"Who are you?"
In the silent night, her desperate screams hurt people's eardrums.
A gust of cold wind blew in, and she shivered even more, curling up completely in the corner, as if this could completely distance her from the man.
"You don't need to know who I am! Make your choice quickly!"
Qu Qing looked at the pair of eyes that were as cold as winter, and suddenly a handsome face flashed through her mind.
"You...you are King Chen?!"
There was uncontrollable excitement and fear in his voice.
Before coming here, Xiao Xian had predicted that with Qu Qing's intelligence, she would definitely recognize him.
Her selfishness also prevented her from easily telling Xiao Zhao that he had returned to the capital and threatened her.
Xiao Xian didn't comment, but his eyes grew colder.
Qu Qing tried very hard to calm herself down. She said in a hoarse voice, "If I testify against Prince An, can Prince Chen agree to one condition of mine?"
"What?"
"I want a noble identity!"
She was so nervous that her palms were sweaty.
Xiao Xian stared at those calculating eyes and sneered.
"Yes, I promise you!"
Qu Qing breathed a sigh of relief. "Whenever you want to testify, Prince Chen can just send someone to notify us."
Xiao Xian nodded, woke up the driver, and left quickly under the cover of night.
The driver immediately lifted the curtain and looked at the unconscious Qu Qing in the carriage, and asked softly, "Miss Qu, are you okay?"
Qu Qing slowly opened her eyes and asked in a muffled voice, "What happened?"
"Someone just stopped the car and knocked me unconscious. Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." She said, frowning and touching the hairpin on her head, "My hairpin is missing. Could it be a robbery?"
"Do you want to report to the police?" asked the driver.
"Forget it, let's go back quickly! This matter is not a big deal, so don't cause trouble for Prince An."
The driver nodded respectfully: "Don't worry! I know what to do."
Qu Qing closed her eyes and thought carefully about the conversation she had just had with Xiao Xian.
She didn't expect Xiao Xian to agree to her conditions so easily.
All she strives for is a superior status, a glamorous position that everyone envies!
The carriage soon drove into the Fourth Prince's residence.
At first, she seemed to have cut off contact with Xiao Zhao and turned to Xiao Rui, but in fact she was colluding with Xiao Zhao from both inside and outside.
The incriminating evidence found in Xiao Rui's study this time was all put there by her in advance.
If Xiao Zhao treated her better, thinking of all she had done for him, she would naturally not have so many concerns.
But in this world, if a person does not care about himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth!
She just made a choice that was more beneficial to herself.
Xiao Xian went to the Grand Princess's Mansion.
Since the last time the Grand Princess took the doctor to Laiyi Palace, she has entered the palace several times, but not only did she fail to find out the location of the secret passage in the palace, she couldn't even enter Laiyi Palace.
Her face was full of apology.
"Don't worry, my lady. We should have found the secret passage to the palace."
Last night, the rat came out of Laiyi Palace and brought out a piece of news, which was the location of the secret passage in the palace.
The reason why he came to the Grand Princess's Mansion tonight was to deliberately attract Xiao Zhao and give Feng Yi and the Shadow Pavilion enough time to rescue the Empress Dowager.
Now, if everything goes well, the Empress Dowager should be escorted out of the palace soon.
The Grand Princess couldn't hide her surprise, "Really?"
"Don't worry!"
"That's good, that's good!" the eldest princess muttered.
"Good what?"
Suddenly a low voice was heard from outside, and the eldest princess's expression changed several times.
Xiao Zhao came here at this time. Could it be that he knew that they had been looking for the secret passage in the palace recently?
Xiao Xian stared coldly at Xiao Zhao who was approaching them little by little.
"Seventh brother, you should be handling disaster relief in the north right now, right? Why are you appearing in the capital in disguise?"
Xiao Xian said nothing.
If he guessed correctly, Xiao Zhao's coming here at this time was not due to Feng Yi's failure.
Xiao Zhao stood with his hands behind his back: "Today, someone handed me a letter."
The eldest princess frowned and was about to speak, but was interrupted by a look from Xiao Xian.
"The letter says that the recent epidemic in the capital is not caused by a plague, but by someone else! And that person is none other than my seventh brother!"
"Prince An, stop talking nonsense!" No matter how calm the eldest princess was, she couldn't help but tremble with anger.
The epidemic in the capital was clearly a joint effort between Xiao Zhao and the Queen.
The purpose was to impose martial law in the capital, control the Empress Dowager and Emperor Kang, and prevent any letters asking for help from being delivered smoothly.
Unexpectedly, he actually turned the tables.
"Really?" Xiao Xian's expression was unusually calm.
Xiao Zhao narrowed his eyes.
In the room, an invisible atmosphere of competition was slowly growing.
Xiao Zhao said, "I didn't want to doubt my seventh brother either, so I came here immediately after receiving the news!"
"Excuse me, my great brother, how could I, who am in the north, cause an epidemic in the capital?"
"I just said it, I don't believe it! But the letter says it's true, it's my second and fourth brothers who are colluding with my seventh brother. I'm really heartbroken!"
"Since my eldest brother doesn't believe it, he should immediately send someone to investigate!"
"In that case, until the investigation is complete, I'll have to inconvenience you into spending a few days in the Heavenly Prison."
Xiao Xian rubbed his fingers, a mocking arc appearing at the corner of his mouth.
Such a smile is extremely glaring.
Over the years, Xiao Zhao should have been the eldest son of the emperor respected by everyone, but this honor and glory were repeatedly taken away by Xiao Xian.
He hated Xiao Xian to the core!
Before making this plan, he had thought that as long as Xiao Xian set foot in the capital, the entire epidemic would be blamed on him.
If he didn't agree, he would be threatened with the Empress Dowager.
Don’t be afraid that he won’t obey!
"Big Brother, you think everything is perfect, and you also foresaw that if I didn't obey, you would threaten me with the safety of my grandmother and father, right?"
Xiao Zhao did not make too many excuses for himself as Xiao Xian saw through everything.
Xiao Xian continued, "Not only did you imprison my father and grandmother, you also used Changle to threaten my aunt!"
Xiao Zhao's lips curled slightly, his eyes seemed to say: Even if you guessed everything right, so what? Wouldn't you still be obedient for these people?
"Big Brother, you have carefully planned all this, do you really think that you can leave out everything?"
Xiao Zhao was a suspicious person to begin with. He lowered the corners of his lips and hesitated to respond.
Could it be that Xiao Xian came to the Grand Princess's Mansion on purpose?
"Big Brother, you deliberately put poison in the well, used the epidemic to control the capital, and used the Imperial Grandmother, Father, and Changle to threaten the Imperial Aunt and me! But are you sure that what you think you are doing can really threaten us?"
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