CHAPTER 1413: CHAPTER 1497: WATCHING TIGERS FIGHT ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN

After the Lantern Festival, a major event occurred. The trusted aides of the Eighth Princess died one after another, which not only filled the Eighth Princess with rage but also prompted her to order a thorough investigation by all departments. One day, after a killer committed murder, they allegedly suffered some injury and fled in a panic into the residence of the current Prime Minister.

From this point, the Eighth Princess began to suspect the current Prime Minister, despite having personally elevated them to that position, and although she once regarded the Prime Minister as a confidante, the Eighth Princess gradually started to withdraw the powers she had previously granted to this ’confidante.’

The current Prime Minister felt overwhelmed by this. She had clearly explained to the Eighth Princess, but the Princess did not trust her.

She knew she had been set up. Although a thief had indeed barged into her residence that day, they vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye. Coming like the wind and disappearing like a shadow, this person had deep schemes, likely hoping to incite a struggle between her and the Eighth Princess, while quietly observing and hoping to reap the rewards.

The current Prime Minister understood the opponent’s intentions, and losing the trust of the Eighth Princess caused her considerable trouble. She was acutely aware that the adversary had used a crude and simple divide-and-conquer strategy, yet such an obvious ploy was taken seriously by the Eighth Princess.

Dong Huiying had been entering the palace several times through secret paths, and Ji Jiuhuang’s condition had greatly improved. Nowadays, he was lucid for half the day and delirious for the other half, with recovery in sight.

On this day, Dong Huiying and Yixuan went out on a trip together, while Shujun and Haoming were busy creating chaos. They were the ones who killed those trusted aides of the Eighth Princess, diverting attention and framing the current Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister was a civil official, second only to the Emperor but wielded control over the Xinsan Army’s hundreds of thousands of soldiers. The top military officials serving in the army were also people promoted by the Prime Minister.

The reason for the false accusations was also because of the Xinsan Army.

According to Yun Ge, Hong Fei, and others, after Dong Dabao’s departure from the Capital, there was originally a force known as the Eighty Thousand Souls within the army, which suffered a near-catastrophic blow because of the Prime Minister’s interference.

"Yixuan?"

In a shop, Dong Huiying held a jade hairpin in her hand and waved at Yixuan. Yixuan smiled and walked leisurely towards his wife.

Yixuan was much taller than her. She raised her hand and inserted the jade hairpin into his hair bun.

"It looks nice, very nice!" Like jade in appearance, unparalleled in the world. She had always believed that only the color of jade could best complement Yixuan’s temperament. But she didn’t know since when Yixuan, who used to love wearing bamboo green garments, began to imitate Shu Yu and changed to white clothes instead of jade.

He cupped her hands between his and rubbed them back and forth to warm them up: "Cold?" Though January had not ended, it was still quite chilly.

"Not cold," she beamed but did not withdraw her hands. She particularly enjoyed the closeness with her men.

"You’re not as strong as you used to be, Third Brother messes around, and doesn’t know to hold back sometimes." Seeing the shadow in her eyes, he recalled Third Brother who stayed in her room last night, and Yixuan felt a bit displeased.

Not just Third Brother, even Fourth Brother was quite reckless. One wouldn’t imagine from his usual reticence and taciturn demeanor, but when in bed with his wife, he shed that layer of wooden exterior, revealing his wild, forceful nature, always roughhousing with her, charging forward like a fierce beast.

Yixuan harbored some frustration, hoping that Eldest Brother and Second Brother would come soon, for only they could handle the nature of Third and Fourth Brother. As for himself, being the youngest in the family, he indeed had little influence.