Bai Zhi was so frightened that her soul almost left her body.

Just as she was about to scream, Shen Ning quickly covered her mouth.

"Bai Zhi, listen to me," Shen Ning said in a low but unusually calm voice.

"We absolutely cannot go down the mountain tonight. Even if we must go down, we must not take the road to the north, otherwise we will definitely encounter the bandits who are colluding with Granny Fang."

Bai Zhi's pupils constricted, and her whole body trembled violently.

Shen Ning released her grip, picked up the stone again, and smashed it hard against the back of Granny Fang's head without hesitation.

She only stopped when Granny Fang died.

In her previous life, Granny Fang and Shen Rou conspired to kill her.

In this life, let's start with Granny Fang.

My father is now far away on the frontier, and my mother has long since passed away.

The Shen family was controlled by the second branch, and the grandmother favored the second and third branches.

Even her elder sister Shen Rou, whom she had trusted for more than ten years, was not her father's biological child.

She must find a way to survive, otherwise, the tragedy of her past life will surely repeat itself.

Bai Zhi trembled all over, staring at Shen Ning in disbelief: "Miss, we've killed someone."

Shen Ning's face was as cold as ice as she looked at Granny Fang lying in a pool of blood, her eyes filled with hatred.

Compared to her relatives who died tragically in her previous life, Granny Fang's death was far too easy.

"Don't panic, just do as I say," Shen Ning said in a deep voice.

"Give me Fang Mama's clothes, and then change her into mine."

"Yes, Miss, I will do as you say." Bai Zhi nodded tremblingly, her hands reaching out towards the old woman's corpse.

Shen Ning stepped forward and deftly removed Granny Fang's clothes.

He quickly put his own outer garment on the other person and then cleaned the bloodstains off the carriage.

She then took the hairpin from her hair and carefully inserted it into Granny Fang's hair bun.

Then they messed up Granny Fang's hair and covered her face.

Although this old woman was quite old, she had a similar figure to her, both being slender.

The groom hasn't arrived yet, so they still have time.

After everything was settled, the two helped Granny Fang up and carefully leaned her against the carriage.

"Bai Zhi, get out of the car first," Shen Ning instructed in a low voice.

"There is a meditation room on the south side of Putuo Temple, which is where Regent Xie Linyuan went today. No one dares to approach that place. Go there and hide for the time being."

"Or you can wait for me, and when I come back, we can go down the mountain together from the north."

Bai Zhi's face turned deathly pale: "Miss, I'm scared."

"I fear the Regent more than the bandits."

Xie Linyuan was a notorious dangerous figure in Yanjing, bloodthirsty and ruthless, and no one in Yanjing was afraid of him.

However, Shen Ning knew his nature because he had forcibly taken her for two years in her previous life; he never killed women.

Moreover, he may not even still be at Putuo Temple now.

Shen Ning took off a jade pendant from her waist and put it into Bai Zhi's hand.

"Although the regent was infamous, he never killed women."

"Take my jade pendant to the meditation room and seek refuge. If he still insists on detaining you, I will personally come to bring you back."

She nudged Bai Zhi: "Hurry, we're too late!"

Bai Zhi nodded, gripped the jade pendant tightly, got off the carriage trembling, and ran frantically towards the temple.

Shen Ning finally breathed a sigh of relief as she watched Bai Zhi's figure disappear into the night.

In her past life, Xie Xuanchen sent men to impersonate bandits and staged a rescue for her.

That night, after she returned to the Shen family, she was falsely accused of having an affair, which ruined her reputation.

Later, Xie Xuanchen married her and helped her out of a predicament, and from then on she was deeply grateful to him.

It's impossible in this lifetime.

About fifteen minutes later, the coachman arrived.

"Miss, it's time to return to the capital."

Looking at the lifeless body of Granny Fang on the bed, Shen Ning remained unfazed.

Thank you for your trouble.

"Then please take a seat, Miss."

The coachman pulled on the reins, whipped the horse, and drove the carriage down the mountain.

The sound of horses' hooves clattered outside the carriage.

Shen Ning calmly lifted the car curtain and looked outside.

The dense forest was shrouded in darkness, and the sound of rushing water could be heard in the distance.

Ahead is a huge waterfall.

Before long, the carriage arrived at the waterfall.

The gurgling water quickly swallowed up all the surrounding noise, even the sound of horses' hooves became indistinct.

Shen Ning calmly lifted the carriage curtain, gripped the window frame tightly, and carefully climbed upwards.

The jolting carriage nearly caused her to slip, but she clung tightly to the window sill.

She bit her lip, then leaped into the air.

A crisp cracking sound came from the ankle.

Shen Ning gasped in pain and struggled to stand up, but the intense pain caused her to fall back to the ground.

Watching the carriage disappear into the distance, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In this life, what Prince Chen wants to save is not her, but Granny Fang's corpse.

I wonder what the Fourth Prince will think when he is poisoned and stabbed while saving Granny Fang.

After all, this was a carefully planned scheme by him and Shen Rou.

In his previous life, the poison and knife wounds that Prince Chen suffered were real.

A piercing pain shot through her ankle. Shen Ning gritted her teeth and, panting, headed towards Putuo Temple.

She can't die.

In this life, she must protect her tragically deceased sister and save her father and brother.

Those who harmed the Shen family in their past lives should be sent to hell.

About 15 minutes later, she returned to Putuo Temple.

Bai Zhi was already anxiously waiting for her in front of the temple gate.

Upon seeing her arrive, Bai Zhi hurriedly ran over.

"Miss, you're finally back! I was so worried about you!"

"The Regent is not here, only one of his guards is here, and that guard just left."

Shen Ning said, panting, "That's good."

If Xie Linyuan were still alive, who knows how much more trouble would have arisen.

However, she didn't understand.

Why is Xie Linyuan still willing to cure her of the love poison in this life?

"Let's take another route down the mountain."

"Yes, Miss, I will do as you say." Bai Zhi's voice was still trembling slightly.

After Shen Ning went into Putuo Temple to retrieve a tinderbox and a torch, the two of them descended the mountain.

After walking for about fifteen minutes, the sounds of war and chaos came from the foot of the mountain.

The screams of the man were mixed with Shen Rou's gasps of surprise.

"Your Highness!"

"Ning'er!"

Shen Ning frowned and looked over, only to see a man dressed in a royal blue robe tightly embracing the person in his arms in the night.

That man was none other than Prince Chen, Xie Xuanchen.

The person he was holding was none other than Granny Fang.

Perhaps because it was too dark, Xie Xuanchen thought the person he was holding was her.

Two masked men in black, each wielding a long knife, plunged one of them into his chest.

In an instant, blood gushed from Xie Xuanchen's chest.

He screamed, clutching the person in his arms tightly with one hand, and suddenly swung his longsword with the other.

Forced to retreat hastily, the man in black turned and disappeared into the night.

Shen Ning led Bai Zhi closer and met with Shen Rou and Xie Xuanchen.

Both of them were surprised when they saw Shen Ning.

"Ning'er, you... what are you doing here?"

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