On this day, the King of Jin came to the dungeon where Shen Qing was imprisoned again.
Xu Yanchi said, "Your Highness, the person sent by Princess Zhaohua has almost been trained."
Because of this matter, he had been staying here for the past few days.
The King of Jin's eyes lit up. "Trained so quickly? Bring her here for this king to have a look."
Xu Yanchi responded and waved his hand for someone to bring the person over.
With a creak, the door opened, and a woman in a purple gauze dress and a veil walked in slowly.
"Number Nineteen pays respects to Your Highness."
The King of Jin was so captivated that it took this greeting to bring him back to his senses.
There was no other reason. Every move of hers was exactly the same as Shen Qing's!
If it weren't for the different voice, he would have suspected that the person in front of him was Shen Qing.
"Take off your veil."
The woman obediently took off her veil, revealing a face that was exactly the same as Shen Qing's.
Not only the King of Jin but also Xu Yanchi couldn't help being in a daze.
Although he had seen her that day, she only looked like Shen Qing in face then. In the past few days, she had been secretly observing Shen Qing, and now even her temperament was almost the same.
Both the King of Jin and Xu Yanchi were curious about how Princess Zhaohua could find someone who looked exactly like Shen Qing. They had also checked, and there was no human - skin mask on her face.
Number Nineteen was a special talent secretly cultivated by Princess Zhaohua. It was her family - inherited skill to use internal force to shift the bones, thus changing the bone structure and the position of the skin and flesh. Coupled with deliberate imitation, she could look exactly like the person she wanted to impersonate.
Princess Zhaohua's intention was that after he trained Number Nineteen well, he should kill Shen Qing and let Number Nineteen take Shen Qing's place.
Originally, he had the same thought, but now, he changed his mind.
He would let Number Nineteen take Shen Qing's place, but he would keep the real Shen Qing. He wanted her to watch him kill Ji Junye and ascend to the throne. He wanted her to crawl at his feet and repent for her own stupidity!
Xu Yanchi could vaguely guess Princess Zhaohua's intention of sending Number Nineteen here. He was afraid that the King of Jin would really have such an idea.
After leaving the dungeon, Xu Yanchi couldn't help but say, "Your Highness, now that we have Number Nineteen, can Shen Qing be handed over to this subordinate for disposal?"
The King of Jin asked, "How do you want to dispose of her?"
Xu Yanchi was silent for a moment. "Your Highness, please rest assured. I will watch over her well and won't let anyone find out."
The King of Jin suddenly looked at him, narrowing his eyes slightly. "You want to keep her? I didn't expect Marquis Xu to be such a lovesick fool."
Xu Yanchi gritted his teeth and knelt down. "Your Highness, I've done many things wrong to her in the past. Anyway, she is my wife, and I must try my best... to save her life."
But that was all he could do. It was probably impossible for her to be free in the future.
The King of Jin just looked at him and then suddenly laughed lightly. "Get up. This king originally didn't plan to really kill her. But your place is not safe enough. If Ji Junye finds out her whereabouts, he will surely not let it go. If we add more people, it will arouse his suspicion even more."
Although Xu Yanchi was a bit smart, the King of Jin didn't feel at ease leaving someone as important as Shen Qing to him. Moreover, he still had feelings for Shen Qing. Maybe he would be bewitched by Shen Qing one day.
Xu Yanchi wanted to say something else, but the King of Jin's attitude was firm, and what the King of Jin said also made sense. The security in his place was definitely not as good as that in the King of Jin's Mansion.
So Xu Yanchi gave up.
"But you've reminded this king of one thing. When you go back later, take Number Nineteen back secretly."
Xu Yanchi suddenly realized. "Your Highness wants to use Number Nineteen to attract Ji Junye's attention!"
...
"Your Majesty, Xu Yanchi went to the King of Jin's Mansion yesterday and didn't come out until midnight. When he got off the carriage, the people guarding nearby clearly saw another person. They couldn't see the face clearly, but since Xu Yanchi went back, the Xu Mansion has been on high alert, and the number of guards has more than doubled."
As soon as Zhuxing received the news from the undercover agent, he immediately passed it on to Ji Junye.
It should be thanks to Shen Si lending his people to them that they were able to develop the undercover agent so quickly in Hongzhou.
After receiving the news, Ji Junye didn't act rashly but asked Zhuxing to go to Tanzhou first.
"Your Majesty."
Ji Junye said, "I've seen the news. Keep a close eye on Xu Yanchi. Ji Huaiyan is very cunning. Maybe it's a trick he and Xu Yanchi came up with. The real Qingqing may still be in the King of Jin's Mansion."
Zhuxing replied yes. "This subordinate has already ordered people to watch day and night."
"Just watching is not enough. We have to find a chance to go in and check."
Zhuxing told Ji Junye about Yu Zhen in Xu Yanchi's mansion.
"This subordinate also tried to contact Yu Zhen, but Xu Yanchi keeps a strict eye on her. She can only go around Xu Chenghui. This subordinate was afraid of arousing suspicion, so he didn't take action."
Ji Junye pondered. "Find a way to contact her."
"Yes."
After Ji Junye arranged some other things, he said to Zhuxing, "From now on, you stay in Tanzhou. I'll send Zhuiyun to Hongzhou to assist. He has good skills, and... Sibao misses you very much."
Sibao!
Zhuxing's eyes lit up. Sibao still remembered her. "This subordinate will go to see Sibao."
Ji Junye waved his hand. "Go."
"This subordinate takes his leave."
When Zhuxing was led by the servant of the Tanzhou mansion, she heard a burst of laughter from afar.
"Auntie Sheng, you're so amazing! They're all so obedient to you!"
"That's right. There's something even more amazing. Does Sibao want to learn from Auntie Sheng?"
Two voices came from the room. One was the tender voice of a little girl, which must be Sibao's. The other was a gentle and melodious female voice, as sweet as the singing of birds, very pleasant to hear. It should be the legendary Holy Maiden of the Miao Region.
Just listening to the voices, one could feel that the relationship between the two must be very good.
Zhuxing felt a bit uncomfortable when she heard this.
When she stepped into the room, the scene in front of her made her pupils shrink.
The floor was full of all kinds of centipedes, scorpions, and all kinds of poisonous insects, crawling around a little girl in a ruffled dress.
Even an adult like her felt creepy when she saw this. How could she let Sibao sit on the ground alone!
Sibao didn't notice what was going on outside. She was about to reach out and touch a wriggling insect. The insect was glowing a faint blue light, which obviously meant it was highly poisonous.
"Don't touch it!"
Zhuxing quickly stepped forward, waved away the insects on the ground, and picked up Sibao in shock.
During this process, Zhuxing's hand was also bitten hard by a poisonous insect and quickly swelled up.
But she didn't care. She just looked Sibao up and down.
"Sibao, weren't you bitten?"
Sibao was a bit confused by this sudden concern and didn't react immediately to who this was.
Zhuxing had already protected Sibao behind her and was looking at Sheng Mei warily in the distance, who was putting away the insects.
"You actually let Sibao touch these things. What's your intention?"
This Holy Maiden obviously wanted to climb up to the Emperor to gain a higher position, so she deliberately wanted to get rid of Sibao!
Zhuxing came back to report as soon as she returned and hadn't had time to inquire, so she naturally didn't know about the relationship between Sheng Mei and Zhuiyun.
Seeing her being so impolite, Sheng Mei also frowned. "My precious ones are very obedient and won't hurt people casually. But you, are you this child's mother?"
Zhuxing retorted coldly, "Even if I'm not, I won't allow you to hurt her!"
When the atmosphere was at a stalemate, Sibao's cheerful voice rang out.
"Sister Zhuxing, is that you? You're back!"