I looked at her with a little surprise, thinking that the change of identity had been kept confidential quite well.

In addition to the change in dress, even if the Shen family stood in front of me, they might not be able to recognize me.

Sun Lingwei had stayed in the princess's mansion for such a long time before, but she had never associated Princess Fuhui with the name Shen Xingye. It seemed that she got some information from someone after entering the palace.

"What do you want to do? Kill me?" I asked back calmly.

In fact, when I had just returned from Youzhou and was trapped in the palace by Jiang Huan, I noticed that she seemed to be very hostile to me. I didn’t think too much about it at the time, and just thought that it would be better if we had nothing to do with each other in the future.

It seems that I thought too simply.

"I do want to avenge my second uncle! But if you die, His Majesty will never let the Sun family go..." Her expression suddenly became excited, and she thrust the dagger forward, feeling a stinging pain even through the cloth.

I stepped back subconsciously, but she grabbed my wrist and held me back, "Don't move! I know you know some Kung Fu, but if we really fight, I'm no match for you. But you owe me... you owe our Sun family a life!"

After saying that, she turned the dagger in her hand and stabbed it into her chest.

I saw her movements and wanted to stop her, but she suddenly rushed towards me, and I couldn't use much force. I didn't know whether to let go or not.

In just a short moment, she was so determined to be cruel to herself.

The dagger pierced her heart accurately, and I could only watch her fall to the ground, with her chest soon stained with a large area of ​​bright red. Before she died, she stared at me, tears streaming down her face, and she muttered something, but she no longer had the strength to speak.

I don't know what she said, but I could clearly feel her hatred.

"Kill... murder..." A trembling figure walked out from behind the screen.

Judging from her attire, she should be a maid in Ningxiang Palace. Sun Lingwei had asked everyone to leave, but she had arranged for someone to hide behind the screen. After everything was over, she came out, her voice gradually regained some strength from the timid and weak one, and she began to shout loudly.

"Princess Fuhui killed someone!" She kept repeating this sentence.

I stood there in silence, listening to the noisy noises, my eyes fixed on Sun Lingwei's face.

She was no longer breathing, but her tearful eyes were still staring at me.

I don’t know what mood I’m in right now. I should want to cry, but no tears come out. Too many emotions are surging and intertwined together, making my heart ache and numb.

The commotion in the hall finally alarmed the palace guards. The news spread quickly because Jiang Huan came in person, followed by the imperial guards.

"What's going on?" I was still a little dazed when he walked up to me.

Until he held my hands, checked the blood on my palms, and then ordered outside, "All the people in Ningxiang Palace are detained, and what happened today must not be leaked."

I don’t remember clearly what happened afterwards. It was like my brain was resisting something and deliberately ignored it.

Anyway, I was arranged to stay in the palace overnight, and the place I stayed was still the Jinhua Palace where I had lived before.

The two palace maids who went to Ningxiang Palace with me were also implicated and taken away. The people who came to serve me in Jinhua Palace were the ones sent by Jiang Huan.

After taking a shower and changing my clothes, I sat under the corridor in front of the hall. I seemed unable to feel the temperature outside, staring blankly at the scenery in the courtyard until a familiar figure appeared in my sight.

"What happened?" Tianhe's voice was like a soothing potion, briefly bringing me back to some clarity.

I raised my eyes to look at him, "Why are you here?"

"I have been waiting outside the palace gate. There was news from the palace that you stayed in the palace tonight because you drank a few too many glasses at the palace banquet and got a little drunk..."

This kind of external statement is probably intended to cover up the bloody incident in Ningxiang Palace.

Although I did not kill Bo Ren, he died because of me.

In addition, the scene outside the Xihua Palace emerged unconsciously in my mind, where the mute slave burned himself to death in front of me, which always made me feel that I had done something wrong from the beginning.

Tianhe sat down next to me, took off his outer robe and wrapped it around my shoulders, "It's very cold at night, why do you have to torture yourself like this?"

We heard footsteps at the gate of the courtyard. Tianhe and I looked up at the same time. The person coming was Jiang Huan, and there was a man holding a lantern next to him.

But now my vision is blurred by tears, and I can only judge who it is by the color of his clothes. I can't even see his face.

Tianhe stepped forward, bowed and apologized, after all, he had trespassed into the palace.

Jiang Huan motioned him to stand up and speak, "You are now a guard in the princess's mansion. It is understandable that you are worried about your master. I will not punish you. This will not happen again!"

When I wanted to stand up, I found my legs were a little numb. I staggered and almost fell down the stairs into someone's arms.

When I smelled the familiar scent of incense, I could see that it was Twelve's face.

But because of his face, I recalled more unpleasant memories, and my tears flowed even more violently.

"Where is the princess injured?"

I shook my head and burst into tears.

Finally, Jiang Huan accompanied me into the house.

That night, the three of them did not leave, as if they had tried every possible means to relieve my painful emotions.

But after the brief joy ended, a hole in my chest felt even emptier.

When it was almost dawn, Twelve accompanied Jiang Huan back to the palace to change clothes and prepare for the morning court. Before leaving, in front of others, Jiang Huan pulled my chin and kissed me on the lips, "It's just a small matter, don't take it too seriously. If you feel tired, don't leave the palace today, you can leave whenever you want."

After they left, I summoned Tianhe and sent him out of the palace to deliver the message.

"I want to stay in the palace for a few days and then go back home when things here get better." As I spoke, I placed my palm on my heart.

He pressed, "After delivering the message, what happens? Does the princess still need me?"

"Of course!" I pulled his hand and pressed it back to the previous position, as if only by borrowing someone else's body temperature could I restore some heat.

Before dawn, I held him down and enjoyed him alone for a while before letting him leave the palace satisfied.

When I was lying on the bed alone, I had to admit that something was wrong with my mind. My body was so exhausted that I couldn't stand it anymore, but I had lost the ability to sleep. As soon as I closed my eyes, my brain fell into an endless panic, and the feeling of anxiety became concrete.

I called the palace maid to prepare hot water for bathing, and I washed over and over again until my skin was rubbed red. The obvious stinging pain slightly relieved the psychological discomfort.

More than half an hour later, Tianhe came back, and Wujiu entered the palace with him.

As soon as Wujiu saw me, he frowned and said, "You are poisoned!"

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