After their minds were read, the entire court trembled with fear.

Chapter 199 The Crown Prince's Private Treasury Was Stolen

"Shen Lang doesn't think that a former crown prince's companion could possibly kill him."

Why didn't she consider that there must be someone else behind her?

Aunt Cheng appeared behind An Qi and An Jiu without them noticing: "What are you two talking about?"

Upon hearing Aunt Cheng's voice, An Qi and An Jiu, who were huddled together, quickly separated.

"Aunt Cheng."

Aunt Cheng's gaze swept back and forth between the two of them, and she said coldly, "If you don't keep a close watch on Shen Lang, I'll tell the Emperor that the fifty lashes were probably too light or too few."

"You two should be thrown into the northernmost part of Daye and the southernmost part of Daye respectively, so that you will never see each other again in this life."

Anqi and Anjiu shuddered and quickly got back to work.

After a few days of sleeping in, Shen Zhiyi's wonderful vacation came to an end, and she returned to her long-awaited life as a cowherd.

[Ugh, the weather's getting warmer, and the morning court session is starting earlier again. I'm so sleepy!]

I'll write.

The old emperor was restless today because his hemorrhoids were starting to hurt.

The old emperor's lips twitched; there's no need to remember that.

[But it's strange, everyone in the court seems so excited today. Could it be that something good is about to happen?]

Shen Zhiyi scratched the back of her head in confusion.

The entire court was excited. After a few boring morning court sessions, they missed Shen Zhiyi terribly. Look, the first thing they did was point out that the old emperor was suffering from hemorrhoids and his buttocks were hurting.

The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review stepped forward, holding his court tablet, and said, "Your Majesty, I have a memorial to present."

"explain."

"I have learned from the former dynasty's traitors that the real mastermind is none other than the former dynasty's ninth prince."

The ninth prince of the previous dynasty was born to a dancer who caught the eye of the last emperor. A single night of passion resulted in his pregnancy, but because of his mother's lowly status, the ninth prince was not highly regarded.

[Later, because his mother had an affair with a guard, the Ninth Prince's mother was executed, and he himself was disliked by the Emperor and sent out of the palace.]

[Because his presence was so inconspicuous, even the old emperor forgot about him. But even if the old emperor had known, there was nothing he could do, because at that time, no one in the previous dynasty's royal family really knew where the Ninth Prince had gone. In fact, many people thought that the Ninth Prince was already dead, since he was only three years old when he was sent out of the palace.]

[Tsk tsk tsk, System, you said that the last emperor of the previous dynasty was clearly obsessed with women, so why did he have so few children? Look at the old emperor, he had quite a few wives, but he wasn't as obsessed with women, yet he had so many children.]

Shen Zhiyi gave a mischievous laugh.

[Maybe many of them aren't even his biological children.]

The system also grinned mischievously.

【Probably! 】

The old emperor had a dark expression on his face, but he endured it.

"Has the ninth prince of the previous dynasty been captured?"

The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review straightened his chest and said, "Your Majesty, we have captured him."

[Wow, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review is really something, catching him so quickly. But why would that Ninth Prince want to kill me? Surely I don't look that much like the old emperor.]

"Pfft."

The old emperor glared at him, and one of the guys couldn't hold back any longer.

Upon seeing that it was the Crown Prince, he pointed at the other person.

—I'll deal with you when I get back.

The prince covered his mouth.

It's not his fault; Shen Zhiyi is just too humorous.

The ninth prince of the previous dynasty fell from power, and his fate was naturally not good.

After meeting the old emperor, the ninth prince's fate was death.

Shen Zhiyi narrowed her eyes as she watched the Ninth Prince voluntarily drink the poisoned wine.

Was I seeing things? I felt like the Ninth Prince's body flickered.

The old emperor: It's reasonable to suspect that Shen Zhiyi might be hallucinating from eating too many mushrooms.

How could a human body possibly flicker?

After the two left, neither of them noticed the strange expression on the face of the former Ninth Prince.

After the person stopped breathing, their body quickly grew cold, and a string of blue code flew out, eventually landing somewhere unknown.

-

"What kind of body did you find for me? It's actually the body of the ninth prince of the previous dynasty."

The system responded with a frustrated, mechanical voice.

"Professor, you yourself said you wanted an identity with no parents, no relatives or friends, and someone who was about to die. This body is really perfect. I just didn't expect it to be the ninth prince of the previous dynasty."

The professor was furious.

"Your number is 250, you really are a fool."

"Professor, you promised me I'd be 250, not 250!"

The system argued logically: "Furthermore, I quickly created a fake body, and the person impersonating the Ninth Prince of the previous dynasty has already been dealt with, so I am not an idiot."

"Just clean it up."

The professor, too tired to look at what he had created, closed his eyes and broke down, disconnecting from the system.

-

[System system system.]

Shen Zhiyi finally received a response from the system after calling out to it countless times.

【what? 】

【You have the nerve to ask me what I want? I'm wondering what you want too! I've called you so many times and you haven't answered me. Don't you know I just saw some really juicy gossip and no one's sharing it with me? It's so upsetting.】

Shen Zhiyi didn't care why the system hadn't responded to her earlier; the main thing was that the system was responding to her now.

So she quickly shared the juicy gossip she had just seen with the system.

The Crown Prince's private treasury has been stolen!

Shen Zhiyi made no attempt to hide her excitement.

The crown prince, who was secretly eating pastries at the old emperor's place, was dumbfounded.

What the hell? His private stash was stolen! Who did it?!

The Crown Prince must think it was his son who stole it.

The prince, who was rolling up his sleeves: Isn't that right?

Actually, it was his daughter who stole it, the princess.

Canaan?

impossible!

You should know that the Crown Prince was most pleased with his only precious daughter.

Obedient, sensible, and makes life easy for others.

How could his daughter possibly steal from his private stash?

[Now the Crown Princess has discovered that something is missing from the private treasury and suspects it was the Crown Prince who did it. Look, she's chasing after him all over the Eastern Palace, ready to give him a good spanking, hahaha.]

The Crown Prince ran while shouting, "It really wasn't me! It really wasn't me!"

“Who else is in this house besides you? Stop right there and take your father’s money back right now. If you don’t put it back, your father will come looking for you and I’ll kick you out.”

"It wasn't me, Mother! It really wasn't me! If you're wrong, I'll go to Grandfather the Emperor for judgment."

The Crown Prince saw a tree and immediately began to climb it on all fours with great agility.

[Oh my god, his movements are like a monkey's.]

The old emperor glanced at the crown prince, who was still stuffing himself with snacks, and angrily threw the memorial in his hand at the prince's back.

"Eat, eat, eat! All you do all day is eat. You come here but don't help me review memorials. Go back now."

"Okay, Dad."

The Crown Prince carried a plate in each hand back to the Eastern Palace.

When the old emperor wanted to eat a snack, he found that there was nothing left.

"Damn it, you brat."