There were too many people, so she didn't cry, but her throat was choked with sobs and her eyes were red when she looked up.

Ruyi looked at her thoughtfully.

In fact, she didn't know much about this eldest princess.

Before, I had only heard rumors that she was arrogant and domineering, and that you should not mess with her. If you saw her, you'd better avoid her, otherwise you would be in trouble.

But at this time, she...

What's the meaning?

The princess felt Ruyi's surprised look, but she fixed her eyes on the emperor's face and said seriously, "Father, I also want to learn from you..."

"good."

The emperor only had one word. He looked at the eldest princess with a look of relief in his eyes, "Children of Northern Qi should have lofty aspirations. You are the pride of your father by saying this today."

The eldest princess burst into tears.

She was very proud, but she couldn't hold it back at this moment.

That door has never been closed.

It's just that she was playing outside and didn't know what was going on. She kept following others and refused to come in.

"Yuyao, don't cry, come and sit down."

Yinghe spoke and pointed to the place beside him.

After the princess sat down, Yinghe wiped her tears and took her hand, "Your father is right, there is still time for everything."

Is it too late?

The princess didn't know.

She had heard from the Queen Mother before that she would go to Donglin to marry soon and would only stay at home for half a year at most.

She lowered her eyes, feeling very sad.

If she had listened to her father earlier, would she not have had to go through the marriage process?

The emperor could feel his daughter's sadness and desolation.

But why?

He glanced at the eldest princess and thought about chatting with her tonight.

But there were so many people today that he did not speak.

After a moment, he stood up and said, "The Crown Prince was assassinated by the assassins raised by the Second Prince's Mansion. From today on, the Second Prince will be demoted to a commoner and will never be allowed to enter the capital again."

"The Gu family is connected to this, and Minister Gu sneaked into the prison with the intention of silencing them. The Gu family... was confiscated and exiled!"

"The position of Minister of Rites is temporarily vacant."

After saying that, he turned and left.

He only left one sentence, "Yuyao, come with me."

Yuyao is the eldest princess' name, but when the emperor called her this time, it was different from any other time.

For the eldest princess, it was a case of losing and then regaining.

The princess got up in a hurry. When she passed by Ruyi, she felt a little depressed, but she still said, "I'm sorry."

Then the person left.

Ruyi looked at her back and vaguely understood something.

But I didn’t fully understand it.

The queen died early, and the prince died too. The eldest princess lost her mother and brother, and was left with only her father, the emperor.

Who can be heartless except plants and trees?

Perhaps it was because of this that the eldest princess became closer to the emperor and became less domineering.

However, she did not take to heart what the eldest princess had done to her before.

It's just insignificant.

Because of the successive incidents in the Eastern Palace and the Second Prince's Mansion, no one dared to stay. Each family had a lot of things to deal with and a lot of news to know, so they left their gifts and hurried away.

"Ruyi, after entering the palace, come and play with me."

Concubine Yinghe stood up and smiled at Ruyi. She took off the hairpin on her head and put it on Ruyi. It intertwined with the phoenix hairpin she had worn before, highlighting her noble air.

"Okay, thank you, ma'am."

Ruyi's gratitude to her was written all over her face.

This was her first close contact with Concubine Yinghe, but Concubine Yinghe had helped her many times.

Yinghe Guifei didn't want to say anything in front of outsiders, so she just said, "I know your mother from the past, and you look a lot like her, at least 80%."

"I'm glad to see you."

Ruyi felt as if she was stabbed by a knife in her heart, and she shuddered in pain.

Before, Shen Cangyun and the Shen family father and son had always said that she didn't look like her mother. She looked at the portrait in Shen Cangyun's study and felt that she didn't look like her mother either. Therefore, she always felt that there was something between her and her mother.

After a long time, I even felt a little guilty.

It seems like I owe the Shen family something.

Only then did she realize that it was not that she did not look like her mother, but because Shen Cangyun hated her mother. In addition, he had tampered with her mother's portrait and gradually brainwashed the Shen family's sons, making them forget what their mother really looked like.

It turned out that she had never really seen through the abyss hidden behind everything in the Shen family.

It turns out that the deepest abyss is always in the human heart.

So is hell.

In a trance, the voice of Concubine Yinghe came, "I have a portrait of your mother when she was young. When you enter the palace, I will give it to you."

"Thank you, my lady."

Ruyi came back to her senses, her eyes red.

"Don't be sad, just keep moving forward."

Yinghe smiled at her and turned away.

There are many things that are difficult to say here.

Ruyi sent her out, Rong Yan was also beside her, as well as Prince Yan and Xiao Pingxin.

"Next time, see you in the morning."

Rong Yan lowered his voice and spoke softly.

Ruyi felt warm in her heart, "Yeah."

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the two finally spoke to each other. Just a few words, but they were enough.

A smile appeared on Rong Yan's lips.

Ye Hongzhuang's laughter came from the side, "From now on, please take care of me, Your Highness the Ninth Prince."

This is of course a joke.

She is Rong Yan's aunt and elder.

Although they work under Rong Yan, they are not completely subordinate and superior.

Rong Yan was embarrassed, "You are too polite, aunt. I still have many things to ask you."

Ye Hongzhuang smiled brightly.

Ruyi looked at her and suddenly wanted to see her in red makeup. How stunning would that be?

And today, because of the death of the prince, Ye Hongzhuang wore all white.

Yan Weiyun stuffed something and a letter into Ruyi's hand. "I gave you this gift. The instructions for using it are clearly written in the letter. If you don't know how to use it, I'll teach you another day. I'm busy today."

Ruyi was stunned and felt something hard in her arms.

Rong Yan's laughter came to my ears, "Prince Yan, is there nothing for me?"

"Are you jealous of this too?"

Yan Weiyun rolled her eyes, "You can't use it, I gave it to Ruyi for self-defense."

But seeing Rong Yan laughing like that, he had no choice but to say, "Okay, okay, I'll get you one someday. The main thing is that this thing is hard to find, and it takes a lot of effort for me to find it."

Damn it, it really is.

He felt that it was better for Rong Yan not to smile. When he smiled, it felt like everything was revived. That kind of sweetness would not only make women fall for him, but also make men collapse.

Want to pamper him.

As if rejecting him was something immoral.

Yan Weiyun rolled her eyes.

Suddenly, Rong Yan said, "It seems like the eldest sister has come to her senses."

"I'm leaving."

Yan Weiyun just ran away without responding.

After a brief moment of relaxation, everyone said goodbye at the door.

Ying and Concubine Guifei entered the palace, Rong Yan returned to his own prince's residence, and Yan Weiyun returned to Prince Yan's residence.

Ye Hongzhuang was the last one to leave. She stood in the cold wind and turned to look at Ruyi. She sized her up for a long time and suddenly reached out and pinched her cheek. "Tsk, you look so young. I remember when I was this old..."

A flash of reminiscence flashed in her eyes, like sunshine on a spring day.

"Ruyi, please give me more guidance from Princess Mingzhuang in the future!"

Ruyi bowed with a serious expression.

When Princess Mingzhuang was her age, she was already a talented disciple of Wudang Mountain and had followed the late emperor in his battles, right?

And she wasted many years in the backyard of the Shen family.

Suddenly, Ye Hongzhuang said, "Ruyi, the most prosperous summer must have gone through the baptism of the coldest winter; the most dazzling light must burst out from the darkness."

“You have your own speed and your own unique path.”

"I believe that no one can reach your height."

Ruyi looked up and saw Ye Hongzhuang's spirited face. She seemed like a sword that was finally unsheathed.