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

Seeing that everything was settled, Jiang Xue turned around and wanted to go back to her room, but was grabbed by Xiao Zhan.

"Your Highness, is there anything else?" she asked coldly without turning her head.

She wanted to break free from his hand, but found she couldn't bear to do it.

"There is something I need to explain to you clearly." Seeing that she didn't even look at him, Xiao Zhan showed a bitter smile on his face.

He understood that she was originally disgusted with him taking a concubine. Although she did not say it explicitly, he could clearly feel her disgust with taking a concubine.

Especially since I was disgusted by that annoying young lady today, my mood is naturally not very good.

"There is nothing to explain between me and Your Highness." She was in a terrible mood, so terrible that she didn't even want to look at him.

Because as soon as she saw him, she thought of Wu Meifeng's provocation. The thought of having to live with these young ladies day and night in the future and sharing the same man with them made Jiang Xue feel particularly annoyed.

"You really don't want to hear my explanation about Wu Meifeng and me?"

"Tell me what you have to say." Jiang Xue sat opposite Xiao Zhan, feeling angry.

She did have some concerns about his relationship with Wu Meifeng. She had sent people to investigate these days, but the palace was heavily guarded, and the maids and eunuchs kept their mouths shut, so most of what they said was half-truth, and it was really difficult to get anything out of them.

"I heard that Wu Meifeng made things difficult for you when you entered the palace last time." Unlike Jiang Xue, Xiao Zhan had planted many secret agents in the inner court of the imperial palace since he was a child. These secret agents only recognized Xiao Zhan as their master, so the speed and quality of his information were naturally much better than Jiang Xue's.

"..." Jiang Xue didn't say anything, just stared at him.

"I didn't go home late at night a few days ago, and I was indeed in her palace." Xiao Zhan said.

Seeing Jiang Xue's eyes fixed, he continued: "But there is no ambiguity between her and me."

Even though he promised Jun Li that he would make her give up on him, he didn't want Jiang Xue to misunderstand that there was something going on between him and Wu Meifeng.

"Do you know what crime you will be charged with if you are caught staying overnight in the harem by Emperor Beiling?" Jiang Xue suppressed her anger and tried to control herself from losing her temper: "You said you have nothing to do with her, then tell me, a man and a woman are alone in the same room, are you just drinking tea and chatting?"

When it comes to world views, the two of them are completely on different channels, not to mention that he clearly knows how much hatred that woman has for him.

As the saying goes, worry leads to confusion. If it were someone else, Jiang Xue would definitely be able to remain calm and analyze things rationally.

But now this matter involves the people around her. She is also a living woman. When she finds out that her husband is alone with another woman, how can she remain calm like she does when analyzing others?

"Xiaoxue, calm down first." She was so angry that her hands on the table were shaking.

Xiao Zhan held her hand distressedly: "That night, it wasn't just her and I, there were Tie Yi and the others as well. It's just that she was drugged, so she always thought that she and I were the only ones together these days."

This woman is Xiaoxue's mortal enemy, how could he possibly touch her?

He approached Wu Meifeng just to take advantage of this opportunity to help Xiaoxue vent her anger.

"As long as the skinning murder case is not investigated, Xiao Yan's knife will be hanging on my neck. These days, I have asked the informants in the palace to investigate day and night, and finally found the evidence of Wu Meifeng's crime. Now all I have to do is expose her in person..."

The two chatted until dawn without realizing it.

The next day, the ceremony of conferring the title of consort officially began. Jiang Xue and Xiao Zhan changed into court robes and entered the palace together to attend the ceremony.

Halfway through, Jiang Xue and her maid temporarily left the banquet because they received a summons from the Queen Mother.

"This is the wrong way. This is not the way to get to Luan Yi Palace."

Jiang Xue carefully observed the surroundings, stopped, and stared at the maid in front of her with her back to her.

Fu Dong stood in front of her vigilantly, with hidden weapons ready between his fingers, ready to fight at any time.

Xiaochun didn't come with them because she had to be on standby at the banquet.

Jiang Xue suddenly felt a chill on her back, and Jin Zhen made a move, pulling Fu Dong to the side.

An arrow flew right past where she had just stood and pierced directly through the chest of the maid who led the way.

"Bang!" With a dull sound, the maid fell to the ground and died on the spot.

"What a pity, you were just a little bit away from death." Wu Meifeng's voice came from behind.

Jiang Xue turned around and saw Wu Meifeng standing behind a group of guards, staring at her with a smug look on her face.

"To forge the Queen Mother's order is a crime punishable by death." Jiang Xue said coldly without changing her expression.

"If you die, who will know that I forged the imperial edict?" Wu Meifeng's fingers turned purple. She pushed away the two guards who were blocking her way. There were strange bloodshot flashing in her eyes, which looked quite creepy.

She glared at the woman in front of her who had ruined her beauty with gnashing teeth, wishing she could tear off her pretty face with her own hands so that she could also taste the pain she had suffered.

A gust of wind blew by, and Jiang Xue's nose moved slightly, and her brows furrowed.

Today is Wu Meifeng's conferment ceremony. She is dressed up gorgeously, with her whole body covered with powder and heavy makeup.

But no matter how strong the smell of the powder was, it couldn't cover up the stench of decay emanating from her body. The smell seemed to be stronger than before, and it was mixed with the smell of fresh blood.

"There's not much time left before the ceremony begins. I'm afraid your face won't last much longer. If you don't go over now and reveal your true face, do you think you can still keep your current position?"

After returning from Kunyi Palace last time, she pondered over and over again and finally figured out where the skins of those tragically killed palace maids had gone.

The large amount of blood in Concubine De's room and the foul-smelling liquid flowing from Wu Meifeng's wound confirmed Jiang Xue's guess bit by bit.

The wounds caused by the Five Poisons Technique would leave permanent scars even if they healed. Wu Meifeng's skin was destroyed, and the only way to restore her original appearance was to replace her skin.

The so-called skin transplant, to put it simply, is to transplant someone else's skin onto your own body to restore your beauty in a short period of time.

However, before changing the skin, you have to remove your own skin first, otherwise the new skin and the old skin will not be able to merge, which will cause harm.

But someone else's skin is not your own after all, and it will have an immune reaction to your own flesh and blood. Moreover, the skin layer covers a large area of ​​wounds and is not breathable, which causes the muscle tissue to gradually decay and form an abscess.

These abscesses squeeze the skin and flesh, causing the skin to swell and eventually become useless. To maintain the appearance, the skin can only be peeled off, the pus and blood drained, and then replaced with a new skin.

This cycle repeats itself, creating a vicious cycle, and the lifespan of the new skin will be dramatically shortened.

Wu Meifeng's lower jaw had begun to swell, and Jiang Xue knew without checking that the abscess underneath was swelling. If it was not treated in time, the abscess would burst through the skin, and her horrible true face under the skin would be exposed to everyone.

"Whose fault do you think is that I have ended up in this situation?" The severe pain in her jaw made Wu Meifeng panic.