Zhu Lin was somewhat amused and exasperated. He reached out and ruffled the little girl's hair. If anyone else had dared to question him like that, the young man would have given them a lesson they would never forget. But since the little girl had asked him this, he could only resign himself to giving an explanation.
"If you don't trust me to do things, I would never lie to you."
Xingxing's eyes lit up, as if she had discovered a new continent. "So, Brother Lin has lied to people before? Who have you lied to?"
The young man paused for a moment. This was hard to say. In his previous life in the Immortal Realm, he had tricked quite a few people. When he couldn't beat them, he had to resort to trickery to find a chance to escape.
However, after being reincarnated, he never lied to anyone again. With his current status and strength, he didn't need to resort to such desperate measures; he would only crush everyone with his strength.
"It's late, I'm tired, I'm going to sleep. You should go to sleep early too." The boy said and left casually, abruptly ending the conversation one-sidedly.
The boy thoughtfully closed the door behind him as they left. Xingxing blinked and stared at the door for a while. After thinking for a moment, she tiptoed to the door, quietly opened it, and peeked out.
"Oh, he really went to sleep." I thought he would stand at the door for a while. Humph.
Xingxing closed the door, yawned. Her biological clock had long since gone off, but she slept well, so her eyelids started to droop again. She blew out the candle and took out two luminous pearls from the small bag by her bedside, placing them on the table for illumination.
This luminous pearl was a gift from Gu Yiqiao. Every night after blowing out the candles before going to sleep, she would take out the luminous pearl, which was both safe and bright, and she treasured it.
After kicking off her shoes and taking off her coat, the little girl lay on the bed, covered herself with a blanket, and soon her breathing became steady and she slept soundly.
The boy jumped down from the roof, stood at the little girl's door for a moment, listened to make sure she was asleep, a slight smile appeared on his lips, and went to the next room.
At this moment, in a corner of the Imperial Palace's laundry department, a young palace maid secretly released a carrier pigeon. After flying out, the pigeon successfully landed in a large mansion in the capital. Soon, someone discovered the pigeon's presence and removed the note from its leg.
The man walked to a doorway with the note in his hand. Hearing the taunting sounds coming from inside, he paused slightly. Interrupting the prince's good time at this moment would spoil his mood and he might become the target of the prince's anger.
But considering that the person who had the accident was Shui Liniang, and that Shui Liniang still held a place in the prince's heart, after weighing the matter, the person gently knocked on the door a few times.
At first, the two people inside were still arguing and didn't seem to care at all. The man waited a while and then knocked a few more times.
"You ungrateful wretch, daring to disturb my good time like this!" Prince Gong finally couldn't help but curse a few times.
"Your Highness, it's a secret message sent by Lady Shui. Something has happened in the palace."
"Useless! Didn't you say the plan would definitely succeed tonight? How come there's another accident?" The teasing in the room stopped abruptly, followed by a rustling sound, indicating that the two of them had gotten out of bed.
"Your Highness, Shui Li Niang isn't usually reliable. Why did something happen to her like this? Are we safe here? Should we evacuate immediately?" the woman inside asked in a coquettish voice.
"Shut up! How dare you say such provocative things at a time like this? Shui Liniang has already done her best. This can't be entirely blamed on her." After reading the contents of the note, Prince Gong angrily scolded the woman beside him and went into the room, smashing everything he could find.
"I will not allow things to end like this. Even if I die, I will drag my good brother down with me." Prince Gong's face was gloomy, as if he wished he could die with the emperor immediately.
The woman beside him wisely kept quiet, afraid that she might inadvertently anger Prince Gong. Outsiders might not know, but she had served Prince Gong for so many years and knew many secrets.
For example, Prince Gong was actually very cruel. If he failed to do what he wanted, he would become furious and take it out on the people around him. He would not just scold or beat people; he would kill people to vent his anger.
He would either slash someone with a knife or strangle them to death, as if only killing could give him pleasure and extinguish the anger in his heart.
What bad luck! I should have known better than to come and try to get into bed with you tonight. I thought things would really work out because the prince was so happy. But the plan didn't go as expected, and Shui Li Niang ended up getting herself into trouble instead.
At this moment, the prince's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked like he was about to go crazy. Would he kill me to vent his anger?
The woman bit her lip, even preparing for a final gamble to escape from the house. Fortunately, Prince Gong, though furious, did not kill her.
"Have someone prepare. I will be going to the palace in person. Have Wu Lianlian and Ye Yingtao disguise themselves and come with me." Prince Gong was preparing for a final gamble; success or failure would depend on tonight.
If it succeeds, that would be best. If it fails, he will drag Emperor Taikang and all his concubines down to hell with him. He's had enough of living in hiding, and his trump cards have been almost completely destroyed. So he'll make a grand showdown and end this game.
"Your Highness, you must think carefully and not act impulsively," the woman tentatively advised.
"Shut up! If you keep giving me this nonsense, I'll kill you and send you to report to the King of Hell first." Prince Gong's face was bloodthirsty as he angrily slapped the woman.
Prince Gong still wielded considerable influence in the capital. Some officials were his men, and he had informants in the palace. He also had people working at the imperial estates that delivered food to the imperial kitchen every day. In short, he used these channels to infiltrate the palace with so many people outside.
Zhu Yueran and Zhu Xichen had been keeping an eye on Prince Gong for several days. At this time, they also mingled into the palace among the people delivering vegetables to the imperial estate. In fact, they could easily enter and leave the palace without disguising themselves, but since they were now acting as Prince Gong's assassins, they had to follow Prince Gong's men.
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