Chen Yin was wearing a simple white dress and had just come out of the laboratory. She had long black curly hair, fair skin and beautiful features like a lotus flower emerging from clear water. She had a smile on her face, sarcasm in her eyes, and a mocking arc at the corner of her mouth. She stood aside and watched coldly.
Shen Qiangwei's face changed, and she subconsciously took a step back, looking at Shen Yin who appeared like a ghost, her alarm bells rang.
"Are you a ghost? Why are you walking without making any sound? I was just teaching a blind guard a lesson. What does this have to do with His Majesty? Chen Yin, stop putting the blame on me!"
When Shen Qiangwei saw Shen Yin's hideous face, the fire in her heart could not be suppressed and showed signs of exploding.
Thinking of the current situation and Zhou Yi's mission, he forced himself to endure it, glanced at Chen Yin coldly, his mind working rapidly, and sneered: "Why, are you going to play a hero saving the damsel in distress?"
As luck would have it, Chen Yin bumped into her accidental private outburst, which she might as well make use of to deepen her bond with Zhou Yi.
Chen Yin remained noncommittal. "This is the Imperial Palace. What qualifications do you have to manage the palace guards? Every blade of grass and every tree in the palace belongs to the Queen Mother, including this guard. You, a mere marquis, are acting arrogantly in the palace. I can completely understand that you are challenging the Queen Mother's majesty."
Chen Yin sneered, "Why don't you get out of here?"
Shen Qiangwei was speechless after hearing these words.
What nonsense! How many palace fighting dramas have you watched?
A mad dog.
Chen Qiangwei sneered, "Chen Yin, why are you pretending to be a saint? A day of marriage brings a hundred days of grace. You and Lu Jinchao have been married for a year, but you ignored him and let him fend for himself in Yaoyue Country. Now you are trying to be a hero in front of a little guard. Don't you think you are hypocritical?"
"A gentleman judges deeds, not hearts. You're not a human being, so stop dragging me down with this. Are you going to get out of here? Or do you want to go to the Peony Palace tonight and have a debate?"
Shen Qiangwei's face was gloomy, and she performed the art of disappearing her smile, narrowing her eyes. "It seems that the Fourth Princess has taken a fancy to this young guard. Yes, it's true that his appearance is rare, and it's no wonder that you are tempted. Haha, it's difficult to change one's nature. Sister is still that lustful and evil woman!"
After saying that, Shen Qiangwei left angrily, and her cold eyes swept across Zhou Yi on the ground with a warning.
Zhou Yi's father was in Ji Mingxuan's hands, unable to live or die. Shen Qiangwei was not worried about not being able to control Zhou Yi.
Watching Shen Qiangwei walk away, Zhou Yi, who was lying on the ground, covered his chest and struggled to get up. He bowed respectfully to Shen Yin with gratitude in his eyes, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your help. I'm sorry to have troubled you again."
His face was pale, with clear marks of a slap on it.
Before this, Chen Yin didn't take him seriously and let him do what he wanted, treating him as just a clown with bad intentions.
Subconsciously, I thought that he and Ji Mingxuan were of the same race, birds of a feather, until tonight.
If Chen Yin hadn't broken through to the SS level of mental power, he wouldn't have been able to capture this scene through a large-scale scan.
Although both are mermaid princes, the treatment they receive is completely different from that of Ji Mingxuan.
Even if he was down and out, he could still be bought by Shen Qiangwei for 4.1 billion. Although he was just a tool, Shen Qiangwei didn't regard Zhou Yi in front of her as a thing, let alone a human being.
Chen Yin has limited energy and is too lazy to waste it on useless people and things. He is not a fool and can see that the person in front of him has a handle on him and is being controlled by Chen Qiangwei.
"Since you know I'm in trouble, why force me..."
Chen Yin sighed, feeling somewhat helpless.
He said halfway, "Okay, go back and rest early, and take a detour when you see her next time."
He casually took out a healing potion and threw it over, then turned and walked away.
The night wind blew up the white satin skirt, and the cold voice fell to the ground and dissipated with the wind, and was about to disappear from sight.
Suddenly I heard the sound of someone kneeling behind me.
Chen Yin stopped, turned around, and frowned slightly, "What are you doing?"
Zhou Yi's back was straight, his light blue eyes sparkling in the silver moonlight. His face was covered in scars, looking rather disheveled. He twitched his lips, relieved, and said numbly, "Your Highness is a clever man. He should have discovered my intentions long ago. Thank you for playing along with me until now and not exposing me. Otherwise, I would be doomed."
The window paper is broken.
Chen Yin became interested and slowly approached, "Is this an open card? Now that you've said it, how can we continue to act from now on?"
Zhou Yi smiled and lowered his eyes, his gaze as cold as a pond. "It has come to this point. If I don't move forward, I will die. I dare not ask for Your Highness's unconditional help. I am willing to be the blade in Your Highness's hands. It is not a joke. It is better to cooperate with Your Highness than to seek the skin of a tiger."
Is this a betrayal?
Chen Yin raised an eyebrow: "How do you cooperate? Don't you think too highly of yourself?"
Although Chen Yin was not a generous person, she saw that the young guard in front of her was forced into a desperate situation. He was of low status in the mermaid tribe and was forced into a desperate situation. Even ants try to survive, let alone living people. Within a reasonable range, she did not mind helping.
Of course, if she found out that the other party was planning to use her to block the knife, Chen Yin would not be merciful and would let him die in an artistic way.
The young man smiled, looking down at the girl in the white dress with a sincere look in his eyes. "I know Your Highness won't trust me wholeheartedly. Ever since I approached Your Highness, I've harbored ill intentions. When Your Highness was mistakenly taken away and brought to the countryside, it wasn't a palace intrigue, but a conspiracy."
He did not hold back: "Chen Qiangwei and Xue Mei are mother and daughter. All of this is Xue Mei's calculation. Lord Xuan Ming and Her Majesty the Empress are unaware of it."
Zhou Yi's voice was clear and melodious: "I have no secrets from Your Highness. This matter was accidentally revealed when Ji Mingxuan and Shen Qiangwei were arguing. The two of them often quarreled fiercely."
He knelt and kowtowed: "Your Highness is pure and innocent. I am willing to be your sword and kill all your enemies for you. I dare not ask for anything else. I only hope that Your Highness can free up his hands to rescue my father. Apart from this, I have no other request."
Zhou Yi has no ambition or desire for power, he just wants freedom. He has been imprisoned in an underwater cage since he was a child, forced to witness his father's empty and desperate face and unable to escape. The mermaid tribe originally planned to use him as a tool for marriage, but they didn't expect that the young master Ji Mingxuan got into trouble, so he was sent here to be used as a tool.
The land orcs and the underwater orcs have been enemies for many years. Zhou Yi's father is a precious human being, and the tribe leader hates him. However, he looks so stunning that people are reluctant to abandon and kill him, so he is imprisoned for many years like a bird in a cage.
Chen Yin fell into a long silence, looking at the young man kneeling on the ground. He couldn't empathize with him, but at least he still had some sympathy.
The moonlight was scattered all over the ground, and the ground of the palace was emitting a cold and dim light, with endless chilliness.
"Get up."
Shen Yin said, “Since you are so sincere, I promise you that as long as you do what you should do, I will rescue your father.”
Zhou Yi understood the preciousness of this promise. Although the mermaids were far less powerful than the land orcs, they were a group after all. Even an SSS-level orc could not rescue the canary imprisoned by the tribe leader alone. Even Chen Yin would have to pay a heavy price, which might even cause dissatisfaction from the empress.
The most important point is that even though she knew Zhou Yi was a spy, Chen Yin still agreed.
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