The power struggles and intrigues that Xia Taozhi has always hated finally happened to her.

From Emperor Chu being critically ill, to urgently summoning her into the palace, and then to arranging for her to get along with Emperor Chu alone, one by one, one by one, I am afraid that it has been brewing for a long time.

No wonder Emperor Chu didn't get sick early or late, but he got sick as soon as the tsundere prince left. They can't do anything about the tsundere prince, so they can only attack her. It's just that her mind is too simple, she doesn't have the ability to turn danger like the tsundere prince, nor does she have the ability to turn things around like him. Now that he is not around, she can only watch fall into the trap set by these people, and she has no power to fight back.

At this moment, she was placed under house arrest in a side hall of the East Pole Hall on the charge of killing the king, waiting to be released.

Peony was forcibly taken down to torture to extract a confession, if she was not mistaken, the person who went to arrest Xia Xiang at this moment should have been on the way. After all, such a heinous crime as killing a king, if you don't punish the meaning of the nine clans, how can it show the inviolability of heaven?

I thought that after Song Yuansheng fell, those princelings would also fall silent. Unexpectedly, they just changed their shells, and they changed from "princelings" to "Ruiwang party".

It stands to reason that she is the daughter of the Xia family, and the Xia family and the Xiao family are in-laws, this Second Miss Xia is still the nominal granddaughter of the old Marquis Xiao, and it should not be until she dies. But she forgot that these people who were consumed by power, these people who only had family interests in their hearts, had long since abandoned everything. In their eyes, there is only the Ninety-Five Supreme Position hanging high above the top of power, and in order to be able to climb to that peak, they will sacrifice everything that can be sacrificed and give up everything that should be given up at all costs.

This is the reason why Xia Taozhi dislikes the Deep Palace family, the interests are full of heart, and they are cold-blooded and ruthless.

But she was not surprised that her titular grandfather had joined forces with others to put her to death in order to deal with her husband.

The only thing that made her unable to understand and be relieved was Xue Cheng.

The little boy who always had a clean smile on his face, the little boy who was chattering and caring in his ear, the little boy who did not hesitate to go against his family's wishes in order to save people, finally one day, he became the same person as those people, and finally one day, he also stood on the side of power, raised a sword, and pointed the tip of the sword at her.

It's false to say that you're not sad......

She still can't believe that in the East Pole Palace, the last person to stand up and give her a fatal blow will be Xue Cheng.

At that time, she was in the dormitory, and after knowing that she had fallen into a trap, she decided to get out first, and then find a way to meet the tsundere prince. In this way, the dream of King Rui and his party to use her to contain the tsundere prince may be shattered. Originally, with her skills, it was not impossible to suddenly take advantage of the unpreparedness to rush out of the encirclement with peony, after all, no one knew about Princess Ling's martial arts, so no one would be able to guard against it. But she didn't expect that she would put her hand on her waist and was about to pull out the soft sword that the tsundere prince had left her for self-defense, and she was clicked from behind.

Then she heard Xue Cheng's voice sounding behind her, not at all as crisp and likable as before, but instead turned into a slow and gloomy tone, which made people feel annoyed for no reason when they heard it.

"She knows martial arts, beware of her escaping."

Xia Taozhi's heart was horrified, and she tried not to look over her head to confirm whether the person who said this was Xue Cheng, but she was pointed at the acupoint, and she couldn't move for half a minute. That's the anger in my heart...... Okay, you Xue Cheng, you can point to the acupoint, what do you want to do with my dumb acupoint? You used to be so noisy, sister, I haven't tapped your dumb!

Concubine Shu exclaimed: "How is it possible?!" Hongu had never heard of Xia Xiang's youngest daughter Huiwu......"

Xue Cheng slowly spit out another sentence, and everyone fell silent.

"Of course she knows martial arts, because she is Gu Sheng."

Gu Sheng's name Chu Jing doesn't know who doesn't know, since the star picking event became famous in one fell swoop, this name has become like thunder, even a woman like Concubine Shu, who has lived in the deep palace for a long time with long hair and short knowledge, knows how powerful she is, and even if she is frightened, she takes two steps back.

Song Yuanmin was not afraid, and laughed twice: "This king really underestimated his younger siblings...... I didn't expect my younger siblings to have such skills. It makes this king really interested in you. After that, he paced to her, his eyes swept back and forth on her without taboo, looked at her carefully, and said: "At that time in Cloud City, the eight top masters sent by this king have all gone and never returned, and this king is still surprised that the skills of the three emperor brothers are so superb, and they returned to Chu Jing unscathed with one enemy and eight enemies, and now I understand, presumably you must be with the three emperor brothers at that time, right?" With the skills of the two of you, it shouldn't be difficult to solve eight people. ”

Xia Taozhi couldn't speak, but her eyes were full of disdain, staring at Song Yuanmin with hatred, and her heart was really the person sent by you, a bastard bastard! But this time you are wrong, my aunt and grandmother didn't make a move at that time, and my husband was brave and invincible without any effort, and he solved the eight wine bags and rice bags you sent in an instant. Not to mention eight, and another eighteen are no match for him......

Although Song Yuanmin and Song Yuansheng were brothers, their minds were much deeper than his, and they were not annoyed at all, sneered, and ordered someone to take her to the side hall and imprison her. Because she was afraid that she would kill herself, she ordered the palace maid to search her all over her body, and took away the steps on her head, the hairpin, the soft sword on her waist, and the dagger in her boots.

Concubine Shu also said in a weird way that she had already planned to plot against her when she entered the palace with a murder weapon.

She almost laughed angrily, if Aunt Dao really wanted to plot against her, she would definitely kill you, the adulterous concubine, with a knife!

……

It was pitch black outside the hall, and I didn't know what time it was.

There was only one small lamp in the temple, and the faint light of the fire flickered as if it would be extinguished at any moment. She leaned against a pillar and curled up on her legs, and sat in this position all the time.

Now that the outside of this house is heavily guarded, and she has no weapons, it is really difficult for her to escape......

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps outside the hall, walking very slowly step by step, as if he was overwhelmed by something. She waited for a long, long time, and finally there was a "squeak" and the door of the temple opened.

A figure slowly stepped in.

Although the faint light of the fire could not illuminate this person's facial features, she just knew that the person who came was Xue Cheng.

The door of the hall slowly closed behind Xue Cheng, and he stood at the door, his eyes scanned the hall, and he found Xia Taozhi sitting in front of the pillar. Then he walked up to her.

Xia Taozhi's eyes stared at him without blinking, she really wanted to see what Xue Cheng wanted to do.

Xue Cheng walked five steps away from her, leaned over, and called her softly: "Brother Gu......"

She was stunned for a moment, a familiar term she hadn't heard for a long time. In an instant, she seemed to be on the big tree of Chonglou Mountain again, and Xue Cheng was sitting on the tree opposite her, calling her with a smile: "Brother Gu, what a coincidence, we met again......

But in the next moment, Xue Cheng in front of her hooked her lips and sneered, dragging her back to reality again.

She watched the grim smile appear on his still youthful face, and a very sad feeling surged in her heart. Now the person in front of her is no longer the Xue Cheng of the past, there are too many things in his eyes that she can't see clearly, he is no longer a chic and wanton little boy of the family, he carries the rise and fall of the Xue family on his shoulders, and carries the future of the entire Xue family, he may have to taste the coldness of human feelings, and he also has to face many ugliness that he was unwilling to face or someone to face for him in the past.

To be honest, when she turned from shock to anger at first, she really wanted to slash Xue Cheng with a knife. But she sat in this side hall and thought about it for a long time, and then she figured it out, the tsundere prince wiped out Xue Cheng's family with a flip of his hand, how could Xue Cheng not hate? So hating the house and Wu, Xue Cheng seems to be expected to do this now...... I'm afraid he hates not only King Ling, but also the naïve self in the past.

But when did he start associating himself with those people? What happened to him after the fall of the Xue family?

Xia Taozhi thought about it, Xue Cheng didn't even call her a few times "Brother Gu", she didn't respond, so he nodded, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said: "If it's really different from the past, I'll still call Princess Ling Niangniang......"

"Niangniang, don't you wonder why I'm still here?"

"Curious...... Xia Taozhi also smiled and asked rhetorically, "...... So is there anything else going on with Xue Gongzi? "She's all down to this point, what else is there to worry about?

Xue Cheng said: "I came this time, naturally I wanted to ask Princess Ling for a small favor......

Xia Taozhi sneered, "Don't come to this set of false things, let it go if you have a fart, get out of it when you're done!" ”

Xue Cheng was not annoyed, his temper seemed to be as good as before, he took out something from his arms and handed it to Xia Taozhi. She looked at the faint light of the fire, and it was a bloodstained confession, and the handwriting on it she recognized was that of Peony......

"Regarding the crime of killing the king, your handmaid has already recruited ......"

Xia Taozhi's pupils shrank, and there seemed to be some terrible cold feeling surging up, freezing her throat and making her shiver. She couldn't even speak, and said tremblingly, "You guys...... What the hell did you do with the peony......?! ”

"Dead."

Xue Cheng's voice did not carry any emotion, and there was not even a trace of pity in the eyes that looked at her, and repeated again in her shock: "She died, and she committed suicide in fear of sin......"