The old emperor sneered and threw the white piece in his hand onto the board.

"Mr. Liu, you have really schemed so hard for your daughter that now you have schemed against me."

The Minister of the Central Secretariat was terrified and knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, please punish me!"

Last year, Song Qianfan had expressed his intention to marry Liu Miaoqing more than once, but his daughter had ambitions to enter the imperial court, and she was not an ordinary woman, so she did not want to be trapped in the inner chamber for her entire life.

He only has this one daughter, how could he bear to let her down.

What's more, her talents were not inferior to any man, but unfortunately, as a woman, it was difficult for her to enter the officialdom.

At that time, Song Qianfan was in a very difficult situation, and he happened to encounter the matter of the Su family's daughter. He boldly proposed that the Su family marry their daughter off and grant her marriage to the Jingwang Mansion in order to control the girl.

Later, seeing that the emperor was increasingly fond of Su Juan, after discussing with his daughter, he decided to go with the flow and recommend Su Juan to serve as an official in the court. However, he did not expect that Su Juan was actually a good candidate for being an official.

Seeing the fear-stricken appearance of the Minister of the Secretariat, the old emperor felt dissatisfied. He hated being plotted against the most in his life, let alone by a minister he had always valued.

His eyes were slightly cold, "Does the assassination of Su Juan today really have nothing to do with you?"

Su Juan had just left Liu's house when she was ambushed and killed on the road by people arranged by Song Qianfan. It was too much of a coincidence.

The Minister of the Central Secretariat said: "Your Majesty, I am loyal to you and will never have second thoughts!"

The old emperor stared at him for a long time before speaking, "Get up."

"Go back and check the people in the mansion thoroughly, so that no one will be caught without knowing it."

The pressure dissipated, and the Minister of the Central Secretariat was already sweating profusely. "Yes."

Just as the Minister of the Central Secretariat was about to leave, the old emperor suddenly said, "Ask your daughter to write a policy paper and present it to us after the new year."

The Minister of the Central Secretariat was stunned. He looked up in shock and looked at the old emperor, in disbelief. "Your Majesty?"

The old emperor coughed twice with his fists pressed together. "If she could really come up with some useful national policies, I would not bury someone who has no talent for governing."

At that time, let her follow Su Juan for a while, so that she can teach that girl Su Juan.

He always took the previous emperor as his role model, and he would appoint anyone, whether male or female, as long as they had real talent.

The Minister of the Central Secretariat was overjoyed. He had just stood up, but now he knelt down again, "This old minister would like to thank Your Majesty for your great grace on behalf of my daughter!"

...

The New Year passed very quickly and the last day was here in the blink of an eye.

Since the attack that day, Su Juan has never left the palace again. She had learned martial arts from the old emperor before, but with her skills, she could not defeat more than a dozen people.

Who knows how many times Song Qianfan will use the same trick again.

By then, I'm afraid I won't be as lucky as last time.

As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place.

Su Juan thought that even if Song Qianfan wanted to kill her again, he couldn't do it in the palace.

However, in the past ten days, she had been either eating or sleeping, and there was nothing new in the storybooks, which was really boring. She simply got up, took the leaf cards, crossed two courtyards, and went to find Song Qianhang.

Who would have thought that as soon as he reached the entrance of the yard, he was stopped by the servant in his yard.

The servant's eyes flickered, "Princess, my second son is not feeling well. I'm afraid he won't be able to play cards with you today."

Su Juan blinked, "Are you sick?"

[No way, is Song Qianhang's body so weak? ]

Thinking about it carefully, she realized that she hadn't seen Song Qianhang for more than ten days. He was so young and he even ate his meals alone in his own yard.

Are you really sick?

Su Juan looked suspicious, "Then I'll go in and take a look at your second son."

After all, they have been poker friends for half a year. If his poker friend is sick, she must go to visit him, right?

Having said that, Su Juan walked towards the courtyard, and the servant couldn't stop her.

"Song Qianhang?"

"Song Qianhang, I heard you were sick, I came to see you!"

Su Juan's voice was particularly loud at this moment, which scared Song Qianhang, who was lying on a chair eating roast chicken and reading a storybook!

His forehead twitched violently and he immediately wrapped up the roast chicken and hid the notebook together. He quickly ran back to his bed and lay down, lowering the bed curtain and coughing a few times.

As soon as Su Juan entered the house, she smelled the aroma of roast duck, which was so delicious that her stomach growled.

[Song Qianhang is really pretending to be sick! ]

Song Qianhang: “!!!”

Su Juan narrowed her eyes, [Whose kind person would eat roast chicken when he is sick? ]

Song Qianhang gnashed his teeth: Who said that patients can't eat roasted chicken? ?

He did catch a cold while building the snowman on New Year's Eve, but he was in good health and recovered in two days. Now is the time for him to recuperate, so how could he be considered faking illness?

Su Juan stopped beside the bed and squinted her eyes. "Song Qianhang, I heard you were sick. Are you okay?"

Song Qianhang coughed a few times and said in a hoarse voice, "It's nothing, it's just that the cold hasn't completely healed yet, you should get out quickly, so as not to make you sick."

Seeing that his voice didn't sound fake, Su Juan was suspicious, [Is he really sick? ]

She hesitated for a while, stretched out her hand and reached into the curtain, and Song Qianhang was immediately shocked!

"Don't be afraid, sister-in-law will just check if you have a fever. If the disease is delayed, it will be terrible."

"Snap!" The hand hit Song Qianhang's face. The loud sound silenced the whole room.

Song Qianhang: "......"

Su Juan: "......"

For a moment, the air in the room seemed to stop flowing.

"I didn't control my strength well at that moment. I'm sorry, sorry." Su Juan was very embarrassed and touched the other person's innocent face soothingly.

A faint fragrance lingered at his nose, unable to be shaken off.

Song Qianhang's face flushed instantly. He no longer remembered the slap just now. His ears felt hot and he dodged in panic. He sat up from the bed, pulled aside the curtain and looked directly at Su Juan. All the words in his heart got stuck in his throat and disappeared when he met those bright and innocent eyes.

After a long while, he finally uttered, "I'm not sick."

Su Juan then withdrew her hand, "It's good that you're not sick." [I knew you were pretending. ]

He gritted his teeth and held his breath. He was clearly avoiding her, so how come she didn't notice at all and even came up to him eagerly?

Su Juan took out the leaf cards with a smile, "Want to play?"

Song Qianhang felt uncomfortable, "No fight."

Su Juan blinked, and finally realized that something was wrong. "What's wrong with you? Who made you unhappy?"

In the past, wasn’t it Song Qianhang who pestered me to play cards?

"No one, I just don't want to fight."

Song Qianhang was unhappy. Why did he go to all the trouble of building a snowman to appease her?

She forgot things very quickly. When she woke up, she remembered nothing and sat here alone, terrified and afraid to see anyone.

I was afraid that what happened in her yard that night would be known to others...

Even if her relationship with the eldest brother was not harmonious, she was still the Crown Prince's consort who was married into the family in a formal ceremony.

Song Qianhang's forehead twitched. He was really bewildered at that time. How could he feel sympathy for her and do those inappropriate things?

Seeing that Song Qianhang really didn't seem to be in a good mood, Su Juan didn't want to bother him anymore, "Okay, then you take care of yourself, I'll leave first."

After saying that, she turned around and left, sighing in her heart, "Song Qianhang doesn't have much time left to live, and you're still looking for him to play cards... Su Juan, Su Juan, you're so tactless."

Song Qianhang's expression suddenly changed, "Wait!"

I...don't have much time left to live?