Chapter 174: Friend or Foe?
The Crown Prince had always been a man of swift action. He only fucked, he didn't just talk. After getting out of Sun Jiaojiao's bed, the first thing he did was go to the palace to rescue the men.
He had barely left when an unexpected guest flew into the Crown Prince's Residence.
Sun Jiaojiao was weakly putting on makeup in front of the mirror, silently cursing the Crown Prince for his lack of restraint. Every time, he would either fuck her little hole until it was swollen or leave her legs too weak to walk.
Suddenly, a shadow flashed past. Sun Jiaojiao was struck on an acupuncture point, unable to move.
A man in black silently appeared in Sun Jiaojiao's mirror.
"This is the evidence to identify that person." The man in black opened a bundle, showed it to Sun Jiaojiao-which counted as her having seen it-and then tied it back up. "Once this is destroyed, there will be no proof."
Sun Jiaojiao was pleasantly surprised, but a flash of suspicion crossed her mind.
What was this situation?
"Brave hero… could you please release my acupuncture points before we talk?"
The man in black hesitated slightly, then refused. "No."
"Alright, then." Sun Jiaojiao stood there stiffly, helpless. "A straightforward person doesn't resort to cryptic talk. Brave hero, you've barged into my Crown Prince's Residence like this, given me this package for no reason, and claimed it's evidence. I don't even know what it's evidence of. How am I supposed to trust you?"
"Evidence to identify the son of the traitor Xiao He." The man in black's voice was cold, and it sounded vaguely familiar to Sun Jiaojiao. "Believe it or not, as you wish."
"Alright. Are you one of Xiao He's old subordinates?" Sun Jiaojiao tested.
"No."
"Then why are you…"
Before Sun Jiaojiao could finish, the man in black cut her off, as if unwilling to reveal any more. "I've delivered the items. Your acupuncture point will automatically release in half an hour. Farewell!"
After speaking, just as he had arrived, with a swoosh, he flew off and disappeared.
"Psycho!" Sun Jiaojiao, pinned to the spot, couldn't help but shout into the empty room. But it was no use. That man in black was really gone.
By the time she broke free from the acupuncture point, the man in black was long gone.
She looked through the bundle. There really wasn't much in it: just a family genealogy, a family letter, and a jade pendant.
She burned the genealogy and the letter immediately. As for the jade pendant, she was about to smash it, but then she thought, what if this was a Xiao family heirloom? It wouldn't be right to dispose of it so casually. So, she put the jade pendant in a secret compartment by her bed for safekeeping.
When the Crown Prince returned from the palace, Sun Jiaojiao told him the strange story of the man in black. The Crown Prince frowned, pinching the jade pendant, and was silent for a long time.
"Someone who can come and go from my Crown Prince's Residence as they please…"
Sun Jiaojiao heard the suspicion in his voice.
"That Xiao He, didn't Your Highness say he was some… very formidable general? A strong general has no weak soldiers. If his old subordinates are holding a grudge, it's not surprising they'd be skilled enough to get into the Crown Prince's Residence."
"You don't understand court matters." The Crown Prince's face was sharp. "I have already found out that it was the Eighth Brother who dug up this case. The Xiao He faction was completely wiped out in that court struggle years ago. Xiao Zhan, as the sole survivor, has been lying so low as to sell himself as a guard. He can't stir up any trouble. Raking up this old case at this time is a distraction. The drunkard's interest is not in the wine."
"If not in the wine, then in whom? My father?"
"Would he need to go to such lengths to deal with your father?" The Crown Prince was dismissive. "With the few guards at the Minister's Residence, a single assassin would be enough."
"Could it be… aimed at Your Highness?" Sun Jiaojiao had a revelation. The Minister's Residence and the Crown Prince's Residence were two grasshoppers on the same rope. They prospered together and fell together. Accusing Minister Sun of harboring a traitor's son, if the charge was confirmed, would be a stain on the Crown Prince's record. Why hadn't she thought of that?
"So you're not stupid."
No wonder the Crown Prince had rushed back so quickly-ah, no. Sun Jiaojiao, who had been "favored seven times in one day" on his bed, still believed the Crown Prince had rushed back because he loved her.
"Then who sent these things?"
"The situation in the court is complex. It's hard to say if this person is friend or foe."
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