The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

While she was thinking, Xue Panrou's condition became worse and worse. Her breathing became unstable, and her eyelids became heavy before she fainted.

Xue Zhiyi called her several times but she didn't respond. Huo Wuyou sniffed her breath and said, "She's not dead."

Glancing at the cleaned food on the table, Xue Zhiyi said, "The Imperial Concubine will not fulfill her promise to save Xue Panrou, as that is too risky. But she will use this promise to exchange for Xue Panrou's confession to confirm Concubine Li's guilt. The Imperial Concubine wants to kill her to silence her, but blatantly poisoning her will only make Your Majesty suspect that there is an injustice. The Imperial Concubine probably gave her a drug to keep her asleep until she is executed."

Suddenly, she looked around the cell and said, "Prince Cheng has his own tricks up his sleeve. Let them fight. We won't interfere."

Huo Wuyou nodded, and the two of them did not stay long and left.

……

After leaving the Ye Ting Si, Huo Wuyou did not leave the palace, but followed Xue Zhiyi back to Jianzhang Palace.

As soon as Xue Zhiyi returned to his room, Huo Wuyou hurriedly followed him and closed the door behind him.

"What?" Xue Zhiyi asked him.

But Huo Wuyou sat down with a joking smile on his face: "Of course, let's talk about business."

While speaking, he looked at Xue Zhiyi and smiled maliciously: "I am not like some people who would sneak around with their relatives. It's very hateful."

"..." Xue Zhiyi just glared at him and didn't say anything.

She knew that this guy would talk about this matter for a long time to come, unless, of course, she kissed him somewhere else during that time.

Huo Wuyou did not continue to tease her, but whispered: "I have already asked someone to investigate the matter of Chai Yue and Jiang Xu. It will take another day or two to find out the details of the two. So far, we only know that they are both from Jiangzhou."

"Jiangzhou?"

"What's wrong?" Seeing her reaction, Huo Wuyou asked her.

Xue Zhiyi shook his head: "Nothing, it's my eldest sister..." Then, he quickly changed his words: "It's Xue Ruoyu, her husband's family is also from Jiangzhou."

She blinked, trying to suppress some bad emotions in her heart, and said: "I have also been observing Chai Yue these days, but she is no different from usual, and she is still kind to me. Since she has been hiding beside the Queen Mother for so many years, even if she has other purposes, she should not act easily."

After that, she gave Huo Wuyou a comforting smile: "Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to the Queen Mother."

Huo Wuyou propped up his head and said, "You can't be in trouble either."

As he spoke, a hairpin appeared from nowhere like a magic trick, spun it around his fingertips a few times, and then handed it to Xue Zhiyi.

Looking closely, I saw that it was a silver hairpin in the shape of a fox, except that the eyeballs were inlaid with rich, translucent jadeite, and the nine fox tails were carved so well that even the feathers on them were clearly visible.

He smiled brightly: "For you."

"Hairpin?" Xue Zhiyi was stunned.

"Yes, the one that Gu Shichong gave you, if you lose it, then you lose it. It's okay if you don't wear it. Just wear this one of mine from now on."

Huo Wuyou stood up, walked straight behind her, supported himself on the table with one hand, and leaned down. His high ponytail fell to the side of Xue Zhiyi's face.

He naturally held Xue Zhiyi's hand and held the silver hairpin in her palm.

Seeing Xue Zhiyi stiff and not daring to look back at his embarrassment, he raised the corner of his mouth slightly, held Xue Zhiyi's hand, and said: "Each strand of this fox tail is a mechanism. Once it is triggered, a poisonous needle will shoot out from the top of the fox head."

As he was speaking, a poisonous needle suddenly pierced the door panel with a whoosh.

"If you encounter danger, no matter who the other party is..." His voice was filled with subtle cruelty: "Press it and kill him."

Xue Zhiyi only felt her heartbeat rippling, and the warmth on the back of her hand made her fingers stiff with nervousness.

Huo Wuyou's thumb was right between her palms. As long as she tightened her fingers, she could hold it... Her fingers moved slightly, and when she was about to shake it back, Huo Wuyou withdrew his hand unexpectedly, along with the hairpin in her hand.

"I have to put it on you myself." As he said this, he began to fiddle with the hairpin, trying to find the most suitable position to insert it on Xue Zhiyi's head. He didn't notice Xue Zhiyi at all, whose hands were clenched in annoyance at this moment.

Huo Wuyou's voice was full of pride: "Let me tell you, I asked the same forger who forged weapons for my father to make this hairpin. It is very exquisite and invaluable. Gu Shichong's broken hairpin is nothing compared to it."

Suddenly, Xue Zhiyi hissed, "Hair!"

Before she could get over her annoyance, Huo Wuyou pulled her hair and hurt it.

He really knows how to ruin the atmosphere.

Behind him, Huo Wuyou kept apologizing and tried to take off the hairpin in a hurry, but the more he tried, the more chaotic it became. Until Xue Zhiyi couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to turn around and slap his hand away.

When she turned around, she found Huo Wuyou bending over and carefully untying her hair. At such a close distance, the moment he turned around, the tip of Huo Wuyou's nose almost brushed across her cheek.

The two of them were almost stunned at the same time, their faces flushed red, and they turned away quickly, but they couldn't suppress the smile on their lips no matter what.

At this moment, Huo Zhiyu's voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Sister Zhiyi, are you there?"

This voice made Xue Zhiyi's heart skip a beat: there were two of them, a single man and a single woman, in the same room in broad daylight, their faces flushed and their bodies unclear, what would it matter if Huo Zhiyu saw them?

"Hide first!" She whispered, "After I leave with the princess, you can escape quietly!"

Huo Wuyou came back to his senses: "This is Jianzhang Palace, why should I hide?"

After a while of pushing and shoving, Huo Wuyou was finally stuffed under the bed by her.

When Huo Zhiyu entered the room, she saw Xue Zhiyi with messy hair and a very red face. But before she could ask more questions, Xue Zhiyi sent him away.

……

That night, the emperor received news from the Ye Ting Si that Xue Panrou had hanged herself after leaving a suicide note.

The content of the suicide note was exactly that Concubine Ge had instructed her to falsely accuse Xue Zhiyi and Concubine Wu Lifei.

This was King Cheng's arrangement, but the others naturally didn't know about it.

Concubine Ge was both shocked and angry, while the Emperor, who wanted to find another excuse to punish the Ge family, appeared furious but was actually delighted. He demoted Concubine Ge's rank early the next morning. So Concubine Ge, who had been a powerful figure in the harem for half her life, was suddenly reduced to the position of a concubine.

The demotion was neither too much nor too little, but this news made Gu Shimin, who was in Prince Cheng's Mansion at the moment, very happy: Although this move failed to be fatal, at least he saw that the emperor really began to suppress the Ge family. As long as the Ge family was not an iron wall, then Gu Shichong would not be invulnerable.

Fu Rongxin was a little annoyed: "It's a pity that Xue Zhiyi was lucky enough to escape."

But in an instant, she put on a smile, and gently pinched Prince Cheng's shoulder with her delicate fingers: "But as long as I can share your worries, it's worth it."

Faced with such gentleness and kindness, Gu Shimin held the boneless hand on his shoulder. He looked at Xue Tingliu, who was now looking downcast, and said, "It was my fault that I didn't tell you about this in advance."

Xue Tingliu bowed hurriedly: "Your Highness, your words are too kind."

Seeing his expression, Gu Shimin asked him, "You actually had a chance to save Xue Panrou that day, why didn't you do it?"

At the banquet that day, Xue Tingliu did think of a way to turn the tide: Xue Panrou would surely die if she deceived the emperor, but if what she said became a reality, it would not be deceiving the emperor.

So he took the risk to look for Huo Zhiyu everywhere in the palace, and finally got a chance. At that time, Huo Zhiyu was only accompanied by a eunuch, and she seemed to be unwell and unconscious. Some places near Taiye Lake were very secluded, so he could take the opportunity to push her into the water, but in the end, he stopped.

Xue Tingliu bowed and said, "Your Highness hopes to promote the marriage, so Princess Anle cannot die. Tingliu cannot ruin Your Highness's great cause for the sake of my sister. When Your Highness ascends the throne, Tingliu will have the opportunity to kill Xue Zhiyi and Ge Jieyu for revenge."

Gu Shimin was satisfied with this answer and did not ask him any more questions. He just said, "After this incident, Nan'an will only think that it was Concubine Ge who framed Concubine Li. I'm afraid they will hate Prince Gong and his party to the core. In this way, Nan'an will be more useful to me."

Fu Rongxin quickly flattered: "Killing two birds with one stone, Your Highness is wise."

But Gu Shimin retorted: "No, it kills three birds with one stone."

He just chuckled: "You all say Xue Zhiyi's mind is complicated and not simple, but why do I feel that Huo Wuyou is not a stupid person?"

"Marquis of Lin'an?" Xue Tingliu narrowed his eyes, especially when he thought of the fact that Huo Wuyou had helped Xue Zhiyi, which made him hate him even more.

"Yes, otherwise how could it be so lucky that Huo Zhiyu escaped the marriage? I don't believe Huo Wuyou didn't do anything." He thought and couldn't help but smile: "It would be good if he could be recruited into my army. I'm afraid he will be like his father Huo Yan, who is not easily persuaded. That would be troublesome."