"If this approach fails, he will likely take action from the border. Nothing else matters, but I fear that innocent soldiers and civilians will suffer for no reason."

"So my elder brother and I are preparing to set off." The Second Prince chuckled. "Although he has a lot of influence at the border, this is still the Min family's territory. If the prince himself goes to the battlefield, will those people dare to disobey?"

"Would His Majesty agree?"

“Father is happy to see us fight each other, and it’s good for his reputation to have the princes go to the battlefield. Even if the two of us are gone, he still has the fifth prince! The fifth prince is the prince raised by his beloved concubine, and he is still young and easy to control, so he will not object.”

Song Xia nodded, showing no concern whatsoever about their departure: "When do you plan to set off?"

"It will be within the next two days. At least we will receive Si Hengnian's orders when they are secretly issued to the border."

With the two princes gone, Si Hengnian faced fewer obstacles in his actions in the capital, and it took him several days to gradually realize where they had gone.

Just as he had predicted, the border army suffered heavy losses of supplies, and His Majesty issued an emergency military order to the border. Only then did he learn that the two princes had already gone to the border!

Si Hengnian was both shocked and furious. Could it be that all his plans were part of the royal family's scheme? Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence?

Once the two princes personally lead the expedition, all his schemes will fail. After all, those people may not listen to Feng Shao, but they will not disobey the two princes! With the princes leading the expedition, the morale on the border will surely rise greatly, and even with his secret help, the Jing Kingdom will find it difficult to break through the city.

"Despicable and shameful!" Si Hengnian was furious inside the mansion, and even Xu Huixin, who was recuperating, noticed his panic.

She had never seen Heng Nian so disoriented, like a trapped fish.

"Hengnian, is the Prince's Mansion also doomed?"

"No, I will not let the Prince Xun's Mansion become like the Prime Minister's Mansion." Si Hengnian forced himself to calm down. Now, the only way was for him to go to the border himself. Staying in the capital was always too passive.

"Huixin, how about we leave quietly? Staying in the capital will only leave us waiting to be slaughtered."

"Leave quietly?" Xu Huixin's mouth dropped open in astonishment. "You are a prince, you are not allowed to leave the capital without an imperial edict, do you intend to...?"

"It's not that I want to, they forced me to do this, Huixin, do you believe me?"

“If I don’t trust you, who else can I trust? Hengnian, I’ll go with you.”

Si Hengnian held her tightly, "Then I'll go prepare now."

"Before that, I'd like to visit my parents' graves, is that alright?"

Si Hengnian hesitated for a moment: "Since you've decided to leave, I won't be able to spend the next few days with you. I'll have someone take you there tomorrow."

"good."

Because they were convicted of treason, no tombstones were allowed to be erected after the people from the Prime Minister's residence were beheaded. Si Hengnian buried them in a forest on the outskirts of the capital. Although the forest was full of abandoned graves, Si Hengnian still put his heart into it. The graves of Prime Minister Xu and his wife were more towering and exquisite than those of others.

"You all go outside and wait. I want to be alone for a while." Xu Huixin didn't want to lose face in front of the servants, so she sent them away.

Because Si Hengnian had previously instructed that Xu Huixin's orders were as good as his own, no one dared to dissuade them and kept their distance. Just after they left, Song Xia quietly appeared.

"Does Princess Xun also want her unborn child to suffer a life of hardship and displacement?"

Hearing the voice, Xu Huixin turned around abruptly: "It's you! Mrs. Song, what are you doing here?"

“Of course I’m here specifically to wait for you,” Song Xia said with a smile. “Prince Xun’s plans are not hard to guess, so his schemes are bound to fail. Prince Xun can no longer turn back. Even if Princess Xun doesn’t think about herself, she should think about the child in her womb.”

Xu Huixin said warily, "Stop talking nonsense. I won't fall for your trick."

"Why is Prince Xun always one step behind in his actions? Of course, it's because His Majesty has guessed everything and is grateful for Prince Xun's past merits, giving him chance after chance. Unfortunately, he insists on being stubborn and unrepentant. Princess Consort Xun, Prince Xun is destined not to succeed. His Majesty will not let him off the hook because of his current petty actions. If you can see the error of your ways, His Majesty may spare the life of the child in your womb."

Xu Huixin's eyes flickered with surprise and fear. Was she and Heng Nian destined to be unable to escape?

No, this must be a lie to her, a deliberate trap to make her fall into it, just to get revenge for her not choosing Feng Shao back then. Heng Nian is so powerful, how could he be under the surveillance of the royal family for everything?

While Xu Huixin didn't believe it, images kept flashing through her mind of how she and Heng Nian had been repeatedly discovered when they first got together, and how Heng Nian's recent schemes had repeatedly gone wrong, making her increasingly uneasy.

"Xu Huixin, this is His Majesty's last chance for you. As long as you cooperate with us and inform Si Hengnian of his next move, we can ensure the safety of the child in your womb. Although you won't be as wealthy and powerful as the heir of Prince Xun, you can at least live a peaceful and uneventful life. Otherwise, you will lead a life of constant wandering, and one day you might be beheaded like the others in the Prime Minister's mansion. You know that the court has forced Prince Xun to this point, so they are not afraid of him rebelling next. Therefore, he is bound to fail. In short, think it over carefully. Our people will contact you again."

Song Xia watched Si Hengnian appear and then slowly leave, revealing part of her back.

"Who is that?" Si Hengnian asked suspiciously.

"Nobody." Subconsciously, Xu Huixin didn't reveal the truth immediately, but chose to keep it a secret.

As expected, Si Hengnian's eyes instantly became much deeper.

After Song Xia emerged from the dense forest, Qi Jiejing couldn't help but ask, "What if Xu Huixin tells Si Hengnian everything?"

Song Xia said indifferently, "I never intended to get any information from Xu Huixin. This was just to create a rift between the two of them."

She thought to herself that in her past life, Xu Huixin's affair with Si Hengnian led to the downfall of the General's Mansion. In this life, she should let the two of them taste the bitterness of betrayal. Even if nothing substantial was done, a little suspicion would be enough for two people in love.

When Si Hengnian fails repeatedly, he will definitely suspect Xu Huixin, and Xu Huixin, being sensitive, will find it hard not to be heartbroken and disappointed.

Tsk, she loves seeing people who fall in love and stay together by stepping on other people's blood and tears eventually turn against each other and torment each other.

Si Hengnian is too arrogant and conceited. He forcibly took someone else's fiancée. Did he ever consider the other person's feelings? And Xu Huixin, you have no shame. What were you pretending to be, a noble lady in your past life?

In the end, you two may love each other for a lifetime, but what about the innocent soldiers and officers in the general's mansion and on the border who were killed by you?

There's nothing wrong with loving each other, but it's a sin to make other lives necessary for your love story!