Wuying went to find Shen Ruyi.

"Girl, why don't you go to sleep first? His Highness has come out of the palace, but he has to go to the East Palace. He probably won't be able to see you until later."

Through the window, Wuying's tone was extremely complicated.

Shen Ruyi sat by the window.

How could she sleep?

Such a big thing happened last night, and I don’t know how things will develop next.

Just as he was about to speak, a cry of surprise suddenly came from outside, "What's going on? Why is there a fire over there?"

The inn was in chaos.

Shen Ruyi was startled and pushed the door open. "Fire? Where is the fire?"

Looking forward, I saw flames rising from the direction of Yingchun Tower.

Shen Ruyi was stunned for a moment, "Why is it Yingchun Tower? Isn't that the place where the Third Prince lives?"

The tenants around were also talking about it.

"Why would Yingchun Tower catch fire? This is so strange. Could it be that someone got drunk and accidentally lit a fire?"

Yingchun Tower is half a brothel. It is a place for drinking and listening to music during the day, and a place for men to vent at night. Only Shen Ruyi knows that there is something fishy there.

The third prince had a secret meeting with Shen Jiaojiao in that place.

Shen Jiaojiao not only came for revenge, but also had some relationship with Nan Yan.

However, in her previous life, when she found out about this, it was already three years later, and she even lost her life.

However, I didn't expect that something would happen in Yingchun Tower so early this time.

"Jingsan, go and take a look at what's going on."

Shen Ruyi was confused and glanced at the misty shadow.

Wuying nodded and left.

Before coming, his master had also instructed him to have people keep an eye on the movements in the Third Prince's Mansion and the Second Prince's Mansion.

The fire in Yingchun Tower was within his expectations.

Because the news that there was something fishy going on in Yingchun Tower was sent to the emperor by Fengyu Tower. The emperor asked the third prince to deal with Yingchun Tower, and his purpose was also very subtle.

It's like one's own people fighting against one's own people.

…

In the distance, on the Yingchun Building, the fire engulfed the entire floor, and some people were evacuating from the underground secret passage.

In the dark secret passage.

The Third Prince held up a torch, his eyes full of complexities, "It is not that I want to kill you, but it is my father who ordered me to take you back."

His eyes fell on Song Yingchun's face, reluctant but helpless, "If you see the emperor, you will die."

Song Yingchun's eyes trembled as she looked at him. "What about our Yu'er? What about Yu'er?"

She stretched out her trembling hand and grasped the sleeve of the Third Prince.

She knew that she would die tonight.

She had been with the Third Prince for five years. He was quite good to her, but not good enough for him to take the risk to protect her. The only person he could protect now was her child.

The Third Prince closed his eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "I will raise him well. He will be my adopted son in the future."

Rather than biological ones.

Song Yingchun was heartbroken and trembling, but there was nothing else she could do.

The Third Prince handed her the dagger and said, "End it yourself. Only if you do it yourself can you avoid raising the suspicion of the Emperor."

Song Yingchun felt heartbroken and could only take the dagger.

She closed her eyes, raised the dagger high with both hands, and stabbed it into her heart.

Then, he fell to the ground with blood in his mouth.

The Third Prince had a gloomy face. He went up from the other end of the secret passage and gave an order, "Block all exits and search them for me! Not even a fly can fly out from here!"

With a whoosh, the imperial guards surrounded Yingchun Tower.

Those who should run have run.

The rest were scapegoats and were quickly caught by the imperial guards.

Not far away, Shen Jiaojiao finally managed to sneak out. She had originally intended to come to Yingchun Tower, but when she saw the fire here, she was completely stunned. "How, how could this happen?"

Yingchun Tower burned down.

Then where can she find the third prince?

If she fails to kill Shen Luo and Shen Ruyi in time, let Shen Luo expose her affairs, and let Shen Ruyi become the Crown Princess, then the only thing waiting for her is probably death!

She is not willing to give in!

Shen Jiaojiao was wearing a maid's clothes, so she decided to go all out and rushed to Yingchun Tower, trying to meet the third prince.

At least, we should arrange a place for the next meeting.

…

This side of the inn.

Shen Ruyi stood by the railing and watched for a while, and couldn't help but said, "I want to go and see it too."

She always felt that the fire in Yingchun Tower tonight was abnormal.

"Girl, is there anything you need to know?"

Han Jiang hesitated, "Jing San has gone, why don't you wait for him to come back? Your wounds haven't healed yet."

"It's just an intuition. Maybe I can see something different." Shen Ruyi couldn't explain clearly what the feeling was.

She glanced downstairs and said, "I can't sleep anyway."

"Walk."

The inn was not far from Yingchun Tower. Shen Ruyi got on Hanjiang's carriage, so it didn't take much effort to get there.

A moment later, Wuying came back.

"Girl, why did you come here in person?"

Wuying glanced at the big fire and said, "The Third Prince is over there. It may not be convenient for us to go over there."

"The Third Prince?"

Shen Ruyi was a little surprised, "What is he doing?"

Wuying said, "I am following the Emperor's orders to eliminate the spies in Yingchun Tower."

In fact, he knew about this matter before.

This is by design.

It’s just that I didn’t tell Shen Ruyi before.

Now that Shen Ruyi has come herself, he can only say it out.

Shen Ruyi sighed when she heard this, "If we let the Third Prince handle this, wouldn't that mean he would be investigating himself? I'm afraid he won't be able to catch anyone he should catch. Even if he catches anyone, they won't be useful, they're all clients."

“…”

Wuying was quite surprised.

Just as she was about to ask how she knew so much, Shen Ruyi suddenly exclaimed, "Jing San, follow her!"

"who?"

Wuying didn't react for a moment.

Shen Ruyi pointed at the fork in the road and said, "There's a woman running over there. If nothing unexpected happens, it's Shen Jiaojiao!"

Wuying was stunned for a moment, then chased after him.

Han Jiang was a little surprised, "That woman... seems to be wearing the clothes of a maid, right?"

"It's Shen Jiaojiao."

Shen Ruyi would not make a mistake, "Every time she met the Third Prince, she was wearing a maid's clothes. The previous times she wore Frost's clothes, and this time she wore Truffle's clothes."

Han Jiang: “…”

The third prince burned down Yingchun Tower, and it was obvious that he was stealing from his employer.

But why would Shen Jiaojiao come here at this critical moment?

Just as I was thinking about the connection between them, a man suddenly came up to me and asked, "Excuse me, is the person in the carriage the eldest daughter of the Shen family?"

Han Jiang came back to his senses and was stunned, "Who are you?"

Shen Ruyi felt that the voice sounded familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere before.

When I lifted the car curtain, I saw a middle-aged man in his forties standing outside the door.

Seeing her coming out, he smiled at her and said, "The old beggar from the suburbs invites the young lady to come over."

"You mean my master?"

Shen Ruyi was stunned. She didn't expect that after not finding the old beggar all day, she actually got news about him here.

The man nodded, "Yes, he is waiting for the girl."

"good."

Shen Ruyi got out of the car and followed the middle-aged man.

Han Jiang followed behind, but was stopped by the man, "Guard Han Jiang, my master said that he only saw Miss Shen, please stay."

Han Jiang frowned and refused.

The man assured, "Don't worry, I won't hurt Miss Shen. I will return her to you intact in one hour at most."