The fate was changed, the mistress of the Hou family was slapped in the face and made money to win

Chapter 690: The Marriage Continues

The man who would be identified as Xiao Yue's lover was replaced by Shen Yanxi's secret agent, and all plans remained the same.

As for the suicide by taking poison, it was naturally fake. It was not difficult to tamper with the person when he was detained outside the palace. The dead was a death row prisoner who was secretly taken out of the Sky Prison and had his face changed. As for the secret agent, his identity as the manager of the academy was also fake, so he could change his identity and continue to live in the future.

All of this was done to facilitate the process and get Emperor Xiao to agree to the women's academy.

Although it was somewhat risky to do so, her intuition told her that if she lost this opportunity, it would be difficult to carry forward the women's college again.

"To be honest, this can be considered as deceiving the king. I have made you take risks with me." Jiang Suining said to Shen Yanxi.

"Ningning, there is no such thing as involvement between husband and wife. What's more, the arrangements this time are quite cautious, and the emperor has given me full authority to handle the follow-up. There shouldn't be any problems. You can rest assured." Shen Yanxi looked relaxed.

Jiang Suining couldn't help laughing when he saw him like this, and said in a very low voice: "Prime Minister, do you think this is disrespecting the emperor's power? Aren't you afraid?"

After all, even the emperor was deceived into it.

"Is Ningning scared?" Shen Yanxi asked with a smile.

Jiang Suining thought about it seriously, then slowly shook his head, "Although I should be afraid, but I'm not."

If you are afraid of some things and don't want to take any risk at all, you will probably never accomplish them.

As for the girls' college thing, she really wanted to do it, so she was willing to take the risk and she was not afraid.

"If Ningning isn't afraid, then I won't be afraid either."

As Shen Yanxi finished speaking, the two smiled at each other and continued walking side by side.

However, before he had walked far, Jiang Suining saw a purple figure appearing at the other end of the palace road.

Murong Yu was wearing a purple robe. He saw Jiang Suining and the others from afar and stood still. When Jiang Suining and the others came closer, he greeted them with a smile.

"Looking at the direction of Prime Minister Shen and Lady Jiang, could it be that they just came from the Imperial Study?"

"Yes, the Ninth Prince has rested well. Is he planning to leave the palace?" Shen Yanxi said.

"I'm afraid it's impossible for her to leave the palace. After all, this prince has heard about what the fifth princess of your country did. Eventually, Emperor Beiyang still needs to give an explanation." Murong Yu sighed softly, showing a helpless look, but the smile in his eyes was not concealed at all.

Although the three of them knew what Murong Yu said, Shen Yanxi and Jiang Suining did not say much. Shen Yanxi just said, "Then please do as you wish, Ninth Prince. I hope you can get the answer you want."

"Prime Minister Shen is sincere?"

"Of course not."

"Heh..." Murong Yu smiled, "You two are both interesting people. If it weren't for our different standpoints, maybe we could really become friends."

"Ninth Prince, you are joking. Both countries hope to maintain peace. How can there be a difference in stance?" Jiang Suining said as he looked at Murong Yu's robe. "The purple dress that the Ninth Prince is wearing looks familiar."

Murong Yu's expression remained unchanged. "It's just a random outfit I bought from a clothing store. If Miss Jiang likes it, she can pick one for Prime Minister Shen as well."

The three of them said goodbye on the palace road. Jiang Suining watched Murong Yu's back as he left. When she looked away, Shen Yanxi asked, "Do you think Murong Yu was the one who was in the Wuliang Tower that day?"

"I just think it's possible. After all, I didn't see his face that day. But..." Jiang Suining paused.

Shen Yanxi understood and continued, "But if the person that day was really Murong Yu, then he might have deliberately worn this outfit to appear in front of us today."

"That's right." Jiang Suining nodded.

Murong Yu looked thoughtful, so it was impossible that he didn't notice the robe. Either he did it on purpose, or he simply didn't care.

But no matter which one it is, the appearance of Murong Yu and those Xilin envoys this time is definitely not that simple.

The news that Xiao Yue had left the palace to meet her lover had already spread quickly inside and outside the palace through the arrangement of the Xilin envoy.

But at dawn, the news of the women's academy also spread like wildfire under the arrangement of Jiang Suining and Shen Yanxi.

Emperor Xiao even interrogated the so-called lover in front of the Xilin envoy, and finally came to the conclusion that Xiao Yue met with him privately just to inquire about the opening of the academy.

The Xilin envoys naturally did not want to miss such an opportunity to control Beiyang, and questioned this statement in court. In the end, they were outwitted by Emperor Xiao, who questioned them whether they were determined to slander Princess Beiyang's reputation regardless of the truth.

After these words that teetered on the edge of breaking off relations came out, the Xilin envoy finally had nothing more to say.

The truth of the matter was eventually revealed to be that Xiao Yue wanted to set up a girls' academy, but was afraid that she would not have enough time, so she rushed out of the palace overnight. Emperor Xiao, thinking that Xiao Yue was really concerned about the women of the world, issued an imperial decree to promote this matter and decided to first set up three free girls' academies in the imperial city.

Xiao Yue and Jiang Suining are mainly responsible, and other female officials will assist when they do not want to affect daily affairs. Other relevant government offices must cooperate well and there must not be any delay or slackness.

In Ning Garden, Jiang Suining and a few others were gathered together to discuss the location of the academy.

Wei Yao said with emotion: "I didn't expect that the Fifth Princess would turn a clumsy trick into a clever one this time. If the free women's academy can really be successfully opened, it will be a great thing for women all over the world."

Lu Yan agreed, "That's right, but Sui Ning, from meeting your lover secretly to suddenly becoming a women's academy, did you think of a lot of things behind this?"

"It just happened to be the right time. I didn't do anything." Jiang Suining put the selected suitable site aside. "If I really want to say, this time it's more the credit of the Fifth Princess."

After all, if it weren’t for Xiao Yue, such an opportunity would never have arisen.

“I heard that the fifth princess’ marriage plan is still going on and it hasn’t been cancelled because of this incident. I don’t know if it’s true or not.” Wei Yao said.

"It's true." Lu Yan sighed, "I heard that Xilin apologized to the Fifth Princess, saying that it was all a misunderstanding, and praised the Fifth Princess' kindness in public, so the marriage went ahead."

"Then the Fifth Princess must be very disappointed." Although Wei Yao didn't like Xiao Yue, she couldn't help but sound sympathetic at this moment.

As they were talking, a maid came quickly over to report.

"Madam, the fifth princess is here and she said she has something urgent to see you about."