The Great Commander of the Hidden Guard felt her whole body limp and powerless. She attempted to escape, but due to the paralysis, her movents were hindered, and her inner strength was gone. It was truly a dire predicant.
Dong Huiying’s ’hospitality’ was to give her a room. The room indeed had a bed where she could lie down and sleep, but how could she possibly fall asleep in such circumstances?
Moreover, there was a lock on the door outside...
Upon hearing the footsteps outside the door, the Great Commander of the Hidden Guard perked up instantly.
She heard the sound of the lock being opened, and then saw a young girl dressed in purple slowly enter the room, accompanied by a tall and burly man. The man looked the sa as he did yesterday, expressionless, like an iceberg.
Dong Huiying pulled out a chair and sat down, playing with a small bottle in her hand, "Madam, wouldn’t it be easier if you confessed directly? Save yourself the suffering, won’t you? Which side sent you? I’m quite curious about that."
The Great Commander of the Hidden Guard glimpsed at the small bottle in Dong Huiying’s hand, feeling a foreboding sense of unease, "When did you learn the poison-making technique?"
Dong Huiying’s eyes flickered, "It seems Madam knows quite a bit about my past? Mountains do not disdain height, nor seas depth. The sea of learning is boundless, and stagnation ans regression. I’m quite an ambitious person. Besides, it’s just poison, you learn it and that’s it, it’s not particularly difficult."
The Great Commander of the Hidden Guard’s lip twitched violently.
Not particularly difficult?
Do you realize, such as you, a poison that doesn’t take life but can make inner strength vanish, I had never heard of before!
Glancing at Liang Haoming, who stood steadfastly by Dong Huiying’s side, the Great Commander of the Hidden Guard asked profoundly, "As far as I know, this is your husband, the fourth in his family. However... I am truly surprised, after all, Marshal, you were utterly devoted to the Eldest Young Master Xiao Qinghe of the Xiao family back then, and this is no secret. Many people believed that you would remain unmarried for Xiao Qinghe."
Dong Huiying chuckled, "Tis change, people change and grow too. It was rely a youthful infatuation when one was unaware of the world. But from Madam’s words, it seems you are very interested in the matters between and Xiao Qinghe?"
She was as sly as a little fox, and the Great Commander’s subtle probing seed to reveal a hint, allowing her to deduce the Great Commander’s true mindset at this mont.
"Let think," she played with the small bottle in her hand, "That day, a woman disguised herself as Xiao Qinghe, intending to approach , but unfortunately, she was exposed by my side. And Madam, you have ntioned Xiao Qinghe quite a few tis in your words, it seems your purpose is to ascertain the relationship between and Xiao Qinghe?"
She raised her eyebrows, "Could it be... your master is the Eighth Princess?" After considering it, the Eighth Princess seed the most likely, as it was rumored that back then, Xiao Qinghe not only intentionally approached Dong Dabao but was also ambiguously associated with that Eighth Princess, who was quite enamored with him, leading to his later elevation as her official husband in the palace.
If the Eighth Princess were a man, according to the normal ancient system, she would be akin to a Prince, and this official husband would be equivalent to the Prince’s primary consort.
At that ti, the Xiao family had long since declined, yet the Eighth Princess granted Xiao Qinghe such an honorable position, showcasing the Eighth Princess’s deep affection for Xiao Qinghe.
Moreover, Xiao Qinghe was afflicted with the Mind-Bewitching Gu and had repeatedly suffered its backlash.
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