"You had someone call me back in such a hurry, is it because you miss me?"
Chi Yan lowered his head and entered the room, a playful smile in his eyes.
He originally had some errands to run, but was hurriedly summoned back to the manor by the startled Ba Liang, who claimed that the young mistress was unwell. His colleagues looked at him with undisguised mockery.
I bet they're secretly gossiping that he's henpecked!
Shen Tangning's anxious mood suddenly calmed down, and she glared at him irritably: "Can't you think of something else?"
"What else?" Approaching her, a sheet of drawing paper was suddenly handed to her. Chi Yan's gaze, which had been lowered, paused abruptly. "What's this?"
Shen Tangning looked up at him and asked, "Who do you think the person in this painting looks like?"
"Third Prince." Without hesitation, Chi Yan quickly gave his answer.
He looked straight at her, waiting for her to explain, so she recounted Feng Zhiwen's story.
After a long silence, Chi Yan asked hesitantly, "So you suspect that the Third Prince is not actually dead?"
Shen Tangning opened her lips as if to answer, but he suddenly said, "To be honest, I have the same suspicion."
She paused, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.
He had never told her that.
He took her hand and led her to sit down, his expression thoughtful: "Chi Jingyu is not an impulsive person. It's unusual for him to get involved in this mess. I've thought about it a lot, but I still can't understand what kind of temptation could make him willing to take such a big risk?"
Shen Tangning pursed her lips: "Perhaps it's not that he was willing, but that he had no choice."
The two exchanged a glance, and he smiled slightly: "And Jiang Qingyue, why would the remnants of the Third Prince's faction target her for no reason?"
If it were truly to avenge the Third Prince, why would they place their hopes on a woman?
This in itself is strange.
Shen Tangning's eyes darkened, and she slowly stated, "Jiang Qingyue always wanted to marry the Third Prince. The two of you must have had some interaction. She was also disgraced because of me, so she must hate me to the core."
"The Third Prince harbors hatred towards you, so the two of you hit it off and chose to join forces, which makes sense."
After listening to her analysis, Chi Yan nodded repeatedly, then suddenly changed the subject: "If you were the Third Prince, where would you choose to hide under the full-scale search of Yanjing?"
Shen Tangning's slender eyebrows furrowed slightly, and her eyes suddenly flickered: "The Third Prince's Residence!"
The most dangerous place is also the safest place.
After the Third Prince died, his residence was sealed off, and outsiders were not allowed to enter easily.
Naturally, no one would have imagined that the bandit leader would be hiding in the Third Prince's residence.
Chi Yan raised his lips, his eyes full of meaning: "Even if you hadn't reminded me, I was planning to check out the Third Prince's residence tonight anyway."
Upon hearing this, a strange glint flashed in Shen Tangning's eyes, and she couldn't help but grab his hand: "There's one more thing, I'm worried about..."
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In the darkness of night, the prince's residence resembled a colossal beast rising silently, its vermilion gates sealed with tape, adding to its eerie and sinister appearance.
Passing by here during the day gives me the creeps, let alone at night.
A group of guards silently surrounded the prince's residence, ready to pounce at a single command!
Sitting on his horse, Chi Yan stared intently at the gate, then raised his hand and said, "Keep a close watch on it. Don't let a single fly out!"
"yes!"
When he heard a loud thud of footsteps at the door, Tang Xu was startled awake and opened his eyes abruptly, momentarily thinking it was his imagination!
During the days of fleeing with him, he lived in constant fear, to the point of being paranoid.
This time, Tang Xu also thought it was just a hallucination caused by his nervousness. But he had barely calmed down when he heard a noise at the door. He listened carefully for a while, then suddenly got up and ran inside!
"Your Highness! Something terrible has happened, Your Highness!"
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