"Girl from the Shen family, how did you know that the Kang family was the murderer behind the scenes?" In the imperial study, the emperor smiled and gave Shen Qingwu a seat.

[I don't know either. Maybe the Kang family has done too many bad things and they really got their comeuppance.] Shen Qingwu pretended to think and frowned as he looked at the emperor, but he was thinking in his heart.

The emperor was stunned when he heard Shen Qingwu's inner thoughts for no apparent reason. He looked at Shen Qingwu uncertainly, suspecting that he was hallucinating.

"Your Majesty, I don't know what's going on. Maybe God sees that our Shen family is loyal and Your Majesty is wise and powerful, so he helps us." Shen Qingwu said modestly.

Regardless of whether the story is true or not, the emperor likes to hear this.

"I'm sorry for putting you through such trouble these days," the emperor said lovingly.

"Your Majesty has been very tolerant of me." Shen Qingwu quickly stood up to express his gratitude. "This time we were able to successfully capture the real traitor, thanks to your wise decision, Your Majesty." Shen Qingwu complimented.

The emperor waved his hand modestly, but smiled heartily. "Your father has also sent a letter. He has already made a successful surprise attack on the Turkic stronghold in the rear. Our border should be stable for the next three to five years."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty." Shen Qingwu said with sparkling eyes.

I thought to myself: [The Emperor is so smart that he didn't listen to the slander of the treacherous ministers.]

This time, the emperor was certain that he had heard what Shen Qingwu was thinking. He stroked his beard with satisfaction and said, "Shen's girl, after the war, have your father come back and hold a coming-of-age ceremony for you. After that, you will marry the prince as soon as possible."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shen Qingwu was grateful, but scratched his head:

"But the Crown Prince has already taken my cousin's body in front of me. My cousin wants to kill me. Even if the Crown Prince agrees to marry me, will he still kill me? He also said he would kill the other princes to eliminate future troubles. Is this true?"

She tilted her head and looked at the emperor in distress, seeming to want to say something but hesitant. She seemed to want to speak but was afraid to do so because of something.

The emperor frowned slightly. This prince is just fooling around!

Shen Qingwu clearly saw the change in the emperor's expression, and thought to himself:

[However, when the Crown Prince escorted me out of the palace, he also told me that when he became emperor, he would make me empress, but first I had to get my father to hand over the military power to Prime Minister Su.]

Shen Qingwu rubbed his face with a distressed look, then smiled brightly at the emperor whose brows were getting tighter and tighter.

"Then Your Majesty, can you please let my father stay in the capital? He blames me for my biological mother's death, and we haven't gotten along well in all these years."

The emperor narrowed his eyes dangerously, smiled and nodded, "It's time to get along well."

[I met Prime Minister Su yesterday. Judging from his expression, I'm afraid Su Zhiyao will get into trouble in the next two days. That old fox is also right. It's obvious that Su Zhiyao is pregnant with the prince's child, but he wants his daughter to give birth secretly. But he insists on saying that she offended me and that's why he confined his daughter. What a shameless old man! If I marry the prince in the future and Su Zhiyao brings the child to my house to make trouble, what should I do?]

[This is strange. How did I understand Prime Minister Su's face yesterday at the Kang family?]

Shen Qingwu muttered to himself, deliberately letting the emperor hear him.

Watching the emperor's changing expressions, Shen Qingwu sighed and said weakly, "Your Majesty, I feel a little dizzy. Please forgive my impoliteness. I will take my leave first."

"Zheng Hong, send the girl from the Shen family home." The emperor naturally knew the results of the imperial physician's pulse diagnosis yesterday, and ordered the eunuch Hong An with mixed feelings.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Shen Qingwu left weakly.

…

In the Pepper Room, Prime Minister Su's wife Wen Yi specially sent a letter to the palace to meet the Queen today.

The Queen's face was not looking good. She dismissed the servants and scolded them in a low voice, "Brother, are you crazy about wanting military power?! What good will it do us if you kill Shen Lan at this time?"

"Empress, what do you mean by this?" Wen Yi looked puzzled.

"Don't play dumb with me. Do you really think I'm in this deep palace and don't know that it was my elder brother who secretly helped Kang Shuo to deal with all the troubles Kang An encountered over the years?" the queen said angrily.

"At your age, can't you use some brains when doing things? How many people in Kyoto can remain calm after seeing all the stupid things Kang An did? I think you are afraid that others don't know what you have done!" The queen pointed at Wen Yi with a trembling finger, and she really wanted to slap her twice.

Wen Yi naturally knew a lot about what her man did, but some things could only be understood but not expressed in words.

She clearly felt that the queen had become increasingly crazy in recent years and spoke without any scruples.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Concubine is under house arrest, and the Second Prince has been quiet for the past few months. The Master wants to take advantage of this period of time to prevent the Imperial Concubine from having any chance to turn things around." Wen Yi tried to change the subject.

The Queen and the Imperial Concubine had been fighting for so many years, but the Imperial Concubine had always been more beautiful than the Queen. However, strangely, they had not fought each other in the past two months.

The second prince was born to the imperial concubine and posed a great threat to the crown prince. How could she remain indifferent?

The Queen gave Wen Yi a cold glance and said, "I will consider what to do."

Wen Yi, “…”

She was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "By the way, the prince came to visit Yaoyao yesterday."

There was a hint of showing off in his eyes as he looked at the queen.

"The prince is still as polite as he was when he was little." Wen Yi's tone sounded like an elder.

The Queen's pupils shrank slightly.

"Don't blame your elder brother. Yaoyao and the prince were childhood sweethearts and they were in love with each other. But His Majesty suddenly arranged for him to marry into the Shen family and let that girl from the Shen family ride on Yaoyao's head. No one can swallow this, right?" Wen Yi said sympathetically.

But halfway through her words, she realized that the queen was looking at her as if she were a fool, and her voice became smaller and smaller.

The Queen has been fighting in the palace for more than ten years. How could she not hear such a simple provocation from Wen Yi?

The prince had been arguing with her all the time in recent years, deliberately provoking her. She had complained to Wen Yi about this before, but now it had become a sharp knife that stabbed her heart.

She is really a good sister-in-law to her.

The Queen swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue.

She was planning to summon Wen Yi to the palace today and ask her to make other arrangements for Su Zhiyao, after all, she was her niece who had grown up under her care.

But she didn't expect that her son didn't believe her at all. He deceived her and took action himself.

Since Wen Yi is heartless, don't blame her for being ungrateful.

…

After Shen Qingwu left the palace, she passed by Wangyue Tower. Xiao Qingyi flew towards her happily like a little butterfly, "Shen Qingwu, that's great. Your family is fine, and you've woken up. Shen Qingwu, I'll treat you to a meal."

Her cheerful tone and bright smile are extremely contagious, making people unable to help but smile along with her, full of energy.

"I went to your house yesterday, but you didn't wake up, so I left." Xiao Qingyi didn't even wait for Shen Qingwu to nod in agreement, and pulled her upstairs.

Shen Qingwu really needed to replenish her energy. She hadn't eaten much this morning. When they arrived at the private room, to show that her meal wasn't in vain, she asked her with concern, "How's the situation with your fifth brother going?"