The emperor, seeing his two children shining brightly and having just recovered Java, was filled with pride and granted a general amnesty, reducing all taxes for the people this year.

As the order to grant amnesty to the entire nation was issued, Yun Lian suddenly remembered the eldest prince who was in prison and had the idea of ​​going to see him.

After all, if someone who couldn't get the position of crown prince would try every means to kill Yunxiao, and knew about his background in advance, and even colluded with Yunna, it would be unreasonable not to provoke him.

The dungeon was cold and damp.

Yun Zhu, dressed in a single garment, curled up on the ground. Yun Lian, wearing an elaborate and noble imperial robe, walked to the prison. He lazily glanced back and then shrank back inside.

"Elder brother, it's been a long time. Today I've been made Crown Princess, and I've come here specifically to congratulate you."

Yunzhu remained silent, as if she were air; only the extra finger marks on the straw beneath her revealed his unease.

Seeing that he remained unmoved, Yun Lian continued to add more chips.

"By the way, Your Majesty, I have some bad news for you. Your maternal grandfather's family has been accused of treason and betraying the country. They will all be beheaded tomorrow at noon. It's so pitiful."

Yun Lian pretended to wipe away her tears with her fingers, but Yun Zhu suddenly collapsed and threw herself at the prison door.

"What did you say? My maternal grandfather was the Imperial Tutor. Even if I betrayed the country, he would never allow it!"

His mother, the Empress, was banished to the Cold Palace. His father, the Emperor, did not favor him, and he was bullied by the palace servants. Only his maternal grandfather, who taught him, would secretly bring him little trinkets after class to cheer him up. He was the only light that ever appeared in his life.

"But, hehe, eldest brother, you haven't forgotten how you got in here, have you? I personally led people to find the letters between Java and you that were in cahoots."

Oh dear, what a forgetful thing I am! I forgot to tell you how I became the Crown Princess—I destroyed Java! Hahahaha…”

Yunzhu was in prison, cut off from news, and wanted to lower the emperor's guard, so he didn't use his connections in the palace. One bad news after another hit him, leaving him extremely dizzy.

For the first time, he looked up and seriously examined this sister of his name. Before, he thought she was just a pretty face, someone that Yun Na, that scheming woman, could easily manipulate.

Even a mere court lady could make her suffer a fate worse than death; he never considered her an opponent.

But when did she suddenly change?

A thought flashed through Yunzhu's mind, but it slipped away too quickly to be grasped.

His eyes burned: "Who exactly are you? You can't be my big-breasted, brainless, scheming little sister."

Yun Lian moved a step closer to him, pinched his cheek, and said with a smile, "I am a righteous messenger who has come to set things right."

Yunzhu's aura had gradually calmed down, and her pair of dark eyes seemed to be able to see through all secrets.

"Is it true that the Grand Tutor will be beheaded tomorrow?"

Yun Lian snapped her jaw off.

"Who knows? We've stayed here too long today, Your Majesty. We'll never see each other again."

Yun Lian swayed her waist and disappeared from Yun Zhu's sight in no time.

Set things right?

What are positive and negative?

Yunzhu endured the pain and knocked on the wall, making eerie sounds. Soon after, a person shrouded in darkness appeared in front of her.

*

"Host, are you sure Yunzhu will attempt a prison break tomorrow?"

Yun Lian rubbed the large axe with special oil.

"Don't worry, with the Crown Prince and I making such a splash, it would be a miracle if they still stayed put."

Yun Lian smiled. She had been in this world for too long, and the original owner's conquest value was only 80, which she found unbelievable.

Since that's the case, of course everyone has to suffer. Yunna's punishment was too lenient, but she's like a slippery fish, hard to catch.

Of course, you need to feed the fish some bait.

"Host, would the emperor agree to let you become an empress? You can't really go to a small country like Beiming and become an empress, can you?"

Yun Lian comforted the restless 003: "Don't worry, he will definitely agree."

Yun Lian felt a headache coming on when she thought about how those small countries, unable to send their emperors beauties, instead sent her handsome men.

They look good at first glance, but those handsome men are only for admiring. After spending a long time with them, they definitely don't have the charm of the native Guyue people.

When the emperor saw the admiration of those small countries for her, his eyes almost overflowed with pride.

It's only a matter of time before she ascends to the throne.

night.

Yunxiao suddenly visited the princess's residence, and Yunlian looked up to see him walking towards her.

"Royal brother?"

Yunxiao stared intently at her: "I haven't congratulated you yet, you're finally one step closer to your goal."

He was unusually dressed today in a red robe, which made his fair skin look even more alluring.

Yun Lian reached out and touched his chest, her eyes narrowing with satisfaction at the feel of his pectoral muscles.

"Your Majesty visited me so late at night just to say this?"

Yunxiao gripped the intricately carved bone china hairpin tightly, took a half step back, lowered her eyelashes, and looked even more radiant up close than during the day.

“I spoke to my father today, asking him to depose me from the position of Crown Prince. This position should never have belonged to me, the second son. I didn’t go to him to say this because of you.”

Yun Lian glanced at his straight figure and sighed, "Yun Xiao, if we weren't siblings, would you still avoid me like the plague?"

Yunxiao suddenly looked up and explained, "I've never considered you a viper!"

When she met Yun Lian's gaze, her eyelashes trembled as if she were being burned, and she lowered her head.

"No matter what our relationship is, I will protect you and never have any other intentions."

"Would you support me if I became empress?"

When asked the same question, Yunxiao answered with unwavering certainty this time: "Yes."

Yun Lian gave a genuine, radiant smile: "Your words are enough."

At that moment, a guard delivered a message: "Your Highness, Your Highness, the Emperor has summoned you."

The two looked at each other and hurriedly followed.

Upon opening the door to the bedchamber, a strong smell of medicine filled the air.

Yun Lian's heart skipped a beat: "Father?"

He was full of vigor in the morning, but now he was extremely weak, and his lips were pale.

The emperor coughed and barely managed to support himself, but then spat out a mouthful of blood that, before it dried, made him even more weak. He could no longer even sit up and had to lie down again.

"Lian'er, Your Highness, the Imperial Concubine has come to fetch me." The Emperor wore a longing smile on his face.

"Mistress, quickly find out what happened to the Emperor? Why did he suddenly act like this!"

003 acted quickly: "Uh... Not long after you left, the emperor also went to the dungeon. Yunzhu seemed to have said something to him. He vomited blood once in the dungeon, and then this is what you saw."

With tears welling in her eyes, Yun Lian grabbed the emperor's robe and said, "Father, what nonsense are you talking about? You must live to be a hundred years old and help me clear away obstacles so that I can be a carefree crown princess."

Tell your mother that Lian'er doesn't want you to leave. Tell her to come and pick you up later; Lian'er hasn't had enough time with Father Emperor yet.

The crown prince, his nose red from crying, said, "Father, you've always been healthy, how could you suddenly..."

The emperor coughed violently again: "Stop talking, Crown Prince. Did you really mean what you said before, that you only wanted to be a prince?"