Su Ningxin nodded. The reason given by Chu Jihan was indeed irrefutable. For Prince An and his wife, compared with losing their son's life, sending him to be a secret guard seemed acceptable.
"When did you suspect me?" Su Ningxin asked. She felt that Chu Jihan didn't just discover her unusualness now, and he must have had doubts before.
Chu Jihan stiffened for a moment. How to explain this? He had suspicions from a long time ago, but the source was somewhat inexplicable, and he could only read his mind.
"I was suspicious when I met you in Xingyuan Mansion, because your behavior and knowledge are not like those of a girl who grew up in a nunnery. Many of your subconscious actions are like a spy lurking in a big family. .”
Chu Jihan thought for a while and replied, feeling that his statement was perfect because if Su Ningxin questioned him, he could still justify it.
[As expected, he is indeed a secret guard. He saw my flaw so early.]
Su Ningxin thought to herself and didn't ask any more questions, which made Chu Jihan relieved, because he was afraid that Su Ningxin would ask what specific inadvertent actions exposed her, and Chu Jihan really couldn't tell.
In order to prevent Su Ningxin from asking, Chu Jihan took the initiative to divert Su Ningxin's attention, "Have you ever known the emperor before?"
"Why do you ask that?" Su Ning was confused, thinking that Chu Jihan had found out her identity as Concubine Chen.
She was not afraid that Chu Jihan would know, not to mention that she and the emperor were just acting on the occasion, nothing happened at all.
Even if something happens, are you still aggrieved by having the emperor be your ex-husband
Chu Jihan thought about the words for a while, and then carefully explained, "I suddenly thought of the original marriage decree. I didn't notice anything before. But now that I think about it, it seems that I deliberately favored you, so I asked you and him Do you know me?"
In this matter, Su Ningxin had no intention of hiding anything from Chu Jihan, "We know each other. Feng Ying was in charge of the Queen Mother back then, and the prince she supported was Chu Luojue, so he and I also know each other."
Chu Jihan was about to ask if he was familiar with the queen, but he was stunned by Su Ningxin's next words.
"In fact, I stayed in the emperor's harem for two years. You may have heard of me, Concubine Chen."
This news was really surprising. Chu Jihan suddenly turned his head to look at Su Ningxin. He had certainly heard of Concubine Chen's reputation, but that rumored woman who was arrogant, domineering, arrogant and cruel, Chu Jihan Han really couldn't associate these adjectives with Su Ningxin in front of him.
Su Ningxin looked at him calmly and thought to herself, "My mother-in-law has met me before when she entered the palace. She has recognized me a long time ago. It's no wonder that you pretended to be a sick person and never attended the palace banquet." .]
Chu Jihan: "..." Mother and concubine have recognized it a long time ago? Why don't you tell me? Am I really my biological child
Chu Jihan fell into self-doubt, and at the same time he despised his father in his heart. His mother and concubine recognized him but did not tell him. His father attended many palace banquets but did not recognize him. He was a waste.
If Prince An knew what Chu Jihan was thinking, he would definitely be very aggrieved.
Every time he attended a palace banquet, he would always eat with his head down. Even if the food was already cold, he would still eat hard. Unless the emperor asked him, he would never raise his head. If he raised his head and looked around in the middle of the meal, he would immediately be judged by the princess as not looking around. The beautiful dancer will inevitably be punished when she comes back.
Realizing that he was cheating again by using mind-reading skills, Chu Jihan immediately turned away and warned himself that this was a rare opportunity to have a heart-to-heart talk with Su Ning. He must talk openly and honestly and not take shortcuts.
Su Ningxin looked at Chu Jihan's movements a little strangely. She didn't know what he was looking at when he looked ahead, but she also turned her head and looked at the mountains in the distance. She couldn't lose face in these aspects, right
Bridge beans sack!
Why can I see the mountains? This is unreasonable.
Chu Jihan, who was immersed in Su Ningxin's candid talk about his heart, suddenly felt a pain in his arm. He turned around and saw that Su Ningxin was holding his arm tightly. The other person's finger was pointing forward, and he was shaking as if he had been hit by something. Generally frightened.
Chu Jihan turned his head and looked in the direction of Su Ningxin's finger, thinking to himself that he was indeed a secret guard, what a strong hand!
"What's wrong?" Chu Jihan asked in confusion. There was nothing in front of him.
Su Ningxin calmed down and looked at Chu Jihan with hatred, "Have you ever seen any mountains in Daming Mansion during your years in Daming Mansion?"
Although Daming Mansion is on the border, it is a plain. Only the area bordering Dayong is a high mountain. There is a pass on the road connecting the two sides. It is this pass where Da Qi soldiers are stationed.
In other words, Daming Mansion only has a steep mountain range at the border, and the overlapping mountains in front of it are obviously not that one.
Chu Jihan also realized the seriousness of the problem and asked Su Ningxin innocently, "Do you remember where we went when we escaped?"
Su Ningxin rolled her eyes unceremoniously, "It was so dark last night, and I was chased like a mad dog. I completely ran away. Do you think I will remember the route I took?" If I have a brain that remembers routes, why don’t I run faster and calculate which way is better to escape?]
She cursed in her heart, but Su Ningxin shook her head on her face, "I was too hasty to escape last night."
Chu Jihan: "..." With such a different appearance, it turns out to be you.
"We may have run out of Daming Mansion and reached Dayong's boundary. We'd better find a way to go back first." Chu Jihan stood up as he spoke, turned his head and reached out to pull Su Ningxin.
Although it sounds unlikely that you will end up in another country after traveling a long distance, it is actually the case.
Daming Mansion is not far from the border with Dayong. The Yang family's manor is further north of Daming Mansion, so it is closer to Dayong.
As for why they were able to run all the way to Dayong without any soldiers blocking them, it was naturally not because the soldiers were lazy and did not stand guard, but because the border was too long.
The entire north of Daming Mansion borders Dayong and stretches for hundreds of miles. It is impossible to have garrison guards everywhere.
Fortunately, there are steep mountains that separate the two countries. There are no roads on these mountains, which means that large armies cannot pass through for large-scale invasions. However, there are many small roads taken by villagers and hunters, which can allow a small number of people to pass.
When Su Ningxin first arrived at Daming Mansion, Dayong's assassins assassinated Prince An at the city gate. A small group of people like them entered Daming Mansion through these small roads.
There are such small roads everywhere, and it is simply unrealistic to send troops to guard them, because if you guard this place, a new one will come from another place soon, and because there are only a dozen such small roads even if there are enemies coming, they will not have a big impact on the battle situation. threat, so both countries have a laissez-faire attitude.
This also caused Su Ningxin and Chu Jihan to be chased all the way to Dayong territory.
(End of chapter)