Song Lin's face flushed like a dog that had made a mistake. He lowered his head and dared not speak.

Murong Yan on the side raised the corner of his lips like a fox, narrowed his eyes and said: "Hey, since you are all stupid teammates, why not join us?"

Shen Xu glanced at him sharply, "Brother Yan, are you quite proud of this?"

"Of course, Young Master Jiang helped me last time at the villa. Just because he ignores Xu Wanrong, this guy can be dealt with."

"Xiu Xiu." Song Lin looked at Shen Xu, his tone filled with a hint of homeless pleading, "You're not really going to murder your husband, are you?"

Shen Xu's face darkened. She stood up and walked in front of him, sighing slightly, "You now know our plan. Go away. The next time we meet, it's either you die or I live."

Seeing the ice-cold look in her eyes, Song Lin's heart sank. It was true that he had seriously injured her father in Nanguan City. It was also true that he had followed Jiang Yulou's orders to occupy Yong'an City and helped Murong Yao seize the throne.

Because of his involvement, she was turned from a noble princess into a traitor, and her house in Yong'an City was raided. How could she possibly forgive him?

"Xiu Xiu, give me a chance to make amends."

"Make amends?" Shen Xu frowned. "How are you going to make amends? Pei Zhiyuan won't be able to come back alive just by saying sorry. What are you going to do to make amends?"

Song Lin's breathing stagnated. It turned out that the person she couldn't let go of the most was Pei Zhiyuan.

"Xiu Xiu, I never felt like I owed Pei Zhiyuan anything. He shouldn't have deceived you and kidnapped your feelings when you lost your memory, but I never hurt him from beginning to end.

I'm sorry for seriously injuring your father in front of Nanguan City.

The battlefield is full of swords and knives, and your father's martial arts are excellent, so I dare not neglect him. When I lost you, I only wanted to capture Liu Zhang for Brother Ye and avenge his father's murder.

I really didn't think you would be the princess of the Southern Territory. I'm sorry."

Ye Wanqing interrupted quietly, "That's wrong. It was Xu Wanrong who killed my father. My brother wouldn't believe that no matter what. He even stabbed Brother Zhang for it, and he still wouldn't give up."

"Ah Lin, just now, I remembered everything in the past, every little detail of our time together in Qingzhou Prefecture. So, for what happened with Pei Zhiyuan, I will never forgive you, and I can't forgive myself either."

She turned around, her voice slightly tired, "I've been playing around a while ago, and I really want to kill you.

Now I don’t know how to face all this, all my plans have been disrupted.”

“Xiu Xiu…”

Shen Xu turned his head slightly, his voice as cold as frost, "Master Jiang, my name is not Xiuxiu, I am the son of Tingnan Marquis, Shen Xu."

"I know. I'm not Young Master Jiang either. My last name is Song, and I'm the nephew of General Song Yuecheng." Song Lin took out the token of the Chief Envoy of the Imperial Guards. "I've already said that I won't work for them anymore. I want to go to the Southern Territory. Tell me what to do?"

"Don't waste your energy..."

Ye Wanqing pleaded softly, "A Xu, don't be like this..."

"Yes, A Xu, in your situation, no one can tell. It was just a matter of different positions..."

Murong Yan looked at the token of the Yulin Guards' chief envoy and advised, "With his help, our next plan will be easy. This farce should end now. No more people should be sacrificed."

"I know what to do. Wait for my news." Song Lin put away the token, opened the door and walked out.

Yan Ze reacted woodenly, "Ah, are we just going to let him go?"

"His martial arts skills are so high, if he really wants to leave, can you stop him?"

Ye Wanqing looked at Song Lin's departing back with regret, "Ah Xu, he knows all our plans, how can we let him go so easily?"

"It's okay." Shen Xu sat down on the chair with a gloomy expression.

…

Dozens of days later, Prime Minister Liu committed suicide by taking poison while under house arrest.

Yong'an City seemed to have calmed down. Murong Yao adjusted the military equipment and completely took control of the 350,000 Western Wilderness Army.

A piece of evidence that Jiang Yulou privately manufactured weapons and secretly stationed troops and purchased horses fell into his hands.

At night, Murong Yao was discussing with Censor Xu in the study how to deal with Jiang Yulou, when the lights suddenly went dark.

The palace was eerily quiet, and a faint smell of blood filled the Yong'an Palace.

Murong Yao felt that the atmosphere was a bit weird, so he called his servants and asked what was happening outside.

But as soon as the servant entered the palace gate, he was shot to the ground by a hidden weapon.

"Come here, there is an assassin." Censor Xu was shocked when he saw this.

"Stop shouting, everyone is gone." Song Lin, wearing a masked nightgown and holding a folding crossbow in his hand, slowly walked into the hall.

Murong Yao's face was extremely grim. He was wearing golden soft armor, but he wasn't as panicked as Censor Xu. "Who is so bold as to come to the palace and commit murder?"

He shifted his gaze to the folding crossbow in Song Lin's hand, and immediately understood, "Marquis Guangcheng is getting restless so soon."

"Protect His Majesty!" Two secret guards rushed out from behind the pillars with knives in hand. Song Lin skillfully knocked one of them down with a crossbow, snatched the other's knife, and then tidily knocked the man to the ground.

Censor Xu had fainted from fright, and Song Lin captured Murong Yao without much effort.

Since the Yulin Guard on duty tonight was his trusted confidant, Song Lin easily took Murong Yao hostage and went all the way to the harem.

After tying up Xu Wanrong, he took advantage of the night to transport the two of them out of the palace.

......

In the middle of the night, Shen Xu was still asleep when there was a hurried knock on the door.

She put on a piece of clothing with sleepy eyes and slowly went to open the door. She saw Song Lin standing at the door in night clothes, panting and saying, "Xiu Xiu, let me join you."

"Are you sick? Why are you knocking on the door so late at night?"

"I've tied the emperor up for you." He turned around and dragged the two twisting sacks to the door.

Shen Xu felt like he was still half asleep, and he closed the door in a daze, "Don't you have to be on duty during the day? If you come and harass me again, I'll beat you!"

"Xiu Xiu, I want to join you."

"We'll talk about it tomorrow if you have anything to say... Wait, tell me, who did you kidnap?"

"The Emperor, and the Empress."

Shen Xu watched in amazement as he opened the sack, revealing Murong Yao's head.

He was gagged and tied tightly, and when he saw Shen Xu, he made anxious whimpering sounds.

......

Half an hour later, the lights in Chen Xu's room came on. Ye Wanqing and Yan Ze gathered around the table, looking at Murong Yao and Xu Wanrong who were tied up in the corner, and looked at each other in confusion.

"Wow! It turns out to be true! I thought Brother Ze was half asleep, why did he wake me up in the middle of the night to see what?"

Murong Yan rubbed his eyes and yawned lazily, "Which warrior got the person out of the palace directly?"

Several people raised their chins and pointed at Song Lin.

Murong Yan gave a thumbs up, "As expected of my brother-in-law, you are brave, resourceful, and have a strong will."