Back to the day I married my second wife, I turned around and married my ex-husband's uncle

"Today's success and failure are all caused by me alone!"

As he spoke, Ling Jinlan once again clenched the dagger in his hand and attacked Qin Shuangchi.

She wanted to return to Kyoto to seek revenge on the King of Chu.

She doesn't have much time, and she doesn't want to waste it any longer. Regardless of success or failure, the battle must be ended as soon as possible!

But just as she approached Qin Shuangchi, Qin Shuangchi still sat calmly, without moving.

Suddenly, a cold voice sounded slowly: "If you kill me, the reputation of the Ling family will be ruined once again."

"Can you bear this infamy?"

Ling Jinlan's heart trembled, the hand holding the dagger trembled slightly, and his eyes turned red.

She knew the consequences of all this.

But she had no choice.

She would rather become the eternal sinner of the Ling family than avenge her family!

"Stop talking nonsense and die!"

Ling Jinlan hesitated for just a moment before attacking Qin Shuangchi again with murderous intent.

Qin Shuangchi dodged sideways and exchanged a few moves with Ling Jinlan again.

He held back his strength and didn't dare to hurt Ling Jinlan.

"Actually, there's a way to have the best of both worlds."

"This king is dying soon. I will die without you having to do anything."

"Why don't you keep your life and live a good life with your family."

As he finished speaking, the sharp dagger was already an inch away from his face, and the sharp blade flashed coldly in his deep eyes.

Ling Jinlan froze in mid-air.

She frowned and looked at him suspiciously, "Are you lying to me?"

Qin Shuangchi smiled palely, "Is this necessary?"

As he spoke, he picked up a brocade box from the desk, slowly opened it, and handed it to Ling Jinlan.

"How about a deal?"

When Ling Jinlan saw the cold and shining object in the brocade box, he was shocked. "Take this and make a deal with me?"

Qin Shuangchi nodded calmly, "A deal that will benefit you in every way."

Looking at the things in the brocade box, Ling Jinlan couldn't take his eyes off it and it was hard not to be moved.

……

There were stealthy footsteps in the yard.

Zhou Tingxu looked at the rooms in the yard and saw that there were no lights on and no movement at all. He felt very anxious.

Ling Jinlan wasn't in the room, so she must have come to seduce the prince. It's impossible that the two of them had already...

Thinking of this, Zhou Tingxu gritted his teeth and went to the study door to eavesdrop.

But at this moment, the study door suddenly opened.

"Ah!" Zhou Tingxu was shocked.

A figure rushed over from the darkness, grabbed her hand, stuffed something into her hand, and then flew away with a light jump.

Zhou Tingxu was so frightened that his mind went blank. He couldn't help but look into the study and called out cautiously, "Prince? Prince, are you there?"

The next moment, Xiao Lan heard the noise and rushed into the study.

"Your Majesty!"

There was no response from inside the room.

Xiao Lan immediately lit the candle.

The moment the room lit up, Qin Shuangchi, whose face was pale and sitting on the chair, came into view, and his abdomen was stained with blood.

"Your Highness!" Zhou Tingxu screamed in fear.

Xiao Lan immediately pressed the prince's acupoints to stop the bleeding, feeling worried. The prince deliberately sent him away to let Ling Jinlan do it, but how come Ling Jinlan was actually injured!

Hearing Zhou Tingxu screaming in surprise, he became very annoyed.

When he turned around, he saw Zhou Tingxu holding a bloody dagger in his hand, and Xiao Lan was shocked.

"It's you!"

Zhou Tingxu then looked down and when he saw the bloody dagger in his hand, he was so scared that he quickly threw it away and took several steps back.

His face was pale and he was in a panic.

"No! Not me!"

"Just now, a man in black put a dagger in my hand."

Looking at the blood on her hands, her head was buzzing.

I was startled just now, and it was dark, and I didn’t expect that he was holding a dagger in his hand!

Xiao Lan didn't want to hear any explanation. "I saw it with my own eyes. You were the only one in the study! Come on, arrest him!"

"No, no, no, it really wasn't me. How could I possibly assassinate the prince!" Zhou Tingxu was extremely anxious.

The guards rushed into the study, immediately held down her shoulders and arms, and took her away.

Zhou Tingxu shouted anxiously: "It really wasn't me! It was Ling Jinlan! It was Ling Jinlan who did it!"

……

In the second half of the night, when Jiang Ningwan returned to the Prince Chu's Mansion, she learned that something big had happened there.

"What? The prince was assassinated?"

Jiang Ningwan immediately rushed to the King of Chu's bedroom and saw Qin Shuangchi sleeping. She took his pulse and felt that it seemed a little strange.

There is a faint sense of exhaustion in the vitality.

She checked the external injuries again and fortunately the wounds were not deep, just superficial injuries.

"How is your health lately, my Lord?"

Xiao Lan quickly replied, "I'm fine."

Seeing that his wife seemed to have noticed something, Xiao Lan quickly changed the subject: "By the way, Madam, how do you deal with Zhou Tingxu?"

"She is the one who assassinated tonight."

Jiang Ningwan was startled, "Zhou Tingxu?"

Will she commit murder?

"Is there any evidence?"

Xiao Lan nodded. "I saw it with my own eyes. She was the only one in the study at the time, holding a dagger in her hand."

"Dagger? Let me see it."

Xiao Lan hesitated for a moment, but still handed the dagger to Jiang Ningwan.

After just one glance, a hint of surprise flashed across Jiang Ningwan's eyes.

This dagger...

The assassin was not Zhou Tingxu.

"Zhou Tingxu, wait until the prince wakes up before taking any action. I'll go and boil the medicine." Jiang Ningwan put away the dagger and walked out of the room in a daze.

After preparing the herbs, he went to the kitchen to boil the medicine. He sat on a low stool and looked at the medicine stove, absent-minded and confused.

By the time the medicine was ready, it was almost dawn.

Jiang Ningwan came to the bedside with the medicine and fed it to Qin Shuangchi bit by bit. It was just a superficial wound, and she didn't know why he didn't wake up yet.

I took Qin Shuangchi's pulse repeatedly and always felt that something was wrong.

The pulse is sometimes strong and sometimes weak, and at first glance there seems to be nothing unusual.

She couldn't help but call Xiao Lan to ask.

As Xiao Lan entered the room, a guard came to announce: "Princess, Commander Zhou is here."

Jiang Ningwan was slightly startled. "Zhou Lin is here so soon. Did you let Qingyun get away?"

Xiao Lan came back to his senses and thought, "It's true. I didn't see Qingyun when I captured Zhou Tingxu last night."

Jiang Ningwan walked out.

As soon as he reached the front yard, he saw Zhou Lin storming into the palace. "This is ridiculous! The Chu Palace couldn't catch the assassin, yet they used my daughter as the assassin!"

"Tingxu, a weak young lady who couldn't even bear to step on an ant, actually accused her of assassinating the King of Chu!"

Furious, Zhou Lin pointed at Jiang Ningwan's nose and angrily scolded, "You are so jealous that you actually framed her. How can you be worthy of being the Princess of Chu!"

The deafening curses echoed throughout the yard.

Jiang Ningwan's expression was indifferent. "Xiao Lan personally witnessed your daughter holding a dagger next to the injured King of Chu. She even sneaked into the King's study in the middle of the night. Who knows what she was up to?"

"I don't believe it! Call Tingxu to confront him! Otherwise, I will go to the palace to see the emperor immediately!"

Jiang Ningwan signaled Xiao Lan with her eyes to go and bring Zhou Tingxu over.

Zhou Tingxu, who was escorted here by the guards, had disheveled hair and looked extremely embarrassed. He immediately burst into tears when he saw his father.

"Dad! I didn't assassinate the King of Chu. The assassin last night must have been Ling Jinlan! It was Ling Jinlan!"

"I followed Ling Jinlan to the Prince of Chu's courtyard. As soon as I approached the study, a man in black came out, put a dagger in my hand and ran away. I was framed by Ling Jinlan!"

She has said this dozens of times since last night, but no one believes her.

Hearing this, Zhou Lin's eyes widened in shock, and he angrily said:

"Jiang Ningwan, do you dare to call Ling Jinlan out for a confrontation?"

Jiang Ningwan's eyes darkened and she glanced at Xiao Lan.

"Bring Ling Jinlan here."