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Xie Chengjin had the same idea, and the two hit it off immediately. Soon, Su Zhizhi first dissolved the Turtle Breath Pill with water, and then prepared a bottle exactly the same as the "Crane's Beak Red" and poured the Turtle Breath Pill potion into it. The bottle containing the "Crane's Beak Red" was thrown into the capsule by Su Zhizhi, completely "destroying the body and erasing the traces".

After everything was prepared, the secret guard who was keeping an eye on Xie Chengjin also returned to the place where he was following.

The secret guard was still worried that Xie Chengjin would do something small while he was away, such as sending Su Zhizhi out of the capital without permission, but the current situation in the house made the secret guard feel more at ease.

Xie Chengjin walked out of the house on the pretext of preparing medicine for Su Zhizhi. He took the medicine bowl from the servant, sent the servant away, and then went to the corner with the medicine bowl in his hand. His face was full of struggle. After thinking for a while, Xie Chengjin took out the porcelain bottle from his arms, opened it, and mixed the liquid inside into the black medicine bowl. Xie Chengjin also stirred the medicine very considerately to make the poison mixed more evenly.

Seeing this, the secret guard felt much more relieved. He came here on the emperor's orders to watch Xie Chengjin feed the medicine to Su Zhizhi. If Xie Chengjin didn't do it, the secret guard would do it for him. The emperor never thought of letting Su Zhizhi get away with it.

The emperor still couldn't let go of Xie Chengjin, his capable general. After all, the situation in the court had just stabilized. If something went wrong with Xie Chengjin at this time, the emperor would be particularly sad.

Originally, Su Zhizhi's life or death did not matter much to the emperor, but the emperor also wanted to use Su Zhizhi's incident to remind Xie Chengjin and warn Xie Chengjin not to have any inappropriate thoughts. After all, he could kill Su Zhizhi without anyone knowing, and he could also kill Xie Chengjin in the same way.

After administering the medicine, Xie Chengjin pretended nothing had happened and, as before, carefully brought the medicine bowl to Su Zhizhi.

Su Zhizhi looked at Xie Chengjin with some confusion, "Why did it take so long today? What happened outside?" As she said that, Su Zhizhi wanted to go out to check.

Fortunately, Xie Chengjin stopped them in time. "Nothing happened outside. It's just that the servants were clumsy and spilled a bowl of medicine. They went back and boiled a new one, which took some time. Drink the medicine now while it's still hot, otherwise it won't be effective."

After hearing what Xie Chengjin said, Su Zhizhi finally felt relieved and drank the medicine in one gulp without any precautions.

Seeing this, Xie Chengjin breathed a sigh of relief, took the medicine bowl away, and sat at the table beside him, looking at Su Zhizhi who was lying on the bed reading a book.

After a while, Su Zhizhi suddenly felt uncomfortable all over, and then her stomach ached. Su Zhizhi was very familiar with that feeling. She looked at Xie Chengjin in shock, her eyes full of despair and confusion, and the secret guards who were watching outside heard Su Zhizhi's reaction clearly.

"Xie Chengjin, did you add something to the medicine?" Su Zhizhi questioned Xie Chengjin while enduring the pain.

A hint of pity flashed across Xie Chengjin's eyes, but as if he had thought of something, he spoke again, "Zhizhi, I have no choice. Your identity has been discovered. If you don't die, I will lose my current power. You know how long I have been looking forward to this. Now I have to give up halfway. I am unwilling to accept this. So, I can only let you down for now. Don't blame me when we get there."

Su Zhizhi seemed to be hit by Xie Chengjin's words. She stared at Xie Chengjin in disbelief. Just when she wanted to say something, blood flowed uncontrollably from the corner of her mouth. Su Zhizhi stretched out her trembling hand towards Xie Chengjin, but was cruelly ignored by Xie Chengjin.

In the end, Su Zhizhi fell on the bed with her eyes open, bleeding from all seven orifices, looking extremely terrifying, and the secret guard who was watching outside the window returned to the palace to report with satisfaction.

Seeing that the gaze outside had disappeared, Xie Chengjin finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although he knew that Su Zhizhi's reactions were all fake, he still couldn't help feeling heartbroken, but he could only bear it until Su Zhizhi "died".

Now that no one was watching, Xie Chengjin approached Su Zhizhi with confidence. He stretched out his hand tremblingly, took the handkerchief beside him, and carefully wiped the blood off Su Zhizhi's face. The blood was fake, of course, but because of the effect of the Turtle Breathing Pill, Su Zhizhi was now unconscious and looked like a corpse.

Xie Chengjin carefully settled Su Zhizhi down before walking out and asking his men to spread the news of Su Zhizhi's sudden death. He then went into the palace to meet the emperor.

Soon, the news of Su Zhizhi's death was known to everyone. In order to cover up the truth of Su Zhizhi's death, Xie Chengjin announced to the public that Su Zhizhi died unexpectedly due to a severe cold.

Of course, no one would dwell on the cause of death, but Su Zhizhi's relatives and friends were extremely sad when they heard the news. Even Liu, who was far away from the capital, knew the news and almost fainted on the ground.

Regardless of other people's reactions, Xie Chengjin and Su Zhizhi's plan was being implemented smoothly. Due to the limited time of the Turtle Breathing Pill and the pressure from the emperor, Xie Chengjin naturally sent Su Zhizhi's body out of the city first. Along the way, Xie Chengjin had a sad look on his face, following the coffin with tears streaming down his face.

After Su Zhizhi was "buried", Xie Chengjin left behind a few confidants. After the main force left, these people dug out Su Zhizhi's coffin again. As for Su Zhizhi's body, it was moved to a farm outside the city.

After a few days, the effect of the Turtle Breathing Pill wore off, and Su Zhizhi finally woke up. Su Zhizhi felt that the feeling of having died once was very strange, but she did not delay and took the Disguise Pill that had been prepared long ago. After taking it, she returned to the capital again.

The Disguise Pill was specially developed by Su Zhizhi, but due to the time constraints, the effect of the Disguise Pill did not last long, only about half a month at most, but it was enough for Su Zhizhi.

In order to make it seem reasonable, Su Zhizhi fabricated a new identity for herself: Xie Yun, the daughter of an ordinary family, who came to Beijing to live with her relatives because her parents passed away.

After entering the capital, Su Zhizhi avoided crowded places and found a secluded courtyard to live in. At night, taking advantage of the cover of darkness, Su Zhizhi returned to Xie Chengjin's mansion again.

The whole mansion was now painted white, and Xie Chengjin and Su Peizhi were dressed in white. Su Peizhi's eyes were red, and it was obvious that he had been crying bitterly.