Severed ties and living in a dilapidated house? No worries, the poor thing has a space.

Sang Mo had just been crying, her eyes were red, and Su Wan was standing beside her, gently wiping them with a handkerchief.

Seeing Su Yu come in, Su Wan put the handkerchief in Sang Mo's hand: "Sister Mo, don't cry. I won't kill you. I'll go out and wait for you."

After saying that, Su Wan winked at her playfully.

Su Wan walked over and took Su Yu's hand, whispering, "Sister, Sister Mo is a good person."

Su Yu touched her face, bent down and told her, "Okay, you can go out now."

Su Wan was led out by the guards.

Sang Mo stood up from his chair and said to Su Yu, "Princess Qin, Awan is very cute."

Su Yu sat down opposite her, poured her a glass of water and pushed it towards her, saying bluntly, "I'm here, so just say what you want to say."

Sang Mo drank the tea that Su Yu pushed over before speaking: "To be honest, I have never seen the true face of the Lord. Last time in Jizhou, my mission was to get the 100,000 taels of silver from you, but I didn't expect you to capture me."

After that, you devised a plan to release me. The Lord no longer trusted me and was indeed hunting me down. But for some reason, the Lord suddenly stopped killing me and told me to find a way to stay, preferably by your side, to gain your trust.

But Princess Qin, you are too cautious. I had no choice but to settle for second best and use a bit of self-inflicted suffering to stay by Baili Jiyan's side. A few days ago, I came here on my own initiative to try and eavesdrop on some useful information, and it was truly by accident that I saved Awan.”

After saying this, Sang Mo paused and continued, "I know I am going to die this time. I don't ask Princess Qin to be lenient. I just hope that after I die, you won't tell Awan."

Su Yu's fingertips landed on the table and tapped lightly: "Are you done?"

Sang Mo nodded: "I don't know much. When there's a mission, the master will contact me. The fact that the master has already sent people to attack you means that the master no longer trusts me. I'm going to die sooner or later anyway, so I'd rather die by your hand."

Because at least this way there wouldn't be any pain, these were Sang Mo's last thoughts.

"You really want to die?" Su Yu asked.

Sang Mo shook his head again: "It's not that I want to die. Throughout history, anyone who has betrayed their master will eventually be reduced to ashes. Without exception, I will die at your hands. I have no regrets."

Su Yu looked into her eyes; the depth in her eyes was long gone, replaced by a somber look.

Su Yu said nothing, got up and left.

Seeing Su Wan running towards him, Su Yu instructed Yan'er, "Release her."

Su Wan heard this as she walked over, and she tightly gripped Su Yu's skirt: "Thank you, sister."

Sang Mo walked out of the dungeon and saw Su Wan. Su Wan immediately waved to her and was then taken away by the guards.

When Su Wan saw Sang Mo come out, she went back to the Su family home.

Sang Mo stared at Su Yu in disbelief, her voice trembling as she asked, "You...you really want to let me go?"

"You did save Awan, so you should go."

Sang Mo dragged his battered body step by step toward the outside of the Qin Prince's mansion.

She didn't know where she was going, so she could only support her body and walk aimlessly forward.

Su Yu, who came looking for Xiao Lanzhi, happened to see Sang Mo. He thought Sang Mo had escaped, so he nodded to Mo Shisan and said, "Let's follow him and take a look."

They hadn't followed for long when they saw Sang Mo suddenly accelerate at a corner.

Mo Shisan stopped Xiao Lanzhi: "Master, you stay here. Be careful, it might be a trap. I'll go and investigate first."

Sang Mo sensed the murderous intent and quickly turned into an alley. A man in black suddenly appeared and blocked her way.

She was injured, she tried her best, but she couldn't escape.

Her back was pressed against the wall as the man in black opposite her drew his knife and walked towards her, saying, "You've ruined your master's grand plan; you will die today!"

Sang Mo could die, or she could die at Su Yu's hands, but she didn't want to die at her master's hands, so she turned and ran out of the alley.

She wants to try anything given the chance.

She ran out and came face to face with Xiao Lanzhi, who was chasing after her. Xiao Lanzhi didn't see her first, but the man in black chasing after her from behind.

When Sang Mo saw Xiao Lanzhi, she even thought he might kill her.

However, Xiao Lanzhi grabbed her shoulder, pulled her behind him, and then drew his sword to confront the man in black.

The man in black withstood three of Xiao Lanzhi's moves, but he clearly didn't want to get entangled and ran away as soon as he found an opportunity.

But while running, Xiao Lanzhi still managed to slash his arm.

When Mo Shisan appeared, the man in black had already flown onto the roof.

Seeing that Xiao Lanzhi was alright, Mo Shisan stopped chasing after him. After all, this person was trying to kill Sang Mo, and as long as it wasn't an assassination attempt on his master, it was fine.

However, Xiao Lanzhi's eyes were fixed on the direction the man in black had left, and he didn't look away for a long time.

Mo Shisan frowned and asked, "Master, what's wrong? Is there something wrong with that man in black?"

"Go back first."

After saying that, Xiao Lanzhi turned and walked ahead.

But after taking two steps, he stopped again, his gaze, which had turned cold, fixed intently on Sang Mo.

Sang Mo leaned against the wall, accepting Xiao Lanzhi's gaze with composure.

After a pause, Xiao Lanzhi asked her, "Have you been to Yunjing before?"

Sang Mo shook his head: "No, this is the first time."

Upon hearing the answer, Xiao Lanzhi left.

Mo Shisan caught up and asked in a low voice, "Master, aren't we going to kill this person?"

Xiao Lanzhi didn't respond, but simply quickened his pace and walked forward.

Upon returning to the Prince's residence, Xiao Lanzhi went straight to his study and found the hidden pattern he had been investigating.

He spread the paper out on the table and asked thoughtfully, "You said the information you found all points to Prince Rui?"

Mo Shisan nodded: "Yes, all the information we've gathered points to Prince Rui."

Xiao Lanzhi crumpled the paper in his hand, got up and walked out, leaving behind the words, "I want to walk by myself, don't follow me."

Xiao Lanzhi returned to the Jinxi Prince's Mansion and went directly to the Jinxi Prince's study. As soon as he entered, the aroma of food wafted out.

When Jinxi Wang looked up and saw Xiao Lanzhi who had already pushed the door open and entered, he was slightly taken aback, then smiled and said, "Zixi is back. Please sit down. The kitchen just made some dishes."

Xiao Lanzhi sat down, looked at the food on the table, walked straight to the table, picked up the pen holder and looked at it.

He emptied all the pens out of the container, seemingly searching for something inside.

Prince Jinxi followed him over and asked, "What's wrong? Does Zixi like this pen holder? I'll have the steward prepare one for you and send it to the Crown Prince's residence later."

Xiao Lanzhi emptied the contents of the pen holder and fiddled with the many pens between his fingers.

Prince Jinxi sensed that something was wrong with him, put down his chopsticks, and asked again, "Zixi, what's wrong?"

Xiao Lanzhi stopped what she was doing, raised her dim eyes to look at him, glanced at the side of Prince Jinxi, and remained silent for a long time.