She was buried alive at the start, but she's determined to smash her ex-husband's head in

A dark figure approached from afar and then suddenly flew into Huayang Palace.

Just as Zhao Yiyang was about to blow out the lamp and lie down on the bed, he turned around and saw Pei Zhaoan dressed in black. It would be a lie to say that he wasn't frightened. This wasn't the Lin residence. What if he was discovered by the night patrol guards if he wandered around like this?

She immediately frowned and looked at him coldly: "What brings the Grand Chancellor here so late at night? This isn't a place you'd want to come to..."

Before she could finish speaking, she felt a cold, sharp wind blowing in her face, and then she fell into a warm embrace. Before she knew it, she was being held tightly in Pei Zhao'an's arms.

I pushed hard several times, but the person opposite me was like iron, not moving an inch, and instead hugged me tighter and tighter.

"what are you doing?"

"You have me in your heart."

Zhao Yiyang laughed: "Are you out of your mind? I'm going to marry Ayan this spring. If you don't let me go, I'll shout that there are assassins!"

Pei Zhaoan raised her hand, which was adorned with a bracelet, and said with a smile, "Princess, shout it out. I am not afraid."

Zhao Yiyang looked somewhat exasperated. He forcefully pulled his hand back and then stomped hard on Pei Zhaoan's foot. Pei Zhaoan winced in pain but still didn't let go of her, appearing quite pleased.

"I will break off my engagement with Qi Yanzhi and marry you."

Zhao Yiyang sneered: "I've told you many times, I won't break off the engagement with him. What I want is not love, but freedom."

“I can give it to you.”

"unnecessary."

Almost subconsciously, she rejected the idea, as if warning herself that sincerity was too terrifying for her; she was referring to herself.

She was afraid of getting involved, so she preferred to stay far away and choose a place where she could more confidently protect herself.

Not all lovers in the world can be together in the end; compatibility is the most important thing.

Pei Zhaoan slowly released her, looking intently at her face, observing her every expression. She was lying; she was afraid.

"You've always known that I like you. I never joke with you, and every word I say is true. I can give you anything you want, as long as you're willing."

"If this is all you came tonight, you can leave now."

Zhao Yiyang avoided the topic with a very resolute attitude, turning her head away from Pei Zhaoan.

Pei Zhaoan knew that continuing the conversation would only make both of them unhappy, so he straightened his expression and said, "I know you asked Chunqi to investigate Shen Yushu's condition. She is very thorough in her work, and there will definitely be results tomorrow."

"Your status is different now, and you may not believe everything I say, but you're not a fool. The death of Prince Yong is inextricably linked to the Crown Prince."

Zhao Yiyang was still quite surprised. When she eliminated suspects one by one and finally only the Crown Prince was left, she still refused to believe it. Later, after regaining her identity and returning to the palace, the Crown Prince tested her in every way. She kept making excuses, but the doubt in her heart never dissipated.

Now that she had heard the definite answer, she could no longer deceive herself. The Crown Prince, her own brother, was not the gentle and innocent person she had imagined.

She refused to believe it because she found it hard to accept that the person she had tried to help time and time again was actually the mastermind behind it all.

"What did you find out?"

"Prince Yong asked to meet me before he died because I asked him to investigate the truth about your disappearance back then. He must have found something, which was discovered by the Crown Prince, and that's why he was killed."

"The truth behind my disappearance back then?"

Didn't everyone tell you that she got lost because she was playing around?

Zhao Yiyang suddenly remembered that the Crown Prince was always subtly testing her to see if she remembered what happened when she was a child. If he also lied about her getting lost, then everything would make sense.

The reason he never exposed Zhao Huarong, despite his suspicion that she wasn't the real princess, was because a fake princess would be far more advantageous to him than a real princess who remembered the truth of what happened back then.

“I followed the clues left by Prince Yong and searched for more than half a month, but all the witnesses were dealt with before I did. Prince Duan and Princess Yuanjia have always been by His Majesty's side and know very little about what happened back then. Moreover, they had no reason to target you. Why didn't they just get rid of the Crown Prince directly?”

Therefore, it's only possible that the Crown Prince orchestrated the whole thing, and that's why Prince Yong was killed by the Crown Prince.

"So, the only one who wasn't injured was the drunk Shen Yushu," Zhao Yiyang said. "At the time, I found it strange that since all three of them were in that side hall, why was Shen Yushu the only one unharmed?"

Zhao Yiyang didn't think the Crown Prince liked Shen Yushu that much; he was probably just using her.

The tiger tally? Is it because of the tiger tally?

He might think that Shen Yushu would know where Prince Yong's tiger tally was kept. Did Prince Yong have already mentioned that someone had ulterior motives towards the tiger tally, and that's why he handed it over to him through Madam Ye?

No one knew that his relationship with Madam Ye and Miss Lin was truly unexpected within the Lin family.

In short, you need to be careful of him.

"it is good."

The next day, Chunqi, disguised, returned to Huayang Palace with the clues she had found.

Just as Zhao Yiyang had predicted, her pulse diagnosis was correct; Shen Yushu was indeed one month pregnant.

“I went to the Imperial Hospital to review Miss Shen’s medical records and prescriptions. It was indeed written that she was suffering from excessive worry. The prescriptions on file were also fine. Just to be on the safe side, I checked the dregs from the medicine decocted in the Eastern Palace. Sure enough, there was a problem. It was a decoction meant for a pregnant woman.”

When Chunqi took the dregs of the medicine to be examined, she got goosebumps when she heard the results.

She had met Shen Yushu before. How could such a free-spirited and unrestrained girl have a relationship with the Crown Prince and become pregnant before the mourning period was over, and dare not let anyone know?

After thinking it over, I still think it's the Crown Prince's fault!

"Moreover, there are many guards in the place where Miss Shen lives in the East Palace. I have observed for a long time and found that she does not have the right to move around freely. She is probably being monitored by the Crown Prince."

Even worse than being monitored, Shen Yushu has lost her personal freedom and is probably in dire straits. She deliberately let me know that she is pregnant, firstly to let me discover the true face behind the Crown Prince's gentle mask, and secondly to ask me for help.

Also, why did Miss Zhao, who was supposed to leave the capital to travel the mountains and rivers, stay behind?

Was the Crown Prince's actions on Mid-Autumn Festival just an act, intended to change Miss Zhao's opinion of him?

How can I describe her wonderful brother? His acting is truly superb...

The most urgent task now is to rescue Shen Yushu from the East Palace, but if she goes there rashly, it will only arouse the Crown Prince's suspicion. If the fact that Shen Yushu is pregnant is exposed, she will be condemned by everyone and only she will suffer. Wouldn't that allow the Crown Prince's scheme to succeed?

Matters concerning the inner palace must be handled personally by the Empress.