All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

"I believe in the evidence." Shen Lingxi said frankly.

Chu Yan's eyes were slightly loose.

However, the next moment——

"But when there was no evidence, I believed in Mu Huai'an." Shen Lingxi said seriously, "Just like His Highness believed me unconditionally back then."

Chu Yan pursed her lips and looked at her quietly, "How can your relationship with him be compared to my relationship with you."

Looking at his expression at this moment, Shen Lingxi thought of all his actions on the wedding night for no reason.

And what Mu Huai'an told her before: "You don't know, the embroiderer has been looking for you all night."

Shen Lingxi suppressed the slight palpitations in her heart, tentatively, and asked pretendingly puzzled, "Aren't we all friends? Friends should trust each other. What's the difference?"

When Chu Yan heard the word "friend", a trace of helplessness flashed across his eyes.

In this world, the only one who can be "friends" with her husband after becoming a relative is probably only his princess.

That's it.

"Friends" are better than random strangers.

Although he had compromised in his heart, he still wanted to struggle.

Chu Yan stared at Shen Lingxi, imitating her tone, and said seriously: "Of course there is a big difference."

Shen Lingxi's breathing stagnated slightly, her almond eyes flickered slightly, "Yes, what's the difference?"

Because of the tension rising from the bottom of her heart, her back straightened slightly, and a thin layer of sweat broke out from her palms.

This appearance, in Chu Yan's eyes, is no different from when she refused to marry before.

Chu Yan withdrew his gaze, let go of her hand, and corrected him solemnly: "Although you and I are friends, we are still partners in a contract, and even a couple in name. I believe you unconditionally, and I should. How can Take the relationship between the two of us and compare it with Mu Huai'an."

"Friends", "partners", "couples in name".

These few words made Shen Lingxi's tense mood suddenly eased down.

She silently breathed a sigh of relief, but for some reason, for the first time, a strange and empty feeling rose from the bottom of her heart.

"Your Highness, do you trust Yun Chong or Mu Huai'an?" Shen Lingxi asked casually, instinctively unwilling to be silent, lest Chu Yan see the clues.

"I don't believe anyone."

Chu Yan said meaningfully: "Yun Chong's motives are impure, and all his words may not be true. As for Mu Huai'an, even if what he tells you is true, who can guarantee that the news he got will not be false?" What is the truth? We have to investigate it ourselves."

Shen Lingxi's eyes lit up when she heard the word "we", "Your Highness wants to take me with you? Where should we start?"

Seeing her excited look, Chu Yan couldn't help laughing as the exhaustion from attending the grand ceremony for days was swept away.

"Don't be in a hurry, there are still two days until the Embroidered Clothes Envoy finds out the whereabouts of Yun Hongshan and the others before we make a move."

*
For two whole days, Chu Yan was extremely busy.

Yun Chong's confession involved the secrets of Xie's and Mu's families ten years ago, as well as the cause and effect of the late emperor's attack on Yun Kingdom.

All these details need to be confirmed by the embroiderer with the insider in the court, so as to confirm the truth of what Yun Chong said.

For some people, Chu Yan personally visited them and asked about the details of the year.

At the same time, Shen Lingxi was not idle.

On the one hand, even though Xie Zhanghua was a princess back then, he knew very little about the situation in the court and could not be of much help.

Shen Lingxi asked her, Liu Meiren and other dead souls to go to Barbarian Square to inquire about news, and went to look for Xie Zhangting by the way.

On the other hand, Shen Lingxi is now the Crown Princess, besides entering the palace with Chu Yan every day, greeting the emperor, empress and queen mother, she also has to start taking care of the affairs of the East Palace.

Chu Yan specially set up a side hall next to the meeting hall of the East Palace for Shen Lingxi to handle internal and external affairs.

Not only that, he also handed Ning Fu, the chief eunuch who was in charge of Prince Ning's mansion, and a dozen stewards who were good at managing common affairs, into Shen Lingxi's hands.

Ning Fu was the eunuch who served Chu Yan since he was a child. He was about 30 years old, with a clean face and a round body. He spoke and acted very neatly and pleasingly.

Shen Lingxi originally thought that she would have no chance to deal with Wangxian Village's property in a short time after marrying into the East Palace and becoming a princess.

She was even ready to "enter the palace as deep as the sea", and secretly cheered herself up, as long as she survived it.

Unexpectedly-
The first thing Ning Fu said when he saw her was, "His Royal Highness said, if the Crown Princess in the Immortal Village needs manpower, the servants and stewards of Prince Ning's Mansion can be transferred at will. The slaves and servants will act according to the arrangements of the Crown Princess First. In the Eastern Palace, you and the two masters are the only ones who will serve you step by step."

"Your Highness also said that if the Crown Princess wants to leave the palace, you don't need to tell him, you can just go. However, the Crown Princess has a special status, and she may be in danger if she goes out alone. Your Highness has many hidden guards around you, Please take care of the princess."

Shen Lingxi was both shocked and pleasantly surprised.

I have to say that Chu Yan is really interesting to her as a contract partner.

She couldn't help feeling warm in her heart.

Since it was Chu Yan who sent the man to the door, Shen Lingxi naturally would not refuse anyone who came.

This large group of people, together with the maids and stewards sent over by the Dou family before the wedding, and the stewards in Shen Lingxi's hands who were already managing Fu'an Hall, there are more than a hundred people in Wuyangyang.

Fortunately, in her previous life, although she was a noble lady of the Yun Kingdom, she was also a member of the Medicine Palace, and she often watched the chief minister cook the Medicine Palace when she was bored.

In addition, in the past five years since she was reborn, she has been training with old man Shen to do daily work.

It is easy to manage these people to do things.

As the saying goes, more people make things easier.

The properties of Prince Ning's Mansion spread all over the Zhou Dynasty, and Ning Fu managed the general affairs of Prince Ning's Mansion in an orderly manner.

Taking advantage of the east wind of Prince Ning's Mansion and Ningfu's help, Shen Lingxi was happy to bring the previous plan, the wish of opening Fu'an Hall and Shen's coffins to the whole Zhou Dynasty, to the agenda.

In just two days, she was already full of energy and was so busy that she forgot to sleep and eat.

Chu Yan was processing files in the main hall, but seeing that Shen Lingxi's side hall was busier than his main hall every day, he was curious, so he visited the side hall from time to time.

At noon on the second day, he simply took advantage of Shen Lingxi's rest time to ask someone to open up the two palaces, so that it would be more convenient for him to pay attention to the movements of his princess from time to time.

I was busy until the evening of the second day, when the sun set and the night fell.

Chu Yan instructed Shen Lingxi to change into Hu clothes, and took her into the carriage to Manyifang.

Because of the relationship between the prince's canonization and the big wedding, the capital city, which had no curfew, became more lively at night.

Especially in the barbarian square, it is rare to have so many wealthy foreign nobles gathered here throughout the year.

Naturally, there are lanterns and festoons everywhere, the whole long street is as bright as day, crowded with people, and the sound of exotic silk and bamboo can be heard endlessly.

Chu Yan took Shen Lingxi's hand and just got off the carriage when he saw a familiar figure walking towards them...