"It was you! You killed His Highness the Crown Prince!" Meng Shushu accused him, pointing her finger at him. "His Majesty will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly. You won't escape!"
Yin Shuli raised an eyebrow and said casually, "You should think about how to survive first. After all, I dare to kill even the Crown Prince, let alone an unknown orphan like you."
Meng Shushu knew very well that she was no match for him, and she had just happened to witness him doing these things. This man would definitely not let her go.
She swallowed hard; she didn't want to die yet.
However, she thought again, this person could have just taken action, but instead he was saying these things to her, does that mean there is still a way he can use her?
So she quickly softened her voice and said, "I know medicine, I'm also quite skilled in martial arts, and I can even disguise myself. I know a lot of things, and there must be something you can use. Please don't kill me."
"Disguise?" This piqued his interest. "Come on, show me your disguise."
"I didn't bring any disguise with me when I went out today..."
"Then why should I believe you?"
"I..." Meng Shushu touched her body and suddenly felt something. After hesitating for a moment, she finally gritted her teeth and took it out. "I have Seven-Day Intestinal Severing Powder here. I will take it now and give you the antidote. If I lie to you, you can take my life at any time. Even if I run away, I will die from the poison in seven days at most. Is this okay?"
All she needs to do now is keep the other party calm and wait for an opportunity to escape. Anyway, she has a way to make a new antidote for the Seven-Day Intestinal Severing Powder.
Meng Shushu thought this to herself, but on the surface she smiled obsequiously.
How could Yin Shuli not see through her little scheme? But he still took the antidote and said, "Okay."
He watched as Liu Shushu took the Seven-Day Intestinal Severing Powder, then threw a dagger at her feet, pointed at Wei Huaixu lying to the side, and said, "Now, kill him."
Meng Shushu trembled with fear, "You...you made me..."
She glanced at the unconscious Wei Huaixu, then looked at Yin Shuli, shaking her head and waving her hands in refusal, "No, I can't, I can't do it."
Yin Shuli squatted down in front of her, picked up the dagger from the ground and played with it for a while. His eyes, which were the only part of his face, were filled with coldness. The next moment, the dagger was pressed against Meng Shushu's neck and cut her skin.
"Hiss—" she gasped in pain.
The dagger reflected a cold light, and was icy cold. If it were just an inch lower, it could sever her carotid artery. She was so frightened that she dared not move.
"You die, or he dies, choose one."
Yin Shuli's voice was devoid of warmth; it was chilling to the bone.
Meng Shushu hesitated.
His dagger went in a little further, and blood flowed down her neck and into her clothes.
"It hurts, it hurts..." Meng Shushu's tears flowed, but she still didn't dare to move.
"Hurry up, my hands tend to shake when I'm impatient."
"If he dies, I choose him to die!" Fearing that he might shake his hand again and kill her, Meng Shushu hurriedly made her choice.
What a joke! Wei Huaixu is barely alive, and even if he doesn't die now, he won't live much longer. As for me, a teenage girl in the prime of her life, why should I give up my life for a man who is not even related to me? Don't even mention that he is the crown prince; even if he were the emperor, it wouldn't be right!
Yin Shuli snorted coldly, threw down the dagger, stood up and looked down at her, "Do it."
"Okay, okay, coming right away..."
With trembling hands, Meng Shushu picked up the dagger, got up from the ground, walked to Wei Huaixu's side, and squatted down.
Looking at the man's handsome, pale face and the slight rise and fall of his chest with each breath, she held the dagger to his chest, took several deep breaths, and hesitated for a long time before striking him.
The next instant, a large, warm hand with calluses covered the back of her hand, grabbed her hand, and stabbed it hard.
*Pfft*
It was the sound of a dagger slicing through skin and piercing flesh.
Wei Huaixu let out a muffled groan, and before he could even see who the murderer was, he slowly breathed his last.
Meng Shushu's face drained of color, her legs went weak with fear, and she collapsed to the ground, her hands covered in sticky blood. She seemed to have lost all ability to move in an instant.
Yin Shuli's voice came from beside my ear, like the voice of a demon: "Crown Prince, you killed him."
Tears streamed silently down her cheeks.
She only wanted to save the crown prince and gain merit, so how did it end up with her killing the crown prince?
Meng Shushu couldn't tell whether she was scared or sad at that moment.
Yin Shuli raised her hand and stroked her cheek, wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes with her fingertips. Her voice softened for once: "From now on, you can only listen to me. If anything happens to me, you won't be able to escape this charge alone."
Meng Shushu nodded blankly.
Once she calmed down a bit, Yin Shuli asked her to take her to a place to bury Wei Huaixu, since she was quite familiar with the area.
Dig a pit, bury the body, and fill it in.
They worked until dark, and finally got everything sorted out.
Meng Shushu took him to her residence. Both of them were very dirty, and their clothes were stained with blood, which was quite conspicuous.
"Big brother, should you wash first or should I?"
Yin Shuli glanced at her and said, "I'm not in a hurry. You should take care of the injury on your neck first."
"oh."
Meng Shushu pursed her lips, surprised that the large block of ice would take this into account. But who was to blame for this?
She took a bath and when she came back, she saw Yin Shuli sitting in front of the mirror. He had actually changed into Wei Huaixu's clothes.
"You're keeping the Crown Prince's clothes so you can wear them yourself? The material is indeed top-notch, but isn't it a bit too obvious?" She walked inside while wiping the water from her hair.
The man in front of the mirror turned around without saying a word.
When she saw the man's face clearly, her breath caught in her throat, and she instantly knelt down with a thud, quickly kowtowing, "Your Highness, I was wrong, I didn't want to kill you, I just wanted to live. If you want to take your life, go find that older brother. He's the one who threatened me, he's the one who wanted to kill you, not me..."
Yin Shuli half-squatted down in front of her, pinched her chin, and forced her to look up at him. "Do I really look that much like him?"
Meng Shushu squinted, not daring to look him directly in the eye, but those eyebrows, that nose, that mouth—no matter how you looked at it, it was the Crown Prince Wei Huaixu who had just died today.
She personally confirmed that he was dead and buried him herself.
"I...I...don't know..."
Tears welled up in her eyes, and she became incoherent, unable to utter a single coherent sentence for a long time.
“You’re already crying, what a coward.” Yin Shuli let go of her and walked to the mirror again.
The man reflected in the mirror was tall and imposing, with sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, a delicate nose, and thin, slightly red lips. He was handsome without being overly flamboyant, possessing an exceptional air of elegance.
He hadn't looked at his face under the veil like this in a long time.
To make himself more like that person, he still needs to do one more thing.
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