Fang Fei was confused by what she heard, but she felt very happy seeing her now being able to take charge of the situation.

"Although I don't understand what the young lady is saying, I think she is much better now than before!"

It is much better than before when everyone bullied him but he still tried to please them.

She likes it.

Fangfei was smiling.

"Go to bed."

Shen Ruyi touched her head.

Fangfei is thirteen years old today, and from now on she is her younger sister.

She will definitely protect her.

…

West Lane on the outskirts of the city.

"Why did Your Highness come here so late at night?"

The old beggar just returned home and saw Rong Yan's carriage parked at the door. He was stunned and said, "If you have something to say, just tell Han Jiang. How can I trouble you to come to my small, shabby place?"

"Something's going on."

Rong Yan got out of the car and pushed his wheelchair straight into the yard. "Have you seen Shen Cangyun?"

This sounded like a question, but the tone was firm.

The old beggar was stunned, tilted his head and said, "Nothing can be hidden from His Majesty the Ninth Prince. I thought you never leave your house, how could you know so many things? Do you have an all-seeing eye?"

Rong Yan was silent for a moment after hearing this.

He does not have an omniscient eye, and everything he knows now was obtained at the cost of the deaths of two people.

The night obscured the redness at the corners of his eyes, and his voice became hoarse, "I came to see you today for two things."

"First, if anyone asks you in the future, you should say that you are the master of the Ninth Prince Rong Yan, and Shen Ruyi is my junior sister. Second, when I can't take care of her, protect her for me."

The old beggar's hand, which was lighting the lamp, paused.

Turning her head to look at the man sitting under the eaves, her expression became complicated and her tone became serious, "Can I understand it this way? First, you are in love with my apprentice. Second, she is in danger now?"

Rong Yan didn't say anything, which was considered as his agreement.

The old beggar lit the lamp and put a pot of water on the brazier. Then he asked, "I don't understand. When did you start thinking about her?"

"In my previous life."

Rong Yan pushed his wheelchair into the house.

"Tsk, if you don't want to talk about it, forget it. You're trying to trick me with this? Do you think I'll believe it?" The old beggar glanced at him and then laughed, "But you like my apprentice, that shows you have good taste."

"I bet you that as long as that girl cuts off her relationship with the Shen family, she will definitely soar to the sky! I have never seen anyone with such a good memory and such a strong comprehension as her!"

"My legacy can be considered a legacy!"

The old beggar looked very happy.

Rong Yan nodded and took out a token and gave it to him. "Take this, maybe it will be useful to you. I have something else to do, so I will leave tonight."

Having said that, he turned around and left in his wheelchair.

"Hey, the water isn't boiling yet!" the old beggar shouted, "Why are you in such a hurry? Are you going back to prepare the betrothal gifts?"

"The Prime Minister's Mansion is not worthy."

Rong Yan turned his back to him and uttered five words.

The old beggar was stunned and scratched his head, "That's true."

After saying that, he put the token in his arms and sighed, "It's going to be a storm again. I won't make any mistakes this time, right?"

Then he complained: "That old bastard Shen Cangyun actually ran to the priest's hall to plot against his own daughter. He must have been kicked in the head by a donkey!"

Having said that, he closed the door and went to sleep.

On the carriage back to the Ninth Prince’s Palace.

Han Jiang couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, how about asking the Emperor to come forward and grant you a marriage?"

"This time, I will come in person."

Rong Yan rejected his proposal, feeling heartbroken.

In his previous life, he had asked his father to grant him a marriage, but unexpectedly, by mistake, he was given the marriage to Shen Jiaojiao. He had no choice but to spread his reputation of being bloodthirsty and cruel, and abusing maids, and force the Shen family to find Shen Ruyi to marry Shen Jiaojiao.

He thought that he would be able to meet the woman of his dreams that night, and from then on he would be able to protect her openly and honestly.

But I didn’t expect…

When he found her, her limbs had been chopped off, her tongue cut out, and she had fallen into a cold pond with a deadly poison.

Scarlet tears welled up in his eyes.

This time, he won't make the same mistake again.

He must take the initiative to protect her by his side before anything happens, and he must also send those heartless hypocrites to hell one by one!

Just the Shen family?

Are you worthy of accepting his betrothal gift?

In the carriage, Rong Yan sneered, full of murderous intent.

…

at this time.

Shen Cangyun came back from the Priest's Hall and sat in the study, waiting for news from the Gu family with a sad face.

What lingered in his mind were the words of High Priest Li Xiangyi.

Shen Yu walked in and asked, "Father, what did the priest say?"

"This time, things are really a bit troublesome."

Shen Cangyun rubbed his brows and said solemnly, "He made a prediction and said that Shen Ruyi was not only not possessed by an evil spirit, but also blessed by a lucky star, which would help the country's fortune. This matter has been reported to the emperor. In a few days, there will be some action from the emperor!"

"how so?"

Shen Yu opened his mouth in shock, and when he came back to his senses, he asked hurriedly, "What should we do now? In other words, we can no longer use the fact that she was possessed by a ghost to clear my second brother of the charges?"

"Not only that, we have to curry favor with her?"

He also felt sorry for Shen Ruyi and was unwilling to send her to the laundry bureau and the Xinzheku, and even more unwilling to let her be punished in the clan house.

But there is no way. Shen Ci becoming the head of the Imperial Medical Bureau is more important to the Prime Minister's Mansion and Concubine Li.

We can’t sacrifice the entire Prime Minister’s Mansion just because of Shen Ruyi.

They must not ruin the big game that they have painstakingly planned for so many years.

If anyone is to blame, it can only be Shen Ruyi herself, who was ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth and had to go to the Imperial Hospital to cause trouble...

Shen Yu was filled with rage.

After thinking it over, he realized that it was too late to reverse the situation. It didn't matter whether he felt bad for Shen Ruyi or not. What mattered was that the situation was completely out of control because of Rong Yan's intervention and Shen Ruyi's uncharacteristic behavior!

Now, the newly paved road is blocked again.

"What does the high priest mean?"

Shen Yu calmed down and looked at Shen Cangyun.

Shen Cangyun's face was more solemn than ever before. "I always thought that I had a good relationship with Li Xiangyi. But after meeting him tonight, I realized that he was not on my side. He also told me that he gave me a chance nine years ago, but I didn't take it."

"So, there is no future."

The dull tone made Shen Yu's head buzz. "So, what does he mean by this? Why is he talking about something that happened nine years ago? Which one is he talking about?"

Shen Cangyun rubbed his brows and thought hard before saying, "I think it might be the incident involving the traitors of the previous dynasty. Ruyi gave me the news about that incident, saying that the High Priest asked her to pass it on."

"I didn't think much of it at the time, thinking that Li Xiangyi was doing me a favor, but I didn't expect..."

The rest of the words were left unsaid.

But Shen Yu still felt it, frowned and said: "You mean, that favor is not for you, but for Ruyi?"

He couldn't believe it and said, "But Ruyi was only seven years old at that time! What did he mean?"