Li Rong listened to Pei Wenxuan's words in the dark night and watched Pei Wenxuan go to bed.

Li Rong closed her eyes and waited for a moment before finally returning to the bed. She sat there for a while before finally speaking, "Don't think too much. I remember it."

"You didn't let me down," Li Rong said clearly, "and I won't let you down either."

Pei Wenxuan did not respond to her. He waited until she returned to the bed before he reached out and hugged Li Rong to his chest.

The two of them slept until dawn and went to court together. It was as if nothing had happened in the court. The officials were doing their duties and there was no abnormality on Li Ming's face.

After the court session, Li Rong personally sent someone to investigate the personnel related to Master Hongde in the previous life.

Master Hongde was originally just a fortune teller in Qingshui Town. During an argument, he accidentally committed a murder and fled. After studying Buddhism for a few years with an Indian monk, he came back and said that he was an Indian monk with many merits in his lifetime, and he deceived people in Beijing.

In his previous life, this man's crimes were exposed by Li Rong, and he was expelled from the capital by her personally. He had many followers, and killing him directly would cause unrest, so when he was leaving Huajing and heading to the southwest, Li Rong hired someone to assassinate him.

With the help from her previous life, Li Rong quickly determined the whereabouts of these people and began to collect their confessions. By the time Li Rong finished her work, it was almost the afternoon of the next day, but she still went to the Huguo Temple without stopping. Then, as she expected, the abbot of the Huguo Temple told her tremblingly that Master Hongde had been invited to the palace.

After hearing what was said, Li Rong immediately rushed to the palace.

As soon as she set out, the news had already reached the palace.

Concubine Rou was awakened from her nap when she heard the news that Li Rong was going to arrest Hongde. She sat on the imperial chair and paused for a moment before immediately ordering the servants, "Go and ask the master right away. Tell him that Li Rong has found evidence against Hongde and is going to enter the palace to arrest him! Tell him to find a way, right now!"

The maid heard what was said and hurried out. After everyone left, Hua Le came forward and asked in a panic, "Mother, why did she capture Hongde now?"

"If she arrests Hongde now, then everything we said before will no longer count."

Concubine Rou pursed her lips and said, "Hongde told His Majesty that Li Rong secretly asked him to postpone Li Chuan's wedding. These are all empty words. The only thing that can prove it is that someone from the Princess's Mansion went to find him. There are witnesses to this matter, so it can be proved. But if Li Rong is investigating Hongde, then it is not strange for her to go to Hongde. Li Rong is a person who confuses right and wrong. I am afraid that when she cries, His Majesty will think that she has been wronged."

"Your Majesty already has a grudge against us for what happened before," Concubine Rou frowned a little uncomfortably, "If Li Rong turns the tables on this matter again, I'm afraid we won't be able to say anything more about Li Rong's affairs in the future. Pei Wenxuan will probably have a stable position as the Minister of Personnel!"

"What should we do?" Hua Le panicked. "What should we do next?"

Concubine Rou said nothing. She closed her eyes and paused for a moment before taking a deep breath. "Wait a minute, Mr. Ruo, if you don't have any good ideas."

Concubine Rou hesitated for a moment before saying, "Then we can only rely on ourselves."

The two waited for a while, and when they heard Li Rong entering the palace, Hua Le grabbed Concubine Rou's sleeve and was about to cry: "Mother, she has already entered the palace, what should we do? Is father going to punish us again? Mother..."

"Your Majesty." Hua Le was just speaking when a maid rushed in and hurriedly handed a piece of talisman paper to Concubine Rou. It was a light apricot-colored talisman paper with intricate patterns painted on it. Under the patterns were the birth dates of Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan.

Concubine Rou was stunned for a moment, took the talisman paper in her hand, raised her eyes and asked, "What is this?"

"Master sent it to you and asked you to give it to Master Hongde. Master said that Master Hongde can no longer be saved. The most important thing now is to prevent Pei Wenxuan from becoming the Minister of Personnel."

"What's the use of this talisman?"

Concubine Rou frowned, and the maid came forward, leaned close to her ear, and whispered for a long time.

Concubine Rou listened carefully. After hearing the whole thing, she couldn't help but praise him: "Sir, you are indeed very resourceful."

As she spoke, she handed the talisman back and instructed someone, "Give it to Master Hongde secretly and tell him the right words so he will remember them."

The attendant responded respectfully, took the talisman, and left.

After Concubine Rou's people had arranged everything, Li Rong also arrived at Yu's study.

She had informed in advance, and when she arrived at Yu's study, she drove straight in, then bowed respectfully to Li Ming and said loudly: "Greetings, father. Long live the emperor."

Li Ming looked up at her and said, "I heard that you came into the palace to arrest someone?"

"Yes," Li Rong raised her head and met Li Ming's gaze. "I am currently investigating the case of the evil monk Hongde. I have been collecting evidence for nearly three months. Now that I have finally gathered all the evidence, I went to the Huguo Temple to arrest him. I didn't expect that this evil Taoist would actually enter the palace. Father, did you not listen to his words?"

Li Rong said this with a hint of something. Li Ming remained calm. He looked at the memorial and said, "It was brought in by Concubine Rou. She said she wanted to hear him talk about Buddhism. There was no slander, but there was one interesting thing."

"What's the funny thing?" Li Rong seemed to know nothing. Li Ming looked up at Li Rong and said in a low voice with a hint of warning, "I heard that you asked someone to find him and ask him to lie and postpone the prince's wedding?"

"Postponing Chuan'er's wedding?" Li Rong was shocked. "How can a monk like him have anything to do with the prince's wedding?"

Li Rong spoke so naturally that Li Ming stared at her for a long time. Li Rong met his gaze with a straight face and raised her eyebrows and asked, "Why is your father looking at me like this?"

"Nothing." Li Ming saw that the review had no impact on Li Rong, so he explained, "He has great prestige among the people, and any prediction he makes can get a lot of support. If he really said that Chuan'er should not get married in the near future, or there will be a natural disaster, more people will believe him, and Chuan'er's wedding will have to be postponed."

"So that's how it is. Such a great monk," Li Rong suddenly realized, and then asked, "Why did he frame me?"

"He framed you?" Li Ming smiled, with a deep look in his eyes, "Why don't I call him over and you two confront him?"

"That's great." Li Rong said happily, "I want to see how this evil monk plans to justify himself."

"Go, invite Master Hongde over." Seeing that Li Rong agreed, Li Ming turned around and told the eunuch beside him to call Hongde over.

The eunuch received the order and hurriedly retreated. When only Li Rong and Li Ming were left in the room, the father and daughter did not speak to each other, each doing their own thing, repeating as if they did not know each other.

After a while, Concubine Rou and Hongde came in.

Although Hongde was born in the countryside, he was very good at pretending. When he came in, he had the demeanor of a great monk and a famous scholar. Concubine Rou and he bowed to Li Ming together. Li Ming raised his hand to let the two stand up, and then said directly: "Today, His Highness Pingle said that you have committed a crime and came to arrest you. If there is a misunderstanding, please explain it clearly. If there is no misunderstanding..."

Li Ming raised his eyes and looked at Concubine Rou. Concubine Rou coughed lightly and said slowly, "If there is no misunderstanding, it is reasonable for His Highness Pingle to take her away. But Your Highness Pingle, you asked for help, but now you are destroying the bridge after crossing the river. What is this?"

"Looking for help?" Li Rong laughed. "Who did I ask for help? This old bald donkey?"

Li Rong turned to look at Master Hongde, sized him up and down, then laughed: "Why do you think I asked him for help? Just because he said something without any reason?"

"Master Hongde," Li Ming listened to Li Rong's words and looked at Li Ming, "Pingle is right. We can't just listen to you. You said that someone from the Princess's Mansion came to you to discuss the Crown Prince's matter. Do you have any evidence?"

Hearing this, Master Hongde paused for a moment, and after a long while, he slowly said, "Your Highness is very meticulous in his work, and I have not left any tokens. But I know the prince's birth date, does this count as evidence?"

The birth date is the most confidential thing for a person, especially for a person like the prince. Most people may know the specific year, month and day of the prince's birth, but it is difficult to get the exact time.

The fact that he could tell Li Chuan's birth date was indeed evidence.

"Just because I know the prince's birthday, I can say I've met you before?" Li Rong laughed and retorted directly, "What if someone told you on purpose to frame me?"

Li Rong's hint was already very obvious, and Concubine Rou's face instantly turned ugly. Li Ming coughed lightly and could only defend Li Rong and said, "Pingle's words make sense. Do you have any other evidence?"

"It's enough to know the birth date of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince," Hongde sighed, "What if I also know the birth dates of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort and the Princess?"

"I said, I just know..."

"What if you know more than that?" Hongde interrupted Li Rong, and Li Rong was stunned for a moment.

Not only does he know, but Hongde has evidence in his hands?

But where did Hongde get the evidence that Pei Wenxuan did not do things cleanly enough?

Li Rong was confused. At this moment, she saw Hongde kneeling at Li Ming's feet with a talisman in his hands.

"The people in the Princess's Mansion asked me to do this. They said it was specially ordered by the Prince Consort. I agreed to do it and just finished it recently. I was planning to give it to the Prince Consort."

Li Ming didn't say anything. He picked up the talisman, looked at it quickly, and frowned.

It was indeed the birth date and time of Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan. When Li Rong married Pei Wenxuan, he had seen the birth dates and time of both of them.

Li Ming was silent for a long time, and finally handed the talisman to Li Rong. He said helplessly: "Pingle, it's not a big deal if you admit it."

"I, your son, really have nothing to admit." Li Rong answered decisively, and as he spoke, Li Rong took the talisman paper in his hand.

She quickly glanced at the contents and confirmed that it was indeed the birth dates of two people, and the handwriting did look like Pei Wenxuan's.

Although Li Rong spoke firmly, she felt uneasy inside.

Pei Wenxuan might indeed ask Hongde to calculate his marriage fate, but logically he would not leave anything behind.

But Pei Wenxuan always seems a little silly when it comes to feelings, so he might have forgotten.

She stared at the handwriting on it, thinking about how to continue the argument. Everyone was waiting for her answer. After a long time, she was about to speak when she suddenly smelled the scent of incense from a temple on the paper.

Li Rong touched the paper in a mysterious way, and immediately discovered that this paper was the unique marriage paper in the Yue Lao Temple in Huajing!

"This talisman is not Master Hongde's." After Li Rong reacted, she raised her lips, looked up at Hongde, and said with a smile, "This is just a talisman that the prince consort asked for in the temple when he was out and about. We left the talisman in the temple. I wonder what Master Hongde is doing by stealing this thing and framing me here?"

"But it doesn't matter. I have been making trouble for you for a long time. Since you can't produce strong evidence, I will report you to His Majesty."

"What do you want to tell me, Your Highness?"

Hongde put his hands together in front of his chest, his expression calm and unperturbed: "If you want to accuse me of something, you can always find a pretext. Your Highness, please."

Li Rong smiled and raised her hand: "Please come in, Madam Wang."

Hearing this, Hongde's face changed drastically. Li Rong observed his expression and said with a smile: "Wang Caishan, Master Hongde has been a monk for a long time. Maybe you don't remember where you came from?"

As Li Rong was speaking, a woman tremblingly walked into the hall. The moment she saw Hongde, the woman's eyes lit up.

"Husband!" The woman rushed up and asked excitedly, "Husband, are you still alive?! Husband, how did you become a monk? You..."

Before she could finish her words, Hongde pushed her away and shouted, "Who is your husband?!"

The woman who was pushed away was stunned for a moment, then she brushed off the gorgeous cassock on Master Hongde, and she suddenly reacted, propped herself up and stood up from the ground, raised her hand and pointed at Hongde, trembling and said: "You...it turns out that you didn't get into trouble outside, you just don't want to come back! Okay, very good, Wang Caishan, thanks to me serving your mother in your home for more than ten years, you live comfortably outside and never come home, so now you still want to pretend with me? Wang Caishan, even if you turn into ashes, I will recognize you!"

"You...you're talking nonsense!" Hongde was surprised by his wife's sudden appearance and began to stutter.

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she was so excited that she rushed towards Hongde and screamed, "You bastard, I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you!"

But just as she said this, she was pinned to the ground by the guards beside her before she could even move. Madam Wang struggled on the ground and cursed, and Li Ming frowned.

He didn't want to care about Hongde anymore, so he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, take it away."

Li Rong smiled, raised her hands, and said respectfully, "Father, since you have made a decision, I will go back first."

Li Ming waved his hand, and Concubine Rou hurriedly stood up. Just as she was about to say something, Li Rong immediately shouted, "Father has already agreed. What else does Concubine Rou have to say?"

This loud shout made Concubine Rou hold back all her words. Li Ming looked up at her and said calmly, "What else do you want to say?"

Li Ming's tone was very obvious, and Concubine Rou was speechless. After holding it in for a long time, she could only say: "Your concubine... Your concubine is fine."

"Then I will take my leave."

Li Rong saluted with a smile, then waved to the side. The guards rushed forward, forced Hongde and Mrs. Wang out of the palace.

"You bitch," Hongde cursed as soon as he left the palace, "you have no brains, you have ruined me! Ruined me!"

"What future do you have for a bastard like you?" Mrs. Wang sneered. "They say that men are unfaithful. I didn't believe it before, but now I know it. You bastard, wait until you leave the palace, and I'll skin you alive!"

Both of them came from the market, and had no bottom line when it came to scolding. Even though Hongde had been influenced by the upper class for more than ten years, he still couldn't beat Mrs. Wang in scolding.

The two were forced by the guards to follow behind Li Rong, cursing as they walked.

Li Rong put her hands behind her back, listening to the two people cursing, feeling that the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and the road ahead was bright.

As soon as she walked out of the palace, she saw Pei Wenxuan waiting at the door. Pei Wenxuan was not wearing official uniform, but only a blue coat and a white shirt.

Spring is approaching and the weather in Huajing is getting hot. People like Pei Wenxuan, who pays great attention to their appearance, have already taken the opportunity to change into spring clothes.

He stood quietly outside the palace gate, gazing at the outline of the distant mountains in the dark night. His slender figure was as slender as a pine tree or a crane.

Li Rong saw him from a distance and couldn't help but smile. She happily trotted forward, took Pei Wenxuan's hand, and said happily: "Pei Wenxuan!"

Pei Wenxuan turned around calmly, and seeing the smile on her face, he knew the result, and said gently: "It seems that Your Highness has won a great victory."

Li Rong held Pei Wenxuan's arm, not showing any humility at all: "It's okay, it's okay."

As she spoke, Li Rong turned around and told the people behind her, "Detain Wang Caishan in the Inspection Office. Madam Wang, please take him to the inn."

The guard responded respectfully. Li Rong turned back and walked towards the carriage with Pei Wenxuan, asking, "Did you come here specially to wait for me?"

"It's on my way." Pei Wenxuan spoke subconsciously, but after he finished speaking, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Not really, I actually came here specially to wait for you."

"How can you give two answers?" Li Rong raised her eyebrows. Pei Wenxuan helped Li Rong get on the carriage and said in a gentle voice, "The first answer is subconscious. The second answer is true."

"Don't people speak the truth when they speak subconsciously?"

Li Rong got into the carriage and asked curiously. Pei Wenxuan sat next to her and shook his head: "What you say subconsciously may not be true. You just want to protect yourself."

Li Rong thought about it and agreed.

When she saw Pei Wenxuan start to pour tea for her, she pursed her lips and felt a little happy.

Pei Wenxuan realized that she was in a good mood and glanced at her: "You won a game, so you are so happy?"

"Pei Wenxuan," Li Rong held her chin up, "Tell me the truth, did you secretly go to the Yue Lao Temple to make a wish?"

Pei Wenxuan was a little surprised when he heard this: "Why does Your Highness ask this?"

"Take a look," Li Rong took out a piece of talisman paper and handed it to Pei Wenxuan, "What is this?"

Pei Wenxuan was smiling at first, but when he looked at the talisman with the birth dates of the two people written on it, his face changed drastically. He grabbed Li Rong's hand and asked anxiously, "Where are you from?!"

At the same time, in Yu's study, Concubine Rou was rubbing Li Ming's shoulders.

In her mind was the words the maid whispered in her ear.

"Mr. said that what Hongde did was not true, and it only needs to arouse His Majesty's suspicion. The most important thing now is to let His Majesty know that the Prince Consort and His Majesty Pingle have a deep relationship. His Majesty suspects that the Crown Prince and the Princess have joined forces. If His Majesty knows that Pei Wenxuan has feelings for the princess, I am afraid that he will not tolerate Pei Wenxuan."

"This is a three-life marriage charm that imitates the handwriting of the prince consort. It is a rune in the Yue Lao Temple that promises marriage in the next life. The ritual of obtaining the charm is complicated and different from ordinary blessing runes. As long as you can induce His Highness to admit that this charm is indeed theirs, then tell His Majesty the true meaning of this charm and guide him."

"Pei Wenxuan's career as an official has come to an end."