"Uh... Zhao Zhao, did I wake you up? Sorry, I..."

Before he could finish, Jiang Muyu interrupted him: "Why are you apologizing? Get up and go to sleep."

"Okay!" Liang Qingchen smiled brightly, took off his dragon robe and quickly got into the quilt.

The curtain fell down, and a red bellyband fell out from inside.

Jiang Muyu refused and said, "No, your wounds haven't healed yet."

"It's okay. It's already starting to scab over."

"No, what if the wound splits open again if the movement is too big?"

"Then I won't move, you move."

Liang Qingchen held her and turned over, and the two changed positions. Jiang Muyu sat on him, and for a moment she didn't know where to put her hands and feet. She blushed instantly: "You, what the hell is going on..."

"Zhao Zhao, today is our wedding anniversary. Can't you even grant me this little request?"

"Wedding anniversary? Did Heather teach you that?"

"Um."

"Don't hang out with him anymore, he'll become a bad person."

"Okay." He raised his eyebrows slightly, looking innocent and cautious: "Now... is it okay?"

Jiang Muyu didn't say anything, but bent over and came over, biting his chin lightly as a response.

The gauze curtains flutter, the red candles flicker, it's another wonderful night.

…

Since Liang Qingchen ascended the throne, he has become increasingly busy, leaving early and returning late every day. Xuan Cang is a sloppy stall owner, but he has a lot to do.

Within a few days, news came that the border war had ceased.

Firstly, the Xuancang treasury was empty and could no longer sustain the war expenses;

Secondly, the Tiangan Kingdom took the initiative to seek peace and was willing to cede two cities; thirdly, the crown prince of the Dongxu Kingdom suddenly died.

Jiang Muyu was handling the palace accounts. Only after hearing Yun Yan report the information one by one did he pull his thoughts away from the pile of trivial matters.

"Why did the prince of Dongxu suddenly die? Was it an accident... or was it man-made?"

Yunyan said: "I am more inclined to believe in human intervention."

She raised her eyebrows slightly: "So who do you think did it?"

"I don't know."

She thought for a moment and then asked, "Where is Luo Chengguan being held at this time?"

Yun Yan licked her lower lip, a little hesitant: "Maybe... he is imprisoned in the Sky Prison."

Jiang Muyu put down the brush in her hand and stood up: "I want to see the emperor."

She said that and walked out of Qingyu Palace.

The young eunuch who was in attendance led the way. It was not far from Qingyu Palace to Taichen Hall where Liang Qingchen worked, less than half an incense stick's worth of distance.

"The Queen has arrived!"

Jiang Muyu walked in after hearing the eunuch's announcement at the door.

Liang Qingchen put down his brush upon hearing the voice and looked up: "Zhao Zhao, why are you here?"

Jiang Muyu had no intention of performing formalities for her husband. When the ministers were around, she would bow to him, but when no one was around, she would behave as usual. At this moment, she walked straight over and said, "I heard that the crown prince of Dongxu Kingdom died suddenly?"

"Yeah." Liang Qingchen glanced at Yunyan and asked her, "Do you want to see Luo Chengguan now?"

"Yes." She had nothing to hide: "I have something I want to ask him in person."

"Probably not."

"Why?"

"Emperor Dongxu sent me a secret letter, asking me to hand over Luochengguan in exchange for a city. I agreed, so Luochengguan should be on its way back to Dongxu now."

Jiang Muyu was a little surprised: "You let him go so easily?"

"Why not? Do I look like such a stingy person?" Liang Qingchen blinked innocently.

Jiang Muyu looked at him, his eyes full of expression: You are such a stingy person.

"As you said, it was because of his protection that you were able to live safely in the enemy camp, and he personally let you go in the end. If I don't kill him, it will be considered as repaying this favor."

At this point, he paused, his eyes turned colder: "But I also heard that he had evil intentions towards you in the barracks..."

Jiang Muyu quickly explained: "He was drunk that day... Believe me, I ran away in the end, and he didn't do anything to me."

"But he left you outside the tent all night."

Jiang Muyu was stunned. He even knew this? How many spies did he have in Dongxu?

"He made you suffer injustice, so I threw him into a dark snake pit for half a month." Liang Qingchen curled his lips slightly: "Are you satisfied with this punishment?"

The color drained from her face, and she opened her mouth, but no words came out.

Liang Qingchen walked slowly in front of her, raised his hand, tucked a strand of hair that had fallen on her cheek behind her ear, and said softly: "By the way, you can't see Luo Chengguan if you want to, but there is one person you can see."

She clenched her hands at her side, then released them, pursed her lips, and said, "Zhao Yan?"

"Well, you can see him one last time. After all, he is an old friend."

Jiang Muyu nodded.

Liang Qingchen took her hand and personally led her out of Taichen Palace.

I thought he would take me to the prison, but they walked all the way to Yu Garden. He stopped by the Taiping Pond. Jiang Muyu was a little puzzled: "Why did you bring me here?"

"You'll find out in a moment."

Liang Qingchen walked to a bush, probed inside and then stepped down. Immediately, the ground shook slightly, ripples appeared on the water, and a tall rockery slowly rose from underwater in the center of Taiping Pond.

Jiang Muyu stared at this incredible scene with eyes wide open. It was not until Liang Qingchen took her hand and walked over the stone piers rising from the water and into the rockery in the middle that she suddenly came to her senses.

She looked at the long staircase winding down into the ground below her feet. The lamps on the stone walls on both sides were glowing faintly.

"Zhao Zhao, this is the secret I want to tell you. I also built a water dungeon like this in the Rui Wang Mansion in Tiangan Kingdom, but the scale there is much smaller than this one." He led Jiang Muyu down slowly, and did not forget to whisper: "Be careful where you step, the steps are slippery."

"There is one in the Rui Palace too? Is it under the lotus pond in the garden?"

"Um."

Jiang Muyu looked around the place. There was a chemical smell in the air, and moss grew on the walls, which showed that it was indeed quite old. She asked, "Is this place used to hold prisoners?"

"Not really. It's just that some special people are locked up here, and those who are locked up here are usually not allowed to leave alive."

His voice sounded slow and deep in this cramped space: "The underground of Yu Garden is actually an underground palace. It was built by Emperor Xuanwu a hundred years ago. Only the emperors of each generation know about it, so the people of the Wanqi family don't know about it."

"What else can this be used for?"

"You'll find out in a moment."

Jiang Muyu did not ask any more questions and followed him as they walked around in circles for a while. This place was like a maze, with a fork in the road every few steps. If Liang Qingchen hadn't been leading the way, she would have definitely gotten lost if she walked on her own.