The daughter of the emperor is reborn to be beautiful and cool, and the King of Zhenbei loves her wi

In addition to informing my grandfather of Emperor Shunqing's suspicions and calculations, my uncle's trip back to the old house was more importantly to discuss with my grandfather how to stand in the upcoming battle for the crown prince, and to secretly contact the old members of the Shen family in advance to prepare for the future.

Because the matter is of great importance, my uncle is asked to go back in person and discuss it with my grandfather in person.

But Shen Nanzhi only discussed this matter with his uncle.

Even if his close associates knew that he was returning to the Shen family's old house in secret, his uncle would certainly not easily reveal the specific purpose of the trip given his cautious nature.

Is Xiao Yanchu just guessing and trying to test her, or is he completely sure?

Shen Nanzhi couldn't see through his thoughts.

She could only suppress the nervousness and panic in her heart, and said with a bit of sarcasm on her face: "Your Excellency really thinks highly of me."

Xiao Yanchu still had a smile in his eyes: "Miss Shen, don't underestimate yourself. I am very optimistic about you."

As he said that, he put down the teacup, raised his hand and casually placed it on the table, looking lazily at Shen Nanzhi: "The dog emperor can't tolerate the Shen family. His sons, Xiao Chuyun is good, but he is in poor health and is destined to have no chance of becoming emperor. The rest are either too young or too stupid. Xiao Qian, who is barely making do, seems to still have evil intentions towards Miss Shen. If he ascends to the throne, Miss Shen, do you think, with his paranoid personality, he will do something ridiculous like forcibly snatching my wife?"

"By then, will the Shen family, who are already regarded as a thorn in the eyes of the royal family, and the half-dead Xiao Chuyun still be able to protect you?"

Xiao Yanchu's slender jade-like fingertips tapped the table intermittently. He said in a relaxed but firm tone: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Miss Shen might as well consider us. At least..."

At this point, Xiao Yanchu looked Shen Nanzhi up and down, and then joked, "I have no interest in Miss Shen. If I were in power, at least I wouldn't kidnap Miss Shen, right?"

Hearing this, Shen Nanzhi almost couldn't help but throw the cup of tea at him on the head.

Although she was annoyed at being laughed at, Shen Nanzhi was more shocked at this moment.

She frowned at him: "Who are you?"

Xiao Yanchu smiled slightly: "Miss Shen is very smart, hasn't she already guessed it?"

Shen Nanzhi couldn't help but roll his eyes and said with a fake smile: "You don't have to flatter me, sir. I'm not as smart as you say."

Hearing this, Xiao Yanchu did not get angry but laughed and said, "This is the first time I've heard of someone taking the initiative to take the blame for being stupid."

Shen Nanzhi: “…”

Want to hit someone.

Listening to his words and actions just now, Shen Nanzhi was almost certain of his identity.

But he didn't say it in person, so Shen Nanzhi just pretended to be ignorant even though she knew the truth. She never expected that he would not give her this opportunity at all.

Seeing Shen Nanzhi remained silent, Xiao Yanchu continued, "I can't guarantee anything else, but at least I won't do anything like abandoning the rabbit after it's dead or hiding the bow after the bird is dead. I'm sure the Shen family army knows my father's character best."

This time, he simply did not hide it and frankly admitted his identity.

However, he was right in this regard.

Although Prince Ning was plotting rebellion, he was extremely caring towards his subordinates. The Shen family army, which had confronted him at the beginning, was naturally aware of this.

However, when he mentioned this, Shen Nanzhi's brows furrowed even deeper.

As if seeing through Shen Nanzhi's thoughts, Xiao Yanchu smiled and said, "The past is the past, and the present is the present. After all, we have different positions and serve different masters. I can understand. As long as the Shen family is willing to cooperate, I promise to forgive the past, and no one will be able to shake the position of the Shen family in the future. Miss Shen might as well think about it carefully. After you have thought it over, write a letter to the Shen family to let them know that you are safe."

After saying this, he turned and left.

For a moment, the only sound on the entire fourth floor seemed to be Shen Nanzhi's frantic heartbeat.

Xiao Yanchu said it lightly, but there was a family feud between them, as well as the blood and lives of several close relatives of the Shen family. How could there be any reconciliation between them!

Even if they served different masters, it was an indisputable fact that Shen Nanzhi's uncles fought desperately to defend the city and died at the hands of Prince Ning.

Even if Emperor Shunqing is ungrateful and plotting against the Shen family, the Shen family can still make other plans and find another way out, but this way cannot be through Prince Ning's party!

Therefore, his desire to reconcile with the Shen family was too unrealistic!

After being angry, Shen Nanzhi gradually calmed down.

Xiao Yanchu is so smart and knows the Shen family so thoroughly, how could he not think of this.

Even though he knew it wouldn't work, he still captured Shen Nanzhi and provided her with good food, drink and medicine.

why?

Because...Xiao Chuyun.

The person Xiao Yanchu really wanted to control with Shen Nanzhi was Xiao Chuyun.

Shen Nanzhi thought of that dream.

If what she saw in the dream was her past life, then Xiao Yanchu and Xiao Chuyun should have reached some kind of consensus.

No matter how powerful Xiao Yanchu is, he only has a group of talented people who have followed him all the way. It is extremely difficult for him to shake the foundation of a country.

Xiao Yanchu has calculations, ambitions, and hatred towards Emperor Shunqing Xiao Qian'an.

Xiao Chuyun, who had hundreds of thousands of troops under his command, also hated Xiao Qian'an to the core.

But that was in a dream or in a past life.

Will Xiao Chuyun make the same choice in this life?

Shen Nanzhi was in a state of confusion.

Moondance is back.

This time, she brought not only a bowl of steaming medicine, but also writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone.

Yuewu probably hasn't recovered from the embarrassment yet. She put the medicine down and said apologetically, "Miss Shen, I'm sorry. It's all my fault. I almost caused the Master to misunderstand Miss Shen."

Hearing this, Shen Nanzhi just waved his hand and didn't say much.

This silly girl was sold out by Xiao Yanchu, but she still counted money for Xiao Yanchu.

After helping Shen Nanzhi drink the medicine, Yue Wu spread out the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone in front of Shen Nanzhi: "Young Master said that Miss Shen should write a letter to her family to let them know that she is safe."

Upon hearing this, Shen Nanzhi's eyes froze.

This was not a report of safety at all; it was clearly a threat to the Shen family with Shen Nanzhi's letter.

But two days have passed, and some news has come back proving that she is still fine, which is a good thing.

Based on their understanding of Shen Nanzhi, in order to protect Shen Nanzhi's reputation, they would certainly not make it public and would send out all their secret guards to conduct a carpet search for her whereabouts.

A'niang would be exhausted and unable to sleep or eat because of worrying about her safety.

My aunt would blame herself and feel annoyed that it was her insistence on performing the ritual that harmed her.

The remaining aunts were also very anxious.

Although cousin Changan is usually not serious, he is probably desperately trying to find her whereabouts at this moment.

It had only been two days since she left, but Shen Nanzhi already missed them and home madly.

Just as she picked up the paper and pen, Yuewu beside her reminded her, "Young Master said that Miss Shen only needs to write the four words 'Be well, don't worry'."

This was because they were afraid that she would convey the message in the letter.

Shen Nanzhi said nothing and did as he was told.

When the ink was dry, before Yuewu put it away and sent it away, Shen Nanzhi asked, "You don't even need to take a token from me, how can they believe it?"

As she spoke, she took out a red hairpin and handed it to Yuewu.

Yuewu seemed to think it made sense, so she put it away, but still explained, "I have to ask the Master first."

After Yue Wu left, Shen Nanzhi subconsciously raised her hand and gently stroked the plum blossom hairpin on her head.

Fortunately, she had applied the remaining tracking incense in the plum blossom hairpin on the red hairpin in advance.

Moreover, she also wiped the paper several more times with her fingertips stained with the tracking incense without making a sound.

If Xiao Yanchu agreed to send the red hairpin over as well, as long as his men touched the red hairpin or the paper, they could ask Shen Nanzhi's secret guards to track them down.

If Xiao Yanchu disagrees, the small amount of tracking incense on the paper will be useless, and Shen Nanzhi will have to try other methods.

Fortunately, Yuewu brought the news quickly and Xiao Yanchu had already ordered someone to send it over.

Shen Nanzhi felt relieved.

However, she was not sure how Xiao Yanchu's people were sent to the Shen family. The only thing she could do now was to wait.

Shen Nanzhi was in a daze when she smelled the aroma of sugar-roasted chestnuts.

At the same time, Yue Wu smiled and said, "Miss Shen, I've bought the sugar-roasted chestnuts. Miss Shen, take a look and see if they taste right this time."

This time, Yuewu also brought back two bags of sugar-roasted chestnuts.

Shen Nanzhi picked up one at random. It was very crispy, but still a little bit worse than the authentic Qingzhou flavor. She weighed the oil paper bag, took a look at the fragrant sugar-roasted chestnuts inside, and then shook her head at Yuewu, "It's still a little bit worse."

Then Shen Nanzhi picked up another oil-paper bag, took a bite, and it was still not quite right.

However, this time she saw a sugar-roasted chestnut with a double cross pattern cut on it and a gap in the middle in the oil paper package.

The roasted chestnuts found in Xunzang all had straight lines or cross patterns on them. In this case, either the vendor accidentally cut two more times, which was a coincidence, or... someone deliberately left a mark for the Shen family's secret guards to communicate.

If it was a coincidence, it would be too much of a coincidence. Shen Nanzhi was more inclined to believe that it was a mark left for her by the secret guard.

Just one glance and Shen Nanzhi's heart rose to his throat.

But the more nervous she was, the calmer she appeared, and she even said to Yue Wu casually, "This taste is still a little off."

If we only choose this one, it would be too deliberate and would easily arouse their suspicion.

Shen Nanzhi looked at Yuewu with a little apology on his face: "However, these two are much better than the ones from yesterday. They are very similar. I can just buy from these two in the future. Miss Yuewu doesn't have to bother asking people to help me find them."

As she spoke, Shen Nanzhi took the marked sugar-roasted chestnut in her hand and was about to destroy the mark on it, but she heard Xiao Yanchu's voice coming from the stairs: "Miss Shen, do you like Qingzhou's sugar-roasted chestnuts?"

Before Shen Nanzhi could reply, she saw his eyes fall on her fingertips that had just picked up the sugar-roasted chestnuts.

Fortunately, Shen Nanzhi pressed the marked side of the sugar-roasted chestnut against her fingertips with it facing her. From Xiao Yanchu's perspective, he could only see the back side which was normal.

But this man was sharp-minded and suspicious. If Shen Nanzhi showed any sign of panic, he would be able to knock down the chestnut immediately with his skills and then find out the clues.

So Shen Nanzhi instantly suppressed the tension in her heart, and calmly and casually peeled the sugar-roasted chestnut in front of Xiao Yanchu. Then, using her fingertips to cover the shell, she tore off the mark on it while tearing open the shell.

After peeling out the crispy chestnut flesh, Shen Nanzhi waved to Xiao Yanchu: "It's very crispy, would you like to try it?"

Whether it was expression or action, Shen Nanzhi did it flawlessly.

Xiao Yanchu finally took his hand away from her and said with a smile, "No, I'm afraid Miss Shen has poisoned it."

Shen Nanzhi actually wanted to.

But regardless of whether she can succeed, even if she can kill Xiao Yanchu, there are still these masters in the attic, and Shen Nanzhi will not be able to leave here alive.

She and Xiao Yanchu have not yet reached the point of exchanging one life for another.

Moreover, the poison in the plum blossom hairpin is also her last trump card, and Shen Nanzhi will not use it unless it is absolutely necessary.

Facing Xiao Yanchu's half-smiley eyes, Shen Nanzhi said with a fake smile: "Then you better be careful, and stay away from me."

Xiao Yanchu was not angry at all. He raised his hand and flicked his sleeves. "As Miss Shen wishes, I just have something to do and will leave now."

Seeing that he was about to leave, Shen Nanzhi asked casually, "Are you going to Xiangguo Temple?"

If she could think that there was something wrong with this ritual, the Shen family would naturally think of it too. I'm afraid they would immediately direct their investigation towards Xiangguo Temple.

As the saying goes, the monk can run away but the temple cannot. Isn't this person afraid that the Shen family will find out something from those monks?

Moreover, yesterday, Xiao Yanchu had a strong smell of sandalwood on his body, but today there was no such smell. Shen Nanzhi thought of asking him to see his reaction.

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yanchu paused, and the fox mask slowly turned towards Shen Nanzhi. Then he raised his eyes to look at Shen Nanzhi and said without hesitation: "Yes, Miss Shen, do you want to go?"

Of course Shen Nanzhi didn't want to, but it was better to be able to go out than to be trapped here forever.

Her mind was slightly moved, and just as she was about to speak, she saw Xiao Yanchu's eyebrows curved, and he smiled wickedly and said, "I won't take you with me even if I want to go."

Shen Nanzhi: “…”

This damn guy! He was obviously teasing her on purpose!

Shen Nanzhi couldn't help it, so he grabbed a sugar-roasted chestnut and smashed it on his head.

Xiao Yanchu turned around and left as usual, as if he didn't see it. Seeing that the sugar-roasted chestnuts were about to fall on his head, he raised his hand calmly and easily pinched the sugar-roasted chestnuts full of Shen Nanzhi's anger between his fingertips. Then he peeled the chestnuts and ate them in front of Shen Nanzhi, and did not forget to thank Shen Nanzhi: "Thank you Miss Shen for the sugar-roasted chestnuts. They taste really good."

Shen Nanzhi couldn't help but sneer.

Isn't he afraid that she will poison him now?

It was obvious that he had figured out her thoughts and that what he just said was just a bluff.

Shen Nanzhi moved her lips and was about to speak, but she saw the man who had already walked down two steps of the stairs suddenly turned around and smiled at her: "Oh, by the way, compared with the flavor of Qingzhou, it is indeed a little worse. Yuewu, let's change to another shop tomorrow."

At that moment, his eyes were filled with smiles, and a shrewd light like a fox flashed in them.

Shen Nanzhi's heart skipped a beat. Had he... already guessed this?

Thinking of this, the tips of Shen Nanzhi's fingers that covered the symbol of the Shen family's secret guards felt slightly hot.

After Xiao Yanchu walked away, Shen Nanzhi turned around and lowered his voice to ask Xiang Yuewu: "Before giving these two bags of sugar-roasted chestnuts to me, did your master look at them?"

Although it was just a guess, the look Xiao Yanchu gave Shen Nanzhi just now really made her feel uneasy.

Hearing this, Yue Wu nodded honestly: "Yes, the master opened it and looked at it himself before asking me to bring it to Miss Shen."

Shen Nanzhi: “…”

really.

This bastard had already seen the sign, but pretended not to notice it. Seeing Shen Nanzhi trying to cover it up with calmness, he played a trick on Shen Nanzhi again.