The Emperor's uncle loves me! My paranoid wife, don't run away

At this critical moment, the chaotic and deafening sound of footsteps resounded throughout the palace.

The sound, neither loud nor soft, naturally attracted the attention of the three people. They all stopped what they were doing for fear of making any noise.

"Official lady Ji——"

A shrill and old voice came from outside the palace wall, and it was particularly clear in the dead silent night.

"Death——"

Shen Runing's pupils suddenly shrank.

The entire Ruifu Palace seemed to be stunned into silence by these two words at that moment.

Official girl Ji?

Shen Runing's eyes were fixed on the towering palace wall, as if he wanted to penetrate the cold giant and see everything outside the wall clearly.

“Jisuk?”

Shen Runing talked to himself.

Ling Xun was also obviously stunned. From his expression, it was not difficult to tell that he knew who Ji was.

It's really strange that the prince of Beiming Kingdom is like a blooming "socialite" in the palace of Tianyan Kingdom.

Everyone knows him.

However, in just a moment, a faint gust of wind suddenly hit Shen Runing's shoulder——

Shen Runing tightly grasped the silver needle, turned around with a sharp gaze, raised his left hand, and four silver needles penetrated into Ling Xun's forearm at the same time.

Ling Xun almost instinctively dodged by leaning aside, but Shen Runing was faster, and four extremely thin silver needles pierced into his arm mercilessly.

For a moment, his pupils shrank slightly, but soon returned to his usual nonchalant look.

But Shen Runing did not relax at all. She knew that her silver needle contained poison. If it were an ordinary person, he would have turned pale, trembled all over, or even fallen down on the spot.

But Ling Xun...just frowned slightly, and there was even a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth.

——He was not poisoned?

Before she had time to think, she felt her shoulders tighten—Ling Xun's hands had already grabbed her shoulders!

The force was so great that it almost crushed her bones.

A burning pain spread along her shoulder, and Shen Runing's heart suddenly turned cold. How could this man still counterattack her so quickly after she had attacked him with all her strength?

Chunzhi moved faster than her and pounced on Ling Xun without hesitation, the dagger in his sleeve flashing coldly, pointing straight at his throat.

Ling Xun was not in a hurry. He slightly turned his body to avoid the sharp blade, then suddenly let go of Shen Runing, leaped a few steps away as light as a swallow, and leaned against a red lacquered carved pillar.

The night wind blew across his clothes, and his wide sleeves lifted slightly. Under the moonlight, he lowered his head to look at his arm that was pierced by the silver needle. His eyes darkened for a moment, and then he did something puzzling -

He raised his hand and suddenly put it between his mouth and nose, slowly, and actually...sniffed his own palm!

Shen Runing was stunned.

Chunzhi also widened his eyes, not knowing how to react for a moment.

Ling Xun's posture was as relaxed as if he was tasting some delicacy, his eyebrows were slightly raised, and there was a hint of playfulness at the corners of his mouth. After sniffing for a while, he chuckled, with a gleam in his eyes.

"Tsk."

He slowly put down his hand, looked at Shen Runing with a smile, and said in a low and hoarse voice with a hint of teasing: "So this is what Miss Shen tastes like."

Shen Runing's face darkened.

"what are you doing?"

“Try to remember your taste.”

Ling Xun answered as a matter of course, his eyes half-closed, his tone so casual as if he was just evaluating a jar of aged wine.

"After all, the aura on you is more special than those orchids grown in the palace."

This madman...

Ling Xun shook his head slightly, as if he was adjusting to the slight discomfort after the silver needle pierced him. Then, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and his eyes became deeper.

He raised his eyes and stared at her with a smile, then he stepped on the ground and soared into the air like a startled wild goose, and in an instant he jumped onto the roof of Ruifu Palace.

"Shen Runing--" His voice was stretched out by the night wind, with a hint of laziness.

"Tell me, what should I do next?"

Before he finished speaking, he burst into laughter, his clear laughter, and then disappeared into the night.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Shen Runing's pupils shrank slightly, and a breeze blew on her face. Her shoulders still retained the force from Ling Xun's grip, and it was burning with pain.

Seeing this, Chunzhi stamped his feet in anger and cursed: "What a bastard prince! He is just a rat with a dirty tongue sticking out of a stinky ditch!"

Shen Runing's heartbeat paused slightly. When Ling Xun flashed away, she was still a little panicked. After all, he heard it...

But on second thought, the reason why Ling Xun can enter and leave the palace freely is still a mystery, and his relationship with the royal family must not be simple.

He won't make it public, and he doesn't dare to make it public.

I took a deep breath and suppressed the strangeness in my heart.

He can enter and leave the palace freely, and even act as if he is alone in the palace...so his relationship with the royal family is definitely not ordinary.

"but……"

"How did he withstand my four silver needles?"

Shen Runing muttered to himself, frowning, looking deeply in the direction where Ling Xun disappeared.

……

It was late at night and because Ji Shu had passed away, Shen Runing stayed in Ruifu Palace.

I had a nightmare all night.

The next morning, he took a look at Concubine Jing and hurried back to the Shen Mansion.

After returning to the Shen Mansion, Shen Runing just said hello to his parents and hurried back to the study.

She was upset and didn't understand why Ling Xun didn't die on the spot?

Her silver needles never missed their target, and the poison on the needles was mixed by her personally. Even if it didn't kill instantly, it should have caused a violent reaction.

Shen Runing sat in front of the desk with a serious look. He couldn't just sit there and wait for death, so he had to look through ancient books to see if he could find any relevant records.

A yellowed ancient book, his fingertips turned the pages, his eyes quickly scanned the lines of text, but after reading a few pages, suddenly -

"boom--"

A figure suddenly jumped down from the beam, making a slight sound of wind when it landed.

Needless to say, this way of appearance can only be a light one.

She was covered in dust and her clothes were in disarray. The most noticeable thing was that her collar was stained with blood, and there was even dark red liquid that had not yet dried up dripping from her cuffs.

What's worse, there was a strong smell of blood and a faint stench of decay on her body, as if she had crawled out from a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood.

Shen Runing's heart tightened, and he asked anxiously: "Liu Qing, are you injured?"

Liu Qing quickly took a few steps back, as if he didn't want the blood on his body to get on Shen Runing. He shook his head with a serious expression.

"Don't worry, Miss. I'm not hurt."

"The blood on me is not mine."

Shen Runing felt even more uneasy when she heard this. Qiu Zhi and Chun Zhi quickly brought some clean water. Qiu Zhi frowned and soaked his handkerchief, then reached out to wipe Liu Qing's face. Chun Zhi couldn't help but complain, "Look at you. The lady asked you to go find Brother Sun, but why are you in such a mess?"

Although she said it with a reproachful tone, her voice was full of concern.

However, when Liu Qing heard the words "Brother Sun", his face suddenly darkened.

Shen Runing's heart skipped a beat, and he keenly sensed that something was wrong. An ominous premonition emerged in his mind, and he asked in a deep voice -

"Brother Sun...something happened?"

Liu Qing was silent for a moment, then nodded slowly in a low voice.

"Not just Brother Sun."

"The whole village...is dead."

The air in the study seemed to freeze in an instant.