"You worry about me, but I worry more about you." Gao Rui looked at Jiang Shi and said, "Zi'an, you're worried."

Jiang Shi's expression was calm: "Your Highness, do you think my treatment of Zhang Kai was inappropriate?"

Gao Rui shook his head. "Zhang Kai brought this upon himself. Even if you hadn't done it, I would have taken action. I'm saying you mobilized the Marquis's old subordinates. Aren't you afraid he'll find out?"

It goes without saying who this "he" is.

Prince Yun Xuan, the legitimate son of the former Prince Yun who murdered Marquis Wu'an and his wife, is a man whose scheming and methods are even more sinister and cruel than those of the former Prince Yun.

Prince Xianyun killed Marquis Wu'an and his wife. The former subordinates of Marquis Wu'an and his wife endured hardships for more than ten years and finally killed Prince Xianyun and his wife. It seemed that they had avenged Marquis Wu'an and his wife. However, the contradiction and hatred between Prince Yun's Mansion and Marquis Wu'an's Mansion became more and more profound. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are mortal enemies.

It is impossible that Yun Xuan did not know the cause of death of the former King Yun and his wife, but he hid it so deeply and never showed any resentment towards Jiang Shi. He even tried to win over Jiang Shi in order to gain the influence of Marquis Wu'an and his wife. This shows that he is a more ruthless person than Jiang Shi and Gao Rui.

He even allowed his only biological sister Yun Shu to pursue Jiang Shi, and seemed to want to promote their marriage.

Gao Rui thought that if he were Yun Xuan, he would not be able to do this. Yun Xuan was really intimidating.

Gao Rui said solemnly, "This man is very scheming. You and I are still relatively young, so it's really not appropriate for him to see through our true strengths and weaknesses too early."

He knew that Jiang Shi was actually a kind person. Although he would not repay evil with kindness, he would not kill him ruthlessly either.

This was not the first time that the Jiang family and the Third Prince had teamed up to kill him. He had carefully dodged and endured it, just waiting for an opportunity to take them down in one fell swoop.

However, on the day of Princess Yun's birthday banquet, Jiang Shi and Yu Tanqi were attacked. Yu Tanqi was seriously injured in order to protect him. He did not discuss with Gao Rui and directly arrested Jiang's family and the third prince. The result was good, but it was very risky for him.

But ginger is not restrained.

A few days ago, assassins attacked the Third Prince's mansion, and the Third Prince lost an arm and a leg. He became a disabled man and could only survive in bed.

When Concubine Wang found out, she almost went crazy and clamored for the emperor to catch the murderer, otherwise their Langya Wang family would never let it go.

The Wang family of Langya was a prominent family that was no less prestigious than the Xie family of Chenjun, and even the emperor had to give them some face.

The emperor gave Gao Rui and Gao Yan the task of finding the murderer.

Gao Rui knew that his father, who was good at the art of checks and balances as an emperor, had become suspicious of him, so he sent his most beloved sixth prince Gao Yan to accompany him in order to warn him and monitor him.

After all, the Third Prince had always relied on his mother's favor and her origin from the Wang family of Langya. She had been disrespectful to him since he was a child and had bullied him many times, but he had endured it all.

Even though he had been trying hard to be an excellent but not outstanding prince over the years, he still couldn't make the emperor feel at ease with him, and the emperor's attitude towards him was always lukewarm.

Fortunately, Gao Rui had long been disappointed with his father, and he did not feel any resentment or sadness. He was just worried about Jiang Shi.

In his impression, as long as the harm is not excessive or substantial, he will not bear grudges or retaliate.

The Third Prince and the Jiang family had indeed gone too far, but Jiang Shi and Gao Rui had originally planned to deal them a fatal blow at a critical moment, and now was not the time.

But Jiang Shi suddenly took action, half of the Jiang family died, and the third prince became a cripple, and would live in pain for the rest of his life.

Gao Rui didn't think Jiang Shi was cruel, and this kind of revenge wasn't severe, but he felt a little uneasy because Jiang Shi didn't discuss it with him and acted on his own.

Jiang Shi lost control.

Because of Yu Tanqi.

Yu Tanqi was seriously injured and had to lie in bed. How could Jiang Shi let the culprit live comfortably?

Jiang Shi's voice was slightly cold: "I know my limits. Your Highness, please rest assured that in the short term, even if he has murderous intentions towards me, he will not dare to attack me easily."

Gao Rui looked at him and asked, "How can you be so sure that he won't attack you in the near future?"

Jiang Shi chuckled. "I stopped him from trying to win over Prime Minister Yan. He started to doubt me, but he didn't know my strength, so he didn't dare to act rashly. Your Highness, you know he has always been a very cautious person."

Gao Rui said thoughtfully, "Yes, he has always been a very cautious person. He doesn't trust anyone and he hasn't even married or had children yet."

He knew that Yu Tanqi had asked Jiang Shi to rescue a girl, and that he had some relationship with Yun Xuan's new subordinate Rong Ze. Such a relationship was enough to make Yan Cheng, who valued his reputation, regret it immediately.

After all, if Rong Ze's past were to be exposed, Prime Minister Yan's reputation would be affected, which was the last thing he could accept.

In order to climb to the position of prime minister, Prime Minister Yan has maintained a reputation of being honest and loving his children for many years. If people knew that he married his daughter to a heartless, greedy and vain man, his reputation would be ruined.

So Yan Qingyu didn't have to marry a boy from a poor family.

but……

Gao Rui frowned slightly: "Prime Minister Yan is very generous. He has raised his only legitimate daughter until she is eighteen and still hasn't married. I don't know what kind of family he will find for her in the future."

He sighed a little: "Poor Miss Yan has such a father. Her temperament is much better than most noble ladies in the capital."

Jiang Shi had some impression of Prime Minister Yan's legitimate daughter, but not much. Upon hearing this, he simply said, "If a girl's family is strong and she can establish herself after marriage, she might live a more comfortable life than staying in the boudoir."

Gao Rui sighed, "That's true, but which woman doesn't want to marry a man of her dreams, rather than marrying and having children for the sake of family interests, and living for others all her life."

Jiang Shi said: "If Your Highness pities Miss Yan, why not marry her as your concubine?"

Gao Rui looked at him and smiled, "She already has someone she loves, so why should I marry her? I also hope to marry a good wife who can live in harmony with me." Having too many women is not a good thing.

Besides, he didn't really want a father-in-law like Prime Minister Yan. The Yan family seemed not much different from his uncle's family.

He had no good feelings towards the Zhang family.

Jiang Shi said: "Your Highness is not young anymore. When His Majesty was your age, he already had several children."

Gao Rui: "Your father was 24 when he had you. I'm only 23. There's no rush."

Jiang Shi didn't say anything else, but his black eyes were blank for a moment.

Gao Rui suddenly thought of something and laughed meaningfully, "Sixth Brother looked smart, but he ended up being played around by me. I thought he was submitting to me, but I didn't realize I was being used."

The sixth brother he was referring to was naturally the sixth prince Gao Yan, the emperor's most beloved son. He had attracted much attention since childhood and was one of the princes with the most hope of becoming the crown prince.

Some people even suggested to the emperor during court that the sixth prince be made the crown prince.

The emperor did not agree. His mind was unpredictable and no one knew what he was thinking.