The daughter of the emperor is reborn to be beautiful and cool, and the King of Zhenbei loves her wi

Shen Nanzhi's body continued to fall.

If it were normal, she could rely on her lightness skills to grab everything at hand and try to slow down her body so as not to fall to death. But now she was dizzy from the fever and had no strength at all.

Although she still had the Guyuan Pill given by Lu Pianpian on her body, and she had secretly taken it before entering this room, no matter how magical this thing was, it would not take effect immediately after taking it.

Moreover, Shen Nanzhi was not sure how long that strong spirit could last.

Just as she was estimating the height and hesitating whether to draw out the soft sword at her waist for self-defense, she suddenly felt something soft at her hand, and the next moment, she and Cui'er both fell into a thick pile of straw.

It didn't hurt at all, but Shen Nanzhi just groaned and didn't say anything else.

"Miss Shen?"

Cui'er pushed her body, and seeing that she didn't respond, she carried her on her shoulder.

In the pitch-dark secret passage, Cui'er was able to walk very fast with Shen Nanzhi on her back.

Moreover, she seemed to be very familiar with this secret passage.

Even if there are forks in the road along the way, she can always find the place accurately.

In this way, after walking for an unknown amount of time, she finally brought Shen Nanzhi to a stone slab.

I don't know what method she used, but she knocked on the stone slab in a very methodical manner.

The stone slab that originally fit tightly together suddenly turned into a secret passage in the middle.

Moreover, compared to the pitch-black secret passage just now, there was a faint light coming through this exit, and it could be clearly seen that the secret passage was slanting upward all the way.

Cui'er carried Shen Nanzhi up the stairs as if she were walking on flat ground. Finally, she repeated the same procedure, turned through a secret door, and finally brought Shen Nanzhi to a dimly lit room.

The furnishings in the room were simple and luxurious. It looked like a bedroom, and the owner must be of noble status.

A large bed carved from huanghuali wood is particularly eye-catching, and even the curtains are made of Xiangyun gauze with gold thread.

The pieces of furniture looked simple but were also very delicate and ingenious. On an antique shelf at one side, a bronze incense burner was burning. The doors and windows were closed, and the smoke and incense made the room look even darker.

The exit of the secret passage is at the foot of the bed.

Cui'er carried Shen Nanzhi out of the secret passage in one breath, threw her on the bed, and turned around to leave without saying a word. Unexpectedly, the next moment, Shen Nanzhi grabbed her wrist.

"Miss Shen?"

Cui Er turned back subconsciously, met Shen Nanzhi's cold eyes, and asked in surprise: "Are you okay?"

Shen Nanzhi raised her eyebrows: "Do you think something should happen to me?"

This question left Cui'er speechless. She shook her wrists violently, trying to break free from Shen Nanzhi's restraints, but as soon as she raised her hands, Shen Nanzhi grabbed her collar and pressed her down on the bed.

Just as Cui'er was about to struggle, Shen Nanzhi had already pressed his knee against her back and tied her hands behind her back, making her unable to move at all.

"Miss Shen, you're okay! You're not..."

Unlike the surprise and uncertainty last time, Cui'er was sure this time that Shen Nanzhi was fine.

Shen Nanzhi raised an eyebrow: "Yes, after all, I caught a cold, I had a high fever and felt weak all over, not to mention that I had just entered Fuyun Building and then I was hit by your cartilage fragrance, how could I still have any strength?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Cui'er froze.

She seemed to have not expected that her little trick had already been seen by Shen Nanzhi, but she was still puzzled: "Why are you okay?"

The private room upstairs had been prepared with cartilage incense early in the morning. She was fine because she had taken the antidote in advance.

But Shen Nanzhi is different.

She had clearly followed her into the house without knowing it, and when the screen fell, smoke and dust flew everywhere, no one would have suspected that the flying dust was mixed with the scent of cartilage.

What's more, even if Shen Nanzhi found something wrong, she would not have time to dodge in such a short time and would be pulled into the secret passage.

Cui'er couldn't understand.

She was right. Under normal circumstances, Shen Nanzhi really had no strength at all, but the Guyuan Pill she had taken in advance took effect, and before she even left the secret passage, Shen Nanzhi had recovered to normal.

Faced with Cui'er's puzzled eyes, Shen Nanzhi did not immediately pay attention to her. She pulled the curtain beside her and used it as a rope to quickly tie Cui'er up. Then she took two steps at a time and walked to the antique shelf to put out the incense.

After being with Lu Pianpian for so long, Shen Nanzhi also recognized some spices. If she was not mistaken, aphrodisiacs were added to these spices.

But the incense had been burning for a while and was almost everywhere in the room.

Shen Nanzhi wanted to open the window, but the doors and windows had been locked from the outside and could not be opened at all.

But it was not a big problem. When she took the Guyuan Pill before entering the door, she also took a Qingxin Pill.

That was also something Lu Pianpian did when she had nothing to do. It can refresh the mind and has a miraculous effect on things like aphrodisiacs and cartilage incense.

However, Shen Nanzhi had not personally tried how long the effect could last. To be on the safe side, Shen Nanzhi of course extinguished the aphrodisiac incense as soon as possible.

Then Shen Nanzhi walked to the bedside and looked at Cui'er who was unable to move coldly: "Where is Liu Jingya?"

Cui Er glanced aside and gritted her teeth and said, "I don't know."

Shen Nanzhi looked at her coldly: "Where is this?"

Cui'er closed her eyes and said nothing.

Shen Nanzhi was not in a hurry. She took an ebony hairpin from Cui'er's head and, with some force, inserted the hairpin into the gap between Cui'er's shoulder blades.

The bright red, boiling blood immediately flowed out through the gap.

Cui'er's face turned pale as paper due to the pain and her whole body was trembling, but she still clenched her teeth tightly and didn't even make a sound.

Seeing this, Shen Nanzhi raised his hand and poked another hole in her other shoulder blade.

This girl is quite a tough one.

Shen Nanzhi was a little surprised.

She threw the ebony hairpin away, stood up and said, "In that case, you can wait on the bed. The aphrodisiac incense is almost burned out. Judging from the time, the master here should be here soon, right? I'll let you serve him by yourself."

Cui'er originally wanted to leave Shen Nanzhi on the bed before leaving, so the entrance to the secret passage had not been closed yet.

Seeing that Shen Nanzhi was about to leave, Cui'er's face, which had originally been ready to die, now showed a bit of panic.

"Miss Shen! Don't! Don't go... I said..."

"I don't know who it is. He just asked me to bring Miss Shen here according to his plan, and he will let my girl go..."

Shen Nanzhi looked at her coldly, not believing a word she said, and obviously having seen that she was stalling for time, Shen Nanzhi took a step forward to leave.

Seeing this, Cui Er stared at Shen Nanzhi closely, and was silent for a long time before she spoke: "It's the Seventh Prince."

The seventh prince, Xiao Qian.

Hearing this, Shen Nanzhi couldn't help but burst out laughing.

It seemed that her reaction was beyond Cui'er's expectations or cognition. She frowned and said uneasily, "Miss Shen, don't you believe it?"

Shen Nanzhi did not answer but asked: "Where is this?"

Cui'er lowered her head and said nothing.

The two bloody holes on her back were still oozing blood, and the bright red color quickly wet half of the bed, looking horrible.

Shen Nanzhi raised an eyebrow and said, "Xiao Qi'an's villa? Or..."

At this point, Shen Nanzhi paused, looked at Cui'er's reaction, and continued, "Recently, Xiao Qi'an has taken over the Ministry of Revenue's mission and has been very busy. The Seventh Prince's Mansion is still far away from the Ministry of Revenue. I guess he will most likely choose a house nearby as a place to rest."

If nothing unexpected happens, it is right under their feet.

This house is Xiao Qian'an's current residence.

Cui Er lowered her eyes, "The Seventh Prince has been in love with Miss Shen for a long time, but Miss Shen is already engaged, so he had no choice but to do this."

However, Shen Nanzhi smiled and said, "Your master has a good dog. Even now, he still remembers to let Xiao Qian take the blame."

As soon as she finished speaking, Cui'er opened her eyes wide and looked at Shen Nanzhi, "Miss Shen, what do you mean? Everything that happened today was indeed instructed by the Seventh Prince. I will say this until I die!"

Shen Nanzhi said coldly: "But, your expression just now has clearly betrayed you."

Since it was Xiao Qian'an, why should she panic when she saw Shen Nanzhi suspected someone else? According to common sense, shouldn't she be relieved?

Hearing this, Cui'er simply closed her eyes and stopped talking.

She didn't want to say it, but Shen Nanzhi insisted on talking to her: "If my guess is correct, Xiao Qi'an is also part of your plan. Once he comes in and smells the incense, plus I'm unconscious on the bed...you calculate the time to come out of the secret passage and kill him, pretending that I couldn't bear the humiliation and killed him by mistake."

Needless to say, what happened next was that someone must have happened to "catch" it, and the matter became a big deal.

Xiao Qian'an died, Shen Nanzhi's reputation was ruined, and he was also charged with murder.

Even if anyone with a discerning eye knows that something is fishy, ​​it’s already a foregone conclusion, so what can be changed?

And the person behind the scenes doesn't even have to show up to easily deal with his opponent.

Simply kill three birds with one stone.

At this point, Shen Nanzhi's eyes gradually turned cold, and he said in a cold tone: "I didn't know that Sister Jingya treated you so well, when did you become a dog beside the fifth prince Xiao Ziyi."

Cui'er, who had originally closed her eyes and refused to speak again, suddenly opened her eyes wide when she heard Shen Nanzhi mention the fifth prince Xiao Ziyi.

Shen Nanzhi knew that her guess was correct.

In order to avoid the engagement, Xiao Ziyi plotted against not only Liu Jingya, but also her, Xiao Qian'an, and even Xiao Chuyun.

And it all started at the hot spring villa.

Even earlier.

When Shen Nanzhi became suspicious of Xiao Ziyi, he thought of Chunsheng's death.

Chunsheng's weak spot is his elder brother Zhao Wanwu.

Xiao Ziyi holds Zhao Wanwu's life and death in his hands, so why should he worry that Chunsheng won't work for him, even at the cost of his life?

What Princess Jiahe Lin Lanyin said when she scolded Chunsheng in the garden was correct.

It should be that Chunsheng made things difficult for Shen Nanzhi or the Shen family in front of the Queen Mother, so Lin Lanyin said that the Queen Mother's attitude towards Shen Nanzhi was originally good, but not long after Chunsheng met the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother's attitude changed.

At that time, Shen Nanzhi wanted to ask the empress dowager at the hot spring villa, there were so many people that the dog emperor was afraid of, why did she choose the Shen family to do a favor and Shen Changan to be the scapegoat.

Now it seems that Chunsheng has made an "indispensable contribution".

Xiao Ziyi had long been aware of the dirty deeds going on behind the Queen Mother's back, and he knew that this would tie Xiao Qian'an even more closely to the Queen Mother, the Yang Mansion, the Lin Family, and even the Zhou Family.

The stronger Xiao Qian'an becomes, the more disadvantageous it will be for him to succeed the throne.

That's why he wanted to expose this cancer and cut off Xiao Qian'an's arm.

Chunsheng was just a trigger, and maybe even Yao Zheng who died in vain was also a trigger.

He led the empress dowager to target the Shen family, and took advantage of Yao Zheng's death to pin the blame on Shen Changan, instigating the empress dowager to do a favor for Emperor Shunqing.

On the other hand, Xiao Ziyi "encouraged" Liu Jingya to take Shen Nanzhi to the hot spring villa to relax. Shen Nanzhi later doubted this when he recalled the layout of the guards in the Liu family's hot spring villa at that time.

Even if Shen Nanzhi had not followed out of curiosity, someone would have secretly guided her to discover the Queen Mother's secret and put her in the trap.

In this way, Xiao Ziyi could solve the problem of the Queen Mother without having to show up himself, and could also intensify the conflict between Xiao Chuyun and Xiao Qian'an.

He waited to see them fight, and no matter what the outcome, he would reap the benefits.

that's the truth.

Xiao Chuyun controlled the Zhou family, severely injured the Queen Mother, and also angered Emperor Shunqing. Even Xiao Qian'an and *** were affected.

Although Xiao Chuyun and the Shen family were fine, this incident would inevitably make Emperor Shunqing more wary of Xiao Chuyun.

The crown prince had not yet been appointed, and Emperor Shunqing had only a few sons. He was more wary of the others and more disappointed with them, so naturally he paid more attention to Xiao Ziyi.

To weaken the enemy is to elevate himself.

The same is true this time.

To put it another way, even if something went wrong, it would not be his fault at all.

He still held Liu Jingya in his hand. He knew how much Shen Nanzhi valued Liu Jingya. For Liu Jingya, Shen Nanzhi would make concessions.

He is indeed calculating.

These are all bold guesses made by Shen Nanzhi by connecting some previous details together.

Moreover, Cui'er's reaction just now also proves this point.

"What did Miss Shen say? I don't understand at all!"

Cui Er frowned tightly, "It was His Majesty the Seventh Prince who ordered this servant to do this!"

As she spoke, her eyes darkened and she opened her mouth, ready to crush the poison hidden under her teeth. However, before she could exert any strength, Shen Nanzhi raised his hand and knocked her unconscious, then directly pulled out the poison sac hidden under her teeth.

After making sure that she had no other means of suicide, Shen Nanzhi could not help but sneer: "I say you are smart, but you are really stupid."

She had never seen a assassin who was not afraid of death but could still insist on who his master behind the scenes was.

If it was really Xiao Qian'an, it would be logically correct for her to not admit a single word.

Moreover, although Xiao Qian'an is not a good person, he cherishes his reputation very much.

Xiao Qian'an would never do such a thing as killing a thousand enemies and losing eight hundred of his own, using force against Shen Nanzhi and even ruining their respective reputations.

After getting the clue he wanted, Shen Nanzhi stood up and turned to look at the secret passage that had not yet been closed.

She could feel the effects of the Guyuan Pill dissipating.

Just at this moment, footsteps were heard outside.

At the same time, she heard someone paying homage to the "Seventh Prince".

Xiao Qian'an is here.