News of Ye Qingzhou's death spread like wildfire, and the lights in the imperial city lit up one after another, turning the night sky red.
No one expected that Ye Qingzhou would be killed so suddenly.
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The Princess's Residence.
"cough……"
Inside the bedchamber, Gu Zhixing coughed softly while still unconscious.
Shen Jintang quickly wrung out her handkerchief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
The calming incense burned quietly in the gilded incense burner, wisps of blue smoke rising gently.
She had just tucked the blanket in when she heard Xinghui's hurried footsteps outside the door.
“My lord,” Xinghui said in a low voice, her hair still dripping wet, “the Princess has summoned you urgently, demanding that you come to the palace immediately.”
Shen Jintang's fingers paused slightly. On the bed, Gu Zhixing's brows suddenly furrowed, as if he had sensed something in his dream.
She gently smoothed his brow, lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then whispered, "Prepare the sedan chair, we'll take the side gate."
The rain intensified.
Shen Jintang wrapped the guard's raincoat tightly around herself, the icy rainwater sliding down her collar and into her back.
The figure of the palace maid carrying a lantern swayed in front, the dim light illuminating only a small area.
They walked on the slippery bluestone slabs, passing through one deep palace gate after another.
With each step, the sound of water overflowing from the edge of my boots sent shivers down my spine.
"Watch out for the steps."
Xinghui suddenly moved closer, and under the guise of adjusting her raincoat, he slipped a poisoned silver hairpin into her palm.
Shen Jintang tightened her fingers, the patterns on the silver hairpin digging into her palm.
The outline of the palace in front was blurred in the rain, like a lurking beast.
The fact that the eldest princess chose to hold a secret summons on such a rainy night, and deliberately avoided the main gate, suggests that what awaited her was likely an abyss.
Shen Jintang's throat tightened, and he tasted a hint of rust on his tongue.
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