he?

When Shen Nanzhi heard this word, his eyelids twitched.

You mean...Emperor Shunqing is coming?

But at this time, shouldn't Emperor Shunqing summon all the ministers to the imperial study?

With the court in such chaos, he still had the mind to come here...

Before Shen Nanzhi could think about it, Princess Ning gritted her teeth and said, "Every time he encounters something bad, he comes here to vent to me. I guess he has encountered something difficult this time."

The court was in chaos and it was somewhat beyond his control. It was a bit tricky.

At this point, she raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and said with sarcasm in her eyes: "For him, I can not only satisfy his selfish desires, but also be the best person to vent. He can vent his dirty thoughts and the dark side that cannot be revealed to outsiders to me, so he doesn't have to worry about anything else."

Anyway, she can't get out of this underground palace.

All the filth and dirtiness were hidden in this place that could not see the light of day, and no one else would know about it except her.

"Hide quickly, I will deal with him."

Seeing that Xiao Chuyun was unmoved, Princess Ning turned to look at Shen Nanzhi.

Princess Ning, who had just burst into tears, said to Shen Nanzhi with a firm face when facing danger: "There is a utility room next to it. Take Ah Chu there first, and leave this here to me!"

The breath was getting closer.

Shen Nanzhi turned and looked at Xiao Chuyun.

Although Xiao Chuyun didn't say anything, Shen Nanzhi could feel that Xiao Chuyun had already decided to kill her.

But let alone Xiao Chuyun, no one could tolerate this.

Shen Nanzhi could understand Xiao Chuyun's mood at this moment.

Damn this dog emperor!

When Princess Ning saw that the two did not move, her eyes darkened and she clenched her fists immediately, anxiously saying, "Listen to me, hide quickly, don't act rashly. Sometimes he comes with people, and you can't be implicated because of me."

At this point, she looked up at Xiao Chuyun and said, "Words are not enough. He has to admit some things in person. Besides, I have something to ask him, and you guys can listen."

Since she said so, Xiao Chuyun had no choice but to let her do as she pleased.

He turned to look at Shen Nanzhi, and the two of them turned around tacitly and hid in the utility room next door.

Probably for convenience, the utility room has no door panel, only a screen carved from rosewood.

Moreover, unlike the outer walls which were piled with various gold, silver and jewels, the utility room was only filled with daily necessities. There was not even a luminous pearl for lighting. Only some light shone through the gaps in the carved screens to the entrance. Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun hid in the shadows deep in the utility room, with a one-meter-high box in front of them as a cover. It was difficult to detect their presence from the outside, but they could see the big bed where Princess Ning was lying clearly.

The gap in the box was very narrow. In order to hide two people, Shen Nanzhi almost nestled in Xiao Chuyun's arms.

Her back was pressed against Xiao Chuyun's chest. She could feel the heat of his chest and his panicked heartbeat.

As calm as Xiao Chuyun was, he almost lost control of his emotions at this moment.

Shen Nanzhi felt very distressed, but she also knew that now was not the time to talk.

The two of them had just hidden themselves when the presence from outside approached and the footsteps stopped outside the door.

Princess Ning continued to lower her eyes as before, staring motionlessly at the scroll in her arms.

The door was pushed open.

The light from the outer wall cast a long shadow on the ground on Emperor Shunqing's body.

Princess Ning's fingers gripping the scroll also paused.

Emperor Shunqing probably saw the scar on her wrist and suddenly asked, "What are you doing? Where's Bai Zhi?"

Princess Ning did not say a word, but just looked up at Emperor Shunqing coldly.

His eyes were filled with hatred, as if he wanted to skin Emperor Shunqing alive.

She gritted her teeth and spoke word by word: "When... let me see... Ah Chu!"

When he mentioned "Achu", Emperor Shunqing's tone, which had just been a little annoyed by the injury on her wrist, suddenly turned cold: "So it's because of this."

He sneered: "Since I promised you, I will definitely let you see it. I will never break my promise."

Hearing this, Princess Ning sneered: "Haven't you broken your promise enough times?"

"You promised me that as long as I obeyed you, you would save Ah Chu's life and bring him back from Mobei so that we can be reunited, but what happened?"

Although Xiao Chuyun did not die, he turned into the third prince, and she couldn't even see him.

Hearing this, Emperor Shunqing sneered, "I am doing this for your own good. Your status is not to be seen in public, and I gave him a status so that he can live like other princes without worries. Why are you still not satisfied? You can't let Ah Chu live like you in this dark place, right?"

These words deeply stimulated Princess Ning, and she suddenly burst into laughter.

As she laughed, she looked at Emperor Shunqing with red eyes and resentment: "Can't be seen in public? Why can't I be seen in public? It's all because of you, a beast worse than pigs and dogs! How can you say such things with such a straight face?"

"Xiao Yucheng, you are a complete hypocrite, a coward!

"You dare to do it but you don't dare to take responsibility. You want to be known as a benevolent king and don't want to be cursed for the rest of your life, but you still do all the dirty things you shouldn't do. In the end, you still want me to be grateful to you!"

"You make me feel sick!"

Princess Ning cursed out all the resentment that had been accumulating in her heart for many years in one breath.

At this moment, Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun, who were hiding in the storage room, felt their hearts sink to the bottom.

There is no doubt that since Emperor Shunqing appeared here, most of what Princess Ning said before has been confirmed.

Now these are the best interpretations.

Neither of them said anything, and Emperor Shunqing also fell silent after hearing these words.

After a breath, he finally said, "Yes."

"I admit that I am despicable."

After saying that, he sneered, "But, what does that matter? After all, I got the world, and I got you too!"

"Didn't I also execute my second brother, who used to look down on me and humiliate me in every way, in the street? And you too."

Having said this, Emperor Shunqing finally walked in. His shadow gradually shrank, and finally he appeared beside the bed in a bright yellow dragon robe.

He stood in front of Princess Ning, looking down at her, his eyes full of treacherousness and paranoia, and said, "The daughter of the Fang family, the most beautiful woman in the capital, how noble you are. At the beginning, you only had eyes for my second brother, and you didn't even want to look at me. But, I, a reptile in the gutter, finally crushed you all under my feet. You blame me and hate me, and it's right."

As he spoke, Emperor Shunqing stretched out his hand, and his bony fingers rested on the corners of Princess Ning's tearful eyes.

"After all these years, your face still fascinates me."

However, as soon as his fingertips touched Princess Ning, she turned her head away. She looked at Emperor Shunqing hatefully: "The late emperor's will was to make Aze the crown prince! It was you! You tampered with the will! Not only did you bully and humiliate me! You also killed all of those brothers!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Shunqing spread out his hands.

Changing his usual expressionless imperial dignity, he said shamelessly, "Yes, not only did I change the will, I also personally fed my father the Heartbreak Powder and sent him to the west. He is blind and can only see the second son, and will never see my existence. If I don't take action, when Xiao Ruize ascends the throne, there will be no way for me to survive. The fight for the throne has always been like this. Even if you know, what does it matter?"

"We are both princes. Why can he enjoy all the glory, the favor of his father, the admiration of his family, the support of his ministers, while I can only be a bug in the gutter that he steps on and never sees the light of day!"

"I hate it!"

"So, I want everything he has, including you."

At this point, Emperor Shunqing smiled and said, "Look, I have done it all."

Hearing this, Princess Ning raised her hand to grab his face, but the black iron chain on her hand was limited in length. In the end, not only did she not touch Emperor Shunqing at all, but the iron chain also directly rubbed off a layer of skin on her wrist, which was already bloody.

Scarlet blood instantly flowed from her wrist.

Seeing this, Emperor Shunqing's eyes dimmed. He raised his hand and hooked Princess Ning's chin, and said with interest: "Oh, by the way, there is something I forgot to tell you before. Fang Hongyi is dead. Guess who did it?"

When these words were spoken, even Shen Nanzhi, who was hiding in the storage room, felt a pang in his heart.

The Fang Hongyi who pretended to be Master Huiming was Xiao Chuyun's uncle, and the younger brother of Princess Ning.

Since the Dog Emperor knew them and Xiao Chuyun's identity, when he learned of Fang Hongyi's death, would he immediately suspect Xiao Chuyun?

But at that time, Xiao Chuyun was already on his way to Yuzhou.

If Emperor Shunqing became suspicious of Xiao Chuyun's whereabouts, he would inevitably follow the clues and suspect the deaths of Lin Hongrui and Xiao Qian'an.

Princess Ning said nothing.

Even when she mentioned the name Fang Hongyi, there was not much emotion in her eyes, as if she didn't care about her brother's life or death.

But Emperor Shunqing was still talking to himself.

He smiled and looked at Princess Ning, and continued: "There are not many people in this world who know Ayi's identity. If I am not mistaken, it must be your good son who did it."

"I didn't react at first. After all, he had covered up the itinerary of this trip to Yuzhou very well. It was only when I saw you just now that I suddenly thought of this. Although I don't know how he deceived Liu Shouxin and others, I have never had peace around him since he left Beijing for Yuzhou. Everything that happened was beneficial to the Shen family. Doesn't this explain the problem?"

"I have clearly raised a wolf cub who is ungrateful to me!"

Hearing this, Princess Ning raised her eyebrows and said, "You deserve it! If you didn't value Ah Chu's ability, why would you keep him until now!"

Emperor Shunqing said with a sigh, "Yes, apart from anything else, you really gave birth to a good son for me. I really love and hate him!"

When Emperor Shunqing said the last word "hate", he almost gnashed his teeth in hatred.

In front of Princess Ning, he had already habitually taken off all his disguises, revealing his true and sinister side.

He pinched Princess Ning's chin and sneered, "You'd better pray that he can return safely from Beiyi this time."

Princess Ning seemed not to notice his fingers pinching her chin, and glared at him with raised eyebrows: "What else? Kill him?"

After saying that, Princess Ning finally reacted. She frowned and said angrily, "No, you want him to die in Beiyi!"

Emperor Shunqing stroked the Ning Wangfei's smooth chin with his thumb and said with a smile, "How could that be? My southern border is in chaos, and the northern barbarians cannot be in chaos. Of course I hope he can guard the northern border for me, but..."

Emperor Shunqing paused for a moment. He looked at the face of Princess Ning and said meaningfully, "If the war in the south can be successfully concluded, he will have to stay in the north for a while longer."

Perhaps Princess Ning had not yet realized the meaning of Emperor Shunqing's words, but Shen Nanzhi's heart felt as if it had fallen into an ice cellar at that moment.

The war in the south is over, the Zhou family has been wiped out, and the uncle who has taken back control of the Shen family army and reorganized the Shen family army must have made Emperor Shunqing unable to sleep.

But the Shen family and Xiao Chuyun have already married and are of the same blood. They are from the south and the north respectively. If they join forces...how could the extremely suspicious Emperor Shunqing be willing to see such a scene?

He wanted Xiao Chuyun to stay in Beiyi for a longer period of time, and sending Xiao Chuyun away was simply to deal with the Shen family.

His murderous intention towards the Shen family was even stronger than Shen Nanzhi had expected!

Seeing that Emperor Shunqing's eyes were getting colder, even Princess Ning realized his intention.

She frowned and said, "You just can't tolerate the Shen family! It was just a joke that the old Duke made when he was chatting with my father, and you hold such a grudge against him! You want to wipe out the Zhenguogong Mansion!"

"The facts prove that what the old Duke said is correct. You are indeed extreme and narrow-minded! But what did the old Duke do wrong? He was wrong in telling the truth, in believing the will that you forged, in considering the overall situation of the court, and in being blindly loyal!"

Hearing this, Shen Nanzhi's heart sank.

Having lived two lives, she explained why Emperor Shunqing targeted the Shen family and could not tolerate them. Originally, Shen Nanzhi thought it was because he was suspicious or wanted to concentrate military power. He could not tolerate the Shen family, which was more powerful than his master, so he deliberately murdered the entire Shen family. Now, it seems that it was only due to a comment made by her grandfather to the late emperor.

Since the late emperor asked, my grandfather, who was loyal to the emperor and patriotic, would definitely answer truthfully.

But this comment was indeed not unfair to him. The extremism and selfishness in his bones were far more exaggerated than his grandfather's comments.

Even so, when he first ascended the throne, the regime was unstable and three kings were plotting rebellion, and his grandfather was definitely loyal to him.

If the Shen family had not fought to the death to defend the capital, he would not have the peaceful life he has now.

The lives lost by the Shen family were not enough to offset his resentment for what he had said.

Thinking of this, Shen Nanzhi's heart ached. She didn't know what would happen if her grandfather knew all this.

The late emperor's will that he had supported for so many years was false.

The new emperor, whom the Shen family swore to defend until death, was the real murderer of the previous emperor and the executioner who wished to send the Shen family to hell with his own hands.

Shen Nanzhi gritted his teeth and tried hard to suppress the grief and anger that was about to burst through his chest.

At this time, her waist sank, and Xiao Chuyun hugged her tighter.

Although he didn't say anything, Shen Nanzhi could clearly feel his relief and comfort.

She was about to shake her head slightly to indicate that she was fine and asked him not to worry, but at this moment, she saw Emperor Shunqing raised his eyebrows and looked at Princess Ning: "How should I put it? You know me best in this world, but..."

Having said this, his tone paused, and his cold eyes were like two poisonous snakes, silently entangled with Princess Ning.

"Why do I feel that something is wrong with you today?"

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