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Song Jin couldn't hear clearly, "What did the Third Princess say?"

Xu Muqing shook his head: "Nothing, it's not easy for you to see your eighth sister. Father has ordered us not to see her. She made a big mistake this time. Father hates siblings killing each other the most."

The late emperor had few children, and several of the emperor's brothers and sisters died in a fight for the throne.

Now that the emperor has many children, he hopes to have them around him in his old age.

Unfortunately, it is destined to be difficult to achieve.

"Is there no way to sneak in?"

Xu Mu was hesitant, "There should be a way..."

If she saw correctly, Xu Zhaoran had just gone to the eighth princess's palace.

Where is she going and what is she doing?

The fifth princess and the eighth princess never met each other.

Xu Muqing sighed, unwilling to mention these sad things.

If you want to sneak in, you can only disguise yourself as a palace maid delivering food.

Song Jin is familiar with this kind of thing.

There were guards outside the eighth princess's palace.

Fortunately, as a county lord appointed by the emperor himself, she seldom walked around the palace and not many people knew her, so the guards just glanced at her casually and let her in.

The number of palace maids and eunuchs in the palace was greatly reduced.

Leave some to take care of the affairs in the palace.

In the eyes of the world, Xu Huai Ni is now regarded as a being despised by the emperor.

She thought so too, and pushed herself against the red pillar and looked up at the sky.

The nose wafts over the fragrant dishes.

Xu Huai twisted his legs and rolled himself up, "Put it down and leave."

Xu Huainian has not yet reached the age of haircut, so most of the children are left alone and suffer the feeling of being left out alone.

It's so uncomfortable...

She suddenly thought of Xu Li'er.

“Big sister…”

Song Jin did not leave. Hearing this, he sighed, "Does the Eighth Princess regret it today?"

"who?!"

Xu Huai Ni jumped up in shock, "It's you, Song Jin——"

"Hush!" Song Jin quickly covered her mouth, "I came here specially to see the princess, please don't say anything."

Xu Huai Ni calmed down, "What do you want to see me do?"

She doesn't think there is any friendship between her and Song Jin.

Song Jin: "I believe some of the things that the Eighth Princess said in the ruined temple."

Xu Huaini was stunned: "Do you believe me? It's ridiculous. I refuse to deny what the eldest sister said, so you still believe my words?"

Song Jin nodded: "I believe that the Eighth Princess did not voluntarily hurt the First Princess before. If the Eighth Princess is willing, you can tell me."

"Tell you?" Xu Huai looked her up and down, "You are a common woman, how can you understand the sufferings of the royal family? You are just here to see my joke!"

Song Jin shrugged: "If the Eighth Princess doesn't believe me, I will leave now, but next time the Eighth Princess wants to see someone else, I'm afraid she won't be able to see him."

After all, the emperor's punishment this time was a long one.

Now is the time to seize the throne, and no one knows what Sheng An will become in half a year.

Xu Huai was silent.

The moment she turned to leave, her little hands grabbed the corner of her clothes and she turned her face away awkwardly.

"Didn't you say you were coming to see me? Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

After all, he is just a fourteen-year-old child and can’t hide his thoughts.

Song Jin laughed dumbly and sat down next to her.

Watch her curl herself up into a ball again.

"How long is it until the princess' coming-of-age day?"

Xu Huai Ni didn't know why, and thought about it seriously: "It will be seven days after the Lantern Festival. Why do you ask this?"

Song Jin did not answer, but asked her: "Then Princess, are you willing to tell me now?"

Xu Huai Ni was stared at by her, her clear eyes filled with tenderness, and the weak sunlight made her eyes sparkle.

Xu Huai Ni looked away in embarrassment.

"Actually... I like Big Sister very much, otherwise I wouldn't have risked my life to save her... When I first met Big Sister, she walked behind us alone and didn't talk to us. I was quite scared of her when she had a blank expression on her face. A few days later, she suddenly smiled, and since then she has always had a faint smile on her face, but I hate her smile!"

"Originally I didn't want to care, but she looked really distressed, so I couldn't help but play with her..." Xu Huaini's tone gradually became lonely, "They didn't let us play with my eldest sister. If I didn't listen, they would beat me, scold me and threaten me... I really had no choice, I want to live!"

Xu Huai Ni's body was trembling.

That was her most horrifying memory.

She couldn't understand why they treated her like this when she had done nothing wrong.

But she didn't want to die either. As children of the royal family, there was no room for choice.

She had to stand up on her own.

Song Jin handed over the handkerchief and whispered, "So, you have become one of them?"

"No!" Xu Huai choked and retorted, "If I don't go, they will hurt the eldest sister, and it is impossible for the eldest sister to feel better. Only if I go can she survive."

The experiences that Xu Lian'er complained about were all caused by Xu Huai Ni.

She thought she could fool them, but they took advantage of her opportunity and poisoned Xu Li'er.

"I don't ask for forgiveness from my elder sister. It's better for her to leave Sheng An now. At least she can survive."

As for herself, Xu Huaini had thought that she might not survive the day when her confinement was lifted.

She knew too many of their secrets.

The dead keep secrets.

"cough!"

Xu Huai Ni suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood, and his white handkerchief was instantly stained red.

"Eighth Princess, what's wrong with you?!"

Xu Huai grabbed her and said, "Don't go, don't save me... If I don't die, my eldest sister will not be able to live peacefully in this life."

Song Jin scolded her: "Xu Huaini! Do you think Xu Lian'er can forgive you if you die? You died in exchange for her safety. Do you think you are powerful? What a little kid can learn from exchanging lives for lives!"

Xu Huai was lying on her lap, and he actually thought her scolding was quite nice.

"That's fine. It's better if Big Sister doesn't know... I don't want her to feel guilty, so don't tell her. I told you this just because I wanted to talk to someone... Otherwise, there will be no chance to tell her."

She knew she was poisoned.

Song Jin was so angry that he didn't know what to say to her.

Song Jin held her hand and said in a firm voice: "Xu Huai Ni, you haven't passed the hairpin ceremony yet, you won't die!"

Xu Huainian laughed softly and looked up at the sky: "I really want to see the blacksmith with my eldest sister again..."

On New Year's Eve that year, she sneaked into Xu Lian's room after school and took her out through the dog hole to watch the iron flower show.

The bright sparks are dazzling.

Reflected in the eyes of young children, it looks like a starry sky.

*

The Eighth Princess was poisoned during her confinement. The Emperor was furious and threatened that if the Eighth Princess did not leave the Imperial Hospital, her head would be in danger!

Song Jin had not left the palace yet and was sitting in Xu Muqing's palace.

"Why did Eighth Sister get poisoned out of nowhere?"

Before the poison took effect, Song Jin was inside.

Xu Muqing knew this, but then he thought that the fifth princess might have been there as well, so he didn't know how to guess.

Song Jin pondered: "When I went there, the Eighth Princess had already been poisoned. The "they" she mentioned are most likely the ones who poisoned her."

"They?" Xu Mu frowned, "Who are they?"

Song Jin: "From what the Eighth Princess said, it seems like they knew each other in school. The Third Princess might as well think about it that way."

School?

Xu Muqing thought of the days when he went to school as a child and suddenly felt a headache.

The school for the princes and princesses was not located in the palace, but was specially set up on a mountain outside the city. In addition to the princes and princesses, there were also some children from aristocratic families who went there.

It is extremely difficult to eliminate it.

"If there is any suspicion, the fifth sister is more suspicious."

Song Jin did not comment.

But after all, they were the only ones who had met Xu Zhaoran, so they could not provide any evidence, nor could they produce any.

Soon, news came that the eighth princess was stupid.

It was the imperial physician who cured the poison, but the poison eroded too quickly and damaged the eighth princess's brain. She was lucky to be able to save her life.

The highly skilled imperial physician recognized this vicious poison as the Northern Di poison recorded in medical books.

After going around in circles, we ended up in Beidi.

The emperor was completely annoyed with the Northern Di.

Song Jin fell into deep thought when he heard the news.

Wasn’t the poison that Yang Chaoxue gave her also from Beidi?

Why does the fifth princess also have it?

*

Dusk is setting in the west.

Song Jin's carriage drove slowly away from the palace gate.

The carriage did not go in the direction of the Marquis' Mansion, but turned its head towards Zhaiyue Tower.

Qin Wan heard her coming and smiled happily, "The young lady is here, it's really rare!"

Song Jin came in holding the talisman paper.

"Hey, where's the little girl next to you?"

"I just came out of the palace, so it's inconvenient for me to take her with me. You just got out of prison, so I'm here to help you get rid of the bad luck."

Qin Wan believed it and said, "Yes, we should go. There have been too many unlucky things recently."

The talisman paper was burning in the brazier.

Song Jin reached out to hold her, hooked her fingers, and led her across the brazier.

"Alright!" Qin Wan put down the hem of her skirt and turned around in front of her. "The bad luck is gone forever!"

Song Jin shook his head and laughed.

"Young lady~" Qin Wan suddenly leaned over and said, "You are about to turn 18, when do you plan to leave?"

Song Jin stretched out his finger to push her away, "Why are you asking me this? Is it important to you whether I leave Qingzhou or not?"

Qin Wan grabbed her fingers and said, "Wait, who else asked you a question?"

"It doesn't matter."

"All right." Qin Wan gently waved her round fan. "Now all of Sheng'an is waiting for you to leave. The book "The Marquis's Journey to Marquis' Wife" is widely circulated in the streets. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is about you and the Marquis. On such an important day as New Year's Eve, you must go back to Qingzhou. Our Marquis will be all alone."

"What a mess..."

The two of them chatted and laughed casually.

It was getting dark.

Qin Wan did not want to keep her any longer and called the coachman to take her away.

When Song Jin returned to the Marquis's Mansion, he happened to meet Cui Huaiji who had just returned from his shift.

"My Lord!"

Song Jin walked forward quickly and noticed the wooden box in Shi An's hand. "Hmm? What is this?"

Cui Huaiji supported her and said helplessly, "Slow down, be careful with your feet."

Song Jin immediately straightened up.

Shi An handed the wooden box to her at the right time: "Just now a boy came over and said it was for my lady."

"Mine?" Song Jin was puzzled.

She slowly opened the wooden box with her bare hands, and a bloody jade pendant suddenly caught her eye.

The almond-shaped eyes suddenly widened.

"ah!"

Cui Huaiji was quick to reach out and protect her.

Shi An picked up the jade pendant, put it in a handkerchief and passed it over.

Song Jin's lips trembled, his eyes filled with fear: "It's... it's Dad's jade pendant!"

The white jade bird pendant is a token of love between her mother and father. She would never make a mistake!