The reason why Shen Ningyun remembered it so clearly was because the woman in the portrait was so extremely beautiful.
Moreover, she only glanced at it casually at that time, and the king put the portrait away without saying a word. This somewhat guilty action made her remember that beautiful face even more in her heart.
But she never saw the painting again, and the stunning woman never appeared, so she slowly let go of the matter.
Now...the second prince of the Yong Dynasty actually looks so much like the woman in the portrait, and the identity of the woman in the painting is obvious.
If she remembered correctly, the second prince of the Yong Dynasty had half Northern blood, and his biological mother was a princess of the Northern Kingdom, whose title was Yu Liu!
But, how could Princess Yu Liu’s portrait end up in the hands of the king?
Shen Ningyun was confused, but when the king saw Shen Yuanbai's portrait, he did not look too surprised, as if he had already known that Shen Yuanbai looked like this.
"It's him! It's him!"
The eldest prince looked extremely ugly. Only then did he realize that he might have been used as a gun!
He has been busy fighting with his second and third brothers for so many years, and he has to please his father, win over the ministers, and occasionally go to the backyard to indulge himself. He has been so busy that he has no time to care about what the princes of other countries look like.
This Jin... No, since Shen Yuanbai is from the Yong Dynasty, how could he possibly plan for him with all his heart and soul?
He himself has fled to Nanli in defeat, and now he has transformed himself into a strategist named Jin. Could it be that he wants to use him to seize the position of the ruler of Nanli, and then manipulate him into a puppet, and finally join forces with the Northern Kingdom to target the Yong Dynasty?
The more the eldest prince thought about it, the colder his heart became. Only then did he realize that he had almost made a big mistake!
No matter how hard Baili Chengye fights with his second and third brothers, the throne of the king will always belong to their Baili family. If Shen Yuanbai succeeds this time, wouldn't Baili Chengye become the eternal sinner of the Baili clan?
Thinking of this, the eldest prince shuddered and suddenly shouted angrily at Baili Miaoxue who was kneeling beside him:
"Fourth sister, you already knew that he was the prince of Yong State, and you even introduced him to me. What is your intention?"
The eldest prince sweated even more profusely when he thought that his plan today was inseparable from Shen Yuanbai's scheme.
"Father, I have really been tricked! I was wrong for not judging people, but it is my fourth sister who is the one who is truly treacherous!"
Seeing that everyone was looking at Baili Miaoxue, Meng Guxue's eyes rolled and he immediately came up with a plan!
There's going to be a big brawl tonight, and Shen Yuanbai wants to stay out of it?
No way!
The moment Meng Guxue lowered her head, Baili Miaoxue raised her head and exclaimed:
"Father, I... I didn't think too much about it. I just liked his appearance. He said he had admired you for a long time, so I took him to see you."
"As a result... As a result, my elder brother admires Shen Yuanbai very much and is determined to keep him by his side. As for Shen Yuanbai's true identity, I only found out tonight!"
"I was playing with my third sister-in-law tonight and I also asked Shen Yuanbai to join us. But when she saw him, she called out Shen Yuanbai's name right away, and I was startled!"
As soon as Baili Miaoxue finished speaking, Meng Guxue looked up and said honestly, "Father, what Fourth Sister said is true. When I saw Shen Yuanbai in the other courtyard, I was really surprised."
"I should have reported this matter to my father and informed Lord Qiao immediately, but when I heard that Madam was wrongly accused again, I immediately lost my composure and completely forgot about this matter."
Meng Guxue: It’s so exciting to sing a duet by myself!
Everyone knew the eldest prince's character. She heard that he was bisexual and did not discriminate between meat and vegetables. She didn't believe that the eldest prince was not attracted by Shen Yuanbai's face!
Meng Guxue was really smart. The words she made up really hit the heart of the eldest prince, because Shen Yuanbai was indeed obtained from Baili Miaoxue by him after much entanglement...
The eldest prince choked for a moment, and Meng Guxue quickly took advantage of the situation to pursue him.
"Brother, is Shen Yuanbai still in your house? You should ask father to catch him as soon as possible. He is not someone you can easily deal with!"
Meng Guxue's words also reminded the eldest prince that his plan today had failed, and now he could only blame everything on Shen Yuanbai, and then capture him in front of the emperor to make amends, in the hope of getting some compensation in front of his father.
"Father, my men are waiting outside the imperial study. Can you allow me to order them to be captured immediately?"
Yinzhu has always been thorough in his work, and he must have kept the person under surveillance!
The king was extremely disappointed with his eldest son, but since Shen Yuanbai was able to do this even after fleeing to Nanli Kingdom, he really wanted to meet him.
"Go quickly."
The eldest prince got the promise and quickly turned around to leave the hall. At this time, Qiao Tianjing suddenly stepped forward and said in a calm voice:
"Your Highness, may I have the liberty to say a few words?"
The eldest prince frowned impatiently when he saw Qiao Tianjing come forward at this critical moment, but still responded, "Envoy Qiao, please speak."
Qiao Tianjing cupped his hands and said, "Some time ago, it was the foreign ministers who followed the orders of His Majesty to wipe out the remnants of Yu Liu and Shen Yuanbai in Yong Dynasty."
"When the foreign minister was torturing the captured servants, he accidentally learned a piece of news. One of Princess Yu Liu's personal maids was ordered away and her whereabouts are still unknown."
"Therefore, I would like to ask Your Highness to pay a little attention when you capture Shen Yuanbai. There is an assistant beside him named Yinzhu. It is said that Yinzhu is beautiful and should be easy to identify."
When the eldest prince heard this, his originally nonchalant expression froze in an instant.
He slowly turned his head, his face pale with disbelief as he asked, "Envoy Qiao, what was the name of the helper you mentioned just now?"
Qiao Tianjing answered word by word: "Silver beads——"
The eldest prince suddenly stopped moving. He opened his mouth slightly, and the muscles under his skin were faintly twitching, making his whole face unconsciously become ferocious.
"Your Highness?" Qiao Tianjing pretended to be ignorant and called out with a puzzled look on his face.
The eldest prince trembled violently, his face turned red, and he took two or three steps back.
His chest heaved violently, his head was spinning and dizzy, his eyes were wide open, at this moment horror, confusion, anger and countless other emotions mixed together, so chaotic that he could hardly stand.
Silver beads? How could it be silver beads?
Is it a coincidence of names?
The eldest prince wanted to comfort himself in this way, but how could such a coincidence happen in the world?
And once he had doubts, he vaguely recalled that during these days, it seemed that whenever he showed "interest" in Shen Yuanbai, Yinzhu would serve him with extra diligence, bewitching him so much that he would forget about Shen Yuanbai in the blink of an eye.
Silver beads, silver beads...
Yinzhu has been with him for sixteen years. Are these sixteen years...all fake?
The eldest prince's entire body was cold, and at this moment he couldn't tell whether he was more shocked and angry, or more frightened.
Because he really couldn't imagine what kind of calculations and beliefs Yinzhu had in her heart that would make her play the role of a concubine day after day for sixteen years, pretending to be nice to him day and night without revealing the slightest flaw!