After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

Chapter 417 Doubts about Jun Lanjin's Bloodline

Luo Hanfeng didn't speak, but just stared at Yin Ruyu.

Yin Ruyu met his gaze, her thin lips exhaling softly. Her low voice rang in Luo Hanfeng's ear as she said, "The emperor can be anyone, but the empress is only me, Yin Ruyu."

Luo Hanfeng stared at Yin Ruyu expressionlessly for a while before finally smiling and saying, "Everyone says that the Yin family has produced the most beautiful woman in Chu. If I could marry you as my empress, it would naturally be my good fortune."

Yin Ruyu then smiled with satisfaction.

She said, "Three days from now, I will ask the Empress Dowager for permission to leave the palace. At that time, you can wait for me at the Treasure Pavilion."

After saying that, Yin Ruyu turned and left.

Once the person left, a person emerged from the artificial hill behind the two. Wen Yan stepped out and glanced in the direction where Yin Ruyu had left.

"The Yin family has great ambitions. It's one thing to want to become the number one clan, but they also want the position of empress."

After saying that, Wen Yan looked at Luo Hanfeng with a teasing smile: "Your luck with women is not bad. You have a daughter of the Yin family, a princess of the previous dynasty, and a sweetheart you have been longing for. When the time comes, who do you plan to give the Empress's position to?"

From beginning to end, Luo Hanfeng only ever liked Xie Xing.

For the sake of power and to achieve great things, he had to get close to his so-called chosen one, and now he had to promise the woman of the Yin family that the future empress would be hers.

but……

Luo Hanfeng smiled and said, "My empress will not be either of them."

ridiculous.

They're just pawns he's using, and they still want to negotiate with him.

Luo Hanfeng's expression was extremely dangerous.

He raised his hand, staring at the hand that had just held Xie Xing's wrist, and said calmly, "No one will ever be my empress."

Should Xie Xing be made empress?

She should be locked up by him, and no one should be able to see her.

What if she's the kind of person who attracts men and runs off with someone else?

Wen Yan glanced at Luo Hanfeng beside her, whose expression was becoming increasingly gloomy and terrifying, and shuddered.

Gee tut.

This person is getting more and more perverted.

The women he exploited are pitiful.

……

During this period, Xie Xing saw Jun Lanjin every day. Perhaps because a major event in the plot was about to happen, Xie Xing's gaze towards Jun Lanjin gradually became anxious.

He wanted to say something, but couldn't utter a word for a long time.

Just as she was biting her pen and staring in Jun Lanjin's direction, she was suddenly tapped lightly on the head.

"Ow."

Xie Xing dropped the pen she was holding in her mouth and covered her head, which Jun Lanjin had hit, looking aggrieved.

Jun Lanjin withdrew his hand. Today he was dressed in a blue robe, tall and slender, with his black hair half tied up, his bangs scattered on both sides of his forehead, and the rest of his black hair hanging down his back. The simpler his clothes were, the more superior and handsome his delicate and fair face looked.

With her long eyelashes drooping, Jun Lanjin saw Xie Xing's aggrieved look and her beautiful, pale pink lips slightly curved upwards as she asked, "What are you thinking about every day?"

"I am very curious."

Jun Lanjin leaned down, his beautiful peach blossom eyes fixed on Xie Xing: "Am I truly so captivating to you?"

“They stare at my face every day.”

"Ah." Luo Mengfei, who was standing to the side, covered her mouth and let out a small gasp.

Her eyes were wide open, her gaze shifting back and forth between Xie Xing and Jun Lanjin.

OMG!

Oh my god!

Prince Jin and Xie Xing were indeed having an affair.

Before Xie Xing could speak, Jun Lanjin picked up the papers Xie Xing had placed on the table.

The painting above is by Xie Xing.

There wasn't anything else depicted; the painting showed a group of chibi-style figures, with the one sitting on top wearing bright yellow clothing clearly being the emperor.

The others were either kneeling or standing, as if something had happened.

Jun Lanjin frowned, looking at Xie Xing with a puzzled expression: "What is this?"

Oh no, he saw my painting, will he find out?

The system replied: "It's not that bad. You've reminded him so many times already. Besides, even if you noticed now, it would be too late."

what?

Before Jun Lanjin could even ask a question, Hua An rushed in from outside: "Your Highness! Your Highness! Something terrible has happened!"

Hua An rushed straight up to Jun Lanjin.

He was covered in sweat, and his face was full of anxiety.

He first glanced at Xie Xing and Luo Mengfei, then leaned close to Jun Lanjin's ear and whispered, "Your Highness, the old princess is missing."

Jun Lanjin's expression turned serious.

He couldn't care less about anything else, so he put down the book in his hand and strode outside.

Halfway there, Jun Lanjin returned, picked up the painting Xie Xing had just drawn, glanced at Xie Xing, and without a word pulled him up and walked outside.

Xie Xing was pulled and stumbled.

"oops!"

However, Jun Lanjin couldn't care less about Xie Xing at the moment, and just strode forward with a tense face.

Hua An trotted alongside Jun Lanjin, glancing cautiously at Xie Xing before speaking again, "Your Highness, all the clan elders are here now. If you go back, I'm afraid..."

"Are all the elders here?"

Jun Lanjin's voice was monotone.

Hua An said, "Initially, Princess De'an went to the old princess's courtyard under the pretext of wanting to stroll around the backyard of the palace, but unexpectedly, she bumped into the old princess... the old princess..."

At this point, Hua An's voice sounded somewhat hesitant.

"Speak!" Jun Lanjin tightened his grip on Xie Xing's wrist.

Hua An blushed and said, "I caught the old princess and a man having an affair."

Jun Lanjin's steps faltered, and his expression suddenly turned ugly.

Those eyes, which had been smiling, were now completely devoid of any smile, staring at Hua An with icy coldness. He said indifferently, "A man?"

"How could there be a man inside the Prince's residence?"

Hua An said, "That's exactly where the problem lies."

He hesitated and said, "After being discovered, the man escaped with the princess amidst the numerous guards of the palace, leaving behind only a jade pendant."

Hua An handed the jade pendant to Jun Lanjin, saying, "It's a jade pendant from the Southern Kingdom's royal family."

"If it were just discovered by people in the manor, that would be fine, but..."

Hua An closed his eyes:

"Princess De'an was also present."

"When Princess De'an saw this scene, she didn't know what to do, so she made the matter bigger and bigger, even attracting the clan elders, and that's when they discovered the jade pendant."

"Finally, the clan elders sent people to search the old queen's residence and found countless letters between the old queen and the Southern Kingdom's royal family."

"From the letters, the elders learned that the old princess had been having an affair with the royal family of the Southern Kingdom before she married the old prince."

"The letter even went so far as to say that the old prince was incapable of having children."

"So... so now the elders of the clan are all doubting your bloodline!"