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Handwritten letter?!

Yang Chaoxue tensed up instantly.

In order to flirt with Xu Nanheng, she deliberately wrote a lot of explicit words in the letter. The content of their correspondence was also disgusting. Now that it was made public, it was no longer just an affair.

"That is——"

Chang Yue smiled and handed over the half-cut piece of letter paper.

The content is no longer clear, but the few intermittent sentences reveal a sense of ambiguity.

Xu Guanlin knew very well that Yang Chaoxue had never written to him.

The letter was not addressed to him, that is...

The suspicions of the past took shape at this time.

He couldn't believe that the woman he liked so much could be so scheming and plotting against him at every step.

All the complicated emotions were suppressed by Xu Guanlin.

Chang Yue looked at her pale face calmly, "Your Highness, the concubine was wrong for not letting you enter the study, and she was wrong for burning the letter whose origin was unknown. Your Highness can no longer let the concubine go on like this. If time passes, it will definitely hinder your plans!"

It is no secret that Yang Chaoxue has ulterior motives.

If Xu Guanlin still had some sense, he would know that he couldn't let the tiger return to the forest.

"Someone come!" Xu Guanlin crumpled up the letter, his eyes dark, "Take the concubine back to the courtyard and put her under house arrest. Do not release her without my order!"

"No! Your Highness, please listen to my explanation!"

Seeing that he was about to leave, Yang Chaoxue rushed over, but was tripped by Chang Yue.

He watched Xu Guanlin leave the study.

Chang Yue pinched her chin and sneered: "Yang Chaoxue, in the past, His Highness doted on you and I could do nothing about it. Now that His Highness hates you, the pain you inflicted on me must be returned to you bit by bit!"

"It's you! It's you who plotted against me!"

Chang Yue slapped her hard, "So what if it was me? So what if it wasn't me? You have nothing to hide, so are you afraid that I will frame you?"

The guards stepped forward and held her.

It was no use crying.

Chang Yue had been fighting with her for half a year, and today she finally got her revenge.

She glanced at her personal maid.

"Go and deliver this pin-headed phoenix to the Lord of Junning County as a token of my gratitude."

"yes."

Chang Yue was in a good mood and walked much more briskly.

I don't know what the grudge is between the Lord of Junning County and Yang Chaoxue, but I have to thank her for what she provided. As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Without Yang Chaoxue jumping around in front of me, the air feels fresh.

The spy brought over the news about Yang Chaoxue and the hairpin phoenix.

Song Jin laughed non-stop while holding the hairpin phoenix.

Naturally, she would be happy to see Yang Chaoxue's current fate.

Now Xu Guanlin must be suspicious of Yang Chaoxue. He must have been suspicious of her in the past. Yang Chaoxue wanted to hold on to Xu Guanlin, but her plan failed.

Cui Huaiji smiled and shook his head, took the hairpin from her hand, and felt that she looked familiar.

"This hairpin looks like the one I gave to my sister a few years ago."

Song Jin was stunned: "What?"

The hairpin with phoenix head, as the name suggests, is carved with a phoenix and can only be worn by the queen.

This was one of the ones Cui Huaiji made specifically for Cui Yuhuai when he went somewhere for business in his early years.

The gifts he gave to Cui Yuyao were countless.

But I have some impression.

Song Jin looked at it carefully: "Last time, the gilded fox earrings were intended by the Queen to be given to Fu Ji. After many twists and turns, they unexpectedly fell into my hands."

A hairpin with a phoenix head and a pair of gilded beetle ears.

Cui Huaiji raised his hand and inserted the pin in her hair: "Since it is a gift from the Crown Princess, Meimei just needs to wear it."

If anything goes wrong, Chang Yue will be there to take responsibility.

Song Jin shook his head, "Does it look good?"

"nice."

[My little girl looks good in anything she wears.]

Song Jin blushed: "Slippery tongue!"

*

A few days later.

The ninth prince Xu Shi'an suddenly came to visit.

At that time, Cui Huaiji was not at home, so housekeeper Zhao found Song Jin.

Everyone in the mansion now tacitly acknowledges that Song Jin is the mistress of the mansion.

Song Jin was quite surprised to hear Xu Shi'an coming to his house.

"Your Highness the Ninth Prince came alone?"

Butler Zhao had a strange look on his face: "It's good that he came alone, but His Highness the Ninth Prince is dressed like a..."

Like a wealthy man who had just gotten out of a brothel.

Who would connect such a lustful person with the Ninth Prince?

Song Jin obviously didn't understand what he meant, "Let's invite His Highness the Ninth Prince in first."

"yes."

Soon, Butler Zhao led in a dishevelled, flushed-faced man.

Her almond eyes suddenly widened.

This is the Ninth Prince? !

"Nine, Nine Princes?!"

Xu Shi'an wiped his face and bowed respectfully: "Greetings to the Lord of Junning County."

Song Jin was overwhelmed by the favor, and quickly winked at Butler Zhao to help him up: "Your Highness, please don't embarrass me. I can't bear your respect."

The prince saluted her, and she still wanted to live.

But Xu Shi'an didn't think it was inappropriate.

A frank face.

"I, the ninth prince, am living a life worse than that of a eunuch."

Xu Shi'an laughed at himself.

The topic is sensitive.

Butler Zhao pulled Qing Wu away quietly.

Xu Shi'an noticed their actions, was silent for a moment, and suddenly knelt down.

"County Master! You gave me a warning that day, but I didn't know how to do it. I hope you will help me again because I have helped you before!"

Song Jin hurriedly picked him up and said, "Ninth Prince, please don't kneel anymore, or I won't listen to anything you say!"

Xu Shi'an nodded repeatedly as a guarantor.

Song Jin heaved a sigh of relief: "I was also outspoken that day, and His Majesty the Ninth Prince should not blame me... Did His Majesty the Ninth Prince come to see me this time? What happened?"

She still remembers Xu Shi'an's shabby attitude that day.

People cannot be changed overnight.

Xu Shi'an was silent for a few breaths, then told her what had happened in the palace in a concise manner.

Song Jin had heard these things from Qin Wan earlier.

The only one who could make Xu Xian change was Rongpin.

Song Jin sighed in his heart.

In his previous life, he was so devoted to his mother that he was caught by Xu Nanheng and ended up like that.

She really wanted to help him.

"Your Highness, you must be aware of the current situation. Several princes are vying for that position. Does Your Highness want it too?"

If he wants to turn the tables, he will inevitably get involved in the fight for the throne among the princes.

If that's the case...

A hint of darkness flashed across Song Jin's eyes.

"No." Xu Shi'an shook his head firmly, "I have never thought about that position. It is not suitable for me. I don't have the ambitions of my brother, the crown prince. What I want from the beginning to the end is to protect my mother!"

"I know that the county lord and the marquis are on the same side. You support the crown prince, and the person I want to support is only the county lord, not any of the princes."

Song Jin was surprised this time.

"Me? Why do you think I am so powerful, Your Highness?"

This was the first time she heard someone was going to stand on her side.

Xu Shi'an stared at her with his dark eyes: "I can see that the county lord cares about the people around him. If I become the county lord's man, I think the county lord will not ignore my affairs. And Qu Linghou will definitely not stand idly by when the county lord wants to do something."

He actually wanted to borrow her help and ask Cui Huaiji to help.

Song Jin had to say that he was right.

"Your Highness, what do you want to gain by helping me?"

Xu Shi'an looked up at the birds flying in the sky.

How free it is.

His mother should have been like this too.

"After my brother the Crown Prince ascends the throne, please let my mother leave the palace. I will take my mother away from Sheng'an and never come back."

Song Jin nodded: "Okay."

Some people are born into bad backgrounds and are dispensable in the eyes of others.

As weak as an ant.

But no matter how weak a person is, he or she has the ability to stand up and bite back.

*

Time passed slowly and many days passed.

The Northern Di envoys are about to enter Sheng'an.

The emperor took medicine every day to regulate his body, and his complexion became better and better.

But Song Jin and Cui Huaiji both knew that the emperor only looked much better, and the residual poison in his body was still dormant.

The visit of the Northern Di envoy is a big event, and it is estimated that he will arrive in the next few days.

The emperor was impressed by Zhao Wuan's talent and entrusted the organization of the welcoming banquet to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Revenue. As the person in charge, Zhao Wuan had the right to decide all matters concerning the welcoming banquet.

The Northern Di envoys entered Sheng'an a few days earlier than agreed.

Cui Huaiji was ordered to greet him at the city gate.

The people on both sides gathered together, looking forward to the Northern Di envoys entering the city.

After a while, the sound of horse hooves could be heard.

Wearing a blue shirt tied around his waist and with his long hair tied in a braid, the young man's heroic figure comes into view.

The horses' hooves are approaching.

But the visitor had no intention of dismounting.

Anyone entering Sheng'an must dismount and walk, this is the rule of the Yu Dynasty.

The Northern Di people did not dismount when entering the city gate, which was a challenge to Yu Chao's prestige!

Cui Huaiji stood like a pine or cypress, with a faint smile on his jade-like face. He stood motionless in the distance waiting for them to approach.

A group of people approached on horseback, their arrogance was extremely high, and the voices of dissatisfaction from the people around them could be heard faintly.

Cui Huaiji raised his eyelids and looked at the leader of the group.

There was a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"This is not the first time that Beidi has sent envoys into Sheng'an. If you cannot follow the etiquette of dismounting upon entering the city, I don't mind helping you."

After he finished speaking, the guards waiting on both sides drew their swords.

The ministers who came with Cui Huaiji broke out in a sweat.

I was afraid that they would cause a commotion at the city gate.

"Marquis Quling is too kind."

Li Muyi raised his hand, and the horse behind him stopped immediately.

The two looked at each other for a moment.

Li Muyi was the first to dismount.

Several Beidi ministers looked at each other and dismounted as well.

"My Lord, this isn't the first time we've met."

As soon as these words were spoken, the ministers behind Cui Huaiji all looked puzzled.

Cui Huaiji uttered a "hmm" in a neither salty nor bland manner.

"Your Excellency has been exhausted from the journey. Please go to the garden and rest first."

Li Muyi nodded.

Those things in Suizhou must not be told.

The two reached a consensus in silence.

The envoys entered Sheng'an in a mighty procession.

Upstairs, Song Jin had just finished handing over things to Zhao Wuan when he heard people downstairs say that the envoys from Beidi had entered Sheng'an. He leaned forward slightly and looked not far away.

A large group of people slowly approached.

Song Jin narrowed his eyes and saw Cui Huaiji in the crowd.

And beside him...

Li Muyi???

Why is he in Sheng'an?!

Behind them were two groups of people.

One group was the ministers of the Yu Dynasty, and the other group was the people of Beidi.

Song Jin was stunned. Li Muyi was from Beidi? !

Someone who was talking to Cui Huaiji seemed to sense something and looked in her direction.

Eye contact.

Li Muyi raised the corner of his mouth and smiled at her from a distance.

Miss Song, long time no see.