"The guards in the mansion take turns at midnight. Just before midnight, the guards have been on duty for nearly two hours and are extremely tired. It is late at night and quiet, which is the time when people are most relaxed."

Chang Xi remembered what Miao Xiaoguang told him, calculated the time, and sneaked in through the dog hole in the South Courtyard.

He is Pei Xiao's close eunuch and close bodyguard. He has some martial arts skills, but he usually hides them and no one knows about them. After entering the South Courtyard, Chang Xi dodged several times according to the defense map drawn by Miao Xiaoguang, and finally avoided the patrolling guards and sneaked into the courtyard where Baoning lived.

The lights were off and everything was silent. Chang Xi, wearing night clothes, stood at the window for a while, listening quietly to the movement inside. Seeing nothing unusual, he used the knife he brought with him to pry open the door lock and tiptoed in.

Bao Ning slept uneasily. In a half-awake state, she heard the chime hanging on the inner door ring. She frowned and vaguely thought in her heart that she should remember to close the window before going to bed next time, but then she thought again, she saw Aunt Liu close the window last night, where did the wind blow the chime?

Bao Ning's sleepiness faded a little, she sat up and rubbed her eyes, and suddenly saw a dark figure standing in front of the bed!

Her heart immediately began to beat violently. Baoning subconsciously reached for the short knife under her pillow for self-defense. Changxi took the lead and put the blade against her neck: "Don't be afraid, I have no ill intentions."

The man's voice was low and deliberately suppressed. Baoning's emotions did not calm down because of his words, but she did not move anymore. She asked in a sharp voice: "Who are you? How dare you break into the palace at night? Don't you know that this is a capital crime?"

"Don't be afraid, Princess. I came here just to talk to you for a few words. I will leave immediately after that." Chang Xi put away the sharp knife and threatened in a light voice, "You'd better listen quietly. Don't think about calling for help. Otherwise, let's see who comes faster, them or my knife."

Bao Ning's hands clenched the quilt. She was still hesitant, but in the current situation, it was best to listen to him and do what he said. Saving her life was the most important thing.

Baoning said, "You speak."

"Time is running out, I will speak frankly." Chang Xi leaned closer to her, "The princess is smart and beautiful, but it's a pity that she took a wrong step and did not seek refuge with a wise master."

"What do you mean?" Baoning looked up at him, "When did I seek refuge with anyone?"

The moonlight was bright tonight, and the room was bright, but the visitor covered his face with a black cloth, so his true appearance was unknown. Bao Ning's eyes fell on his brows for a moment, her eyes flashed, she understood something, pursed her lips and said: "I know what you mean. But this is not surrender, we are husband and wife."

"Princess, you should learn from your sister. Miss Ji is smart and clear-headed. She gave up Jia Ling at the critical moment and got the wealth today. Husband and wife are just birds in the same forest, just a title, what does it count for." Chang Xi said slowly, "Besides, marriage requires three matchmakers and six betrothals. Your marriage is hasty and can't be taken seriously."

Bao Ning laughed: "Why, do you want to elope with me?"

"Princess, you are joking." Chang Xi also laughed, "I just found out something by chance, and I couldn't bear to see you being deceived, so I wanted to tell you."

Bao Ning said, "Go ahead."

She was no longer nervous. The other party's intention was too obvious. She had noticed it and was alert in advance. All that was left to do was to deal with him.

"Feng Yongjia and Xu Guang." Chang Xi asked, "Does the princess still remember the names of these two people?"

Bao Ning said calmly, "It happened a long time ago, how do you know?"

"Xu Guang had a grudge against the Fourth Prince, and coveted the princess's beauty, so he instigated Feng Yongjia to kidnap you. Later you escaped, and the Fourth Prince found you." Chang Xi looked into Bao Ning's eyes and asked slowly, "But where did these two people go later, do you know?"

"Why do I know this?" Bao Ning smiled, "Maybe they were sent to the Ministry of Justice, imprisoned, and are already dead."

"You should know this, because they all died because of you." Chang Xi said, reaching behind his waist and taking out something. "Xu Guang was burned to death. Before he died, he was shot in the left eye by an arrow and his waist was cut in half. Before he was completely dead from the cut, he was burned by a fire. The screams were miserable, and those who heard them couldn't sleep at night."

Chang Xi watched the smile on Bao Ning's face fall with satisfaction, and handed the thing in his hand to her: "This is the fabric of his clothes on the day he died. It's still stained with blood. Do you want to touch it?"

As he said this, Bao Ning almost smelled the nauseating smell of blood and burnt food. She gasped and slapped his wrist: "What on earth do you want to say!"

"That's what I want to say." Chang Xi pressed on, "Do you know how Feng Yongjia died? It was a completely different way of death, and even more cruel. His hands and feet were tied, and he was thrown into a mass grave while he was still alive. He was even given a full meal before he died, just to make him live longer. You know what's in a mass grave, right? There are wandering ghosts, wild dogs and wolves. How do you think he died? Was he eaten by ghosts, eaten by wild beasts, or did he scare himself to death?"

Baoning pursed her lips tightly, her pupils wide open, looking into his eyes.

Chang Xi's voice was low and hoarse, and it was even more creepy in the silent night: "Guess who did all this?"

"Some people look normal on the surface and can still talk and laugh, but they are cruel like a poisonous snake in their heart. There is so much blood on his hands, aren't you afraid? He is sleeping next to your pillow, don't you feel cold and want to shiver? If you are panicked and scared now, it means that those miserable people are coming to claim your life!"

He said the last two words very seriously, and Baoning's heart seemed to be hit hard, and he shuddered.

Chang Xi asked again: "Oh, and Zhou Jiangcheng, General Zhou, he also died. It seems that after taking the mad drug by mistake, he mistook you for someone else and rushed towards you, trying to hug you? His death was a little easier. The fourth prince only cut off one of his hands. When he wanted to mutilate him further, General Qiu couldn't bear it and killed him with a bowl of poisoned wine. But General Qiu didn't have a good ending. Do you still have some impression of his daughter, Qiu Lingjun?"

Baoning took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and listened to him continue. He said: "Qiu Lingjun was framed and committed adultery with a servant in her family, which ruined her reputation. General Qiu punished her to reflect on her mistakes in seclusion, but one night, her nose was cut off. How severe a punishment is for a woman to be cut off, let alone the beautiful Miss Qiu Liu. She became crazy afterwards and was sent to a nunnery by her family. About last month, she jumped off a cliff and committed suicide."

Chang Xi watched Bao Ning's fingers on her knees tighten, and her fingertips turned white, and he smiled triumphantly.

He knew that she must be shocked and turbulent at the moment, so he gave her time.

Bao Ning stood up, walked to the table with stiff steps, and poured a cup of tea.

Her breath was unsteady and her hands were shaking violently. Her teeth knocked against the wall of the cup, making a clanging sound. Then she put the cup on the table and said, "I don't believe it."

"Whether what I said is true or not, you can ask the Fourth Prince when he comes back and you will know. I know you doubt my origins, but that is not important. As long as what I said is true, does it matter who asked me to say it and what my purpose is?" Chang Xi said frankly, "But it is also out of some selfish reasons. The princess is so young and beautiful, and she has a bright future. I can't bear to let the princess spend the rest of her life with tigers and wolves."

He walked in front of Baoning and looked down at her. Baoning's lips opened and closed, but she was too pale to speak.

Chang Xi continued in a gentle tone, "The word tiger and wolf does not wrongly accuse him. How could an ordinary person use such means to kill people? His heart is already rotten and rotten, and he even regards this as fun. Everyone knows that he is a lunatic, but you still believe that he is a good person."

Baoning's shoulders trembled, and she covered her face with her hands. She choked for a while, and suddenly raised her head and said, "Actually, I've had enough!"

Chang Xi was stunned.

Bao Ning said, "I knew he was not a good person. He always beat me, scolded me, and wouldn't let me go. The so-called love was just an act for others to see! I was jealous of his power and his force, so I had to submit to him... Why did I run away to Lihu? It was because he got drunk and got angry. He beat me for no reason and smashed half of the house. That's why I decided to run away... I didn't expect that he would catch me back!"

Chang Xi looked at her expression inquiringly. These words really shocked him. For a moment, he didn't know whether to believe it or not.

But Bao Ning looked panicked, his eyebrows were sad, and his face was wet with tears! Chang Xi looked at her fragile and tender appearance, and his heart softened for a moment, thinking that such a woman would not play tricks on others, but when he thought of the news he had received in the past, he became suspicious again.

Bao Ning secretly glanced at him, squeezed out a few tears, stood up suddenly, and said impatiently: "I want to leave, I want to leave here, and no longer be manipulated by him! As long as I leave, I will definitely find a way to kill him, I know all his secrets!"

Hearing this, Chang Xi's heart skipped a beat, and he stared at her more cautiously.

Bao Ning stood still, tears fell again, covering her face and said, "But I can't leave. Those personal soldiers were used by him to guard me. I am imprisoned in this yard every day..."

She seemed to have seen a savior, and pulled Chang Xi's sleeve, begging, "You, can you take me away?"

"No." Chang Xi's heart was in a mess, and he was confused like a mess, but he still refused, "It's too conspicuous to leave now, we have to plan slowly."

"I know, I'm not sincere enough, right?" Baoning looked even more anxious. She turned around a few times and suddenly clapped her hands and said, "I have money. You wait here for me and I'll find money for you! I'll give you all my money, but you must take me away!"

Chang Xi looked at her with complicated eyes. This reaction didn't seem fake. He had already believed it for the most part and even felt that Baoning was pitiful.

She was so delicate and kind, she must have been tortured inhumanly by Pei Yuan!

Baoning kept muttering "I'll find it for you" while searching everywhere. She grabbed all her valuable jewelry and threw them on the table. Chang Xi stared at her.

Baoning thought of something, and her eyes lit up, and she said, "These are not worth anything. I have the most valuable thing, which I have hidden. I will find it for you!" As she said that, she walked out.

Chang Xi looked at the dazzling array of jewelry on the table in the moonlight, and swallowed his saliva secretly. He followed Pei Xiao and saw countless rare antiques, but rarely saw women's jewelry. Now he saw that they were all shining, no wonder women like such things so much.

When Baoning hurriedly left the inner room, he was distracted for a moment and was at a loss. After two breaths, he suddenly woke up and said to himself, "Oh no!

He was afraid he was deceived!"

Chang Xi held the dagger tightly in his hand and hurried to keep up with Baoning's footsteps, but it was too late. The sound of the door opening and closing was heard outside, followed by the sound of it being locked. Baoning had already taken this opportunity to run out, locked the door, and shouted loudly: "A thief broke in, come quickly! Come quickly!"

Chang Xi cursed angrily, and he looked for a way out like a headless fly, staring at the window, and rushed over to break through the window. But the guards were one step ahead of him. At the moment when he broke through the window and flew out, a guard kicked him back! Chang Xi fell to the ground, his chest was surging with heat, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

In a moment, dozens of soldiers with swords had broken in, tied him up, and took him out.

Aunt Liu woke up and ran out. When she saw this scene, she guessed what had happened and was about to cry out of self-blame.

She took out her cloak and covered Baoning's shoulders, and asked with concern: "Madam, are you okay?"

Baoning was still in shock and shook her head and said, "No." Wei

Meng also rushed over after hearing the news, and knelt down in shame to apologize. Baoning called him up, and her eyes fell on Chang Xi who was forced to kneel at her feet.

The soldier next to him pulled off the black cloth on his face, revealing a strange face. Baoning looked at him for a while, frowned and said, "No, this face is wrong."

Wei Meng asked, "What do you mean, Princess?"

Baoning said, "It shouldn't be this face, he should be Chang Xi, the eunuch who is close to Pei Xiao. What's the matter? Can a person have two faces?"

Chang Xi heard this and suddenly raised his head to look at Baoning. The soldiers who were holding Chang Xi were all puzzled. Wei Meng frowned for a moment, figured it out, stepped forward to Chang Xi, touched his chin, and dug and dug. After a while, a piece of skin was torn off. It was the disguise skin.

Chang Xi gritted his teeth in pain, his face was red from being torn. Bao Ning's eyes lit up, and she pointed at him and said, "I'm right this time, it's this filthy villain!"

Bao Ning tightened her clothes. She caught a cold and her voice was hoarse. She whispered to him, "Do you think you can just cover your face? There is a red mole between your left eyebrows. I recognized you at a glance."

Chang Xi looked at her and said, "You lied to me . ..."

Before he could finish, Wei Meng grabbed his chin and ordered, "Tie him up and take good care of him. We will deal with him after the prince comes back tomorrow!"

After that, Wei Meng looked at the sky, saluted to Baoning and said, "It's getting late. Princess, go to rest first. Wei Meng will come to apologize to you tomorrow morning!"

The main house was already in a mess. Madam Liu helped Baoning to the side room to rest. She wanted to take care of him, but Baoning dissuaded her and said she wanted to sleep alone.

Madam Liu lit some incense to help her sleep, tucked in the quilt, stayed with her for a while, and then left.

Baoning closed his eyes, his heart was in a mess, and he had no desire to sleep. Baoning knew in his heart that what Chang Xi said should be true. She tried not to care, but those images kept drilling into her mind, bloody, and there seemed to be wolves howling. Baoning pulled the quilt up to cover her nose, forcing herself to go to sleep quickly and not think about it anymore.

She had a nightmare.

The dream was gloomy and dark, without any pictures, but occasionally a flash of blood, like a knife or an axe. At the last moment, the blade seemed to be right in front of her. Baoning screamed in fear, her hands and feet became cold, and the next moment she was embraced in a broad embrace.

Someone coaxed her in her ear, saying softly: "Don't be afraid, baby, I'm back."