Jiang Chi looked at Prince An and said casually, "Prince Rui's favorite concubine Dong often goes to the palace to accompany the Queen. Prince Rui's mansion has Princess Rui and two concubines. Is it her turn as a concubine to often go to the palace to show filial piety?

Since Your Majesty knew Dong's identity, how could the Empress not find it out? Prince Rui gave up his military merits for Dong, and the Empress still liked Dong and allowed her, a concubine, to enter and leave the palace at any time. Isn't it strange?"

After hearing this, Lin Luoling agreed very much. She suddenly remembered that Jiang Chi had told her that he could never see through the Queen's character, and she couldn't help but become suspicious of the Queen.

Prince An would naturally think more about what Lin Luoling could think of. His eyes deepened, and he rubbed his fingers and asked:

"Since the female monarch of Nanxiang Country has sent people to lurk in Tianqi Country, do you have any ideas to catch them all in one fell swoop?"

Jiang Chi thought for a moment, then said to King Tong'an: "Why don't we lure the snake out of its hole?"

"How do you lure the snake out of its hole?" asked King An.

Jiang Chi whispered in Prince An's ear for a long time, and Prince An smiled and said, "That's a good idea."

After saying that, Prince An walked to the desk and burned the secret letter he had previously written to Emperor Deshun with a candle. He then wrote another secret letter and handed it to the Silver Feather Guards, asking them to deliver it to Emperor Deshun as quickly as possible.

After the Silver Feather Guards left, Prince An said to Jiang Chi, "I'll leave this matter to you. If you need help, just ask Steward Gu."

It was already midnight, and Prince An suggested that it would be difficult to travel on a rainy night, so they should stay overnight at Prince An's mansion, and then return to Jingfu Temple after dawn the next day.

He also asked Gu Shun to clean up a side hall for Lin Luoling to sleep in.

Lin Luoling originally thought that the side hall that Prince An was talking about was the side hall next to the study.

Unexpectedly, the side hall that Prince An mentioned was the side hall next to his bedroom.

After washing up, Lin Luoling just lay down and suddenly felt extremely tired in his limbs. He fell asleep soon.

Before he had fallen asleep for long, he was suddenly awakened by the sound of swords clashing. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw several arrows shooting along the window paper and piercing deeply into the ground.

"Protect His Royal Highness Prince An..."

Hearing a voice that sounded like Xiao Meng's, Lin Luoling's mind flashed with the scene of Prince An being assassinated. He put on his shoes barefoot and quickly ran to the palace gate. The moment he pushed the door open, he saw Xiao Meng leading more than 20 guards fighting fiercely with forty or fifty men in black in front of the palace.

At this moment, Gu Shun opened the palace door, his face pale, and anxiously shouted to Xiao Meng: "Commander Xiao, please fight quickly and decisively. His Highness has been assassinated and his life is in danger."

When Lin Luoling heard this, she felt a sharp pain in her heart. Without even bothering to get her umbrella, she quickly ran to the main hall and asked Gu Shun, "Your Highness is injured? Where is he injured?"

She stepped into the hall and saw the glaring blood splattered on the ground. She looked around but could not see Prince An.

She turned around to ask Gu Shun where His Royal Highness Prince An was, but found the palace door closed. She wondered why Gu Shun suddenly disappeared.

Lin Luoling called out tentatively, "Your Highness Prince An, where are you? I am Lin Luoling."

Following the bloodstains on the carpet, I walked forward, and the candlelight in the hall became fewer and fewer, and it seemed much dimmer.

After turning a corner, the bloodstains suddenly disappeared. She looked up and saw a secret door in front of her. It was pitch black inside the secret door.

Lin Luoling then realized that there was a secret room in Prince An's bedroom.

Picking up a red candle, Lin Luoling walked into the dark room. It was very quiet around her, so quiet that only her footsteps could be heard. She walked down the stairs and came to a corridor that seemed to have no end.

After walking for a long time, a wooden door appeared in front of me.

"crunch..."

She pushed open the wooden door, and the scene in front of her stunned Lin Luoling.

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