The princess was ordained by Heaven.

In the afternoon, Princess Jianyang went to the palace to deliver a message. The emperor was worried and personally brought the imperial physician to examine the princess's pulse, but they could not find anything wrong.

Before leaving, the Emperor appointed them to protect the Third Princess.

Unexpectedly, they stumbled and their tracks were discovered. If word gets back, they'll likely be severely punished.

Sigh, the Third Princess walks with barely a sound, yet moves incredibly fast, giving them no time to react. They have undergone professional training and are generally not detected unless they can no longer hide.

"Tell me, who are you?"

“Secret Guard Zheng Jiu.”

“Secret Guard Zheng Shi.”

Zheng Xun slowly said, "Oh~ I don't believe it."

Zheng Jiu took out a token and confidently waved it in front of Zheng Xun.

Zheng Xun shook his head: "I don't know him."

She was an unpopular princess, living in seclusion and having little interaction with others. She had never seen any tokens before.

Hehe, I know him, but I won't admit it.

"Don't follow me," she warned. "If you're bored, go and fry me a bowl of fried rice with eggs. I'm a little hungry."

Zheng Shi turned to his older brother: "Want to join?"

"The princess won't let us follow..." And we might not even be able to keep up.

"Can you make fried rice with eggs?"

"It's a bit difficult, but I'll give it a try. I'll go kill a chicken first."

"Does making fried rice require killing a chicken?"

"Idiot, how can you get the eggs out of a chicken's belly if you don't kill it?"

……

Zheng Xun returned very quickly.

But she didn't get her fried rice because chicken soup was simmering on the stove.

Of course, it wasn't Zheng Shi who did it; he simply called a cook, and they just routinely killed a chicken.

Cook: You think you're so great and aloof? If you don't sleep, no one else will either.

But can chicken soup be made in a short time?

So Zheng Xun and his two bodyguards, three useless men who were completely helpless with the earthen stove, squatted in the kitchen, anxiously waiting for the soup to be cooked.

Seeing the three longing children, the cook took pity on them and steamed rice and made a few more dishes.

A satisfying meal and plenty of food make life wonderful.

Moved, Zheng Xun slipped her a silver ingot.

The cook grinned and showed her teeth: "Princess, please feel free to give any instructions. I am the most capable of handling things."

“Auntie is very efficient. I will be staying here for a few more days. I would like to trouble you to find some books to put in the small study in the yard. I don’t care about the type of books.”

Although she inherited the original owner's memories, her self-identification remained confused, but fortunately no one ever doubted it.

At this hour, there was no need to sleep anymore, so Zheng Xun went directly to court in Jianyang's carriage.

Of course, she cursed him in her heart for as long as the carriage traveled.

Anyone want to get up at this hour?

Oh, it's the civil and military officials. Then it's alright.

Yesterday, a constant stream of people came to the Princess's residence to inquire, resulting in a gathering of more than a dozen merchants outside the residence.

On the courtyard wall of Chen Zhi’s house, Liao Hongsheng also ran into several colleagues.

Those who had confirmed Zheng Xun's true feelings were devastated. Usually, they were full of fighting spirit and wanted nothing more than to crush their enemies, but today they were all listless, leaving those who couldn't hear his true feelings completely bewildered.

They weren't waiting for the court session; they were waiting for Zheng Xun.

Zheng Xun yawned, unaware that the ministers were on his mind, and listened listlessly to their earnest reports.

Of course, they were also whispering among themselves.

She was referring to the innocent fetus that Chen Zhi had miscarried yesterday, the one his mother had tormented.

[Damn it, they're isolating me! They were having so much fun chatting but didn't say a word to me. How mean! Fine, I'll just gossip about myself.]

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately perked up.

[That bastard fourth prince who kicked me last time, it's you I've decided on!]

All eyes turned to the usually honest Fourth Prince.

I never expected you, Fourth Prince, to be like this!

You actually kicked your sister in private.

Suddenly, the Fourth Prince, who had been the center of attention, straightened his back and exclaimed that he was unusually dashing today. Woohoo!

The Fourth Prince's birth mother is Consort Xia. This Consort Xia is quite something; she actually strangled her own son to death and brought the son of her beloved into the palace to raise him properly.

Is this palace a sieve? How were these children switched? I urge you all to reflect on this.

[Xia Jieyu's white moonlight is actually an envoy from the Brown Kingdom?! How did these two get together? Good heavens, that envoy didn't leave, and Xia Jieyu even introduced him to her sister, making him her brother-in-law...]

Lord Xia's vision went black...

Rebellious daughter! Rebellious daughter!

But he couldn't faint, nor could he run away.

Gritting his teeth, Lord Xia knelt down on the floor with a "thump".

The emperor did not wake her immediately, but quietly instructed Li Xiaojun to have someone keep an eye on Consort Xia.

"Your Majesty, the Empress is unwell, and the harem is riddled with leaks. I can't trust anyone. You will personally investigate what Xin Sheng said. It doesn't matter if you investigate slowly, but you must not let the news leak out."

Li Xiaojun nodded.

The emperor couldn't be left alone, so he could only squeeze out some time to investigate. He was stretched thin, but the matter was important, and he didn't complain at all.

After everything was arranged, the emperor slowly asked Minister Xia, "Minister Xia, what's going on here?"

"I have not eaten breakfast and my legs are a little weak. I have been disrespectful in front of the emperor. I beg Your Majesty to punish me."

The fourth prince quickly spoke up to persuade him, "Grandfather, Father is not a petty person, please get up."

Zheng Xun tilted his head.

[What a huge idiot! The court assembly isn't a marketplace; how dare he behave so inappropriately?]

"Get up." The emperor's tone was calm, but Zheng Xun inexplicably felt that something was wrong.

Her intuition was spot on.

The emperor must be angry.

Lord Xia seems like a shrewd person, how come he has such a stupid grandson? It's confirmed, the bloodline of the Brown Kingdom is definitely not good, the Fourth Prince takes after his father.

However, Xia Jieyu wasn't smart either. She treated him like a white moonlight, but he ransacked her house. She thought that with her country falling, she could enjoy the good life with the Brown Kingdom. But when chaos breaks out, no one cares who you are. In the end, she died at the hands of the Brown Kingdom people, entirely because of her own fault.

[It's pitiful that Lord Xia wanted to leave with his daughter, but he was implicated and cut in two. He still hoped that the Fourth Prince would see the error of his ways, but the Fourth Prince always knew who his biological parents were. He didn't acknowledge his maternal grandfather or biological mother at all, and was determined to go to the Brown Kingdom to continue being a nobleman after the change of dynasty.]

Fearing that his Dayong bloodline would hinder his new life, he simply sent the Xia family to hell with his own hands.

However, dying like this is also a kind of relief. Apart from a few lucky ones who were beheaded by the Fourth Prince as a pledge of loyalty, the rest were truly miserable.

"Well, the Fourth Prince also chopped off my head. Looks like I'll have to be nicer to the adults from now on; after all, we're brothers who've lost our heads together."

Everyone:...

Damn it! Tell me! Who got stabbed, and who was unlucky enough to survive?!

Those with even a little bit of beauty are doomed. The people of Brown Country are indiscriminate in their tastes, both men and women. If someone takes a liking to you, you're destined to be humiliated...

In this vast capital city, nine out of ten households are deserted...

Zheng Xun tapped the system interface, and the screen appeared, showing an extremely horrific scene in the video.

Blood pooled on the ground, flesh flew everywhere, and corpses littered the ground. In the distance, thick smoke rose—the funeral lit by those who refused to submit.