Cheng Ying warned in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, you should worry about the Second Prince's position as Crown Prince." In the past, he didn't care who was the Crown Prince and stayed out of it. But Zhu Ying, that idiot, came up with such a despicable trick to plot against the little girl in order to force himself to support him. So he didn't mind letting someone else be the Crown Prince.
Empress Feng thought that the Emperor really wanted to depose the Crown Prince. Her heart trembled and she almost couldn't stand.
She had been cautious and endured humiliation in the palace for so many years, and never competed with Xue Rong for anything, just to let her Hui'er ascend the throne smoothly. She was not unaware that when the emperor ascended the throne, he still needed her father's support, so he made Hui'er the crown prince, and it was not that Emperor Mingzheng had high hopes for Hui'er.
Could it be that sending Cheng Ying to prison to punish the prince was a sign of deposing the crown prince? Empress Feng could no longer calm down after thinking this. Her father was far away in Liangzhou, so she had to ask someone to quickly invite her brother to the palace to discuss the matter.
Empress Feng didn't bother to say anything to Cheng Ying and left in a hurry.
After Empress Feng left, Cheng Ying glanced at Yu Qizhe and saw that he had been guarding Yu Jiao. He raised his eyebrows. The factory guards told him that Yu Qizhe had broken into the Eastern Palace and asked someone to find Xia Ning. This selfless spirit showed that he cared about the little girl.
Noticing Cheng Ying's gaze, Yu Qizhe bowed and saluted, "Thank you Master Cheng for your help in seeking justice for Yu Jiao today."
"Aren't you afraid of offending the prince and ending your career?" Cheng Ying asked.
Yu Qizhe paused, lowered his eyes to look at the unconscious Yu Jiao, and replied, "The official career is not as important as her safety."
Cheng Ying sneered and said in an ambiguous way, "In order to please him, you must have read a lot of Taoist scriptures, right? With your ambition, it doesn't seem like you would say such a thing."
Yu Qizhe did not comment or explain anything further. He did not care what Cheng Ying thought of him.
Cheng Ying held the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said, "After dark, I will escort the little girl out of the palace. You can go back to the Hanlin Academy to work."
Yu Qizhe saw that when Cheng Ying raised her hand to drink tea, she was wearing a string of Buddhist beads on her left wrist. The beads flashed by and disappeared under the sleeve embroidered with red dark patterns. He was stunned for a moment, and then he said, "There is no important task in the Hanlin Academy. I'd better stay here and wait for Yu Jiao to wake up before leaving." At the moment, he didn't want to leave Yu Jiao at all. He just wanted to stay by her side and wait for her to wake up.
Cheng Ying felt that his affection for Yu Jiao was annoying. He put down his teacup and said to her, "It's enough for me to be here."
Yu Qizhe was silent for a moment, finally nodded, and left Duanben Palace.
Before leaving, his eyes fell on Yang Congwen, who was lying on the bed and it was unknown whether he was dead or alive. There was a dangerous undercurrent surging in the depths of his eyes.
Cui Mubai, who had been acting as an invisible man, saw Yu Qizhe leave and said, "Master Cheng, I am leaving as well."
Cheng Ying raised her eyelids and looked at him with an extremely oppressive gaze, "No hurry, Cui Shidu, tell me, what role did you play today?"
Cui Mubai's heart tightened, but his expression did not change. He asked, "Why did Master Cheng say that? I came to the East Palace as a tutor today and accidentally saw this. Yu Jiao is also my sister, so I can't stay out of it. I watched her being imprisoned, so I found someone to pass the news to Yu Tutor."
Cheng Ying's lips curled up, but there was no smile on her face. She looked at Cui Mubai with cold eyes, "If I remember correctly, you have been the prince's companion since childhood. Later, after entering the Hanlin Academy as a tutor, you have been accompanying the prince in the Eastern Palace and have a deep relationship with the prince. How long has Yu Qizhe been an official? Why do you think that passing on the message to him can save Yu Ning from trouble? On the contrary, if you stand up and try your best to persuade the prince, it is not impossible to stop this."
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