Transmigrated into a vicious female supporting role, reborn as a hostage to the paranoid male protag

The Princess's Palace was not peaceful last night.

When a maid from the Princess's Palace brought medicine into the room for Su Yingxue who was lying on the bed, she saw only two maids guarding the bed.

After one of the maids tested the poison with a silver needle, she picked up the bowl of medicine and carefully sat on the edge of the bed, preparing to feed the medicine.

During this moment of turning around, the maid who brought the medicine suddenly stood up and pulled out the gold hairpin on her hair. Inside was half a gold hairpin and half a small and exquisite sharp dagger.

It happened so quickly. The dagger was only an inch away from piercing Su Yingxue's neck. The maid at the edge of the bed instantly made a move, grabbed the assassin's wrist holding the golden hairpin dagger, and struck her hard in the abdomen.

In an instant, the assassin was knocked away and fell heavily to the ground, and even the golden hairpin dagger fell to the ground.

The noise alarmed the guards, who rushed forward and grabbed the maid.

Seeing that she could not escape and failed to complete the assassination mission, the maidservant gritted her teeth and took poison and died.

"How could this be? Someone wants to harm Your Highness?" Chunfeng, who had disguised herself as Su Yingxue on the bed, opened her eyes and saw Xia He beside her. It was as if she had met Xia He for the first time. It turned out that Xia He was such a martial arts master.

Xia He changed her usual innocent look and said with a smile, "Chun Feng, it's my duty."

She is different from Chunfeng. She and Dongxue are secret guards who have been trained in martial arts since childhood. On the surface, they are just ordinary maids, but she and Dongxue are Su Yingxue's last line of defense.

This is why, among the people on night duty in the Princess's Palace every night, the one who is not her is Dongxue.

They look weak, ignorant of the world and have impetuous tempers, but they are just hiding their identities as secret guards, confusing the enemy and becoming Su Yingxue's true talismans.

"I'm afraid the assassin from last time wants to do something bad to Your Highness again." Xia He said calmly, "Now the assassin has been silenced, and Your Highness is no longer in charge of the palace."

Xia He calmly organized everything and arranged for the secret guards to go find Dong Xue.

When Dongxue was called over, Chunfeng said, "The assassin is ready to strike now. He failed this time, but there's no guarantee there won't be a next time."

Dongxue thought for a moment after hearing this, and then said frankly, "If that's the case, could it be that Sister Qiu Shuang's sudden illness a few days ago was also the work of an assassin?"

"If Xia He hadn't been guarding her bedside today, I'm afraid Sister Chunfeng wouldn't have escaped the assassination."

"Since that's the case, how about this?" Xia He pondered for a moment. "If we rashly inform His Majesty now, we have no evidence and His Highness is not here."

"Why don't you go to the Internal Affairs Bureau first and find Manager Cao to explain the whole story. Ask him to come to the Princess' Palace as soon as possible and bring the assassin's body down for a secret investigation."

"We will keep the news secret and secretly find a trusted imperial physician to examine Sister Qiu Shuang to see if she has indeed been infected."

"Furthermore, from today onwards, I will report to the Imperial Kitchen on the grounds that Your Highness is unwell. From today onwards, all meals and purchases for the Princess' Palace will be handled by the small kitchen."

"Find a trustworthy secret guard who understands pharmacology and has him check all food ingredients daily, including all dishes, drinks, water, tea, and everything else you take in. They must be carefully inspected."

"Including clothing, incense, and even everything that may have come into contact with it, all must be thoroughly checked."

"We must strengthen the secret guard patrols at night," Xia He ordered. "Now that His Highness is away, the enemy is in the dark and we are in the light. We must guard the Princess's Palace like an iron barrel!"

Dongxue nodded in agreement after hearing this.

"Also, write a letter home in coded code about today's events and have it delivered by a trusted secret guard to let His Highness know as soon as possible."

"Yes." Everyone did as they were told.

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"Your Highness, according to the news sent today, Shuibo Pavilion has launched a large-scale search for an assassin with knife marks this morning. All competitions have been suspended under the pretext of searching for the assassin."

"All personnel are temporarily prohibited from leaving Shuibo Pavilion."

"I heard they arrested some servants and contestants with knife marks on their bodies and are interrogating them."

Chu Xingchen's eyes turned cold. As expected, the Qin family still suspected that there was a traitor in Shuibo Pavilion.

"There is another thing. Last night, the secret guards in the Princess's Palace sent a secret report that someone tried to assassinate the Princess." The secret guard continued to report.

"Assassinate Her Royal Highness the Princess?" Chu Xingchen frowned slightly upon hearing this. They had only just touched the Qin family, a relatively small clan, and the person behind the scenes couldn't help but attack Su Yingxue?

"Yes, fortunately, a first-class palace maid who was on night watch was a hidden secret guard and stopped the assassin from attacking."

"I heard that a few days ago, the maid who played the role of the Princess suddenly fell ill. This morning, it was diagnosed that she had been poisoned."

"In this case, the Princess's Palace seems to be no longer safe." The secret guard said softly. If the Princess was really in the inner palace, she would have been caught long ago.

"Send the people I buried in the palace to thoroughly investigate the assassination." Chu Xingchen frowned, his eyes cold.

"Also, I have ordered the people I am hiding in the Princess's palace to quickly and quietly check on the rest of the people. If anyone in the palace intends to murder Her Highness, they will be eliminated immediately."

Chu Xingchen ordered coldly, knowing that this was just the beginning. The four great families had grown accustomed to a life of stability, prosperity, and power, and naturally coveted a comfortable life and the bright future they now had.

Perhaps Su Yingxue herself did not know what a thorny road she would be walking on.

He lowered his eyes slightly and asked softly, "Where's Su Yingxue? Any news about her?"

"Is she okay? Did Zhaoying keep her safe?"

Chu Xingchen asked in a low voice.

Today, the Princess's Palace has become a den of wolves and tigers.

He felt that it might not be a good idea for her to go back rashly before the danger was eliminated.

The Shuibo Pavilion was also fraught with danger. She had been favored by her brother and respected by the palace people since she was a child. As a spoiled and arrogant little princess, she had probably never seen such a dangerous situation.

Chu Xingchen was a little worried. Could she withstand the test after she got up from the ground?

Chu Xingchen lowered his eyes slightly and finally closed them, hiding all the emotions in his eyes.

"Your Highness, the eldest princess was not caught during the inspection today. Now she is just like the other contestants, confined to her room and unable to enter or leave."

"But today, someone among our attendants reported that the princess sent her own secret guards to Zhaoying's room to check on your safety..."

The secret guard handed over the secret report, which was written by Zhaoying himself.

Chu Xingchen opened the secret report and read it word by word. He read it over and over again, and suddenly a smile so slight that it was almost impossible to see appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"So, sister, deep down in your heart, you still care about my safety... right?"

Chu Xingchen looked at the secret report and said softly.

"You continue to keep an eye on these forces and find a way to send some of our people to infiltrate the Qin family's forces." Chu Xingchen said coldly.

"Tonight, I will go back at night..."

"If you have any news, please report it back to Shuibo Pavilion..."

Chu Xingchen ordered in a cold voice. His eyes were bright and dark as he looked at the secret report indifferently. He sighed in his heart, "Sister, since you are so worried about me, I naturally have to come to you in person to report that I am safe..."