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

This suggestion seemed to work, and Cao Zhiqing began to relax her guard against Jiang Xue: "He likes women, especially to torture them. But those women often don't live long. Even if they can survive the night, they will disappear the next day."

This is why she has always been afraid of and wanted to escape from Shangguan Xi.

The reason why she could survive in the Fourth Prince's Mansion was because she was the daughter of the Cao family and an official concubine. If she met with an accident, Shangguan Xi would face many troubles, including questioning from the Cao family.

But she knew very well that one day Shangguan Xi would kill her, because in the eyes of the Cao family, she was just an insignificant concubine's daughter.

Originally, Shangguan Xi wanted to marry Cao family's eldest daughter, Cao Zhilan, but Cao Zhilan framed her and made her a substitute, which made Shangguan Xi full of resentment towards her.

"What are the identities of those women?"

"There were women of all identities, but most of them were singing girls and dancers, because he found the women in brothels boring and preferred those with rich experience. Sometimes, in order to seek excitement, he would find some aristocratic women, have them trained and then send them to him." When Cao Zhiqing first entered the mansion, she was forced to watch his intimate scenes with these women.

She still shudders when she recalls the women's cries of pain.

Jiang Xue was puzzled and put down the teacup in her hand. The disappearance of those noble women should attract official attention, especially in the strictly controlled Huyin City.

"How often do these noble ladies appear?"

Jiang Xue pays special attention to these women who are full of doubts.

"About once every three months. After he recovers from his injury, it's time to select a noblewoman again."

Cao Zhiqing looked at Jiang Xue in confusion, not understanding why she cared so much about these women.

Perhaps, this is the key to restraining Shangguan Xi.

Jiang Xue sensed a good opportunity, stood up with a smile, and handed the two bottles of medicine in her hand to Cao Zhiqing.

"Concubine Cao, this is medicine for the Fourth Prince to heal his injuries. Please take it back and take good care of him. I hope he recovers soon." Jiang Xue said.

"Take care of him and let him recover?" Cao Zhiqing shouted in surprise.

She came here hoping that Jiang Xue would help her get rid of Shangguan Xi, but unexpectedly Jiang Xue gave her medicine to heal her injuries.

"Why are you so surprised? You came to me for help, isn't it because you believe in my ability? Then just do as I say." Jiang Xue stuffed the medicine bottle into Cao Zhiqing's hand and left the room without looking back.

"Why did you give her the healing medicine to save Shangguan Xi?"

Si Ruochen jumped down from the roof, landed beside Jiang Xue and asked.

"Keep him so that we can better deal with him in the future."

Jiang Xue explained: "As a member of the royal family, Shangguan Xi is different from ordinary people. If ordinary people make mistakes, the emperor can punish them according to the law. But Shangguan Xi is not only the emperor's son, but also an important chess piece to restrain Shangguan Jin.

The conservatives also want to use him to suppress Shangguan Jin. So his death cannot be that simple. Only when he loses the support of the conservatives and poses a serious threat to the throne, then he will really have no way out. "

"what do you mean……"

Si Ruochen began to understand, and he deeply admired the wisdom of this junior sister.

"But are you sure Cao Zhiqing will listen to your arrangements?"

Seeing Cao Zhiqing holding the medicine bottle tightly with an unwilling look on her face, Si Ruochen felt a little worried.

"If she dares to cause trouble for me, I can give her a chance to survive, or I can throw her into the abyss."

Jiang Xue said confidently that she was not afraid that Cao Zhiqing would go against her wishes.

"By the way, Senior Brother, can you help me disguise myself and sneak into the Zongzheng Mansion to search for the files of the Beixi nobles in recent years?"

"Why do you want to check the noble files?" Si Ruochen was puzzled.

"It's not normal that some noble women disappeared but no one asked about it. Their information is recorded in the noble archives. If they are missing, there should be a record. I want to know which women's names have been deleted or changed."

"What's up with this thing? Why is it so powerful?"

Jiang Xue fiddled with the pistol she got from Shangguan Xi, trying to disassemble it, but found that its structure was not simple. The handle part was welded together from tiny metal parts.

This technology was unprecedented in the Ten Kingdoms, and Jiang Xue felt helpless in the face of it. After studying it for a while without any progress, he decided to put down the pistol temporarily and stood up to look for some reference materials on the bookshelf.

As soon as he turned around, he heard a slight mechanical sound. Looking back, he saw a device shaped like an iron claw reaching in from the window, and three fingers deftly grasped the pistol, and then the iron claw retracted section by section, and the pistol disappeared.

"Finally found."

A clear voice came from downstairs, and a sweet-looking woman proudly put away her equipment. The pistol in her hand looked particularly precious. She had a high ponytail, wore a tight-fitting outfit, and had a slender figure. There seemed to be many secrets hidden under her cloak.

"Miss, can you return the pistol to me?"

Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly felt a chill on her back. Jiang Xue appeared in front of her with a smile, making her unable to move.

How did this person appear so quietly? She was secretly shocked, but she put on a flattering smile on her face: "Sister, can you let me move first, so we can have a good chat."

Survival comes first, this is An Yun's consistent principle. "Who are you? Why did you steal the pistol?"

Jiang Xue was surprised by An Yun's quick surrender. People she had met in the past would either be stubborn or try to maintain their dignity, but this girl's style was unique.

Jiang Xue walked forward, took back the pistol, and checked her cloak. After a look, she found more strange devices, various pistols and machines similar to the iron claw just now, which were not common weapons.

Thinking back to the traditional hidden weapons that Fu Dong had been keen on studying, most of them were made of wood or simple blades, while the things in front of him were obviously more advanced.

Jiang Xue couldn't help but wonder: What is the origin of this girl?

Jiang Xue looked at the pistol in her hand, and a question arose in her mind: "Did you make this weapon?"

An Yun blinked and found that the other party seemed to be just curious, so he replied: "Yes, this is the first pistol I made. If you don't believe me, I can show you the design. But, sister, can you help me unlock it first? I'm a little anxious..."

Jiang Xue was slightly startled. This girl's thoughts were moving too quickly.

After thinking for a while, she untied the cloak tied to An Yun, handed it to the servant for safekeeping, and then removed the small needle that blocked her movements.

"I took away your cloak for safety reasons, please don't mind." Jiang Xue explained.

Finally I can move again!

Her stomach immediately protested and the pain was unbearable. She really needed to go to the toilet immediately.

"Um, where is the toilet?" she asked hurriedly.

Jiang Xue was stunned for a moment. It turned out that the "urgent" she just said was real?

I originally thought she was looking for an excuse to get away, but I didn't expect it was really an urgent matter.

Jiang Xue smiled bitterly and called a maid to take An Yun to the bathroom.

What an interesting girl.