The eldest sister was reborn and the younger sister traveled through time. I just want to survive.

Yan Muxi performed the smile disappearing technique on the spot, then rolled her eyes at Yu Wantai and turned away.

She had only taken two steps when she was pulled back. She looked down and found that her sleeve was pulled by Yu Wantai's hand. She shook it off, but failed to get it free.

"The flower rooster is not worthy of walking with the prince, please let go."

"No, I think you deserve it, so you deserve it." Yu Wantai still looked at her and smiled.

The person in front of him was clearly smiling, but Yan Muxi felt an inexplicable sense of sadness in his heart, and for a moment he lost the strength to argue with the person in front of him.

She turned around and continued walking forward, Yu Wantai tugged at her sleeve and followed closely behind her.

"They said Xu Xingzhi was going to beat the drum to file a complaint with the emperor. Do you think that's true, my Lord?"

"No matter whether it is true or not, a bunch of scoundrels cannot take my life."

Yan Muxi turned around and responded, "If they can't take my life, what if they insist on taking half of my life?"

After a moment of silence, Yu Wantai turned his head and looked away, not looking at her. "If I am willing to give them half my life, will you think that I am useless?"

Yan Muxi suddenly felt a sour and uncomfortable feeling in her heart. Yu Wantai answered her like this, obviously knowing very well what kind of criticism he would face next.

Xu Xingzhi has the title of a scholar and the support of scholars and students. If he really beats the drum to report to the emperor, Emperor Yuanjing will certainly give an explanation to the people of the world. By then, Yu Wantai will probably be in great trouble even if he doesn't die.

The most frustrating thing in life is to know that good people are being wronged and bad people are going unpunished, but to be powerless to put things right.

The next morning, Dongyu woke up early and ran into the house in a hurry, "Oh no, oh no."

Facing Yu Wantai's slightly captivating gaze, Dong Yu didn't dare to shout anymore. She leaned close to Yan Muxi's ear and whispered, "Xu Xingzhi struck the drum to report the incident."

Dongyu had a loud voice, and his suppressed voice was not small either. At least everyone in the room, whether they should or shouldn't have heard it, could have heard it.

If the stupid little girl wasn't so big and difficult to lift, Yu Wantai would have wanted to just pick her up and throw her away, so as not to make the little girl anxious so early in the morning.

Sure enough, Yan Muxi's face changed drastically when he heard this, "Seriously, who told you that?"

"The buyer from the small kitchen said that there were dozens of students accompanying Xu Xingzhi in beating the drum to report the incident. Now they are kneeling at the gate of the palace, and many people are gathered around to watch the fun. Many people from the South City have also come to watch the fun... What should I do, Miss, you are not going to be a widow just after getting married..."

Receiving several pairs of daggers at the same time, Dongyu quickly covered his mouth and dared not say anything.

After having breakfast in Zhuxiang Hall, Princess Rong continued to do needlework. Yu Wantai was instructed by old Prince Rong to go fishing by the lake, carrying a fishing rod.

There are four people in the family, and three of them are as calm as usual, and it seems that only Yan Muxi, the latecomer, is anxious.

Yan Muxi thought that the three of them were used to big scenes and would not take this terrible thing seriously. However, when she tried to probe them in a roundabout way, she found out that Princess Rong had no idea about the public opinion outside.

Princess Rong doesn't know about it, so it's impossible that old Prince Rong doesn't know about it either, right?

Near noon, the sky, which had been gloomy for several days, began to snow lightly.

Seeing that the father and son had no intention of returning with their fishing rods, Yan Muxi went to the lake with his straw raincoat and bamboo hat.

Yu Wantai and the old King Rong were about two or three feet apart. Both father and son had solemn expressions and were fishing on their own.

After the old Prince Rong put on his raincoat, Yan Muxi squatted down in front of him and carefully considered his words before asking in a low voice, "Father, do you know about Xu Xingzhi's drumming?"

"I know. The one who sued my son, how could I, an old man, not know about it?" The tone of old Prince Rong was so indifferent, as if he was talking about someone else's family affairs.

Yan Muxi kept asking questions, and it seemed that she was the only one who cared about Yu Wantai's life or death.

In the afternoon, Yan Muqing and Yan Muyun both sent people to deliver letters.

Yan Muyun's letter only contained some caring and comforting words. In addition to caring words, Yan Muqing's letter specifically informed Yan Muxi that the eldest princess' marriage to the North Vietnamese had been decided at today's court meeting.

Under the situation that we were strong and the enemy was weak, Dafeng humbled itself and sent its most honorable princess to marry off to North Vietnam. This cowardly act should have been condemned, but now it has been quietly finalized without even arousing the slightest wave of public opinion. It is too unusual.

Yan Muxi suddenly realized that if Xu Xingzhi had not filed a complaint to the emperor, the princess' marriage to North Vietnam would certainly have caused an uproar.

Could it be that the real purpose of Prince Rui framing Yu Wantai was to cover up public opinion that the eldest princess was pro-North Vietnamese?

But the eldest princess is the biological sister of King Rui. What reason does King Rui have to push his own sister into the fire pit?

At that time, the number of people gathered outside the palace did not decrease at all due to the bad weather. Instead, they tended to gather more and more.

Xu Xingzhi knelt under the drum on the side of the palace gate, with hundreds of students in blue gowns kneeling behind him. The scene was very tragic.

After kneeling in the cold wind for most of the day, several weak students fainted. After they were carried away, new students immediately took their places.

As it got dark, the snow fell heavier and heavier, and the small snowflakes turned into heavy snow. With a creaking sound, the side door of the palace was opened, and a team of royal guards stepped out from inside the palace gate.

Before the Royal Guards arrived, the people took the initiative to build a thick human wall to protect the students led by Xu Xingzhi.

As in previous times, the Royal Guards did not approach the students. They made a routine inspection and then entered the palace gate.

Instead of feeling relieved, the people who were ignored became even angrier.

Hundreds of students knelt under the drum for a whole day. It was impossible for the emperor not to know about it, but he knew about it but turned a blind eye to it. This is enough to prove the emperor's determination to protect Prince Rong.

The cold wind was blowing, and the snow scene under the night sky was like a colorful painting. Against the backdrop of the towering palace gate, the students kneeling in the snow looked desolate and helpless.

By the end of the hour of Hai, Xu Xingzhi could no longer hold on, fainted, and was carried away.

Many soft-hearted people wiped away their tears, and the bolder ones cursed Yu Wantai and the Rong Palace, and even felt resentment towards the emperor.

The remaining students did not leave because of Xu Xingzhi's fall. Instead, they took his place and continued to kneel, with one student taking his place after the other fell.

The lanterns and torches outside the palace gate were lit all night, and many people waited with their eyes open all night.

Yan Muxi also opened her eyes and waited. Ever since she started taking Aunt Ming's pills, she hadn't experienced the feeling of wanting to sleep but being unable to fall asleep for more than ten years.

Yu Wantai was very quiet on the low couch. He didn't even turn over all night. Yan Muxi sighed and was about to curse him as a pig prince, but unexpectedly Yu Wantai suddenly spoke.

"Go to sleep, or it will be dawn soon!"

Yan Muxi lifted a corner of the bed curtain and said, "You, the prince, are not asleep!"

There was a semi-light-blocking luminous pearl in the bedroom, and the shadows allowed them to vaguely see each other's facial features.

Yu Wantai turned sideways and looked over. "The Crown Prince's Consort has been sighing all night, it's so annoying. How can this Crown Prince sleep?"

"Then go to sleep, my lord. I won't sigh anymore!" After saying this, Yan Muxi let down the bed curtain and tried hard to hold back the sigh she wanted to sigh.

Yu Wantai's voice came from outside the bed curtain, "Sleep well, there will be results tomorrow morning at the latest."