Your Majesty, please stop messing around.

Zhiyuan's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness before returning to calmness: "Who made up the rumor with His Highness?"

"It doesn't matter who said it, what matters is..."

Lin Jiangnian stared into her eyes, wondering: "Is this a rumor? Or... there is no smoke without fire?"

"rumor."

Zhiyuan lowered her eyes, with a hint of chill on her fair and delicate face: "There is no blood relationship between this slave and the prince, and she is not the so-called illegitimate daughter of the prince!"

"Who mentioned this rumor to His Highness with the intention of misleading His Highness and damaging the royal family's public opinion?"

"His heart is to be killed!"

Zhiyuan had a straight face and a cold tone, filled with strong murderous intent.

Lin Jiangnian looked into her eyes, as if he wanted to see something. However, her bright but unruffled eyes could not see through anything.

He looked away and smiled half-heartedly: "I am also a little curious. If you are really not my father's illegitimate daughter, then why..."

"Would my father trust you so much?"

The maid in front of her had a very high status in Prince Lin's Mansion and had great power.

Although the palace has a housekeeper, the presence of the housekeeper is very low. Although the entire palace is operating in an orderly manner, from the time Lin Jiangnian arrived at the palace, it feels like everyone in the palace seems to be in awe of her.

Is she really just a maid?

If she had no close relationship with Prince Lin, why would Prince Lin trust her so much?

Zhiyuan's eyes were still cold and she was silent for a moment. After she looked at Lin Jiangnian quietly for a moment, she lowered her eyes and said, "This slave is a maid of the palace and a maid of His Highness."

"Is that why?"

Zhiyuan did not continue to explain, raised his eyes and glanced not far away, and then said calmly: "Your Highness does not need to worry about this, slave..."

As if thinking of something, Zhiyuan's eyes remained calm.

"A slave will never betray the palace."

"..."

Lin Jiangnian stared at her quietly for a long time before gradually looking away.

"That's good."

"My prince is a little hungry, let's go eat."

After saying that, Lin Jiangnian turned and left.

This time Zhiyuan stayed where he was and did not follow.

She stared at Lin Jiangnian's back quietly, silent. But he seemed to be thinking of something, and his eyes gradually became colder.

…

There were not many entertainment activities in the palace at night. As the prince's son, Lin Jiangnian would either go out on the streets to bully good women, or he would stay at the palace and tease the maids.

However, Lin Jiangnian today is not interested in this.

After eating and bathing, Lin Jiangnian dismissed the maids and servants and returned to his room alone.

Sitting at the table, Lin Jiangnian narrowed his eyes and thought about everything that happened today.

Zhiyuan's previous reaction showed that Lin Jiangnian's guess was not wrong... She was indeed not simple.

Zhiyuan's identity is by no means just a maid in Prince Lin's Mansion!

On the seventh floor of Ruyi Building, in the room of the late Princess Lin, Lin Jiangnian flipped through a book of essays on the table.

Like a diary!

Diary essays of the late Princess Lin.

The Princess Lin seemed to have the habit of recording her daily moods, and she would record some things in her essays from time to time. When Lin Jiangnian glanced at it, he happened to see the ink about the paper kite.

It was rumored that Zhiyuan was an orphan adopted by Princess Lin, which Zhiyuan also admitted and confirmed. But judging from Princess Lin's diary and essays, things don't seem to be that simple.

At least……

Princess Lin knew about Zhiyuan's life experience.

In fact, Princess Lin's recording tone was even a bit exclamatory and surprising!

"Poor Zhiyuan lost her mother just after she was born. She is also a poor child..."

This is the last sentence in the diary essay.

But this sentence contains many more meanings and explanations.

Therefore, when outside Ruyi Building, Lin Jiangnian recalled that there were rumors in the house that Zhiyuan was the illegitimate daughter of King Lin, so he tested her.

Although Zhiyuan denied it, judging from her reaction, it was obvious that she knew something.

After a moment, Lin Jiang young sighed.

The origin of Zhiyuan's identity is too mysterious, and he can't see through it, so it's naturally difficult to get a handle on her!

It is very difficult to deal with such a woman.

Could it be... drugged?

Lin Jiangnian inexplicably thought of the drug given to him by the woman in red in his arms... Thinking about it carefully, maybe her bad idea actually worked?

At this moment, a faint fragrance blew by, and a familiar figure appeared in Lin Jiangnian's sight.

"Have you obtained the Xuanyang Mental Technique?"

As soon as the woman in red sat down, she got straight to the point.

Lin Jiangnian raised his eyes and stared at the woman in red in front of him. She finally changed her clothes today.

The style of the dress has changed, but the color remains the same. Still dressed in fiery red, passionate and enthusiastic.

Those beautiful eyes were slightly smiling, as if they were in a good mood, and they looked at Lin Jiangnian with some curiosity.

"No."

Lin Jiang young sighed.

"No?"

The woman in red raised her eyebrows, slightly surprised: "Xuan Yang's mind is not in Ruyi Tower?"

"yes!"

Lin Jiangnian sighed: "I searched all over Ruyi Tower today, but I couldn't find the Xuanyang Mind Technique... It seems like it's not in Ruyi Tower."

"Shouldn't it?"

The beautiful eyes of the woman in red showed some doubts, and she thought thoughtfully: "If Xuanyang's mental method is not placed in Ruyi Tower, where else can it be? Is it possible that Lin Hengzhong carries it with him? It is unlikely..."

The woman in red frowned slightly, as if thinking of something, she raised her eyes and looked at Lin Jiangnian: "Is it possible that he gave Xuanyang's mental method to Zhiyuan for safekeeping?"

"I don't know."

Lin Jiangnian shook his head: "I didn't find it anyway."

"If it's not in Ruyi Building, then there's a high probability that it's with Zhiyuan."

The woman in red narrowed her eyes slightly and glanced at Lin Jiangnian: "You can think of a way to get it from her."

"How to get it?"

"You are Prince Lin, why don't you just ask her directly?"

"I'm fake."

"You're real now."

The woman in red looked at Lin Jiangnian and shook her head slightly: "The real prince has disappeared from this world, so..."

"You are real!"

Her eyes were burning, and she was obviously very proud of her decision to trade the civet cat for the prince.

Lin Jiangnian was silent for a while and then said, "Then, let me try?"

"If you want to practice martial arts, you can only get the Xuanyang Heart Technique."

The woman in red glanced at him: "You have missed the best age to practice martial arts, and only the Xuanyang Mind Technique can save you."

"Is Xuanyang Mind Technique so miraculous?"

"That's natural."

The woman in red nodded slightly and sighed: "Lin Hengzhong started practicing martial arts when he was almost the same age as you. I originally thought that he would not achieve much, but who could have imagined..."

"In just less than ten years, he was able to step from a weak old warrior to a first-class grandmaster and become famous all over the world!"

"People all over the world have been rumored that Xuanyang Mind Technique has the ability to rebuild muscles and bones. Because of this, Xuanyang Mind Technique can be ranked among the top mental techniques in the world..."

Lin Jiangnian's expression remained unchanged and he nodded thoughtfully.

A top-notch mentality?

Can you regenerate muscles and bones?

A first-class master?

Good stuff!

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