Su Jiu was silent.

Although she is no longer the regent princess, in the eyes of the family that hates Xiao Tingchen, she is still Xiao Tingchen's woman.

If Xiao Tingchen falls, those families will not let her go either.

Rong Zheng handed her a stack of letters, "Sister Su, put these things in Xiao Tingchen's study." ”

"You want me to betray him?"

"Yes. After the deed is completed, I will tell all the families that you are the internal response of the Rong family. With me to protect you, no one will dare to hurt you. Rong Zheng's eyebrows narrowed, "This is the best way I can think of." Sister Su, this is my atonement for you. ”

The restaurant is silent.

Su Jiu glanced at the letters and refused without hesitation, "I won't be your traitor." ”

Rong Zheng held the hand of the letter and quietly tightened it.

He looked at the girl, the moonlight shining on her face through the flower window, she was still cold and stubborn.

He smiled casually, "I did it too much." The hour is not early, Xiao Tingchen will be suspicious, I will send you back to the palace? ”

The two of them returned the same way along the secret passage, and returned to the remote verandah.

Rong Zheng looked at the little girl in front of him, and reached out to touch her heart, but quietly put it down halfway.

He lowered his head, took off the small jade plaque he wore around his neck, and said softly, "This is the key to the entrance to the secret passage." If one day you can't stand Xiao Tingchen, escape from the palace through this secret passage. If there is nowhere else to go...... Just come to me. Sister Su, I will still protect you. ”

He carefully put on the small jade plate for Su Jiu, and glanced at her reluctantly before turning to leave.

The moonlight is quiet, falling through the cracks of the flowers and vines.

His back is slender and sparse, and his white clothes are better than snow, and he is exceptionally clean.

Su Jiu tilted his head, and always felt that Rong Zheng seemed to be not quite the same as before.

Soon after Rong Zheng left, the sound of military boots suddenly sounded outside the verandah.

Su Jiu lowered his eyebrows, and still knelt on the ground obediently according to the appearance before leaving the palace.

Several Praetorian Guards broke in, their voices cold and hard, "Miss Su, the regent asks you to go to the Qianhe Palace for questioning." ”

Su Jiu got up, feeling faintly uneasy.

When I came to Qianhe Palace, the lights were bright, and the palace maids knelt all over the ground, and the atmosphere was extremely solemn and terrifying.

Xiao Tingchen was dressed in a black embroidered gold dragon coat, with one hand on his cheek, and sat on the big chair carelessly.

At the foot of the stairs, there was a bloody man lying on his stomach.

Looking miserable and dying, there is hardly half a piece of good meat on his body.

Su Jiu even breathed a lot easier.

She let out a sigh of relief and walked slowly towards the bloody man.

The Bloody Man still had a little bit of consciousness left, and when he saw her coming, he barely smiled.

But he couldn't even speak.

Su Jiu approached, and only then did he see clearly that this bloody man was Bai Qingqing.

Her tongue was gone, all ten fingers were crushed, and she was covered in whip marks.

With a "plop", Su Jiu collapsed and fell to his knees.

Cold sweat broke out on her forehead, and she looked at Xiao Tingchen in shock.

The man coiled the walnuts and smiled playfully, "Where did my sister just go?" ”

It was obviously a warm and gentle tone, which fell on Su Jiu's ears, but it was like an interrogation.

Su Jiu bit his lip, and quietly looked at Bai Qingqing.

The other party shook his head slowly at her.

Su Jiu lowered his eyes, his voice was so thin that he could barely hear it, "I stepped on Niangniang's skirt, was punished by Niangniang, and knelt in the imperial garden......"

"Just kneeling in the Imperial Garden?" Xiao Tingchen raised his eyebrows and smiled, "This king has given my sister a chance, are you really just in the imperial garden?" ”

Su Jiu lowered his head and tugged at the skirt tie with his hands uneasily.

She didn't know how much information Xiao Tingchen had in her hands, so she didn't dare to answer rashly......

Xiao Tingchen was obviously impatient.

He walked down the steps lazily, his voice playful, "This Bai Qing, the good side concubine of this king, the real identity behind her back is actually a spy planted in the palace by others...... She is not loyal to the king, and even more disloyal to the emperor, tonight, the king wants you to take a closer look at what the fate of disloyalty to the king and the emperor is. Come on, hit! ”

The Praetorian Guard stepped forward with a whip in his hand, without any pity for the jade, and suddenly gently whipped towards Bai!

Bai's soft and miserable screams echoed throughout the entire Qianhe Palace, and the thousands of palace maids and attendants on errands in the Qianhe Palace trembled with fright, and they didn't dare to breathe.

Xiao Tingchen stood beside Su Jiu.

Su Jiu lowered his head, sensing a cold gaze falling on his heart.

She reached out tremblingly and pinched the man's robe, "Don't beat ......"

Xiao Tingchen lifted the brocade robe and squatted down in front of her, coldly picking up her chin, "Can you tell this king now, where did you go just now?" Who did you go to meet? ”

Tianshu found out that Bai Qing had been delivering news outside the palace for many years.

It's just that she did it secretly, and she couldn't find out who the master she was loyal to in a short period of time.

After torturing Bai Qing for so long, this woman is loyal, and she refuses to confide half a word no matter how painful she is.

He was sure that it was the person Su Jiu had just met, and it was Bai Qingqing's master.

In the face of his questioning, Su Jiu was silent.

Xiao Tingchen played with her braids and smiled playfully, "My sister is so ruthless, do you want to see Bai Qing being beaten to death?" ”

Shiro's soft screams were particularly poignant.

Su Jiu didn't know where the courage came from, he suddenly got up, pulled out the long knife on the waist of the Praetorian Guard, and slammed it into Bai Qing's chest!

Jet-black blood oozed from the corners of Bai's mouth.

She looked at Su Jiu with a smile, and there was gratitude in her eyes.

She didn't have to endure the pain anymore, slowly closed her eyes, and passed away suddenly.

"Bang dang".

Su Jiu's long knife fell to the ground.

She swallowed her saliva and looked at Xiao Tingchen in a panic.

She rescued Bai Qingqing, but no one came to rescue her.

How Xiao Tingchen would treat her, she had no way of guessing......

A few fallen leaves were swept into the air, and a cold wind blew in the long night.

The palace lights flickered lightly, and Xiao Tingchen made a gesture.

All the palace maids and attendants quietly withdrew from the Qianhe Palace like a tide.

However, for a moment and a half, the silence of the entire palace could be heard.

The two stood in place, their figures stretched by the moonlight, and they were extremely lonely.

Su Jiu looked at Xiao Tingchen in a daze.

He walked towards him, his wide sleeves and robe swept up by the wind, the ink smudged open more terrifying than the night.

She subconsciously retreated, but was grabbed by the man around her thin waist.

He forced her to walk step by step towards the palace.

The sound of broken jade knocking on ice was a little cool, "My sister has the smell of other men." ”

Su Jiu's heart tightened.

She had forgotten how sensitive Xiao Tingchen's nose was......

"I smell it familiar." The man chuckled and led her into the temple, "Three coins bellflower, two coins of pines and cypresses, two coins of borneol, and one money of mint—"

He slowly reported the name of the incense medicine, and in the middle of speaking, Su Jiu finally interrupted him, "I went to see Rong Zheng." ”

In the side hall is a marble bath with hot water, rose petals floating on the water, and the air is filled with an ambiguous sweet fragrance.

Xiao Tingchen covered the door of the palace and untied the palace skirt for Su Jiu, his eyes were dark and uncertain, "It turned out to be Rong Zheng......"