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

I don’t know what this person is planning.

Shen Nanzhi guessed that it was very likely that he also knew that there was a secret room, so he jumped down deliberately and pretended to risk his life to save her, hoping to impress her and use her to achieve some purpose. After all, Xiao Qian'an had done such a thing in his previous life.

When Shen Nanzhi heard Xiao Qian'an call "Zhizhi", she got goose bumps all over her body.

She didn't even want to respond to him.

I don’t know how serious the collapse outside is, and I don’t know when Xiao Qian’an’s people will be able to clear out the rubble. Shen Nanzhi doesn’t want to sit and wait for death, so he wants to find out if there is any other way out of this secret room.

But it's too dark here.

The fear of the darkness made her tremble uncontrollably.

No matter how much she tried to calm herself down, her mind was constantly forced to recall the dark days when she was trapped in the coffin.

She seemed to have become that lonely soul unable to escape again.

In the dark and heavy coffin, the only companion was her own gradually rotting body.

She tried to break free from the coffin countless times, but the rune restrictions set by the monks outside the coffin were like hot needles. Even though she had become a lonely soul, she could still clearly feel the pain of being destroyed.

She was forced to curl up in a corner of the coffin, feeling the passage of time little by little in the darkness, feeling the loneliness and despair.

It is precisely because of this that Shen Nanzhi, after his rebirth, becomes more afraid of and resists darkness.

Even in her own room, she dared not turn off the lights at night.

She had to see light at all times to be sure that she was still alive and well, instead of curled up in a cold coffin and dreaming a pipe dream.

However, the darkness she had accidentally fallen into now made her instinctive fear prevail.

Even though her mind told herself again and again... it’s okay, it doesn’t matter, Shen Nanzhi, you have been reborn as a human being, no longer that imprisoned soul.

However, her body still couldn't stop shaking.

"Zhizhi?"

Xiao Qi'an's voice suddenly appeared beside him, and at the same time, his hand grabbed Shen Nanzhi's arm and asked nervously, "Are you okay?"

At that moment, the fear of the darkness and the hatred and disgust towards Xiao Qian'an reached their peak.

Shen Nanzhi used his elbow to directly shake off Xiao Qi'an's hand that was originally about to support him, and said in a deep voice: "Seventh Prince, please respect yourself."

Hearing this, Xiao Qi'an was not annoyed, but seemed relieved: "I'm glad you're okay. I'm sorry, I was just in a hurry just now."

In the darkness, Shen Nanzhi couldn't see his expression clearly, but she thought that he should still look righteous.

She said nothing, but raised her hand to feel around to see if she could find a way out.

But at this time, Xiao Qian'an reminded: "Miss Shen, don't act rashly. There is a secret channel behind this secret room, which may be connected to other hot spring pools with running water. If we open it rashly, it will cause the hot spring water to flow back. If we can't find a way out in a short time, we may die here. The bottom of this pool should not be sunken deep. Believe me, my people will clear the passage soon. We just need to wait patiently."

What he said made sense. Even if it was just an act, he was here now and would not joke about his own life.

But there must be something hidden.

For example, why did the bottom of the pool collapse, and what were those craftsmen digging?

Shen Nanzhi felt that he was very close to the truth, but he also knew that he couldn't act too hastily.

What's more, there are only her and Xiao Qian'an here.

Xiao Qian'an is an extraordinary fighter. Although the poison of the Hua Gong San in Shen Nanzhi's body has been suppressed, it still has a great impact and she cannot reach her full strength. Moreover, she is good at using a sword. If they fight in close combat, the strong Xiao Qian'an will obviously have the upper hand.

No matter from which angle you consider it, she doesn't have much chance of winning against Xiao Qian'an here and now.

Otherwise, this would be a good place and a good opportunity to send Xiao Qian'an off.

Since we can't kill him, we can only go with the flow.

Shen Nanzhi withdrew his hand.

In order to suppress the fear in his heart and not let Xiao Qian'an notice anything, Shen Nanzhi hugged his knees with both hands and sat on the ground with his back against the stone wall.

There were footsteps beside her. Although she couldn't see it, Shen Nanzhi could feel Xiao Qi'an sitting down next to her.

She said nothing and had no intention of talking to this person any more.

But it was Xiao Qian who took the initiative to ask: "Miss Shen seems to be afraid of the dark?"

Hearing this, Shen Nanzhi immediately became alert. She raised her eyebrows and said, "I'm not a saint. It's normal for me to be worried and afraid when I'm in this situation, right?"

Unexpectedly, Xiao Qian suddenly chuckled and said, "If Miss Shen was really a timid girl, she wouldn't have chased the thieves all the way from Wanbao Tower alone for Miss Wen San."

Shen Nanzhi said casually: "The situation is urgent, saving people is the most important thing, so I can't care about it."

Xiao Qian said, "Really? I don't think so. How can a person who can temporarily forget his own life and death in order to save others be afraid of the dark, unless..."

Unless, there is a fear in the darkness that is engraved deep into her soul.

Xiao Qian'an did not say the second half of the sentence explicitly, but the meaning was already very clear.

He smiled and said, "Miss Shen seems to have some bad memories of this darkness, so why is she so afraid?"

Hearing this, Shen Nanzhi's heart was also shocked.

Was Xiao Qian'an just asking this casually by chance, or was he deliberately testing him?

If it was just the former, it was just a coincidence and there was no need to worry, but if it was the latter...

As soon as this thought came to her mind, Shen Nanzhi thought of the strong feeling Xiao Qian'an gave her in the courtyard of Wuyi Lane that day.

Was he also reborn with memories like her?

Because he knew the ending of her previous life and the reason why she was afraid of the darkness, so he asked her this question?

Just thinking of this, Shen Nanzhi felt cold all over.

If this is true, then Xiao Qian'an is almost invincible!

As the winner who finally became emperor in the previous life, he knew almost everything about the previous dynasty, the harem, and the movements of various families.

In contrast, in his previous life, Shen Nanzhi was plotted against by Jiang Yanran not long after he arrived in Beijing, and was imprisoned by them. He couldn't even understand the overall situation in the court, and died tragically in the imperial mausoleum.

It would be no easy task for her to fight against Xiao Qian'an, who almost controlled the overall situation.

However, in his previous life, he had clearly ascended the throne and held great power. How could he be reborn with her who had died early?

Moreover, if he were reborn, the first person he would protect would be Jiang Yanran.

Considering how Xiao Qian'an indulged and protected Jiang Yanran in his previous life, he would definitely not ignore Jiang Yanran in this life.

Even if he doesn't ask openly, he will send someone to protect you privately.

However, the secret guards that Shen Nanzhi placed in the Jiang family did not find out any information about Xiao Qian'an's people intervening.

This doesn't make sense.

Although he was confused, Shen Nanzhi could only deal with it for the time being.

No matter how well she concealed it, her body's instinctive fear could not be deceived.

So, instead of making Xiao Qian suspicious, Shen Nanzhi simply said, "Yes, I'm afraid of the dark. I've been having nightmares recently, dreaming about dirty things."

Hearing this, Xiao Qi'an suddenly realized: "So that's how it is."

I don’t know whether he believed it or had other plans, but at least he didn’t ask any further questions, which made Shen Nanzhi feel a little relieved.

However, he suddenly chuckled and said, "There is one more thing that I find a little strange. I heard before that Miss Shen was scratched by your grandmother's lion cat when she was a child, so she doesn't like to interact with cats."

The implication is that her visit to find the cat today was just a cover, and he suspected that she had other purposes.

Hearing this, Shen Nanzhi smiled and said meaningfully: "Seventh Prince knows a lot about me, but it doesn't matter. People always change. The same is true in reverse. The one you liked before may not be valued by you now."

Her response was a long silence.

Shen Nanzhi really wanted to see Xiao Qian'an's expression at this moment, to see if he could tell anything from his look.

It’s a pity that the secret room is dark, without any light at all.

Outside, one could already hear the faint sound of bluestone fragments being moved.

I believe that a passage will be cleared soon.

Shen Nanzhi also felt a lot more relaxed.

At this moment, Xiao Qian'an suddenly said in a muffled voice: "Miss Shen is trapped here with me, aren't you afraid that it will damage your reputation if it gets out, or that my third brother will suspect you?"

This is not a polite statement at all.

Shen Nanzhi frowned and said, "Everyone here is the Seventh Prince's people. If the Seventh Prince doesn't want to, I believe that the news here will not be able to spread at all."

At this point, Shen Nanzhi couldn't help but ask back: "Besides, if it gets out, it won't just damage my reputation. It's just a false reputation. I don't care. Can the Seventh Prince not care at all?"

In his previous life, whether he was a prince, a crown prince, or even the emperor, Xiao Qian'an was extremely fond of and concerned about his reputation and reputation. No matter how cruel and brutal the things he wanted to do were, he would always find a plausible reason.

But what Shen Nanzhi didn't expect was that Xiao Qi'an in front of him was not threatened at all, but smiled brightly: "If I can be tied to Miss Shen from now on, I will be happy with it."

Shen Nanzhi: “…”

This person is so shameless!

Do you think this can threaten her?

Shen Nanzhi simply turned her head away. Even if she couldn't see him, she didn't want to go in the direction where he was.

She sneered and said, "That may disappoint His Majesty the Seventh Prince. No matter what, I will only be the prince's wife in this life."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Qian'an's breath stopped.

He slowed down his pace, then said in a deep voice, threateningly, "If anything were to leak out between you and me, do you think my third brother would not care at all?"

Thinking of Xiao Chuyun, Shen Nanzhi did not hesitate at all and said confidently: "Your Highness the Seventh Prince does not need to worry about this. The prince will trust me."

These words made Xiao Qian'an laugh out of anger.

After laughing, he said coldly: "You think you know him well? Do you know what kind of person he is? He is a complete lunatic!"

Thinking about his past life, Xiao Qian'an was almost overwhelmed by hatred, and the words he spoke were filled with hatred.

Even though she couldn't see his expression, Shen Nanzhi could feel it.

Just at this moment, the largest piece of bluestone slab was pried open, revealing a hole.

Infinite light suddenly poured in.

Although he had been in the darkness for too long and that moment was a little dazzling, Shen Nanzhi finally felt like he was alive again.

"Your Highness?"

Liuyun's anxious voice came from the cave entrance.

Xiao Qian'an responded, and the people on top immediately enlarged the hole and quickly lowered the rope.

After the falling rocks, Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Qian'an were already covered in dust and dirt, and even their bodies were covered in mud.

But in front of Xiao Qian'an, Shen Nanzhi didn't mind at all.

She wiped the mud off her face and walked to the bottom of the cave.

Looking at the rope that was lowered, Shen Nanzhi said in a cold and distant tone: "Seventh Prince, please go first."

Hearing this, Xiao Qian'an's eyes, which were originally as bright as the cold moon, showed a hint of expectation. He looked at Shen Nanzhi: "You let me go first? Aren't you afraid that I will go up and take the rope? And trap you alone down there?"

When he said this, a glimmer of hope had already ignited in Xiao Qian'an's heart. He hoped that although Shen Nanzhi seemed cold to him on the surface, she actually still trusted him.

However, the next moment, even though Shen Nanzhi was covered in mud, she still couldn't hide the smile on her charming face.

I only heard her laugh and say, "If Your Highness wanted to harm me, he wouldn't have jumped down to accompany me."

As soon as he finished speaking, the flame of hope in Xiao Qian'an's heart suddenly bloomed like millions of fireworks, brilliant and dazzling, so beautiful that he was a little flattered.

He was thinking that his love for Shen Nanzhi had finally been felt by his risking his life.

But before his smile fully bloomed, Shen Nanzhi said, "Your Highness is willing to take such a big risk, so I must be valuable to Your Highness. So Your Highness will not harm me. At least, Your Highness will not take my life right now."

Hearing this, Xiao Qian'an's face froze.

The fireworks just now instantly turned into thousands of arrows, piercing straight into his heart.

He didn't expect that Shen Nanzhi's vigilance, disgust and even rejection of him would be so thorough.

His originally casual actions became a carefully calculated plan in Shen Nanzhi's eyes.

Once upon a time, she believed everything he said.

The person standing in front of me was clearly the same person, but he was no longer the Shen Nanzhi whose heart and eyes were filled with him.

She was calm, intelligent, and clear about gratitude and resentment, but she was no longer Shen Nanzhi who belonged to him.

Xiao Qi'an felt as if his heart was being cut by a knife.

For a moment, he couldn't be sure whether his previous guess was wrong, and whether Shen Nanzhi in this life had such an attitude because she was involved with Xiao Chuyun, which led to a different position from him, or because she also had the memories of her previous life like himself and hated him to the core, so she wanted to completely cut off all possible ties between them.

Xiao Qian'an was rarely absent-minded.

Shen Nanzhi waited for a few seconds, and seeing that he had not moved, she thought he was up to something bad again, so she reminded him, "Your Highness, my guards are not far from the outer courtyard of the Yao family. If they see that I haven't returned yet, they will come to find me soon."

Xiao Qian'an could definitely hear the warning in her words.

The corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a bitter smile: "I don't know why Miss Shen misunderstood me before, but time will tell, I believe Miss Shen will understand my feelings."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and invited Shen Nanzhi to go up first.

These words were said to Shen Nanzhi, and also to Xiao Qian'an himself.

No matter which possibility it is, he will not let it go.

In this life, Shen Nanzhi can only be his.