In the side hall lit by dim candlelight, the Crown Princess's face was pale without a trace of blood, but her eyes were surprisingly bright.

She understood what Chen Changli said and instantly guessed what the conversation between Chen Changli and the emperor was.

She should have found it ridiculous, yet saddened by her dispute with the Queen.

But under Chen Changli's calm and composed gaze, she suddenly had an epiphany, and the surging emotions in her heart were immediately suppressed, turning into an indescribable and complex feeling that no one knew about.

She savored the feeling carefully and understood Chen Changli's change of mood. After a while, she said, "You are absolutely right. We cannot make any mistakes in some matters."

After saying that, the Crown Princess looked at the unconscious Eighth Prince with a sly look in her eyes, and a mocking arc appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Eighth Prince woke up with the attitude of Father, I'm afraid he will faint from anger. But we can't rule out that he will cooperate with Father, after all, he, as a son, has some status in Father's heart."

Upon hearing this, Chen Changli said nothing, but just stared at Wan Shufang, fearing that if he blinked, Wan Shufang would be abducted by the emperor's men.

The Crown Princess did not get his words, but she was not discouraged. She just thought about how she could benefit from this matter.

After thinking for a long time, the Crown Princess still couldn't come up with a plan, so she could only breathe a sigh of relief and turn back to Wan Shufang.

At this time, Wan Shufang had stabilized the Eighth Prince's body condition with the help of several imperial physicians. As for when the Eighth Prince would wake up, although Wan Shufang did not have an accurate grasp, she was confident that the Eighth Prince would wake up after dawn.

The imperial physician had the same idea as her, and they worked together to suppress the poison in the eighth prince's body. They also discussed and researched together and came up with a plan for detoxification.

Afterwards, they detoxified the Eighth Prince according to the regulations. Now that the Eighth Prince's condition was stable and most of the toxins in his body were removed, they breathed a sigh of relief. Then the older imperial physician stayed aside to rest, while the younger and more energetic imperial physician took the palace maids and eunuchs to go outside to boil medicine.

Wan Shufang originally wanted to rest nearby, but the Crown Princess came up to her and whispered in her ear. Only then did she understand the Emperor's thoughts and her face darkened.

"Wouldn't all our hard work tonight be in vain?" Wan Shufang lowered her voice so low that only the Crown Princess could hear it, but her eyes were calmly cast on Chen Changli.

Seeing him nod slightly, as if agreeing with what she said, Wan Shufang couldn't help but grab the Crown Princess's hand.

The Crown Princess held her hand and whispered, "Not only did it fail, but we also offended Princess An Qing because of this. We will never stop fighting her."

Wan Shufang looked unhappy when she heard this, but she said no more.

Because the emperor wanted to take this matter lightly, no matter how eloquent they were, they could not change the emperor's mind. Besides, there were outsiders around them, and the more they spoke, the more mistakes they would make.

In order to avoid being caught, Wan Shufang was unwilling to talk more even though she had many doubts in her mind.

She only lowered her voice and said to the Crown Princess: "We can discuss this matter after we leave the palace."

The Crown Princess understood as soon as she heard it, and seemed to want to say something but hesitated. In the end, she did not say anything because of the imperial doctors around her.

She didn't say anything, and Chen Changli was worried about Wan Shufang, so he couldn't help but come to her.

But it was not appropriate to speak the emperor's words at this time, so Chen Changli could only stay with Wan Shufang in silence.

Wan Shufang obviously guessed what he was thinking. She looked up and smiled at him, then took the Crown Princess to sit aside and wait silently for the arrival of dawn.

An hour later, it was daybreak and the imperial physician who was preparing the medicine came in with the prepared medicine.

An old doctor took the medicine from him and carefully fed it to the Eighth Prince.

After feeding a bowl of medicine, the old doctor took the Eighth Prince's pulse and confirmed that he was in a peaceful condition. He then said to Wan Shufang, "Wait another hour or two, and the Eighth Prince will wake up."

"That's great." The Crown Princess clasped her hands together and kept praying that the Eighth Prince would wake up soon. With the Eighth Prince making trouble in front of the Emperor, it would take some time for the Emperor to protect Princess An Qing. That way, she could seize the opportunity to bring disaster to the Queen.

When she thought of the Queen, a fierce light flashed in the Crown Princess' eyes.

The Queen is a disaster, she must not be allowed to live any longer, otherwise Princess An Qing will use sweet words to make the Queen's behavior even more insane.

"I..." Wan Shufang was about to speak after hearing the Crown Princess' words, but Su Dequan walked in at this time.

He glanced at everyone, then set his eyes on the Crown Princess, and said respectfully, "Crown Princess, His Majesty asked you to take Chen Changli and his wife out of the palace to rest first. After the Eighth Prince wakes up, His Majesty will give him an explanation. If the Crown Princess has any questions, you can bring Chen Changli and his wife into the palace to ask His Majesty."

Hearing this, the Crown Princess looked at Su Dequan with an inexplicable expression. Seeing that he lowered his eyebrows and looked submissive, as if he still regarded her as the honorable Crown Princess, rather than Xiao Yun who was in conflict with the Queen, she said, "Besides this, does Father have anything else to tell me?"

The Crown Princess found the Emperor's order very puzzling and suspected that the Emperor did not want them to see the Eighth Prince having an unhappy relationship with him.

The emperor cares about his reputation and naturally his face. Although the Crown Princess feels that the emperor's face has been disgraced by the Queen, the emperor does not think so and still wants to maintain the face of the royal family. Therefore, the fewer people who know about the dispute between him and the Eighth Prince, the better.

But the Crown Princess found it difficult to accept the Emperor's behavior, so she wanted to use this incident to deal a heavy blow to the Queen. She never expected that the Emperor would protect Princess An Qing so much.

The Crown Princess wanted to meet the Emperor and ask him what he thought.

Wan Shufang reached out and tugged at the Crown Princess' sleeve. When her gaze fell on her, she shook her head slightly at her, signaling her not to act rashly so as not to anger the Emperor.

The Crown Princess met Wan Shufang's worried gaze, was stunned for a moment, and then nodded to her.

She could understand what Wan Shufang meant, but she still felt unwilling.

Her heart was filled with bitterness, but she was unwilling to show it in front of Su Dequan, so she just said calmly: "Since my father has given this order, I will follow my father's instructions and take Chen Changli and his wife out of the palace first."

She glanced at Chen Changli, sighed slightly, and said, "It's already Si time now. If I go back, maybe I can have breakfast with my family."

She left these words and walked forward. Wan Shufang gave the other imperial doctors some instructions, then followed the Crown Princess with Chen Changli.

The three of them were silent along the way, until they left the palace, and then they all breathed a sigh of relief.

The Crown Princess wanted to say something, but Chen Changli spoke first, "Go back and rest today. If there is anything, we can talk about it another day."

"Okay." The Crown Princess nodded.

"Let's send you back to Duke Cheng'en's Mansion first." Wan Shufang actually had a lot to say, but since Chen Changli was unwilling to talk, she naturally would not hold him back, so she prepared to send the Crown Princess back first, and then the couple would return to the General's Mansion.

After returning to her home, Wan Shufang finally felt relieved after feeling tense all the way.

She immediately looked up at Chen Changli and asked with concern: "What did you say to His Majesty? Why are you willing to obey his orders?"

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