The scheming empress starts by conquering men

Seeing Zhu Bai, Ji Xingchen couldn't wait to ask, "How's the investigation going?"

Zhu Bai looked confused, wondering why the young master asked him to investigate the matter of the phoenix tail flower on Shaodian Haolan's forehead.

He said, "Sir, I have checked carefully and found that Shaodian Haolan has never had a phoenix tail flower on his forehead since he was a child."

Sure enough, he was wrong, but he never checked it carefully and just thought that she had it.

"What about Shaodian Sishui?" Ji Xingchen asked again.

Zhu Bai shook his head. "The spy said that there was a period of time when it was painted, but it was only painted when he was a child. He stopped painting when he grew up."

Ji Xingchen narrowed his eyes suddenly and denied it flatly.

"Impossible, it's definitely not painted on."

He had touched it when he was a child, but it couldn't be wiped off, so it definitely wasn't painted on.

If the phoenix flower on Shaodian Sishui's forehead was really painted on, then what did we see tonight?

Could it be that the one tonight was also drawn by her on purpose?

No, the mask is still there, she is covering it up on purpose, which means that the phoenix flower cannot be removed.

She covered up the marigold. There must have been some difficulty that he didn't know about, so she had to cover up the birthmark.

Ji Xingchen thought about it over and over again, thinking about how he almost didn't escape tonight and was caught by her. He suddenly remembered something, looked at Zhu Bai suspiciously, and asked after looking at him carefully.

"Zhu Bai, your skills are not as good as mine, how did you escape from her?"

Zhu Bai was stunned and Zhang Er was confused.

"Ah? Sir, what are you running away from?"

Why can't he understand?

His martial arts skills are indeed not as good as the young master's, but the "it" that the young master mentioned, is it a male he, a female she, or a beast "He"?

Escape? What escape?

Ji Xingchen looked at him deeply. How did he escape safely from Dari City when he looked so stupid?

He suppressed his displeasure, stared at him with deep eyes, and asked word by word:

"Daricheng, assassination of Shaodian Sishui. I heard that the whole city was under martial law that night, and Shaodian Sishui sent a thousand guards to capture you. How did you escape?"

Hey!

Zhu Bai understood, and when he thought about how he had escaped and lured the tiger away from the mountain, he felt really superior!

He was able to outwit the great Princess Zhou Liu and evade pursuit by a thousand guards.

He wanted to tell the young master about it before, but he didn’t want to listen. Now he can finally show off.

"My Lord, you may not know that I took advantage of Shaodian Sishui's deep sleep to launch a surprise attack and assassinate him..."

Speaking of this, Ji Xingchen's heart ached. She must have been injured at that time.

If a person is assassinated in his sleep, he will definitely be injured even if he is prepared.

As a result, Zhu Bai said, "I chopped down with my sword, but not only did I miss, but Shaodian Sishui also held down the blade, making it impossible for me to withdraw. I didn't expect her internal strength to be so strong, so I was no match for her, so I took out poison and sprinkled it on her..."

As Zhu Bai explained everything in detail, Ji Xingchen's heart was filled with ups and downs.

Until he said something about using a strategy to lure the tiger away from the mountain, going to the stronghold, waiting for the city gate to be opened in the morning, leaving the city, and no one would search the city all night, so it was very safe.

When Ji Xingchen thought of her, a smile inexplicably flashed across his eyes, and he even breathed a sigh of relief.

"Luckily you met her, if it was anyone else, you would die without knowing how you died."

Fortunately, she was kind-hearted and did not deliberately make things difficult for Zhu Bai.

Fortunately, in order not to alert the enemy, she deliberately let Zhu Bai go instead of killing him.

This is what he meant, but Zhu Bai misunderstood, he said aggrievedly.

"Sir, I don't agree with what you said. Even if she is stupid, you can't say that to me!"

"How can you boost others' morale and destroy Zhu Bai's prestige?"

"Even if he hadn't met her, Zhu Bai would have been able to escape safely if he had met another princess."

Ji Xingchen raised his eyebrows and stared at him; "What nonsense are you talking about? When did I ever say she was stupid?"

Zhu Bai: "... Sir, you said that I was lucky to meet her. If it were anyone else, I would have died without knowing how. Doesn't this mean that she is stupid, so Zhu Bai was able to escape."

Ji Xingchen: “…”

Neither laughing nor getting angry, I closed my eyes feeling powerless.

When he opened his eyes, he looked Zhu Bai up and down with disgust.

"Why would I choose you to be my servant? You are so foolish."

"How dare you call her stupid? If she is stupid, how can there be smart people in the world?"

"You've been exposed, yet you're still smugly thinking you've escaped, not knowing that everything was happening right under her nose."

He had never asked Zhu Bai about this matter before, thinking that he was lucky. But now it sounds strange everywhere.

No wonder she knew it was him when she was in Beifa, no wonder she recognized his identity and went to find his secret inn to cause trouble.

No wonder she lived alone in Yueying Tower and killed so many Confucian assassins there.

He couldn't understand why she would appear in his territory time and time again without disguising herself.

Now he understood that she was warning him that he was overreaching.

This is all because of that idiot Zhu Bai, who didn't even realize he was exposed.

Fortunately, she was the one he was really looking for, and fortunately, the rumors were all false, and everything she did was hidden.

Zhu Bai and Zhang Er were confused. "Sir, are you overthinking this?"

Why didn't he think she was amazing? He didn't feel exposed either.

Ji Xingchen was too lazy to say anything more to him and ordered him.

"Zhu Bai, notify all spies immediately to change the names of all the bases with moon in Da Zhou, so that they will not act rashly."

"Also, have the spies investigate the phoenix tail flower on Shaodian Sishui's forehead. When did it appear and when did it disappear? Investigate it thoroughly for me."

Zhu Bai was stunned. What about the phoenix flower on Shaodian Si Shui’s forehead?

"No, sir, where did the phoenix tail flower on Shaodian Sishui's forehead come from?"

"At that time in Dari City, I didn't see any phoenix flower on her forehead."

"Just check it if I tell you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense?" Ji Xingchen said unhappily.

All right! Zhu Bai didn't dare to refute.

But when he thought of the other task, Zhu Bai couldn't help but object.

"Then... change your name? The word Yue sounds nice, why do you want to change it?"

He didn't understand what the young master was up to.

"I'll change it if you ask me to!"

Ji Xingchen's voice was dull and he was in a bad mood.

Zhu Bai: “…”

Why did the young master get angry again for no reason?

"What should I change, sir?"

When asked by Zhu Bai, Ji Xingchen paused.

I couldn't help but think to myself, yes, what should I change to?

He considered it carefully, his eyes twinkling.

"Let's call it Mercury Pavilion."

"Mercury Pavilion?" Zhu Bai muttered, what a strange name; "Moon Shadow Pavilion sounds better."

"What did you say?"

Ji Xingchen stared at him with deep eyes, filled with anger.

This look made Zhu Bai shudder and he immediately shook his head.

"Mercury Pavilion sounds great, Zhu Bai will do it right away."

Ji Xingchen said, "Send someone to secretly monitor Shaodian Sishui's every move. If she leaves the house, report immediately."

"Uh...Okay, I'll give the order immediately."

Zhu Bai stepped back and looked at the young master deeply before leaving.

He felt that his young master suddenly became a little abnormal. Before, he said that he was secretly observing Shaodian Haolan, but now he has become Shaodian Sishui.

What on earth is his son thinking?