After a while, the unattended prince moved to within three steps of the princess, but was stopped. The prince raised his head and asked, "You, you know?"

Without waiting for the princess's response, the prince said in a hoarse voice: "None of this is true. The prince is really your son. That woman lied to you. You must believe me."

After hearing the prince's fragmented narration, Gu Yankai roughly knew what had happened.

About nineteen years ago, when the Crown Prince was born, the prince had an affair with a woman from another race, and that woman loved to wear the same kind of clothes that the prince's wife was wearing.

The iron ore used in the weapons in the secret room was related to that foreign woman. The prince had tricked an innocent woman into giving him his hand, and after obtaining the iron ore, he would abandon her.

However, unlike women from the Central Plains, foreign women would not allow themselves to be toyed with. As early as when they were engaged, the foreign woman had poisoned the prince with love. To remove the poison, the prince agreed to raise the foreign woman's son under the name of the prince's wife and make him the crown prince in the future.

Later, the foreign woman unexpectedly gave birth to a boy at the same time as the prince's wife. In order to completely detoxify himself, the prince took the initiative to exchange the foreign child with the one in his palace.

As a mother, the princess soon learned about the child's replacement, but she kept it to herself. If Gu Yankai didn't come, the princess might have thought of other ways to retaliate against the prince.

The prince spoke of the past in a disjointed manner, his usual composure long gone. Until he said, "Princess, our son is still alive."

The princess sneered and said, "Alive? Being used as medicine, a life worse than death?"

Knowing he was in the wrong, the prince moved and continued, "Princess, I had no choice. Believe me, I really didn't want to do this."

Gu Yankai touched his nose, feeling a little guilty.

After a while, the chest pain returned. Gu Yankai ordered his men, "Don't be rude to the princess."

After giving orders to his men, Gu Yankai went to the east room to pay a visit to Princess Qinshu, also known as Molan.

When Molan was found, she was still in the servants' quarters. The soldiers searching for her didn't recognize the princess's face. After Molan showed her ID card, they kowtowed and took her to the waterside pavilion.

When Gu Yankai arrived, Molan had just washed up and was taking a tranquilizing decoction. Seeing Gu Yankai, Molan was no longer as condescending as before. Instead, she waved her hand and said, "Lord Gu, there's no need to be so polite. Please take a seat."

The royal family was polite to him, but Gu Yankai couldn't really accept it. He still bowed according to the rules: "Your Highness, the Princess, is here to see you."

After putting down the soup bowl, Molan asked calmly, "When will this matter be resolved? Your Majesty, what is your decision regarding me?"

Gu Yankai lowered his head and thought for a moment before replying, "Princess, the matter of the vassal king will take at least ten days. Princess, your decision on whether to stay or go will still require an imperial decree from the capital."

The days of waiting are like cutting meat with a blunt knife. However, since this is the result of the path she chose, Molan does not regret it.

Then, Molan thought of the jade token she had given away earlier and asked Gu Yankai, "The jade token I gave to the Marquis' wife earlier might have been a mistake made by the palace servant in charge of the storehouse. Did Marquis Gu give the jade token away?"

After touching his nose, Gu Yankai replied, "I haven't had time to send it out yet, and the jade token has fallen into the capital. I hope Your Highness will not blame me."

"That's good." Molan blurted out the words and immediately covered her mouth.