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

Hearing this, Princess Ning paused while holding the scroll.

Her fingers gently stroked Xiao Chuyun's face on the scroll, she took a deep look at it, and then reluctantly closed the scroll.

Then, she looked up at Emperor Shunqing and sneered, "Yes, I don't want to live anymore. Anyway, you never planned to let us meet each other. What's the point of living like this?"

However, Emperor Shunqing turned around and looked around.

The layout of this room is very simple and clear at a glance, except for the utility room next door which is pitch black and cannot be seen clearly.

Emperor Shunqing did not listen to the complaints of Princess Ning. He just glanced at her and said coldly, "Where is Bai Zhi?"

Princess Ning did not answer, nor did she even look at him, as she put away the scroll.

Although Princess Ning's reaction was normal, Emperor Shunqing, who was already very suspicious, felt vaguely uneasy.

At the same time, Xiao Chuyun, who was holding Shen Nanzhi, twisted his fingertips and was just about to throw the stone on his fingertips at Emperor Shunqing.

At such a close distance, as long as he makes a move, he will definitely hit the target with one strike.

But at this moment, Emperor Shunqing suddenly raised his hand, and his knuckles tightly gripped Princess Ning's neck.

Although his kung fu was not as good as Xiao Chuyun's, it only took him a moment to crush Princess Ning to death.

"Someone has been here."

Emperor Shunqing looked at Princess Ning coldly.

His sinister gaze slid from Princess Ning's eyebrows to her wrist, which was bleeding profusely.

"Otherwise, you wouldn't be so emotional."

Emperor Shunqing was already in a bad mood today and came here just to vent, so after he finished saying all that in one breath, he realized that Princess Ning was behaving abnormally today.

She would never talk to herself so much before.

Only when she mentioned her son would her emotions rise and fall and she would talk to him. The rest of the time, she was more like an unresponsive wooden stake, not even bothering to give him a glance.

The way she acted today seemed as if she was deliberately trying to trick him.

Moreover, she already knew all this, so there was no need to ask any more questions.

Unless...she wanted to get him to say it out loud so that others could hear it.

As soon as this thought came to his mind, Emperor Shunqing felt a chill all over his body.

He did not bring anyone else with him this time, even his personal guards were left outside the secret passage.

No matter how much he trusted someone, he didn't want them to see this side of him.

And for all these years, no one except his own people has ever found this place alive.

Not only is the entrance to the secret passage outside full of traps, it is impossible for ordinary people to find the entrance. Even if they find it by chance, there are rows of poisonous grasses planted below the entrance. After walking down the secret passage, most people will be knocked down by the poisonous gas wafting from the entrance.

The poisonous gas is colorless and odorless, and ordinary people cannot detect it at all. By the time they discover something wrong with their body, it is already too late.

Unless, like him, he took a special anti-poison pill before entering.

Moreover, this is only the first step into the secret passage.

There is the stone pit behind, as well as the mechanisms and traps he set up along the way. It is impossible for anyone to walk in here unscathed.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be so careless as to enter this secret passage alone.

Perhaps he was a little panicked, and Emperor Shunqing increased the strength in his hands.

Even if he didn't really intend to kill her, it would still be an unbearable burden for the frail Princess Ning.

Her originally porcelain-white face turned red due to difficulty breathing, and even her eyes seemed a little dull.

If it had been a little later, Emperor Shunqing might have really strangled her neck.

But even so, she did not give in at all, and was even unwilling to look at Emperor Shunqing.

Seeing this, Emperor Shunqing was furious: "You think your son has made it big, so you can threaten me, right?"

He looked at Princess Ning coldly and said tyrannically, "Don't even think about it! I have been very kind to you by allowing you to stay like this. If you continue to go against me, you will never see him again in your life!"

"There's no point in keeping you here anyway. How about I just burn this place and the entire Yuquan Palace down? No one will know you died here anyway."

When saying this, Emperor Shunqing's eyes were full of paranoia and madness.

Apparently, he meant more than just talk!

Everything here is a reflection of the dark side of his heart, a stain and evidence of his guilt that he could not wash away. He was reluctant to leave at first, but stimulated by the disdainful look of Princess Ning, he suddenly had the urge to burn the place down!

Once it is burned, there will be nothing left.

It is impossible for anyone else to know what he has done!

As he thought of this, his eyes darkened and he began to harbor murderous intent.

Xiao Chuyun, who had been hiding behind a box, planning to wait for him to release Princess Ning and then take action when he was off guard, had to stand up.

"stop!"

Xiao Chuyun's fingertips holding the stone trembled slightly.

At that moment just now, he was about to make a move, but he was not completely sure that Emperor Qing would lose all his strength the moment he was hit.

If there was any deviation, Princess Ning would have died on the spot.

He can't gamble.

Xiao Chuyun could only walk out of the utility room with Shen Nanzhi.

The moment he heard his voice, Emperor Shunqing reacted.

Looking at Xiao Chuyun standing opposite him, the expression on Emperor Shunqing's face changed from surprise, to panic, to final anger.

But in the end, everything returned to calm. He looked at Xiao Chuyun with a cold face as usual: "Why are you here?"

When he said this, he noticed that Shen Nanzhi was following Xiao Chuyun.

Shen Nanzhi actually followed as well!

Emperor Shunqing was half a beat slow to react.

Emperor Shunqing, realizing this, had already decided to kill him.

Shen Nanzhi must have heard what he said about the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion just now. There is no room for maneuver in this matter.

Although for the sake of the overall situation, it is not advisable to touch them for the time being, but since it has come to this point, Emperor Shunqing can no longer care about so much.

It doesn't matter what the overall situation is; the only thing that matters is that he's alive.

However, he still looked calm and raised his eyes to look at Shen Nanzhi curiously: "Why is the girl from the Shen family here too?"

In fact, he wanted to ask, Xiao Chuyun is proficient in mechanisms, and it is enough for him to pass through layers of checkpoints and find this place safely, but why those poisonous weeds have no effect on Xiao Chuyun or even Shen Nanzhi?

The fact is that Xiao Chuyun had already noticed those poisonous herbs long before entering the secret passage, but he did not take it seriously, because Shen Nanzhi's body, nourished by the ice soul, was not afraid of ordinary poisons at all, and the same went for these poisonous herbs. As for him... although there was some effect, it was not much. After all, the medicinal properties of these poisonous herbs were nothing compared to the cold poison in his body.

However, Emperor Shunqing obviously did not know this.

Xiao Chuyun was too disdainful to explain to him, and only said sarcastically: "I should ask my father, why are you here?"

Hearing this, Emperor Shunqing's eyes flashed with panic, but he quickly calmed down, "This woman is a lunatic. She deliberately led me to say those words in order to sow discord between us father and son."

At this point, he can still lie with his eyes open, but he is just warning Xiao Chuyun - if they turn a blind eye to this matter, they can continue as before.

When saying this, Emperor Shunqing still did not let go of Princess Ning, as if to remind Xiao Chuyun that she was just a lowly woman and not worth the quarrel between them.

However, Xiao Chuyun said coldly: "Father, do you think I will believe it?"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Shunqing suddenly increased the strength in his hands, and Princess Ning was already a little out of breath.

Seeing this, Xiao Chuyun said in a deep voice: "If you kill her, you will never be able to walk out of this underground palace alive today."

As he spoke, he turned his wrist and a dagger appeared in his palm.

If he wanted to kill Emperor Shunqing, he would not need this dagger at all, but holding this dagger would obviously be more intimidating. It was Shen Nanzhi who stuffed it into his hand when he just came out.

Sure enough, the moment he saw the dagger that could cut through iron like mud, the strength in Emperor Shunqing's fingertips loosened, but his hand still did not leave Princess Ning's neck.

However, he loosened his grip a little, and Princess Ning finally recovered and began to breathe heavily.

Emperor Shunqing raised his eyebrows and looked at Xiao Chuyun: "So what are you going to do? Do you still want to kill your father?"

Hearing this, Xiao Chuyun said bluntly: "Hasn't Father already done something like this?"

He just admitted with his own mouth that he was the one who poisoned the late emperor.

Emperor Shunqing gently stroked Princess Ning's neck with his fingers, and said with a smile, "So, you don't plan to go through with what happened today?"

Before Xiao Chuyun could speak, Princess Ning, who was finally able to speak, quickly begged for mercy from Emperor Shunqing: "No! Don't you still need Ah Chu to help you stabilize the northern border? If something happens to him, will you still be able to sit on the throne? I can die, but you can't hurt Ah Chu!"

Hearing this, Emperor Shunqing laughed contemptuously: "At most, there will be more chaos, but it is better than letting the tiger go back to the mountains."

While he was talking to Xiao Chuyun, he suddenly raised his hand and grabbed the bell hanging beside the bed.

The sound of the bell was extremely penetrating. Since it was Princess Ning who summoned Bai Zhi in the underground palace, it could probably also allow Emperor Shunqing to contact the secret guards waiting outside.

Xiao Chuyun had already seen through his little thoughts and there was no way he could get what he wanted.

The moment he raised his hand, Xiao Chuyun threw the dagger in his hand fiercely. Before Emperor Shunqing's fingers touched the bell's traction rope, Xiao Chuyun's dagger directly split the bell into two halves.

At the same time, while Emperor Shunqing's attention was attracted by the bell, Xiao Chuyun moved his fingertips holding the stone.

But before he could make a move, he heard Princess Ning exclaim, "Achu, don't kill him!"

This time, Princess Ning anticipated the danger faster than Emperor Shunqing.

Even though her neck was still stuck in the palm of Emperor Shunqing's hand, she didn't care and just looked at Xiao Chuyun pleadingly: "Achu, mother begs you, don't kill him."

That look made Xiao Chuyun pause in his finger movements.

Emperor Shunqing was also very surprised.

The bell was destroyed and the sound from here could not be transmitted. He was anxious, but he did not expect that Princess Ning would protect him.

He looked at Princess Ning with surprise and joy: "Xiwei... you still have me in your heart, right?"

However, just as he finished speaking, Emperor Shunqing suddenly staggered and almost lost his balance.

He didn't know that Shen Nanzhi had hidden the muscle softening powder in the mechanism slot of the dagger long ago. When Xiao Chuyun threw the dagger and cut off the bell, it triggered the mechanism in the dagger, and the muscle softening powder inside was shot out and sprinkled on Emperor Shunqing's head.

With such a heavy dose of medicine, he naturally had no power to resist.

He hadn't even reacted to how he was hit.

He looked at Xiao Chuyun with a look of doubt: "When did you poison me?"

But Xiao Chuyun just looked at Princess Ning and said nothing.

Princess Ning, on the other hand, looked at Emperor Shunqing with concern: "Are you poisoned?"

Emperor Shunqing couldn't even stand steadily at this moment, so how could he have the strength to pinch Princess Ning's neck? Hearing this, he sat down next to Princess Ning and frowned, "It was your good son who did it!"

Seeing Princess Ning's reaction, he thought that in the face of life and death, she had put aside the past grudges and still cared about him. Moreover, for the lives of them and their son, she had to give in to him.

In this case, there is no way to ease the current situation. As long as Xiao Chuyun is stabilized and waited for him to get out...

Thinking of this, Emperor Shunqing turned to look at Xiao Chuyun with a bit more grievance on his face, "Look, your mother has forgiven me. I did this for the good of you and your son..."

However, his words stopped here.

A chopstick that had been sharpened to an extremely sharp point was inserted into his heart with perfect accuracy.

Shen Nanzhi had taken one of the chopsticks before, and she hid the other one.

Emperor Shunqing stood there in a daze, as if he had not yet reacted to what had happened.

The bright red, boiling blood splattered all over Princess Ning's head and face.

Against the backdrop of her white clothes and white hair, it is even more shocking.

She looked at Emperor Shunqing coldly and said word by word: "I never said I forgive you."

As she spoke, she poked the chopsticks hard at Emperor Shunqing's chest before continuing, "I didn't let Ah Chu kill you because I didn't want him to bear the sin of patricide and dirty his hands. You don't deserve it, you don't deserve it!"

When she said the last word, Princess Ning's emotions, which were on the verge of collapse, completely exploded. She didn't even care about the piercing pain in her wrists and ankles. She clenched the chopsticks and stabbed Emperor Shunqing's chest, face, hands, throat, and any place she could reach, hard, again and again!

Emperor Shunqing instinctively wanted to escape, but he had been poisoned by the muscle softening powder and even speaking was difficult for him, and his hands and feet did not obey him.

Princess Ning didn't even wait for Emperor Shunqing to utter a complete syllable before stabbing him to pieces, and he was dead in the blink of an eye.

Princess Ning still felt it was not enough.

When the chopsticks broke, she tore them with her hands, bit them with her mouth, and smashed them with the black iron chain in her hand... She wished she could grind this beast who had ruined her life into ashes.

Princess Ning was venting hysterically with everything she could.

Xiao Chuyun and Shen Nanzhi who came out later watched all this quietly, and no one spoke out to stop it.

Until a muffled rumbling sound was heard from the entrance of the secret passage not far away.

There is still a long distance from here to the entrance of the secret passage. Except for this special penetrating bell, ordinary sounds cannot be transmitted that far.

Moreover, under normal circumstances, his people would not intrude without Emperor Shunqing's permission.

At this time, not only Shen Nanzhi and Xiao Chuyun's eyes sank slightly, but even Princess Ning, who was already in a nearly insane state, froze suddenly when she heard the noise.