The prince said with a stiff upper lip: "Father, we are going to cancel the engagement anyway, it will be the same sooner or later. Please help me!"

emperor:"……"

He looked at the prince, took a deep breath, and then he refrained from lecturing him. He said in a deep voice, "If you have thought it through, I will issue an order now."

I was just about to tell him not to regret it.

As a result, the prince took a step ahead and interrupted him, "Thank you, father, for your help!"

The emperor pressed his brows and gestured with his other hand to Eunuch Yuan to draft an edict.

Eunuch Yuan wrote the imperial edict, and after the emperor stamped it, he waved his hand and told the prince to leave.

The prince took the imperial edict to cancel the engagement, and then he asked tentatively: "Father, I heard that you dismissed the prime minister yesterday?"

"What happens in the court should be discussed in the Golden Palace."

The emperor glanced at the hourglass and interrupted him directly, "Take a rest today and have an early court tomorrow. The prince should go back and prepare."

After that, I never paid any attention to him again.

Seeing that it was still early, the prince hurried out of the palace to find Shen Ruyi.

Very good!

With the imperial edict to cancel the engagement, he can draw a clear line between himself and Shen Ruyi today and convey his intention to marry someone else!

The emperor just said that he will take a day off today.

No one has to go to the morning court, so everyone has time to work, and he must seize this opportunity.

The prince hurriedly got on the carriage and headed straight for Shen Ruyi's inn.

…

Shen Ruyi got up very early.

Just after finishing a set of swordsmanship and returning to the house to wash up, Yan Weiyun rushed up like a gust of wind, "Shen Ruyi, your medicine!"

Then there was a loud bang!

The door was pushed open and he appeared at the door.

"Prince Yan!"

Han Jiang was speechless. He stepped forward and wanted to stop the man, but when he saw Yan Weiyun's expression, he was speechless and stammered, "Yan, Prince Yan?"

From the voice, it was Yan Weiyun.

But, look at this shape...

Shen Ruyi was also stunned. She turned her head and saw a... strange figure standing at the door. His face was dark, his hair was frizzy, his clothes were dirty and blackened by smoke...

"Prince Yan?"

"What did you do? Why are you like this?"

Yan Weiyun was a handsome and flamboyant man in the capital, so why does he look like a fireman now?

"I was refining medicine for you and accidentally caused a fire."

Yan Weiyun felt a little embarrassed. When she looked up at Shen Ruyi, she was shocked. "No, aren't you mute? Are you also disfigured? Why are you fine?"

“…”

Shen Ruyi was really grateful to him.

However, she did not expect that her scheme against the Shen family would actually drag Yan Weiyun into the water. In the end, she had to explain: "Thank you for your kindness, Master Yan, but I am indeed fine. The rumor below was deliberately leaked."

Yan Weiyun still doesn't know about Hantan.

Because he just came out of the pharmacy today.

In fact, he was just joking. He was not refining the medicine but just preparing it. However, because he had been staying up late for two nights in a row and was in a trance, he knocked over the brazier and set the house on fire.

I myself was not spared.

He took a long time to react, then sat down at the table. "I really don't know whether it's good news or bad news. I thought something really happened to you, you know?"

"I haven't slept for two whole nights in order to prepare the medicine for you. Now I'm almost starving to death."

"You have to compensate me for mental damages."

He raised his head and looked at Shen Ruyi. His eyes were bloodshot, but his eyes were bright.

It would be a lie for Shen Ruyi to say that she was not touched.

"Thank you, Prince Yan. Then... let's have breakfast together?" She asked someone to fetch water so that Yan Weiyun could take a shower.

Han Jiang was speechless when he saw Yan Weiyun coming to poach his employees.

But thinking that Shen Ruyi's marriage would ultimately be decided by the emperor, it was useless for Yan Weiyun to pester her.

Besides, there were not many people around Shen Ruyi, so it was a blessing to have one more person. She asked the waiter to prepare water so that Yan Weiyun could wash up a little.

I also bought some buns and other things.

Yan Weiyun swallowed the food voraciously. "Next time, please let me know. I thought someone really poisoned you. I was so scared."

"You'll hurt friendly forces by mistake if you're like this."

"Thank you, Prince Yan." Shen Ruyi looked at him, "Prince Yan's kindness will be remembered in my heart."

"You are being too polite. The relationship between people is just a give and take."

Yan Weiyun said vaguely: "Last time I owed you, this time you owe me, after a long time no one can tell who owes whom, this relationship is in place."

Shen Ruyi had nothing to say.

Yan Weiyun is not reserved or dignified at all, and can say anything directly.

But if it is too straightforward, it will be overwhelming.

Before Shen Ruyi could think of what to say, Yan Weiyun suddenly came up to her and said, "I see you have nowhere to go, why don't you come to my house? My yard is big, I'll ask someone to clean up the yard next to mine and let you live there."

They were talking passionately.

There was a sound of footsteps downstairs, and the prince and his men hurried up. When they didn't see Shen Ruyi, they said to Han Jiang, "I came here today to break off the engagement with Shen Ruyi. Here is the marriage certificate, give it to her."

He was even unwilling to look at Shen Ruyi even more.

Han Jiang was very pleased with this imperial decree to cancel the engagement.

After all, with this thing, Shen Ruyi would be free again and no longer be someone else's fiancée.

But looking at the prince's face, he felt a little disgusted, "I accept the imperial decree, but Your Highness the Prince doesn't want to see my girl again?"

The prince subconsciously glanced at the door and said, "No..."

Just about to say no.

As a result, when he turned around, he saw Shen Ruyi sitting at the table, holding a cup of tea and looking at him quietly, with a calm look in her eyes...

Her face is like a peach blossom, with a natural beauty!

"you--"

The prince felt his head buzzing when he saw her like this, and he exclaimed, "Aren't you disfigured? How did you..."

He blinked hard.

I could hardly believe what I saw.

The last time he saw Shen Ruyi, her face was covered with blisters, looking extremely disgusting!

But the skin of the woman in front of him was even more delicate than before she was disfigured!

Shen Ruyi looked at him with a look of shock and regret in her eyes. She said in a slightly cold voice, "Since Your Highness the Crown Prince judges people by appearance, then maybe the prostitute in Chunlou is more suitable for you."

"As for me."

She stood up, took the imperial edict of annulling the engagement from Han Jiang, and sneered, "I am indeed not worthy of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Then, she bowed slightly and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, for not marrying me."

Different from the slightly noisy voice of the young girl, Shen Ruyi at this moment had a feeling of being free from worldly desires. Her voice was like the gurgling of running water, but exceptionally steady.

Faintly, it already reveals a kind of calmness and composure that comes from having experienced many things.

The prince's face turned green inch by inch.

"You deceived me? Just to make me cancel the engagement?" He froze, and after a moment he stared at Shen Ruyi with anger in his eyes.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince thinks too highly of yourself," Shen Ruyi said with a hint of sarcasm in her eyes, "I spread the news that I was disfigured and mute only to make it easier for others to capture my substitute."

"What does it have to do with you?"

The prince thought about it for several turns.

Only then did I think of what happened at Hantan yesterday!