Ruyi didn't have any requests, but this time she did come for another matter.

So he said, "Uncle Mu, I don't need any reward. I only have one condition, and I hope you can agree to it."

Mu Yunshan nodded, "You go ahead."

Ruyi said, "It's like this. If Grandpa Mu wants to fully recover and attend the morning court, it will take at least a month, so I hope that during this period, you won't reveal that he has been poisoned and that I can help him with the detoxification."

"I want to keep it a secret for a while and wait for something to happen."

Ruyi didn't say much.

Mu Yunshan pondered over what he said.

But Mr. Mu understood immediately and looked at Ruyi and said, "Are you waiting for a suitable opportunity?"

Ruyi nodded, still saying nothing.

There are some words that are not suitable to come out of her mouth.

Old Master Mu pondered for a moment and said, "After the Emperor abolished the Prime Minister and set up a cabinet, and the Shen family was overthrown, the Second Prince's wolfish ambitions were obvious. He must have lost his patience."

"The prince broke off the engagement, and this also offended the emperor."

"From what I know about the Emperor, it's only a matter of time before the Crown Prince is deposed."

"The prince will be restless when he learns of this."

"The Third Prince went to take care of the matters of Yingchun Tower and Hantan, and he came here in a hurry to propose marriage today, which proves that the Third Prince has also exposed his ambitions and can't help but want to take action in advance..."

Changing the subject, he looked at Ruyi and asked, "Are you waiting for him to make use of his remaining energy?"

Ruyi nodded, "That's right, I think some grudges don't require us to do it ourselves."

"After all, the Nine Dragons are fighting for the throne. Once you get involved, it will be like a tornado. It is easy to be doomed."

In the battle for the throne among the nine princes, all the participants are pawns in the hands of the princes, and Ruyi does not want to be this pawn.

She would soon be at the emperor's side.

From any perspective, she should be on the emperor's side.

In her opinion, all the princes were pawns in the emperor's hands.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Mu nodded repeatedly, and his eyes changed when he looked at her. "Princess Zhaoyang is right. The battle for the throne among the nine dragons has just begun. There is no need for us to end it so early."

Mainly, Emperor Wu was extraordinary.

The princes fought with each other, but in the end they had to listen to the emperor.

The emperor’s mind is hard to predict and cannot be predicted.

It’s easy to die if you can’t see through things, and it’s even easier to die if you see through things.

In this situation, playing dumb is the best strategy.

Mu Yunshan also understood, "The Mu family agrees to this condition. This is also good for the Mu family."

"Since you don't want any reward, if you encounter any problems in the future, the Mu family will do its best to help you."

His voice had a sonorous tone.

A gentleman’s promise is as good as gold.

Ruyi stood up and bowed, not refusing.

"Then please invite Princess Zhaoyang to the banquet. The kitchen has already prepared the wine and food and is waiting for you to come over."

Mu Yunshan stood up with a smile, made a "please" gesture, and looked at Mu Rushuang, "Rushuang, you accompany Ruyi over there, you young people can relax together."

"I'll stay and talk to your grandfather."

Mu Rushuang nodded, turned around and took Ruyi's hand, a smile on her face, "Ruyi, let's go!"

She was really happy for Ruyi.

"After leaving the Shen family, you finally became yourself again," Mu Rushuang looked at Ruyi with a sigh in her eyes, "But, if God wants to give a man a great responsibility, he must first make him suffer..."

"Everything is just a stepping stone."

That’s all I can say.

Ruyi nodded in agreement, "Yes, once a person falls, he will be different once he gets up."

It just fell quite badly last time.

But it was normal. After all, she was facing the Prime Minister of Northern Qi, who was second only to the emperor and was so powerful that even the emperor was afraid of him and was looking for a chance to destroy his Prime Minister's Mansion.

What's more, there are spies from the Gu family, the second prince, the third prince, and Nan Chu.

She was barely sixteen years old, raised in the back house, without a mother to teach her, and the Shen family's father and son never paid attention to her. The occasional happy moments they showed were just her own patched-up creation to please them.

How could she possibly defeat those people?

Ruyi smiled and decided to let go of her past self. She would not stab herself if others stabbed her.

The two of them went to eat happily.

This way.

Mu Yunshan sighed, "I never thought that Shen Cangyun's daughter would be so stunning once she escaped from the predicament."

"Yes, a pearl covered in dust is still a pearl. Some people are like this. As long as you give her a chance and a piece of heaven and earth, she will be able to shine brilliantly."

Mu Yuandao nodded.

Although his body ached as if it had just been dismantled, he was finally able to speak normally. "It's not without reason that the emperor likes her. She is not in the court, but the way she speaks and acts has obviously become the demeanor of a senior official in the court."

Mu Yunshan nodded, "Yes, I didn't say a word more."

"Besides, she has only studied medicine for one month and has achieved what she has today. She is a natural genius. No wonder the old beggar chased her. If I were her, I would chase her too."

"It is a blessing for our family that Rushuang is on good terms with her."

Mu Yuandao said, looking at Mu Yunshan, "Be patient, there is no need to ask for more, just maintain this relationship."

"With the talent Princess Zhaoyang has shown and the emperor's attitude towards her, there is no doubt that she will be the next empress, and the next emperor can only marry her."

Ziwei is a lucky star and will not share a husband with others.

No one dares and no one can tarnish the country's destiny.

In other words, all the major families lost the opportunity to send women to the palace after the next emperor ascended the throne, and could only connect with the imperial power through other means.

But the Mu family had already opened up another path.

Mu Rushuang and Ruyi are sisters.

…

That night, everyone in the Mu family was extremely happy.

They even set off firecrackers outside the gate for half an hour, taking advantage of the fact that the New Year was approaching and it was time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new.

But the Mu family kept their mouth shut, and no one spread the news that the poison in Grandpa Mu's body had been mostly removed and he would recover within a month.

When night fell, Ruyi took a carriage and left the Mu family for Prince Yan's Mansion.

It is not appropriate to visit at night.

But now Ruyi is already Princess Zhaoyang, and with the identity of being the holder of the imperial seal, things are different from the past. She can go to Prince Yan's Mansion on the pretext of something.

At this time, the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, the Third Prince and others were all stunned by the decree issued by the Emperor today.

The East Palace was in chaos.

The prince had already put his hands behind his back and walked back and forth on the ground for dozens of times, muttering, "Father actually abolished the prime minister and established a cabinet?"

"The cabinet's chief minister is Rong Yan. Doesn't that mean that whoever wants to get promoted in the future must first pass Rong Yan's test? The memorials we submit must also pass through Rong Yan's hands first?"

He was so angry that he was about to explode.

Before that, the emperor granted a marriage between him and Ruyi.

At that time, he and Rong Yan reached an agreement: Rong Yan helped him ascend the throne, and he would return Ruyi to Rong Yan.

But after a few days, he regretted it.

Because of the news that Ruyi was expelled from the Prime Minister's Mansion and disfigured and became mute, he did not have the patience to verify it and went straight to the Emperor to cancel the engagement.

Went there two or three times.

The emperor gave him the imperial edict.

Before he could even feel happy, the Shen family was finished. Shen Ruyi became Rong Zhaoyang and the imperial seal holder.

As a result, the alliance between Rong Yan and him was automatically invalidated.

So now, he has truly lost all his support, become an enemy of Rong Yan, and offended Ruyi.

And there is a hunch -

His father, the emperor, favored Ruyi and would never look at him as the crown prince again!