For a moment, Liu Shengsheng was stunned.

She slowly lowered her hands that covered her eyes...

The black-clad man in front of her had already taken off the veil on his face, and the beautiful face that came into view was clearly the King Jiu, Nan Muze...

Before she could react, Liu Shengsheng was lifted up.

Nan Muze, who was nearly 1.9 meters tall, pressed her against the wall just like pressing a little chicken, and asked, "Do you really want me to die like this?"

Liu Shengsheng widened her eyes in shock.

Her first reaction was to answer, "Yes, why not?"

But now that her life was in his hands, her voice was a little incoherent. "No, it's a misunderstanding..."

The familiar voice made Nan Muze frown. He didn't remember there was such a maid in the mansion.

Her face was so dirty that the features were not visible, the clothes didn't fit, and yet she was proficient in medicine...

Nan Muze glared at Liu Shengsheng. "Who are you? Why are you in the Prince's Residence? If you don't explain it clearly, I'll kill you."

Liu Shengsheng is extremely anxious. Could she tell him?

She still remembered what King Jiu said that day: if she walked out of the Desolate Palace, everyone who guarded the Desolate Palace would die with her.

She was not afraid of being punished, but she was afraid of implicating innocent Xiao Tang. At this moment, it would be best if she was not recognized...

"I'm just an unknown maidservant. Your Highness, please calm down. What I said just now was for self-protection..."

"Self-protection? Why do I feel that you want me to be assassinated?"

"No, you see, as a young girl, if I don't say something that assassins like, I'm doomed to die..."

"Oh my god, I don't want to talk to this bastard!"

Perhaps hearing the commotion, Xiaojiang and the others ran over one after another.

"Your Highness, are you all right?"

Nan Muze released Liu Shengsheng and coldly glanced at the two assassins not far away.

Xiaojiang lowered his head and said, "The assassins came suddenly today. As soon as they were caught, they immediately committed suicide. The other two, who couldn't escape, also committed suicide. We have no way of knowing who ordered them..."

Perhaps because the poison had not been completely removed, Nan Muze looked a little pale. "Let's go back first."

"Yes!"

Nan Muze left quickly and added, "Take her with you."

Liu Shengsheng, who was about to slip away, twitched at the corner of her eye. In the end, she could only silently follow along.

Xiaojiang walked beside Nan Muze and said, "Your Highness, as the assassin suddenly appeared just now, I didn't watch the Princess drink that soup...”

"Then give her another bowl."

"But Princess said that she didn't want to drink it..."

"Then force her to drink."

Following them, Liu Shengsheng was speechless.

What a vicious man!

She really didn't know why the original owner would like such a heartless person!

Just as she was depressed, a guard suddenly ran over in panic.

"Your Highness, the Marquis' Residence has also been attacked. I heard that the Marquis has been poisoned and is barely holding on!"

"What is it?"

Xiaojiang was shocked.

Marquis Zhenbei was the God of War and the master of Nan Muze. He had done him a great favor.

Nan Muze's face also changed suddenly, "Quickly bring me over!"

Thus, everyone turned around and headed towards the main entrance.

Nan Muze hurriedly walked, while saying, "Xiaojiang, call Mr. Mo, and also ask the imperial physician to come out! We must let the Marquis stay safe!"

"Yes!"

Xiaojiang left in a hurry.

Looking at everyone's nervous look, Liu Shengsheng suddenly felt that her opportunity had come.

At such a critical moment, no one would notice that an unknown maidservant had suddenly disappeared, right?

She quietly stepped back...

"Come here."

Liu Shengsheng was speechless.

Nan Muze turned around and glared at her. "Don't let me repeat myself."

This woman who suddenly appeared was able to effortlessly cure his poison. It might be useful to keep her by his side.

Perhaps it was because Nan Muze cared so much about a little maid, that Xiaojiang, who had not yet gone far, couldn't help but turn back and take a few more glances at Liu ShengSheng. She looked familiar somehow.

The voice was also familiar.

However, he didn't know a person who had such dark skin...

Liu Shengsheng was very thin, while Xiao Tang was a bit chubby. Xiao Tang's clothes were loose on her body, which completely covered up her curves. Her figure thus looked different.

She usually wore her long hair down, but now she pinned it all up. Her small face was painted black and she had applied some dust to avoid being recognized. She had also deliberately lowered her voice...

Not to mention people like Nan Muze who usually did not even look at her straight, even her father would probably fail to recognize her.

But she was still afraid of being recognized, so she kept her head down all the way.

Outside the gate of the Prince's Residence, Nan Muze got on the carriage in a hurry. Liu Shengsheng thought that the opportunity came again.

As long as she was not in the same carriage as Nan Muze, she could slip away when she got a chance. Anyway, they did not recognize her. If she slipped away, they would not be able to find her...

However, before she could finish her plan, Nan Muze said coldly, "Come on up. I have something to ask you."

Liu Shengsheng was speechless.

She was really not given any chance to survive.

She got on the carriage gloomily, but it caused the people around her to be shocked.

"The Prince asked a maidservant to get in his carriage?"

After all, even Princess had never been to his carriage...

Who was this little maidservant?

When the carriage set off, Liu Shengsheng looked uncomfortable, but Nan Muze kept staring at her.

"You're not from the Prince's Residence, are you?"

“…”

"Gulu gulu..."

In response to Nan Muze, Liu Shengsheng's stomach kept growling.

It was not her fault. She came out to find something to eat...

Nan Muze, however, seemed to have not heard it, and only indifferently said, "The clothing of the servants in the Prince's Residence are all custom-made and would not be this big. It can be seen that this is not your clothes. If there were dirty servants like you here, Xiaojiang must know you. But since he doesn't even recognize you, it can be seen that you are from the Prince's Residence."

Liu Shengsheng felt a little guilty. When she was about to reply, Nan Muze suddenly grabbed her wrist.

She was startled. "What are you doing..."

"You as a servant who has no internal strength and looks so conspicuous, I am truly curious how you managed to sneak in without anyone noticing."

He was feeling her pulse...

Liu Shengsheng realized what he was doing and quickly withdrew her hand. "I told you, I'm just a little servant. I don't have any special status. The clothes are too big because I've lost weight recently. You also said I have no internal strength. As a weak woman like me, how could I sneak into the heavily guarded Prince's Residence?"

As Liu Shengsheng spoke, her stomach kept growling.

Nan Muze stared at her unblinkingly. His deep eyes seemed to be able to see through her.

"The Prince's Residence will not tolerate any suspicious individuals. Either you tell the truth or you'll be executed directly."

"I told you, I..."

"The maidservants in the Prince's Residence won't refer to themselves as 'I'. The truth is clear. Tell your intentions plainly, or face death."

Liu Shengsheng's eyelids twitched. How could she be so careless...

From the modern world, how could she remember such a thing?

Liu Shengsheng breathed a sigh of relief and said calmly, "Since Your Highness already knew, why did you still talk so much nonsense with me?"

"I can slowly investigate your identity, but if you want to keep your head..."

"You want me to save Marquis, don't you?"

Liu Shengsheng took over his words calmly. She more or less knew what was going on since they had all come to the Marquis' Residence.

Before Nan Muze could speak, a guard's voice came from outside the carriage.

"Your Highness, we're here."

Without further ado, Nan Muze got off the carriage.

As soon as they got out of the carriage, a beautiful woman in purple came up to them in an instant.

"Brother Ze, you're finally here. Father went out on business today and was assassinated on the way back. Not only was he stabbed twice, but he was also poisoned. The doctor said that the situation was very bad. I don't know what to do..."

The woman's voice sounded like she was about to cry, but she looked at Nan Muze with sparkling eyes.

At this time, Liu Shengsheng also got out of the carriage.

Mu Hong was stunned.

Maid?

A woman?!

How was this possible?

There are only attendants around King Jiu, with very few maidservants serving him. He was famous for not being interested in women, so how could he let a woman sit in a carriage?

Her intuition told her that this woman wasn't simple!