Prince Xin.
One of Great Rui's most low-profile princes.
After receiving his princely title, he had headed straight to his fief. He never formed factions for personal gain, never casually entered the capital, and never gave Emperor Mingze cause for concern.
The only thing in his past that could count as a "stain" was his mother, an imperial consort who had died young after attempting to assassinate the late emperor.
In nearly everyone's eyes, Prince Xin was a noble who would never harbor disloyal intentions.
But...
No matter how they looked at it, an Underground Palace this enormous hardly seemed like something built with both the late emperor's and Emperor Mingze's knowledge.
Liaochen and the others' expressions sharpened, their attention involuntarily settling on the little girl.
Your time to shine, Little Highness!
Under everyone's gaze, Jiang Yingcheng stared fixedly at a small patch of empty ground before her, as though she had entered the sage-like state of an old monk deep in meditation.
Reassured, the others resumed examining the Side Chamber.
The room's glittering jewels and treasures were dazzling, but almost no one present paid them any attention. They all gathered around the coffin, while Sheng Shixu kept casting worried glances at the little girl.
-Except Luo Fuying.
Though she was a princess of the Yishui Kingdom, her imperial father did not indulge his children without limits as Emperor Mingze did. In their palace, what mattered more was profit.
She could bring benefits to the Yishui Kingdom through a marriage alliance, so she lived better than all her siblings.
But even that privilege was extremely limited.
That was why she envied Jiang Yingcheng.
That was why, upon seeing this room full of treasures, a dark thought grew wildly in her heart-with these, she could escape the palace and fly far