Regent, please maintain your aloof image.

Royal Palace

In the imperial study, Mu Jinchen sat at his desk as usual, reviewing memorials.

Yingfeng entered, excitedly saying, "Your Highness, something terrible has happened! The Princess Consort has arranged to meet Prince Liu at the chess club."

Upon hearing this, Mu Jinchen couldn't help but recall the scene a few days ago when Liu Chengjun asked him to meet.

Two days before their wedding, Liu Chengjun suddenly asked him to meet at the chess club.

When he entered the private room, he stood up from his plain sedan chair, bowed, and said, "Greetings, Regent."

A hint of surprise flashed in Mu Jinchen's eyes. "It seems the rumors are untrue."

"The rumors are true, but fortunately, I was able to stand up again thanks to the help of a kind person... Your Highness, please sit down."

Mu Jinchen didn't stand on ceremony and went over to sit down, then said, "Young Master Liu, please sit down as well."

"Thank you, Your Highness," Liu Chengyun said after sitting down. "I invited Your Highness here today because there is something I would like to ask you."

"What's the matter?"

"May I ask Your Highness, why did you marry Princess Ping Le? Is it truly because you love her?"

Mu Jinchen looked at him and asked, "In what capacity does Prince Liu ask me this question?"

Liu Chengyun remained silent for a moment before speaking, "Princess Ping Le has given me a second chance at life, so I don't want her to be hurt."

"Then why does Prince Liu think I should marry her?"

"To win over Lord Su, or perhaps because of Princess Ping Le's beauty."

"So, Prince Liu likes her because of her appearance?"

"Your Highness has misunderstood. Princess Ping Le and I are just friends."

Mu Jinchen did not refute, but casually picked up the teacup and took a sip.

"Your Highness has not yet answered my question."

Mu Jinchen slowly put down his teacup and said, "It's because of her character."

"The prince and Princess Ping Le have never had any private contact. How does the prince know her character?"

"How do you know we don't?" Mu Jinchen looked at him.

"The Prince and Princess Ping Le knew each other beforehand," Liu Chengyun said, somewhat surprised.

“Young Master Liu doesn’t know? What, didn’t she tell you?”

Liu Chengjun remained silent, lost in thought.

Mu Jinchen glanced at him and said leisurely, "It seems that your relationship isn't very good either."

Liu Chengjun was unable to refute this, because their relationship was indeed not good; they couldn't even be considered friends.

"If Prince Liu has nothing else to say, I shall take my leave now," he said, then got up and walked out.

Just as he was about to leave, Liu Chengyun stood up and said, "Your Highness, I hope you will treat her well in the future and not let her suffer any grievances."

"There's no need for Prince Liu to worry about that. She is my wife, and I will treat her well."

"Please keep your word, Your Highness."

Mu Jinchen didn't say anything and walked out without looking back.

Liu Chengyun knew that he probably didn't have a chance.

Seeing that Mu Jinchen seemed lost in thought, Yingfeng called out, "Your Highness."

Mu Jinchen then came to his senses and asked calmly, "What is it?"

"Your Highness, aren't you going to go and take a look?"

"Do you think I'm too idle?"

"no".

"Have you found out why I asked you to investigate the Empress Dowager's memorial?"

"not yet".

"Then hurry up and check it out."

"Yes," Yingfeng replied and quickly walked out.

Regent's House

As night fell, Su Qianrou couldn't help but ask, "Has the Prince not returned yet?"

Chunzhu replied, "No."

"Let's set out the meal."

"Isn't the princess waiting for the prince?"

"I'm not waiting any longer."

"Perhaps the prince will be back soon."

“Let him eat by himself when we get back, I’m hungry.”

"Yes, this servant will have the meal prepared immediately."

At 9:00 AM, Mu Jinchen still hadn't returned, and Chunzhu couldn't help but worry, "Your Highness, it's already 9:00 AM, and the Prince still hasn't returned. Could something have happened?"

Su Qianrou lay on the rocking chair reading a storybook, and said calmly, "What could possibly happen? I guess there are too many memorials to handle, so they stayed in the palace to deal with them."

"The prince didn't even send someone back to inform us."

"When people are busy, they don't remember so much."

"It's one thing for the prince not to remember, but for Yingfeng to forget as well is utterly incompetent."

Su Qianrou just smiled and didn't say anything. After a while, she felt a little sleepy, so she put down the book in her hand and got up to go to sleep.

Fuyun Palace

Mu Jinchen lay on the bed, pale and unconscious, with blood still flowing from the sword wound on his chest.

Yingfeng, Yingwei Eleven, and seventeen others surrounded the bed, extremely anxious.

Seventeen said, "I will go and fetch the imperial physician right away."

Eleven grabbed him, saying, "If you go and fetch the imperial physician, you'll expose yourself."

"What time is it? Why are you still caring about this?"

“Prince Min isn’t stupid. He must have already set up defenses in the city. You can’t get even a doctor, let alone an imperial physician.”

"Then what should we do? Are we just going to watch the prince die?"

Yingfeng said, "I'll go to the princess; perhaps she has a solution."

"What can the princess do? If you ask me, she might as well lead her men out and then find the imperial physician."

"If the imperial physician doesn't come and instead summons Prince Min, it will only make things more troublesome."

"This won't work, that won't work, what do you suggest we do?"

"Let's find the Princess first. If she can't help us either, then we'll make other plans," Yingfeng said, and quickly ran out.

Yanxi Palace

At this moment, Su Qianrou was already asleep, but she was not sleeping soundly, so she woke up immediately when Chunzhu came in to find her.

"Your Highness, Your Highness."

"What's wrong".

"Shadow Wind requests an audience."

"What is he doing here so late?"

"I don't know, but he seemed very anxious."

Su Qianrou got up, casually threw on a coat, and went out.

Upon seeing her emerge, Yingfeng immediately stepped forward and said, "Your subordinate greets Your Highness."

"What are you doing here so late? Is something urgent?"

"Your Highness, the Prince has been seriously injured and is bleeding profusely. He is unconscious, but it is inconvenient to call the imperial physician. I have no other choice but to come to Your Highness. Please, Your Highness, think of a solution."

"The prince is injured!" After her initial surprise, Su Qianrou immediately ordered, "Chunzhu, quickly go and call Qiulan here."

"Yes".

Afterwards, Su Qianrou brought Qiulan to Fuyun Palace.

Eleven and Seventeen were still helping Mu Jinchen stop the bleeding, but with little effect. When they saw Su Qianrou arrive, they immediately bowed and said, "Greetings, Your Highness."

"How is the prince?"

"Your Highness, the bleeding still won't stop," Eleven replied.

Seeing Mu Jinchen lying motionless on the bed, his face deathly pale, Su Qianrou would have thought he was dead if it weren't for his faint breathing. She hurriedly called out, "Qiu Lan."

Qiulan immediately stepped forward to take Mu Jinchen's pulse.

Eleven and Seventeen were stunned, staring blankly at her.

"how".

"Your Highness, the Prince has been poisoned with a lethal drug. He will surely die within an hour."

"Possible solution".

"Yes," he said, and immediately took out silver needles and inserted them into the corresponding acupoints.

Yingfeng's eyes widened in surprise. He hadn't expected that the princess's maid would know medicine. Luckily, he had gone to find the princess.

After a while, the bleeding finally stopped.

Seventeen exclaimed with delight, "The bleeding has stopped!"

"Your Highness, the Prince's bleeding has stopped, but he still needs to take medicine to detoxify. The other medicinal herbs are fine, I have them all ready, but..."

"But what's missing?"

"Hmm, the antidote requires danshen, which I do not have."

"Shadow Wind, is it available in the manor?"

"It should be there, I'll go get it right away," he said, and quickly walked out.

"Your Highness, then this servant will also go out and make preparations."

"Okay," he said, then added, "Go and fetch some clean water and some towels."

"Yes," responded Eleven and Seventeen.

A short while later, the two brought the items in.

Then, Su Qianrou helped Mu Jinchen wipe the blood off his body.

Eleven and Seventeen were helping her out, and by this time, they had already accepted Su Qianrou as their princess consort.