She knows this better than anyone else.

"But why did you say it hurt when I pinched you?" Shen Zhiyi asked curiously.

Duan Xingzhi looked at her with a serious expression.

"It hurts me to see you pinching yourself."

Shen Zhiyi: ...

The two lingered for a while longer, then finished their meal, tidied themselves up, and went together to meet the Crown Prince.

Xiao Shiye took the antidote and his spirits were much better at that moment.

He sat in the main hall, looking at the two figures kneeling on the ground, and sighed deeply.

"Get up."

He never expected that Miss Shen's husband was actually Night Owl, the assassin he had painstakingly recruited years ago.

“You are my benefactors, and I will certainly not make things difficult for you because of my own selfish desires.”

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Shen Zhiyi and Duan Xingzhi exchanged a glance, then stood up hand in hand.

"Please take a seat."

The two sat down side by side on two chairs on the left.

Zhang De, sitting opposite them, cupped his hands and smiled, saying, "Thanks to the evidence found by Lord Night Owl, we now have a legitimate reason to purge the rebels, and it will only take the next two days."

Duan Xingzhi said, "The Third Prince has no way out and will definitely fight to the death."

"Your Highness, please be careful. He might force a coup tonight."

Xiao Shiye nodded.

"Rest assured, Prime Minister and I have already made full preparations."

"I was afraid he wouldn't come."

"How's the investigation into the poisoning of the emperor going?" He turned to Zhang De and asked, "Was it truly the concubine's doing?"

Zhang De shook his head.

"The concubine is innocent."

"I have investigated and found that this matter was instigated and deceived by a maid. The real mastermind behind it is the Third Prince's Consort, Ji Xueyan."

Duan Xingzhi frowned upon hearing this name.

"What's wrong?" Shen Zhiyi turned her head and asked, "Do you know him?"