When a "Sea King" is Bound to a System [Quick Transmigration] - Chapter 58.2.1

“…your life-saving benefactor!”

Bai Li Qi’s expression was gloomy. She twisted Jiang Yan’s hands, which only reached her ears, behind her back, then dipped her finger in tea and wrote on the table:

How do you know my name?

Jiang Yan wanted nothing more than to slap herself. Why did she have to speak so quickly?

“I heard Crown Prince Brother say it. They have already investigated your identity, which is why I kept you here. Right now, my Zhaoyang Hall is the safest place in the entire palace.”

The moment her words fell, the door was slammed open. Su Yi burst in, gasping for breath, “Princess, quickly hide the assassin! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has brought men to search the palace!”

Jiang Yan’s face was stinging from the implied self-reproach. Enduring the heat on her cheeks, she turned to ask Bai Li Qi: “Do you want to be taken away by the Crown Prince just like this?”

Bai Li Qi released her and retracted the thin blade in her hand. The wound on her abdomen began to bleed again, staining a large patch of her pure white undergarment red.

Seeing that the Crown Prince was about to arrive, Jiang Yan had no choice but to shove Bai Li Qi into the bed. She then quickly climbed into the bed herself. The two lay very close, intimately side by side.

Footsteps sounded at the doorway. Su Yi adjusted her expression and curtsied to Qin Ji, “Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.”

Qin Ji stood at the door, glanced toward the bed, and a profound darkness flashed in his eyes.

“Is the Ninth Princess resting?”

“Yes, Your Highness. The Princess is feeling unwell and is currently resting.”

Su Yi’s answer was flawless, and her expression was normal, but she was terrified inside. Her hands were tightly clenched in anxiety, and she was breaking out in a cold sweat.

Qin Ji withdrew his gaze and said to the guards beside him, “Move slowly. Do not make a sound. You are not allowed to disturb the Ninth Princess.”

The guards suppressed their voices and held their breath, searching every corner of Zhaoyang Palace, but they found nothing.

Qin Ji turned, leaving with the guards, his eyes dark and his expression inscrutable.