"Jin Qiao is Prince Cheng's spy, or rather, the entire Chunfeng Tower is Prince Cheng's secret agent."
When Xue Zhiyi said this in Huo Wuyou's ear, he could clearly feel Huo Wuyou's surprise: "You know all this?"
Thinking of something, Xue Zhiyi smiled coldly.
In her previous life, she accidentally discovered this secret when she eavesdropped on Tan Yu Niang's conversation. It turned out that the entire Chunfeng Tower was a secret stakeout for Prince Cheng to monitor officials in the court.
Although most of the prostitutes in Chunfeng Tower were just ordinary prostitutes, many of them, including Tan Yu Niang and Jin Qiao, were spies gathering information for Prince Cheng.
As the saying goes, lust is like a sword hanging over your head, especially after drinking. Many secrets of the court were unintentionally revealed by those who were drunk and having sex.
Facing Huo Wuyou's confusion, Xue Zhiyi said, "I know this because the person who manages Chunfeng Tower on behalf of Prince Cheng is Xue Tingliu."
Huo Wuyou nodded in understanding: "So, you actually knew a long time ago that Xue Tingliu was actually King Cheng's man."
Xue Zhiyi just nodded.
It was indeed very early, I knew it as early as in my previous life.
In her previous life, she had never imagined that the person Tan Yu Niang was secretly meeting was actually Xue Tingliu.
Not only that, she also discovered that hanging silk cloths of different colors in the corridor on the second floor was the secret code for communication between them.
Since then, she has quietly collected a lot of information and gradually restored the truth about the Xue family's injustice.
After realizing that the Xue family was framed by Prince Cheng, she began to collect evidence to bring down Prince Cheng, and even took risky measures for this purpose. However, she was discovered by Jin Qiao, who reported it to Xue Tingliu.
After that, she was locked in a dark room by Xue Tingliu and tortured severely.
Xue Tingliu firmly believed that she was Prince Gong's person, and she was eavesdropping secretly in order to pass the news to Prince Gong.
In order to survive, she could only insist that she knew nothing in order to preserve the information she had collected over a long period of time.
But Xue Tingliu was extremely suspicious and tortured her until she was covered in blood.
Perhaps it was to completely crush her will, or perhaps the strong smell of blood awakened the cruel beast in Xue Tingliu's body. That time, Xue Tingliu almost tore her apart and swallowed her, causing her voice to change from mournful pleas to roars and curses, and finally to despair that she could no longer make a sound.
Fortunately, she later escaped from the dark room with her life, and presented the evidence she had collected over the past three years, which was enough to bring down King Cheng, to Gu Shichong.
At that time, she no longer had any expectations for Gu Shichong. She only hoped that as King Cheng's mortal enemy, he could use these evidences to bring down King Cheng. In that way, the Xue family would have a chance to clear their grievances.
But later, when the dust settled, she was abandoned.
Suddenly... Xue Zhiyi felt a rough and warm touch on his forehead.
She came back to her senses, only to see Huo Wuyou probing her forehead: "What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
After blinking, Xue Zhiyi felt her eye circles were a little sore. She pushed Huo Wuyou's hand away calmly: "It's okay..."
But Huo Wuyou still looked worried: "But you look a little strange today, is it because of Fu Ling?"
Xue Zhiyi just smiled and acted a little relaxed: "I'm fine, we still have things to do, don't delay."
After saying that, she avoided Huo Wuyou's gaze, turned around and walked away quickly.
Huo Wuyou followed behind, looking at Xue Zhiyi's slender back. For some reason, Xue Zhiyi always acted calm and free and easy on weekdays, with a scheming that didn't belong to someone of his age. Sometimes he could even calmly tease people, including him.
In short, she is an extremely daring woman.
But sometimes, it seems very fragile, like a piece of porcelain that seems intact, but has a faint crack in a place that no one knows about, so fragile that it seems to break at the touch.
He was curious, but more importantly, worried that he hadn't held the porcelain properly and that its cracks would be accidentally touched.
This feeling was like a fragment piercing his heart...very uncomfortable.
He didn't like seeing Xue Zhiyi like this.
He followed Xue Zhiyi back to the hall. On the stage, a new group of flower girls had been performing. Tu Lanqin held two flower girls in his arms, one on each side. He had calmed down and continued to watch the dance and drink drunkenly.
Xue Zhiyi winked at Huo Wuyou, and the two sat down at a table near Tu Lanqin.
Tu Lanqin was drinking, and the soft music of stringed instruments in his ears was intoxicating, but the music was inappropriately mixed with some discussions.
At first he didn't pay much attention, but he vaguely heard Jin Qiao's name mentioned in the discussion, so he listened carefully.
"If this is true, Master Tu will destroy this Chunfeng Tower."
"It's all because of that snobbish Tan Yu Niang. Seeing that she couldn't afford to offend that person, she hid it from Master Tu and let Jin Qiao accompany him."
"Did you really see it? Or was it a mistake? How dare Tan Yu Niang hide it from Master Tu?"
"I saw it with my own eyes in the backyard just now..."
Without waiting for the two voices to speak, Tu Lanqin cursed, stood up and looked at the people at the table behind him.
Xue Zhiyi stopped talking. Tu Lanqin was furious, his face trembling. He shouted, "What did you say?"
Huo Wuyou turned his back to Tu Lanqin. After all, he couldn't guarantee that Tu Lanqin wouldn't recognize him. In comparison, Xue Zhiyi, who was wearing men's clothes, was less likely to be discovered.
Xue Zhiyi smiled awkwardly: "I didn't say anything, Master Tu, you heard it wrong."
Tu Lanqin rolled up his sleeves and was about to beat someone up, which frightened the two Hua Niangs so much that they hurriedly tried to stop him.
"Explain it to me clearly, or I'll beat you up too!"
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