Cui Yan, the concubine of the Hou family, fell into the water that night and was found dead.
As soon as she opened her eyes, Regent Ye Xuan's dagger was pressed against her neck.
"Those who know too much don't live long."
She smiled and dug out a smear of indigo from between her nails: "My lord, I can cure the poison on your body."
——
She was supposed to be thrown into a mass grave at midnight tonight.
But she won't die.
After she wakes up, she wants to find out:
Why did biological mother Su Jingmo "die of illness"?
Why is the Armory Treasurer missing a copy of the Tiger Talisman?
Why was the gate of the Imperial City's underground water veins tampered with?
Some people want to use natural disasters to flood the imperial city, and use "natural punishment" to plot rebellion.
Su Jingmo found out, so she had to die.
Cui Yan followed the acupuncture point map, the bronze figure, and the inventory book all the way down, and only discovered at the end——
In this game of chess, the regent plays, and the people behind the scenes play,
Even Cui Jin, the "aunt" who has lived next door for seventeen years and has not left home, is also here.
And she is the sharpest knife in everyone's hand.
Ye Xuan pinched her chin, his eyes darkened:
"Cui Yan, if the knife enters the situation, don't even think about escaping unscathed."
She pushed a poisonous chess piece back into his palm with her backhand and smiled wantonly:
"The prince must hold it firmly, the blade will turn - the hand of the knife holder will be cut."
