The fifth princess next to her turned to look at her in astonishment. How could she say she was just curious? Wasn't this a clear attempt to mess with her? And yet she was still going along with it.

No, no, what if the woman who migrated south really was that woman?

The Fifth Princess secretly glanced at her uncle's face, only to find that he remained cold and aloof, making it impossible to discern his thoughts.

Is the Imperial Uncle not in a hurry?

"Then the poet immortal should take a good look." Minister Xiqiu slowly opened the box, and a colorful butterfly flew out.

All eyes were on the colorful butterfly, which flew very low, almost brushing past people's heads. After circling around the First Prince of Xiqiu, it flew towards the opposite side.

Everyone held their breath as the colorful butterfly flew past Prince Anzheng, bypassed the princes and princesses, and flew behind Nanqianyue!

The onlookers were astonished, the schemers smugly sneered, and the concerned looked anxious. Just when everyone thought the butterfly would land on Nanqianyue, it flew away!

The butterfly didn't linger at all, flying directly into the hall. It bypassed the Prime Minister's family, hovered above the Song family, and then landed on Song Suihuan's waist.

Nanqianyue frowned slightly. How could it be Song Suihuan?

The secret guards didn't put the jade on the princess? This whole scheme was clearly arranged by the princess; Song Suihuan was just a pawn.

Nan Qianyue glanced at Qin Yi and had a general idea of ​​what was going on.

"Get away! Get out of here!"

Song Suihuan was so frightened that she stood up. She tried to shoo away the butterfly by fanning her shoulders with her sleeve, but the butterfly seemed to be stuck to her, stopping at her waist instead of her shoulders.

Song Taiwei's eyes hardened, and he grabbed the butterfly, crushing it in his palm. He raised his voice and said, "A mere butterfly, how could it lead anyone by the nose? Doesn't Prince Han know who that woman is?"

He was reminding the eldest prince of Xiqiu.

The old emperor looked at the eldest prince of Xiqiu and asked, "Is the woman that Prince Han saved the daughter of Grand Commandant Song?"

The eldest prince of Xiqiu looked troubled. He suppressed the doubts rising in his heart with his conflicted expression. He couldn't understand why the butterfly would stop on the daughter of Grand Commandant Song.

He glanced up at the princess, but she kept her head down and ignored him completely.

"Your Majesty, the woman was veiled that day. I only remembered her eyes, and I made a portrait of her after I returned." The eldest prince thought to himself, it seems that this is the only option left.

Then we'll say that even the butterfly made a mistake.

The old emperor raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Then why don't you take it out and let us see?"

Minister Xiqiu was already prepared. As soon as the old emperor spoke, he immediately took out the portrait and said, "Please take a look, everyone!"

He held the scroll, and the portrait unfolded, revealing a woman in yellow with a veil covering her face.

"Isn't that Song Suihuan!" the Fifth Princess exclaimed, then quickly covered her mouth, as her mother was glaring at her.

Prince Han frowned. How could this be?

He snatched the portrait, and nearly fell over when he saw the woman in it.

Wasn't it supposed to be the month of southward migration last night? Why has the person changed?

Who! Who did this?!

The old emperor's inscrutable gaze swept over each of the opera singers, then his eyes darkened. "Someone, go and check if Song Suihuan has any colored jade on her."

As soon as the old emperor finished speaking, two old nannies approached Song Suihuan, ignoring her struggles, and searched her body, eventually finding a piece of colorful jade shaped like a small animal.

The old nanny remained calm and composed, then bowed and approached the old emperor with the colorful jade in her hands.

"Your Highness, take a look. Is this the colored jade you spoke of?"

The First Prince of Xiqiu looked worse than if he had eaten shit. With things turned out this way, what could he say? He couldn't very well say that everything was wrong and that the woman he had pledged his life to was actually the Poet Immortal.

"...Yes, it is that piece of colored jade."

"You're talking nonsense! There was no exchange of tokens at all! All that talk about pledging to be together for life is just a lie you made up!" Song Suihuan was furious and shouted out her words without thinking.

Everyone's shocked gazes turned to her. It turned out that the woman really was her, but the true story might be a little different.

"Sit down, what nonsense are you spouting!" Madam Song kept gesturing to her with her eyes. Did this silly daughter even know what she was saying?

Song Suihuan belatedly realized that she seemed to have exposed something, and she trembled uncontrollably, collapsing into a chair.

Two years ago, she went to the northern border with her father. She got carried away on horseback and got lost. She was bitten by a snake. When she called for help, a strangely dressed man appeared.

He sucked out the snake venom for her. Because the area was sensitive, she was very scared, fearing that the man might take advantage of her.

What's infuriating is that he actually did it.

She fought back desperately, but fortunately managed to escape in the end.

She only dared to tell her mother about this, and her mother told her to keep it a secret and not to tell anyone, including her father.

And she only learned today that the man was the Crown Prince of Xiqiu.

After watching the show for a while, the old emperor said lightly, "How dare you be so disrespectful to Prince Han! He is the benefactor who saved your life."

The old emperor's words brought this story to a close.

Grand Commandant Song wanted to continue arguing, but his daughter's words had successfully silenced him.

He looked at Madam Song with a sharp gaze.

Madam Song dared not meet his gaze and quickly lowered her head.

"Alright, now that this matter has been clarified, as for whether Grand Commandant Song should marry his daughter to Xiqiu, I will not make the decision for you. You can decide for yourselves."

How could the old emperor not see that the eldest prince of Xiqiu was truly after the Southern Migration? He thought it was a flawless plan, but little did he know that there were people behind him. The Crown Prince of Nanjing and Prince Anzheng of Dongling were not people that Prince Han could deal with.

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