Transmigrated into a cunning princess, she sets her sights on a celibate royal uncle.

"Uncle Emperor?"

Jiang Xi was so frightened that her heart skipped a beat and she cried out in alarm.

She wondered if this was real or a dream.

Thinking this, she couldn't help but clench her fists tightly at her sides, digging her long nails into the tender flesh of her palms.

pain!

A sharp pain shot through her, and she wondered in surprise, "Could this not be a dream?"

Huo Jingxuan waded through the water in the pool and walked step by step to her.

"How dare you deceive me, steal the Raven Token, and escape! Well done!"

Huo Jingxuan's eyes were deep and dark. He reached out and hooked Jiang Xi's chin, forcing her to look up into his eyes.

Huo Jingxuan's eyes remained as icy and desolate as ever, as if they could freeze a person to death.

Jiang Xi turned her head away, trying to avoid his gaze, but he turned her chin and forced her to look him in the eye.

"What? Scared now? Where's your guts?"

Jiang Xi felt wronged as Huo Jingxuan pressured her like this.

"Uncle, you can't just blame Ah Xi. If you had supported my brother from the beginning, things wouldn't have come to this!"

"So you mean I was wrong?" Huo Jingxuan asked in a sinister voice.

Jiang Xi spoke frankly: "Everyone has their own perspective, so there's no question of who's right or wrong. It's all about ability!"

"Sharp tongue!" Huo Jingxuan sneered, "You dare to deceive me again and again, you should have thought about what price you will pay!"

With that, he pulled out a dagger with a clang and stabbed it forcefully into Jiang Xi's heart!

"what!"

Jiang Xi was startled by the hatred in Huo Jingxuan's eyes. She cried out in surprise and came to her senses at the same time.

"What's wrong?" Chun Tao, who was guarding outside, rushed in when she heard the noise.

Jiang Xi sat up from the pool and realized it was indeed a dream.

While feeling relieved, I also felt as if I could foresee my future.

If Huo Jingxuan catches me, my fate will be just like in my dream, right?

"Princess, are you okay?"

Chuntao stood by the pond, anxiously asking.

Jiang Xi looked up, her gaze shifting from Chun Tao's skirt to her slightly protruding belly.

"The baby should be born next May, right?" Jiang Xi asked, puzzled.

Chun Tao reached out and touched her stomach, nodding and saying, "That's what the doctor said!"

Jiang Xi nodded, then stopped soaking in the hot spring. She dried herself with a towel and changed into the clothes that had been prepared for her.

Chuntao thoughtfully tied a snow-white cloak around her neck and said, "It's snowing outside, dress warmly!"

The meticulous care that Chuntao was giving Jiang Xi reminded her of her elder brother, the Emperor.

"You're becoming more and more like your elder brother. When he was alive, he was always worried that I would go hungry or cold!"

Chun Tao paused for a moment, then a warm smile spread across her face: "You are my and the baby's last resort. If I don't treat you well, who else should I treat well?"

Jiang Xi sighed sadly, thinking that Chun Tao and the child in her belly were also her last resort.

"You are pregnant, so you should take good care of yourself from now on. You don't need to serve me. I will have Su Huanqing arrange a quiet villa for you and find someone to take care of you. You must remember not to disturb the fetus!"

Jiang Xi placed one hand on Chun Tao's shoulder and used the other to comb her soft, flowing hair, speaking solemnly.

Upon hearing this, Chun Tao obediently nodded: "The child in my belly is the Third Prince's only bloodline, I will definitely take good care of myself, and you too, don't overwork yourself!"

Jiang Xi nodded in agreement.

A few days later, Chun Tao moved to a courtyard next to Liuyun Residence.

Jiang Xi was only guarded by Lu Ye, so Su Huanqing arranged for two more maids to protect her.

One was named Jinling, and the other was named Yuyao.

Inside the Cangwu Palace is the Fatian Pavilion, which contains a wealth of information. Only the Cold Crow Token can open the door to the Fatian Pavilion.

Su Huanqing led Jiang Xi to the outside of Fatian Pavilion and told her that everything she wanted was inside.

Using the Cold Crow Token, Jiang Xi successfully opened the gate of the Fatian Pavilion and entered.

Su Huanqing and Lu Ye stood guard on either side of the Fatian Pavilion, preventing anyone from approaching.

The Fatian Pavilion is filled with many bookshelves, each filled with scrolls, bamboo slips and the like.

Jiang Xi searched through them one by one and finally found a list. When she opened it, she saw that it contained the names of all the henchmen that her brother had painstakingly cultivated in the court over the years.

Among them, the most conspicuous were Censor Xiao Bailu, Minister of Justice Zhang Changchun, and Grand Secretary of the Cabinet Yan Zijin!

No wonder Xiao Bailu desperately stopped him when he was about to be buried alive with his father.

At that time, I thought that Imperial Censor Xiao was honest and upright, but now it seems that my elder brother had something on him.

Why did Zhang Changchun, the Minister of Justice, and Yan Zijin, the Grand Secretary of the Inner Cabinet, become the Emperor's men?

Filled with doubt, Jiang Xi found the scrolls belonging to the two men.

It contains the secrets and all the evidence of crimes committed by Zhang Changchun, the Minister of Justice, and Yan Zijin.

Like Yan Zijin, Zhang Changchun, the Minister of Justice, entered officialdom through the imperial examination.

Zhang Changchun was an outstanding student from a young age, with a meticulous mind and exceptional talent in deducing cases and sentencing.

He rose through the ranks from a lowly clerk in the Ministry of Justice to a sixth-rank official in the imperial court.

One day, Zhang Changchun was invited to a colleague's home for drinks. After returning home, he woke up in the middle of the night feeling thirsty, so he got up and went to the yard to drink water.

The next day, the maids in the mansion found him choked to death by the water vat!

The Zhang family was thrown into chaos, and Zhang's mother was devastated, after all, she had suffered for many years to raise such an outstanding son.

With her son dead, all her wealth and glory vanished; how could she not be heartbroken?

However, at this moment, Madam Zhang had a flash of inspiration and placed her hopes on Zhang Changchun's twin brother, Zhang Changlin.

From then on, Zhang Changlin took over Zhang Changchun's identity, speaking and acting like Zhang Changchun, and managed to deceive everyone.

The maid who discovered Zhang Changlin's body at the Zhang residence was also secretly executed.

After reading the scroll, Jiang Xi couldn't help but exclaim that Zhang Changchun in the imperial court was actually his younger brother, Zhang Changlin.

No wonder Zhang Changchun wanted to submit to the Emperor. If this were exposed, wouldn't it be a serious crime of deceiving the Emperor?

The entire Zhang family, including their ant nest, will probably be doused with boiling water!

What about Yan Zijin?

I had met Yan Zijin when I was a child, and judging from his character, he didn't seem like a person without talent or virtue.

What leverage does his elder brother have over him?

With that in mind, Jiang Xi couldn't wait to find Yan Zijin's scroll.

The scroll recorded that Yan Zijin's father, Yan Hui, had been the Chancellor of the Imperial Academy.

Yan Zijin's mother, Zhou Shuang, and Yan Hui were childhood sweethearts. She married Yan Hui when he was still unknown and did not hesitate to sever ties with her family for him.

Later, after giving birth to Yan Zijin, she damaged her health and was unable to conceive again.

Zhou Shuang treated Yan Hui as her only child, doting on him, loving him, and protecting him, treating him like a precious treasure.

At the same time, she felt guilty and wanted her husband to take a concubine so that the Yan family could have more children.