The whole family of villains listens to my heart, the Regent Prince treats me dearly.

Prince's Mansion.

Zhai Muling sat on the couch, while Jun Yinghuai squatted at her feet, holding a gold chain in his hand. At the end of the chain was a pillar beside the bed.

Click——

He chained Zhai Muling's left ankle.

"Your Highness... what is this...?"

"Mu Ling, don't be afraid, I won't hurt you." He stood up, his slender fingers gently tracing through her hair. "I'm just too afraid of losing you."

A slight smile touched his noble face, and his tone was as gentle as if he were coaxing a cat.

"You stay here and rest well, I'll go and prepare for the wedding."

"Although the time was a bit rushed, don't worry, I will definitely not let you suffer any injustice."

Zhai Muling did not resist.

She never intended to run away.

She looked up and pleaded in a softer tone, "Could you let me see my father and brothers?"

Jun Yinghuai chuckled softly, twirling Zhai Muling's hair between his fingers and sniffing it with a somewhat sickly air.

"After our wedding, I promise I will release them."

"When the time comes, you can see whoever you want."

"Now, behave yourself, okay?" His eyes were a mixture of madness and tenderness, his tone languid yet an unquestionable command.

Zhai Muling lowered her eyes.

"You have to keep your word."

"I will naturally obey the Crown Princess's wishes."

Jun Yinghuai looked down at her, a voice screaming wildly in his heart.

She was right beside him, already his prey.

There is no escaping it now.

He smiled and went downstairs to prepare for the wedding, in high spirits.

When the Crown Prince marries, the Imperial Household Department should be summoned to choose an auspicious day and make careful preparations.

But he couldn't wait a moment longer!

To avoid any unforeseen complications, he didn't even inform his uncle, but only went to the palace to report to the Empress.

The empress had no choice but to agree, but she still felt uneasy about it.

Jun Yinghuai didn't care about any of that.

As long as Mu Ling becomes the Crown Princess, he is willing to accept any storms that may come!

He only wants her!

……

Jun Yinghuai would come to see Zhai Muling every other day to discuss wedding arrangements.

Although it was called a discussion, most of the time he was the one talking while she listened quietly, and after he finished speaking, she would reply, "It's entirely up to the Crown Prince to decide."

Even so, Jun Yinghuai was overjoyed.

The ten-day deadline is approaching.

Zhai Rongyu went to the extremely cold land, found the Tianshan Snow Lotus, and refined it into the mermaid's tears.

The mermaid's tears then gained an additional layer of white radiance.

With Zhai Muling on her mind, she bid farewell to Xue Qingchuan, intending to return to Yunshan first and then find time to refine the Hooked Beetle later.

As they emerged from the valley, she and Jun Ce gazed at each other.

The feeling in my heart was both bitter and sweet.

Both of them deliberately kept their distance from each other.

Shuang'er and Zhiying looked at each other, wondering what had happened.

When Zhai Rong returned to Yunshan, she found no trace of Zhai Muling. She was shocked and quickly took out the Boundless Divine Tortoise to cast a divination.

The Eight Trigrams formation is revealed, and the map points directly to the Crown Prince's residence.

"Jun Yinghuai is truly cunning!" she said through gritted teeth.

He must have tricked my sister away!

Her eyes flickered, and as if she had thought of something, she immediately cast another divination for the Zhai family.

"The Giant Gate star guards the Migration Palace, and inauspicious influences arise simultaneously..."

"Imprisonment!"

Zhai Rongyu cried out in surprise, her heart pounding.

Shuang'er was startled.

"Shuang'er, you stay in Yunshan, I'm going home to visit!" After giving her instructions, she used a talisman and arrived at the Minister's residence in an instant.

"Second Miss! You're finally back!" Butler Zhang rushed over to Zhai Rongyu as soon as he saw her.

"Butler Zhang, what happened at home?"

Steward Zhang, with tears streaming down his face, recounted how an assassin had appeared in the Minister's residence and how the Crown Prince suspected Minister Zhai of treason.

Zhai Rong's eyes flashed with a cold light.

[This Jun Yinghuai is a complete lunatic!]

It seems the plot of the book will unfold as it is.

He did indeed turn evil ahead of schedule and tried to force his sister to marry him.

"Where are Father and my brothers being held?" she asked Steward Zhang.

Only then did he learn that his father and brother had been imprisoned in Dali Temple.

"The Crown Prince said that this is just an interrogation, and the master and his family have not yet been convicted. However, the letters found in the study were also taken away by them..."

"This old servant is worried..."

"A letter? What letter?" Zhai Rongyu asked, puzzled.

Butler Zhang paused for a moment, then said, "These are correspondence between the master and the Kingdom of Nansang."

"After reading that letter, the Crown Prince suspected that you, sir, of treason!"

Zhai Rongyu frowned.

When did Father begin exchanging letters with the Kingdom of Nansang?

This matter is not mentioned in the book...

This is strange; she has to go to the Dali Temple to steal the letter and take a look.

Jun Yinghuai wants to force his sister to marry him, but he won't harm her. His immediate priority is to go to the Dali Temple to see his father and brothers.

With a change of heart, she sneaked into the Dali Temple.

"Rong'er!" Minister Zhai exclaimed in a low voice upon seeing Zhai Rongyu in the prison cell.

He thought he was seeing things and rubbed his eyes.

It is indeed Rong'er!

"Shh." Zhai Rongyu, observing the movements of the jailers outside, whispered, "Father, where are my brothers?"

Seeing that Minister Zhai had not been punished, she felt a little relieved.

Minister Zhai said, "Rong'er, it's dangerous here, you should leave quickly."

"Father has decided to take responsibility for this matter and will not implicate you. Your brother and the others are being held elsewhere and are not in immediate danger."

"You must not act rashly and lose your life."

"Father, you mustn't!"

Upon hearing that he wanted to confess, Zhai Rongyu immediately advised, "Jun Yinghuai is probably threatening your safety with my sister, so he won't do anything to you for the time being."

"If we confess now, wouldn't that be exactly what he wants?"

She lowered her eyes for a moment, then finally asked, "Father, what exactly is going on with that letter?"

Minister Zhai hesitated for a long time, his gaze drifting towards the skylight high in the prison cell, as if he were recalling the past.

"That letter was indeed written by me."

"However, it was not a treasonous statement."

"This matter concerns your mother. If you can find the letter, you must destroy it immediately and never let it fall into the hands of others."

Rong'er's sudden appearance suggests she has the ability to come and go as she pleases.

Is it related to my mother?

Zhai Rongyu was somewhat surprised.

The book barely mentions her deceased mother.

But Minister Zhai refused to say anything more.

"Rong'er, promise your father that if you find the letter, do not read it, destroy it immediately!" A look of deep sorrow crossed his handsome face.

Zhai Rongyu's heart skipped a beat.

What exactly was written in that letter that made Father so concerned?

[It seems there's some incredible secret...]

After hesitating for a long time, he finally agreed.

Fine, if the person in question doesn't agree, she doesn't want to pry into their privacy.

"Father, rest assured here. I will definitely find a way to rescue you."

Seeing her serious expression, Minister Zhai felt pleased and nodded.

……

Zhai Rongyu affixed an invisibility talisman and searched for letters in the Dali Temple. As she passed a prison cell, she saw a familiar face.

She raised an eyebrow.

Isn't this the assassin she threatened outside Yunshan that day?

The Crown Prince actually imprisoned his own people as well?

She overheard the conversation between the jailer and him and realized that he was the assassin who had killed the Crown Prince and then infiltrated the Minister's residence.

Good heavens, Jun Yinghuai orchestrated this whole thing himself!

She's now convinced that this guy is a lunatic!

He actually went so far as to stab himself in the back and frame the entire Minister's mansion in order to marry his sister!

Yandere are truly terrifying!

She glanced at the assassin, her eyes darting around before she gave a mischievous, sly smile.