The prince is no longer a man

Ning Shiqing's words struck Pei Rong's body like a huge axe, making Pei Rong unable to move.

Pei Rong sat in a daze for a while, her lips moved silently, but she was unable to utter a single word.

Ning Shiqing sighed, "Shizi Rong, have you never thought of this question?"

"I..." Pei Rongna, still in great shock, couldn't tell what kind of mood he was in at the moment.

Since Xiao Anzi is not someone close to the prince, it can only explain one problem, the one who killed him was not Duan Jingxun.

But how could there be such a ridiculous joke?

When meeting Taoist Qingjing in Qingyun Temple, Taoist Qingjing did not refute any of Pei Rong's words, which made Pei Rong more convinced of the matter.

The more Pei Rong thought about it, the more confused he became: "How could this be..."

"Rong Shizi, have you ever thought about what would you do if it wasn't for the crown prince?"

Ning Shiqing's voice was gentle and firm, and Pei Rong couldn't help but put his attention on him. Hearing this, Pei Rong was even more flustered. He shook his head helplessly: "I... I don't know."

"Young Master Rong," Ning Shiqing said slowly with eyes that knew everything, "You have a clear mind, why haven't you discovered such an obvious loophole for so long? Have you ever thought about the reason?"

Ning Shiqing's eyes were calm and hidden. Pei Rong moved his eyes away, and said in an almost evasive tone: "I... I really didn't expect it."

"No, you didn't expect it," Ning Shiqing said softly, but with a firm tone, "If the person in your dream wasn't the prince, would you still be as distraught as you are today?"

This question was too sharp, it caught Pei Rong by surprise, Ning Shiqing seemed to see through all his thoughts, and what he knew, or what he himself was not clear about, was all clearly seen by Ning Shiqing.

Pei Rong bit her lip and asked in a trembling voice: "What exactly do you want to say?"

Ning Shiqing sighed helplessly: "Young Master Rong, I just hope you don't let your position be messed up just because it's the prince's business."

"You are really trying to hide it like this. Obviously everyone can't hide it, but you just hide it from the prince."

"Speaking of it, one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer."

Ning Shiqing's words hit Pei Rong's deepest thoughts, and seeing that Pei Rong was about to jump up to refute, Ning Shiqing hurriedly waved his hand and stopped him: "Stop, if you want to say that you have nothing to do with the crown prince, you don't have to talk to me anymore. You said it, and I don’t believe it.”

Pei Rong choked in his throat and couldn't swallow it, and couldn't spit it out, which made him very uncomfortable.

Ning Shiqing asked: "But the most important thing right now is that little eunuch, Rong Shizi, what are your plans?"

Ning Shiqing had said so much earlier, but this question was what she wanted to ask the most.

He understood that if he didn't clear up Pei Rong's fog, he might be stuck in it and unable to extricate himself.

Sure enough, after realizing that Xiao Anzi had nothing to do with Duan Jingxun, Pei Rong immediately figured out the most important thing.

"I want to find out who is really instigating Xiao Anzi."

"That's right," Ning Shiqing waved his folding fan again, and said with a smile, "Don't forget, that person made you and the crown prince suffer a lot."

Pei Rong looked away awkwardly, and nodded slightly.

Ning Shiqing came here today, it seems that he only wanted to clarify these things with Pei Rong, seeing that Pei Rong was no longer worried, he didn't stay any longer, turned and left the palace.

Pei Rong sat alone in the courtyard for a long time, he thought a lot, those things that were not clear in the past suddenly became clear at this moment.

The silver snow fox that Duan Jingxun gave to him by Sheng Yuan, the masked man with aloe wood fragrance when he was captured by bandits, and the safety talisman that Duan Jingxun carefully tried to scare himself.

Those ambiguous hugs, those irresistible kisses.

He even had a bold idea, Duan Jingxun asked himself, whether

"Little prince!"

Sixi broke in suddenly, interrupting Pei Rong's meditation: "Eunuch Chang, who is next to the prince, is here to deliver medicine to the young prince!"

When Pei Rong heard this, he didn't care about what he had just thought, and hurriedly said: "Please come in."

"The medicine is here," Sixi lifted the medicine bag in his hand, and said, "Eunuch Chang only ordered the younger one to bring the medicine to the son, and nothing else was said."

Pei Rong pondered for a while, and then told Si Xi loudly: "Si Xi, get ready, I want to enter the palace."

"Entering the palace?" Sixi asked, "Are you going to see the prince?"

"No, I'm looking for the fifth prince." Pei Rong said firmly, he had already decided in his heart, at least he had to figure out what the origin of Xiao Anzi was.

Standing at the gate of Chonghua Palace, Pei Rong stopped.

Knowing that the person who killed him is in this palace, Pei Rong's heart is still indescribably complicated. At the same time, he also understands that Xiao Anzi is only acting for others, and the real person behind the scenes is still hidden behind the mist.

Even though he is afraid, he must have the courage to face it.

Pei Rong is timid, but not cowardly. He knows very well that this is what he must do.

Not only for himself, but also for his mother who loves him, his father who is far away in the frontier, so many people, Pei Rong does not want these people who love him deeply to be hurt because of him.

The huge Chonghua Palace was gorgeous and majestic, and it was heavy and depressing. Pei Rong took a deep breath, stopped staying, and stepped into it step by step.

To Pei Rong's surprise, he didn't see Duan Yueli in Chonghua Palace, the palace people only said that the Fifth Prince had been out for a while, and told Pei Rong to wait a little longer.

Xiao Anzi was not among these palace people either, Pei Rong thought maybe he went out with Duan Yueli, so he nodded in agreement and waited for Duan Yueli to come back in the main hall.

Not long after, Duan Yueli came back, but Xiao Anzi was not by his side, Duan Yueli's appearance was a bit strange.

There was some pink on his pale cheeks, and some sweat on his forehead. He was still breathing hard, looking a little tired.

However, Duan Yueli's eyes were so bright that Pei Rong had never seen Duan Yueli's expression before, so he couldn't help asking: "Fifth Prince, what are you?"

For a few months, let the palace people retreat first, and after calming down for a while, they asked: "Why did you come here today? Aren't you recuperating in the palace?"

His voice was light and brisk, a rare joy, as if he had encountered something worthwhile.

Pei Rong pursed her lips and asked, "I came today because I want to ask you something."

"Tell me, of course I won't hide it from you."

Pei Rong settled down, and subconsciously clenched the hands in his cuffs. He tried his best not to act too strange, and asked calmly, "Why didn't you see that little eunuch last time today?"

Because of Pei Rong's words, Duan Yueli's eyes seemed to be a little brighter, and he almost asked urgently: "Don't you hate him?"

"I have something to say..."

Before Pei Rong finished speaking, Duan Yueli continued on his own: "So I prepared a gift for you. I just finished packing it. I was planning to invite you into the palace tomorrow. Since you came today , I’ll take you to have a look.”

"Gift?" Pei Rong was surprised, "I don't need a gift, I just want to ask about the little eunuch..."

Duan Yueli pretended to be mysterious with a "shh": "Don't worry, I'll take you to see him right away."

Seeing this, Pei Rong could only nod in response, and followed Duan Yueli out of Chonghua Palace.

Walking along the way, the road became colder and colder. Pei Rong saw it and found that Duan Yueli took her on the road leading to Ganquan Palace.

Pei Rong was even more puzzled, and couldn't help asking: "Is that little eunuch in Ganquan Palace?"

"Yes, you will be able to see him soon." Duan Yueli said, a strange light flickered in his eyes.

Pei Rong faintly felt that something was wrong, but it was related to Xiao'an Zi, and Pei Rong could not be allowed to back down. In this mood, Pei Rong hesitantly walked into the long-abandoned Oasis Palace.

Since moving out in a few months, the place has become even more desolate, the fallen leaves have piled up on the ground, and the air is filled with a pungent smell of decay.

Pei Rong suppressed the strangeness in his heart and looked around, except for the occasional wind blowing in Ganquan Palace, there was no other noise, it really didn't look like anyone was here.

Is Xiao Anzi really here?

Thinking of this, Pei Rong couldn't help asking.

Duan Yueli pointed to the closed door ahead, because he knew what Pei Rong was about to face, so his voice trembled with excitement.

"He's inside, you don't have to be afraid anymore."

This is a gift prepared by Duan Yueli for Pei Rong, and Duan Yueli can't wait to see Pei Rong's expression of surprise.

Pei Rong settled down, put his palm on the palace door, subconsciously held back his intentions, and pushed hard, with a sound of "squeak", the palace door slowly opened, revealing everything that was dark and oppressive inside.

It's like an abyss where you can't see the bottom, tempting Pei Rong to go deep.

"呵啦", Duan Yueli lit up the fire and lit the candles in the room, allowing Pei Rong to see everything in the room clearly.

Seeing this, the blood on Pei Rong's face instantly disappeared, his face was as white as paper, he didn't even have the strength to support himself to stand still, his legs softened, and he knelt straight on the ground.

"This...this is..."

Pei Rong couldn't even utter a complete sentence, his body was trembling, and he looked at the scene in front of him that terrified him.

Xiao Anzi was kneeling in front of him, his hands were tied behind his back, and his eyes were wide open.

Pei Rong never knew that a person could open his eyes to such an extent, as if the eyeballs were about to fall out.

Xiao Anzi seemed unable to see Pei Rong in front of him, he didn't blink, he didn't breathe, Pei Rong realized belatedly that Xiao Anzi was dead.

Two tears of blood that had dried up were printed on Xiao Anzi's face, and his expression was frozen at the moment of the most fear. Pei Rong couldn't even imagine what happened to Xiao Anzi before he died.

"Pei Rong, look, he will never make you afraid."

"This is the gift I gave you, do you like it?"

Duan Yueli knelt down beside Pei Rong, with a weird smile in his eyes, it was obviously still that pale face, but Pei Rong felt an unprecedented fear.

How could that frail and thin boy be so strange to him?

Duan Yueli was the only one left in Ganquan Palace, and Xiao Anzi who had already become stiff.

Duan Yueli looked at Xiao Anzi who was kneeling on the ground suspiciously and strangely. He encountered an incomprehensible problem and murmured to himself: "You can't even speak, why do you make him so scared?"

Pei Rong almost stumbled and ran out of Ganquan Palace, his heart almost jumped out of his chest, but Pei Rong didn't dare to stop for a moment, he shuttled aimlessly through one palace road after another.

It wasn't until he had no more strength that Pei Rong stopped, leaning against the wall and gasping for breath.

What happened just now made Pei Rong terrified, he didn't know where he was, looked around, and found that the palace in front of him was somewhat familiar, and after a closer look, he found the words "Linguang Palace" written on the dilapidated plaque.

This is the place where Duan Jingxun lived when he was young.

Pei Rong's mind was touched for a while, before he could figure out what he was going to do, he had already raised his foot involuntarily and walked in.

East Palace.

Eunuch Li walked in quickly, leaned over and whispered a few words in the Queen's ear, the Queen was furious when she heard this, "He's so courageous in Duan Yue!"

"The servant really can't imagine that the fifth prince, who usually looks harmless, is so cruel."

"Your Majesty, do you think that the Fifth Prince was dissatisfied with Xiao Anzi's surveillance, so he got rid of him?"

"If you want to get rid of Xiao Anzi, you should do it early in the morning, why should he wait until now?"

After the queen finished speaking, she didn't know what she thought of, but she laughed out of anger and chuckled lightly.

"Then what do you think of this matter?"

"Hmph!" The Empress snorted coldly, "There was a lot of trouble with Rong Shizi in the past few days. It was said that he was very afraid of Xiao Anzi. Bengong saw that this was borrowing flowers to present Buddha to please Rong Shizi."

"If you say that, Xiao Anzi's death is a worthy death, and the crown prince is also sending people to watch him. If the crown prince finds out about something, it will be difficult."

"But those who killed Ben Gong in Duan Yue didn't take Ben Gong seriously!"

"After all, it's because of Rong Shizi, ma'am, you are still soft-hearted." Eunuch Li lowered his voice, his eyes flashed sinister calculations.

"One or two, both made Pei Rong lose his mind. You are right, I am indeed too merciful."

The queen's eyes moved slightly, and she smiled silently.