"Your Excellency, since we are currently investigating the background of the Eastern Dragon Gate, why not just hire people from the Eastern Dragon Gate to assassinate the Ninth Prince? This way, we can follow the clues and, if they really kill the Ninth Prince, we will kill two birds with one stone," Xiao Jianzi suddenly suggested.

"Too much coincidence is inevitable. You've been in the human world for so long, haven't you learned such a simple truth?" Shang Beiyu categorically rejected Xiao Jianzi's suggestion, saying, "The two things, killing the Ninth Prince and investigating the East Dragon Gate, absolutely cannot be linked. The people who carry out these two tasks cannot have direct contact with each other either, only in this way can we be absolutely sure of success."

"Yes, Your Majesty, it was my oversight," Little Cocoon admitted sincerely.

On the other side of the Ninth Prince's Mansion.

It wasn't until the news of the Second Prince Shang Nanjue's serious injury and his disappearance along the way spread throughout the capital that Lin Shuang was convinced she had been abandoned.

Feelings of loss and hatred overwhelmed Lin Shuang.

That bandit was so heartless!

That was absolutely brilliant!

Since that bandit has no feelings for me whatsoever, she shouldn't blame me for being heartless and meaningless towards her in the future!

With Ji Fengyao not at home, Lin Shuang was still ostensibly the head maid of Hui Nuan Pavilion, and no one dared to trespass into the inner courtyard at night. Therefore, Lin Shuang blew her bone whistle without any hesitation that night.

Upon hearing the voice, the black-clad man beside Shang Beiyu stepped forward: "Miss Lin Shuang, what are your orders?"

"I need to see your master. I have very important news to tell him," Lin Shuang said with a cold gaze.

"Understood, you wait," the masked man in black said, and quickly left.

Lin Shuang is someone close to the little bandit, so she must know many things about the little bandit that are unknown to others;

When Shang Beiyu heard that Lin Shuang wanted to see him, and since he was also thinking about the little bandit, he came without hesitation.

The two met in the little bandit's bedroom, where Yinshuang sat on the edge of her bed.

Upon seeing this, Shang Beiyu frowned slightly: "As a servant, you have overstepped your bounds by sitting on your master's bed."

“I treated her like a master, but what did she take me for? I used to respect her so much, but how does she treat me now?” Lin Shuang looked coldly at Shang Beiyu and said bluntly, “I know you’re just using me, so let’s each get what we need and not address each other as master and servant. I’ll tell you all the bandits’ secrets, how much will you give me in return?”

"It depends on what you're talking about," Shang Beiyu said, sitting at the table in front of the tatami mat, his voice devoid of any emotion. "Or, you could name something, and I'll appraise it for you. If you're satisfied, then you can continue. How about that?"

"Your Excellency is indeed a magnanimous and fair person," Lin Shuang smiled with satisfaction, and began to tell Shang Beiyu everything she knew, one by one.

Shang Beiyu's understanding of the little bandit girl gradually became more comprehensive, and he also gained a deeper understanding of the relationship between the little bandit girl and the Ninth Prince.

It turned out that their relationship was deeper than he had imagined.

The fact that Ninth Prince and the young female bandit were repeatedly struck by lightning after they consummated their marriage is also quite strange, and there must be some hidden story behind it.

Shang Beiyu suddenly had an extremely absurd idea: Could it be that the entanglement between the little bandit girl and the Ninth Prince was not in this lifetime?

Otherwise, given how oblivious the young female bandit was to matters of the heart, the Ninth Prince would never have succeeded so quickly.

If the Ninth Prince was also a cultivator in his previous life, then this person absolutely cannot be allowed to live!

Otherwise, as long as Ninth Prince is around, he will never be able to enter the heart of the little female bandit.