After Xie Lin became the crown prince, he promoted a young eunuch named Cheng Ying from eunuch Yao An.

When Tong Xiling arrived at Qianqiu Palace, she was stopped by Cheng Ying, two eunuchs and two palace maids.

"Miss Tong, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has gone to bed. If you have anything to say, please come back after the morning court tomorrow." Cheng Ying said politely.

Tong Xiling noticed that his eyes were evasive, as if he was hiding something from her, so she said, "Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has gone to bed, I will go in and take a look at him and then leave. Please help, Eunuch Cheng."

She stuffed a silver ingot into Chengying's hand, but it was returned.

The two of them pulled each other for a while, and Tong Xiling became angry and said, "As everyone knows, I am the woman of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and I am also a meritorious person in Daqi. What is your intention in stopping me like this? If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knew that I suffered such a great injustice outside his palace, would Eunuch Cheng be able to bear it?"

Cheng Ying immediately knelt down and said, "Miss Tong, please calm down."

"If you want me to calm down, just open the door!" Tong Xiling said.

Since Xie Lin has confirmed her identity, he should not stop her outside the door, unless there is something in Qianqiu Palace that she must not know.

Cheng Ying still knelt on the ground with his head lowered, refusing to budge: "Please don't embarrass me, Miss Tong."

Tong Xiling was extremely angry and ordered the palace maids behind her to break in. Cheng Ying then led people to stop them.

Seeing that she couldn't get in, Tong Xiling was so furious that she immediately pulled out her hairpin and put it against her throat.

"Open the door! Otherwise I will die in front of you! I am the apple of His Royal Highness's eye. If I die, none of you will survive!"

Cheng Ying was stunned. He did not dare to delay at all. He walked forward with a pale face and opened the door of Qianqiu Palace.

Tong Xiling kept pressing the hairpin against her throat and walked straight into the hall, but she found it was empty, without a single person.

She shouted angrily, "Didn't you say that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had gone to bed? Why is there no one inside? Where did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince go? Tell me!"

She still didn't put down the hairpin, which had already pierced her neck and drawn bright red blood. However, Tong Xiling was in extreme anger and didn't even feel the pain.

Cheng Ying pursed his lips and remained silent again.

Tong Xiling shouted angrily: "Speak!"

Cheng Ying said tremblingly: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has gone out. As for where he went, I don't know!"

Tong Xiling didn't believe that he didn't know and continued to interrogate him, but in the end, Cheng Ying collapsed and couldn't tell him where Xie Lin had gone. Only then did Tong Xiling believe that Cheng Ying really didn't know.

In a flash, Tong Xiling thought of someone - Chu Heyi!

Although she didn't know why Xie Lin went to find Chu Heyi at this time, she subconsciously felt that Xie Lin went to find Chu Heyi.

Tong Xiling retracted her hairpin and walked quickly to Changning Palace with the palace maid. The wind in the early spring evening was still chilly, and it felt like a knife blowing gently on her face.

"I am the Crown Princess, I am the Crown Princess!" Tong Xiling kept reminding herself in her heart: "Xie Lin has confirmed my identity. He shouldn't go to Chu Heyi. He shouldn't!"

Xie Lin was indeed in Changning Palace.

There is also a wall in the courtyard of Changning Palace, which was built according to the proportions on Chu Heyi's old list.

At nightfall, Xie Lin brought Wangshan over.

Wangshan scratched the wall with a knife, hammered in nails, and then hit it with a hammer, and then concluded: "Your Highness, this wall is much stronger than the one in the backyard of Mingde Hall."

Xie Lin and Chu Heyi looked at each other.

Chu Heyi said: "In other words, the cement production method that Tong Xiling brought out is real. And this cement production method sent by someone unknown is also real. It's just that the proportion of this anonymous one is much stronger than that of Tong Xiling."

Xie Lin said: "If we follow the method given by Tong Xiling and produce a large amount of cement, and use it to build roads, city walls, and houses, in a few years, the road surface will be damaged, the city walls will collapse, and the houses will collapse... Not only will the losses be huge, but it will also cause many casualties."

His eyes narrowed slightly, and a cold light flashed.

This move was truly vicious. If he had ordered the construction of roads, city walls and houses everywhere, Daqi would have surely become prosperous.

When the roads, city walls and houses collapsed, all these prosperity was like bubbles, shattered completely. What was lost was not only Daqi's huge amount of money, but also the people's confidence in life.

If at that time, Runxue and his wife led their troops to attack again... Xie Lin could almost imagine that bleak scene.

Chu Heyi said: "But if we don't know how to make cement, our Daqi construction will lag far behind Runxue and his wife. They must have applied cement to various places by now. Now, under their leadership, Yanzhou City and Lancheng are probably prosperous."

In his previous life, Dongfang Shuo told her that they died because of backwardness and the things of the new era. Cement was obviously a thing of the new era.

In their previous life, they lost the race and the whole family, young and old, died tragically. In this life, she has been running hard and has brushed shoulders with death time and time again. Cement is something she is determined to get.

"Although the ratio provided by Tong Xiling is not good, we have got a better ratio now. Xie Lin, someone is helping us in the dark!" Chu Heyi said.

Xie Lin said "hmm" solemnly: "I just don't know who that person is and whether he has a hidden purpose. The letter was sent from Yanzhou City, but we still haven't found out who wrote it."

Chu Heyi said: "Runxue and his wife will eventually perish if they do too much evil. Maybe there is a traitor among them who is truly loyal to our Daqi, so they took the risk to give us the correct ratio."

Xie Lin nodded slightly, agreeing with Chu Heyi's statement.

Wangshan destroyed that wall.

Chu Heyi and Xie Lin returned to the front hall. Nanny Rui brought them some tea. The two sat down and took a sip. Just as they were about to say something, Baihua came in.

After greeting them, Baihua said, "Miss Tong is here. She said she's here to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Chu Heyi looked at Xie Lin: "Did your people tell her that you came to my place?"

Xie Lin pursed his lips slightly, and before he could say anything, Tong Xiling rushed in.

Chu Heyi picked up the teacup and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just said that he would use cement to repair the roads leading to various places in Shengjing City. Is that true?"

Xie Lin said: "Of course, cement mortar is a rare good thing, so it must be used."

Chu Heyi said: "That's great. Let's repair all the city walls. In the future, we in Daqi will no longer have to worry about foreign invasions."

"I accept the Crown Princess's suggestion." Xie Lin also took a sip of tea, then looked at Tong Xiling.

Tong Xiling watched them getting along so well and saw Xie Lin accepting Chu Heyi's opinion, and she felt so angry that anger was burning in her heart.

But she tried to suppress it, walked towards Xie Lin, and said softly: "Your Highness, it's getting late, let me take care of you and go back to wash and go to bed."

With her back to Xie Lin, she glanced at Chu Heyi provocatively, then turned to Xie Lin and said, "I have already taken a bath before coming here. Prince, please smell me and see if I smell good or not."

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