After rebirth, I cried and criticized the prince

Chapter 171 Spy

The two of them came to the Qingquan Pool, which is a hot spring formed by natural geothermal water.

However, Gu Qingyue had no intention of taking off her clothes. She wanted to wait for Ning An to take off her clothes to find out what was going on.

Unexpectedly, Ning An was also standing there and started sneezing. She made excuses, "The weather is really too cold. Ning An stays with my cousin, and you just take a bath."

"How can that be?" Gu Qingyue tried to take off Ning An's clothes, but Ning An dodged.

At this time, there was a lot of noise outside.

A cry of "Catch the assassin" cuts through the long night—

Ning An took a step back, frowning. She pressed her hands tightly on her clothes and listened attentively to the noise outside.

The hot spring water was steaming up, and her face was mostly wet under the veil! She felt uneasy.

Ning An asked, "Cousin, are they shouting outside to catch the assassin?"

"That's right! Ning An, who are you?"

"What is my cousin saying?" Princess Ning An realized something was wrong.

Suddenly, a man flew out from the other side and attacked her with a sword. She was caught off guard and her clothes were torn open, revealing the obvious wound inside.

Gu Qingyue took the opportunity to lift her veil, revealing her true appearance. She was not as disfigured as the legend said, but only had a long scar on her face.

Ning An took a few steps back, clutching her arm. She looked closely and saw that the attacker was Yuan Xu! She pulled a dagger from her sleeve, a fierce look flashing across her eyes. "Where did I give myself away?"

"I've let you hide for so many years! It's really scary!" Yuan Xu looked at the strange woman in front of him, who was hiding in the Donglai Palace. If she hadn't poisoned Gu Xingzhi this time and was too anxious, no one would have discovered that something was wrong with her!

Ning An sneered, turned around and flew up, trying to fly out of the spring, but was surrounded and blocked by the imperial guards!

She knew there was no escape!

She turned around and attacked Yuan Xu. After a few rounds of fighting, Yuan Xu had fought with her before and was sure that she was the female assassin who entered Yuan Mansion that day!

She was no match for Yuan Xu, and after several rounds, her clothes were soaked by the hot spring water.

Yuan Xu's long knife was placed on her neck!

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The imperial guards rushed in together.

A woman dressed like her walked out from the imperial guards.

Then several people were forced to kneel on the ground, revealing a black mark on their left arms, which looked like a crescent moon.

Ning An took a closer look and found that all of them were spies who had been in the palace for so many years, and they were all arrested?

She shifted her gaze, and the woman lifted the veil, revealing a familiar face! It turned out to be Helan Xuenuo impersonating her to lure out her accomplices!

Helan Xuenuo pointed at the black crescent-shaped mark on the arms of the kneeling men, "Is this the mark you're willing to destroy?"

"You are not worthy of mentioning this mark! None of you Donglai people are worthy of mentioning it! Is this how you plotted against me tonight?" Ning An glared at Gu Qingyue in frustration, "You've been going around in circles with me today just to lure me away?"

"So what!" Gu Qingyue glared at her.

"Father, was it you who killed him?" Gu Xingzhi's weak and empty voice came in, and he was supported by Gu Shicheng.

Ning An laughed like a broken jar, "I've been lying dormant for so many years, working so hard for so many years, just to poison your Donglai emperor! Who would have thought that he had such an amazing physique and could hold out for so long! Hahahaha! I finally waited for him to die, and Gu Yanli is also dead, and now you're almost there too... I'm going to give you some shocking news! Hahahaha... What else is there to be afraid of in Donglai?"

Gu Shicheng glared at her in anger.

The palace physician walked out carrying the bowl of medicine. "This isn't medicine, it's poison! It causes a persistent cough at first, but then it stops after a few days. It keeps coming back, and the coughing keeps stopping over and over again, leading people to mistakenly believe it's a cough remedy! I've read about this poison in an ancient book. It's not found in Donglai Country. There's a key ingredient in the poison: the cold silk grass, which grows on Zhuji Mountain in Hongyin Country."

Gu Shicheng drew his sword and placed it on Ning An's throat, "Where's the antidote?"

Ning An was not afraid at all despite holding two swords. Instead, he wore a fearless sneer on his face, "Kill me! My goal has already been achieved! Since you can recognize this poison, you should also know that there is no antidote!"

The court doctor nodded heavily.

Gu Xingzhi started coughing. Huang Xie'er patted her back, her heart sinking as she heard these words. Confusion and panic washed over her, and she couldn't help but cry...

Helan Xuenuo glared at her hatefully, regretting that she had not noticed the clue earlier.

"Why have you been lying dormant in Donglai for so many years?" Gu Xingzhi propped himself up, squeezed out his strength, and then was so weak that he was caught by two imperial guards.

"Of course it's a blood feud!" She gritted her teeth and glared at Yuan Xu. "Back then, your Yuan Mansion killed so many of my people! Thousands of our Wanyue clan members were slaughtered, leaving only a few of us, living in our enemy's country until now! I'm avenging the murder of my own people, what's wrong with that?! After all, the scar on my face is your fault!"

Huang Jiuyuan asked, "What about the real Ning An?"

"Her? She died a long time ago! I killed her with my own hands! I stabbed her so many times! For so many years, I disguised myself as Princess Ning'an and lurked in your Donglai, but none of you noticed anything wrong! Hahahaha! I killed your late emperor just like that! Now... you are going to die too!" Ning'an looked at Gu Xingzhi and laughed grimly.

Gu Shicheng used a sharp sword to cut a big gash on her face, and blood mixed with flesh flowed down. She covered her face and rolled on the ground in pain.

He could no longer relieve the pain in his heart. The emperor uncle whom he respected died at the hands of such a woman!

And for so many years... such a person has been lurking in Donglai!

They never doubted her!

Ning An touched her face, which was covered in blood. She screamed miserably, "It's all your fault...it's all your fault! Now I have just avenged my great hatred! I want to see Donglai destroyed!"

Gu Qingyue was right beside her. She rushed over crying, grabbed Ning An and yelled, "Give me back my father!"

At this moment, Ning An smiled grimly, took the opportunity to pull out a hairpin from his head and held Gu Qingyue hostage. Gu Qingyue cried so hard that she was dizzy, and only regained consciousness when the hairpin was pressed against her throat.

"Everyone, step back! Otherwise, I will kill her!" Ning An pressed the hairpin hard, and a bloody hole appeared on Gu Qingyue's neck. She started bleeding profusely. She laughed sinisterly and said, "I don't mind dragging someone like this with me to die with me!"

"Everyone, leave me alone! Kill her! Avenge my father!" Gu Qingyue didn't care about the blood flowing, there was only hatred in her heart. Even if the hairpin was against her throat, she was no longer afraid.

The hot spring water gave off mist, forming a thin mist barrier that separated them from the fake Ning An!

Gu Shicheng didn't seem to be threatened by her. He swung his sword at the fake Ning An and said, "Let her go!"

"What a trick! You've lured me into a trap. I can't escape! Since I'm going to die, I might as well take someone with me." The fake Ning An's smile became more and more creepy!

Gu Shicheng was unusually uncalm, his face filled with anger, and his hand holding the sword began to tremble from time to time. He swung the sword and prepared to swing it at the fake Ning An, but was blocked by Yuan Xu's sword.

Gu Shicheng transferred his anger to Yuan Xu, grabbed his collar and asked him, "What are you doing?"

Yuan Xu also grabbed his collar, but lowered his voice so that only the two of them could hear clearly, "Prince Ding'an, trust me for once. Step back. I can save Gu Qingyue."