Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager considered it carefully.

"Princess Consort Ru is right. If you are not mistaken, Prince Pingxi, that person really is the Crown Prince. There is absolutely no way he could have made it back and forth in such a short time."

"Issue my decree: summon all the princes to the Hall of Law immediately!"

"yes."

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On the other side.

Mi Shan struggled through the bamboo forest, the sound of horses' hooves gradually drawing closer behind her.

She dared not come back, and could only run forward desperately.

One of my shoes fell off, but I didn't bother to pick it up.

Along the way, the branches snapped underfoot with a cracking sound, and my face was scratched by low bamboo leaves, leaving a sharp pain.

"ah."

He was hit in the knee by a stone.

Mi Shan could no longer hold on, so she knelt on one knee and crawled forward, dragging herself along.

"Keep running, keep running."

"I'd like to see where you can run to?"

Li Xuanche's cold, arrogant, and mocking voice rang out from behind him.

He stepped on Mi Shan's injured knee.

Pain swept over her, and Mi Shan gritted her teeth, enduring the pain without making a sound, and turned around to glare at him fiercely.

"Your Highness, I am not a monster. Even if you capture me and take me back, it won't do you any good. You still dare to hurt me now. Aren't you afraid that your father will punish you?"

"You dare to use my father to intimidate me? If you're not a demon, why are you running away? Master Kongwang has already subdued you and Bai Lingyu. Even if I kill you here, it will be on behalf of Heaven, to punish this monster for the royal family!"

Li Xuanche spoke coldly, his chin slightly raised, his arrogant gaze sweeping over her, a meaningful smile playing on his lips.

"Moreover, your relationship with the Crown Prince is ambiguous. I suppose you've already been having an affair with him behind my father's back, haven't you?"

Mi Shan's heart skipped a beat.

She seemed surprised that he had seen through her scheme.

"What's with that expression?" Li Xuanche lowered his head, lifting her pale, beautiful face. "You're so pitiful, no wonder even someone as cold and aloof as my brother would fall for you. Do you think you've hidden it well?"

"If you two weren't having an affair, why would he hold you so tightly at the Spring Flower Banquet?"

"He even risked his life to shield you from an arrow."

"He must have gone to a lot of trouble to get you out of here, right?"

"To give him a glimmer of hope, you recklessly ran in this direction alone. You're not a demon, yet you risked everything to protect him and that real demon, didn't you?"

Mi Shan hadn't expected that he could see through this matter so clearly. His cold eyes flashed calmly: "What you've said is all your speculation, without any basis."

"It's fine if you don't admit it. I have absolutely no interest in catching demons or catching Li Changyu."

"There are plenty of people who can do those things."

Li Xuanche's hand coldly caressed her icy face, a hint of malice appearing in his eyes, "Only you are my only target."

"Tell me, what would Li Changyu do if he found out afterward that the person he cherished and protected had been defiled by me?"

"His expression at that moment must be quite amusing. I can't wait to see..."

Mi Shan sneered, interrupting his daydreaming: "Nothing will happen! Because he doesn't care about me at all. On the contrary, if the Emperor finds out about this, it's hard to say whether you, the eldest prince, can still live in the capital."

Mi Shan's eyes flickered slightly; she was trying her best to stall for time.

The Hidden Awareness Bugs have been released.

Li Xuanche will lose consciousness if he takes a bite.

"Buzzing..."

*Smack*

Unexpectedly, just as the little insect was about to bite him, Li Xuanche slapped the Hidden Sense Insect to death.

Because he was wearing armor and gloves.

Therefore, the Hidden worm was unable to harm him.

Disappointment flashed briefly in Mi Shan's eyes.

Fortunately, Li Xuanche did not suspect that she had released the insect.

There's still a chance.

"Father won't know, and even if he did, so what? A prince or a favored concubine? Which is more important? How dare you compare yourself to me?"

Li Xuanche scoffed, picked her up, and strode towards the cave ahead.

Part the bamboo leaves and branches.

The dark cave, from the entrance, seemed unfathomably deep.

Mi Shan lay on his back, not refuting his words, but secretly sprinkling green powder along the way.

At the same time, another poisonous centipede is released.

Li Xuanche was wearing armor, and white-legged insects crawled all over him, silently finding gaps to slip inside.

Unfortunately, with Mi Shan's current abilities, he is not yet able to concoct a poisonous insect that can kill a person with a single bite.

Otherwise, he will definitely have to experience the consequences.

Bang.

Li Xuanche threw her to the ground.

As if afraid she would run away, they pressed her pressure points.

He turned and went to the Buddha statue inside the cave, where he lit a candle with a flint.

The warm yellow light instantly illuminated the cave and the stone face of the Buddha statue, which looked down with compassionate eyes upon everything.

Li Xuanche squatted down in front of her, his long sword lifting her clothes, his eyes reflecting the faint red candlelight.

"You know what? I've admired Li Changyu since I was a child."

"He has everything I don't have."

“My father said he loved me the most, but he gave him the position of crown prince, which symbolized power.”

"Although my mother dotes on me in every way, it's only because she pities me. She pities me because I'm a child without a birth mother and unwanted by anyone!"

"In the end, she is still Li Changyu's biological mother!"

“Every time, I tried to find a trace of envy or anger on Li Changyu’s face, but there was none. He seemed to have no emotions at all, like a dead man, always looking at me with a disdainful gaze. It was as if everything I had now was nothing more than his charity!”

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