"Ye Jintang, I can give you the imperial decree for divorce, but you need to think it over carefully."

The emperor reminded Ye Jintang.

Despite the two men's reminders, Ye Jintang remained resolute, showing no hesitation whatsoever.

"Your Majesty, I have made up my mind."

During this time, Jiang Mubai and the people from the Marquis's mansion had begun to make moves, and Su Xuerou's attitude directly confirmed her guess.

What she should do now is to take drastic measures to make the situation even more chaotic, so that those people will reveal their weaknesses one by one.

The fact that Jiang Mubai became so emotional whenever he mentioned divorce during this period proves this point.

"Very well, since this is what Jintang requests, Your Majesty, then grant it."

The Empress Dowager sighed softly and said to the Emperor.

The imperial edict concerning the divorce will be drafted by me and sent to the Marquis's residence.

"But Ye Jintang, don't forget about the people behind the scenes."

"yes."

Ye Jintang bowed and agreed, surprised that things would go so smoothly.

After the emperor left, the Empress Dowager took Ye Jintang's hand and said, "Jintang, the matter concerning the assassin is extraordinary, and given the strangeness of your appearance at the time, the emperor originally wanted to have you summoned to the palace for questioning directly, but I was worried about the impact of this matter, so I did it this way."

"Don't blame me."

"Your Majesty is overthinking it. I understand the significance of this matter."

The Empress Dowager nodded with satisfaction, "Good child, although you want to divorce that Marquis Jiang, you are my savior. In the future, with the token given to you by the Emperor, you can come to the palace to find me anytime if you encounter any troublesome matters."

"yes."

Ye Jintang agreed, "This humble woman thanks Your Majesty the Empress Dowager for your consideration."

After staying at Shou Kang Palace for a while, Ye Jintang finally left.

Green Lotus, who was waiting there, couldn't help but feel worried when she saw Green Lotus emerge from Shou Kang Palace without saying a word.

"Miss, has something bad happened?"

Green Lotus followed Ye Jintang and asked in a low voice.

"It's not that it's bad, but..."

Ye Jintang lowered his eyes. First, he asked questions, then presented the token, and then pointed to the Minister's residence. The emperor believed him, and then came the divorce agreement. Everything went too smoothly.

Her divination couldn't be wrong; what's happening now is clearly taking things in a different direction.

There must be something else going on behind this.

As she was about to reply to Green Lotus, she sensed a strange movement around her—black energy!

Woof woof woof!

Upon hearing the sound, Green Lotus immediately shielded Ye Jintang, then looked around warily, asking in confusion, "Strange, how can we hear dogs barking in the palace?"

As soon as Green Lotus finished speaking, they saw something dark rushing towards them.

Seeing this, Ye Jintang pulled Lühe aside and kicked the thing.

The dark thing, not expecting the other party to be so fast, rolled over on the ground and let out a whimper.

"How dare you hurt the Sixth Princess's dog!"

As she spoke, two palace maids rushed out and began to berate Ye Jintang.

"Raised by the Sixth Princess?"

Ye Jintang narrowed her eyes slightly. Just as the black dog pounced on them, she clearly sensed a dark aura emanating from it.

However, there wasn't much black energy, and the fact that she hadn't heard any voices from the whimpering of the black dog proved that the dog hadn't developed any intelligence.

This is largely due to the influence of the dark energy.

"Do you know that this dog almost hurt someone?"

Ye Jintang spoke to the two palace maids.

One of the palace maids sized up Ye Jintang, and since this was the palace, she became noticeably more restrained in her attitude.

"And this is...?"

Before the palace maid could finish her question, hurried footsteps approached, and a woman in a sky-blue dress came running. When she saw the motionless black dog on the ground, she screamed.

"Little Black!"

"Who hurt my little black cat like this?!"

The woman looked around angrily. Gong, who was standing next to her, looked fearful in the face of the question. Perhaps to avoid punishment, he pointed in Ye Jintang's direction almost immediately.

"The Sixth Princess is this lady; she's the one who kicked your little black dog to death."

Upon hearing the palace maid's words, the woman addressed as the Sixth Princess turned her attention to Ye Jintang, coldly asking, "And who are you?"

"Ye Jintang".

"And who is that?"

The sixth princess looked puzzled, but then the palace maid beside her seemed to have thought of something.

"You are General Ye's daughter, the Lady Hou who has just returned victorious from battle."

Upon hearing this, the Sixth Princess, Ye Qing, revealed a disdainful expression.

"I thought it was someone else."

"So she was the daughter of General Ye, who deserted his post and died in battle."

"Sixth Princess, please watch your words."

Ye Jintang's eyes were icy as she reminded Ye Qing.

Ye Qing clearly didn't care about Ye Jintang's words. She snorted coldly, "I've said what I said, what can you do about it?"

"Today, my little black dog, you must give me an explanation."

What if I don't?

"What?"

Ye Qing clearly did not expect Ye Jintang to refuse directly and even ask her questions.

"If you don't, you won't be leaving here today."

Ye Qing then ordered his men to block Ye Jintang's path.

The palace maid hesitated, and considering the other party's status as a Marquis's wife, she whispered to Ye Qing, "Sixth Princess, this Marquis's wife's status..."

"What, do you think I can't order you around?"

Seeing these people still making excuses and delaying things, Ye Qing became even more furious.

Green Lotus was particularly angry at Ye Qing's actions. She lowered her voice and said to Ye Jintang, "Miss, this matter..."

Looking at the current situation, Ye Jintang said that the divination was not so simple and that it was presented in a different way.

"No rush, someone will be here soon."

Ye Jintang was truly calm and composed. The Sixth Princess did not come alone; there should be another person hiding not far away, watching everything.

Most importantly, the source of that black aura seemed to be that person.

This piqued Ye Jintang's interest.

"So, Madam Hou, you're here."

Just then, a eunuch came over, and the scroll in his hand was undoubtedly the divorce agreement the emperor had mentioned.

"Madam Hou, this is what His Majesty instructed me to give to you. His Majesty said that the item is given to Madam Hou, and how Madam Hou disposes of it is up to her."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Ye Jintang reached out and took the divorce papers. He was surprised that things had happened so quickly, but the sixth princess was still unwilling to let it go.

"Please wait, sir. There's something to discuss regarding the sixth princess's upbringing..."