"Chu Ci?" Su furrowed his brow and called out to her again.

  Chu Ci returned with a hint of a smile and blinked her eyes in response, "What's wrong?"

  "Later I'll go take a look at Cheng Qi's place, can you be alone here by yourself?"

  "I can, no matter what, I am the crown prince's consort after all!"

  Su Chen looked at her with a complicated gaze and said, "Don't forget that you have a reputation for not getting along with the Crown Prince. Some people know you're the Crown Princess, and it's possible that someone might get excited and kill you to take credit in front of the Crown Prince..."

  Upon hearing this, Chu's expression changed drastically, his eyes widening in shock: "Is it that thrilling?"

  "So be careful yourself."

  Chu Ci nodded seriously, indicating that he understood.

  However, after Su Chen left, she became even more puzzled. What deep hatred could there be between her and the Crown Prince that would make their relationship so strained?

  Most importantly, she didn't know what she had been thinking about for the past two years, but everything that happened after waking up showed that Emperor Chi was not as bad as she thought...

  At midnight, Chu Ci lay on the bed with his eyes closed in thought. Suddenly, he felt that the Star Luo chain had faintly glowed. Chu Ci opened his eyes without making a sound, and although he didn't move, he still keenly heard a strange thumping noise coming from afar. It was vague and unclear, sometimes stopping and starting again.

  What is it?

  Chu Ci didn't change her expression or tone as she got out of bed, but her hand had already grasped the curved dagger with a short blade that was tucked at her waist.

  She gently pushed open the window, and saw that there were several more guards outside the yard. Chu Ci silently jumped out of the back window, and the lights on the corridor were blown by the cold wind, making a creaking sound, casting bright and dazzling shadows.

  Not long after they left, Chu Ci suddenly saw the door of a house not far away shining with light, so he quietly approached and hid behind a tree, then heard someone talking.

  "She's coming, be careful."

  "I know."

  ……

  Chu Ci heard someone talking to Lan Qianran, but the voice was strange, a bit hoarse, no, it sounded like something was stuck in his throat and changed his tone. Despite this, it still made Chu Ci feel some inexplicable familiarity.

  Who is it?

  "Should we move her?" Blue Qianran suddenly spoke again.

  "The question is, why did she return to Mingyue Temple all of a sudden? What's her real purpose for coming to Qingzhou?"

  "Isn't it simple? This case is handled by the Crown Prince, and he sent her over. Doesn't that mean he wants to find an excuse to borrow our hands to kill her?"

  "...Third Young Master." The man seemed to pause for a moment, "I need to remind you that Chu Ci has even handed poisoned wine to the Crown Prince, this couple is one more ruthless than the other, so there's no need to underestimate anyone."

  Those two people deliberated for a while and still decided to lock Chu Ci in the Xu Fu first and see how things develop before making another move.

  Chu Ci quietly walked away, she leaned against the stone pillar in the corridor and pondered for a while, hearing the sound of guards coming to patrol behind her, so she crouched down and went around to the back garden, but unexpectedly, at this time, the dull thumping sound she heard at first came from the front again...

  Chu Ci furrowed her brow, calmed her mind and spirit, and followed the sound to find her way back.

  The sound seemed to come from the other side of the lake, Chu Ci carefully descended the artificial hillside, suddenly heard a firelight flashing over from the opposite shore, Chu Ci reacted quickly enough to plan to roll over to find cover on the grass slope, but was suddenly caught by an inexplicable force.

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