On his way back to the Prince's Mansion, the Eighth Prince took a relatively secluded route, which would allow him to calm down and think things through.

Halfway through the journey, he drew back the curtain and looked thoughtfully at the dark road outside.

At this moment, the servant driving the horse asked, "Master, are we still going to meet that person today?"

Eighth Master frowned and pondered. That person was Fourteenth Master's man; they would occasionally contact each other.

However, now that such a thing has happened at the Fourteenth Prince's residence, the Emperor acted so quickly, sending Chen's body back to the Chen family so that her mother's family could bury her, and her children have also returned to the Chen family. At this critical moment, things are in the eye of the storm.

It's unclear whether the Emperor has placed anyone by his side, and given that he's always disliked them, if anything were to arouse suspicion at this time, he might not escape disaster.

Eighth Master then said, "No, don't contact him for a while."

The driver sighed and then fell silent.

Over the past two days, people have been hawking southern goods outside the Eighth Prince's mansion, but the guards of the Eighth Prince's mansion stand as straight as pine trees, not glancing to the side, and completely ignoring the hawkers.

The people inside the mansion remained completely silent until a man who looked like a steward came out. The vendor immediately rushed up to him with a beaming smile, pointing to the items in his cart, "Sir, would you like to take a look? These are all good things, and the prices aren't high!"

To his surprise, the steward didn't even glance at him, but instead scolded him, "What are you yelling about? This is the Eighth Prince's Mansion, not the execution ground, nor is this a place for you to go to the market. Go away, go away, stay somewhere else!"

The vendor hesitated for a moment, then said, "But sir, these things are very cheap. Are you sure you don't want to buy some?"

The steward, unwilling to listen to his nonsense any longer, called out two porters from inside and glared coldly at the vendor. "Are you leaving or not? If you don't leave, I won't be so polite!"

Upon hearing this, the vendor was so frightened that he quickly pushed his goods away and left, saying, "Yes, yes, I'll leave right away!"

The steward watched the vendor disappear in a flash, snorted, and turned to enter the Eighth Prince's mansion.

Meanwhile, Zhu Wanqing's men turned ashen-faced upon hearing the servant's report.

It's laughable that the dignified Eighth Prince is so eager to sever ties with them over such a minor incident, fearing he might be implicated.

She glanced at the blank-faced Fourteenth Prince to the side, snorted, and said disdainfully, "You keep calling him 'Eighth Brother' all the time, but he's a coward, so afraid!"

Fourteenth Prince was taken aback. Hearing her words, he looked at her and thought that he had to say something for his Eighth Brother no matter what. So he said, "Eighth Brother is cautious. Perhaps he has his reasons."

"What other reason could there be? Isn't it all because of you? I went to great lengths to contact him, but he avoided me. Why are you still protecting him and speaking well of him? You trust him so much, but what about him? Humph, he's too scared to see my people over such a trivial matter. You still expect him to help you!"

Zhu Wanqing was also in a fit of anger, and inevitably spoke without thinking. The Fourteenth Prince wanted to say a few words in defense of the Eighth Prince, but Zhu Wanqing's words rendered him speechless. In addition, upon learning of Chen's suicide and the removal of his children from the family register, the Fourteenth Prince's mood worsened, and he spent his days drinking and ignoring everything else.