After her mind was read, the spoiled brat became the darling of the whole group.

The female lead has been imprisoned in the Censorate, what are we going to do!

【Aaaaaah!】The system emitted a sharp, explosive sound in Xie Xing's mind: 【We're doomed! We're doomed! What are we going to do?!】

Xie Xing silently covered his ears, disturbed by the loud noise.

Although it didn't have any effect.

"You're so noisy!" Xie Xing said slowly.

System: [You say I'm noisy?! You knew all that just now, so why did you still let the villains arrest her and throw her into the Censorate?!]

Xie Xing had her own set of logic. She mentally argued with the system: "Listen to me, Xie Mingzhu is the female lead. Since she's imprisoned in the Censorate, someone will definitely come to rescue her."

Besides, I'm the villainous female supporting character, how could I possibly help her?

There's nothing wrong with that logic.

The system remained silent for a while.

That's true, but what about the male lead?!

Good question.

Xie Xing didn't know either.

She couldn't save her, because she was going home with the villain later.

Xie Mingzhu couldn't save her either, because she had been arrested and imprisoned in the Censorate.

So--

Xie Xing could only blink innocently: [What can he do? He can only hope for the best!]

Jun Lanjin couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Xie Xing was drawn by his laughter and turned around, looking at Jun Lanjin blankly: "Your Highness?"

What is he laughing at?

Jun Lanjin coughed lightly and asked, "Doesn't your hand hurt?"

It would have been better if Jun Lanjin hadn't mentioned it, because as soon as he did, Xie Xing's hand started to hurt.

Her face fell instantly, she covered the hand that had been slapped, tears welling up in her eyes.

Hey!

It really hurts her!

Xie Xing followed behind Jun Lanjin, sobbing and looking aggrieved.

……

Wangfu.

Jun Lanjin brought a woman back, which surprised everyone in the Prince's mansion.

Everyone couldn't help but crane their necks to look at the little girl behind the prince.

The girl looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, very young, with a pair of big, doe-like eyes that were red and looked as if she had suffered a great injustice.

"What's going on here?"

"Is our lord bullying that young lady?"

"Is the Prince's mansion going to have a mistress?"

Jun Lanjin disliked women getting close to him, and apart from the maids in Jun Lanjin's mother's courtyard, most of the people in the Prince's mansion were men.

He has a fearsome secret guard, the Blood Fiend Guard.

Jiuge jumped to Hua An's side, nudged him with her shoulder, and asked with a gossipy glint in her eyes, "What's going on? Is something happening to our Prince?"

Unable to fathom the prince's thoughts, Hua An shook his head. "Don't guess. The prince has his own plans."

Junlan Jin summoned a doctor and had Xie Xing re-bandaged.

In the old princess's courtyard.

The news that Jun Lanjin had brought a woman back reached the ears of the old princess.

The old princess, kneeling before the Buddha statue, paused in her fiddle with the prayer beads.

She glanced sideways at the maid beside her and asked in a low voice, "Have you found out which family's daughter she is?"

The maid whispered, "It's that country girl that the General of the State just found. Yesterday, His Majesty bestowed upon her to the Third Prince as his principal wife."

The old princess asked with a smile at the end of her sentence, "Oh? He's going to steal the Third Prince's betrothed?"

The maid shook her head: "When His Majesty bestowed the marriage, the Prince was present, and there was no word of any dissatisfaction from him."

The old princess narrowed her eyes.

She gently turned the prayer beads in her hand, making a clear, ringing sound.

After a while, the old princess's voice came: "It has been a long time since I have dined with the prince. Let the prince bring that girl over tomorrow."

"Yes."

……

The night was as silent as the deep.

Xie Xing settled into the Prince's mansion, but she couldn't sleep.

Xie Xing, dressed in a white undergarment with her black hair flowing down her back, rested her chin on her hand by the window, gazing at the full moon in the night sky.

She sighed softly and spoke to the system: "System, what should I do about my engagement with the Third Prince?"

"I can't really marry those three kings, can I?"

[In the story, the third prince is in love with Xie Mingzhu; he's a devoted second male lead.] The system scrolled through the plot, then assured Xie Xing: [Given the way the plot usually goes, don't worry, this marriage definitely won't happen.]

Xie Xing was somewhat skeptical.

Since entering the main storyline, the plot predictions made by the system have sometimes failed to come true.

Unable to sleep, Xie Xing put on his clothes and began to wander around the courtyard of the Prince's mansion.

The Prince Jin's Mansion is very large.

Even the courtyard where Xie Xing lived required a long walk just to find the right place.

Xie Xing wandered aimlessly, not even knowing where she was going.

“Your Highness, if this medicine is taken for one last year, and then a tonic is added, Prince Jin will die a justifiable death.”

Just then, an old voice suddenly came from the corner of the artificial hill.

Xie Xing paused, her heart skipped a beat, fearing she had stumbled upon something confidential. She quickly looked around and finally hid under a rockery.

She covered her mouth with both hands, her heart pounding.

Oh my goodness.

What did she bump into?

"Is it true?" A gentle female voice came, her voice tinged with loneliness: "In that case, I thank you in advance."

The aged voice sighed and said, "Your Highness, you... Prince Jin is still your own son. If you hold back now, it's not too late."

"The poison has seeped into his bones; any later and it will be beyond cure. Why did you do that?"

The old princess looked at the medicine in her hand and sneered, "Jin'er must die."

After he finished speaking, the air fell silent.

Xie Xing felt nervous.

Has she been discovered?

After a long while, a stern voice was heard from the other side: "Come out!"

Xie Xing's eyes widened slightly, and she almost ran away, but then she heard the system's calm voice: [Don't move, I'm not calling you.]

Xie Xing didn't dare to move.

After a while, the aged voice was heard: "Your Highness, rest assured, there is no one here."

The old princess smiled and said, "After all, this is Jin'er's territory, so we should be more careful."

"you can go now."

As soon as he finished speaking, the footsteps drew closer.

Xie Xing looked around and quickly hid himself completely behind the rocks.

Xie Xing didn't know how long he stood up, until his legs were almost numb from squatting, and he was sure the person had gone far away. Only then did he slowly get up.

She looked back at the source of the sound, but there was no one there anymore.

Xie Xing patted his pounding heart and couldn't help but ask, "Is she Jun Lanjin's biological mother who drugged him?"

【yes. 】

The system was also somewhat puzzled: "However, she wasn't given much attention; later on, she was only mentioned briefly as the cause of the villain's death. I didn't expect her to be involved in a conspiracy."

Upon hearing this, Xie Xing couldn't help but ask, "Isn't she Jun Lanjin's biological mother?"

"Why poison her?"

The system replied: "The reasons for this are somewhat complex."

It was about to spoil the plot for Xie Xing when its voice suddenly changed: "There's someone behind you!"

Xie Xing was startled.

Upon hearing the system's voice, she didn't even dare to turn her head and hurriedly ran forward.

A cold wind swept from behind, and Xie Xing didn't even see how the person behind her got to her before a large hand wrapped around her waist, and she was pulled into someone's embrace.

My chin was gripped tightly, and I was faced with a familiar mask.

Xie Xing's pupils contracted.

It's him?

The masked man who sneaked into her bedroom in the middle of the night?