With blood in the corner of his mouth, Lan Ci covered his chest and got up from the ground. He walked to the prince and spoke in a low voice.

"Murong Jing, stop deceiving yourself."

"You and I share the same roots, and I am helping you."

After saying that, he took another step back, walked to Shen Shu's side, and helped Shen Shu up from the ground.

"I know you will definitely not let her go, so why not let me take her away."

"From now on, I will not disturb your life anymore."

The prince snorted coldly, his eyes fell on Shen Shu, with a hint of sarcasm on his face.

"I can let you go today, but she can't!"

"This bitch!"

Shen Shu quickly pushed Lan Ci away, strode to the side of the prince, put her arms around his waist, and snuggled into his arms.

"Brother Prince, I won't leave. I want to stay with you."

"Everything Shu'er did was for you."

"It was the Queen, it was her, she was the one who had me knocked unconscious and defiled me."

"You also threatened Shu'er. Bailu and Tianshuang can testify to this."

"I won't leave. I want to stay with my brother the prince."

Lan Ci gritted his teeth and looked at the prince provocatively, then leaned over to pick up the clothes and put them on.

He turned his head and looked at Shen Shu, "Shen Shu, since you don't want to go with me, don't regret it."

As he said this, he strode out the door.

The outer courtyard of Mingshuiyuan was surrounded by numerous guards.

Lan Ci didn't care at all and was about to leave with a smug look on his face. As soon as he stepped out of the outer courtyard, he heard an order from the prince behind him.

"Fire arrows!"

In an instant, hundreds of arrows were fired.

The long arrow was as fast as lightning and pierced through Lan Ci's body in an instant.

The screams and the sound of arrows pierced her eardrums. Shen Shu rushed out and saw Lan Ci covered in blood and full of holes.

Lan Ci was breathing weakly and spitting blood. He turned around to look at the prince with a gloomy face and uttered a word with all his strength.

"You...you are so cruel."

Then, the whole person fell to the ground.

"Dead, dead." Shen Shu collapsed to the ground, her whole body shaking.

The prince ordered the maid, "Come here, drag this lowly woman to the side yard of the East Palace."

"Brother Prince."

"Brother Crown Prince, please spare my life. It is Shu'er's fault. It is Shu'er's fault."

"Brother Crown Prince, Shu'er has been plotted against, Brother Crown Prince."

But no matter how she shouted, the prince remained calm.

Two maids came in from outside the door, and they dragged Shen Shu roughly to the side courtyard of the East Palace.

The prince looked icy cold as he looked at the blood-soaked corpse on the ground with thousands of arrows piercing its heart. He said coldly, "Tomorrow, accompany me to personally send him to the Duke's Mansion."

"Yes, Prince."

The sky gradually brightened, the crowd dispersed, and the prince went straight to the side courtyard of the East Palace.

In the side courtyard of the East Palace, Shen Shu was curled up on the bed. When she saw the prince coming, she rushed to him like a madman.

"Brother Prince."

"You are finally here. Listen to my explanation. It is the Queen. It is the Queen."

The prince reached out and pinched her chin, his voice as cold as a thousand-year-old pond.

"I don't know if you are pregnant or not, but I want you to give birth to the child."

"If you get pregnant, the child will be adopted by the future Crown Princess."

Shen Shu nodded repeatedly and carefully hugged the prince from behind, "Brother Prince, do you not love me anymore?"

"Don't you love Shu'er anymore?"

"Shu'er's father is dead, and my mother is gone too. I only have my brother the Crown Prince."

"Can you please not give up on me, I'm so scared,"

The prince took her hand away and stood up from the bed. "From now on, you will be kept in this side yard."

"I will come to see you until you give birth to a child."

After saying this, he left without looking back.

Shen Shu's body collapsed, and she couldn't help but tremble when she thought of the scene before Lan Ci's death.

"Miss, what should we do now?"

Tianshuang and Bailu came in and felt distressed when they saw how frightened she was.

Shen Shu bit her lip and curled up on the bed.

"Brother Crown Prince, Brother Crown Prince doesn't love me anymore. He doesn't love me anymore."

"He despises me. He despises me."

The next day, early in the morning.

The news of the prince's awakening had not yet reached the ears of Emperor Ren De and the Empress.

The Queen was resting in Fengluan Palace when she heard the hurried voice of Nanny Zhang outside the door.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened, Your Majesty."

The queen was lying on the couch, dreaming, when she was suddenly awakened by a shout.

She slowly opened her eyes and heard Nanny Zhang's voice coming from the bedroom.

"What's the matter? Come in and talk."

Nanny Zhang hurriedly pushed open the door of Fengluan Palace, then closed it, walked in front of the Queen, and knelt down with a plop.

"My queen, news just came from the East Palace that the prince has woken up."

The queen showed joy on her face and asked excitedly, "Is Jing'er really awake?"

"Didn't they say it would take twenty-one days? How come he woke up after only half a month? That's great."

The queen got out of bed excitedly, "Madam Zhang, the prince is awake, what are you kneeling for?"

"Get up and change my clothes. I need to go to the East Palace."

Aunt Zhang looked at the now excited queen and immediately cried, "Queen, something happened."

The queen frowned and looked at her in disbelief.

"What happened? Didn't Jing'er wake up?"

Aunt Zhang: "Your Highness the Crown Prince woke up at three o'clock last night and went to Mingshui Pavilion."

"What?" The queen's face suddenly froze.

"And then? And then!"

Aunt Zhang sobbed and said, "The affair between Shen Shu and the eldest master has been exposed."

"The eldest son was shot with arrows by His Highness' order, and his heart was pierced by thousands of arrows."

"Shen Shu was imprisoned in the side courtyard of the East Palace..."

When Nanny Zhang's voice fell, the Queen's heart trembled violently, "Ten thousand arrows pierced my heart!"

"No... Impossible... Impossible."

"Why did the prince wake up in the middle of the night for no reason? Why did he wake up so early? Didn't Doctor Yu say there were still ten days left?"

"Ci'er...Ci'er."

"Thousands of arrows piercing my heart..."

The queen couldn't breathe and fainted, collapsing to the ground.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please don't scare me." Nanny Zhang rushed over and helped the man up.

"Come quickly, call the imperial physician!"

……

early morning.

The prince's carriage slowly arrived at the gate of Duke Lin's mansion.

He looked towards the gatekeeper of Duke Lin's mansion.

"Go and inform the Duke that I have a great gift for you."

The doorman was very surprised to see that the visitor was the prince.

The prince woke up so quickly?

The two concierges nodded excitedly.

"Your Highness, please wait. We will go and inform the Duke."

After the doorman entered the mansion, he went to pass the message.

At this moment, Duke Lin, who had not yet woken up, heard the guards outside say that the prince wanted to see him.

He was a little bit unconvinced, so he asked again to confirm, "Who did you say wanted to see you?"

Guard: "My Lord, it's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. He said he has a great gift for you."

"Prince?".

"He's awake?"

Duke Lin, with a look of joy on his face, quickly got out of bed, excitedly put on his clothes, and walked out.

"Quick, follow me to welcome the prince."

With a big smile on his face, he took two guards and hurried to the outside of the mansion to greet them.

As soon as I walked out of the mansion, I saw the prince's carriage parked in front of the door.

In the carriage, the prince slowly opened the curtain, looked at Duke Lin with a smile on his lips.

When Duke Lin saw that the prince looked very well in the carriage, he was so excited that he lifted his robe and pretended to kneel in front of the carriage.

"My lord, see His Highness the Crown Prince."

The prince curled his lips, "My Lord, there is no need to be so polite."

"I just woke up and have a big gift for the Duke."

As he spoke, the prince waved his hand, and several guards behind him carried out a corpse.

The body was bloody and shot with arrows.

Even his face and forehead were shot through.

Duke Lin's eyes suddenly widened, and he looked at the corpse in disbelief, almost losing his balance.

The prince had a blank expression on his face: "My Lord, a thief broke into my Prince's Mansion last night. Before he died, the thief said he was from the Duke's Mansion, so I just sent him here."

Duke Lin looked at the bloody corpse, his whole body shaking with anger, "You...you..."

Before he could utter the word "rebellious son", the prince lowered the curtain of the carriage.

"Since the great gift has been delivered, I will take my leave."

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