Sheng Yunrong walked lightly, as cautiously as a stealthy cat, through the deep entrance of the back garden and went straight into the most secret place of the garden.

In the distance, she caught a glimpse of Pei Jinxiao and Tu Subo talking in low voices in the pavilion. The two were talking and laughing, with happy expressions, as if they were in a paradise.

Sheng Yunrong gritted her teeth, walked up to Pei Jinxiao without hesitation, knelt on her knees, and bowed her head to beg.

"Your Highness Prince Jing, please grant me an imperial decree!" Sheng Yunrong's voice was loud and clear, shocking everyone.

Tu Subo was suddenly startled. He didn't expect to meet Sheng Yunrong in the depths of the harem.

Hearing her request, he asked in astonishment: "Imperial edict? Madam Qin, are you planning to ask Jin Xiao to forge a fake imperial edict for you?"

"That's not the case!" Sheng Yunrong hurriedly shook her head and explained anxiously, "I just beg Your Highness Prince Jing to write an imperial edict imitating the handwriting of Your Majesty.

Only in this way can my son and I be free from being manipulated by others."

Pei Jinxiao sees through Sheng Yunrong's true intentions.

He carefully examined Sheng Yunrong's pale, thin face and bloodshot eyes.

He pretended to be nonchalant on the surface, but in fact a sensitive nerve in his heart was already tense.

After learning that she had been wronged because of her eldest son Qin Fengyun and was even expelled from the Qin family, he could not help but plead with the emperor's sister-in-law, hoping that she could help and vent his anger.

He also wanted his son to have a complete mother so that he wouldn't have to worry about his mother's experience.

However, he ignored Sheng Yunrong's current predicament and the harm such actions might bring to her.

Pei Jinxiao remained silent for a long time, just staring at Sheng Yunrong quietly.

Tu Subo noticed something was wrong and called out softly, "Jin Xiao?"

Pei Jinxiao came back to his senses, a complex emotion flashed across his eyes, and he quickly hid the bitterness and depression.

His tone was calm, yet firm: "I understand. I will prepare an imperial decree for you later to ensure that you can leave the palace safely."

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Sheng Yunrong let out a long sigh and hurriedly knelt down before him.

Seeing this, the veins on the back of Pei Jinxiao's hand bulged. He turned slightly to the side, unwilling to accept Sheng Yunrong's kneeling.

He didn't want her to treat him so humbly.

However, he chose to remain silent, not wanting Sheng Yunrong to have any more misunderstandings.

Tu Subo acted as a mediator with a pleasant face. He stood up and gently helped Sheng Yunrong up: "Madam Qin, you are too polite. For your...your son, Jin Xiao is willing to spare no effort to help you. There is no need to be so reserved with him."

Although Jinxiao generally dislikes women, his affection for Sheng Yunrong is unprecedented. This feeling is hard-earned, and I must protect this precious feeling.

Sheng Yunrong's heart suddenly shook, and she rushed towards Tu Subo as fast as lightning.

Tu Subo was puzzled: "What happened?"

"Oh, it's okay..." Sheng Yunrong knew that she had not heard wrongly, but the words she heard this time were too shocking.

She raised her eyes to look at Pei Jinxiao, only to see that he was waiting for the eunuch to hand him pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Pei Jinxiao's face was as stern as ever, still maintaining that kind of majesty and nobility that was difficult to approach.

Sheng Yunrong smiled lightly and thought to herself: Maybe Young Master Tu Su has misunderstood.

How could Prince Jing be attracted to her?

What's more, she was fighting with him for the custody of their son...

At this moment, the eunuch arrived in time, breaking the heavy atmosphere in the pavilion.

Pei Jinxiao picked up his brush and wrote a letter of indictment fluently according to Sheng Yunrong's wishes.

After reading the entire article, Sheng Yunrong finally put her mind at ease.

With this indictment, the Qin family and the people will definitely ignore the dispute between her and Mo Yuan.

Sheng Yunrong once again expressed her gratitude to Pei Jinxiao.

Pei Jinxiao just nodded lightly, and didn't blink until Sheng Yunrong's back completely disappeared from his sight.

Shangguan Qingqi looked at him and couldn't help but say, "Jinxiao, since you have such deep feelings for her, why don't you take the initiative to communicate with her and give her more attention? Your expression just now really makes it difficult for people to detect your love for her."

Pei Jinxiao's voice was indifferent yet filled with deep loneliness: "If I really showed my love for this married woman, she would only face even greater suffering and the bad words of the world.

Today, due to my negligence, she knelt down to ask for my will. From now on... this will never happen again."

He met her only twice.

For the first time, he suspected her of harming his son and tortured her.

The second time, it almost plunged her into endless panic.

What qualifications does he have to stand in front of her?

Sheng Yunrong walked out of the palace gate and slowly got off the sedan chair, each step seeming heavy.

She held high the indictment in her hand, intending to put on a good show.

However, not far from the palace gate, two familiar figures made her stop and tears instantly wet her eyes.

Those are... her two brothers from the same mother!

The familiar face was like a spring breeze blowing across the frozen lake, instantly awakening the torrent of memories that had been hidden deep in Sheng Yunrong's heart for a long time, and they surged out like a river bursting its dam.

Those scenes were the warm moments when she was playing and laughing with her two brothers at the Sheng residence and interacting intimately with her parents before she met Qin Wenyuan.

At that time, she was still an innocent little girl, and knew nothing about the changes that would happen in the future.

She never expected that her life would be completely turned upside down by a man named Qin Wenyuan.

She has now become the mistress of the Qin family, who puts the Qin family's business and future first and foremost in her own hands.

At this moment, she deeply realized how much she missed those carefree days and how much she missed her two brothers and parents.

However, now she dared not take another step forward.

She was afraid to face her two brothers, and even more afraid to learn any information about her parents from them.

The guilt she felt towards them was like a heavy chain that prevented her from having any contact with them, but she could never stop missing them.

"Yunrong!" Elder brother Sheng Hongye spotted his younger sister Sheng Yunrong not far from the palace gate. A glimmer of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he immediately ran away.

Second brother Sheng Hongxiao followed closely behind, and the two of them came to their favorite little sister. Looking at her thin body and the familiar face that revealed endless fatigue, there was only endless pity in their hearts.

"Yunrong, you've lost a lot of weight." Brother Sheng Hongye's voice was choked with tears in his eyes.

Sheng Yunrong's emotions, which had been suppressed for a long time, finally burst out. She tried hard to hold back the tears in her eyes. Her nose and eyes were red, but she managed to force a smile: "Big brother too."

The concern in the eyes of second brother Sheng Hongxiao was beyond words. He looked up and gently stroked Sheng Yunrong's head with tenderness in his eyes.

This gentle gesture was the encouragement that Sheng Yunrong often made in front of Qin Moyuan, and its source was the care her two brothers had given her.

The knot in Sheng Yunrong's heart was finally untied, and she looked at her two brothers carefully.

Their faces were almost the same as in her memory, which gradually dispelled Sheng Yunrong's worries and brought a long-lost smile of relief to her face.