Evil Doctor Princess - Chapter 211

Chapter 211 Betrayal by the People Around Him
The figure quickly walked towards the imperial palace, but just a few steps later, he suddenly felt a cold light flash behind him, and a knife was placed straight on his neck.

The figure quickly dodged. Just as he thought of a move, he felt a pain in both of his hands. Both of his arms were firmly cut back behind him by the man holding the knife. The saber-wielding man said coldly, “Your Highness is right, you are indeed a traitor to the royal palace!”

That person was surprised to hear a familiar voice. Only then did he see the face of the person in front of him clearly through the faint moonlight. It turned out to be Mo Ying.

The man smiled bitterly and said, “Is that so? The princess is really just testing me?”

Without any nonsense, Mo Ying directly grabbed that person and returned to the palace.

Yin Xun had already returned. He was discussing with Yin Xun about the situation of the two shops he had seen in the afternoon. Mo Ying walked in and knelt down on the ground. He said to Bai Junzhuo, “Princess, we’ve already caught him.”

Bai Junzhuo put down the ledger in his hand and turned to look with Yin Xun. Bai Junzhuo said helplessly with a slight sadness on his face. He shook his head and said, “Xingzi, it really is you.”

Xing Zi bitterly smiled and raised his head, “I didn’t expect that you would suspect me.”

Bai Junzhuo looked at her for a while, then turned to Yin Xun and said, “Zisu, you haven’t eaten dinner yet, have you? Let’s go out and have something to eat first. I have something to say to her alone.”

Yin Xun glanced at Xingzi, nodded, stood up, and walked out. Mo Ying hesitated and said to Bai Junzhuo, “Princess, when this subordinate went to capture her just now, he discovered that she knows martial arts. Princess, it’s better not …”

“It doesn’t matter. She’s already tied up like this by you. Can she harm me?”

Mo Ying nodded and walked out with Yin Xun when he heard that she was tied up in flowers and there was really nothing he could do.

After there was no one else in the room, Bai Junzhuo walked over and untied Xingzi’s rope, helping her up.

Xingzi was puzzled, “Didn’t you hear Mo Ying say that I know martial arts? Aren’t you afraid that I’ll harm you?”

“Your martial arts are not something that you only learned today. If you wanted to harm me, I would have already died without a burial ground.” Bai Junzhuo said indifferently, then supported his waist and sat down on the stool, signaling for Xingzi to sit as well.

Xingzi was stunned for a moment before he went over and sat down. He looked straight at Bai Junzhuo and waited for her to speak.

“You and I sit and talk like this in the daytime. What a peaceful and peaceful state of mind. I’m afraid that kind of mood will never appear again in the future, right?” Bai Junzhuo sighed softly and said.

Xingzi lowered his eyes and thought for a while. He smiled and asked, “Yes, you did say those words in the daytime to lure me into revealing my footing, didn’t you? You are not possessed by a ghost at all, you are the original Bai Junzhuo, right?”

“What do you think?” Bai Junzhuo did not answer her.

Xingzi immediately smiled and said, “That’s right, it doesn’t matter. After the fire, you are like a phoenix rebirth, making me truly convinced. However, before that, I had already given this life to another master. That person wanted to harm you, so I have to do it.”

Bai Junzhuo only smiled and did not speak.

Xingzi asked, “I don’t think there’s anywhere I can show off. When did you start to suspect me?”

“Do you know what Imperial Concubine Shu sent Fang Yi last night?” Bai Junzhuo asked.

Xingzi shook his head.

“Apart from saying that Fu Yunyue is not dead, she also said that the Empress Dowager knows everything about me like the back of her hand, which proves that there are spies around me. The first person she suspects is you.” Bai Junzhuo smiled helplessly, “You’ve been with me for so long, how could I suspect you? So I didn’t take Fu Mingyue’s words seriously at first. Until I went to the Great Compassion Temple to find Fu Yunyue, I actually met the long-lost Second Sister Bai Junlan. She said that you kidnapped her back then.”

Xingzi sighed and said, “Bai Junlan? After I handed her over to the Empress Dowager, I felt that she should be dead. I didn’t expect the Empress Dowager to not kill her, lock her up in the temple, and meet you so coincidentally. But according to your temperament, if you didn’t have any evidence that you suspected me, you wouldn’t have probed me, right?”

Bai Junzhuo nodded and smiled, “You really know me. After Bai Junlan and Fu Mingyue reminded me, I carefully recalled what happened to you. It’s not like you didn’t show any tricks. You have many flaws.”

“Oh?” Xingzi asked with interest, “What about, for example?”

“First of all, I vaguely remember the knife stabbed into Miracle Doctor Bai’s corpse. Its front face and angle were slightly upwards. There were no traces of a fight at the scene. This proved that the murderer was a person shorter than him and he was not prepared for it.” Bai Junzhuo analyzed, “At that time, Miracle Doctor Bai was wholeheartedly teaching his daughter medical skills, but he was afraid that others would secretly learn it, so he chased away all the servants in the courtyard. Bai Junzhuo only left you and Lizi to serve by his side.” Lizi was taller than Miracle Doctor Bai. If he stabbed Miracle Doctor Bai, his wounds should be flat or downward. “Of course, it’s also possible to go up. This is just an inference I made to narrow down the suspect range.”

Hearing her address, Xing Zi was puzzled, “Why are you calling Miracle Doctor Bai instead of Father? Are you really not Bai Junzhuo?”

“My biological parents were on the other side of the ocean studying the molecular mechanism of cell death, but they didn’t know that their daughter had really revived after she died.” Bai Junzhuo teased himself and said to Xingzi, “Everything I told you during the day was true. It wasn’t just a lie that I wanted to test you out. Furthermore, I accepted all of the memories of the original Bai Junzhuo, so I understand the Bai Manor.”

Xingzi thought for a while, but she didn’t know if she understood or not. She didn’t hesitate too much and continued to ask, “Do I have any other flaws?”

“When Luoyang first met His Highness, your actions were too deliberate.” Bai Junzhuo said, “You seem to be doing something on purpose every time, attracting His Highness’s attention. Perhaps at that time, you already knew His Highness’s identity, right?”

Xing Zi nodded, “That’s right. I recognized the prince the first time I saw him.”

“Besides, when you first heard what I told you about my background, you looked very scared. But not long after, you seemed to have forgotten about this matter and came to serve me as usual.” Bai Junzhuo said, “You are so calm, how can I believe that you are just an ordinary maidservant?”

Xingzi’s face turned slightly pale and he smiled bitterly, “Since that’s the case, you can do whatever you want with me.”

“Dispose of you? Why should I dispose of you? You always remind me when I won’t notice. You told Ju’an about my escape. You also intentionally reminded me of Nurse Huang’s method of harming His Highness.” Bai Junzhuo looked at her and said, “I don’t know if you wanted to harm me before, but the more I went on, the more I felt that you were deliberately helping me and reminding me, right?”

Xingzi pursed his lips and didn’t say anything.

“Then since your intentions are towards me, you shouldn’t be snitching on me tonight.” Bai Junzhuo looked at her and asked, “Why did you sneak out of the mansion?”

Xingzi stared at Bai Junzhuo for a while and sighed, “Miss, if only I could really serve you.”

Bai Junzhuo chuckled and said to her, “Why not?”

Xingzi’s eyes were brimming with tears as he said, “Like Shen Qing, I am from the Shadow Guard Camp.” People like us have something to do with the Empress Dowager, so we can only serve her. Moreover, the Empress Dowager sees that Shen Qing and I haven’t acted for so long, so she starts to suspect us and often sends people to secretly investigate. Even if I don’t tell the Empress Dowager about what you told me today, someone else will. When the Empress Dowager suspects me and sends someone else over, I can’t … I can’t always remind you to watch out for their black hands. “That’s why I intend to tell the Empress Dowager personally. Of course, I won’t tell her everything. I’ll only let her know that it’s useless.”

Bai Junzhuo’s heart was moved and he sighed, “It’s hard for you to plan for me wholeheartedly. Fortunately, I didn’t really attack you today. Otherwise, I would have to regret it for the rest of my life.”

Xingzi’s eyes were red, but he held back his tears and said, “If you really did attack me, I wouldn’t have to suffer so much. If the people of the Shadow Guard Camp died on the way to completing the mission, the members of the Shadow Guard’s family would be free. So if I really died at your hands, it would be a relief.”

Bai Junzhuo shook his head at her, “No one will die. As long as we take down the Empress Dowager, you and Shen Qing will not die, and neither will your family.”

“Pull, pull down the Empress Dowager?” Xing Zi was stunned for a moment, then he shook his head and said, “Miss, although you have some schemes, in front of the Empress Dowager, you are just playing tricks. You cannot defeat the Empress Dowager.”

“Don’t underestimate me. Didn’t you worry that I wouldn’t be able to defeat Bai Juntao and Lin Bailian when I was in the White Manor? What happened?” Bai Junzhuo raised the corner of his mouth and smiled, “Along the way, too many people have been defeated by me because they underestimated me.”

Xing Zi looked at her expression and was stunned for a moment. Then, he nodded solemnly and said, “I know.”

Bai Junzhuo nodded. The two of them remained silent for a while. Bai Junzhuo remembered what happened to Bai Gonglu and asked, “Did you kill Bai Gonglu?”

Xing Zi was shocked and quickly knelt down, his face filled with shame as he said, “I killed Master. I’m sorry …”

Bai Junzhuo felt conflicted in her heart. She had lived in New China for such a long time in the new century, and her concept of the rule of law was deeply rooted. She always felt that killing people meant paying for their lives. No matter what the reason was, she had to be punished by the law.

But Xingzi …

After pondering for a while, Bai Junzhuo decided to help her up for personal gain and said, “You can’t blame me. After all, you also obey the Empress Dowager’s orders. And you don’t have to be ashamed of me. After all, Bai Gonglu isn’t my father.”

Xingzi stood up, his face still filled with guilt.

Bai Junzhuo sat back down and pondered for a moment before asking, “It was more than 20 years ago that Bai Gonglu left Xuchang for Luoyang. When he left there, the Empress Dowager would definitely send someone to follow him immediately. But you don’t look to be sixteen or seventeen years old. Could it be …”