Shi Junhe walked out of the imperial study and left the other officials’ whispers behind. Then he went back to the mansion directly.

Even so, the news spread much faster than he had guessed.

When he entered the gate of the East House, before he went back to his bedroom, somebody from the Shou’an Hall came to send a message that the Princess Royal asked him to see her.

Shi Junhe met Shi Qingxue’s doubtful eyes and sighed helplessly with a bitter ...