Three Years After Falling Off the Cliff

Prince Ning stared at the wine jar in front of Fu Yi in a daze and couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

The smell of peach blossoms made his chest feel stuffy and painful. He covered his chest and tried to vomit, but nothing came out. The spring breeze was noisy, making a mess in his mind.

He staggered a step and steadied himself by holding onto the tree trunk. The peach gum on the tree trunk stuck to his palms, sticky and clumping together. He looked down at his palms and recalled five years ago.

At that time she was still a little girl. She saw the story about burying the wine in a storybook and wanted to bury the wine, so he let her do it.

"Five years from now I will be eighteen years old. By then I will drink Nv'erhong and you will drink Taohuazui."
"Whoever is drunk is a puppy."

“Your Highness, Your Highness!” Seeing Prince Ning’s face getting paler and paler, Cen Chu said worriedly, “Your Highness, I will go get you a royal physician.”

"No need." Prince Ning wiped his palms clean and said calmly, "I am fine."

"Greetings, Your Majesty." A palace maid carrying a food box passed by and knelt down to salute.

Fu Yi noticed the movement, looked up and saw Prince Ning standing under the tree. She paused in pouring the wine, put down the wine pot and stood up: "Your servant greets Prince Ning."

The eunuchs held their breath and retreated to the corner. A prince is still a king. Almost no one would specifically point out that the other person is a prince when paying respects to him. Instead, they would respectfully address him as "Your Majesty".

"Miss Yun." Prince Ning smiled and walked over to the two of them. "I am in a good mood to enjoy the flowers and drink."

"Uncle, please take a seat." Sui Tingheng invited Prince Ning to take a seat. "Uncle is injured and cannot drink. Bring me some tea instead."

"It's just a few glasses of wine. Why can't I drink it?" King Ning snatched the wine cup and was about to pour the wine when the wine jar was held down by Fu Yi.

"Prince Ning, you cannot drink this wine." Fu Yi smiled like a flower and pushed the wine jar away with one hand: "You are of noble status, you must not take risks."

Prince Ning looked at her and slowly retracted his outstretched hand: "Thank you Miss Yun for your concern for my health."

Fu Yi raised her eyebrows slightly: "Well, I'm afraid that the prince will drink himself to death."

The word "death" was taboo in the palace, and the eunuchs took a few steps back in fear.

"You're drunk." Sui Tingheng didn't seem to notice that Fu Yi said something he shouldn't have said. He asked Mo Wen to take the jar away and said, "We'll drink this wine next time. I'll keep the rest for you."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Fu Yi picked up the wine glass: "Cheers."

Sui Tingheng picked up the wine glass, smiled and slowly drank the wine in the glass, then turned to look at Prince Ning: "Why is the emperor's uncle here today?"

"I heard that the Empress's sister-in-law was here to enjoy the flowers, so I wanted to come and pay my respects to her, but I didn't expect that you two would be here." Prince Ning's eyes fell on the empty wine glass in Sui Tingheng's hand: "Since the Empress's sister-in-law is not here, I will come to the palace to pay my respects to her next time."

"Uncle, you came at a bad time. Princess Kangyang asked to see my mother half an hour ago, so my mother went back to Zhaoyang Palace first." Sui Tingheng's eyes were full of smiles. "Fuyi and I will go to Zhaoyang Palace to have lunch with my mother. If you don't mind, uncle, you can go with us."

King Ning recalled the scene of their sleeves intertwined, and said with a distant look: "No need, thank you for your kindness, nephew. I will come again next time."

He stood up, took two steps, stopped, turned around and looked at Fu Yi.
Sui Tingheng stood up to see him off: "Uncle, is there anything else?"

"Nothing." Prince Ning retracted his gaze: "I didn't expect Heng'er and Miss Yun to be so close. I've never heard of you two being on good terms before."

"The emperor's uncle is an elder. Although I am young and ignorant, I know that I shouldn't disturb his peace with things like making friends." Sui Tingheng smiled gently: "My nephew and Fu Yi have known each other for many years. The emperor's uncle is usually busy, so naturally he doesn't pay attention to the interactions between us young people."

"Have we known each other for many years?" King Ning looked at Fu Yi and laughed, "It turns out that I am the one who is ignorant."
He turned around and walked away, saying goodbye with a smile: "Farewell, Prince Ning."

Prince Ning left without even looking back.

"The emperor's uncle has been doted on by the emperor's grandfather since he was young. Sometimes he has a bad temper. Don't take it to heart." Sui Tingheng gently poured a cup of hot tea for Fu Yi: "He said some bad things to you just now. I lied to cover it up. You don't mind, do you?"

Fu Yi shook her head: "I understand that Your Highness wants to protect my reputation. He is afraid that people outside will say that I am a flatterer."
Taking the tea that Sui Tingheng poured for her, Fu Yi's eyes were full of curiosity: "I didn't expect that Your Highness would lie. This servant feels a little strange."

"Do you think I am a person who never lies?" Sui Tingheng placed his fingertips on the edge of the hot cup. The steam from the tea made his eyes and eyebrows become gentle and affectionate. "Sometimes when I don't want to write a policy paper, I will lie."

"Gentlemen, do you believe it?" Fu Yi became even more curious.

"Hmm..." Sui Tingheng recalled for a moment and nodded, "I believe it."

"Same people have different fates. When I was little, I didn't want to copy books, so I told my dad that the books had been taken away by a wild cat." Fu Yi sighed: "My dad chased me halfway down the street with a stick in his hand. In the end, I was beaten but still cried while copying books until midnight."

"Later, the words I copied were really taken away by a wild cat, but no one believed it." Thinking of this, Fu Yi still felt wronged and even forgot that she should call herself "minister". "Even Cao Sanlang and the others didn't believe what I said."

She looked up and saw Sui Tingheng's mouth curled up. She couldn't believe it and said, "Your Highness, are you laughing at me?"

"I'm not laughing at you." Sui Tingheng rubbed the cup repeatedly with his fingertips: "I just think you must have been very cute when you copied books when you were a child."

"That... isn't too cute." Fu Yi recalled the time when she was studying as a child, her clothes stained by ink, her teacher who was so angry that he was blowing his beard and glaring, and her father who was frowning.

越回忆越觉得，她爹当年没揍死她，一定很爱她。

"I didn't like studying when I was young, so I often went to Cao Sanlang's house to learn horse riding and archery." Fu Yi smiled, "Later, my father was too lazy to take care of me and let me go to Cao's house every day."

Xia Yu and Qiu Shuang winked at Fu Yi frantically, "Miss, please say less. His Royal Highness the Prince is well-known for his diligence and love of study. Is it an honorable thing for you to tell him about how you skipped classes and how you don't like studying?"
"It turns out Miss Yun has been so powerful since she was a child."

"Amazing?" Fu Yi was surprised: "Your Highness, where did you get this from?"

"As a child of the Yun family, you should be knowledgeable and talented in the eyes of others. You can ignore other people's opinions and dare to do what you like. You dare to escape from what you hate without fear of others' words. This is something that countless people in the world do not have the courage to do." Sui Tingheng said: "There are too many people in the world who live in the eyes of the world. You are young and can do many things that adults dare not do. Naturally, you are amazing."

In the mouth of His Royal Highness, skipping classes to learn skills can become such a great thing. Fu Yi suddenly understood why almost everyone praised Sui Tingheng.
Because even she felt that it was a pleasant thing to get along with His Royal Highness the Prince.

Who can resist someone who is so good at talking?
She couldn't stand it anyway.

Qiu Shuang and Xia Yu looked at each other in surprise. It turned out that their young lady had been so capable since she was young. It was all their fault for not discovering their young lady's strengths in time.

"Your Highness, you are too kind."
Stop praising her, stop praising her. If you continue praising her, she will take it seriously.

"It's not a compliment, it's just the truth."
Fu Yi: From this moment on, she officially announced that Sui Tingheng was her favorite scholar besides her father and brother.

Zhaoyang Palace.
The Queen looked at Princess Kangyang, who had been sitting for half an hour and had no intention of leaving, and wondered if she wanted to have a meal at her place.

But she had already invited Fu Yi to have lunch. If she remembered correctly, there seemed to be some unpleasant misunderstanding between Princess Kangyang and Fu Yi.
Seeing that Princess Kangyang was reluctant to explain her purpose and lunch time was approaching, the Queen prepared to serve tea to see the guest off.

"Your Majesty, I came here today to ask for a favor." Princess Kangyang hesitated and said, "My husband's family has a nephew who just turned twenty this year. He has loved poetry and books since he was young. Last month, he was selected as the top scholar in the palace examination by Your Majesty."

"Are you talking about Liu Zihe?" The queen was very impressed by this year's top scholar. He was not only young and talented, but also handsome.

"It's him!" Seeing that the Queen had an impression of Liu Zihe, Princess Kangyang breathed a sigh of relief: "That child has been studying hard since he was young, and now there is no one around him who cares about him. Two days ago, his mother came to me and said that she had a girl she liked."

Princess Kangyang waited for the Queen to ask more questions, but the Queen did not respond, so she had to continue speaking shamelessly: "When I heard the girl she mentioned, I knew I couldn't help."

The Queen had an idea in her mind. The matchmaker that even Princess Kangyang couldn't ask for must either have a special status or have a bad relationship with Princess Kangyang.

"I wonder which girl Liu Xiaolang has taken a fancy to?" The Queen asked with a smile, "Even you, your aunt, feel embarrassed?"

"This girl has a good family background and is a famous knight in the capital. She is a perfect match for the Liu family." Princess Kangyang's cheeks were a little hot: "Please help me mediate."

"Ranger?" The queen was stunned when she heard this. She had heard that the dandies in the capital liked to call themselves rogues. Liu Zihe was the top scholar at the age of 20, and the girl he liked was not ordinary. "Who is the rogue that aunt is talking about?"

"The apple of Minister Yun's eye, Miss Yun Fuyi." Kang Yang really didn't want to say this, but he also didn't want to go back and face his sister-in-law crying.

"What?" The Queen sat up straight, "Is it Fu Yi that Liu Langjun likes?"
No wonder Aunt Kang Yang came to her for help. For the sake of her beloved fat grandson, Aunt Kang Yang had privately complained about Yun Fuyi many times. But now she has to help her sister-in-law and grandson to find a match. It is normal that she feels embarrassed.

She thought that a young man like Liu Zihe, who was obsessed with poetry and books, would prefer talented and learned women, but she didn't expect that he, like her, also liked energetic girls.

"Yes, this child has long been in love with Miss Yun. In the early years, due to..." Princess Kangyang wanted to say that it was due to Prince Ning's affection for Yun Fuyi, but she felt it was inappropriate, so she changed the subject and said, "Because Miss Yun was still young at the time and he had no achievements, he delayed bringing up the matter until now."

"It's not appropriate for you to come to me for this matter." The Queen smiled, "Why don't you ask someone to find out what Lord Yun and Madam Liu have to say before making any plans?"

Kang Yang hesitated to speak. Wasn't it because he couldn't find out what the two of them said that he had to come to the Queen for help?
"Mother, Great-Aunt Kangyang." Sui Tingheng strode into the hall. "What were you talking about just now?"

"Tingheng is becoming more and more outstanding." Kang Yang smiled warmly when he saw Sui Tingheng. "I am discussing a marriage with your Majesty. Your Majesty, Tingheng's crowning ceremony is coming soon. Do you have a candidate for the prince's consort?"

"This matter is not urgent yet." The Queen put the matter aside: "I am too lazy to worry about it. I will leave the child's marriage to Your Majesty."

Kang Yang tactfully stopped mentioning it and continued to speak well of Liu Zihe: "You, Queen, know that Liu Zihe is a very gentle child. When Miss Yun marries into the Liu family, you will definitely treat her well..."

"Which Miss Yun?" Sui Tingheng's eyes became sharp.

"Yun, Minister Yun's daughter." Kang Yang had never seen him with such an expression and felt a little scared for a moment.

"When was the marriage brought up?" Sui Tingheng looked at the Queen who was sitting at the top.

"It's a matter of no consequence. The Liu family has this idea, and the Yun family doesn't know anything yet. Don't mention it." The Queen looked around the palace and asked, "Why are you the only one here? Where's Fu Yi?"

"Your Majesty, I am here." Fu Yi held a bunch of peach blossoms in her arms, "When I came back, I found a deep red peach blossom, so I picked it and brought it to you to see."

She handed the peach blossoms to the maid of Zhaoyang Palace, and seemed to have just noticed Princess Kangyang and bowed to her.

"Miss Yun, there's no need to be so polite. Please take a seat."

Fu Yi was surprised by the other party's overly gentle attitude. Usually, Princess Kangyang would secretly roll her eyes when she saw her, but today she became so kind that she was a little scared.

She secretly looked at the Queen and Sui Tingheng, hoping they could give her some hints.

"This year's number one in the palace examination is from the capital. Has Fu Yi met him?" The Queen asked with a smile, "I remember that the number one in the palace examination parade was very lively in the past. This year is the first imperial examination since Your Majesty ascended the throne. I wonder if it will be as lively as before?"

Sui Tingheng raised his head and looked at Fu Yi.

Fu Yi was silent for a moment: "Your Majesty, on the day of the No. 1 Scholar's parade, I got up a little late and didn't make it in time to watch the excitement." She subconsciously looked at Sui Tingheng: "Excuse me, Your Highness, who is this year's No. 1 Scholar?"
She only knew that the person she kicked into the muddy ditch was Tanhua.

"It doesn't matter if you don't know. It's not an important matter." Sui Tingheng smiled.

Princess Kangyang: “…”
Who said it’s not important? It’s quite important.

"It's my husband's nephew Liu Zihe." Princess Kangyang took the initiative to speak again: "You both grew up in the capital, so you should have met each other before?"

"Liu Zihe?" Fu Yi thought again and again: "Liu Xiaopang's cousin?"

Princess Kangyang could hardly maintain her smile. Don't call her Great Grandson Liu Xiaopang. Her beloved grandson had a name. His name was Liu Shouchang!

"I remember now." Fu Yi finally found some memories about Liu Zihe in her mind: "Is he the one who couldn't memorize the book and got up in the middle of the night to secretly read it?"

Princess Kangyang: "Nonsense, who told you Zihe did such a thing?"

"That's what Fatty Liu said." Fu Yi said, "Fatty Liu said that Liu Zihe loved to cry when he was a child. He would cry when he saw bugs, when he couldn't recite a book, and even when he was not eating as fast as him. He was a real crybaby."

Princess Kangyang's lips trembled and she didn't say anything for a long time.
It's over. There's no hope for this marriage.

"It's just a misunderstanding, just a misunderstanding between children." Princess Kangyang stood up in a daze and asked for her resignation from the Queen. Her mind was full of thoughts, how could she hide from her eldest grandson the fact that he had said bad things in front of Yun Fuyi?

It’s all Liu Zihe’s fault. Why did he cry so much when he was a child?
If he had been braver, how could her precious grandson say these things in front of Yun Fuyi?

"What's wrong with the princess?" Fu Yi asked Sui Tingheng in a low voice: "She looks a little dazed."

Sui Tingheng glanced at the entrance of the palace and said, "Maybe it's because of my age. You don't have to take it to heart."

Fu Yi: “…”
On the Flower Festival, I saw her secretly rolling her eyes at me. How long has it been since then? Has she become senile and confused?

After lunch, it was still Sui Tingheng who took the initiative to send Fu Yi out of the palace.

"In the past, Heng'er seldom interacted with people of his age. I was worried that he would become a loner. Now I am finally relieved." The queen was in a very good mood. "Young people should act like young people."

Personal maid: "..."
Although there is no evidence, I still feel that you may be too relieved too early.

"Chenque... has the Chenxi Palace been repaired?" Passing by the Chenxi Palace, Fu Yi noticed that the fence had been removed at some point. She looked inside curiously and asked, "When will His Highness move in?"

"After I have performed the ceremony of coming of age." Sui Tingheng stopped and turned to walk towards the Palace of Seal of the Emperor: "Follow me."

The guard at the gate saw Sui Tingheng coming and saluted him: "Your Highness."

"Open the door." Sui Tingheng turned and looked at Fu Yi who was not far away. "Miss Yun, would you like to accompany me in to take a look?"

"Is it okay?" Fu Yi suppressed her curiosity: "Will it be inappropriate?"

"Nothing is inappropriate." Sui Tingheng stepped over the high threshold and looked at this familiar yet strange palace: "Master, you can come in anytime."

You are the master, not me.

Fu Yi leaned on the door frame and saw that the prince must be standing there waiting for her. She asked Qiu Shuang and Xia Yu to wait for her outside the door, and she went in alone.

The Chenxi Palace expanded the original Chenque Palace by half. Not only was the courtyard much more spacious, but even the main hall looked unrecognizable from its original appearance, as if it had been demolished and rebuilt.

To her surprise, the persimmon and pomegranate trees whose fruits she had eaten were still there, with red ropes tied to the trees to pay respect to the tree gods. The backyard was a large bamboo forest, with mosquito-repellent herbs planted in the corners, making it a cool and quiet place.

"Why is the right side a bit empty?" Fu Yi noticed that there was an empty area in the right backyard. "It would be a perfect place to build an archery training ground or a martial arts field, and plant some colorful flowers beside it." "How is your archery skill, Your Highness?"

"I know a little bit." Sui Tingheng asked, "What kind of flowers does Miss Yun like?"

"I like all flowers that are beautiful." Fu Yi bent down and pressed a flower that was stepped on and back into the soil: "But I think Your Highness should like to plant elegant and noble flowers."

"Why?" Sui Tingheng saw that the small flower that Fu Yi had pressed back fell down again, so he lifted up his robe and prepared to dig a new hole and plant it again.

"People with talent and learning tend to prefer plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum." Fu Yi pulled out a gilded rose hairpin from her hair and handed it to Sui Tingheng, signaling him to use it to dig a hole.

"That's other literati. I'm the same as Miss Yun." Seeing the rose hairpin handed to him, Sui Tingheng held it in his palm: "Flowers are flowers. It's the literati who forcibly give them non-existent qualities."

After the hole was dug, Fu Yi put the flower into the hole, covered its roots with soil, and patted the soil: "It shouldn't fall over now."

Sui Tingheng smiled, took out a handkerchief and wiped the rose hairpin clean: "There is dirt on your hands, let me help you put it on."

"Okay." Fu Yi put her head in front of Sui Tingheng.

Looking at the black hair so close to him, Sui Tingheng sighed softly, changed to a clean handkerchief, wrapped the end of the hairpin, and put the hairpin back into Fu Yi through the handkerchief.

"Your Highness, your hands are dirty too?" Fu Yi realized that Sui Tingheng was careful not to touch her hair, and said, "I would have dug it out myself if I had known. This will only dirty one person's hands."

"Maybe it's because I also want to contribute to saving it." Sui Tingheng put his hands behind his back, "Whenever I see it in the future, I will remember that we rescued it together."

"What is the name of this flower?"

Sui Tingheng was silent for a moment: "I don't know."

Fu Yi was afraid that he would be embarrassed, so she immediately said, "It's not important. What's important is that it's a small flower planted by His Highness himself."

“We planted these flowers together.”

Fu Yi glanced at Sui Tingheng out of the corner of her eye. She really couldn't tell that His Royal Highness the Prince could be so childish sometimes.

But it doesn't matter, she is a playboy who is good at changing with the wind.
"Yes, we planted the flowers together."

"Let's go to the inner room and take a look." Sui Tingheng walked ahead first, still holding the handkerchief that had been wrapped in the hairpin in his hand.

"Okay." Fu Yi patted the sand off his hands and followed in small steps.

The rooms in the renovated Chenxi Palace are more spacious than before, and are filled with various precious treasures. Fu Yi suspects that the emperor has stuffed all the good things into the Chenxi Palace.

The courtyards have not yet been named, but blank plaques have been hung, all made of golden nanmu wood.

Phoebe nanmu can only be used by emperors and princes.

Fu Yi withdrew her gaze thoughtfully. The Emperor wanted to confer the title of Crown Prince ahead of schedule?

The late emperor's old man was unpopular. If the emperor wants to confer the title of crown prince in advance, perhaps it will succeed.

The emperor has only one son, so it is a good thing to appoint a crown prince early. Rules should only be used in appropriate places. I just don't know what excuse the emperor should use to mention this matter to the court officials?
"Is this your Highness's study?" Fu Yi took back her foot that had just stepped into the door. The study was an important place, and she was the daughter of an external official, so she couldn't come and go here at will.

"Nothing important." Sui Tingheng stood inside the house and nodded to Fu Yi outside the door: "Come in and take a look."

"Thank you, Your Highness." Fu Yi stepped into the study and found that it was not quite what she had imagined.

The huge stained glass window is covered with transparent gauze, and there is a soft couch very close to the window. It must be very comfortable to lie here and read storybooks.
Not far from the couch are exquisite rocking chairs and swings, large enough to seat two or three people. The floor-standing shelf next to it is just the right size for storing a variety of snacks.
The desk was placed against the wall. The jade pens on the desk were exquisite and lovely, and even the pen tips were carved with auspicious patterns.
There were some books on the bookshelves on both sides. Fu Yi took a casual look and saw the most popular storybook in the capital.

The jade bead curtain divided the study into two halves. The other side looked more like a scholar's study, with densely packed bookshelves, countless books, incense burners, chess boards and other items placed in order. Fu Yi took a look at it twice and lost interest.

She reached out and lifted the beaded curtain. The jade beads made crisp sounds, and Fu Yi suddenly realized that this might be the place carefully prepared by the prince for the future princess, so there were soft couches, rocking chairs, swings and storybooks.

She glanced at the bookshelf again and saw many novels she had not read. She had missed so much in the three years since she left the capital.

"Are there any books Miss Yun likes here?" Sui Tingheng lifted the beaded curtain and walked to the bookshelf. His clean and slender fingers brushed across the neatly arranged storybooks: "These are some storybooks published in the capital in the past three years. I don't like reading them. If you like them, take them all back."

"All?" Fu Yi coughed dryly, "Your Highness, this... isn't prepared for the future prince's consort?"

"Before I met Miss Yun, I had no female friends, and I didn't know who the future prince's consort would be." Sui Tingheng clapped his hands lightly. The eunuch came in and put the books into a box, waiting for Fu Yi to take them away: "If you don't want them, they will just be left here to gather dust."

"Your Highness, I thank you for your reward." Seeing that there were several large boxes full of storybooks, Fu Yi's mouth curled up wildly. Is there any better prince in the world than Sui Tingheng?
No, absolutely not.

Qiu Shuang and Xia Yu's eyes widened when they saw the young lady enter the Chenxi Palace empty-handed and come out followed by several eunuchs holding wooden boxes.
The prince hasn't moved into the Chenxi Palace yet, why are you getting in on it first, young lady?

Mo Wen walked up to Sui Tingheng and whispered, "Your Highness, Master Lu wants to see you for something."
"Your Highness, it's getting late. I'll take my leave first." Fu Yi said goodbye.

"Mo Wen, escort Miss Yun out of the palace." Sui Tingheng took a step towards Fu Yi and immediately stopped: "Take some of the fresh fruits and vegetables that the imperial farm offered as tribute two days ago back to Miss Yun."

Fu Yi bowed and thanked him: "Thank you for your reward, Your Highness."
His Royal Highness the Prince is also more generous than Your Majesty.

When the palace eunuchs saw Fu Yi followed by a long line of people holding boxes, they felt as if they had returned to three years ago.
At that time, Miss Yun was highly valued by the late emperor, and she received many rewards almost every time she left the palace. Some were given by the late emperor, and some were given by concubines who wanted to please Miss Yun.

"Mo Wen." Fu Yi saw the Imperial Guards leading a long line of men and women out of the palace in the distance, and asked curiously: "Who are those people?"

"My Lord, those are palace maids and eunuchs who have been in the palace for more than ten years." Mo Wen replied, "The Queen is kind-hearted and has granted them special permission to leave the palace. If they do not wish to return home, they can go to Changning Palace to serve the old concubines."

"Your Majesty is very kind."
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the original forces in the palace were eliminated. From then on, all matters big and small in the palace would be based on the Queen's mood.
A new emperor appoints new ministers. The Empress has waited until now before taking action, which has already given these people enough face.

"Miss Yun, Miss Yun!" A maid broke through the guards' blockade, ran to Fu Yi, knelt down, hugged her feet and begged, "I used to serve you, please help me to speak to my aunt, I don't want to go to Changning Palace, please save me."

"Are you from Xiangkun Palace?" Fu Yi had some impression of this palace maid. She was a second-class palace maid beside Concubine Zeng.

"Miss, do you still remember me?" The maid kowtowed to Fu Yi desperately: "Please, for the sake of our past relationship with Xiangkun Palace, save me."

As soon as these words were spoken, Qiu Shuang and Xia Yu's faces turned ugly.

In front of so many eunuchs and guards, he frequently mentioned the relationship between the young lady and Xiangkun Palace. Did he want the young lady to plead for mercy, or did he want the emperor to be suspicious of the young lady and the Yun family?
Fu Yi looked down at the palace maid who was hugging her thighs and talking about how good Xiangkun Palace had been to her in the past. She laughed instead of getting angry.
Three years later, someone finally used palace fighting tactics on her again.
I still miss it a little bit.

"Since you have served me, don't you know that I am a petty person who holds grudges?" Fu Yi pulled her feet out of the maid's arms: "Back then, Concubine Zeng whispered in the late emperor's ear and caused our Yun family to be exiled to Chongzhou. I still remember the grudge."

The late emperor, Old Deng, was not only lustful but also addicted to elixirs. He kept a group of "cultivating masters" in the palace. Concubine Zeng colluded with these "masters" and drove out many court officials who opposed her.

"Why do you hate the prince for what the imperial concubine did? Have you forgotten all the good things the prince did for you in the past? Yun Fuyi, why did you come back alive? Why don't you just die?!"

"You want me to die," Fu Yi smiled with her head tilted, "I want to live well, to cause trouble to everyone who wants me dead, to get in your way, and to ruin your business. Are you angry? Well, it's right to be angry."

"Yun Fuyi, you are in trouble..."

Mo Wen stepped forward and held the maid down, blocking her mouth neatly: "Why don't you drag her away quickly?!" He waved his hand to let the guards drag the maid away, and bowed to Fu Yi repeatedly: "My Lord, please don't be angry. The Yun family's loyalty to your majesty is evident to heaven. Your Majesty and His Highness will not listen to the nonsense of such a villain."

The palace maid was dragged away with her mouth blocked. The look she gave Fu Yi was filled with intense hatred.
"Thank you, eunuch." Fu Yi looked into the palace maid's eyes without dodging or avoiding, and even smiled even more brightly.

This smile irritated the palace maid. She widened her eyes and wished she could pounce on Fu Yi and bite her to death.
How dare she, how dare she?!

As the daughter of a court official, she was favored by the prince, but not only was she unwilling to help the prince seize the throne, she also added insult to injury when the prince was down and out. How could God allow such a heartless and ungrateful woman to survive?

Why didn't she die at the bottom of the cliff and be eaten by wolves, but instead came back to hurt the prince's heart? !
"Hate is indeed stronger than love." Fu Yi sighed: "Look, it took two guards to hold her down. She is really strong. It shows how sincere she is to me."

Xia Yu and Qiu Shuang: "..."
Please say less, I’m afraid that the other person will turn into a ghost and won’t let you go.

die?
Fu Yi sneered. She had managed to survive with great difficulty while enduring the pain of broken bones. No one could let her die.
What the hell was past affection? All she felt was the embarrassment and agony of feeling so painful that she wished she could end her life.

The inner hall of the prince's palace.
"Your Highness." Mo Wen walked into the inner hall and bowed to Sui Tingheng, saying, "Jun Yun has returned home. But something unexpected happened at the palace gate."
"What happened?" Sui Tingheng put down the letter in his hand and looked up at Mo Wen.

Mo Wen recounted what happened at the palace gate. When he heard the palace maid scolding Fu Yi for coming back alive, Sui Tingheng crumpled the letter in his hand and said, "Nonsense!"

He stood up: "Prepare my horse..."

"That's all."

He closed his eyes for a long time, suppressing all the turbulent emotions in his heart: "Jun Yun is kind and well-behaved, and is deeply loved by the Queen Mother. I give her two boxes of pearls, eight pairs of gold hairpins, ten pieces of tribute satin, a good horse, and two good bows; I also give Yun Shangshu two purple robes and two pairs of cloud-patterned boots; I also give Madam Liu a jade ruyi and a box of old ginseng; and I give Yun Jia Lang four treasures of the study."

"Your Highness." Mo Wen hesitated and said, "I am worried that this action will cause criticism."

"Minister Yun is loyal to his emperor and loves his country, but the maidservant of Prince Ning's biological mother cursed Princess Yun at the palace gate. As a junior, I cannot criticize my elders, nor can I bear to see a good official being humiliated." Sui Tingheng had a blank expression on his face. "Remember to tell Auntie that the eunuch of Prince Ning's mansion accused Auntie of not managing the household strictly in the palace, so that she will not allow slaves to bully their masters."

"Yes."

"Doesn't the emperor's uncle want to drink?" Sui Tingheng took off the jade pendant from his waist and threw it on the table: "Send him ten jars, and he will drink slowly after his injury heals."

The sun gradually set, and Sui Tingheng looked down at the jade pendant thrown on the table.
It is said that a gentleman is like jade, but sometimes he doesn't want to be a gentleman.

When the news that the Yun family had received rewards from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince reached the ears of all the ministers, they were all a little surprised. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince never favored any of the court officials, so why did he suddenly reward them with so many things today?
After sending someone to inquire, they found out that it was because the old maid of Prince Ning's biological mother cursed at Dongfeng Gate that the girl of the Yun family should not live. The poor emperor and his family were helping Prince Ning to clean up the mess.

Even Princess Kangyang and others who disliked Yun Fuyi began to believe that the Ning Wang faction was the mastermind behind the attack on the Yun family after they learned the whole story.

"Some men." Princess Kangyang shook her head and sighed, "They talk about love, but they kill whole families, and then they accuse women of not being affectionate enough. No wonder the Yun family is not in a hurry to arrange a marriage for Yun Fuyi."
"Prince Ning is handsome, and the ladies in the palace cannot stand seeing men outside of the palace. It's pitiful that they have been seduced by him and lost their minds." Madam Liu patted Princess Kangyang's legs and said, "Mother-in-law, you have brought up the Marquis well."

Princess Kangyang was quite proud: "Although the men of the Liu family have many flaws, they are impeccable in their loyalty. It's a pity that the Yun family doesn't like Zihe and is unwilling to marry Fuyi into the Liu family."

When she heard that Liu Zihe wanted to marry Yun Fuyi, Madam Liu didn't even pound her legs: "Zihe likes Yun Fuyi?"

"Reading too much will ruin your brain." Princess Kangyang shook her head and said, "Yun Fuyi just doesn't like him, the new champion."
"Why don't you like it?" Mrs. Liu asked.

"I just remember Shouchang saying that he loved to cry since he was a child, and I don't have any other impression of him." They all grew up in the capital city. If they had some interest in him, how could they not even remember what he looked like?

Madam Liu shrank her neck and said, "It's better not to let my cousin know about this."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other silently, and saw that there was a hint of guilt in each other's eyes.
This, this cannot be blamed on Shouchang. Zihe was a crybaby since he was a child. Shouchang is just too honest.

Bang!
Princess Ning walked to the main courtyard gate and watched the wine jar fly out and hit the ground. She calmly avoided the fragments of the wine jar and said, "Your Highness."

"Siyue." Prince Ning walked out of the room and reached out to hold her hand. She looked at Prince Ning, who did not show any anger on his face, and said, "I heard that a eunuch spoke inappropriately in the palace yesterday?"
A eunuch guarding the door lowered his head.

"According to the rules of the palace, this daring servant should be dragged away and beaten with thirty sticks." Princess Ning pulled her hand out of the palm of the king and pointed at the eunuch in the corner: "Come here, drag him away."

"Princess, please spare me, my lord, please save me!"

"Like the moon..."

"Your Highness." Princess Ning interrupted Prince Ning and said, "I am from the Lu family in Lingbei, and I cannot bear the bad reputation of not managing my family well."

She laughed with an ambiguous tone, "This is the best bamboo leaf green. Your Majesty, hold it steady. Don't drop it next time, or you'll waste your nephew's kindness."

After dealing with the eunuchs, Princess Ning changed into light clothes and left the house. From afar, she saw Yun Fuyi riding on a snow-white horse, so dazzling that she could not take her eyes away.

"Princess." Fu Yi got off the horse and saluted Princess Ning.

"What a handsome horse." Although Princess Ning didn't know much about horses, she could tell that this was no ordinary horse.

"It was given by His Royal Highness the Prince yesterday." Fu Yi touched the horse's neck. Seeing that Princess Ning was very curious about the horse, she smiled and said, "Princess, do you want to touch it?"

"Is it okay?" Princess Ning was a little tempted.

"Don't be afraid." Fu Yi held Princess Ning's wrist and led her to gently touch the horse's head.

"It's a little itchy." Princess Ning's cheeks were flushed, and her eyes and eyebrows were filled with happiness.

"Do you want to ride it?" Fu Yi whispered in Princess Ning's ear, "There is a Cuju match today. I will take you to see the excitement."

Princess Ning's reason told her that she shouldn't do such a thing, but her head nodded unconsciously.

"Princess!" The maid's face turned pale, "No, Princess..."

This is a famous playboy in the capital, he will lead you astray.

Yun Fuyi climbed onto the horse, bent down to pull Princess Ning onto the horse's back, and put his arm around her waist: "Don't be afraid, let's ride slowly."

"I'm not afraid." Princess Ning looked into the distance. It turned out that she was so high up when sitting on a horse.

"Then let's go." Fu Yi patted the horse gently, and the horse started moving. Princess Ning's whole body stiffened.

"Don't worry, if you really fall, I'll be your cushion." Fu Yi hugged Princess Ning, "I promise to protect you."

"I believe you." As the horse moved forward, Princess Ning relaxed a little bit.

"Princess!" The maid in the palace watched the playboy from the Yun family abduct the princess, stamped her feet, turned around and ran back to the palace.
"Oh no! The princess has been kidnapped by Miss Yun!"

(End of this chapter)