Nan Zhu's eyes gradually became confused, and he couldn't help but think of certain moments in his memory. Those happy, painful, entangled and torturous days all made his thoughts surge and he couldn't control himself...
"Pop..." A crisp cracking sound suddenly sounded.
"...!"
Nan Zhu suddenly woke up and looked at Shen Qiaochen with subconscious doubts and vigilance in her eyes.
He just... seemed to be led into a state that was difficult to extricate himself from.
Nan Zhu turned around and looked at the torn tea cups on the ground. When he turned back, he lowered his head and never looked directly into Shen Qiaochen's eyes.
He turned sideways and said, "My subordinate Nan Zhu has met the fourth girl."
Shen Qiaochen glanced at Nan Zhu with lowered eyes. The smile on his lips did not change at all, but his heart was filled with turmoil.
Nan Zhu...he is actually Nan Zhu.
Shen Qiao had heard of the name Nan Zhu when she was in the cold palace in her previous life.
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It is said that he has great martial arts skills and is the most valued right-hand man around Prince Yong Xiao Jue.
He has followed Xiao Jue even longer than Xiao Jue's best brother Jiang Fengmian.
But at first, people didn't know this. The reason why Nan Zhu's name was known to everyone was because he was born in Fengmanlou.
Fengmanlou is a martial arts organization that has suddenly emerged in recent years.
In other words, it can be said that it is a killer organization that is engaged in the business of collecting money to kill people.
The difference is that other killer organizations are only engaged in business in the world, but this Fengmanlou does not reject anyone who comes.
No matter what kind of order it is, if you accept the business, he will kill you regardless of whether you are a gangster or a high-ranking official.
In short, it is said that as long as you can afford the price, Fengmanlou can do any kind of business.
And Nanzhu is Fengmanlou’s number one killer.
He once became famous for sneaking into the palace alone to assassinate Xiao Li.
Xiao Li had already ascended the throne at that time, and despite the desperate protection of the imperial guards, he was able to save his life.
But in the end, at the cost of losing nearly half of the Ouchi guards, Nan Zhu was allowed to escape from the palace. Xiao Li was also seriously injured by Nan Zhu, and his right leg also suffered from sequelae that could not be healed.
Even though Nan Zhu did not succeed in the end, the heavily guarded inner courtyard of the palace was single-handedly killed by an unknown killer.
The dignified Ninth Five-year-old was also frightened out of his courage.
This feat was enough to shock the entire imperial city, and even people in other states and counties knew about it.
There were rumors among the people that Xiao Li was unfairly appointed to the throne. Moreover, when he ordered the entire Shen family to be executed, he refused to ask for evidence because the evidence was too vague, which caused a lot of discussion among court officials and the people.
As we all know, the Shen family has been guarding the frontier for many years, and countless sons and daughters of the Shen family have died in battle.
Xiao Li accused Shen Congyan of treason and colluding with Xi Ye, but he couldn't even produce any decent evidence.
But no matter who asked for mercy, Xiao Li still locked up the entire Shen family and imprisoned him without hesitation, and soon sentenced him to death impatiently.
Everyone can see that there must be a problem, but Xiao Li's words are imperial edict.
Even though relatives and close friends of the Shen family for many years tried to stop it, in the end they all had no choice but to sigh with regret.
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With the deliberate publicity by interested people, people inside and outside the court also expressed doubts about Xiao Li's rise to power. After all, it was with the support of the Shen family that Xiao Li could stand out from all the princes. However, his attitude towards the Shen family later also made everyone I feel like this is like killing a donkey.
Various unfavorable rumors against Xiao Li spread among the people, and even the people sent by the imperial court were unable to suppress them.
In the end, even the vassal kings from various places had their thoughts on it and were secretly preparing to make a move.
But it was Prince Yong Xiao Jue who won the final victory.
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It has to be said that, looking at the overall situation, the turning point of all this was precisely because of the emergence of Nanzhu.
But being in the middle of the situation, people at the time could not imagine what would happen next.
The appearance of Nan Zhu also made Feng Manlou behind him known to the world.
On that day, Nanzhu defeated many people with one man. Although Xiao Li and half of the imperial guards were seriously injured, some damage was inevitable.
But strangely enough, since Nan Zhu was injured and escaped from the palace that night, he has completely disappeared and no one knows anything about him anymore.
The imperial court also sent people to search one by one, but nothing was found every time.
It wasn't until many years later that Xiao Jue raised an army.
On the day of the siege, Xiao Jue rode out on a black horse and led the crowd.
Looking from a distance, people suddenly discovered that following the handsome Prince Yong on the left and right sides was Jiang Fengmian, the youngest son of the Duke of Jin, who had always been known as a playboy in the capital.
Another young general in black robes had an uninhibited smile on his handsome face and a pair of shining peach blossom eyes.
The palace people who were present at the time immediately remembered that this was the black-clothed killer who assassinated the emperor and escaped unscathed.
I saw him following the young Prince Yong step by step. Thinking of the rumors about this prince in the past, people could only swallow the questions in their hearts completely.
The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy.
Moreover, Xiao Jue later ordered a thorough investigation into the Shen family's rebellion. After the investigation was clear, he ordered that Xiao Jue's deliberate frame-up of General Shen be announced to the world.
Finally, together with the bones of the deposed empress Shen who burned herself in the cold palace on the day she was forced into the palace, the entire Shen family was ordered to be reburied.
At this point, people remembered that the abandoned queen who had been trapped in the cold palace for ten years was actually Shen Qiaochen, the daughter of General Shen and the fourth girl of the Shen family.
Xiao Jue's move was highly praised by the people of the world and the officials in the court, but some people felt that he was deliberately trying to win people's hearts.
But only Xiao Jue himself knows what the truth is.
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Shen Qiao didn't even know what happened next.
She remembered Nan Zhu because they had met once before when Nan Zhu entered the palace for assassination.
Nan Zhu was injured at that time, and when he was escaping from the palace, he passed by Leng Palace and happened to meet Shen Qiao Chen who was playing the piano in the yard.
It wasn't until the next day when the palace people were chatting that she found out that Xiao Li had been assassinated last night.
Shen Qiaochen remembered that she was still cheering silently in her heart at that time. Shen Qiaochen felt regretful for a long time when she heard that Xiao Li saved his life in the end.
It wasn't until later that she heard that Xiao Li was still lame in one leg that she felt a little satisfied.
Later, she gradually learned Nanzhu's name and the meaning of Fengmanlou, but she just laughed it off.
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Shen Qiaochen didn't know much about what happened on the day of the siege.
Even in her previous life, she and Xiao Jue were nominal collaborators.
But in the final analysis, they are just strangers who meet by chance.
She knew his ambitions and was eager to use his power to overthrow Xiao Li's dynasty.
And he also got some information about the palace from her.
It's just a business.
Once the business is done, the value to each other is lost.
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Of course, in fact, she would never have the chance to know.
After all, that day, Queen Shen died.
