Why My Domineering Prince Regretted Filing for Divorce?

Shang Ruyi said calmly, "It should also have been yesterday, put in the corner of the wall when those people were treating the termites."

She hadn’t slept at all last night, and had sorted out her own movements over these days and those of the people from Qianqiu Palace. There hadn’t been a single moment for outsiders to take advantage, except for yesterday when they were dealing with the termites and everyone left, and when they came back later, because she was exhausted and went to rest early, no thorough cleaning was done.

It could only have happened during that period of time.

Hearing this, Tushere was even more furious, gritting her teeth in hatred as she said angrily, "It’s all my fault. If only I had properly checked the back courtyard yesterday, it’s all my fault!"

Compared to her anger and regret, Shang Ruyi instead appeared very calm and comforted her: "There are thieves for a thousand years, but no guard against thieves for a thousand years. They set up this game specifically targeting us. If my guess is right, I’m afraid this bout of termites was also deliberately caused by them, just so they could openly enter Qianqiu Palace and slip past our eyes."

"..."

"Even if we saw through it this time, there will be a next time."

"..."

"Or rather, as long as I am still Princess Qin, as long as King Qin still holds military power, still has prestige, and is still contending with them, this sort of thing will never end."

As she spoke, she lowered her head to look at Tushere: "Don’t just blame yourself, but in future you must be extra careful."

Tushere nodded hard.

She asked anxiously, "Then what can we do now? Can we tell the Emperor that all of this is their deliberate framing of the Princess?"

Shang Ruyi shook her head: "We have no evidence; a defense made with nothing but words is meaningless."

"..."

"What we need to do now is think clearly through everything that has happened these days. If it’s their frame-up, the matter must have flaws. If there are flaws, then we’ll have a chance to clear this injustice. However—"

"However what?"

"There’s one thing I don’t understand: what exactly are they after this time?"

Tushere immediately understood who the "they" she spoke of were: it must be Han Yuhui and the Crown Princess Consort. Judging from what Han Yuhui said last night at Liangyi Hall, it was clear this was something she had done; otherwise, for no reason at all, she had no reason to be passing by behind Qianqiu Palace in the middle of the night. And that little palace maid Wen Ying who said she saw someone climb out of Qianqiu Palace was most likely acting on her orders.

And earlier, stealing Shang Ruyi’s writing and planting Sun Xianyue’s clothes in their Qianqiu Palace—if it were just Han Yuhui, she probably couldn’t have arranged it so thoroughly; the Crown Princess Consort must have arranged manpower as well.

And all these things they did were precisely to accuse Princess Qin and Sun Xianyue of illicit relations, to ruin Shang Ruyi’s reputation, weren’t they?

What else—would they be after?

Seeing Tushere’s somewhat puzzled expression, Shang Ruyi frowned slightly and said, "For some reason, even though this time they made their move step by step and it seems they’ve succeeded, I feel as though they have some other aim as well."

"Another aim?"

Tushere was even more at a loss. To her, the most important person in the entire Imperial Palace was Shang Ruyi. Shang Ruyi being falsely accused and harmed made her want to rush up and bite someone. This time Han Yuhui had harmed Shang Ruyi in such a way, clearly trying to destroy the reputation of Princess Qin; to Tushere, that was already enough to make her want to go out and fight that old witch to the death.

Tushere asked suspiciously, "What other aim could there be?"

Shang Ruyi said, "Yesterday we were caught completely off guard, while the other side was fully prepared. If it were me, once things had reached that point, I would absolutely not be content with merely having the Emperor lock up the person who made a mistake and put them under house arrest, that simple."

"..."

"Besides, the whole affair is false. Once we find evidence, Father Emperor will definitely let me out."

Tushere thought for a moment and said, "So you mean, they only wanted to have the Princess placed under house arrest?"

Shang Ruyi nodded: "And only house arrest during this period of time."

"But if the Princess is put under house arrest during this period, what can they do with that?"

"What can they do..."

Shang Ruyi murmured, "Prince Qin is campaigning outside the borders, and the Emperor already doesn’t plan to send any more supervisors to the army. He shouldn’t go back on his word, so it should have nothing to do with him. Then that leaves only—"

At this point, her breath caught.

Beside her, Tushere also suddenly understood, staring wide-eyed at her: "Could it be, the Young Master!?"

Just as the two of them came to this realization, Chu Ruoyan was hurrying toward Liangyi Hall. She walked very fast; Panqing behind her even had to half-run to barely keep up.

However, just as they were about to reach Liangyi Hall, Chu Ruoyan’s steps suddenly grew heavy.

And Panqing finally caught up to her, carefully reaching out to tug at her sleeve: "Madam!"

Her instinctive fear still made Chu Ruoyan stop in her tracks, and Panqing’s face was even more full of worry as she said softly, "Madam, you should think this over again. This matter is too dangerous."

Chu Ruoyan turned to look at her: "Dangerous?"

"Yes."

"I—I only want to ask the Emperor to let Yuan Qian stay with me for two days so I can take care of him. How is that dangerous?"

"..."

"If we’re talking about danger, it’s Yuan Qian who’s in greater danger."

As she said this, her brows knit even tighter, and she said in a low voice, "This affair is clearly a trap set by the Crown Princess Consort and Han Shanggong, to falsely accuse Princess Qin—"

Hearing that, Panqing turned pale with fright. She hurriedly pulled her aside, and only after confirming that no one around was watching did she carefully say, "Madam, you mustn’t say that carelessly. If someone hears, we’ll be finished."

"..."

"That Han Shanggong has already harmed us once before; luckily it didn’t succeed. Now there’s the Crown Princess Consort as well... Princess Qin is under house arrest and can’t help us."

Chu Ruoyan took a deep breath. Although her face still held some unwillingness and even resentment, she also understood the position she was in now. There’s a saying among the common folk: ’A phoenix fallen to the ground is not as good as a chicken.’ That was basically her situation. No matter that she had once been a golden-branch jade leaf, after the fall of her country and destruction of her family, she didn’t even dare show herself lightly in front of Yu Wenquan, for fear of provoking his wrath.

But no matter how angry she was, right now she could only endure it. She lowered her voice and said, "I know."

"..."

"But this affair is their scheme. Right now Yuan Qian is at the Emperor’s side, but the Emperor still has to deal with court affairs. I heard that when he went to morning court today, he left Yuan Qian in Han Shanggong’s care. How could they possibly treat Yuan Qian well?"

"..."

"I have to get Yuan Qian brought over to me!"

Panqing said, "Madam, you have to think clearly. The Young Master not being by your side—whether he lives or dies has nothing to do with you; if the Emperor really entrusts the Young Master to you—if nothing happens it’s fine, but if something really does happen to him, all the responsibility will fall on you."

"..."

"That’s inviting fire onto yourself!"

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