Inside the study, the incense smoke curled up.
All the answers are now clear.
Shen Hua held her breath, her delicate eyebrows knitted slightly, yet she said no more.
The hand that stroked her hair paused, and the man's voice bore a semblance of impatience with a gentle indifference: "Why don't you ask anymore?"
"For survival."
The girl spoke one rationale after another: "Sometimes, you just have to play dumb. Otherwise, knowing too much might get you silenced."
As she said this, she looked up, her eyes eagerly fixed on Cui Yun.
The next instant, the girl who needed to survive asked.
"So, the Crown Prince is not of the Imperial Family's bloodline, is he? The Empress really had an affair? Impressive!"
Her eyes danced with cunning: "The official family sent assassins after you, was it because you stumbled upon such a disgraceful affair?"
"To the point of not even sparing a cat! First, it was Buhuo, then poisoning with a gu, they are after your life, no, plainly after mine!"
