Forced to be a third person: I turned around and left the palace to marry a villain

He threw the knife back into the guard's hand in annoyance and angrily kicked away the head that rolled to his feet.

A blood-stained hairpin fell from her messy hair and flew in front of Jiang Xue.

Jiang Xue wrapped the hairpin in a handkerchief and picked it up. The bloodstains on the hairpin had been exposed to the air for too long and had completely turned black, making it impossible to see the original pattern and pattern.

It seems that I can only take it back home and study it slowly, Jiang Xue thought.

She silently wrapped up the hairpin and put it in her arms, watching the guards roughly throw the beheaded body aside.

Afterwards, she followed everyone and followed Emperor Beiling out of the cold palace.

"De Fei, open the door, it's me."

The group arrived at Kunyi Palace and surrounded the door of Concubine De's bedroom.

The eunuch shouted at the top of his lungs for a long time, "The Emperor has arrived," but there was no response from inside Concubine De's palace.

Emperor Beiling’s patience ran out. He took a step forward and sternly asked Concubine De to open the door.

However, after a long time, there was still no movement.

Emperor Beiling's expression grew increasingly gloomy. He winked at the guards beside him, signaling them to force open the door of Concubine De's bedroom.

"This……"

As the door opened, everyone looked at each other in amazement at the scene before them.

Defei's bedroom was empty and the room was in a mess, with tables and chairs toppled over and scattered all over the floor.

Clothes were scattered on the floor and bed, and some were hanging on the windows and doors. It looked like the scene of a fierce battle or robbery.

"There's dust on the table and bed. It looks like no one has cleaned it for a while."

Jiang Xue looked at the dust that was clearly visible in the sunlight and spoke softly.

She took a few steps forward and was hit by a bloody smell. Jiang Xue covered her mouth and nose, frowned, and looked a little unhappy.

Seeing this, Xiao Zhan held her hand and pulled her closer to him. Following her gaze, he saw a dark brown sheet exposed in the corner of the bed.

"Your Majesty, there seems to be something on the bed." Xiao Zhan said to Emperor Beiling.

"Go and take a look." Emperor Beiling ordered the Queen's personal maid Yue Tao to check the situation.

Although Yue Tao was reluctant, she had to go forward because of the emperor's order.

She lifted the gauze curtain in front of the bed, walked in slowly, pulled open the quilt, and a large bloodstain came into view.

The bed sheet was almost entirely covered in blood, with only a small portion at the very edge still remaining white.

Yue Tao carefully pinched the only remaining clean corner, unfolded the entire sheet, and displayed it in front of Emperor Beiling.

"Oh my, why is there so much blood on Madam Defei's bed sheet? It seems like there is more than one person."

Wu Meifeng covered her mouth, pretending to be frightened, and stepped back to the door, pretending to retch.

"Your Majesty, I feel a little unwell and would like to go back to my room to rest."

She covered her chest tenderly, and her pitiful appearance softened the heart of Emperor Beiling: "Go, those corpses really scared you just now, go and rest, I will send an imperial physician to check your body."

"Your Majesty, thank you for your concern, but the imperial physician is a man after all, so it is not very convenient. If possible, can you ask Princess Gong to come and take a look at me?"

Wu Meifeng's eyes swept over Jiang Xue.

Let her go?

Jiang Xue sensed something fishy about this. She had been fighting with Wu Meifeng before, and their relationship had broken down. Asking her to accompany him at this time would definitely not be a good thing.

"Yeah, that's fine. Changle, just accompany Qinwen to see her."

Emperor Beiling did not allow Jiang Xue and Xiao Zhan to refuse and gave the order directly.

Xiao Zhan held her hand tightly with some concern, and Jiang Xue gave him a reassuring look in return.

Wu Meifeng's bedroom is just opposite the yard, and there are so many people guarding outside. If anything goes wrong, Wu Meifeng will not be able to escape.

Besides, Xiaochun and Fudong will follow her in. Everyone knows their skills, so there is no need to worry too much.

I followed Wu Meifeng into her room, and as soon as I entered, the door was closed.

Wu Meifeng turned her back to the master and servants and said to the dim inner room, "Come out."

As soon as he finished speaking, a dozen people in black suddenly appeared in the house and surrounded Jiang Xue and the other two.

"Xichen Secret Guard." Jiang Xue recognized the totem on the black-clothed man's hilt at a glance and coldly revealed their identities.

The leading man in black and Wu Meifeng were both surprised.

The Xichen Dark Guards are a secret force of the Xichen royal family. There has never been any news about them in the outside world. How did Jiang Xue know about them?

"Surprised, right? Me too. I didn't expect the Xichen Secret Guards to show up in the Beiling Palace. It seems that the days of Emperor Xichen are numbered."

As the Queen of Xichen in her previous life, how could Jiang Xue not know about the existence of the Xichen Secret Guards.

These secret guards are directly under the emperor's command, are not subject to any constraints, and all their actions are subject to the emperor's orders.

They will only be loyal to the emperor or the crown prince who is about to ascend the throne.

If Emperor Xichen came to Beiling, it would be impossible for Beiling to be unaware of it.

Therefore, the only reason why the secret guard is here is for Jun Li, the future crown prince.

In her dream, she remembered that Emperor Xichen died of illness in the 31st year of Xingwu. Now her fate had changed a lot, so it was reasonable for Emperor Xichen to become seriously ill a year earlier.

Presumably, Emperor Xichen has already issued a will, passing the throne to Jun Li, which is why these secret guards have come all the way to Beiling.

"Humph, you are worthy of being the mistress of Linglong Pavilion. You even know the existence of Xichen's secret guards."

Wu Meifeng recalled that when she was recuperating, she vaguely heard Jun Li mention that Xiao Zhan was Young Master Xuanji, so she thought that Jiang Xue knew about the Xichen Secret Guards because of Linglong Pavilion.

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Xue's eyes trembled slightly. How could Wu Meifeng know about Linglong Pavilion?

Wu Meifeng caught Jiang Xue's shock and smiled triumphantly, Jiang Xue, this time I finally beat you.

"Oh, look at my memory. You can't mention the three words Linglong Pavilion casually in the palace. If the emperor finds out, he will think that I have something to do with Linglong Pavilion, and I will lose my head."

The threatening words slowly reached Jiang Xue's ears. Looking at her smug look, he really wanted to tear off her smug mask.

"What do you want?" Jiang Xue stared at her coldly.

Since she knew the relationship between Linglong Pavilion and Xiao Zhan, but did not reveal it in front of everyone, it was obvious that she wanted to use it as a bargaining chip in exchange for certain benefits.

"Hand over what you picked up in the cold palace just now." Wu Meifeng stretched out a hand, her smile faded, and she stared at her fiercely.

Don't think she didn't see the bitch put the thing in her arms.

If that hairpin fell into the hands of Emperor Beiling, she would be in great trouble.

"What are you talking about?" Jiang Xue took out the blood-stained hairpin from her arms and waved it in front of Wu Meifeng.

Wu Meifeng wanted to rush forward to grab it, but was blocked by Xiaochun with a palm.

Seeing Xiaochun attacking Wu Meifeng, the Xichen secret guards who surrounded them drew their weapons and aimed at the three masters and servants in the middle.

"I advise you to put away your weapons, otherwise I can open this door at any time." Jiang Xue glanced coldly at the group of secret guards, and finally her eyes stopped on the leader.