Ximen Jiyao held his chin with one hand and thought, "I heard them talking in secret. The little princess is most likely in Ximen Che's private courtyard. They plan to go there to pick up someone for you. Let's go there first and find it. If you
If it is determined that he is really abducted, he will be kidnapped."
"Okay, you lead the way." Zheng Xianlun had no objection.
It would be best to intercept the little princess in advance.
The two of them did what they said. Ximen Jiyao took Zheng Xianlun with him and soon arrived in the capital.
He found the villa with ease and said, "This is it. I am most familiar with the places in the capital. I can't make a mistake."
The other courtyard was very quiet, and there were people guarding it all around. Zheng Xianlun himself would have been afraid that he would not be able to sneak in, but with the master Ximen Jiyao here, he could easily avoid the guards and enter the inner courtyard.
There really lived a young woman in the courtyard, about twenty years old, with a calm and quiet demeanor, and quite a noble air.
Ximen Jiyao and Zheng Xianlun hid on the eaves and observed carefully.
"Does it look similar?" Ximen Jiyao asked in a low voice.
"The little princess was just a child when she was lost. She must have changed a lot, but she looks a bit like a concubine from a distance." Zheng Xianlun stared at the woman, "To be sure, we have to check nearby."
"Are there any signs or anything like that?" Ximen Jiyao asked.
"Yes," Zheng Xianlun nodded, "In order to prevent mistakes, after taking the little princess out of the palace, I specially placed a plum blossom on the little princess's left wrist."
"The Story of Plum Blossoms?" Ximen Jiyao thought thoughtfully.
"Go and have a look." Zheng Xianlun couldn't wait.
The person was right in front of him, and he wanted to verify it as soon as possible whether it was true or false.
"Okay." Ximen Jiyao agreed, raised Zheng Xianlun, jumped up, and landed in front of the woman.
Suddenly someone appeared, which startled the woman. Just as she was about to speak out, Simon Jiyao tapped her acupuncture points.
The two quietly took the woman to a corner.
Zheng Xianlun lifted the woman's left wrist, fixed his gaze on a certain position, but found no trace, then attached his fingertips to it, and pressed it back and forth a few times, but could not feel anything different from ordinary skin.
"Absolutely not!"
Zheng Xianlun shook off the woman's hand in disappointment.
"Who are you?" Ximen Jiyao untied the woman's acupuncture point while holding a knife across the woman's neck.
"I am accompanying my young lady..." the woman replied with a trembling voice.
"Your lady? You and your lady live here?" Simon Jiyao asked.
The woman nodded quickly, "The young lady was called away by Prince Ping."
It turned out that I had found the wrong person.
Ximen Jiyao and Zheng Xianlun looked at each other.
When Zheng Xianlun heard that there was still a chance, he became hopeful again.
Seeing how extraordinary this slave's appearance is, her young lady is definitely not bad, and Meng Ru's daughter is definitely not bad!
"Don't tell anyone that we have been here, remember!" Ximen Jiyao threatened.
The woman nodded, "I don't dare, I don't dare!"
"I'm still worried." Ximen Jiyao thought for a moment and thought that he still couldn't be left alive.
Before the woman could change her expression and beg for mercy, he turned the knife over and stabbed the woman in the heart.
Ximen Jiyao's other hand did not forget to gag the woman's mouth.
Until the woman collapsed and stopped breathing and fell to the ground, Ximen Jiyao let go of his hand.
"Prince Xiao was not such a cruel person before."
This sudden scene made Zheng Xianlun a little surprised. He didn't even have the intention to kill, but Ximen Jiyao did it without blinking an eyelid.
"Today is not what it used to be." Ximen Jiyao put away his knife and said coldly.
It would be strange if a person's temperament does not change after a lot of hardships.
Zheng Xianlun looked down at the woman and said nothing.
For a person like him who harbors hatred, this killing method is actually nothing. His experience and what he has seen and heard are much more brutal than this.
After kicking the woman into the grass and covering her up, Ximen Jiyao and Zheng Xianlun sneaked out of the other courtyard and headed towards Prince Ping's Mansion to look for her.
"We must get the person before they find out!"
Ximen Jiyao seemed to care more about the little princess than Zheng Xianlun.
Zheng Xianlun was secretly happy to have such a powerful and revengeful person as his companion.
Anyway, it was Ximen Jinglie who betrayed Ru'er and caused the tragedy in Ru'er's life. Ruining his son's career was also revenge on him and justice for Ru'er!
"princess!"
Not long after Ximen Jiyao and Zheng Xianlun left, the maid who was supposed to be dead crawled out from the hay and called out when she saw Lin Xiner standing in front of her.
"Take the medicine first." Lin Xiner handed a pill to the maid.
In order to prevent Zheng Xianlun from inspecting her, she gave the maid medicine, which caused her to stop breathing as if she was dead. Even though she got up, the medicine still remained, and she needed to use other medicine to remove it.
As for the stab wounds on her body, they were so bloody that even she felt like they were real when she saw them.
After the maid took the medicine, Lin Xiner reached out and took her left hand, lifting up half of her sleeve.
"Just now, was this where the person touched?" Lin Xiner put her fingertips to the place where Zheng Xianlun had pressed.
"Move it a little to the left... yes... it's right here." The maid pointed Lin Xiner to find the right location, "He just rubbed it back and forth a few times, as if to test whether it was smooth."
"I know, your mission is completed, you can go down." Lin Xiner let go of the maid.
"Yes, I will leave you." The maid bowed and retreated.
"Mrs. Shuiqing!"
The slave had not taken a few steps when she heard Lin Xiner's sudden cry and instinctively paused.
"It seems you really care about this name." Lin Xiner walked up to the slave and blocked her way.
"Your Majesty, I don't know what your Majesty means?" The maid stopped helplessly, pretending to be puzzled to hide the panic on her face.
"You were able to perform well in the face of those two uninvited guests. In terms of dignity, you have a royal air, but in terms of timidity, you seem to have never experienced anything in the world. You are indeed the person chosen by the emperor. But why did you hear that he was already dead?
It’s been more than two years since Yang Shuiqing’s name became so popular?” Lin Xiner asked with a smile.
"Your Majesty..." The maid didn't dare to raise her head.
Lin Xiner held her left hand again and looked at the bracelet on her wrist, "It's just a coincidence. This bracelet originally belonged to Mrs. Shui Qing, right? How come it's in your hand?"
Lin Xiner has a very good memory. When she had a conflict with Yang Shuiqing that day, she remembered that Mrs. Shui Qing was wearing this bracelet. It was made of mutton-fat white jade, but for some reason a small piece was missing, leaving the entire bracelet in her possession.
A piece of incomplete beauty.
Seeing that Lin Xiner was so sure, the maid did not dare to lie and bit her lip without saying a word.
"Okay, I just want to ask, don't be afraid. Even if something happens, the emperor will be responsible for it, right?" Lin Xiner let go of the maid's hand and said casually, "Change your clothes and go back to the palace."