If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

This was not the only incident in which the knife was stabbed into Concubine Yao's heart.

On the first day, rumors suddenly spread everywhere in the capital that the reason why Concubine Yao gave two palace maids to Shen Suian was that she wanted to send spies to the prince of the Southern Dynasty.

The Second Prince, who served as Regent, was not as broad-minded or talented as the Emperor. When he saw that Lu Yuan had become a prince of the Southern Dynasty, he began to be suspicious of him. He also tried every means to keep Shen Suian in Shangjing City and take her hostage.

Originally, it was just a few scholars discussing it in a teahouse, but somehow it became more and more widespread.

The scholars in the academy were already very dissatisfied with Concubine Yao because Princess Guangning killed their classmates, and now they found a reason to attack her.

In less than a day, scholars in the capital city had held several discussions in various places.

Their discussion was very clever. Instead of sympathizing with Shen Suian, they said that the actions of the Second Prince and Concubine Yao would provoke conflicts between the two countries and destroy the alliance between the two countries.

The peace and prosperity we have had over the years has been hard-won. If it is destroyed because of these foolish actions, the people will be plunged into the predicament of war again.

Want war?

Is the treasury full?

Is the food ready?

Have the three armies gathered?

You have nothing, but you want to start a war. Who do you think you are?

The emperor is still alive, and the second prince is so messed up as regent. Can he really become a qualified new emperor in the future?

These words were passed into the palace word for word.

Concubine Yao, who was always calm and confident of victory, smashed the teacup three times in anger for the first time.

"Good, what a great Shen Suian!" Concubine Yao was so angry that her voice was shaking.

She had never thought highly of Shen Suian for daring to openly oppose her, but now Shen Suian not only did so, but also acted like he had stuffed a fly into her mouth.

"Mother, why did you give Tianxiang to Shen Suian?" The second prince's tone was unconsciously filled with anger.

He naturally knew the rumors outside, and just now he was blamed by those ministers in the court.

Peace is not easy to come by, and there is no benefit in offending the prince of the Southern Dynasty.

What’s more, Lu Yuan used to be the commander of the Pacification Division. Don’t they know what he is capable of?

When Concubine Yao heard what the Second Prince said, she wanted to throw the teacup in her hand again.

"Is that bitch the only thing you think about?" Yao Fei asked coldly.

The second prince had long had his eyes on Tianxiang, but due to the current special period, he had never kept her by his side.

I didn't expect that the person would be sent away just because of my negligence.

Of course, he didn't dare to admit in front of Concubine Yao that he liked Tianxiang.

"Mother, that's not what I meant." The Second Prince said in a low voice, "It's just that my father had already told me not to make things difficult for Shen Sui'an to return to the Southern Dynasty. Why are you doing this in vain?"

"Besides, didn't you teach me before that we shouldn't start a war with the Southern Dynasty at this time? You said that we should keep peace at home and resist foreign aggression, right? Then why can't you keep your cool?"

Concubine Yao never thought of stopping Shen Sui'an, nor did she want to destroy the alliance between the two countries.

She just didn't expect that Shen Sui'an would break up with her regardless of the consequences.

"The envoy from the Southern Dynasty said that their queen wants to hold a new wedding banquet for Lu Yuan... their Prince Chen, so she wants to invite Prime Minister Shen and others to attend the ceremony..."

Concubine Yao's expression changed and she sat up straight.

"My father has already agreed." The second prince spoke before she got angry.

"Do you know that Shen Sui'an is the one who killed Guangning?" Concubine Yao said with a frown.

The Second Prince sat down next to her and sighed, "Mother, ever since Guangning died, you have been brooding over it and thinking that someone is manipulating everything behind the scenes."

"But Guangning went to the academy to snatch the scholar. No one forced her to do that. She was the boss and tortured the two lovers. Everyone on the street saw it."

If Guangning had not tortured and killed the scholar, his brother would not have sought revenge.

What does this have to do with Shen Sui'an?

"Do you think Guangning deserves his punishment?" Concubine Yao asked coldly.

The Second Prince: "Mother, that's not what I meant. It's just... you still remember what you told me, right? This is an extraordinary period. Father's mental state is sometimes good and sometimes bad, and he hasn't issued an edict to me yet."

The eldest prince and the fifth prince have both been crowned kings, and the imperial edict to appoint him as the crown prince should have been given to him, but there has been no news for a long time. How can the second prince not be worried?

"Moreover, father wants my eldest brother to come back." The second prince's face was heavy.

Concubine Yao frowned, "Didn't your father ask the eldest prince to go directly to the border?"

"I don't know. Lord Lin told me that my father sent someone to pass on a secret decree."

"I understand." Concubine Yao closed her eyes.

The Second Prince: "Mother, there is still a long way to go. If Shen Sui'an is really the murderer who killed Guangning, I will never let her go."

Concubine Yao sneered at herself, "Once she goes to the Southern Dynasty, how are you going to deal with her?"

"I will try to quell the rumors outside." said the second prince.

No matter how rampant the rumors in the capital city were, they could not affect the envoys from the Southern Dynasty.

The envoys from the Southern Dynasty brought a lot of betrothal gifts from Queen Ruan to the Shen family.

"Old Master Shen, what the Queen meant was that the betrothal gifts given by the prince before were saved by him. As the in-laws, the Queen cannot prepare no betrothal gifts at all. These are all betrothal gifts prepared according to the specifications that the prince should have."

Old Master Shen looked at the thick list and knew it was extremely rich without even opening it.

"Our queen would like to invite the old master and the old lady, as well as the wives and young masters to the Southern Dynasty. The queen would like to personally thank you for taking care of the prince over the years."

Old Master Shen and the old lady looked at each other and said, "Sir Envoy, I'm afraid it won't be easy for us to leave Shangjing."

"Don't worry, old man. We will make all arrangements properly," said the messenger.

As soon as the messenger left, everyone in the Shen family fell silent.

"Grandpa, the Second Master is the Minister of Works. He cannot leave the capital." Mrs. Shen said with embarrassment.

Old Master Shen nodded. It was not realistic for the whole family to go to the Southern Dynasty, and the Shen family’s roots were originally here.

Jiang said, "Didn't Sui Sui say that? I'm just going to stay for a while, and everything will be fine later."

"Let the second house stay. The rumors outside will definitely make the palace wary." said Old Master Shen.

"Then I'll ask someone to pack up and we should set off in the next few days." Jiang said.

Old Master Shen nodded, "Go ahead."

With the emperor's handwritten order, Shen Sui'an had no major obstacles in leaving the capital. Her former good friends came to see her off these past few days.

Now that she's gone, I don't know when we'll see each other again.

Until she left Shangjing City, Concubine Yao did not summon her again.

“Princess, the butcher you mentioned has been sent out of Yong Dynasty, and his appearance is very different now. No one will recognize him anymore.” Ningshuang said in a low voice.

That's good.

If Concubine Yao found him, he would not know who helped him get close to Guangning, and he would not be able to confess Shen Suian at all.

Shen Sui'an just didn't want him to be tortured by Concubine Yao to the point where he was neither human nor ghost.

Just like Song Xiuzhi who is still alive.