The next moment, Shen Shu suddenly used all her strength to break away from the prince before Boss Liu stabbed the prince.
When the prince saw her break away, he subconsciously reached out to take it, but before he thought, the sword in Boss Liu's hand suddenly stabbed her.
The prince hurriedly dodged, and the guards beside him also reacted quickly, taking Boss Liu's move and trying to capture him alive.
In the midst of the lightning and flint, there was suddenly a rustling sound in the secret passage. The prince's expression changed, "There is someone else! Get rid of him quickly and get out of here!"
The guard's sword is even sharper.
Their movements were too fast. Even if Shen Shu tried hard to see the situation clearly, she could only see the swaying firelight and the flashing sword light. They kept interlacing and flickering on people's faces. Mottled patches formed on the face and body.
Shen Shu simply gritted her teeth and took the opportunity to touch the silver needle hidden in her sleeve.
Naturally, she would not be so naive as to think that Boss Liu and his group were good people, but in this situation, it might be better to have some variables than no variables at all. She planned to wait until the two groups started to fight each other, and then find an opportunity to escape.
Unexpectedly, just when she was looking for an opportunity, Boss Liu saw that something was not going well and grabbed Shen Shu in his arms, hoping to hold her hostage to delay time.
The prince realized Boss Liu's actions, but it was too late. Boss Liu tightly strangled Shen Shu's neck with one arm, and pointed a sword at the prince and his group with one arm.
Without the prince's order, the prince's guards did not dare to act rashly.
The prince also hesitated for a moment, and at that moment, Boss Liu's people arrived and surrounded the prince.
At this time, the prince's guards no longer cared about Shen Shu, and all began to change their formation to protect the prince.
Boss Liu sneered, then held Shen Shu hostage and started to move forward.
In his eyes, Shen Shu had always been a gentle and weak young lady. He had never taken her seriously, so he did not see Shen Shu secretly put the silver needle in her hand back into her cuff.
The wanton slaughter had begun. Listening to the sound of swords piercing people's bodies, Shen Shu bit her lips and tried to keep herself calm.
Boss Liu saw her scared look and suddenly said in a low voice, "I'm just doing things for others. I shouldn't have said too much to the princess..."
"It's just that I have done business with the princess after all, so we are more or less half friends. I can give the princess some advice."
"I will take the princess to meet someone later."
He paused for a moment after speaking, as if he still had lingering fears about that person.
"You must...don't disobey him."
After he finished speaking, he didn't intend to listen to Shen Shu's reply. He directly touched her sleeping point with one hand. After she passed out, he directly held her on his shoulders and walked towards the destination.
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In the Qinzheng Hall, there were men in black kneeling on the ground to report.
"Your Majesty, the prince really wanted to escape through the secret passage. My subordinates led people to intercept the secret passage, and they happened to block the prince, but..."
The emperor's face darkened after hearing these words, "Just what?"
"It's just that the secret passage actually had another purpose. The prince's guards actually held us back with their lives. His Royal Highness actually escaped from another secret passage. My subordinates tried their best to kill his guards, but they couldn't catch up. The prince."
"Trash!" The emperor threw the memorial in his hand heavily on the table, and then stood up.
The man in black felt the majesty of the emperor and was so frightened that he lowered his body even lower.
He knew that he had failed in his mission, so he hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. Your subordinates are not doing well. Please apply to receive the punishment on your own initiative."
After saying that, he took out the hidden knife in his hand and cut his own throat without hesitation.
The emperor looked at his body and only snorted coldly, then looked at Boss Liu beside him, "Bring that man over to me."
"Yes." Boss Liu agreed quickly, brought Shen Shu, who was still in a coma, to the emperor, then turned around and left.
Shen Shu had been hanging on for a breath. At this time, she was already half awake after being tortured like this. She tried hard to distinguish the situation in front of her, but she saw the corpse on the ground at a glance. Because his throat was cut to death, he was bleeding. It was all over the floor and even soaked a piece of Shen Shu's skirt.
She was startled and almost vomited, but she had been struggling all day without eating, so she only retched a few times, but could not really vomit.
When the emperor saw her retching, he stood up, walked to her, and looked at her condescendingly, with some mockery in his eyes.
Sensing someone in front of her, Shen Shu hurriedly raised her head and suddenly met the emperor's eyes.
With just one glance, she understood clearly.
It turns out that Boss Liu is actually the emperor's man.
No wonder.
Many things that had never been explained before were suddenly explained.
When the emperor saw her waking up, he snorted and looked at her face, then sneered, "She is really pretty."
"No wonder my brother and son both like you."
He suddenly knelt down, stretched out his arm, and grabbed Shen Shu's delicate neck with one hand, as if to strangle her slender neck directly. Shen Shu was forced to raise her head to look at him. The emperor's eyes were very red. , like... someone who is about to go crazy.
Then, she smelled the scent of requiem again.
It's just that the requiem she smelled this time was obviously different from the one she smelled at the prince's place. The requiem she smelled at the prince's place made her feel weak, but the requiem she smelled here made her feel weak. It made her whole body restless, and she just wanted to kill the person in front of her.
She felt something was abnormal about herself and quickly went to observe the emperor in front of her. However, she saw that the emperor smelled the scent of requiem and became obviously depressed.
She knew there was something wrong with the requiem, so she secretly reached into her sleeve to touch the needle she had pinned in her sleeve.
The emperor's movements became more and more serious, and his expression became more and more crazy, "Why! Why! My brother and son are betraying me! Is it because of you, a woman?"
After he finished speaking, he quickly shook his head, "No...it can't be just because you are a woman, after all..."
After the emperor said this, he put his face in front of Shen Shu, forcing her to look at him, "After all... I have long wanted to depose the prince. The prince's mother's family is very powerful, and the prince is in the spotlight every day in the court. If If we don’t get rid of him, he will soon be able to dominate the government and the public with one hand... So... I took the initiative to find Prince Ning and secretly gave him a chance, so that he could become the emperor with the hope of defeating the prince..."
The moment he spoke, Shen Shu had touched the silver needle on her sleeve and secretly inserted it into an acupuncture point on her body.
The emperor was obviously controlled by the requiem incense. Such people are in poor spirits and should be hypnotized.
It's just that her body is too weak, and hypnosis requires a lot of energy. She can only prick an acupuncture point she learned from Coach Lin and force herself to cheer up.
The emperor was not aware of Shen Shu's abnormality at all, and continued to ramble, "Even if the prince rebels, I have planned it. As long as he rebels, I can kill the prince and the queen..."
As he spoke, his eyes began to look crazy, "This plan was originally a good one, but I didn't expect that... the King of Bei'an... and the King of Bei'an... that sick man... actually wanted to rebel..."
"Prince...Prince, he is so stupid. He was fooled into playing by King Bei'an. He wanted to break in so stupidly that King Bei'an reaped the benefits..."
As he was speaking, Shen Shu suddenly raised her hand to hold the emperor's arm. Her hand was gentle and warm. The emperor was stunned, and subconsciously he even loosened his grip on her neck.
"It is indeed not easy for Your Majesty to have such a stupid son and an ambitious brother."
Shen Shu's voice was very gentle. Because the emperor kept looking into her eyes, it could be seen that her eyes were also full of gentleness.
He was stunned subconsciously, almost falling into those gentle eyes.
The atmosphere suddenly relaxed. Shen Shu looked very calm on the surface, but her palms began to sweat.
The man in front of him, even if he is controlled by Requiem, is still an emperor. He was born in a high position and is used to seeing all kinds of people and strategies. He is definitely not comparable to someone like Wang Shu.
More and more blood flowed from the body of the man who had just hanged himself, slowly covering Shen Shu's clothes. However, she was so nervous that she didn't know it. She continued to hold the emperor's hand and said softly, "I know your majesty's ambition." Ambitious... I have always known that Your Majesty wants the country to be peaceful and the people are safe, and does not want traitors to be in power..."
"Your Majesty..." Her voice became softer and gentler, and her eyes towards the emperor became more and more focused. Gradually, the emperor's eyes began to blur, and he subconsciously let go of Shen Shu's neck.
Shen Shu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but at the moment when she relaxed, she caught a glimpse of her own clothes and smelled the increasingly strong smell of blood.
Her body suddenly lost control at this moment, and she could not restrain herself from vomiting.