Princess Zhaoping couldn't even be sure if the person she had just seen was her beloved Brother Xiye.

But she had indeed been harassed and seen all over!

Princess Zhaoping was filled with shame, shock, and grievance, and she began to sob.

Back at the Xiangguan, the lamps and candles burned all night long.

However, Song Huiru was not discouraged. Instead, she looked out the window with great interest and murmured softly, "Ninth Prince, you truly live up to your reputation. The more difficult the peak is to climb, the more satisfying it is to conquer; Shang Xiye, we have a long future ahead of us."

(Fang Chang: ???)

Ji Fengyao returned to Hui Nuan Pavilion with a feeling of utter dismay.

Seeing that she looked unwell, Shang Xiye asked with concern, "What's wrong? Did someone say something unpleasant to you?"

Ji Fengyao met his gaze, which seemed to say, "Tell me, and I'll kill her for you," and sighed softly, "Your Highness, this karma is probably not easy to unravel."

"Hmm?" Shang Xiye asked, puzzled.

"That old hag, the Empress Dowager, is simply inhuman! She actually..."

Ji Fengyao leaned close to Shang Xiye's ear and whispered the news of Princess Zhaoping's situation to him.

Shang Xiye was also dumbfounded: "Such a thing actually exists in this world?"

"Seriously, if it weren't for your sake, I would have killed that old hag, the Empress Dowager, and that incompetent and suspicious emperor eight hundred times over!" Ji Fengyao ground her teeth together, barely able to suppress the anger in her heart.

Ji Fengyao always believed that as a person, there should be a bottom line that belongs to "humanity";

If a person loses all sense of decency, then he is no different from a wild animal.

He can treat others like a wild beast, and others can treat him like a wild beast in return!

Now she looks at the Empress Dowager as if she were looking at a ferocious and vicious beast.

The thought of the Empress Dowager's past kindness and affection towards Princess Zhaoping sent chills down Ji Fengyao's spine and made her feel terrified.

If Princess Zhaoping knew the truth, she probably wouldn't be able to live a single day!

Shang Xiye also clenched his right fist slightly and remained silent for a long time.

The next morning.

When Granny Chang woke up on the ground, she saw clothes scattered all over the floor, and Princess Zhaoping on the bed with her head wrapped in a bridal veil, not moving. She was so frightened that she quickly sat up.

She woke up Simeng and Siyi.

The three of them worked together to gently remove the bridal veil from Princess Zhaoping's head, and found that she was simply asleep, so they breathed a sigh of relief. But when they saw Princess Zhaoping's condition under the covers, the three of them looked at each other in bewilderment:

Could the person who came last night have been the Ninth Prince?

Does the Ninth Prince have this hobby?

He knocked them unconscious in the room, and then did it in front of them...?

As the three were wondering what was going on, Princess Zhaoping, who was already having trouble sleeping, was also woken up.

Recalling what happened last night, Princess Zhaoping burst into tears.

After listening to Princess Zhaoping's sobbing narration;

Granny Chang, Simeng, and Siyi were all deathly pale.

Their intuition told them that the person who came was not the Ninth Prince. If it were the Ninth Prince, his marriage to Princess Zhaoping was arranged by the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, so he could have touched her openly and honestly, and there was no need for him to be so secretive.

"Princess, please stop crying. This matter must not be known to anyone," Granny Chang said, her face pale, as she quickly urged Princess Zhaoping to keep quiet.

Princess Zhaoping knew that this matter could not be made public, and she tried her best to suppress her emotions, but tears flowed uncontrollably: if that person was not Brother Xiye, then wouldn't she have been taken advantage of for nothing, having guarded her innocence for Brother Xiye for more than ten years?

Before the group could recover from their shock, another person suddenly appeared at the door.