The Third Prince said hurriedly: "I will do it right away. I will do it properly and will not let Father down!"

What a joke.

The northern border is a bitter and cold place. If he goes there for three years, what will he have to do when he comes back to the capital?

Song Yingchun is one of us.

But now, he has no choice but to take drastic measures.

I really didn't expect that my visit to the Gu family to stir up trouble would actually cause such a big trouble and drag myself into it!

The third prince got up and walked out of the door in a daze.

I just can't understand how the matter of Yingchun Tower was leaked?

Who leaked the news?

"Third brother, what's wrong with you?"

The Second Prince felt more and more uneasy when he saw him like this.

Judging from today's situation, the Third Prince didn't do anything at the birthday banquet. Why did he become like this after meeting his father?

The third prince went out of the door and stood in the cold wind. The sweat on his body instantly turned cold, and his underwear stuck to his body, causing him indescribable discomfort.

He came back to his senses and said palely: "Nothing."

After saying this, he passed by the Second Prince and left Yingchun Tower in a daze.

Song Yingchun is a spy of Southern Yan, but she is also his person.

Because this matter was of great importance, he hid it very deeply. He had never even been to Yingchun Tower as the third prince. Every time he went there he was in disguise. How did he get exposed?

Who was exposed to?

He couldn't figure it out.

Turning his head, he couldn't help but glance at the second prince. Could it be him?

No, if the Second Prince knew, he would definitely take the opportunity to kill him without a burial place.

It can't be the second prince.

He looked at Rong Yan again and shook his head.

It couldn't be Rong Yan. It was okay for him to hide his martial arts, but there couldn't be a force hiding in secret that was specifically targeting him, right?

At this time, seeing the chief eunuch coming out, the second prince asked impatiently, "Is it my turn?"

The chief eunuch handed the two scrolls of imperial edict to another eunuch and said, "Go and pass on the edict."

The eunuch nodded and ran away.

The second prince was stunned, "Eunuch, who is this... conveying the order to?"

"Second Prince, you should take care of yourself first."

The chief eunuch just glanced at him and looked at Rong Yan, "Your Highness, the Emperor invites you in."

In the darkness, his eyes were complicated and obscure, causing Rong Yan to feel uneasy.

The uneasiness grew stronger and stronger, but I didn't know what was going to happen.

He could only push his wheelchair into the imperial study and said, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Father."

The heavy door closed again, and the father and son were facing each other in the room, one sitting on the dragon throne and the other in a wheelchair.

But the atmosphere became inexplicably tense.

The emperor's eyes fell on his youngest son, and he looked him up and down. Finally, he spoke, "When did you learn your martial arts? What kind of skills are you learning? What kind of martial arts? Can you practice in a wheelchair?"

The Ninth Prince was only seven or eight years old when the accident happened.

At that time, although he also practiced martial arts with the master in the palace, he was just a child and all he could learn was a mediocre skill.

But judging from the news coming from the Gu family today, things are obviously not that simple.

Before he could finish his words, a figure suddenly appeared from behind the screen, and his afterimage pounced at the Ninth Prince, thrusting a sword straight into his lower abdomen!

The Ninth Prince could not dodge this sword.

If you want to hide, you have to stand up.

Otherwise, he would be trapped in the wheelchair and only serious injuries would await him.

Moreover, the sword came with such ferocious force that Rong Yan didn't have any chance to react.

Choose to be hurt, or choose to be exposed?

Rong Yan can only choose one of the two.

But he...

His pupils shrank slightly, Rong Yan sneered, raised his hand and slapped the person who came, choosing to take the sword head-on!

Just hear a loud bang!

The man took seven or eight steps back, then stopped on the shelf in front of him, with blood oozing from the corner of his mouth.

Rong Yan's cold voice came from the front, "Reporting to the emperor, I am practicing Vajra Kung, the Prajnaparamita Dharma, and I learned it from Master Yikong of the Prajna Hall. This method does not require standing up."

"Because, what we cultivate is inner strength."

Looking up, the man's clear eyes fell on the emperor's face, and there was no fear in his eyes.

He is a prince.

The emperor did not make it clear when the afterimage took action.

So, it was essentially a sneak attack. If he tried to hide from the sneak attack, wouldn't that be a case of trying to cover up one's own faults?

Besides, who gave him the courage!

Rong Yan narrowed his eyes, raised his eyes to meet the emperor's gaze, and did not feel guilty.

The emperor's pupils shrank slightly.

"I thought that you were seriously injured at the age of seven and your mind was frustrated, so you followed Master Yikong to practice and cultivate your mind. I didn't expect that you actually obtained the mind method of Prajna Hall and became the inheritor of Prajna Hall."

He changed the subject and looked at Rong Yan, but did not mention what happened at the Gu family today. Instead, he said, "Come here, I will play a game of chess with you."

Rong Yan felt uneasy, but there was nothing he could do at the moment. He could only play chess with him and wait for time to pass.

A feeling that something was wrong loomed over my heart.

"Father, is this what you asked me to come here today?"

After a while, Rong Yan finally couldn't sit still anymore and looked at the emperor opposite him.

"Seeing you're so anxious, what are you worried about?"

The emperor looked at him but did not directly answer his question. His tone could even be described as kind.

"I heard that you performed a move today and your internal strength was extraordinary, so I wanted to ask you to come and see. I am very relieved to see that you are indeed not affected by your leg disease."

"...Thank you, Father."

Rong Yan could only thank him.

But that uneasy feeling still lingers.

But the emperor urged him, "It's your turn."

It’s not that he didn’t see Rong Yan’s absent-mindedness, nor was it that he didn’t see his anxiety.

The more anxious and nervous Rong Yan became, the more he wanted to hold him back and make him finish the best of three games.

Shen Ruyi cannot marry Rong Yan.

If she marries Rong Yan, the government will be in chaos!

…

In the darkness of the night, Eunuch Yuan rode his horse very fast.

In less than an incense stick of time, he stopped at the gate of the East Palace and shouted, "Your Highness, please accept the order!"

The prince went back, but did not sleep.

Because what he was waiting for was this imperial edict.

This was also the purpose of the emperor summoning him today. Unexpectedly, the second, third and ninth brothers fought each other to the point of bloodshed, but the good thing finally fell on his head.

The emperor told him: "Shen Ruyi is the lucky star of Ziwei. Regardless of whether she is a lucky star or not, since she has this title, she cannot marry anyone casually."

"If she marries the second brother, you will die."

"If you marry the third brother, the second brother and you will die. If you marry the ninth brother, all of you above will die."

"This process is full of bloodshed and I don't know how many people will be implicated."

"For now, she can only marry you."

"You are the crown prince, it is only natural that Ziwei Fuxing protects you."

"It's not that I can't sense Lao Jiu's feelings for Shen Ruyi, but...sitting in this position, I am destined not to just consider feelings."

"Northern Qi has been plagued by internal and external troubles for many years. At this critical juncture, if the battle for the throne leads to war, countless people will suffer."

The emperor looked at him and said, "So, I will grant you and Shen Ruyi a marriage, but I want to remind you of one thing. You can marry her, but you can't touch her. Do you understand?"