"We must closely monitor the Gu family's every move in the near future, and make sure that no one knows about it." She secretly made up her mind to expose Gu Qinhuan's conspiracy and at the same time resolve the potential hidden danger of the Zheng family.

After returning to the Fourth Prince's residence, Gu Qinlian went straight to the study to express her gratitude to the Fourth Prince. The Fourth Prince had been very lucky recently and was quite fond of Gu Qinlian. "Miss Gu, there is no need to be polite to me. I will still need your wisdom and assistance in the future."

Gu Qinlian smiled gently and modestly: "Your Highness, you are too kind. It is my honor to serve you."

Suddenly, her brows knitted tightly together, and her face showed difficulty. The Fourth Prince keenly noticed something was wrong and immediately asked, "Miss Gu seems to be troubled by something?"

Gu Qinlian confessed: "I dare not hide it from Your Highness. When I returned home today, I ran into my husband. He wanted to seek refuge with Your Highness and hoped that I could introduce him to you."

The fourth prince was slightly surprised. "Ji Yinli? As far as I know, his education is average and his ability is mediocre. But since Miss Gu praises him so much, I might as well make an exception and arrange a leisurely position for him."

However, Gu Qinlian unexpectedly said: "Your Highness has misunderstood. I am not asking for a gift for him, but I want to ask Your Highness to grant him some suffering."

The fourth prince was slightly stunned: "I heard that you took the initiative to ask for your marriage, but now you make such a request, there must be something fishy about it."

Gu Qinlian sighed and said, "To be honest, Your Highness, the relationship between him and I has long been broken. He just wants to use me to get close to you."

The fourth prince suggested: "In this case, I can make the decision for you and let you two divorce peacefully. What do you think?"

Gu Qinlian shook her head gently: "No, I have something on him. If we divorce, I'm afraid he will do something desperate."

The fourth prince became curious: "What is the handle?"

Gu Qinlian knelt resolutely: "In the past, his mother was unkind to me. My personal maid, out of sympathy, put some harmful things into his mother's room. I just wanted to torture her body, but an accident happened and his mother died. This was discovered by his concubine, and she tried to use it to blackmail me. My maid lost her hand in the fight with her, causing her death. Although they were not killed by me, I am also to blame. Ji Yinli has been blackmailing me with this matter and forcing me to do what he wants."

She skillfully combined fact and fiction in order to convince the Fourth Prince that it was true and avoid cornering Ji Yinli so that he would not reveal the secret of her rebirth. Her rebirth was her biggest secret.

The Fourth Prince half believed what she said, but he didn't care much. In his eyes, Gu Qinlian was just a useful chess piece. He pretended to be sympathetic and said angrily: "Ji Yinli dared to be so despicable. Your maid has indeed committed a heinous crime. If this matter is spread, you will be criticized by the world and may even be punished by law."

Gu Qinlian knelt down and cried: "I know the seriousness of this matter, so I dare not deceive Your Highness. I beg Your Highness to show mercy and help me."

"Excuse me, sir, where are we going?"

The steward didn't even turn his head and responded directly: "Of course I will go to the place where you perform your duties. This is the position assigned by His Highness himself. Do you have any objections to this?"

Ji Yinli quickly clarified: "No, I was just a little surprised. I originally thought that I would be sent to the Fourth Prince's residence."

Being exiled to that remote place, was this really his new position, or was it not an attempt to silence him?

The steward smiled playfully, "Mr. Ji may not know that His Highness has many positions under his command. Even if you are not working in the palace, positions in other places are equally important. Moreover, the position you are taking on was personally named by His Highness, so its importance is self-evident."

The doubts in Ji Yinli's heart disappeared instantly.

The carriage swayed for about an hour, and when it was completely dark, they finally arrived at their destination.

Ji Yinli didn't even have time to take a closer look at the surrounding scenery before he was led into a room. Soon, someone came in with plates of exquisite dishes.

"Mr. Ji, you have been exhausted from the journey. Please have some dinner first. We can discuss other matters tomorrow."

Ji Yinli had not seen such courtesy for a long time, so he started eating without hesitation.

The dishes were so delicious that he could hardly resist finishing them all just to maintain his demeanor.

After the meal, someone came in to bathe him.

Every detail was taken care of meticulously, and Ji Yinli completely relaxed his guard.

Late at night, Ji Yinli fell asleep, but suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, making him scream in pain.

At the moment he shouted, the door was gently pushed open and an old man in strange clothes walked in slowly. He stood beside the bed and watched him struggle in pain coldly.

Ji Yinli's last memory was the old man's deep and mysterious eyes.

When I woke up the next day, it was already noon.

If it weren't for the lingering pain in his body, Ji Yinli would almost doubt whether he had just had a nightmare last night.

He struggled to get up, but someone came in in time to stop him: "Master Ji, the toxins in your body have not been completely eliminated, so don't move around casually."

Ji Yinli asked in horror: "I was poisoned? Who poisoned me?"

The visitor smiled and explained: "You were indeed poisoned, but it was not someone who deliberately harmed you. You were just trying the poison."

Ji Yinli turned pale and exclaimed: "Trying to poison?"

The visitor still maintained a peaceful smile: "As a new drug tester, poison testing will be your responsibility. Don't you know anything about this?"

Ji Yinli's body instantly went limp and he lay back on the bed powerlessly.

Gu Qinlian's methods were extremely vicious. She sent Ji Yinli to that hellish place. Even if Ji Yinli had nine lives, he would probably not be able to escape from that cruel torture.

When Jin Tianming reported the intelligence he had obtained to Gu Qinlan truthfully, he couldn't help but shudder all over, as if he was in an ice cave.

Being a test subject is even more cruel than being tortured by slicing. Although slicing is painful, at least there is a clear end, but being a test subject does not even know the deadline for death. This kind of torture is truly worse than death.

Gu Qinlan was not overly surprised by this. After all, Gu Qinlian's nature was extremely selfish and narrow-minded. If she couldn't live a good life herself, she would never allow those around her to live in peace.

What's more, Ji Yinli's performance in this life was simply a mess, causing Gu Qinlian a lot of suffering. Now that Gu Qinlian is slightly in power, how could she let Ji Yinli go easily?

"What has the Song family been doing recently?"

Jin Tianming replied, "She has been secretly handling the Gu family's assets these past two days, and she has been doing all this while avoiding Mr. Gu. In addition, she has also been secretly passing messages to Jin Du, and it seems that she intends to escape."

Gu Qinlan smiled lightly, with a hint of coldness in her eyes: "Keep a close watch on her. She will definitely show her true colors before she leaves the capital. Once she plans to leave the capital, immediately report this news to the Fourth Prince's Mansion."

Want to escape? Well, she'll have to see if she can get my permission.

Jin Tianming immediately accepted the order with a firm attitude.

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