The eunuch snorted coldly and turned away.

"They have gone too far, Your Highness. I will kill him."

The Third Prince picked up the steamed bun and ate it slowly. He looked at the angry Zi Yang and said in a low voice:

"This steamed bun is fine. Instead of getting angry with someone irrelevant to you, why don't you go find the emperor and tell him that I want to meet him and Luo'er, and see if he is willing to bring Luo'er to see me."

When he was a child, his mother was not nice to him. He was lucky to not be hungry, let alone eat steamed buns, so he didn't think these steamed buns were that bad.

Ziyang pursed his lips and stood up, "I'll do it right away."

After leaving the house, he went straight to the imperial study.

When the emperor heard it was Ziyang, he immediately asked someone to come in, "Third brother wants to see me?"

Zi Yang bowed and said respectfully, "His Highness said he wanted to meet the Emperor and the little princess."

Finally, I can go see my third brother. He must have been treated coldly by the palace servants these past few days. The people in the palace are always trying to curry favor with the powerful. I don't know how he's eating or how he's doing.

The emperor sighed, stood up holding Yu Yiluo, and went to the place where the third prince was held with Ziyang.

Eunuch Cao raised his hand and pushed open the door. Upon hearing the sound, the Third Prince quickly stood up and saluted the Emperor.

"Get up!"

The emperor looked around the room and sat down on the armchair beside him.

"Now you're unwilling to call me Father? Has anyone in the palace given you a hard time?"

Zi Yang was about to speak when the Third Prince glanced over at him.

She retracted her gaze and whispered, "No one in the palace has ever made things difficult for me, so you don't have to worry."

[Oh, Third Brother is afraid that the tyrant will speak up for him. If his identity is confirmed, the tyrant's previous intervention will become a joke. That's why he doesn't want to tell the tyrant!]

The emperor lowered his eyes and handed Yu Yiluo to the third prince.

"Don't you want to see Luo'er?"

The Third Prince took the soft Yu Yiluo and said with a smile, "Thank you for bringing Luo'er to see me."

Yu Yiluo always felt that there was something strange about the way the Third Prince spoke. His tone was obviously very relaxed, yet it contained a sense of seriousness.

"As long as you are the Third Prince, I am your father and Luo'er is your sister. This will not change."

The Third Prince poured tea for the Emperor and handed it to him, "Your Highness, I thank you."

The emperor took the tea but did not ask why the third prince had asked him to come.

The two of them talked about some very ordinary things. After drinking a cup of tea, the emperor stood up.

"If you need anything, please ask Ziyang to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. I have important matters to attend to."

The Third Prince waited for the Emperor to bring Yu Yiluo to the door and spoke loudly, "Thank you, Father, for having tea with me. Goodbye, Luo'er."

After the emperor left, the third prince closed the door, put away his smile, sat back in his chair, and gave instructions to Zi Yang.

"Tomorrow, you will report to the Emperor that the remaining remnants of the Yulou Kingdom have been wiped out, and ask the Emperor how to deal with them. As for the valuables in my mansion, send them to Concubine Xian's palace for Luo'er!"

Zi Yang was puzzled. "Your Highness, you could have just told the Emperor about the remnants of the Yulou Kingdom. Why did you wait until tomorrow to report to the Emperor?"

The Third Prince lowered his eyes and did not explain, "Just do as I say."

I'm afraid my father is very upset now. If he had told my father about this just now, I'm afraid it would have been even more difficult for my father to make a decision on how to deal with him.

He couldn't make his father embarrassed, and he couldn't let the dignity of the royal family be destroyed.

Zi Yang always felt that the Third Prince was a little weird today, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, so he stayed in the room without leaving.

It was not until the next day that the third prince asked him to do what he had assigned him.

He asked with some concern, "Your Highness, are you really okay?"

The Third Prince raised his eyebrows, a smile on his face, "What could be the problem? Go quickly!"

......

The emperor had just finished reading the interrogation records presented by the secret guards when he heard Zi Yang asking for a meeting.

He curled his lips, put away the interrogation record, and motioned for Zi Yang to come in.

Yu Yiluo always felt uneasy. She didn't sleep well last night. Now when she heard Zi Yang coming in, she quickly perked up, opened her eyes, and pricked up her ears to listen to what Zi Yang said.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."

The emperor asked him to stand up and asked, "What do you want to see me for?"

"The remaining evildoers of Yulou Kingdom have been wiped out by Your Highness. The Third Prince has sent me to report to the Emperor on how to deal with them."

[You clearly had the opportunity to tell me yesterday, why are you only telling me today? What are you planning to do, Third Brother?]

"What else did the Third Brother tell you?"

The emperor also realized that something was wrong and asked in a deep voice.

"His Highness asked me to give all the valuables in the mansion to the little princess."

Why does it feel like he's making arrangements for his afterlife? Could it be that the Third Prince is worried that the tyrant won't be able to be ruthless, and that his own past will become a stain on the royal family, undermining the tyrant's dignity? So, he's decided to commit suicide to avoid embarrassing the tyrant?

Thinking of this, Yu Yiluo became completely uneasy.

[No wonder I felt a little strange about his words yesterday. I'm afraid he had already made his decision when Yang Xin told him the truth. Woohoo, Tyrant, go stop him.]

Seeing that the emperor's face was becoming increasingly ugly, Zi Yang was confused.

I thought I hadn't said anything wrong.

"Go to the Third Prince."

The emperor stood up suddenly and hurried to the third prince's residence with Yu Yiluo.

When they reached the door, the emperor signaled everyone else to step back. Before the door was opened, he heard the familiar voice of the third prince coming from inside.

"What are you doing here?"

Yang Xin curled his lips, wearing a eunuch's clothes, and sat down opposite the third prince.

"I came to see you. I went through a lot of trouble to see you."

If she hadn't knocked Xiao Yuanzi unconscious and stripped him of his clothes to disguise himself, she really wouldn't have been able to get out.

"Your Highness doesn't seem to welcome me?"

The Third Prince sneered, "If you're here to laugh at me, you can leave. To boast about your little tricks in front of me is truly foolish."

Yang Xin held her chin with one hand and stared at the Third Prince. "My Lady? You are no longer the Emperor's child. Do you still think you are the high and mighty Third Prince? If you beg me, perhaps I will still remember our past friendship and find a way to save you."

She just didn't believe that without her wealth and status as a royal family, she couldn't tie the Third Prince to herself.

"Save me?" The Third Prince played with his teacup. "Even if I'm not the Emperor's child, at most I'd be demoted to a commoner or exiled. Do you think I need you to save me?"

He knew Yang Xin's little thoughts better than anyone else, but unfortunately this person didn't understand him well enough.

"What if the Emperor wants to kill you?" Yang Xin was a little displeased when her little trick was exposed. "You don't plan to beg me?"

But before she finished speaking, she heard the Third Prince say calmly, "If that's the case, I'd love it. Why would I ask you for it? You should be thankful you're hiding in the body of Miss Yang, otherwise I would kill you without mercy."

Seeing the murderous intent flashing in his eyes, Yang Xin put away the smug look on her face, "Even if the emperor wants to kill you, you won't bear a grudge against him, nor will you be willing to stand with me?"

Then what's the point of what she did? She spent so much time and effort on the male protagonist, but in the end, she got nothing.