Keep your voice down. Are you trying to look glamorous dressed as a forced lover?

Wen Sheng swallowed his complex emotions and said truthfully:

"Ji Mingzheng, His Highness was worried about you. The imperial physician examined you just now and said that it is indeed recorded in ancient books, but they have no way to treat it. Fortunately, Your Highness made a decision in time, otherwise it would have been troublesome."

Ji Mingzheng was touched, but at the same time, he felt even worse.

"That man is taking advantage of our kindness, and who knows who he is? It would be too risky for Your Highness to agree to his request so rashly."

He wanted to find Li Qingyan, so Zhan Mang entered the house:

"Young General, Consort Wen, we just encountered Consort Song. He looked extremely unwell and didn't even react when we bowed to him. Young General, is Consort Song ill? Should we go and visit him?"

Ji Mingzheng glanced at Zhan Mang, then slowly lay back down: "No need."

I almost forgot, he's not the only one in this harem.

When Tang Fei was brought back by His Highness, everyone looked at him.

Now that Shen Lue has entered the palace, everyone's attention is on Consort Song.

It seems that Consort Song has also received the news.

Actually, he wasn't really in a position to say anything.

Ji Mingzheng recalled everything that had happened, feeling somewhat dejected. First, he had been a burden to His Highness, and then, because of him, there was another person in the harem...

Thinking back on everything he did in his dream, he was too ashamed to face her.

Unaware that the dream of doing bad things was actually happening in reality, Ji Mingzheng felt depressed and inferior.

Wen Sheng, preoccupied with her own thoughts, failed to notice his unusual behavior.

Can his previous pursuit of happiness with three people really come true?

……

Li Qingyan didn't wait for Ji Mingzheng to wake up because she went to see the emperor.

She thought the emperor would wake up after she passed the fourth hurdle, but he didn't.

On her way back to Ninghui Palace, she analyzed the matter: Was it because the emperor was too crucial to the whole book, so he wouldn't easily awaken, or was it because the final step hadn't been taken, so it wasn't enough?

Or perhaps the fourth level wasn't actually passed?

She even regretted it a little. If she had known, she wouldn't have said she was afraid of getting pregnant. She would have just let it hurt her health a little and taken the medicine.

However, it's also possible that the timing isn't right yet...

Li Qingyan took a deep breath: "Li Qingyan, calm down. Maybe the time isn't right yet. We may need to keep working hard."

The closer she gets to the crucial moment, the less she should lose her composure. What she should do is prepare for the fifth challenge and choose the right people to help her.

Upon returning to Ninghui Palace, I saw two people standing in front of the palace gate.

Shen Lue wore a bamboo hat that covered his face, exuding a gentle and refined air, and a scholarly demeanor.

Tang Fei stood leaning on his cane, his iron will unyielding, his entire being radiating the sharp edge of battlefield experience.

One is scholarly, the other martial; one gentle, the other fierce; standing side by side, their temperaments are strikingly contrasting.

The two styles complement each other, which is quite pleasing to the eye.

"Your Highness."

Tang Fei spoke first, his eyes red as he stared intently at Li Qingyan.

After Li Qingyan and Ji Mingzheng fell, he screamed and tried to fall as well, but was held back by the guards.

From the moment the incident occurred until now, his heart felt like it was being fried in oil, until he saw His Highness return safely.

"It is I who have implicated Your Highness. Please punish me."

Ignoring Li Qingyan's obstruction, Tang Fei knelt on one knee.

Li Qingyan sighed, "Get up, let's go inside and talk about what happened."

She looked at Shen Lue: "Shen Lue, go and pack your things first."

"No need, I... I'll just wait here for Your Highness."

Shen Lue's whole body tensed up.

He never imagined that the person he had climbed to the top of was actually the Second Princess, one of the most noble people in the world.

"what ever."

Li Qingyan did not force her.

Tang Fei stood up, leaning on his cane, and gave Shen Lue a deep look as he walked past him.

"Your Highness, Mother has uncovered the truth..."

The Tang prince's mother was actually his wet nurse, Cai!

Cai, the wet nurse, was once a maidservant of Prince Heng. The two developed feelings for each other, but their social statuses were not compatible. Prince Heng had already been engaged to Prince Heng, so in the end, Cai naturally married Prince Heng.

The night before their wedding, the two lingered together until dawn, reluctant to part.

It was only later that King Heng learned that Cai, the wet nurse, was pregnant and that the two children were born one after the other, both boys. King Heng's husband saw that Cai, the wet nurse, was crying and felt so sorry for her. So, taking advantage of King Heng's weakness after giving birth, he switched the two children.

However, he couldn't bear to see the mother and son separated, so he tried every means to bring Cai, the wet nurse, into the mansion, where she became the wet nurse of the Tang prince.

Cai, the wet nurse, "accidentally" lost Tang Fei, who was then abandoned in the countryside and abused by his adoptive parents.

Over the years, while King Heng was away fighting and risking his life, his family lived a life of luxury. King Heng's husband, Cai, and his wet nurse were having an affair, which was both exciting and blissful.

After the truth was revealed, those who had been influenced by the wise king and said that the Tang prince was innocent fell silent and could not speak, and only sympathized with the Heng prince and Tang Fei.

The protagonist's halo can no longer be maintained.

When Li Qingyan heard the truth, she was also speechless.

"Another wet nurse... This book really favors wet nurses, is it deliberately targeting them?"

She wasn't involved, and even hearing the truth made her want to vomit blood; she had no idea how angry the Prince Heng would be.

"Was it also Prince Heng who tried to assassinate you before?"

"The first time was with Prince Heng, and the second time was with Nurse Cai."

Tang Fei's expression was grim: "Mother suspects that Cai, the wet nurse, is a spy from Xilin, someone who was planted there many years ago."

The Prince Heng's mansion was impregnable, and it was extremely difficult for spies to get in. In the end, they started by targeting the Prince Heng's husband.

And so it was settled.

Not only did they succeed, they also directly replaced the heirs of the Hengwang lineage with the useless Prince Tang.

Li Qingyan suddenly realized, it all made sense, everything in the book made sense!

"So he was the son of a spy, impersonating the male lead!"

No wonder in the original book, when the Prince of Tang became the Prince of Heng, Lingzhou was immediately captured! Besides his incompetence, was there also a reason that he did it on purpose?

"Your Highness?" Tang Fei didn't understand.

"It's alright, Prince Tang... no, where's the spy, Tang?"

"He was locked up by his mother and busy killing Cai, the wet nurse."

"Huh?" Li Qingyan was confused again. Wasn't Cai, the wet nurse, his biological mother? And she was so good to him.

"My mother said that testing with her own son might reveal more information."

Li Qingyan was deeply impressed: "Prince Heng is truly... brilliant."

As expected, experience matters; King Heng's move was brilliant.

"This time, it's all my fault that Your Highness has been implicated. Otherwise, Your Highness wouldn't have had to..."

Tang Fei still felt guilty, but Li Qingyan waved his hand and said, "Don't think too much about it. Although we suffered a bit, it was worth it to find the pawn that Xi Lin buried so deep."

"You must have stayed up all night. Go back to the Prince Heng's residence and report any updates."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Tang Fei had been very resilient before, but his status did give him more confidence. Compared to before, he was much more composed now and less anxious.

However, upon exiting and seeing the person standing behind Shen Lue, Tang Fei paused for a moment.

Song Cejun.

Shen Lue saw Li Qingyan walk out of the hall, but his gaze passed over him without lingering and landed on Young Master Song.

When Li Qingyan saw Song Qinian, her heart skipped a beat, and an overwhelming sense of guilt welled up inside her.

It's like letting the white moonlight see a substitute.

Song Qinian stood under the corridor, his gaze sweeping over Shen Lue, whose appearance resembled his own by six or seven points, before landing on Li Qingyan.