Transmigrating to a Female-Dominated World: Handsome Men Keep Chasing After Me

Chapter 176

When Jingchi entered the room, he did not see Jinse. Only Nalan Jingwen was sitting in a chair, the black shadows casting shadows on her face, obscuring her features in the darkness, making them difficult to see clearly.

Jingchi keenly sensed the low atmosphere in the room, as if something was being suppressed. He paused slightly and walked towards Nalan Jingwen.

"Your Highness, what business do you have with me?"

The surroundings were completely silent, shrouded in darkness, with only the sound of each other's breathing audible.

Nalan Jingwen remained silent, only raising her eyes to look at him. Her dark eyes appeared incredibly sharp in the darkness, capable of piercing through people's hearts at a glance.

Jingchi stood frozen in place, a sense of unease spreading through his heart, causing his body to gradually stiffen.

Neither of them spoke, and they remained silent. Jingchi could even hear his own anxious heartbeat.

Nalan Jingwen simply looked at him, his expression unreadable.

After a long while, just when Jingchi thought she wouldn't speak again, Nalan Jingwen finally spoke, her tone indifferent.

"What's the name of that organization you mentioned back then?"

Jingchi's face stiffened noticeably, the color drained from his face, and his hands, hidden in the darkness, clenched tightly.

Perhaps realizing his loss of composure, he hurriedly lowered his head, trying to cover up his panic.

Nalan Jingwen saw all his reactions clearly, even without the lights on, and her face darkened.

"Why don't you speak?"

Jingchi kept his head down and remained silent.

Nalan Jingwen originally thought that his personality was very suitable to be a guard, but now she felt that he was really an eyesore.

"Why aren't you speaking? Is it because you're afraid?"

Jingchi's grip on the sword tightened, veins bulging, revealing his inner tension and unease.

Nalan Jingwen glanced at it indifferently and handed the letter in his hand to him.

"have a look."

Jingchi stared at the letter, which was so close yet he hesitated to take it. His hand hung at his sides as he pondered.

His unease grew, his heart pounded like a drum, and he had a premonition that once he took over, he and Nalan Jingwen would truly have no way to go back.

But under Nalan Jingwen's piercing gaze, he still reached out and took the letter.

He slowly opened the letter, but its contents froze him in place, his hands and feet turned cold, and he felt as if his soul had left his body, leaving him in a daze.

The night was dark, but he could see every word in the letter clearly. One word after another poured into his mind like a surging tide, leaving him in a state of confusion. His vision became increasingly blurry, and his face turned deathly pale.

He seemed to have lost all his strength; the letter fell from his hand, drifted slowly to the ground, and lay quietly there.

He tried to grab it, but he couldn't move it and could only watch helplessly as it fell.

Nalan Jingwen ignored his reaction, her tone extremely cold, and her eyes were filled with icy indifference.

"What should I call you now? Mirror Pool? Or perhaps..."

"Nangong Jingchi?"

Jingchi suddenly looked up, his eyes wide with disbelief.

"no……"

He had barely spoken when he realized his voice had become so hoarse, as if something was stuck in his throat.

He stepped forward, opened his mouth as if to say something, but couldn't say anything, because everything in the letter was true.

He couldn't even refute a single word.

But that's clearly not how it is...

"I……"

Nalan Jingwen looked at him coldly, his eyes devoid of any warmth.

"Nangong Jingchi, Qi Lin, the Seventh Prince, is that right?"

His crystal-blue eyes were now filled with pain. He shook his head, wanting to explain.

"Your Highness, I have never intended to betray you. This identity, however..."

His words came to an abrupt end; he had no way to refute this identity.

"So you admit it, right?"

"Seventh Prince Qi Lin was selected to enter the Earthly Pavilion at a young age and received training. Eight months ago, he received a mission to go to Nalan Jingwen as an undercover agent. Am I correct?"

Nalan Jingwen stared at him, his tone indifferent.

How many of your statements are true?

Jingchi rushed forward in a panic, reaching out to grab Nalan Jingwen, but his hand froze in mid-air, not daring to go any further.

"Every word I said to Your Highness is true, without the slightest falsehood!"

"Then how do you explain Pei Yunche's arrest back then?!"

"With your martial arts skills, how could you let those people succeed? The only explanation is that you deliberately let Pei Yunche be captured, allowing Qi Lin's men to succeed, in order to sow discord between Feng Tian and Su Shui!"

Jingchi's pupils contracted sharply, his lips trembled, but he couldn't utter a word, and his hand, which had been suspended in the air, fell limply to the ground.

Nalan Jingwen continued, "And what about when Rong Hengyu was captured by Nalan Ge? You deliberately released him, didn't you?"

Back then, Hongyun and Jingchi were both guarding outside Rong Hengyu's courtyard. How could they have been so easily taken advantage of by Nalan Ge's people?

She was puzzled at the time, but never voiced it, assuming it was because there were too many of them.

But now it seems that this reason is far too far-fetched.

If Rong Hengyu is arrested, she will be prevented from going to the sacrificial ceremony. In this way, she will be considered to be disobeying the imperial decree, which is a serious crime.

Although Nalan Ge's plan could not proceed smoothly, it could still cause Rong Hengyu to die at her hands, not only throwing the Prince Xian's mansion into chaos, but also severely damaging the Prime Minister's mansion. This would lead to discord between the emperor and his ministers, discord among the sisters, and utter chaos within the court.

At that time, Fengtian will also fall into internal strife, and it will be easy to take it over.

Rong Hengyu's move was brilliant no matter how you looked at it.

However, what they didn't expect was that she was no longer the Nalan Jingwen she used to be. At that time, Rong Hengyu was not that important to her, which allowed her to make the most accurate judgment at that time.

Even if Rong Hengyu hadn't died and she had saved him, she still couldn't get to the ceremony in time. Once the charge of disobeying the imperial decree was brought against her, the entire Prince Xian's mansion would be implicated.

That's truly a brilliant plan to kill two birds with one stone!

"Do you have anything to say?"

Jingchi looked up at her, his eyes bloodshot, unable to refute her, because everything she said was true.

"Your subordinate... has nothing to say..."

Upon hearing his admission, Nalan Jingwen suddenly calmed down and was no longer so angry.

"I trusted you twice, yet you have played and manipulated me like this. For so long, you have not uttered a single word of truth."

Her flat yet disappointed tone was like needles piercing his heart, the pain almost overwhelming him, making his vision blur.

"Your Highness, I did not lie to you..."

He wanted to say that he had been hiding something besides this identity, but everything he had said before was true. However, he couldn't say it because the damage had already been done.

Nalan Jingwen didn't want to hear his voice anymore, so she called Hongyun in.

As soon as Hongyun entered, she sensed that something was wrong. She glanced at Jingchi, who had his head down, and walked over to Nalan Jingwen's side.

"Your Majesty."

"Take him away..."

Nalan Jingwen took one last look at him, slowly closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his eyes were once again filled with indifference.

"Kill him."