The room was brightly lit.
In the bright and spacious bedroom, two figures were reflected in the flickering light, which looked particularly strange in the quiet night.
In front of the table, two figures looked at each other quietly.
Lin Jiangnian had a blank expression and a serious look as he stared at the fair and slightly frail face in front of him, unperturbed.
There was a hint of burning and sharpness in his eyes, as well as a sense of coercion.
Liu Su remained silent.
However, his already pale face gradually became paler as Lin Jiangnian spoke.
Looking at Lin Jiangnian's determined eyes, her heart trembled slightly.
"You are indeed crazy!"
She took a deep breath and said silently: "So, you are blackmailing me?"
"You can think so!"
Lin Jiangnian still stared at her: "Blackmail or threats... Anyway, I want the antidote!"
His pale face seemed as if he was thinking of something, and his breathing became slightly rapid. Liu Su stared at Lin Jiangnian in front of him, and he already understood something in his heart.
In the past two months, she has never been able to completely control him.
Lin Jiangnian is too thoughtful and his style of doing things is extremely strange. More importantly, he has his own ideas and is difficult to control.
Even though he had been pretending to be nice to her before, he was still plotting against her in secret.
Now that she was seriously injured and trapped in Prince Lin's Mansion, how could he miss this great opportunity to break free from her control?
Tonight, at this moment, in the stillness of the night, she saw determination in his eyes.
He is serious!
Countless thoughts flashed through her mind, and she stared at him quietly with a dazed look in her eyes.
"Love Gu, there really is no antidote!"
After a long silence, Liu Su took a deep breath, looked up at him, and slowly said: "However, there is indeed a way to solve it."
Lin Jiangnian was startled, and his eyes narrowed suddenly.
She had indeed lied!
This love poison can really be cured?!
"What method?"
Lin Jiangnian asked in a deep voice.
But Liu Su didn't continue speaking. After glancing at him, she lowered her head, as if thinking about something hesitantly.
After a long silence, she bit her lower lip and said, "I need time to think about it!"
"consider?"
Lin Jiangnian narrowed his eyes and stared at her warily: "What tricks are you trying to play?"
Liu Su looked into his eyes and said calmly, "What tricks do you think I can play now?"
Lin Jiangnian stared at her suspiciously, looking her up and down for a long time and asked: "How long?"
She thought for a moment and said, "A few days..."
"impossible!"
Lin Jiangnian flatly rejected it and thought for a moment: "I'll give you one night at most... tonight!"
As he spoke, Lin Jiangnian glanced out the window. It was late at night!
"Before dawn tomorrow morning, I want to see the method to break the love poison..."
Lin Jiangnian stared at her: "Otherwise, don't blame me for being rude?!"
A hint of annoyance seemed to flash across Liu Su's eyes, but then she regained her composure. She glanced at the night outside the window.
One night?
As if she thought of something, her heart trembled again.
He raised his eyes and glanced at Lin Jiangnian in front of him, and finally nodded: "Okay."
She nodded and then slowly stood up.
"Where are you going?"
Lin Jiangnian saw her movements and spoke.
"It's late, go back and rest."
Liu Su spoke calmly. She needed time to calm down and think carefully. Now that Prince Lin would not take her life, she naturally did not need to hide here anymore.
"no!"
Unexpectedly, Lin Jiangnian shook his head and looked at her: "You can't go anywhere tonight, just stay here!"
Lin Jiangnian was naturally not stupid. He gave her a night to think about it, but he had no intention of letting her escape from his sight.
From now on, Lin Jiangnian will not let her escape from his sight until the poison in her body is removed, and will not give her a chance to escape.
Liu Su was startled for a moment, then seemed to think of something, her face slightly reddened: "If I don't go back, how can I rest?"
"You rest here tonight!"
Lin Jiangnian spoke, looking up at her: "Anyway, don't even think about disappearing from my sight."
Liu Su: “…”
She bit her lower lip lightly and stared at him in shame and anger, but saw that Lin Jiangnian looked indifferent, and it was obvious that he had no intention of letting her go tonight.
With so many thoughts in her mind, Liu Su could only bite her lip and sit down again in a depressed mood.
Lin Jiangnian didn't let her go, and she really couldn't leave.
Seeing her so sensible and obedient, Lin Jiangnian breathed a sigh of relief. He glanced at her again and couldn't help but ask, "Since there is a way to cure the poison, why don't you want to tell me?"
"There's no deep hatred between you and me, so why do you have to hold on to me so tightly?"
Lin Jiangnian couldn't understand it!
After two months of being together day and night, the two of them can't be said to be very good friends, but they can be regarded as partners with tacit cooperation. People say that love grows over time, although they haven't had sex yet...
But they have been together for a long time and have no grudges against each other. Now that it has come to this, even if she doesn't consider their past friendship, she should at least take a step back, right?
Why are you so unwilling to let go?
Liu Su still bit her lower lip lightly and gave him a hateful look, "I told you long ago, there's no antidote for this poison!"
"You just said there's a way to undo it?"
“It’s very troublesome!”
"How much trouble?"
"have……"
Liu Su almost blurted out the answer, but quickly came to her senses and a blush flashed across her pretty face.
He took a deep breath, turned away, and stopped talking.
Seeing this, Lin Jiangnian narrowed his eyes and asked, "Are you really unwilling to tell me?"
She glanced at him and said, "Isn't there still one night left?"
Lin Jiangnian: “…”
"Okay, I'll give you one night!"
"I hope you won't let me down tomorrow morning... my patience is really limited!"
Lin Jiangnian looked at her expressionlessly. Since she wanted one night, he would give her the last night.
Thinking of this, Lin Jiangnian stopped talking nonsense.
He stood up, walked to the carpet beside him, sat cross-legged, closed his eyes, and began to practice.
Tonight, Lin Hengzhong suddenly opened up all the meridians in his body, and Lin Jiangnian could clearly feel the internal energy surging through his body. His internal energy, which had been stagnant for the past few days, seemed to have suddenly broken free from its shackles and was making rapid progress.
Lin Jiangnian vaguely felt that he had touched the boundary of the first level of the Xuanyang Heart Method. As the heart method in his body circulated and his internal energy surged, he seemed to be getting closer and closer...
The surroundings fell into an eerie silence.
At the table, Liu Su looked calmly at Lin Jiangnian who was sitting on the ground, her beautiful eyes staring at him for a long time.
His mind seemed to be making some difficult decision, with countless thoughts emerging, and a blush appeared on his fair and weak face.
After a while, she took a deep breath, lowered her eyes, and a gloomy look flashed across her eyes.
Finally, it seemed as if he had made up his mind.
…
Early in the morning, dawn breaks.
A ray of sunlight slowly came from the yard through the window and fell into the room.
Lin Jiangnian, sitting cross-legged on the ground, slowly opened his eyes. His eyes were bright and his mind was clear, as if a gleam of light flashed through them.
The blood in his body surged like a raging sea.
Feeling the majestic aura in his body, Lin Jiangnian sighed softly.
Almost!
Last night, he clearly felt that he was infinitely close to the first level of Xuan Yang, but as he continued to try to break through, he was always a little short.
It is clearly right in front of me, but I still can't break through.
It’s still a little bit away from the first level of Xuanyang!
Lin Jiangnian sighed softly, but he wasn't too disappointed. Although he hadn't yet entered the first level of Xuan Yang, he was already very close.
Perhaps, what is missing is an opportunity.
but……
Lin Jiangnian has more important things to do now.
He slowly got up from the ground, looked around, and his eyes fell on a figure lying on the bed behind the screen not far away.
Liu Su.
Lin Jiangnian's eyes flashed with sharpness.
Last night, he gave Liu Su one last chance. She had to tell him how to remove the poison before dawn.
Now, it's daybreak!
It's time too!
Lin Jiangnian slowly approached the screen, passed through the screen, and approached the bed.
A delicate and fair face appeared in sight.
A young woman was lying quietly on the bed. Her face, slightly haggard and weak, was revealed under her jet-black hair. I felt pity for her.
Her eyes were gently closed, her breathing was gentle, and she seemed to be in a deep sleep. Such a touching appearance made people feel pity. Lin Jiangnian stared at her for a few seconds, and for no reason he remembered that night more than half a month ago, and a strange feeling came into his heart.
But then, his gaze regained its focus.
Just as he was about to speak, there was a knock on the door, followed by Xiaozhu's voice: "Your Highness?"
"What is it?"
"Sister Zhiyuan is here to see you..."
Lin Jiangnian was stunned and his eyes narrowed suddenly. The kite is coming again?
Looking for him?
What do you want from him?
Lin Jiangnian frowned and looked back at Liu Su, who was still sleeping soundly on the bed. After hesitating for a moment, he turned around and walked to the door and opened it.
Outside the door, two figures stood quietly.
Xiaozhu, dressed in a light-colored skirt, stood cautiously to the side. Under the eaves, Zhiyuan, dressed in a plain green dress, quietly appeared in his sight.
Those bright eyes glanced at Lin Jiangnian gently, and then spoke softly: "Your Highness."
"Something's wrong?!"
Lin Jiangnian frowned. He didn't want to be disturbed at the moment, so as to avoid any more trouble.
Zhiyuan seemed to have anticipated this and glanced at Xiaozhu next to her: "Xiaozhu, you go down first."
"Oh." Xiao Zhu blinked, looked at His Highness, then looked at Sister Zhiyuan, and ran away obediently.
Then, Zhiyuan withdrew his gaze and looked behind Lin Jiangnian and into the room behind him.
"Liu Ye, are you still in your room?"
Zhiyuan suddenly spoke.
Lin Jiangnian's eyes narrowed as he stared at her with a slightly suspicious expression: "What do you want to say?"
Lin Hengzhong had already handed Liu Ye over to him last night, so Lin Jiangnian naturally had no worries about Zhiyuan finding out. However, she showed up so early in the morning... what was she up to?
Zhiyuan seemed to sense Lin Jiangnian's vigilance and spoke softly, "Since the prince will not pursue the assassin's guilt, I will not say anything more..."
"I came here today just to see her."
"Meet her?"
Lin Jiangnian frowned: "You want to see her?"
"Um."
"Why?"
Zhiyuan met Shanglin Jiangnian's gaze and said frankly, "I want to find out the origins of this assassin who has been hiding in the palace for half a year without being discovered... There are also some things I want to confirm with her!"
"What is it?"
Lin Jiangnian stared at Zhiyuan and asked.
Zhiyuan lowered her eyes and said, "It's just some doubts I have. I want to find her to confirm it!"
Lin Jiangnian frowned. He had never heard that Zhiyuan and Liu Su had a close relationship?
Confirm doubts?
Did he come here to confirm Liu Su's identity?
Seeing that Lin Jiangnian didn't say anything, Zhiyuan was silent for a moment, then said softly: "If it's inconvenient for Your Highness, then so be it!"
As she spoke, she shook her head slightly: "Sorry for disturbing you!"
Zhiyuan turned around and tried to leave.
"etc."
Lin Jiangnian called out to her expressionlessly.
“…”
The room is decorated in an antique style, exquisite and elegant.
Zhiyuan stepped into the room with light steps, and her beautiful eyes glanced around and landed behind the screen not far away.
Beside the bed, a figure was sitting quietly.
Liu Su, who had woken up at some point, sat on the edge of the bed, quietly gazing at the kite at the door through the screen.
Then he stood up and walked out slowly.
He didn't stop until he reached the table.
Zhiyuan stared at her quietly, staring at Liu Su, whose face was slightly pale but calm, without any sign of timidity.
It was far different from what she remembered.
Zhiyuan was silent for a long time before she spoke: "You really hid it well!"
A calm tone.
Liu Su glanced at her calmly, "If it wasn't hidden well, wouldn't you have noticed it long ago?"
The kite was silent.
Indeed, if she hadn't hidden herself well enough, she would have definitely seen through her eyes. It was precisely because she was so good at disguising herself that she had been able to remain safe and sound within the palace for six months.
"Willow leaf?"
Zhiyuan stared at her and was silent for a moment: "Is that your real name?"
Liu Su raised her eyes, her beautiful eyes fell on her, and she smiled: "What do you think?"
Zhiyuan had no expression on his face and stared at her quietly, as if he wanted to see something from her face.
Liu Su's eyes were also indifferent, watching her calmly. During the six months in this palace, she used the pseudonym Liu Ye and disguised herself as a servant in the palace. Every time she faced Zhi Yuan, she had to pretend to be weak and respectful.
Today was the first time she looked at her so calmly.
"So……"
There seemed to be a strange color in Liu Su's beautiful eyes as she looked at the kite in front of her: "What do you want to talk to me about?"
Zhiyuan was silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke: "The prince told me your life story."
Liu Su was startled, the smile on her face faded slightly, and then she stared at her, gradually becoming indifferent: "And then?"
"Celestial Cult?"
Zhiyuan slowly mentioned the name, as if thinking for a moment, looked at her, and said lightly: "If I remember correctly, this sect appeared in Miao territory more than ten years ago, but it quickly disappeared..."
As if thinking of something, Zhiyuan stared at her: "Are you a descendant of Miaojiang?"
Liu Su smiled: "So what if it is? So what if it isn't?"
"You are not a descendant of Miao!"
Zhiyuan looked at her and spoke expressionlessly.
Liu Susi was stunned: "Are you so sure?"
Zhiyuan didn't say anything, but just continued to look at her calmly, with a strange color flashing in his eyes.
"So, you came to me today just to tell me this?"
"There's something I want to confirm with you."
"What is it?"
"Who is the leader of your Tianshen Sect?"
Zhiyuan suddenly stared at her and spoke expressionlessly.
Liu Su was startled, then narrowed her eyes: "Why are you asking this?"
Zhiyuan didn't say anything.
Liu Su smiled lightly, not quite smiling: "Do you think I will tell you?"
Zhiyuan didn't say anything, but took something out of his arms and placed it in front of Liu Su.
When Liu Su saw what was in front of her, her beautiful eyes were stunned, her pupils suddenly shrank, the smile on her face froze instantly, and she stood there in a daze.
"Where did you get this thing from?!"
…
I originally wanted to finish writing this story in one go and update it with 10,000 words, but I ran out of time. I will update one chapter first. I have written half of the next chapter and will update it soon!