The late emperor feigned affection for the crown prince, using him as a target for his beloved prince.

The current emperor truly favors the crown prince and disdains to follow the old emperor's ways.

Therefore, if the Crown Prince is killed, the current emperor will surely be angered, and may even fall ill from anger.

Moreover, it would disrupt the current arrangements. With the Crown Prince dead, the current government would have no choice but to select a new prince to be groomed as the successor.

In this way, the remnants of the rebel king could collude with certain people in the court to seize the opportunity to cause trouble or even rebel.

In the original owner's memories, the child born to that concubine from the southern border was sent out of the capital before the coup and has been alive ever since.

Now, that concubine from the southern border is colluding with the remnants of other rebel kings to kill the crown prince. Her intentions are very clear: to rebel and put her son on the throne.

In the original life, the crown prince was killed, and the current emperor was so enraged that he fell seriously ill.

The Duke of Zhenguo's heir was killed, and an enemy state on the border invaded. The Duke of Zhenguo personally went to quell the attack but died in battle, plunging the entire capital into chaos.

It was only after Fei Yu came to power that his anti-king forces were exposed and wiped out.

Therefore, the death of the Crown Prince was a major turning point and also the opportunity for Fei Yu to rise to power.

Qingyou stayed with her brother for a while, even feeding him a cup of water mixed with spiritual spring water, before leaving.

He then went to visit the Crown Prince.

Qingyou poured a glass of water and added spiritual spring water when no one was looking.

Then he handed it to the head of the guards who was standing in front of the prince's bed and said, "The prince's lips look very dry. Please give him some water."

All of the Crown Prince's close attendants and guards had been killed before. Now, the leader of the secret guards was afraid that someone might take the opportunity to harm the Crown Prince, so he personally guarded the Crown Prince's side to protect him.

He trusted Princess Ling.

After all, if it weren't for Princess Ling, the Crown Prince's life would never have been saved.

"Yes!" So he took the water cup and fed the water to the prince.

Just as Qingyou was about to leave after he finished feeding the prince, the prince suddenly opened his eyes.

He was momentarily dazed, then turned his head to look at Qingyou.

After a long pause, he finally spoke in a hoarse voice, "Did you save me?"

Qingyou nodded, "Yes!"

Fei Chen added, "I will repay you."

Qingyou nodded and smiled, "Okay!"

When the Crown Prince woke up, the guards quickly went to invite the Abbot of the Southern Temple over.

After taking the prince's pulse, the abbot said, "The poison in the prince's body has been cleared. He will recover in a few more days."

Fei Chen nodded to Abbot Nan, his attitude showing respect, "Thank you, Abbot Nan!"

Master Nan smiled and said, "Your Highness is too kind. I was able to save you this time thanks to Qingyou."

He needed to let the crown prince know that his disciple had made the greatest contribution.

"Hmm." Fei Chen nodded, indicating that he understood.

After a while, Abbot Nan left the room with Qingyou.

Fei Chen stared blankly at the figure that had disappeared at the doorway.

In the following period, Qingyou calmed down and studied metaphysics and medicine under the guidance of Abbot Nan at Qinan Mountain.

I visit my older brother and Fei Chen every day.

A few days later, Qingyou lazily lay alone on a big tree, looking at the classic texts her master had given her.

They discovered someone had walked alone under the tree.

Qingyou looked down and saw Fei Yu, who was handsome, flamboyant, and had an unruly temperament.

She jumped down from the tree and looked at him with a smile: "What's up?"

Fei Yu didn't know why, but whenever she looked at her, she always felt like getting close to her.

He was harmed by palace maids when he was a child, and his mother was also betrayed and assassinated by the head palace maid who was protecting his father. He also witnessed the ruthless struggles between the concubines in the harem, so he was very averse to women.

He was not attended by any palace maids, but only by eunuchs and guards.

So he was startled by his own thoughts.

He asked somewhat awkwardly, "I'm going back to the capital with your brother in half a month. Are you going?"

Qingyou smiled and replied, "I won't go back for now. I want to stay and learn from my master."

Seeing the fleeting disappointment in his eyes, Qingyou added, "But I might go back in two months."

Lou Kui was going to attend a literary gathering, and of course she would also go and join in the fun.

Fei Chen pursed his lips. "You saved my life. You can come to me anytime if you need anything."

He deliberately said "I" instead of "this Empress".

Seeing his expression, Qingyou moved a few steps closer to him and asked with a light laugh, "Do you want to repay me?"

When Fei Chen noticed her approaching, he didn't feel the same dislike he had when other women approached him before, like he used to feel when they did.

The fragrance emanating from her actually made me feel quite comfortable.

He nodded. "Of course."

Qingyou smiled and said, "I should repay your life-saving grace with my body."

She looked at him with a smile in her eyes and said bluntly, "I am a woman and cannot marry you, so why don't you marry me instead?"

There are still many dangers lurking around Little Star. If they establish their relationship first, she can stay by his side and protect him more often.

Fei Chen's eyes widened, clearly not expecting Qingyou to say such a thing.

His ears turned red. "Nonsense!"

Qingyou smiled and said, "I'm not kidding, I'm serious."

"I saved you, so you marry me to repay my kindness. It's perfectly fair!"

Fei Chen's heart raced, and for some reason, he felt a sense of joy.

His gaze drifted outwards unnaturally. "You, don't you like Fei Yu?"

Qingyou grew up in the palace. Although they hadn't met often and had never spent time together, he had heard that she had always been chasing after Feiyu.

Thinking about it now makes me feel a little sad.

Qingyou shrugged frankly and said, "But I don't like him anymore!"

"He bullied me because of someone else, so I broke off all ties with him."

The original owner of this body did indeed love and chase after Fei Yu, something she couldn't deny.

Fei Chen looked at her, "You really don't like it anymore?"

Qingyou nodded, "That's right, I don't like it anymore. Otherwise, why would I have asked you to marry me?"

She looked at him with a smile in her eyes, "Being a royal consort is boring, I want to be the Crown Princess."

Fei Chen stiffened slightly. "I suddenly remembered I have something to do. I'll go take care of it first."

After saying that, he turned and walked away quickly, as if something was chasing him.

Qingyou watched his hasty retreat and couldn't help but laugh out loud, "So cute!"

Her little star is shy, it's so funny!

The hidden guards protecting the two overheard their conversation, and Qingyou's last sentence, and almost fell off the tree.

They felt like they had heard something incredible.

Then I was torn: should I report this to the Emperor?

Let's go ask the leader.

Later that evening, the leaders of the secret guards were also greatly surprised when they heard the report.

This Princess Ling is no ordinary person; she is so bold and unrestrained.

The key point was that the Crown Prince did not reprimand or punish him, which surprised him even more.

In the past, there were women who took the initiative to approach the Crown Prince, hoping to be taken in by him, but they would be disliked by him as soon as they got close, and severely punished.

It seems that Princess Ling is currently the only woman the Crown Prince doesn't dislike.

He decided to wait and see; if Princess Ling wasn't just joking, then there should be further developments.

He would then report to His Majesty; otherwise, he would be guilty of letting the other party get all excited for nothing.

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