Seeing Zongzheng Xiaoting's smiling face, Situ Xunxiao's lips curled up into a smile. Just this slight smile melted the coldness on his face and added a few strands of alluring charm.

Zong Zheng Xiaoting looked at the beauty in front of him with some greed. He had to admit that Situ Xunxiao was extremely beautiful when she smiled. She was even more pleasing to the eyes than her unchanging icy face.

Naturally, Situ Xunxiao did not miss Zongzheng Xiaoting's performance. Seeing Zongzheng Xiaoting's slight distraction, Situ Xunxiao's smile widened. "When did the princess realize this?"

"Ah?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting was rarely immersed in Situ Xunxiao's smile, and did not hear what Situ Xunxiao said for a moment. Her dazed look made Situ Xunxiao's mood even better. He patiently asked again, looking at Zong Zheng Xiaoting with a joking expression.

"Hehe..." Zong Zheng Xiaoting laughed a few times, "Women's intuition, a sharp intuition about dangerous and malicious people."

"Then I am also curious, what kind of information does the princess's intuition give you?" Situ Xunxiao raised his eyebrows.

"In the prince's heart, Gong Yunluo has a place for Gong Yunfei, but Gong Yunfei doesn't, right?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting asked with a smile, "Let's not beat around the bush. What I'm curious about is that the rumors about the prince have been spreading over the years, saying that all the beauties and concubines that the emperor appreciated were killed by the prince for no reason. I guess these two princesses must have been behind it, right? Or should I say, they acted on their own initiative."

Following Zong Zheng Xiaoting's words, Situ Xunxiao's eyebrows moved, and he just smiled at Zong Zheng Xiaoting, listening to her guess, "Of course, I don't believe it. From the beginning to the end, you knew nothing. I'm afraid you turned a blind eye and acquiesced to some people who took action to remove the spies for you. What do you think?"

Seeing Zongzheng Xiaoting's confident expression, Situ Xunxiao's tone was inadvertently doting, "It's not very pleasing for a woman to be too smart."

"But I feel that if I were not so smart, it would have been a disaster for the prince." Zong Zheng Xiaoting retorted.

Situ Xunxiao had long been accustomed to Zongzheng Xiaoting's aggressiveness, and at this moment, he did not comment on her retorting. "The princess's intuition is indeed accurate. Many times, Gong Yunluo's actions have good intentions, but she is easily exploited. From the moment I used her, it was destined that all the tragedies that followed would be caused by her. And Gong Yunfei is nothing more than a vicious woman, and her methods are extremely cruel."

When mentioning Gong Yunfei, Situ Xunxiao's tone was still indifferent, but one could vaguely feel a hint of displeasure.

"The prince has used more than just Gong Yunluo. I'm curious as to why the two people are so different to the prince?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting spoke frankly and directly expressed her inner confusion.

Situ Xunxiao's eyes moved slightly. During those days when he was looked down upon, besides Liu Jing, there was only Gong Yunluo who innocently followed him and did not allow anyone to say bad things about him. However, as he became more meritorious and powerful, the once pure feelings were gradually used by Gong Yunluo for his own benefit. Or, he never ruled out that it was the Queen Mother and the Emperor's hint of indulgence that made Gong Yunluo gradually have a purpose for him. However, didn't he also choose to give Gong Yunluo illusions and wrong feelings under helplessness? Therefore, he felt more or less guilty towards Gong Yunluo.

However, after the appearance of Gong Yunfei in such a struggle and the increasingly vicious means used by him, his patience and guilt were gradually worn away.

He admitted that the so-called beauties and concubines arranged by the emperor were just spies secretly spying on him, so when Gong Yunluo behaved on his own, he just turned a blind eye. After all, he knew very well what those people's purpose was. On the premise of self-protection, he really didn't care about the life and death of those who intended to hurt him, but it didn't mean that he had no bottom line!

Thinking about how he initially drugged the person to blur his memory, created a false impression after sending the person away, and then brutally poisoned him, that series of changes gradually touched the bottom line. That was why he had to decisively reject the emperor and bring more and more suspicion and danger to himself.

Zong Zheng Xiaoting looked at Situ Xunxiao's expression and listened to his cryptic and simple understatement. She naturally guessed a little bit in her heart. At this moment, except for silence, Zong Zheng Xiaoting knew it was not appropriate to say anything more.

"Zong Zheng Xiaoting." Situ Xunxiao raised his eyes and called.

Looking at Situ Xunxiao, Zongzheng Xiaoting looked confused, but he heard his voice saying, "Regarding Gong Yunfei, I don't want you to be overconfident and take it lightly."

"If she wants to take my life, Gong Yunfei doesn't have the ability to do so." Zong Zheng Xiaoting said confidently. Looking at Situ Xunxiao's eyes that would not tolerate rejection, Zong Zheng Xiaoting nodded slowly, "Don't worry, I still have a lot of things to do. My life is worth a lot of money."

After receiving Zongzheng Xiaoting's promise, Situ Xunxiao did not stay for long and stood up. "I heard that someone will be arranged to come to Nanyuan tomorrow. I have already arranged for Nighthawk to assist. Princess, go to bed early."

Looking at Situ Xunxiao who suddenly became a little weird, Zong Zheng Xiaoting frowned slightly. He saw Situ Xunxiao walked halfway, left a word, and left in a hurry without waiting for him to come back.

Looking at the departing figure, Zongzheng Xiaoting frowned slightly, Situ Xunxiao's words still echoing in his mind: "I can't tell whether I am destined to be unlucky or not. Are you afraid, Princess?"

Afraid?

Zong Zheng Xiaoting smiled bitterly. Situ Xunxiao must still care about those rumors in his heart, right?

After a busy day, Zong Zheng Xiaoting thought about Situ Xunxiao's words in confusion and gradually fell asleep.

When a large number of talented women came to Nanyuan, Zong Zheng Xiaoting went to Nanyuan accompanied by Qingqing. The large number of talented women gathered in Nanyuan naturally tested and targeted each other.

When Zong Zheng Xiaoting stepped into the Nanyuan Garden, he saw two attractive women surrounding a woman, pointing, making fun of her and insulting her.

"Oh, you are really thoughtful. The princess just said she wanted to choose a talented painter, but you are so eager to paint in this garden. How pretentious."

"Yes, look at this. He is so thoughtful that he even remembers to write a title and sign his name after painting. He is afraid that others will not recognize it."

Amidst the noise, Zong Zheng Xiaoting slowly approached and saw the woman with her back to the camera, quietly enduring the criticism. The painting she had created was lifelike, and below the elegant inscription was the words: Sibi Pool.