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Su Jiao was jolted awake by a sharp, nauseating smell of blood. The moment she opened her eyes and lifted her head, a faint but piercing sting at her neck made her draw a sharp breath. "Hiss..." She raised her head and instinctively pressed her hand to her neck. Exhale... still there. Then why does it hurt so much? Su Jiao's hand brushed against the gauze wrapped around her neck, and she immediately moved to tear it off. "Don't." A cool hand closed around her wrist. Su Jiao looked up to find Xie…-
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In his other hand, a dagger had appeared at some point. A cold gleam flashed as it swept past Su Jiao's neck — Thud — The figure lurking in the shadows could hold his position no longer. He burst out in an instant, long sword driving straight for Xie Yan. Xie Yan didn't even look. The dagger flew from his hand and struck the man squarely in the chest at half a step's distance. The man's sword swiped through the hanging foliage, shearing off half a branch. Before he could even cry out in pain, a…
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"Let's go, didn't you want to clean up?" Xie Yan curved the corners of his mouth into a smile and pulled her forward. His mood today seemed genuinely cheerful — even something as minor as wiping away blood he attended to personally. His warm hand held a handkerchief and dabbed it across her face bit by bit, the delicate warmth passing over her cheeks, and Su Jiao instinctively turned her head away. "I can do it myself." "What? Afraid I won't do it well?" Xie Yan gave a soft laugh. Looking at him now…
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The mother and daughter continued talking for a while longer. Half an hour later, Su Jiao glanced at the time. "It should be nearly time for His Highness to come out. I'll go take a look out front." She rose and headed out, not forgetting to call back into the room as she left. "It's colder up here in the mountains. Even though Mother is in good health, please have the servants keep a close watch on her." "Don't worry. Your brother came by just a moment ago and has already instructed the…
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The Empress's expression turned cold in an instant. Her shadow guards had already investigated everything clearly — the assassins had indeed abducted Su Jiao today. She had been in a hurry to summon all the inner court noblewomen precisely to catch them off guard. A princess consort with a tarnished reputation who had been carried off by bandits — wouldn't that invite the ridicule of the entire realm? "This Empress is also doing this to ensure Jiao Jiao's safety. Besides, if she truly had not been…
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A heavy rain had washed away all traces their mother had left behind. Su Jiao spent two more days in the rear hall of Yongning Hall copying Buddhist scriptures to pray for her, and after resting and recovering, she finally regained some of her strength. After that day, Su Wei never came to find her again, and Xie Yan spent his days quietly inside the hall, resting and recovering from his wounds. Su Jiao's guilt toward him was such that she, unusually, complied with him — personally accompanied him to…
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"Third Prince!" The guard outside shoved the door open carelessly, and in an instant startled awake the two, who had both been somewhat lost in a daze of tangled emotions. Su Jiao hurriedly reached out to push him away in a panic. Her burning fingertips pressed against his, and her body trembled again, her face flushing a deep red. Xie Yan, quick-eyed and swift-handed, pulled her back into his arms, narrowly preventing the people outside the door from catching sight of the scene. "Stop." The low voice…
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"What?" Su Jiao spun around sharply, her mind not yet fully catching up. "Word from the Su household — Madam Su suffered a cardiac episode and fell from a cliff. She has already passed..." "Impossible!" In an instant, Su Jiao felt as though a bucket of ice water had been poured over her entire body, freezing her blood solid. She stumbled out of Xie Yan's arms and rushed toward Chang Lin, her eyes red in a way that was frightening to behold. "Don't talk nonsense — my mother was perfectly fine, how…
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"Open the coffin." Su Jiao's voice was so faint it was nearly inaudible. Xie Yan thought he had misheard. "What?" "Open it." She had just tried pushing it herself, but the coffin lid was far too heavy, and she had not a shred of strength left in her body. Xie Yan pulled Su Jiao back, gathered his qi into his hands, and in an instant forced the coffin lid open. Su Jiao pushed him aside and rushed forward. The moment she saw her mother, tears threatened to fall from her eyes again. Her trembling hands…
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Su Jiao had kept vigil at the mourning hall all the way until the day of the burial. She had accompanied Mother Su into the mausoleum. Having not slept for nearly two or three days, the moment she watched the coffin being carried inside, her vision went dark and she fell backward. Su Wei moved swiftly to catch her, but was not as fast as another figure who had been at her side all along. A flash of movement, and his outstretched hand closed on empty air — Su Jiao had already been caught by Xie Yan, who…
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She wanted to see what kind of person he could be, and he could become just that... Su Jiao suddenly froze. Xie Yan lowered his head, his ice-cold hand gripping hers. "What are you trembling for?" Only then did Su Jiao realize that the hand clutching his arm was shaking. She opened her mouth, calling out to him in a panic. "Spit it out, Xie Yan, spit it out!" Su Jiao's mind went completely blank in an instant. How could it be poison? Hadn't her brother said it was a drug to induce…
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The body dragging across the ground left a long, dark streak of blood behind it, accompanied at intervals by agonized groaning. Su Jiao turned back, her face still pale, and before she could even open her mouth — "Do you think what he said about me was true?" "What?" It hadn't been the meal delivery that provoked Xie Yan's anger? Xie Yan's gaze was fixed tightly on her, his jet-black eyes deep and fathomless. "Do you think what he said about my mother was true?" At that, Su Jiao paused. In his…
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The two of them held each other's gaze for only a moment before Xie Yan looked away first. Supported by Changlin, he sat down at the edge of the empty doorway. His washed-out white garments were covered in mottled bloodstains, and years of rarely moving about had left his complexion with a sickly pallor. He rolled up his trouser leg, his slender hand scooping up clear water to rinse away once more the filth from wounds that had already become a mangled mess of blood and flesh. He repeated this again and…
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Su Jiao crossed through the hanging-flower gate and made her way toward the rear hall. She had only just passed by the pond beside the rear hall when her footsteps faltered, and she recalled what had happened just after her rebirth. She had thought herself still in her previous life back then, and had shoved Zhang Momo into the water. Her heart gave a violent lurch. Su Jiao glanced around in all directions, saw no one, and quietly made her way to the very spot where she had pushed Zhang Momo into the…
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Although she knew she probably wouldn't be so unlucky as to fall, Su Jiao nimbly made her way down with her things. She returned the letter to the rear hall, rubbed her frozen palms together, and headed to the front hall. The rear hall of Yongning Hall had never been tidied up. No matter how much had happened today, she still had to go sleep in the front hall. Su Jiao had steeled herself thoroughly, yet the moment she stepped over the threshold and her eyes met Xie Yan's, her heart still couldn't help…
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Xie Yan gave a slight nod. Chang Yi's small tricks were enough to fool Deputy Minister Su, but they weren't enough once Su Wei was involved. "No need to investigate further." "But this subordinate still hasn't found..." "He's already on guard. Going again would be useless." "Then we just leave it uninvestigated? The First Prince..." "There's no need to look into it from the shadows anymore." "Your meaning is..." Xie Yan's gaze fell on the sleeping Su Jiao. Whether she truly wanted to dissolve the…
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