Rong Heqing hesitated for a moment and said affirmatively: "Basically credible."

Chu Suifeng raised his eyebrows.

"Since he was sent here, it means the person behind the scenes intends to use us to do something, so they will definitely give us some real information, it won't be completely false, otherwise it will be exposed once we investigate, and sending him here will be unnecessary. I just don't know who the person behind the scenes is and what his purpose is?"

Rong Heqing paced around the room, pinching his chin from time to time.

Chu Suifeng also fell into deep thought. After a while, he asked, "If what he said is true, how does the princess plan to deal with it?"

"Dispose of it? I won't do it. This kind of hot potato should be handed over to professionals." Rong Heqing snapped his fingers and suddenly had an idea. "Yes, give it to my father."

Chu Suifeng: "...If we act on our own, will the prince be dissatisfied?"

"Why don't we just change the story?" Rong Heqing hooked his finger at him.

Chu Suifeng was puzzled: "How to change it?"

He bent his head and listened attentively, only to hear Rong Heqing whisper a few words. He hesitated and said, "Is it possible?"

Rong Heqing patted his shoulder and said resignedly, "Whether it works or not, it has to be done. Now that things have come to this, it is beyond your and my control. Let's go to the study."

*

A quarter of an hour later, Rong Heqing, Chu Suifeng and the man in black stood at the door of the study.

As luck would have it, the guard at the gate this time was the same one who was unwilling to inform her last time. His attitude was as impatient and arrogant as before, and now he was as fawning as before. He came down the steps from a distance and said with an apologetic smile, "What brings the princess here? These two are--"

Rong Heqing smiled, "He is Chu Suifeng, my bodyguard. You need to look carefully at this face. If you see him in the mansion in the future, don't make a fuss."

"Yes, yes, yes." The guard stared at Chu Suifeng for several times, feeling a little envious.

Then he looked at the man in black who was tied up, "Then this guy..."

"Oh, a killer." Rong Heqing waved his hand, "Is father here? I'll send someone to him."

Guard: "..."

Sending a killer? That's filial piety.

He glanced at the three people with a complicated expression, and said with a cupped hand: "I will report it right away, Princess, please wait a moment."

Soon he came out and said that the prince had agreed.

Rong Heqing took the two of them in.

After she stood still, she bowed and saluted, "My daughter pays respects to my father."

Chu Suifeng kicked the man in black to the ground and bowed as well.

King Annan's sharp gaze immediately fell on Chu Suifeng, and Chu Suifeng felt the pressure without even looking up.

"Is this the servant you bought?"

Rong Heqing nodded, "How is it, does it look good?"

Her tone was natural and innocent, like a child who likes beautiful things, which made King Annan curl his lips and say, "You only look at whether the things look good when you buy them?"

"What? Suifeng is a human. I bought him so that we can meet each other. Of course he has to look good. Otherwise, I'm just wasting my money on my eyes." Rong Heqing turned his body to the side. "Oh, father, this is not important. What's important is that he——"

She raised her hand and pointed at the kneeling man in black and said, "Last night my daughter was afraid that Mr. Huang would be killed to silence him, so she asked Suifeng to keep an eye on him. I didn't expect that he would actually spot him!"

Rong Heqing gave Chu Suifeng a look, and Chu Suifeng immediately stepped forward and said, "I was waiting near the prison last night, and I saw a group of men in black sneaking into the prison. Not long after, they left in a panic. I wanted to capture them alive, but I didn't expect that they were intercepted by another group of masked men on the way. They wanted to kill them to silence them. I felt something was wrong, so I helped and saved him, but he disappeared in the blink of an eye. This morning, he was hung on a tree in the princess's courtyard, and a piece of paper was pasted on him."

As he said this, he took out the paper from his arms and placed it on the desk.

King Annan stared at him solemnly for a while before picking up the paper and unfolding it to read.

There were only those four words on the paper, and it was clear at a glance. After reading them, his brows furrowed even more.

Rong Heqing looked at his expression and said at the right time: "This is really strange. When did our South City have so many masters? Isn't Mr. Huang just a local tyrant with a few stinky money? How did he offend such a powerful enemy? Could he know some great secret?"

King Annan's heart was moved, and he suddenly looked up at her, his gaze as sharp as a knife.

Rong Heqing panicked after being stabbed. He subconsciously clenched his hands and managed to keep a straight face. "Why is my father looking at me like this?"

"Your temper..."

He spoke slowly, and Rong Heqing's heart suddenly rose to his throat.

What happened to her? Did she reveal her true identity? Did her image fall apart?

999! Didn’t you say it could collapse at will?

999: [The system you called is out of service area. Please call again next time. Sorry~ blah blah blah]

Rong Heqing: "..."

You forgot the lyrics, right? Can you pretend to be more convincing?

Just when Rong Heqing was hesitating whether to play dumb or deny it, King Annan suddenly curled his lips, leaned back in his chair, and said in a relaxed manner: "It's exactly the same as when I was a child."

Rong Heqing blinked and laughed too, "How can it be different? As the old saying goes, it's hard to change one's nature, even though it's easy to change the country."

"Is this how you use it?" King Annan laughed and waved his hand to signal her to step aside.

Rong Heqing understood and immediately stood beside the desk, saying fiercely to the man in black: "Who ordered you to kill and silence the witnesses? Who intercepted you? Come here quickly!"

Chu Suifeng stood behind her like a shadow, without saying a word.

The three men and six eyes stared at the man in black.

Man in black:"……"

Does he have to say the same thing three times?

Can you do some personnel work?

Rong Heqing slightly widened his eyes, "Huh?"

The man in black remembered what she had promised him, gritted his teeth, took out a token from his bosom and raised it, "Please have a look, Your Majesty!"

King Annan took a glance, his expression suddenly changed, he stood up from behind the desk, snatched the token and examined it carefully.

Rong Heqing and Chu Suifeng looked at each other and asked curiously, "Father, is there anything wrong with this token?"

"This is the waist badge of the Internal Guard." King Annan murmured.

"What is the inner guard?"

After all, Rong Heqing was a fool who had just come to her senses. She didn't know that internal security was normal, so she asked even though she knew the answer.

King Annan looked at her without answering, and turned to look at the man in black, his eagle eyes narrowed slightly, "Where did it come from?"

The man in black laughed bitterly, "I am Li Qiu of the Xuanwu Guard. I am under the order of the Emperor to patrol the southern border and contact the leader of the twelfth branch of the Xuanwu Guard stationed in the southern city in the early years - Liu Yiqing."

"It turned out to be him." King Annan frowned, and after a moment he sneered, "I knew he was dishonest, but I never thought he was a member of the Xuanwu Guard. He hid himself well, worthy of being the emperor's minion."

"The Xuanwu Guards are the emperor's secret guards. Because they only obey the emperor's orders, they are also called the inner guards. There are many experts and talents inside. All Xuanwu Guards have a Xuanwu token in their hands."

King Annan handed the token to Rong Heqing, "The black tortoise on it is engraved with a secret method, and the name of the holder is on the back. It cannot be forged."

Rong Heqing took the token and felt it carefully. The feel was indeed unique.

"What did the emperor ask you to do with Liu Yiqing? Could it be that..."

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