Marry my elder sister? Fine! I'll give you the letter of annulment and marry someone else.

As the carriage entered the palace, Song Zhi was smoothly taken to the palace where Tuoba Yu lived.

This place is very close to the East Palace, and every brick and wood inside is extremely luxurious.

As soon as she entered, she saw Tuoba Yu surrounded by countless palace servants feeding fish.

She was still wearing the fiery red Tuoba costume, and her eyes were full of arrogance and pride.

Waving her hand to dismiss the servants beside her, she said to Song Zhi condescendingly, "How dare you say that I am inferior to you in every way? I don't know where you get your confidence from. Don't say that I didn't give you a chance. If you want to challenge me, then come on. Horseback riding or archery, it's up to you."

Seeing that the other party's tone was relaxed and without a trace of urgency, Song Zhi had an idea in his mind. He thought that she didn't know what happened in the East Palace.

"Riding a horse in the palace is a bit restrictive, so how about archery? Everyone knows that the East Palace has a special shooting range, and this place happens to be close, so let's go there for the competition."

"Okay, this princess will convince you."

Tuoba Yu turned around without hesitation and was about to leave. But before she had taken two steps, the palace servants waiting on both sides immediately surrounded her and said, "Princess, you can't do that."

"Why not? As his future princess, I can't even go to his shooting range."

Tuoba Yu looked displeased, pushed aside the palace servants and continued walking forward.

The palace servants hurriedly tried to stop her again, "Princess, calm down. The Eastern Palace... they're hosting a banquet for distinguished guests, so it's inconvenient for you to enter or leave. If you want to compete with Miss Song, you can go to the Royal Shooting Range. The range there is larger and more complete."

Tuoba Yu showed a scrutinizing look. She was not stupid, so she naturally saw that these people were on guard against her.

She asked why there were twice as many people serving her in the past two days, and it turned out that they were there to guard against her.

Song Zhi came today...

Tuoba Yu's eyes darkened as he looked at Song Zhi, only to see Song Zhi smile sweetly, "The Royal Shooting Range is too far from here, so let's not compete in archery, how about a chess match?"

Tuoba Yu moved his lips, about to retort, but caught a glimpse of the palace servants breathing a sigh of relief, and frowned, saying, "Go ahead, I'm afraid of you!"

The chessboard was quickly set up, with the black and white pieces each taking their place.

Song Zhi asked all the servants to close the door and wait outside, saying that he couldn't concentrate because there were too many people around.

Since they were not leaving the palace, the palace servants left without saying anything more.

Only Tuoba Yu and Song Zhi were left in the room. Tuoba Yu threw down his chess piece and stood up angrily, "What the hell are you doing?!"

Song Zhi made a gesture to keep quiet and waved at her.

Tuoba Yu leaned forward with his ear in confusion, and then heard a word "I'm sorry", and then he felt a pain on the back of his head and fainted.

After moving Tuoba Yu to the couch, Song Zhi said in a deep voice, "What have you found out?"

A secret guard appeared in the room like a ghost and whispered, "Your Highness has left a letter for the young lady."

After saying that, he presented an unopened letter.

Song Zhi quickly opened it and saw eight words written in powerful letters: Use yourself as bait, don't worry.

This letter should have been delivered to the Song Mansion long ago, but because the emperor sealed off the palace so quickly, in order not to arouse suspicion, the letter was not handed to her until she came in.

Use yourself as bait.

Song Zhi looked solemn. She knew that behind these four seemingly simple words lay huge risks.

"Keep investigating and see if you can get into the Eastern Palace."

The secret guard left quietly. In order to prevent people outside from noticing anything unusual, Song Zhi had to make some noise from time to time.

A cup of tea later, the secret guard reappeared in the room. "The Royal Guards in the southeast corner are His Highness's men. You can try to sneak in, but the security inside is too tight and too dangerous. I advise not to take any risks."

Song Zhi pondered for a moment, "What is his current situation?"

In fact, even if she didn't ask, she knew that Mu Nanqi's situation must not be any better. In this cage where the powerful are praised and the weak are bullied, the palace servants are used to changing their attitudes according to the situation.

But she still had a glimmer of hope and couldn't help asking.

The secret guard said: "The situation inside cannot be investigated, and we cannot know the situation of His Highness for the time being. But Miss, don't worry. His Highness has always been cautious in his work."

Song Zhi nodded heavily. At this point, she knew that she couldn't act rashly. Mu Nanqi was good at strategizing, so nothing would happen.

She lit the letter, and only after making sure that the letter had turned to ashes and nothing could be seen did she sit back at the chessboard and wait for Tuoba Yu to wake up.

After a long time, Tuoba Yu moved his fingers and Youyou woke up from the couch.

She first looked around in a daze, then rushed out, took down the long whip hanging on the wall and pointed it at Song Zhi, "You bitch, how dare you lay a hand on this princess?!"

Song Zhi looked very innocent. "Princess, what are you talking about? It was you who fell asleep before you could even make two moves. I moved you to the couch with good intentions so you could sleep more comfortably. Why are you turning around and blaming me?"

Tuoba Yu didn't believe it at all. "What do you mean by falling asleep? It was clearly you who knocked me out."

Song Zhi sighed, "If you think so, then I can't help it."

Tuoba Yuqi slammed the whip on the ground and said, "How dare you treat this princess so perfunctorily."

Song Zhi spread his hands, "If the princess insists on thinking this way, I have no way of arguing."

"Ahhh, I'm so mad, you're going too far!"

Tuoba Yu swung the whip, but Song Zhi caught it. Just as he was about to whip it back, he heard the voice of a palace maid outside the door.

"Princess, what happened? Do you need the servants to come in?"

Tuoba Yu was already furious, and without thinking, he yelled, "Who the hell are you? Get out of here!"

The palace servants were already accustomed to her hot temper. Seeing this, they all guessed that she must have lost the chess game, so they tactfully stepped away for fear of being implicated.

Tuoba Yu glared at him, "Song Zhi, what on earth are you playing at? I advise you to tell the truth, or don't blame me for reporting this to the Emperor."

Song Zhi didn't care, "Then go ahead and tell me."

Anyway, there is no evidence. Can you convict her just by opening and closing your mouth?

Tuoba Yu stamped his feet in anger, threw away the whip, and sat down beside the chessboard. After calming his breath for a while, he whispered, "Something happened to Nan Qi, right?"

Song Zhi didn't answer, so she continued to talk to herself, "Is it related to the Eastern Palace? What happened? A few days ago, the emperor was urging Mu Yuanzhi to come to me every day, but there has been no news in the past two days. Could Nan Qi's accident be related to the Eastern Palace?!"

I have to say, this girl is actually quite smart.

But Song Zhi didn't want her to do anything that would disrupt their plans, so she said nonsense, "Don't talk nonsense. I did come to the palace today to investigate something, but it wasn't because of Mu Nanqi, and it has nothing to do with the East Palace."

Tuoba Yu controlled his temper and said, "Don't try to lie to me. If you tell me the truth, I won't hold you accountable for knocking me unconscious."

Song Zhi said speechlessly: "Tuoba Yu, my world is not just about men, and I hope you are not alone."

Then he pointed at the chessboard and asked, "Are you still playing?"