It was pitch black, inside the tent.
Shen Lingjun, standing beside the bed, held her breath and hesitated.
If it were a few days ago, she would have stabbed him without hesitation, stabbing this bastard to death.
But right now...
She hesitated.
I can't make up my mind.
Perhaps it was Lin Jiangnian's slightly persuasive remarks a few days ago that had shaken her. Even though she didn't want to believe it, she couldn't help but think about it.
After careful consideration, her originally firm belief gradually wavered. Furthermore, she had been following Lin Jiangnian and his group's carriage for the past few days and had indeed discovered that this bastard prince... didn't seem to be so evil after all.
At least on the surface, he is indeed far from the image of a man who bullies men and women and does all kinds of evil.
He even released Wang Qin?!
This was an unexpected result for Shen Lingjun, and coupled with what her uncle had said to her before, it completely shook Shen Lingjun's thoughts.
The opportunity was right in front of her, but she hesitated!
Really, do you want to kill this bastard?
What if he was right?
Wouldn't that be unfair to him?
Killed a good man by mistake?!
Shen Lingjun's eyes were hesitant, and she became more and more indecisive.
In the dark environment, one could vaguely see Lin Jiangnian sleeping soundly on the bed, with the air filled with the smell of drunkenness.
Shen Lingjun was in hesitation and confusion, and the hand holding the dagger trembled slightly, and he was reluctant to drop it.
"You deserve to die, you dog prince!"
In the darkness, Shen Lingjun's bright eyes were filled with hatred.
She gritted her teeth, but the dagger in her hand never fell.
She gave up!
"I will get to the bottom of Miss Yingying's affairs. If you dare to lie to me, I will definitely kill you next time even if I have to chase you to the ends of the earth!"
Shen Lingjun gave him a final hateful look, put away the dagger, and turned away.
However, just as Shen Lingjun reached the door of the tent, there was a sudden noise outside, and a figure pushed open the tent and walked in.
Shen Lingjun's eyes became alert for a moment, and when he was about to take action, he was stunned again.
"Miss Kite?!"
In the dark and dim environment, Shen Lingjun recognized the person's identity at a glance.
It was a kite.
Familiar white clothes in the dark environment.
Zhiyuan saw Shen Lingjun in the room and paused, but didn't seem surprised. She glanced at the bed not far away, then slowly walked to the side of the room and lit the oil lamp on the table.
Oil lamps illuminated the tent.
Zhiyuan, dressed in white, appeared in the room, looking a bit tired and exhausted.
"Kite girl?"
Shen Lingjun was a little surprised!
After leaving the dilapidated temple in the afternoon, there was no trace of Zhiyuan. If she had not witnessed Lin Jiangnian's every move, she would even suspect that Lin Jiangnian had done something to Zhiyuan.
She breathed a sigh of relief when Zhiyuan suddenly appeared, but before she could figure out why Zhiyuan had left without saying goodbye, she suddenly saw Zhiyuan light the oil lamp. She immediately whispered nervously, "Miss Zhiyuan, you'll alert the enemy by doing this..."
Lighting an oil lamp in the tent will inevitably attract attention from outside, and your identity will be exposed if you are not careful.
At this time, Shen Lingjun still thought that Zhiyuan's purpose was the same as hers, which was to assassinate Lin Jiangnian.
Zhiyuan looked up at Shen Lingjun, said nothing, and just shook his head slightly.
Shen Lingjun was stunned and didn't understand what was going on.
Then, she saw Zhiyuan slowly turn around, walk to the bed, and look down at Lin Jiangnian lying on the bed.
"Miss Kite..."
Shen Lingjun opened her mouth and was about to say something when she saw Zhiyuan suddenly sit down on the edge of the bed, put her hand on Lin Jiangnian's forehead and touched it gently.
Shen Lingjun's eyes were dull.
My head seems to be stuck.
Didn’t Miss Zhiyuan come here to assassinate Lin Jiangnian?
She is...
What are you doing?
"How much did he drink?"
Zhiyuan didn't look up and suddenly spoke.
Shen Lingjun was still a little dazed at this time, and subconsciously said: "He drank a lot, drank with my uncle-in-law... The maid helped him back. He was already drunk and confused, and he probably won't wake up..."
Zhiyuan didn't say anything else, but just lowered her eyes to look at Lin Jiangnian's sleeping face, gently reached out to cover him with the quilt, and then slowly got up.
Turning his head, he met Shen Lingjun's extremely shocked gaze.
Shocked!
Unbelievable!
question!
And... a deep sense of confusion!
"Miss Kite..."
Something flashed through Shen Lingjun's mind, and she instinctively felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't put her finger on it.
She looked at Lin Jiangnian lying on the bed, then at the girl in front of her, Zhiyuan, who was so beautiful and elegant, and had an unparalleled cold temperament. For a moment, she didn't know what to say.
"Come with me."
Zhiyuan seemed to see her confusion, spoke softly, and walked towards the door.
Shen Lingjun stood there for a while, her mind still full of confusion. She followed Zhiyuan's footsteps and walked out of the tent.
Outside the tent, the cold wind was howling, and the bonfires burning around it slightly illuminated the night.
At the door of the tent, two maids were standing guard at the door in the cold wind, and the cold wind made them shiver slightly.
"You all go down and rest."
Zhiyuan glanced at the two of them and spoke softly.
"yes."
The two maids lowered their heads and left obediently.
Behind him, Shen Lingjun saw this scene and his head buzzed.
Before she could react, the guards standing guard outside the tent, as well as those wearing black armor, who were rumored to be the personal soldiers of Prince Lin, all showed respect and courtesy when they saw Zhiyuan.
Wherever the kite goes, the others bow their heads in respect.
This scene completely stunned Shen Lingjun. Her eyes were dull as she stared at Zhiyuan's cold back, an expression of incredible shock on her face.
The kite took light steps and came to the grass in the middle of the plain. The blazing bonfire drove away the darkness and the cold.
Zhiyuan stopped, looked at the blazing flames, slowly turned around and looked at Shen Lingjun.
At this time, Shen Lingjun was still in a daze. She looked at Zhiyuan in astonishment and shock.
A bold and incredible idea already came into her mind!
"Paper, Kite Girl..."
Shen Lingjun suppressed her shock and asked, "You, you know them?"
Zhiyuan looked at her calmly and nodded slightly: "Yeah."
After getting the definite answer from Zhiyuan, Shen Lingjun's head buzzed and he was completely stunned.
know?
Does Miss Kite know everyone here?
This means that Miss Kite is... in the same group with them?
besides……
Just now, those maids and guards all obeyed Miss Zhiyuan's orders. This clearly...
Shen Lingjun opened her eyes wide in disbelief, and even her breathing became rapid.
Zhiyuan was silent for a moment before she spoke softly, "I was indeed a member of the Lin Palace."
Shen Lingjun was extremely shocked!
Lin Wangfu?
Miss Zhiyuan is actually from Prince Lin's Mansion?!
etc……
before?
As if sensing Shen Lingjun's shock and confusion, Zhiyuan spoke softly, "About a few months ago, I left Prince Lin's Mansion."
Shen Lingjun was puzzled.
Leaving Linwang Mansion?
Then why is she here now?
Zhiyuan didn't explain too much, but just looked back at the tent where Lin Jiangnian was not far behind him.
"I used to be his maid."
"maid?!!!"
Shen Lingjun looked up in disbelief.
She swallowed hard, "Miss Zhiyuan, are you...Lin Jiangnian's maid?"
"Um."
"Which kind of maid?"
"Personal maid."
“…”
Shen Lingjun was completely stunned!
It’s numb too!
Personal maid?
Miss Zhiyuan, was she actually the personal maid of Prince Lin?
This, how is this possible?
Miss Zhiyuan is clearly a chivalrous hero. With such impressive martial arts skills, why would she become a maid for that bastard prince?
What a waste of resources!
and……
How could she be that bastard prince's maid? !
Shen Lingjun found it difficult to understand and accept.
But when he saw the indifferent expression on the Kite Girl's face, he couldn't utter a word.
It's hard to believe!
How could a master like Miss Zhiyuan be the maid of that dog prince?
Shen Lingjun felt it was ridiculous!
At the same time, she also recalled the promise she had made to that dog prince not long ago. Turns out, the female warrior she had spoken of as having unfathomable martial arts skills was actually the dog prince's maid!
At this moment, Shen Lingjun's face was burning.
Her voice trembled with shock: "Miss Kite, how could you be him, his maid?"
Zhiyuan lowered her eyes and said calmly, "I owe this to the Lin family."
Owe the Lin family?
Shen Lingjun still didn't understand. The cold wind was howling and the warmth of the campfire was blowing on her body. At this moment, she stood there in a daze, feeling complicated.
Incredibly complex!
She was still digesting this shocking news that made her question her life.
There were countless questions in my mind that I wanted to ask, but I couldn't utter a single word.
After a while, Shen Lingjun took a deep breath and seemed to think of something: "Then why didn't you kill me before?"
Since Zhiyuan was Lin Jiangnian's maid, why didn't she stop her when she said she wanted to assassinate Lin Jiangnian?
She had already revealed her identity in front of Zhiyuan and was the assassin who assassinated Lin Jiangnian. Why didn't Zhiyuan kill her?
With Zhiyuan's skills, it would be easy to kill her.
Zhiyuan didn't answer her question, but asked in return: "Why don't you do it tonight?"
Shen Lingjun was startled, then lowered her head slightly: "I don't know..."
Shen Lingjun's tone was a little depressed and confused.
She couldn't explain it clearly, but she still had doubts in her heart. Once the doubts arose, if she didn't solve them and killed Lin Jiangnian, she would never feel at peace.
Having said that, Shen Lingjun suddenly smiled bitterly.
It turns out that in the end, she was the stupidest person!
She still thought that everything was under control and that she knew everything.
turn out to be……
She is the stupidest one.
"Kill me."
Shen Lingjun looked up at Zhiyuan and spoke slowly, "I was the assassin you wanted to capture before you came to the palace. It would be a perfect ending if I died at your hands, Miss Zhiyuan."
However, Zhiyuan didn't move: "Who said I wanted to kill you?"
Shen Lingjun was stunned for a moment and looked at her in surprise: "You won't kill me?"
Zhiyuan shook her head slightly: "I am no longer a member of the Linwang Mansion."
Shen Lingjun was stunned.
"Since he didn't kill you, naturally no one will touch you."
Zhiyuan looked up at the tent not far away and spoke softly.
Shen Lingjun also turned her head with a complicated look in her eyes. She didn't know why Lin Jiangnian didn't kill him.
He could have easily taken her life!
Could it be...
Afraid of her uncle-master?
"You're on your own."
Zhiyuan spoke softly, her voice was very faint, but when Shen Lingjun heard it, there was a kind of indescribable complex emotion.
After taking two steps, Zhiyuan seemed to think of something and turned his head to look at her.
"By the way, I was the one who ordered the arrest of Chen Yingying."
Shen Lingjun suddenly looked up.
"She committed suicide in the prison of Linwang Mansion out of fear of punishment!"
Zhiyuan spoke calmly, glancing at her. "She was one of the accomplices in the assassination attempt on His Highness... Half a year ago, His Highness encountered an assassination attempt outside Linjiang City. It was extremely dangerous and nearly cost His Highness his life!"
"And Chen Yingying is one of the accomplices who instigated the betrayal!"
Shen Lingjun suddenly froze in place, his pupils gradually widening.
She was skeptical about what the dog prince said, but she had to believe some of what Miss Zhiyuan said.
What's more, there is no need for Miss Kite to explain all this!
Could it be that Miss Yingying really assassinated Lin Jiangnian?
Could it be that she had misunderstood and wrongly blamed Lin Jiangnian?
Late at night, Shen Lingjun stood there like a sculpture.
For a long, long time!
…
Outside the tent, a cold wind howled, making the surroundings rustle. Inside the tent, it was unusually warm.
The dim light flickered as Zhiyuan returned to the tent and looked towards the bed not far away. Lin Jiangnian was still fast asleep on the bed.
Zhiyuan approached slowly, and after a few steps, she suddenly stopped and said softly, "She's gone."
"Stop pretending to be asleep."
On the bed, Lin Jiangnian, who was originally sleeping soundly, suddenly opened his eyes.
His eyes were clear, without a trace of sleepiness.
He looked at the graceful Zhiyuan in front of him, a smile appeared on his face, and he sighed: "Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from you!"
From beginning to end, Lin Jiangnian never fell asleep.
Everything before was a disguise.
Even everything that happened tonight was a setup!
The fact that Shen Lingjun was able to sneak into the tent so easily was because of Lin Jiangnian's tacit approval.
Otherwise, how could she get in when the guards outside were so strict?
What I didn't expect was...
"She didn't do anything?"
Lin Jiangnian was somewhat surprised.
"Where is she?"
Lin Jiangnian sat up and looked at Zhiyuan.
"Leave."
"Have you told her everything?" Lin Jiangnian asked.
"Um."
"How did she react?"
Zhiyuan didn't say anything.
But Lin Jiangnian could also guess how wonderful the expression on Ms. Shen’s face would be when she found out that Zhiyuan was in cahoots with him.
“What a pity!”
I didn't get to see it in person, which was a bit of a pity.
Lin Jiangnian stood up and walked to Zhiyuan, looking down at Zhiyuan's fair face, which looked a little tired.
"Tired?"
Zhiyuan shook his head.
"What about them?"
"Dead."
Zhiyuan's answer was concise and to the point.
"What does it feel like?"
Lin Jiang asked in a young voice.
Zhiyuan was able to personally deal with Wang Changjin and Wang Qin, which fulfilled his wish and avenged the Jiang family.
Zhiyuan still didn't say anything. Lin Jiangnian was a little surprised. Just as he was about to look down, he felt something approaching.
The woman's soft and warm breath approached. Lin Jiangnian turned his head and saw Zhiyuan's head resting lightly on his shoulder.
Very light, very soft, the girl's pleasant body fragrance slowly came.
Zhiyuan's tone was very light, and seemed to carry a hint of deep fatigue.
"I'm tired."
“…”