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With her temperament, she naturally wasn't willing to resign herself to the circumstances, but she had no choice; she could only leave.

Let's suppose that after she left the Empress, she happened upon a young, charming gentleman, quite possibly the son of an official, and they fell in love at first sight, naturally leading to a fleeting affair; sadly, the official's young master was already married and couldn't marry her, but he gave her a promise, and only then did she return home to marry her betrothed.

After that, her fiancé's family died, and she turned to the official's young master for help, only to find out that he was the son of a political adversary to the Empress's maternal family; he coerced and enticed her to go back to the Empress to pass on information or perform some other task; deeply in love with the official's young master and driven by profit, she naturally complied.

Prince, do you think my hypothesis is plausible?"

The reason Yang Mengchen came up with this guess was because of a plot twist in an online novel that Jin Xiaoya told her about, which at the time deeply impressed her as Jin Xiaoya cursed the woman who betrayed her master, which left a deep impression on her. After hearing Sister Lu's story, that plot twist immediately came to mind.

After long contemplation, Long Xuan Mo nodded: "Ah Jiu's hypothesis is not without reason; I'll send someone to kill Sister Lu right away!"

"Prince, please calm down." Yang Mengchen timely dissuaded Long Xuan Mo: "There's only a thief for a thousand days, not a guard for a thousand days; if they don't receive any message from Sister Lu, they'll naturally guess that Sister Lu has been exposed, and when the time comes, they'll insert spies amongst us again, and it will be impossible to guard against them;

Prince, you can have Sister Lu take a kind of medicine which would allow us to interrogate her for all the secrets, then I'll teach Prince how to intercept carrier pigeons, and every time, we'll send false messages to those behind her, and when the time is ripe, we'll be able to catch them all in one fell swoop."

"I will listen to Ah Jiu in everything." Pride brimmed in Long Xuan Mo's eyes and brows: his Ah Jiu was the smartest and most exceptional!

Yang Mengchen rolled her eyes so faintly it was almost imperceptible: "If the Prince trusts me, you can arrange for a few clever people with some knowledge of medicine to come over, and I'll teach them specifically about medicine and pharmacology, so when the time comes, they can be assigned to the Empress, the Eldest Princess, and Yingtong, to prevent others from plotting against them."

She had originally planned to arrange for Elite Guards who knew pharmacology to protect Yingtong, but upon reflection, considering Yingtong's status, she realized she had to give up the idea.

Long Xuan Mo had been a big help to her, and since she was worried about Yingtong returning to the palace someday, she thought this was the only feasible solution after much deliberation.

Clearly, Long Xuan Mo misunderstood.

Gazing intently at Yang Mengchen, Long Xuan Mo was deeply moved, and then he embraced her tightly, as if wanting to merge her into his being.

The astute and capable Ah Jiu, the insightful Ah Jiu, the Ah Jiu who so protected his family members; he couldn't let her go in this life, even if he died!

Yang Mengchen was held in Long Xuan Mo's arms, against his solid chest and strong arms; she was unable to break free, thinking of using the Black Needle to incapacitate him, but couldn't bring herself to do it, and could only say in a deep voice, "Let go of me!"

"I won't!" Long Xuan Mo was stubborn and resolute: "This life, the next life, the life after the next, life after life, I will never let go of Ah Jiu!"

Yang Mengchen was taken aback, and quickly, a bitter smile curled her lips.

No matter how sweet words of love were, they couldn't match the cruelty of reality. Having been through it once, she didn't want, or rather, she didn't have the courage to open up the wounds in her heart and endure it all again.

In this life, she only wanted to find a simple and honest man to live a plain and simple life with until her last days. As for love, she didn't need it.

Sensing the desolate and sorrowful emotion in the person in his arms, Long Xuan Mo slightly pulled away and saw her furrowed brows, which pained his heart. He raised his hand gently to smooth her brow, wishing every time he saw her frown that he could soothe all her worries, solve all her problems, and shelter her from the storm.

But she was an independent and strong woman, always distant and indifferent toward him. He didn't know what he could do to make her open her heart and accept him.

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