The prince is very fierce

Duke Anguo's Mansion.

After the morning court meeting, Zhou Qin returned to the mansion, took off his official robes, and went to the study alone.

Sikong Zhi's injuries had not yet healed, but his complexion was much better than the previous few days. He stood opposite the desk with a cane, with a look of worry in his eyes:

"Recently, I have been searching for Xu Buling's whereabouts, but to no avail. The last time Xu Buling went to Chen Ju's house, Pu Di risked his life to remind him. I thought Xu Buling had already retreated, but I didn't expect Xu Buling to turn around and kill Pu Di. This loss is not small..."

An Guogong Zhou Qin stood in front of the window, feeding crows, with a very calm expression:

"Pu Di is not one of us, but he couldn't let go of Ning'er, so he stayed by Chen Ju's side for twenty years. If he had come forward earlier, I would have just changed someone and promised Ning'er to him. When he was young, he only cared about love and romance, and his personality was stubborn and inflexible; he didn't know how to care when he was alive, and he showed his true feelings when he died. Who did he do it for?"

Sikong Zhi shook his head and sighed, and it was hard to comment.

Concubine Zhou is Zhou Qin's biological daughter. No matter how evil a person is, he has a family. How could he not have any feelings for her? Pu Di was just a knight-errant back then, and he was not even worthy of the daughter of the county magistrate, let alone the direct bloodline of the Insect Valley.

If Pu Di had shown his talent for martial arts earlier, a master-level swordsman, would the Insect Valley not want him?

This is just like the sword saint Zhu Liu wanting to marry into the family. Which force in the world would not want to give up a daughter? It's just a change to replace a daughter into the palace.

It doesn't matter if Pu Di left in a young and impetuous manner, and ran back afterwards. She is still stubborn. Otherwise, Concubine Zhou would not have died in depression. Originally, when the queen died, Concubine Zhou could be established as the queen, and Chen Ju would become a legitimate son from a collateral line. With his biological mother, it would not be as difficult to control the court as it is now.

It was inevitable that Zhou Qin had a problem with Pu Di because of these things. It was because Pu Di had guarded Chen Ju for twenty years that he buried Pu Di near the concubine's mausoleum.

The matter has already passed, and there is no point in talking about it.

Sikong Zhi skipped this topic and said:

"I just went to the second prince's study to check, and someone stepped on the secret mark, but following the traces left, the location is Fuyan Palace. The third princess often goes to Chen Ju's study, and it is possible that she accidentally stepped on it. Apart from that, no outsider has entered the study. If Xu Buling does not move, his whereabouts cannot be traced at all. What should we do now?"

"The third princess..."

Zhou Qin frowned slightly. He knew that Chen Si Ning went to Chen Ju's house every day to get power to handle cases, but he did not take it to heart. After careful consideration:

"Xu Buling can't not move. Since he didn't go to Chen Ju's study, he must have found out the news somewhere else. He stayed in Nanyue just to find someone. Since he couldn't find Xu Buling's whereabouts, he might as well wait in front of the bait. No matter how he looked, he would end up there."

Sikong Zhi nodded gently. This was the best way at the moment. Without saying anything more, he put on his cloak and left the study silently, heading for Yulongling...

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After getting Ah Qing back from Xu Buling, Chen Si Ning returned to the palace, and the sky gradually darkened.

After a few days of recuperation, the slap marks on her chest had disappeared. Chen Si Ning found something to do and felt a little better.

After returning to the bedroom, Chen Si Ning drove all the maids out and began to think seriously about the next plan at the desk.

First, Xu Buling provided information that Zhou Qin was from the Hundred Insects Valley. Chen Si Ning didn't believe it at all, but she had studied various cases since she was a child, so she would not forget a piece of information just because she didn't believe it, and she had to find a way to investigate it clearly.

Then there was the mystery of the five people in Yulongling. According to Xu Buling's words, Sikong Zhi's behavior in the prison, etc., it was speculated that whether this matter was related to Zhou Qin or not, it must be related to the Hundred Insects Valley. The Hundred Insects Valley is a major concern for Nanyue, and it must be investigated clearly.

However, how to investigate this matter is obviously a big problem.

If Zhou Qin is from the Hundred Insects Valley, she will use the power of the government to investigate, but she will alert the enemy before leaving Beijing.

The Hundred Insects Valley was a behemoth sixty years ago. Even if it was wiped out by Dayue and only a few remnant branches were left, the use of poison and martial arts inheritance was not much weaker. Until now, Sikong Zhi is still the strongest poisoner in the South Yue Jianghu.

It is true that Chen Si Ning is highly skilled in martial arts, but asking her to fight Si Kong Zhi alone is basically like sending herself to death, not to mention that there are more than just Si Kong Zhi in the Hundred Insects Valley, and it is impossible to investigate without using the power of the government.

Using the power of the government may alert the enemy, and it is impossible to investigate without using the power of the government. Chen Si Ning thought alone for a long time and slowly found that she was in a dead end.

After thinking for a long time and not being able to figure it out, Chen Si Ning had to lie down on the bed, looking at the top of the tent and thinking hard.

The bedroom was very quiet, and the two little snakes were coiled beside the pillow as usual.

Originally, the two little snakes were very quiet. As long as they had nothing to do, they would coil there and rest motionlessly, but tonight, it was a little different from the past.

The little white snake spit out pink snake tongue and got close to Ah Qing, as if curious about something.

Ah Qing was a little tossing and turning, raising his head to look at the window from time to time, and then turning back to rub against the little white snake. The two little snakes seemed to be communicating.

If he could speak, he would probably say:

"Xiaoqing, Xiaoqing, where have you been? Why are you thinking about the outside world?"

"Xiaobai, I met a very good person who has delicious food, which is better than anything I have eaten in my life. There are also two little sparrows and insects that look delicious, but unfortunately one of them dares not eat it, and the other one doesn't let me eat it..."

"It tastes better than the reward from the master?"

"It tastes a hundred times better..."

The rainy night was silent.

Chen Si Ning was thinking about all kinds of troubles. As she was thinking, she felt sleepy and closed her eyes.

When she was half asleep and half awake, she suddenly heard a rustling sound. She woke up and looked over in confusion.

On the carpet of the bedroom, two little snakes were quietly crawling towards the small door of the window. Ah Qing was in front and the white snake was behind. They didn't know where they were going.

Chen Si Ning was puzzled and looked at them:

"Ah Qing, Ah Bai, what are you doing?"

The little white snake was very obedient. Seeing that the master had discovered it, it ran back obediently, coiled beside the pillow, closed its eyes and continued to sleep.

Ah Qing paused for a moment, hesitated, and returned to the bed, close to the little white snake, a little wilted.

Chen Si Ning blinked her eyes, and after watching for a long time, she thought that the two little snakes had been holding back for a long time and wanted to go out to relax, so she smiled and said, "It's raining. When the rain stops, I'll take you out to bask in the sun."

The two little snakes were very well behaved and lay quietly beside them.

Chen Si Ning was relieved, and gently covered the two little pets with a thin blanket, and fell into a dream peacefully.

Time passed slowly, and it was unknown how long it had passed. The rain was a little lighter, and the sky in the east gradually brightened.

The maid walked outside the palace with toiletries, and some voices came from outside the door.

Chen Si Ning woke up from her sleep, rubbed her eyes slightly sleepily, and tilted her head to look next to the pillow...

"A Qing?"

Beside the pillow, there were only two little snakes that would wait for her to get up every day. Only the little white snake was still there, and it was also looking around in confusion, spitting out its snake tongue, looking for the whereabouts of its little friend.

Chen Si Ning lost all sleepiness and immediately became anxious. She stood up and searched for a long time on the bed and turned the bedroom over and over, but found nothing.

"Why is it gone..."

Chen Si Ning was anxious and confused. She obviously didn't understand why Ah Qing, who had been obedient since childhood, suddenly ran away from home.

After thinking about it for a while, all the things that were wrong from yesterday to today came to her mind. Chen Si Ning was slightly shocked and suddenly understood something.

"This little thief... is too much!"

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