Zhang Zhongwei chuckled as he took it and tucked it into his sleeve.

She lowered her voice slightly and smiled faintly, "His Majesty has already woken up, and Imperial Physician Jiang has gone to the palace again. His Majesty is diligent, and I estimate that he will attend the morning court session as usual tomorrow. However, His Majesty has been too tired lately and needs to rest for a few days."

Lu Xiaoyun understood immediately and nodded: "Thank you, Eunuch Zhang. Jiang Chuan, please escort Eunuch Zhang back to the palace properly."

Watching Zhang Zhongwei's departing figure, Lu Xiaoyun's eyes darkened. What was the old emperor plotting now?

Zhang Zhongwei had served the old emperor for many years and knew his thoughts best. What was his purpose in selling him this information today?

Lu Xiaoyun didn't believe that the old emperor hadn't orchestrated this absurd marriage.

After all, even if Ren Yong'an had the audacity, would he dare to do such a thing in the palace?

Perhaps the original owner couldn't have imagined it, but Zhu Yu couldn't possibly be unaware of it.

Since Zhu Yu knew the truth perfectly well, why did he agree to this marriage?

Lu Xiaoyun felt that her brain wasn't quite up to the task.

Never mind, let's go ask Zhu Yu.

If that scumbag dares to mess with the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, she'll make him taste the bitterness of being bullied while in the body of the original owner's daughter.

She wouldn't care if Consort Duan and Ren Cha Biao tried to deal with him again.

After Zhang Zhongwei left, Lu Xiaoyun turned around and went back to her study, where Feng Yan was already standing.

“Master.” Feng Yan had already appeared when Lu Xiaoyun entered the study.

Lu Xiaoyun said, "Father will still attend the morning court session tomorrow."

Feng Yan asked in confusion, "Since His Majesty sent a letter to the Southern Frontier in the name of the Crown Prince, why didn't he take the opportunity to feign illness? Why is he still scheduled to attend the morning court session tomorrow? Is there something His Majesty hasn't finished explaining, and has changed his mind at the last minute?"

Lu Xiaoyun shook her head. Would someone who sits in that chair be someone who is careless and only realizes they've overlooked something at the last minute? Today, he had his chief eunuch, Zhang Zhongwei, bring Imperial Physician Jiang directly from the Prince An's residence to the palace. Wasn't that a signal to others?

"Father wants everyone to see his 'illness,' and what he's doing today is just an 'appetizer' before the main course, to prepare some people."

Feng Yan frowned, as if he had thought of something: "Master, what if His Majesty suddenly 'faints' during the morning court session, then..."

Lu Xiaoyun waved her hand: "No, but he will show his 'illness and weakness' at the right time, and then issue an edict to let the Crown Prince oversee the country and the Third Prince assist in governing."

Feng Yan's brow twitched. If these two were handling state affairs together, wouldn't they be about to fight?

Lu Xiaoyun knew what Feng Yan was thinking; wasn't this exactly the situation the dog emperor wanted to see?

Lu Xiaoyun sat back in her chair, leaning back lazily: "Pack your things, I'm going to court tomorrow."

Feng Yan was startled: "Master, your health..."

Lu Xiaoyun raised her hand to stop her: "It's alright."

Feng Yan lowered his head, took out a booklet from his pocket and handed it over: "Your Majesty, the information you asked me to investigate about the servants around Consort Duan has been confirmed. It is true that two of them were sent by the Crown Prince and the Third Prince."

Lu Xiaoyun raised an eyebrow: "No one from Father Emperor and Grandmother Emperor?"

Feng Yan shook his head: "No. Master, do you think we should get rid of these two?"

Lu Xiaoyun waved her hand: "No need, keep them for now. I still need them to help 'pass on' messages."

Feng Yan pursed his lips. His master was indeed different from before. In the past, anyone who dared to put someone under his nose would only have one fate: death!

"Yes." Feng Yan became even more respectful.

With the Crown Prince overseeing the country and the Third Prince assisting in governance, she, the "Prince of An," has handed over the Tiger Tally and is recuperating in her residence. In the coming days, there will be quite a show to watch in Shengjing City.

Feng Yan continued, "Except for Zhang Mama, who accompanied Consort Duan into the palace, the rest of them were assigned to Yuqing Palace by the Imperial Household Department. This time, when the Consort came to Prince An's residence, the Empress Dowager's decree was issued suddenly. Only the Emperor knew about it beforehand, while the other consorts were kept in the dark. After Consort Duan left the palace, the people in the harem were in a state of panic."

Lu Xiaoyun raised an eyebrow. Feng Yan knew so much about what was happening in the palace, which meant that Zhu Yu also had spies in the palace.

He had people even in the imperial palace, not to mention in the residences of various ministers in Shengjing.

Indeed, being a prince in ancient times was not an easy task.

She said calmly, "Yes, just observe from the shadows, no need to pay any attention."

Feng Yan: "Yes!"

Lu Xiaoyun stood up and walked towards Feixue Garden.

In Feixue Garden, Xiao Lifeng looked at the cold and aloof "Miss" and held the hairpins and jewelry in her hand, really wanting to let her try them on one by one.

Early this morning, the prince had so many hairpins and ornaments delivered again. Some were made of pure gold, some were made of rubies, some were made of jade, and there were all kinds of them. They were extremely beautiful.

Back when I was in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, I had only ever seen these nice things on the second and third young ladies.

But Madam Ke said that Miss is already beautiful, and if she wears such vulgar things, it will only detract from her stunning beauty.

And then, the young lady actually believed it.

Zhu Yu was weak and sat back on the huge bed, his phoenix eyes fixed on the thing in Li Feng's hand, as if to say, "You little girl, if you dare to wear these old trinkets on my head, I'll chop off your claws."

"Miss, please let me put it on you just once, just once, okay?"

"no!"

Li Feng lowered her head in grievance, looking like she was about to cry. Two glistening tears hung on her lowered eyes. Her cheeks were still swollen from being slapped more than a dozen times by Ren Yong'an's maid yesterday.

Zhu Yu closed his eyes tightly, the veins on his forehead throbbing a few times. If it weren't for this little girl stopping him these past few days, he probably would have lost half his life by now.

Oh well, anyway, I don't know when I'll be able to change back into Lu Xiaoyun's body, so I'll have to wear hairpins and such sooner or later.

Let's satisfy this little girl's curiosity.

"Then take that jade set, but don't make it too fancy."

Xiao Lifeng was delighted to hear this and immediately helped Zhu Yu to the dressing table, carefully styling his hair and putting on his hairpins.

Zhu Yu gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and resignedly let the little girl tinker with his head.

Xiao Lifeng peeked over and saw that since her young mistress had her eyes closed, she had to make a good impression. Her little eyes secretly swept over the large pile of hair ornaments and hairpins placed to the side.

He secretly glanced at the young lady in the glasses, her eyes still closed, and then secretly looked at the jewelry.

Yes, she's made up her mind, this is how she'll dress up the young lady!

So when Lu Xiaoyun stepped into the room and saw Zhu Yu with his hair adorned with pearls and jade ornaments in front of his dressing table, she almost fell to the ground.

Hearing the noise, Zhu Yu opened his eyes. When he saw in the mirror that Xiao Lifeng had dressed him up like a bride-to-be, he shouted angrily, "Lifeng!"

The sound was so loud it almost deafened the two people inside the room.

Lu Xiaoyun barely managed to grab the door, suppressing her laughter, and waved her hand as Li Feng dashed away.

Before running away, Li Feng boldly said, "Miss, it looks quite nice like this. The Prince also likes to look at it. Please don't take it off."

Zhu Yu: ...