Everyone in Wutong Garden looked at Shen Qingwu worriedly.

"The Crown Prince is here too," Sun Wang added. "He looks very angry and has publicly announced that he wants to break off the engagement with you."

Everyone looked even uglier. The prince was being too arbitrary.

"Let's go out and take a look." Shen Qingtang was calm and looked at Shen Qingwu.

It was something I expected, but when it actually happened, I still felt extremely disheartened.

Shen Qingwu smiled faintly, "Let's go out and take a look."

"Prince, we found it. It's here." When they arrived at the front yard, a soldier ran out of Shen Lan's study holding a cloth bag.

Seeing the familiar cloth bag, the prince was delighted.

"Your Highness, something bad has happened to His Majesty. When he heard that the barbarians were feigning surrender, he became so angry that he vomited blood and fainted." At that time, the guards in the palace also rushed in anxiously.

The prince paused as he was about to take the cloth bag.

My father is not in good health.

Are you going to borrow someone's life?

His men went to kill the second brother. No matter whether the second brother was dead or alive, as long as Concubine Liu was there, he would be the first person to be sacrificed.

If that's the case, we should strike first.

He doesn't have much time left.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, do you really want to break off the engagement with me at this time?" Shen Qingwu walked to the front of the crowd innocently and looked at the Crown Prince.

The prince thought of his father's reliance on the woman in front of him.

If you don't cancel the engagement now, you may not have another chance later.

Shen Qingwu...

The prince weighed the pros and cons in his mind.

What use is Shen Lan without his military power?

Now, the military power of the Imperial Guard and the camp outside the capital is in the hands of Xie Yuening.

The power in his uncle's hands is greater than Shen Lan's. He should choose one of the two instead of marrying Shen Qingwu, who only knows how to play tricks.

"Of course, the Shen family is collaborating with the enemy and committing treason, and I will never tolerate it!" The prince came back to his senses and raised his hand to take the package held by the guard.

"Prince, a gentleman's promise is a promise. Today, you broke off my engagement in public. I have lost face and our fate is over. Can you really be so cruel?" Shen Qingwu raised her hand to stop the prince's hand and asked him again.

The prince ruthlessly pushed her hand away and snatched the cloth bag.

…

At that time, in the palace.

Concubine Liu rushed into the emperor's bedroom holding a broken jade pendant. Seeing the weak man lying on the bed who had just vomited blood, Concubine Liu rushed over frantically and threw the jade pendant in the emperor's face, "Didn't you say you couldn't persuade the second brother?"

The emperor opened his eyes with difficulty, "What did you say?"

"He's dead, the second brother is dead!" Concubine Liu shouted hysterically.

Zheng Hong stopped Concubine Liu, who was about to tear the emperor apart, and protected the emperor behind him, "Your Majesty, calm down..."

"It's that rebellious prince!" The emperor coughed violently. "Send me to the underground palace."

"Your Highness, it's the Queen. She must know everything. The soul-calling banner moved strangely yesterday. I borrowed the dragon's energy to suppress it. Cough, cough, cough—" The emperor started coughing violently again, his mouth full of blood foam.

He let Zheng Hong support him with trembling hands.

We can't wait any longer, we must let the prince extend his life first.

Concubine Liu narrowed her eyes dangerously. Chang Fengshun was also dead, and all her plans were disrupted. Now the only one she could rely on was the emperor and the power in his hands.

"Zheng Hong, bring the red fox here." Concubine Liu ordered coldly.

Soon, several people appeared in the underground palace.

The dragon energy is strong here, and the red fox may have a breakthrough.

While waiting for the time to cast a spell to attract the prince's soul to prolong his life, Concubine Liu looked at the fox in the cage expectantly.

"I know you can understand what I say. Now is the greatest chance for you and me to survive for a long time. If it succeeds, the world will be ours in the future..." Concubine Liu lowered her voice.

The red fox tilted its head and looked at her for a long time, then grinned.

"Sign the contract." Concubine Liu naturally would not believe a beast. She handed the talisman that Chang Fengshun left for her before he left to the fox and asked the fox to press the paw print.

The fox did not hesitate. His fox eyes looked at the excited Concubine Liu indifferently. "Liu Xu, the grudge between us should end. You took away my mother's inner elixir in order to maintain eternal youth, but it is not yours after all. You need to use human hearts as medicine to maintain the inner elixir and let it work for you. It was you who took back my mother's three hundred years of practice. Today, you are reaping the consequences of your own actions."

"I will restrain the emperor, my soul, your inner elixir, and his body. From now on, you and I will be the monarchs of Daxia." Concubine Liu put away the contract, her face full of confidence.

The emperor vomited blood again, and the Taoist priest said happily, "Your Majesty, it's done."

The emperor covered his chest and shook his head.

The Taoist priest was about to attack when Concubine Liu suddenly rushed over and grabbed the emperor's neck. She looked at the fox in the cage and shouted, "Quick!"

"Your Majesty, the inner elixir can be used." The Taoist's eyes lit up.

He was worried that the prince's life seemed to be tainted by evil spirits and could not make up for the loss at all. What he had just taken away was not his life span, but dragon energy.

The emperor looked at Zheng Hong, and Zheng Hong took action to restrain the imperial concubine.

…

General's Mansion.

The prince had just taken the cloth bag when he suddenly felt dizzy. The cloth bag fell and he fell straight to the ground.

There was panic in the crowd.

As the only member of the royal family present, Chu Guannan took the lead in taking control of the situation.

Although everyone looked down on him before, no one wanted to offend him.

Chu Guannan glanced at the unconscious prince on the ground and bent down to pick up the cloth bag on the ground.

The cloth bag fell to the ground, and as he picked it up, the things inside rolled out.

The scroll also fell apart, and the strange lines on it made the onlookers stunned.

"Don't look!" Shen Lan suddenly rushed over nervously and put away the scroll.

Everyone looked at him in confusion.

Zhao Ruyun watched this scene from behind the crowd, a triumphant smile flashing across her eyes. She glanced at the unconscious prince again, and finally couldn't help but step forward. "Uncle, you're not really collaborating with the enemy, are you? What's there to hide from others?"

Zhao Ruyun's appearance further increased everyone's suspicion of the Shen family.

"Since my uncle disappeared for a few months to fight the barbarians and not to collaborate with the enemy, what is there that you can't tell us?" Zhao Ruyun looked at the silent Shen Lan provocatively.

"Yes, General Shen." The others echoed.

Shen Lan sighed helplessly, "This is the barbarian's topographic map. I was surveying the terrain during my absence. This is a military secret and cannot be shown to anyone. I don't know why the prince's people thought this was a letter of treason."

Shen Lan handed the item to Chu Guannan, "Prince Yan, please ask someone you trust in the court to check it."

Chu Guannan raised his hand and took it.

At that time, Xie Yuening appeared at the door of the Shen family.

Before Xie Yun could speak, Chu Guannan handed the item to Xie Yuening. "General Xie is now the most trusted person by His Majesty. She has the final say on what is in this. It is the fairest thing to do. What do you think?"