Before you know it, it's getting dark outside. Inside the house, Jian Xiaozhu was eating the food sent by the innkeeper while listening to Zhu Yan tell about his past.

At that time, not long after Sister Ah married to the palace, the Queen Mother wanted to kill her. Therefore, in order to protect my sister, I found an opportunity at a banquet in the palace and poisoned the Empress Dowager......"

Zhu Yan's words made Jian Xiaozhu's back break out in a cold sweat, but he didn't expect that this person had started his poisoning operation so long ago. This also matches the plot in the section.

In the palace, after Bai Ningshuang married into the palace, she was not embarrassed by the queen mother. Not long after, the Empress Dowager suddenly had a serious illness, so she went to the garden in the south to recuperate. Bai Ningshuang also lost her natural enemies because of this, and began her unscrupulous road to compete for favor.

"That time, I didn't want to kill the Queen Mother, I just wanted her to stop embarrassing Sister after being poisoned. I thought that my planned action was seamless, however, it was seen by the concubine. It's just that she didn't tell the saint about it, but told me privately that she had admired me for many years. ”

Unexpectedly, the relationship between Zhu Yan and Xiao Concubine actually started at this time, and Xiao Concubine was still Zhu Yan's neighbor when he was a child. This made Jian Xiaozhu a little surprised, and Zhu Yan said: "When I saw Concubine Xiao in the palace, I didn't remember who she was, but I didn't expect her to remember me." ”

Hearing Zhu Yan's words, Jian Xiaozhu thought, no wonder Concubine Xiao wanted to kill her. After all, she has had a crush on Zhu Yan for so many years. So, Jian Xiaozhu asked, "So, do you like her?" ”

Zhu Yan shook his head decisively: "No one would like a person who holds his secret." ”

Thinking that she had also learned so many secrets about Zhu Yan, Jian Xiaozhu was frightened, and Zhu Yan seemed to see her thoughts, so she said, "I voluntarily told you this, so you don't have to worry too much." ”

"Oh......" Jian Xiaozhu breathed a sigh of relief, while Zhu Yan said, "Since we first met, you seem to have been afraid of me all along. Seems to be worried that I'll ...... Kill you. ”

Jian Xiaozhu secretly complained in her heart, after all, you are a little villain, I must guard against you. And then, Zhu Yan's words surprised Jian Xiaozhu: "At that time, I really thought about it, I can't let you out of that garden." ”

Sure enough, this man didn't have a good heart in the first place.

Jian Xiaozhu glared at Zhu Yan, and Zhu Yan said, "But fortunately, when I saw that you were holding something in your hand, it was the jade bead that Sister Ah had been wearing on her body. So, I was happy at that time, I didn't have to kill you. ”

Jian Xiaozhu's back was bleeding cold sweat, it seemed that if she hadn't raised the jade bead bracelet in her hand at that time, it was estimated that she would have traveled to the next dark abuse text now.

In the candlelight, Zhu Yan's eyes gradually became gentle, just like a candle flame, which seemed to be able to gradually dissolve the coldness.

"Yunzhu, I'm glad I met you."

Being stared at by Zhu Yan's good-looking amber eyes, Jian Xiaozhu only felt as if her soul was attracted to it. Time seemed to stop at this moment, and the room was quiet enough for Jian Xiaozhu to hear each other's heartbeats.

Seeing Zhu Yan's face getting closer and closer to him, Jian Xiaozhu was stunned for a while, at a loss. Zhu Yan raised his hand, as if he wanted to touch Jian Xiaozhu's cheek, but when he raised it in front of Jian Xiaozhu's cheek, he suddenly stopped in mid-air.

"I've caused you a lot of trouble."

Zhu Yan sighed, and his raised hand was put down. Jian Xiaozhu also came back to his senses, looked out the window and said, "It's getting late, I should go back, otherwise my father will find out that I don't return home at night, and I will be in trouble." ”

Zhu Yan nodded: "From yesterday to now, you must be very tired." Let's go home and rest. ”

But Jian Xiaozhu was not at ease: "Is it okay for you to be here alone?" ”

Zhu Yan wanted to get up from the bed to show that his body had recovered well. But Jian Xiaozhu was afraid that he would move and cause the wound to open, so he got up to stop him from making a small bed.

It's just that Jian Xiaozhu accidentally tripped over the chair next to the bed when he got up, and he was unstable, and Jian Xiaozhu planted it towards Zhu Yan. In order not to fall on Zhu Yan's body and touch his wound, Jian Xiaozhu fell to the side of the bed. Just as her head was about to hit the edge of the bed, Zhu Yan suddenly reached out and pulled Jian Xiaozhu inward into the crook of his arm.

So, Jian Xiaozhu fell on the bed with Zhu Yan in an ambiguous posture. As soon as she looked up, she could see Zhu Yan's eyes close at hand, and the warm breath that sprayed onto her face.

Jian Xiaozhu wanted to get up from the bed quickly, but in this situation, she became scrambling. Her hand pressed a soft thing in a panic, only to hear Zhu Yan's muffled snort, and then, Jian Xiaozhu felt that the thing pressed under her hand seemed to have changed.

Seeing Zhu Yan's breathing gradually become heavier, and her eyes dimmed in the candlelight, Jian Xiaozhu probably understood what she had encountered. This made her face hot, and Zhu Yan reached out to help her up.

"Clumsy!"

After Jian Xiaozhu stood up, Zhu Yan hurriedly covered the place below his waist with a quilt to hide his embarrassment at this time. Jian Xiaozhu also lowered his head, didn't dare to look at Zhu Yan, and whispered, "I...... Let's go home first. You should be fine alone at night, and I will come to see you tomorrow. ”

With that, Jian Xiaozhu hurriedly ran to the door. I only heard it, and Zhu Yan said to her behind her, "Goodbye." ”

When he got home, Jian Xiaozhu first took off the men's clothes outside at the corner of the door of his house, and then dared to enter the door. For Jian Xiaozhu, these two days are the most tiring two days of her life. Although when she was in school, Jian Xiaozhu often helped her sisters in the dormitory run errands and bring things. But at that time, she was above board, not like now, and only felt guilty of being a thief.

Fortunately, after returning home, Jian Xiaozhu did not meet Zhang Tiande and Zhang Shanqing. All the way back to the house unimpeded, Jian Xiaozhu fell directly into bed and fell asleep deeply.

The next day, when Jian Xiaozhu woke up, the sunlight had already entered the house from the window. She thought that Zhu Yan was still in the inn, so she brought a few Chinese medicine to regulate the body, and wanted to find Zhu Yan. But when he went out, he ran into Zhang Shanqing, who had just returned home.

Zhang Shanqing looked like he hadn't slept all night, his dark circles looked heavy, and his eyes were bloodshot. Seeing this, Jian Xiaozhu asked worriedly, "Second brother, what's wrong with you?" ”

Zhang Shanqing said angrily: "It's not that damn assassin yet!" Yesterday we searched the whole city, but we didn't find him. Ah Yi and I went to the river where he disappeared again, and searched the river overnight with bamboo poles to see if the assassin's body had died of poisoning and sank directly to the bottom. ”

I didn't expect Zhang Shanqing and Murong Yi to find that assassin so hard, which made Jian Xiaozhu ask with a little guilt: "So, do you have any new discoveries?" ”

"We poked a soaked corpse in the river with a long bamboo pole."