Su Liuyue just looked at Zhou Yunke quietly.

She had actually already guessed his answer.

Asking him this tonight is just to get his attitude.

Seeing that Su Liuyue just looked at him without saying anything, Zhou Yunke felt uneasy for the first time in his life. He held her hand tightly and said with a self-deprecating smile: "I am more cold-blooded and ruthless than you think..."

"Your Highness, when it comes to cold-bloodedness, you are no match for me."

Su Liuyue raised her eyebrows, chin slightly raised, eyes with a bit of provocation, and said: "Your Highness can still tolerate my father for so long for the sake of Princess Changxi, but I can't tolerate my father at all. When he treated me unfairly, I sent him to jail.

On this point, Your Highness has lost. "

Zhou Yunke was a little stunned and couldn't help but smile softly.

Can this kind of thing be compared?

"I said so much because I wanted to say..."

Su Liuyue suddenly lowered her voice, and said with a slight smile: "I am very happy that Your Highness told me all this. Your Highness does not need to have any burden, just do whatever you want. Now, in the final analysis, we are all in the same boat. I am lucky that my teammates are not so weak and incompetent.

Not everyone in this world is qualified to be a parent."

Teammate... another new word, meaning similar to comrade-in-arms?

Zhou Yunke only felt a slight warmth in his heart. Looking at the woman in front of him, he said softly, "Liu Yue, thank you."

Su Liuyue said with amusement: "What are you thanking me for?"

Zhou Yunke just smiled and said nothing.

Thank you for accepting all of me.

Thank you for always being by my side, understanding me and supporting me.

In the following month, the situation in Xinjing City was changing rapidly and everyone was in danger.

Just as Zhou Yunke had expected at the beginning, a group of officials of the new dynasty headed by Prime Minister You and Changshi Sun suppressed the officials of the previous dynasty to the extreme. All families that had been close to the Cui and Wei families were put under strict surveillance, and some even had their properties confiscated because of some inexplicable evidence of so-called secret conspiracy.

In just one month, dozens of families were ordered to be under strict surveillance, and four families were directly raided and thrown into prison like the Cui and Wei families.

If it weren't for the court officials headed by Zhou Yunke who kept threatening to die in order to advise the emperor, the emperor, blinded by anger, would have started a massacre and blood would have flowed all over Xinjing.

However, the inability to punish those families that have no solid evidence of treason does not mean that the emperor cannot punish the Cui family, which has been charged with the crime of deceiving the emperor.

At the beginning, the emperor was very pleased and satisfied because Cui Mingyuan "sacrificed his own daughter and grandson for the sake of justice". Therefore, after the eleventh prince died of illness in prison, he mercifully allowed the Cui family to take the eleventh prince's body away for burial.

In order to avoid suspicion, the Cui family did not bury the eleventh prince's body in the family cemetery, but found a beautiful place outside the city and buried him.

In order to verify whether the corpse buried there was indeed the eleventh prince's, Changshi Sun personally led people to dig up his tomb and invited more than a dozen coroners to perform an autopsy. Although the body in the coffin was only a pile of bones, the medical records of the previous dynasty's royal family had not been dealt with yet, and the eleventh prince's medical records were still well kept in the Imperial Hospital.

By comparing with the medical records of the Eleventh Prince, it was found that when the Eleventh Prince was seven years old, he fell off his horse and broke his left leg. Although the Eleventh Prince's left leg healed after careful care, it was impossible for a broken bone to leave no trace at all, not to mention that the incident happened only one year before the Eleventh Prince's death.

However, the left leg bone of the corpse in the coffin was smooth without any flaws. It was obvious that the deceased child must have been well loved and had not suffered any serious injuries during his lifetime.

Therefore, the coroners concluded that the child in the coffin was not the eleventh prince. On the day when this result was handed over to the palace, perhaps God also sensed something unusual, and winter thunder began to roll, dark clouds gathered, and a rare winter thunderstorm began to fall.

After that, the new capital seemed to have suddenly entered deep winter, and the temperature dropped so low that people didn't even want to go out.

The emperor was furious. After Cui Mingyuan refused to reveal the whereabouts of the eleventh prince no matter how severely he was tortured, he ordered that the Cui family should be beheaded one person every three days according to their seniority and ranking in the family, until the day when Cui Mingyuan was willing to reveal the whereabouts of the eleventh prince.

Therefore, although the new capital city was not flooded with blood, this winter was still destined to be stained with an ominous smell of blood.

At noon that day, Su Liuyue was sitting in the warm study, frowning as he looked at a letter in his hand.

It was written to him by Xue Wenjin, who was working in Xinfeng County.

During this month, she had not seen the Xue family again. However, Prime Minister You and his people did not target the Xue family any less because of her distance from the Xue family.

As early as the beginning, the Xue family was listed by them as a family that needed special attention, simply because Xue Chengyi had drunk tea with Wei Yushi alone twice before!
Su Liuyue knew about this matter before. At that time, Miss Zhong's case had just happened not long ago. The dignitaries of the old dynasty were filled with indignation because of Miss Zhong's death. Censor Wei had tried to win over Xue Chengyi and express their stance in the court with him to fight for the rights and interests of the dignitaries of the old dynasty.

Since Xue Chengyi also worked in the Censorate, Censor Wei was his immediate superior. Xue Chengyi could refuse his invitation once or twice, but not three or four times. He had no choice but to drink tea with him twice.

However, anyone with a discerning eye knew that the so-called two rounds of tea between Xue Chengyi and Wei Yushi were just an excuse for Prime Minister You and his men to target the Xue family. After that, the Xue family was heavily guarded outside, and almost every day, people would break into the Xue family under various pretexts to conduct carpet searches.

Even if they didn't find anything, it was enough for people in the capital to smell something.

—— Prime Minister You and his men are so arrogant, and the person supporting them behind the scenes is actually the Emperor.

In other words, the one who was really targeting the Xue family was not Prime Minister You, but the Emperor.

The small Xue family does not have the ability to alarm His Majesty.

By doing this, His Majesty is actually targeting the prince behind the Xue family!
During this month, Su Liuyue watched the situation unfold. Apart from worrying, she didn't know what to do for the time being.

That group of people, not content with targeting the Xue family, actually sent people to secretly follow and investigate Xue Wenjin.

I'm afraid that when the emperor ordered Xue Chengyi and Xue Wenbai to suspend their posts, he didn't mention Xue Wenjin. It wasn't because he forgot or didn't take him seriously, but he did it on purpose.

Leaving one person outside might make it easier to find evidence against them.

Su Liuyue quickly finished reading the letter sent by Xue Wenjin. The letter seemed to be just talking about some daily trivial matters, but in fact it was a way to report his safety to her.

She sighed and put down the letter in her hand.

At this time, Er'an came in and said, "Madam, the servants have brought the lunch. Madam, please go and have lunch first."

Su Liuyue frowned slightly, "Let's put it aside for now."

Er'an said helplessly: "Today, a batch of fresh fish came into the kitchen. It's not easy to find fresh fish in this season. If the dishes made with fish are left cold, they may have a fishy smell. Your Majesty, you should go out and use some first.

These days, the queen has always been reluctant to eat properly. Before the Crown Prince left today, he specifically instructed the servants to make sure the queen eats properly."

Su Liuyue raised her eyebrows in surprise.

There have been a lot of things going on lately, and she really has no appetite for food.

But unexpectedly, Zhou Yunke, who seemed to be busy like a top every day, could actually notice that she didn't eat well? (End of this chapter)