Duke Lin sneered, with a cunning look in his eyes.

"Your Highness Prince Rui and the Second Miss of the Shen family have had a secret affair for a long time. If His Majesty and the Emperor knew about this, I'm afraid the Second Miss of the Shen family..."

Murong Che sneered, "Shen Mi and I are unmarried, so what does it matter if you know?"

"If the Duke wants to report this to the Emperor, go ahead. I am not afraid."

Duke Lin snorted coldly and slowly walked to Murong Che's side.

There was a sinister look in his eyes, and his voice was extremely strange. "Your Highness Prince Rui, have you ever doubted the identity of the second young lady of the Shen family?"

"If His Majesty knew that the Shen family had raised a Li countryman, guess what crime would Jiang Xuan and the Shen family be punished for?"

When Duke Lin finished speaking, Murong Che had no expression on his face, and his hands tightened slightly under his sleeves.

He turned his head to look at Duke Lin with a calm expression.

"So, the Duke wants to use her to threaten me?"

"Tell me, what do you want to get from me?"

Duke Lin sneered.

"Your Highness Prince Rui is indeed a smart man."

"Everyone says you don't like women, but now you have fallen for Miss Shen Er."

"Your Highness Prince Rui already has the power of the Qilin Army, so why not give up the Guanning Iron Guard?"

"Don't worry, if Prince Rui is willing to give up the Guanning Iron Guard, I will naturally not reveal the identity of the second young lady of the Shen family."

Murong Che raised his eyebrows nonchalantly and looked at Duke Lin.

"The second young lady of the Shen family, Shen Mi, is the legitimate daughter of the Shen family."

"If the king says she is, she must be."

"My Lord, you really don't understand me."

"You think you are wrong to use a woman to threaten this king."

"This king hates... sinister people like you the most."

When that cold and dangerous voice came out, Murong Che's expression suddenly changed. He stretched out his hand and quickly went to the side of Duke Lin.

The black figure was like a flash of lightning.

Before Duke Lin could react, he suddenly felt his throat tighten.

"King Rui...you."

Murong Che curled his lips in a smile, his face looked evil and dangerous, and he suddenly retracted his slender fingers, and Duke Lin's face instantly turned as red as liver.

The men in black holding long knives around were about to take a step forward.

Murong Che tightened his wrist again, and Duke Lin was almost suffocated.

His eyes swept over the group of men in black around him.

He sneered, "If you want him dead, come over here, I will peel off his skin and pull out his tendons."

"My Lord, your tongue is too long. I have to cut it off so that it can function normally."

Duke Lin was pinched so hard that his face turned pale. He struggled hard, "Let...let go."

Murong Che tightened his wrist a little and smiled arrogantly and wickedly.

"Ah, I didn't expect that the Duke, who has so much power in the court, would also be afraid of this."

"Your life is like an ant in my hands."

Murong Che had a cold expression on his face. He threw the person onto the carriage and then got on the carriage as well.

Fu Yingsui pulled the reins and walked out of the woods.

In the carriage, Murong Che stared at Duke Lin and smiled.

This smile made Duke Lin feel a chill on his back.

"Murong Che, do you think no one knows the identity of the second young lady of the Shen family?"

"Do you think you can protect her? Protect the Shen family? Protect Jiang Xuan?"

"She had already had an affair with you when she was still engaged to the prince."

Murong Che leaned lazily on the carriage railing, a low, hoarse laugh escaping from his throat.

"My Lord, you are so stupid."

"I'll strangle you to death. This is too easy for you."

"Why not, let you change your way of life."

The cold and cruel voice fell, and before Duke Lin could react, Murong Che roughly stuffed a pill into his mouth.

The bitter taste instantly filled his throat, and Duke Lin's face suddenly changed.

"Murong Che...you...what did you feed me?"

Murong Che raised his eyebrows slightly, "Of course it's poison, what do you think it can be?"

"If I don't give you the antidote every month, you will turn into a pool of blood."

Murong Che laughed arrogantly, his voice was evil and dangerous.

"If you dare to touch a hair of Shen Mi, if you dare to touch the Shen family, I will let you know what it means to be worse off dead than alive."

"If the Duke dares to gamble, why not give it a try."

"You will come to me personally and beg me to let you live."

"get out."

"Bang!" There was a loud noise.

Before Duke Lin could recover from Murong Che's words, he was kicked out of the carriage by Murong Che.

He felt a huge pain in his body and was hit against the tree trunk, almost unable to get up.

He propped himself up from the ground, and the group of men in black holding long knives followed.

A black-clad guard walked up to him. "My Lord, what should we do now?"

Duke Lin covered his chest tightly, gritted his teeth, looked at the carriage going away, and cursed: "Why don't you chase it quickly?"

"Yes."

However, when the voice fell, the overwhelming and piercing pain penetrated into the bone marrow.

The pain was like thousands of ants, biting his flesh and drinking his blood.

"What did Murong Che give me to eat?"

"Quick, go call the doctor."

……

In the carriage, Murong Che leaned casually on the carriage railing and closed his eyes.

If he had to investigate his mother's death, the crown prince's identity, and even the queen's purpose, he really wanted to kill Duke Lin with a single blow.

However, feeding poison to Duke Lin can be considered as an indirect way to restrain him.

Outside, Fu Ying pulled the reins and asked, "Fourth Master, if the Duke reveals the identity of Second Miss Shen, then the Shen family will be..."

Murong Che curled his lips and smiled, "Whether Shen Mi's identity is true or false, no one knows, not even this king can guess it."

"She might be the second daughter of the Shen family, or maybe..."

Murong Che's words stopped abruptly.

If Shen Mi is not the second young lady of the Shen family, then where did the real second young lady of the Shen family go?

If she is really from Li, then it means that she will be targeted by the royal family of Li and the queen of Li just like when she was a child.

However, no one knows whether she is the second daughter of the Shen family or what her identity is.

Murong Che sighed and said, "Don't worry, Duke Lin's words don't count."

"Shen Mi's status is not something that others can say."

"She and I are unmarried, so what if she knew?"

"I married her, and no one in Yanjing City dared to touch her."

Behind the carriage, the men in black were all killed by Murong Che's secret guards in less than a moment, leaving no one alive.

……

At night, the originally peaceful Duke's Mansion was disturbed by a man's screams.

In the chic private room, a man was lying on the bed, sweating profusely and rolling around in pain.

He said in a weak voice: "Quick...quickly go find a doctor to detoxify me."

Zhao rushed in upon hearing the noise and saw that Duke Lin's forehead was covered with beads of sweat.

She hurried forward: "Master, Master, what's wrong with you?"

"Quick...quickly go and call the palace doctor first."

"Yes, ma'am." The guard received the order and hurried down to call the court doctor.

Duke Lin cursed weakly, "Prince Rui, it was Prince Rui who poisoned this old man."

"Prince Rui?" Zhao frowned. "Why would Prince Rui poison the master for no reason?"

"Master, how did you offend King Rui?"

Duke Lin was in excruciating pain and was too lazy to explain.

In less than a moment, the court physician of the Duke's Mansion came in hurriedly.

He stretched out his hand to feel Duke Lin's pulse, and then took out a silver needle to check for poison.

Duke Lin's mouth and nose were oozing blood and blood clots, and beads of sweat were dripping down.

He asked feebly, "Do you know what poison I was poisoned by?"

Looking at the silver needle in his hand, the court doctor's face changed and he knelt down immediately.

"Master, this poison is called the Three Corpses Brain Pill. It contains dormant corpse bugs, and the poison will erupt every two months."

"An antidote is needed to relieve the pain."

When the court doctor's voice fell, the Duke almost fainted.

"What if there is no antidote? Can you make one?"

The court doctor shook his head repeatedly, "It's hard to find an antidote for this poison."

"The antidote is usually in the hands of the person who poisoned you. If you don't take the antidote at the right time, it will probably turn into a pool of blood."

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