Chapter 839 She will always be his Ruan Ruan

Xie Shang frowned, but his face remained calm and his heart didn't skip a beat. He said in a deep voice, "Fake?"

“Isn’t that right?” Jiang Fenghua asked again.

"Ruan Ruan, did you hear something from someone?" Xie Shang had indeed kept some trivial matters from her, all of which were secrets of the royal family.

Jiang Fenghua said, "I went to see Zhang Yurou and she did indeed hear her talk about the Emperor and the Fourth Prince."

Xie Shang suddenly hugged her waist tightly, "Ruan Ruan..."

Jiang Fenghua's eyes were innocent and pure. "I don't want to guess, but the way the Fourth Princess looks at the Emperor is very different. She is a woman, and a woman's reputation is more important than her life. If she can say it, it means it is probably true. The Emperor and the Fourth Prince have been close since childhood. How much does the Emperor know about him? Would he do something to damage the Emperor's reputation?"

Jiang Fenghua was too embarrassed to say that Xie Yang liked men, especially his own brother. Was this a royal secret?

Xie Shang asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

Jiang Fenghua suddenly leaned close to his ear, her breath sweet as orchids, and whispered, "The Fourth Princess Consort said..."

Xie Shang's face turned green after hearing this. "She's talking nonsense, spreading rumors and slander. This is how women ruin the reputation of the royal family."

Xie Shang handled all the troubles caused by the Xie family on his own, while Jiang Fenghua remained a detached observer and cooperated with him. She just wanted to say that there's no smoke without fire.

At this moment, she suddenly looked away, and Xie Shang pinched her face, turning her to face him. "Look at me."

Jiang Fenghua stared blankly at Xie Shang. His face was sculpted with distinct features, and his dark, deep eyes were filled with coldness. She said calmly, "Xie Shang, I don't believe what she said."

The moment she called his name, he immediately surrendered, his eyes softening. A carefree smile played on his charming and handsome face. "Fool, you almost lost your life because of this. Ruan Ruan, I've told you before, you only need to trust me. Don't you know how I am after all this time?"

"Hmm!" She didn't refute it. She really didn't know if she was lucky or if the assassin really didn't intend to kill her. If it wasn't Xie Shang or the Fourth Prince, then who was it?

Xie Shang suddenly cupped her face and gently kissed her lips. His movements were as tender as water, and he almost greedily sucked on the beauty between her lips.

Jiang Fenghua slowly closed her eyes. His kissing skills were as good as ever, making her unable to extricate herself.

He kissed her almost domineeringly, and Jiang Fenghua sat on his lap, feeling as if his waist was about to break.

After the carriage entered the palace, it went straight to the gate of Kunning Palace. Jiang Fenghua blushed with embarrassment. Her lips were swollen from his kisses. Even after the carriage stopped, she was still nestled in his arms, her face pressed against his chest, unwilling to get out and walk.

She said, "Xie Shang, hold me."

Xie Shang smiled and tapped her delicate nose before lifting her off the carriage.

Women who know how to be charming have the best lives, and Xie Shang liked her just the way she was. They were finally together without the tension and coldness between them.

When the palace maids saw the Emperor carrying the Empress into the palace, they quickly bowed and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty and Empress."

Xie Shang then said, "Let the water run to bathe and change the Empress's clothes."

The palace maid quickly replied, "Yes."

For a moment, Kunning Palace was in chaos, but soon, under Hongxiu's command, everyone became orderly and performed their duties.

The Emperor hasn't been this affectionate with the Empress in a long time, and everyone is happy for her.

Jiang Fenghua glanced up at Kunning Palace. She thought to herself that this was how it was to survive in the palace; everyone had to act according to the emperor's wishes.

She knew that Xie Shang was burning with desire at this moment; he had almost lost control in the car earlier. She figured Xie Shang wouldn't ask her anything more!

The room was filled with enchanting beauty, and the bedchamber was a scene of tender intimacy beyond words.

A moment later, Jiang Fenghua was exhausted and lay down on the bed with her eyes closed.

Xie Shang tidied himself up and leaned down to kiss her lips again. He stroked the red petal between her eyebrows, a hint of inquiry flashing in his eyes. He said softly, "Gongsun Ling went to find a way to remove this mark. It's very likely a side effect of the Guining Pill."

Jiang Fenghua opened her eyes, ignoring the mark between her eyebrows. "The assassin who killed Zhang Yurou must have been very skilled in martial arts. I wonder what role the Fourth Prince played in this, and whether the Fourth Prince hired someone to kill Zhang Yurou."

"What did Zhang Yurou say to you?" he asked.

Jiang Fenghua thought he had forgotten, so she said, "I asked her how Shu Xue died, and she said that she was killed by the Fourth Prince, and that he even tortured Shu Xue to death. She seemed to be very afraid of the Fourth Prince, and even said that the Fourth Prince was sick?"

Xie Shang knew he couldn't hide it anymore and said in a deep voice, "He really couldn't control himself. We had no choice but to make him come out and admit that Shu Xue was killed by mistake, as it concerned the reputation of the royal family."

Jiang Fenghua did not refute.

Xie Shang added, "Ruanruan need not worry about these trivial matters. I will have Zhang Anyu continue to search for the murderer of the Fourth Princess."

"If the Fourth Prince orchestrated this himself, will the Emperor punish him?"

Xie Shang said, "He doesn't need to let Zhang Yurou die like this."

Jiang Fenghua nodded and said, "That's right. Even if Zhang Yurou knew Xie Yang's secret, he didn't need to make her die so publicly. Anyway, Zhang Yurou's reputation is already ruined. It would be easier to fool people by arranging her suicide."

The steward's testimony was that someone had tipped them off that the Fourth Princess Consort had been assassinated. If I hadn't run away and had been caught by the steward and his men, it would have confirmed my guilt in murdering the Fourth Princess Consort. But in the end, I "ran away," so how do you explain that?

Xie Shang frowned. He also felt that the assassin was deliberately targeting Jiang Fenghua. Her enemies were all dead, so who would want to frame her?

Jiang Fenghua deliberately said, "I feel that someone is trying to harm me. Do I have any enemies? Your Majesty, please help me think of who my enemies were before I lost my memory."

Xie Shang said, "No, it's probably just a coincidence that Ruan Ruan was there at the time. Someone had been trying to kill her for a long time."

He had already received the message from Night Shadow, and even entered the Earthly Fiend Sect to meet Sect Master Yan.

Jiang Fenghua simply accepted Xie Shang's words as true. Since he was so unwilling for her to remember her past life, then she would never remember it in front of him.

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On this morning, during the imperial court session, the morning light streamed through the carved window lattices of the Golden Palace, casting a golden glow on the floor. Xie Shang sat upright on the dragon throne, the five-clawed golden dragon on his dragon robe gleaming in the morning light. His face was cold and stern, and his sharp, eagle-like eyes were fixed on the ministers in the hall.

Minister Li of the Ministry of War reported, "Your Majesty, military intelligence has arrived from the border; various tribes show signs of migrating south..."

Xie Shang's slender fingers tapped lightly on the armrest of the dragon throne as he listened quietly to the Minister of War's report on military affairs.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside the palace. A soldier reported, "Your Majesty, an envoy from the Northern Owl Kingdom is outside the palace gates and requests an audience!"