After being reborn in the Mass Grave, she overturned her predecessor's power

In the carriage, Qing He looked at the white flower on Jiang Xue Ning's hair with a look of wonder, "This flower is really magical, it can actually confuse people's minds."

Jiang Xue Ning reached out and took off the flower on her head. "This is because of the magic, and also because Shangguan Mu is weak-minded."

Her people had been keeping an eye on them. Ever since Shangguan Mu witnessed the fire, he seemed to have collapsed and became weird. Naturally, she had received the news.

Before she came, she went to see Bingtong.

Bingtong is good at illusions, and many illusions require assistance.

After listening to her description, Bingtong took out the flowers she collected in Bingchuan. She often used these flowers to induce people into a fantasy.

She pinned the flowers blessed by magic in her hair.

"Although your illusion power will be greatly reduced when you arrive at the Xiao family, his mind is unstable. This flower called the Dream-Inducing Flower is enough to lure him into an illusion and bring out the thing he fears most in his heart."

Of course, the brocade bag hanging on her waist also had some "ingredients". So Shangguan Mu, who was deliberately provoked by her, was directly affected by the illusion and died of the fear in his heart.

Everything was premeditated, and it ended up as she had designed.

Jiang Xue Ning leaned on the carriage, feeling a little tired.

After returning home, she didn't even change her clothes and ordered someone to take Xinyi to Bingtong's yard.

Bingtong saw her coming, placed the last dream flower and said, "The formation has been set up."

She nodded, sat down and finished a cup of tea. Xinyi had already been brought in.

"Sit wherever you like."

Xinyi sat down, her face very calm, "What do you want to know?"

Jiang Xue Ning said calmly, "The Shangguan family is extinct, did you know that?"

Of course she knew that she had been working as a cook in the small kitchen during this period. Where there are people, there are gossips. She naturally heard about such a big thing in the Shangguan family.

Jiang Xue Ning spread out her hand, and in her palm was a snow-white dream-inducing flower. "I just used this flower to send Shangguan Mu off at the funeral hall."

"So the princess is threatening me?" Xinyi said calmly, "If I don't obey, the princess will also use this flower to send me away."

Jiang Xue Ning smiled, propped up her chin with her hand and said, "To become a top secret guard, you must have an extraordinary mind. A flower can't send you away."

Even the master's personal guards like Xinyi have all received strict training. Even if they are tortured to the point of being worse than death, it is difficult to extract the truth from their mouths.

So, she decided to try a different approach.

"We have set up an illusion array here. If your answer does not satisfy me, Bingtong will use illusions on you to lure out everything we want to ask. However, the more stubborn people like you are, the more severe the backlash will be.

If you force yourself to use illusions, you will either go crazy or die. You still have a lovely daughter waiting for you, I don't think you want this outcome."

Xinyi's expression finally showed a slight change, and she sighed, "The princess is indeed very resourceful."

She had already experienced Bingtong's illusion technique and naturally knew how powerful she was. She had no choice.

Besides, she didn't want to risk her life for a heartless man like Xiao Linfeng.

Jiang Xue Ning said, "I have no ill will towards you, I just want to know Xiao Linfeng's weakness."

Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated in a hundred battles. People like Xiao Linfeng must have hidden their weaknesses very deeply.

Xinyi asked curiously, "He has family, confidants, and friends, why did the princess pick me alone?"

She had left Beijing and lived in hiding for many years. In her dreams at midnight, she had thought that one day she might be found by Xiao Linfeng and end up in a miserable situation.

But she never thought that she would be found by her, and for such a reason.

Jiang Xue Ning's eyes flickered and she chuckled, "As far as I know, you were his bedmate. He had a special liking for you back then, so he rejected the marriages with noble ladies that were arranged by his family time and time again."

"During those years, you said that as the person closest to him, you must know his deepest, unknown secrets."

Women are always gifted in certain aspects and are frighteningly sharp.

Xinyi smiled sarcastically, "How could a man like him fall in love with me? This is all just a fake show."

The bitterness buried deep in my heart may be because it is unavoidable today, or it may be because I am too tired.

She looked at Jiang Xue Ning's face, which was extremely similar to that of an old friend, and revealed the truth of the past bit by bit.

"In fact, he has never liked me. He is gentle to me in front of others, and it seems that he only has eyes for me. But behind others, he always has a cold face. Those affectionate and sweet things seem to be my illusion."

"Those days and nights when I seemed to be enjoying the pleasure, I was actually kneeling on the cold ground in a gauze dress for the entire night."

"I didn't give my innocence to him, but to the cold jade."

That night, when she saw the blood on the cold jade, her tears dried up and her heart turned to ashes.

Xinyi fell into painful memories. "Of course, in order to make others believe him, sometimes when he was drunk or in a bad mood, he would leave obvious marks on me."

Of course, she knew about this and had heard about it. Because of this, Xinyi was a vixen that everyone hated in the Xiao Mansion, and Madam Xiao punished her a lot.

It turns out that the truth is like this, Xiao Linfeng is indeed a heartless man.

"What about you? Did you love him?"

"How can someone like me be worthy of love?" Xinyi said self-deprecatingly, "At first, I was occasionally moved by his tenderness, but reality always makes me sober."

"You want to know his secret, then I'll tell you..."

Jiang Xue Ning leaned towards her and she whispered something in her ear.

Jiang Xue Ning's expression froze for a moment, and her pupils trembled. She had guessed many reasons, but she never expected it to be this reason.

"He's hunting you down because you know this secret?"

Xinyi shook her head. After Princess Chen died, she saw how ruthless he was, and he didn't need her for the time being. So she took a mission thousands of miles away, hoping to temporarily escape from this suffocating situation.

It was during that mission that she met a very special person and her life was completely changed.

She didn't want to talk more, and Jiang Xue Ning didn't ask any further questions. She already knew what she wanted to know the most.

"One last question, whose child is it?"

Xinyi was silent for a moment, and finally said, "That's not important. What's important is that she is my baby."

"When can I leave?"

"at any time."

Xinyi was very surprised at her decisiveness. In the end, she just looked at her deeply and left the yard.

They really look alike, I wish that person were still there.

In the room, Jiang Xue Ning took a big gulp of hot tea to warm her frightened heart.

Bingtong said thoughtfully, "People like this are usually very paranoid. In a sense, this kind of person is both the most difficult and the easiest for an illusionist. So starting today, you will learn simple illusions from me."

Jiang Xue Ning nodded. "I feel uneasy when he targets me. It's always good to have a backup plan."

Anyway, she knew his secret, and if she had the chance, she could use some magic to stimulate him, maybe she could break his defenses.