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

As they were being intimate, Jiang Xue knew the affection hidden in his eyes, but now was not the right time.

"Wait!" She patted Xiao Zhan's chest and pulled away a little. "Let's talk business. How is the investigation of the Cao family going?"

Xiao Zhan secretly sighed in his heart, it seems that he has to find a better time to get close to the princess. So he said seriously: "Cao Ling has been targeting Shangguan Jin recently. Three days ago, he put pressure on two newly promoted nobles under Shangguan Jin, trying to force them to surrender to Shangguan Xi."

"How did the other two families react?" It seemed that after failing to overthrow the Young Master's Mansion directly, the Cao family changed their target.

"One of them succumbed to the pressure and agreed to Cao Ling's request; the other one is still hesitating. However, Cao Ling seems to have grasped their fatal weakness. Even if Shangguan Jin personally takes action, there is little chance of saving the situation."

"What is the relationship between these two families and the young master's mansion?" If it was unimportant, Jiang Xue did not intend to intervene.

"Both of these companies have been supported by Jiang Chen in the past two years. If something happens to them, Jiang Chen will inevitably be implicated." Xiao Zhan explained.

"It seems that these two families must be protected." It just so happened that Shangguan Xi appeared in Silefang today, and people from the Cao family would definitely come as well. She could take this opportunity to find out the Cao family's plans for these two families!

"Ah!" In a remote courtyard of the Cao family, Cao Zhiqing's scream was heard. Cao Ling, who came to visit her, immediately hurried over after hearing the sound.

"What are you doing?" Cao Ling pushed open the door and found Cao Zhiqing being pinned down by two servants.

Seeing Cao Ling suddenly appear, the two servants collapsed to the ground in fear.

"How dare you, you bastards, attack her?" Cao Ling was furious, but did not resort to violence. Instead, he quickly stopped the farce.

The servants who followed Cao Ling in were all frightened by this sudden situation.

"Third Young Master, please calm down. Third Young Master, please calm down. We were confused for a moment and had thoughts that we shouldn't have had." The surviving servant begged for mercy hurriedly.

Obviously, they thought Cao Ling was not in the mansion and Cao Zhiqing was already unconscious, so no one would believe her accusations even if she was violated.

However, just when they were trying to do something bad to Cao Zhiqing, Cao Ling unexpectedly came back.

Cao Ling ignored his plea and quickly walked to the frightened Cao Zhiqing and hugged her gently. Feeling her body trembling, his heart was broken.

Ever since he saw her in the Fourth Prince's mansion, she was lying on the ground naked, with empty eyes and covered in scars - his whole world seemed to collapse.

After learning about what happened to Cao Zhiqing, Cao Ling decided to seek justice for her.

He ordered coldly: "Take them away and punish them severely."

Then, a painful wail was heard from the yard. Cao Ling hugged Cao Zhiqing tightly, trying to comfort her, and covered her ears with one hand to prevent her from hearing the sound outside.

After the matter was settled, he arranged for his trusted servants and maids to take care of Cao Zhiqing, and then left Cao's house and went to Silefang to meet Shangguan Xi.

Today, a dance contest was held in the Music Hall to make up for the failure of the previous selection of noble ladies. This time, he was determined not to disappoint Shangguan Xi.

When Jiang Xue and Shangguan Xun appeared at the entrance of Silefang dressed as men, their demeanor immediately attracted the attention of people around them.

"Wow, what a rare handsome young man." The madam and the dancers exclaimed.

"Sir, welcome. Today we have a wonderful dancer performance. If there is a girl you like, just let me know."

Seeing that everyone's eyes were focused on Jiang Xue, Shangguan Xun felt a little disappointed.

"Don't think too much, just go in." Jiang Xue noticed her expression and said softly.

This is a girl with a transparent mind, and her mood is written all over her face.

Jiang Xue, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, led her into the gate of Silefang, and immediately saw the two new noble leaders recruited by Shangguan Xi.

It seems that the business in the Si Le Square is quite busy today. Judging from the worried expressions of the two leaders, they were forced to come here.

Following their backs, they were led to a private room. Jiang Xue found that the room opposite was still empty, so she called the brothel owner: "Madam, I want to book the room over there."

The madam seemed a little hesitant: "I'm sorry, sir, that room has been booked. It may not be easy to change it."

Booked? It seems that the dancer's performance is very popular. Jiang Xue noticed that someone came out of that room. That person looked like Shangguan Xi's follower.

If you want to know what's going on in that room, the room opposite is the best place to be, because in Food and Entertainment Square, the side facing the stage is open.

"Nothing is impossible. It's just a matter of money. Here, this should be enough, right?" Shangguan Xun has always been generous and directly took out two pieces of gold.

The brothel owner had never seen such a wealthy person. Thinking that the scheduled guests might not show up, she stared at the gold, swallowed her saliva, quickly accepted the gold, and immediately arranged for the servants to prepare the room, and then led the two people in.

"Look, I'm awesome!" Shangguan Xun looked up at Jiang Xue proudly, hoping to get praise.

Jiang Xue smiled and patted her head gently: "Yeah, that's great."

As soon as the two of them sat down, Shangguan Xun became as stiff as a stone statue, staring at the opposite side without moving.

Following her gaze, Shangguan Xi was lazily leaning on a chair, leaning against the railing with a wine glass in his hand, squinting his eyes and examining the busy dancers below.

"Hey, if you're scared, let's change seats." Jiang Xue's seat was relatively hidden, and there was a decoration next to the window blocking it. Even if Shangguan Xi looked over here, he would not be able to find Shangguan Xun.

Since the experience at the Prince's Mansion that night, Shangguan Xun remembered every detail clearly.

She witnessed Cao Zhilan and Shangguan Xi's conspiracy, and the scene where she was accidentally exposed and forced to take medicine. That fear was forever engraved in her heart.

Although she didn't like this fourth brother before, after what happened, she was even more afraid of him.

She didn't expect that the room opposite was Shangguan Xi's private room. If she had known earlier, she would never have chosen this location.

After hearing Jiang Xue's suggestion, Shangguan Xun immediately switched places with her and carefully hid herself behind the decorations, fearing that she would be discovered by Shangguan Xi.

Jiang Xue moved to a new seat, and her vision suddenly became much clearer, and she looked directly at the private room opposite.

Sitting next to Shangguan Xi were two family heads, who looked very uncomfortable.

Both of them were accompanied by dancers, who were dressed very gorgeously.

These dancers behaved boldly, half-naked their shoulders in public, and tried to get close to the two elders.

But the two elders seemed very stiff, obviously not used to such close contact.

"Haha, since you two are here today, you should relax and stop looking so tense. Do you think my hospitality is not attentive enough, or do you think this place is not worthy of your status?" Shangguan Xi looked at them coldly with a sarcastic smile on her face.