As the title says, I got stuck here.
The fifth watch rooster crowed.
Another night had passed.
Seeing that it was about time, Xiuju crept into the inner room on tiptoe. After circling around the screen, she was just about to approach the bed when she suddenly stepped on something, producing a crisp crack.
"Who?!"
A tense demand immediately came from within the red phoenix curtains.
"Second Madam, it's me—Xiuju."
As Xiuju hurriedly identified herself, she lowered her head to inspect what she had stepped on. It was a pair of silver-plated scissors.
Right, these must have been the scissors Second Madam had used to ambush the Second Master when he entered last night.
She had been startled at the time, but as the two of them pulled and shoved each other around, somehow they ended up back in bed again...
After returning to the study through the secret passage, Sun Shaozong recalled last night's battle of wits and wills with Wang Xifeng and could not help but laugh.
The moment he entered the inner room, he heard Jia Yingchun scream a warning. Then Wang Xifeng had charged at him with scissors raised, babbling about life and death.
For one brief moment, Sun Shaozong had truly thought she meant to fight to the death to prove her innocence.
But after snatching the scissors from her hand and glancing at Jia Yingchun, everything became crystal clear to him—if she had truly wanted to assassinate him, why had she placed no restrictions whatsoever on Jia Yingchun, allowing her to warn him in advance?
If she had been some ignorant, foolish woman, perhaps such an oversight might have been possible.
But Wang Xifeng...
This woman might not have been skilled at plotting, but whenever it came to matters right before her eyes,