Chapter 322: Isn’t it the wrong time?

The winter snow comes thick and fast.

Xiao Jinxuan passed silently through the guarded Changsheng Palace and came to a sealed palace.

The palace had been uninhabited for a long time and was covered with a thick layer of dust.

The lotus pots in the yard have become deserted and overgrown with weeds.

In front of this dilapidated palace, a dark shadow stood with his hands behind his back.

Xiao Jinxuan took out a piece of paper and threw it towards him, "Is this the note you left for me?"

Although the paper was soft, it was infused with internal strength. Like a blade, it brushed across the man's cheek and sank into the pillar beside him.

The man had his back to him and did not move, his posture extremely calm.

"I knew that the guards of the Palace of Eternal Life could not trap you."

The voice was extremely hoarse and old, heavy and emphasized, making it difficult to hear clearly.

The other person was standing with his back to me and the light was against him, so I couldn't see his face clearly.

Xiao Jinxuan wasn't sure whether he recognized the other person, but judging from the fact that he had deliberately disguised his voice, he probably didn't want to let others know his identity.

He raised his eyes and closed them. "Your Excellency said that you knew the secret of my mother and led me to the palace. Now you have put a note in the cakes and asked me to meet her in the palace where my mother used to be. What is your intention?"

The other party slowly said: "It's just that I'm getting old and suddenly remembered that I still have a favor to repay."

"Favor?"

"That's right. When I was down and out, Concubine Jing once gave me a meal. That's why I don't want to see her die in obscurity."

"What do you mean, died unclearly?" Xiao Jinxuan's expression changed immediately, and his whole aura changed.

Everyone knew that his mother had been in poor health since giving birth.

When he was a few years old, he became depressed and died of illness.

Why did this man say that his mother's death was unclear?

The hoarse voice was dark and emotionless. "Concubine Jing was murdered. I have seen her body before. It was clearly poisoned. If Your Highness Prince Xuan doesn't believe me, you can go to the imperial mausoleum to check the bones. This is all I have to say. Whether you believe it or not is up to you."

Having said that, he leaped onto the wall and quickly disappeared.

Xiao Jinxuan returned to Changsheng Palace with a heavy heart. Before he had time to digest the news, he heard more bad news.

Ling Xiao didn't care that it was daytime, so he ran to look for him in a hurry, "Master, where have you been? Miss Xie has an accident!"

"What?"

After hearing the news that Xie Zhuoning had nearly been poisoned, he immediately followed the tunnel and rushed to the side hall where Xie Zhuoning was imprisoned.

But he didn't expect that the first thing he saw when he came out of the tunnel was her leaning against the door frame, speaking softly to the person outside the door -

"Captain of the Guards, I was really scared today. Why don't you come into the house and protect me later?"

Well, that's good.

Others were almost worried to death because of her.

She herself was living a very happy life.

So when she came into the room, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Am I here at the wrong time?"

Xie Zhuoning looked at him, stunned for a moment.

I wondered if I was really that unlucky.

Why didn't Xiao Jinxuan come earlier or later, but came when I was flirting with other men?

"Ah," she coughed dryly and said, "No, you came at the right time. You don't know, I was scared to death today, and I just needed someone to comfort my wounded heart."

As she spoke, she moved closer coquettishly, raised her arms and hooked them around the man's neck.

Xiao Jinxuan's eyes darkened, "Isn't it because you are looking at someone else? Is there something special about it?"

It turned out that this news not only reached Xiao Bicheng's ears, but also reached Xiao Jinxuan's ears.

Xie Zhuoning held his face, smiled and leaned over to him, pecked him on the lips, "That was just a joke. Among all the men in the world, who can win my heart as deeply as His Royal Highness Prince Xuan?"

He is just as smooth-talking as always.

Xiao Jinxuan refused to let her go. He pressed the back of her head and deepened the kiss.

He didn't let go until her eyes were bloodshot and she was panting. "I'm glad you're okay."

If you listen carefully, you can hear that the sound is trembling slightly.

No one knew it, but when he heard the news that she had almost gotten into trouble, he almost went crazy.

Xie Zhuoning sensed his emotions and laughed, "Oh, you underestimated me. When Ah Yu was at home, she taught me a lot about identifying poisons. When the dishes were served, I took a quick look and realized that the fish soup was not right. It was not black water white fish soup, but puffer fish soup!"

She deliberately let someone taste the soup and went to Emperor Zhaowen to complain, just to make the matter bigger so that Emperor Zhaowen would come forward to find the murderer.

"Look, I'm not in any trouble at all. It was the Queen who was given a good warning by His Majesty."

After this incident, not only the Queen but also the others did not dare to attack her again.

Even others who wanted her life had to weigh whether they could do it in front of Emperor Zhaowen.

Kill two birds with one stone!

Xiao Jinxuan pinched her nose and said, "If you say so, should I praise you?"

She raised her head and hummed proudly, "That's it."

Seeing her rare little girl's demeanor, Xiao Jinxuan's depression seemed to dissipate a lot.

Xie Zhuoning suddenly remembered something, "But I feel that the person who poisoned him was not sent by the Queen."

"What do you mean?"

"When the eunuch was dying, he took the blame on himself, saying it had nothing to do with his master and the empress. You said he could have committed suicide if he wanted to, why bother?"

At that time, Emperor Zhaowen had no intention of suspecting the empress, but it was this denial that made Emperor Zhaowen suspicious.

When the empress showed up later, she didn't seem to know anything about it, and she was extremely angry when she cried out for injustice.

I'm just afraid that someone deliberately framed her for the poisoning.

In other words, there is someone else who wants to take your life.

Xiao Jinxuan frowned slightly, "I'll let Ling Feng investigate secretly later."

See who's behind this.

Xie Zhuoning nodded, and then thought of something else, "Oh, by the way, remember to ask Ling Xiao to go to Yizhuang and get a female corpse similar to mine. I have to leave here as soon as possible."

She told Xiao Jinxuan everything Emperor Zhaowen said today.

He also revealed his plan of escaping.

Xiao Jinxuan also immediately understood that she deliberately said those words in order to distract the guards around.

"So, what about the marriage?"

The wedding date is coming soon. If she escapes, what will happen to their engagement?

Xie Zhuoning felt a little guilty. He felt really sorry for Xiao Jinxuan in this matter.

She hooked her arm around his neck, and with her other hand she gently drew circles on her chest. "I'm already yours, so why do you care about these empty gifts?"

Xiao Jinxuan's expression changed, and his eyes, like those of a ferocious beast, suddenly became extremely aggressive.

His hot hands clamped around my waist, and his hot breath made me sigh and go crazy.

When the storm reached its peak, Xie Zhuoning felt like he was about to drown.

But she heard the man burying his head in her neck and sighing softly.

"But I want you to be my princess in front of everyone in the world."