smug look in her eyes.

"Ah Ning—!"

Seeing the situation, she tried to tickle the other person's waist, which was what Wen Yuening feared most. She used her strength to leap directly onto the high wall.

"There are still matters to be dealt with at Fengluan Palace, so Yue Ning will head back first."

Watching Wen Yuening disappear, Shen Sangwan felt extremely depressed.

[Master, there's a new mission.]

Xiao Tong's notification sound suddenly rang out, and Shen Sangwan clicked on it to take a look.

Why do I get the feeling that Shen Yujing is working for the Northern Witches, not for Dongrui?

[I wonder what the young emperor found in the Prince Ming's residence; perhaps there are clues there.]

The people around him are skilled in witchcraft and other unorthodox methods, and are most likely connected to the Northern Witchcraft. But how could he, a prince of Southern Jing, be involved with the Northern Witchcraft?

[Your Majesty, have you noticed that since Consort Lan left the palace, she has remained secluded in her residence, never holding banquets or entertaining guests? I suspect that Prince Ming has done something about this.]

[Also, yesterday, Princess Ming mentioned that she overheard Prince Ming discussing matters related to the Northern Witch City with his confidants. She also noticed a very peculiar painting in the study, which might be related to Prince Ming's background!]

Xiao Tong's analysis seemed logical and reasonable, but Shen Sangwan felt that she was deliberately leading her to investigate the Ming Prince's Mansion.

"Xiaotong, I feel like you've been acting a little strange lately."

【Huh—? Is there...is there?】

Her voice carried a hint of guilt, and her eyes darted around, which made Shen Sangwan even more certain that Xiao Tong must have done something behind her back to betray her.

Shen Sangwan stared at Xiaotong with a forced smile, her eyes conveying an honest confession that sent chills down Xiaotong's spine.

"Um...Master, I really didn't do anything, it's just that I've been leveling up a bit too fast lately, and I'm not quite used to it yet."

Xiao Tong's words prompted Shen Sangwan to check her system level.

"Ah—! Xiaotong, what have you done? You...how the hell did you get to level 30 all of a sudden? I remember you were only level 20 a while ago!"

Shen Sangwan even counted on her fingers, and it seemed like only half a month had passed, so how did she suddenly level up ten levels?

There's definitely a conspiracy involved.

Well... Master, let me explain—no, let me put it...

Shen Sangwan crossed her arms and leaned against a pillar in the corridor, watching the small pupil she had twisted out like a spectator.

I'm giving you a chance. You'd better make the story sound convincing and not let me find any flaws, otherwise—

He didn't finish what he was saying, but the eerie smile on his face made Xiaotong involuntarily back away.

[Master...Master, actually, I don't know how I suddenly leveled up. The experience points were just popping up like they were free. At first, I thought the main system had gone crazy and made a mistake...]

Xiao Tong poked her index fingers together, her big, round eyes looking at Shen Sangwan with an innocent expression. Anyone who saw her would think that Shen Sangwan was bullying the weak.

Shen Sangwan didn't speak, but only gave the other person a look.

It's like saying—do you think I believe what you're saying?

[Ahem, Master, I confess. The main system said it's punishing you by deliberately letting the system experience overflow, which will create unpredictable variables, giving you a different kind of blind box opening experience.]

〖I％?＆￥@....〗

Xiao Tong couldn't help but cover her ears; her master's insults were truly awful.

Shen Sangwan cursed at the air for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, but she still wasn't satisfied and wanted to continue cursing. However, this seemed to anger the main system, which gave her an electroshock therapy.

My blood surged, and I almost fainted from the electric shock.

〖％@￥＆？ @％〗

Leaning against the pillar, Shen Sangwan, feeling weak and unconvinced, couldn't help but curse a few more times.

This time, instead of electric shocks, she was roasted over a fire, her whole body feeling as if she were engulfed in flames.

【Master, take a break. If you keep cursing, we'll only suffer. Why go against the main system?】

Shen Sangwan refused to believe it and was determined to fight it to the end.

To the palace servants outside, it appeared as if Shen Sangwan was punching and kicking the air while cursing.

The palace maids were secretly discussing whether the eldest princess had suffered some kind of shock and gone mad.

But because of her status, she only dared to whisper a few words to a few close friends in private, and dared not spread it around.

Once they heard Shen Yuchen's words, they knew the consequences.