Reborn to be without his father but with his son, the prince shouted, "I'm not dead!"

Chapter 97: Shen Jing's Secret

Lin Yunfang begged with her eyes wide open, "Miss, please help me catch them and take them to the Dali Temple. Otherwise, if I run into them outside, my life might be in danger."

"What are you afraid of?" Ji Anyu leaned back in his chair and looked at Lin Yunfang lazily.

"They are all dead. Those two were assassins. When they saw you being rescued, they knew they couldn't report back, so they swallowed poison and committed suicide."

Lin Yunfang relaxed his body, took a deep breath, and kept muttering, "It would be better if I died, it would be better if I died."

Ji Anyu smiled and quickly poured cold water on Lin Yunfang.

"They are all people who follow orders. If their master wants you dead, and sends a few assassins over, your life will still be in danger."

Lin Yunfang's face turned pale, and she stammered, "Then I...what should I do?"

"How should I know? It's none of my business."

Lin Yunfang wanted to kneel down to Ji Anyu, "Miss, please have mercy on me and save me. My son was caught by the casino people, and then I went to ask Ji Yunchu for help, but who knew that Ji Yunchu wanted to kill me instead."

Ji Anyu looked at Lin Yunfang's rescue indifferently, "I remember you left the capital before, why did you come back?"

"I, I..." Lin Yunfang lowered her head guiltily, her eyelashes blinking nervously.

"My unfilial son spent all the money he had and owed others money. I had no choice but to take my son to the capital to borrow some money from Ji Yunchu."

Ji Anyu taunted, "You said before that Lin Jinhu owed someone three thousand taels. In such a short time, you have money to spend again. It seems that your life is quite comfortable."

Lin Yunfang smiled embarrassedly.

"I got five thousand taels from Ji Yunchu and used it to pay off my son's debt. I still had some money left, but I didn't expect my son to go gambling again. I didn't have a comfortable life for a few days."

Ji Anyu raised a sinister smile, his eyes moved to Lin Yunfang's legs, then slowly moved to Lin Yunfang's neck, staying on Lin Yunfang's head for a long time.

"I haven't had a comfortable life in your care before, why should I help you?"

Lin Yunfang was stunned. She thought Ji Anyu saved her because he had let go of his hatred for her.

"Anyu, if you help me, I will tell you a secret."

"Heh!" Ji Anyu stood up and approached Lin Yunfang with a half-smile, "So you're still hiding something from me. Do you think you have a long life?"

Perhaps because she felt the strong murderous intent, Lin Yunfang was afraid and closed her eyes, she whispered.

"This is the last secret, even the emperor doesn't know. At that time... I never thought you would marry Shen Jing."

A secret that even the emperor doesn't know?
Ji Anyu didn't expect that she would have an unexpected gain, she put her hand on Lin Yunfang's neck.

"What does this have to do with me? Lin Yunfang, do you want to die? You dare to cheat in front of me. If I can save you from the hands of the King of Hell, I can send you to see the King of Hell."

Lin Yunfang's body was shaking, her lips were slightly parted and trembling constantly.

"It's about Shen Jing. He's your future husband."

Ji Anyu's pupils moved slightly. She dismissed everyone else, leaving only her and Lin Yunfang in the room.

"Lin Yunfang, you are about to die, and you still want to negotiate with me. Tell me the secret!"

"The young lady obviously cares about the prince, otherwise she wouldn't have let them go." Lin Yunfang smiled with a hint of success.

Ji Anyu squinted at Lin Yunfang and said, "Don't make me angry, or I'll have someone throw you out."

"This secret involves the crime of deceiving the emperor, which is a matter that can cost one's life." Lin Yunfang gloated a little.

Ji Anyu suppressed her murderous intent. Originally, she considered that Lin Yunfang was still useful to her and therefore could not be killed for the time being. But now, she didn't want to suppress it any longer.

"Miss, I have been in the palace for many years, so it is not surprising that I know some secrets. If you want to kill me, I have plenty of ways to make this secret public. It depends on whether you are willing to let Shen Jing die."

Ji Anyu clenched his sleeves and glanced at Lin Yunfang coldly. "When your son is released from prison, you will tell me the whole truth, otherwise I will make you...die without a complete body!"

After she finished speaking, she flicked her sleeves and walked out, ordering the secret guards to secretly take Lin Yunfang back to the Chaoyang Courtyard of the Ji Mansion and imprison her in the woodshed.

Ji Anyu went back to her room and asked Qiaoxin to help her dress up. She then went to the palace in her best attire to meet the Queen Mother.

She looked at the high walls of the palace and felt disgusted.

If she could not wait for Wei Yanyue to take action, she would never have chosen to enter the palace.

Ji Anyu clenched her handkerchief tightly. If Lin Yunfang lied to her, she would tear Lin Yunfang into pieces.

The Queen Mother was surprised that Ji Anyu asked for a meeting, and asked Nanny Jiang to personally welcome Ji Anyu into Shouchang Palace.

Ji Anyu rubbed her eyes with a handkerchief until they turned red, and she knelt down and kowtowed when she saw the empress dowager.

"Greetings to the Queen Mother."

"Get up." The Queen Mother stood up and walked towards Ji Anyu. She pulled Ji Anyu up and looked around. "You seem to have lost some weight. Why are your eyes so red? Did you cry?"

Ji Anyu glanced at the Queen Mother and lowered her head sadly.

"Your Highness, my adopted mother has a son named Lin Jinhu. Brother Jinhu was arrested and thrown into jail in the casino run by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. After all, your adopted mother raised me. I want to rescue Brother Jinhu to repay your kindness."

"Oh, what do you think it is? It's not worth crying about such a small matter." The Queen Mother smiled and smoothed the wrinkles on Ji Anyu's brow.

"Someone, go and release Lin Jinhu."

Ji Anyu happily bowed to the Queen Mother, "Thank you for your grace."

"Get up." The Queen Mother smiled kindly, "I heard that A Jing ordered the embroiderer to make you a wedding dress again. Didn't you like the previous wedding dress?"

She was happy that Shen Jing had a lover and that he had completely changed and was no longer as lifeless as before.

Ji Anyu was stunned. "What wedding dress? The wedding dress that the prince gave me, I like it very much. I didn't hear the prince mention that he asked someone to make a wedding dress again."

"You actually don't know about this." The Queen Mother said cheerfully, "It seems that A Jing has been doing a lot of things without telling you. A Jing is such a bad boy. He only does things but doesn't talk about them. How can others know how good he is?"

The Queen Mother took Ji Anyu's hand and liked her more and more the more she looked at her.

"I am now looking forward to your quick marriage and the birth of a young prince for Prince Zhong's Mansion. Then I will be relieved."

"The Queen Mother~"

Ji Anyu smiled shyly, with a hint of nervousness in her eyes.

The Queen Mother patted Ji Anyu's hand gently and asked about Shen Jing's recent situation.

Ji Anyu didn't know whether Shen Jing had told the Queen Mother about his injury, so she tried to find nice things to say to her.

Sure enough, the Queen Mother laughed heartily.

"I hope you two get along happily. I will be able to hold my little prince soon." It was worth it for her to ask the emperor to grant a marriage between Shen Jing and Ji Anyu, and even specially set the wedding date at the earliest auspicious day from now.

"I am tired. Please go out of the palace and visit your brother who just got out of prison."

"Thank you, Her Majesty the Queen." Ji Anyu smiled gently and retreated respectfully.

As soon as she walked out of the palace, her face instantly darkened and she immediately asked Qing Wu.

"Where is Lin Jinhu?"

"Everything was done as the young lady ordered. As soon as Lin Jinhu was released from prison, he was secretly taken to the Chaoyang Courtyard of the Ji Mansion and separated from his mother."

(End of this chapter)