After making this guess, Shen Yun's heart was in turmoil, and he was so anxious that he wished he could kick the door open right now.

He was outside trying to figure out how to secretly investigate the situation inside the room.

The two inside were embracing tightly. Xiao Xuan touched the sweat on Ning Yin's face and suddenly chuckled, "Ning, actually, the thief wasn't referring to me, but to Chu Xiao."

Xiao Xuan's voice was low as he lowered his eyes and glanced at the figures outside, the darkness in his eyes growing even deeper.

But tonight's events were indeed a scheme orchestrated by Chu Xiao to mislead the Imperial Guards. He wanted to secretly take his mother out of the palace, set it on fire, and use a palace maid as a scapegoat for his mother.

Chu Xiao's actions were simply an attempt to get all the people he cared about out of the palace, so that he would have no worries about rebelling again.

Today is the day Chu Mo returns to his country. Upon learning that the King of Chu has such thoughts, he cannot sit still for a moment.

He just didn't expect that the thief he found would even get the exact location of the Cold Palace wrong, and accidentally ended up at the Jade Pavilion.

As a result, Ningyin in the Jade Pavilion was almost scared out of her wits by this incident.

She had mentally prepared herself for the worst. If Xiao Xuan were ever discovered, she would die with him, and their family would stay together for all eternity, never to be separated.

But now, hearing Xiao Xuan say this, she couldn't help but widen her eyes and stare straight at Xiao Xuan.

"Actually, I am in Chu Mo's palace today. My identity is that of a maidservant by Chu Mo's side. Moreover, I have disguised myself, so no one can recognize me."

As he spoke, Xiao Xuan took out a human skin mask from his clothes and handed it to Ning Yin to look at.

Ning Yin took it and touched the skin of the mask with her hand. It was indeed not much different from a real person, except that it was a woman's face, and a rather ugly and frightening one at that.

She frowned slightly, feeling a pang of sympathy for Xiao Xuan.

The Crown Prince of the Great Qi actually dared to appear in the Chu Kingdom's palace disguised as a woman. What merit did she possess to deserve such treatment from Xiao Xuan?

Ningyin felt a lump in her throat, and tears welled up in her eyes again. She couldn't help but hug the person even tighter.

"So, you mean Chu Xiao wants to rebel?"

Ning Yin never expected that the seemingly gentle Prince Nan had long harbored rebellious intentions.

But why would he try to win her over? She was just a helpless woman who couldn't help him with his rebellion at all.

Ning Yin was surprised, so she told Xiao Xuan again about the Southern King's actions towards her over the past two days.

As the Crown Prince himself, Xiao Xuan quickly pointed out the Prince of Nan's intentions: "A'Ning, they mistake you for Shen Yun's wife. Seeing how much Shen Yun cares about you, they probably want to use you to win Shen Yun over."

The man cut to the chase, but when he mentioned Shen Yun, his expression clearly darkened and became somewhat ambiguous.

Especially when he thought about how the group of people outside had just called Ning Yin "Madam Shen," the murderous aura in his eyes became even more pronounced.

"Ah Ning, has Shen Yun made things difficult for you these past few days?"

Xiao Xuan raised his hand and touched Ning Yin's face. His Ning Yin had lost weight in the past few days, and the man frowned with heartache.

Ning Yin shook her head, snuggled closer to Xiao Xuan's chest, and listened to his heartbeat.

“Jingyuan, he didn’t make things difficult for me. If he really wanted to make things difficult for me, I would die with him.”

"Fool, don't talk nonsense! What do you mean by dying together? I won't allow you to do such a foolish thing!"

Xiao Xuan gently pecked Ning Yin on the forehead, then continued, "Once Chu Mo and I get the Chu Kingdom's..."

Before the man could finish speaking, a sound of tiles shattering came from above the roof.

The two of them hadn't heard Shen Yun's movements and assumed he had left. They never expected that he would be so persistent and run to the rooftop.

For Xiao Xuan, who had practiced martial arts for many years, this kind of sound was easy to detect.

Shen Yun must want to come down from the roof to see if there is anyone inside.

Just then, several roof tiles were lifted off the roof, and moonlight streamed in through the roof.

Shen Yun lay down on it, pressed his eyes against it, and carefully observed every movement inside.

But it was nighttime, and even with the moonlight, it was hard to see clearly what was happening inside. The curtains on Ningyin's bed were also drawn, so Ningyin and the thief could not be seen at all.

Shen Yun watched for a while and found that there was still no reaction, so he wondered if he was overthinking it.

He had just leaped onto the roof, moving with extreme caution, so that even if the thief was highly skilled in martial arts, he wouldn't be able to hear him.

Shen Yun put the two tiles back on, and as soon as he got up, he saw a raging fire burning in the palace not far away.

Commander Zhou led the Imperial Guards to surround the palace, and the eunuchs began to fight the fire with water.

Since the distance wasn't too far, he could even vaguely hear people shouting and yelling, saying that they had been ambushed by thieves inside.

Upon hearing this news, Shen Yun finally felt relieved. It turned out that he had been worrying too much; it seemed that the thief was after someone else.

After confirming that Ning Yin was not in danger, Shen Yun used his lightness skill to quickly arrive at the Cold Palace. By then, the fire had become increasingly serious, and the eunuchs had run themselves ragged but still could not put out the raging flames.

In reality, only one unfavored concubine lived there. The eunuchs were all sycophantic and knew perfectly well that the emperor had long since grown tired of the woman inside, and whether she lived or died was of no importance to them.

Therefore, the eunuchs would not risk their lives to save people, and so, the cold palace was reduced to ashes in no time.

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