"Boom!"
The sky was clear and there wasn't a trace of gloom, but watching the Crown Prince's mouth open and close, Liu Lingxi felt as if the sky had collapsed.
She just misheard something—no, wait, what did she hear?
Jiangnan!
Which Jiangnan region? Is it the Jiangnan region where the crown prince tragically lost his life in the previous life?
She clearly said it and warned me, so why didn't it work?
Liu Lingxi was so excited that her legs went weak and she almost slid off the soft couch.
Fortunately, the Crown Prince was paying close attention to the woman's movements and quickly caught her when he saw her almost fall.
Only after helping Liu Lingxi sit steadily in the chair did the Crown Prince finally breathe a sigh of relief.
He didn't expect that just hearing the beginning would make Xi'er's legs go weak with fear.
I arrived in a hurry today and didn't think to call the imperial physician, but it's not too late now, so please do so quickly.
"Xiao Changzi——"
"Your servant is here."
The young servant guarding outside the door heard his master calling him and hurriedly ran in to answer.
Everyone knows that their Crown Prince cherishes his Crown Princess the most, and he generally doesn't like servants to be present when he's with her.
The fact that the Crown Prince has called out his name means it's something important, and he needs to hurry.
"This servant greets the Crown Prince and His Highness the Crown Princess."
"Go and summon the imperial physicians, find the two physicians you use most often."
In his nervousness, the crown prince forgot the names of the two imperial physicians.
However, Xiao Changzi had a good memory and remembered it immediately, nodding in agreement.
"Yes, this servant will go and invite them right away."
Just as Xiao Changzi was about to run out, the Crown Princess called out to him as he turned around.
"Wait, there's no need to go. There's no need to make such a fuss."
Liu Lingxi was unhappy. She only cared about the Crown Prince and wanted to hear good news from him. She didn't want outsiders to come in.
If the imperial physician were to come, it would take a long time, involving massage and acupuncture.
"I'm afraid your body can't take it."
The Crown Prince saw through his Crown Princess's thoughts and was very worried, but faced with her persistent gaze, he finally gave in.
"Never mind, let's invite them later. No, let's invite them and have them wait."
"Yes, this servant takes his leave."
This time, Xiao Changzi was smarter. He ran away in a flash and disappeared without a trace, afraid that he would be detained by the Crown Princess again.
In the end, Liu Lingxi opened her mouth, but ultimately didn't say anything.
She turned her head and glared at her young master, then remembered what he had just said, her tone becoming somewhat anxious.
"Your Highness, you haven't finished yet. Didn't I tell you about that dream from the other day? Why did you still accept this assignment today? Why don't you go and plead with the Emperor?"
Liu Lingxi was terrified. In her previous life, the time when she was completely reduced to a background character in the palace was the time when the Crown Prince died.
She simply couldn't accept that she would have to repeat the same fate as before!
Suddenly, she seemed to remember something and stood up while supporting the crown prince.
"Your Majesty, I beg you to have mercy and let you stay."
After saying that, Liu Lingxi actually walked towards the door, as if she couldn't wait a moment longer.
"Wait, don't rush me. I haven't finished speaking yet. I already said this is good news."
The Crown Prince's words made Liu Lingxi stop in her tracks. She turned around and looked at the Crown Prince.
At this moment, a smile that was more painful than crying appeared on her face. Her brows were slightly furrowed, which only made her more pitiful.
"Your Highness, please speak."
Liu Lingxi didn't want to hear this good news at all. Apart from staying in the capital, no news was good news.
Her figure was delicate and frail, making the Crown Prince feel even more sorry for her.
"It was my fault for not telling the whole story. Although Father Emperor sent me to Jiangnan, he also sent General Jiang Wu and Grand Tutor Song Wen with me."
As he spoke, he kept glancing at Liu Lingxi's face, trying to see if her complexion had improved.
Unfortunately, Liu Lingxi's expression didn't improve much even after he finished speaking.
The Crown Prince was somewhat helpless, so he could only continue speaking, hoping to put Liu Lingxi's mind at ease and stop worrying.
"Furthermore, Father Emperor has also allowed me to lead 10,000 elite troops to travel down the waterways of Jiangnan to punish corrupt officials."
Ten thousand elite troops?
Liu Lingxi covered her mouth in shock this time. It was different, unlike the previous life.
In his previous life, the crown prince brought only one old minister and his personal guards, totaling a total of fifty.
Unexpectedly, the Emperor has allocated 10,000 elite troops to the Crown Prince this time!
Although these soldiers were not yet qualified to rebel, there were already many of them, enough to intimidate the officials in Jiangnan.
Last time, she also had some suspicions that the Crown Prince might have been harmed by some people in Jiangnan, and that his trusted guards had also been killed by the river bandits, leaving no one to diagnose the problem.
Even if the emperor wanted to investigate, he could only glean some truth from the bandits' fragmented words.
As for the others, even the emperor couldn't replicate them one-to-one.
Although most of the corrupt officials in Jiangnan have been punished, the three major families of Zhen, Wang, and Li have not been brought down.
With the emperor in the capital, the officials he sent out were either killed or accidentally fell into the water, leaving the emperor with no way to intervene.
Even the crown prince would be killed without hesitation, let alone ordinary central government officials.
If it weren't for King Jing's ascension to the throne and his subsequent military campaign in Jiangnan, those families might have continued to grow powerful and even declared themselves kings.
Therefore, the fact that the Crown Prince can lead so many troops away shows that the Emperor trusts him and intends to eradicate the parasites in the south once and for all.
Seeing the Crown Prince making such a large mobilization, these people probably wouldn't dare to act rashly.
After all, if the crown prince dies there, these 10,000 soldiers will have to be buried with him.
So if anyone is foolish enough to make a move, the moment the Crown Prince dies, none of those corrupt officials who made the move will survive.
"Father, Father trusts you so much, Your Highness, is it... that your relationship has improved again?"
Liu Lingxi actually wanted to ask if the Emperor had given up on his feelings for her.
But she didn't dare to ask directly and openly, so she could only express herself in a more tactful way.
Faced with her expectant gaze, Sheng Changfeng should have nodded and done everything in his power to reassure her.
but……
He couldn't lie against his conscience because he had received the emperor's instructions.
"If you return, I will restore our father-son relationship and completely abandon those despicable thoughts. But if you don't return..."
Although the emperor did not say it explicitly, the crown prince could guess what the other party meant.
If he were to die there, his crown princess would only be the emperor's...beloved concubine.
At that moment, he immediately flew into a rage and almost lost his temper, snapping back on the spot.
but--
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