Besides lying down, I also know a little about power struggles

Chapter 2 Whose Jade Plate
According to the assassin's memory, the camping site for this spring hunt was on the east side of the valley. She had just determined the direction using the stars, and chose the mountain path heading east and quickly traveled all the way. Finally, when she was exhausted, she saw a fire.

The sky was completely dark at this time, and the fire below the mountain was like a dazzling sea of ​​clouds, rolling and illuminating half the sky.

In the firelight, there were endless tents and the sounds of people talking and horses neighing. Fang Tong took a breath, ran to the edge of the camp, climbed over the fence, and looked around.

She was thinking all the way, who should she give the jade token to?
This jade plaque is finely carved, which shows how valuable it is. If someone saw it being taken away by a cat, they might guess that the owner of the jade plaque had an accident.

But if she just finds someone randomly and the other person doesn't take her seriously, her trip will be in vain.

Fang Tong listened attentively, and heard women's laughter and chatter among the voices nearby. They should be the women who were traveling with him on this spring hunt.

As a woman, Fang Tong knew how to attract their attention, so she ran towards the place where the women's voices were gathered with the jade token in her mouth.

Before he got close to the tent, he heard a burst of intense footsteps and a whistling sound behind Fang Tong's ears.

She instinctively rolled to the side and saw the galloping horse's hooves passing by her. If she had not dodged in time, she would have been turned into meat paste under the hooves.

"Who is riding a horse in the camp?"

A woman's clear voice was heard, and the fierce horse in front was forced to stop.

Several maids holding halberds stopped the horses.

The man on the horse shouted angrily: "I am King Ping!"

The leading maid said calmly, "Your Highness Prince Ping, this is the Crown Princess's tent, please leave immediately."

"I am in a hurry, get out of here!" King Ping raised his horse whip and hit the female guard on the head.

"Stop!" Another loud shout was heard, and a man walked out of a nearby tent.

The person who came was also a woman, of tall stature, wearing a light purple shirt and a saffron-pomegranate-colored skirt with a pearl pattern tied around her waist. She had a beautiful face and an extraordinary demeanor.

She stepped forward quickly and said coldly, "You are not allowed to run horses in the camp. This is the rule of the Spring Hunt. If Your Highness Prince Ping doesn't know, why don't you go to His Majesty and talk about the reason."

The man on the horse whipped his whip in the air and snorted, "I am about to go see His Majesty."

"Then please dismount, Prince Ping." The purple-robed woman did not back down. "Otherwise, even if Your Majesty does not investigate, the censor will report you if he finds out."

Prince Ping looked at her and said, "Crown Princess, you are so arrogant."

He dismounted from his horse and said, "All right. I see that Your Majesty has something important to do. Let's see who the censor will report after he finds out."

After saying this, he dropped his horse and left with a flick of his sleeves.

Fang Tong was listening to the conversation between the people. When she heard the man on the horse call himself King Ping, she couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart.

She disguised herself as an assassin, and her target was King Ping.

Most of the princes of the current dynasty were made kings when they reached adulthood. This King Ping was the sixth prince, whose name was Feng Wuqiong.

The assassins were ordered to kill King Ping, but they didn't know who their employer was. At least the assassin Fang Tong transformed into certainly didn't know.

Talking about the assassin she transformed into, it also gave her a headache. This person had no name, only a code name: Bingqi.

Bingqi is an orphan who has been trained in the killer organization White Bird Pavilion since she was young. Her martial arts skills are average, but she is obedient. She is like a bonus every time she goes on a mission.

Because of this, she was like a marginal figure in White Bird Pavilion, never having a close relationship with anyone, let alone a single friend.

Fang Tong wanted to find some useful references from the other party's memory, but after searching through it, he found little.

But now is not the time to think about these things, saving people is more important.

Seeing that the Crown Princess was not afraid of Prince Ping's power, and that she comforted the maids after Prince Ping left, she thought that she was a person with strong opinions and reasonableness. She immediately spat out the jade token in her mouth, pulled it a few times with her claws, and put the thin rope tied to the jade token around her neck.

She had a jade pendant hanging on her chest and ran towards the Crown Princess in front of her.

The kitten was short, and when it ran, the jade token hit the ground, making a clanging sound as it dragged along, which quickly attracted the attention of several people outside the tent.

The Crown Princess turned around and saw the kitten stumbling on the ground. Her tense expression relaxed and a fiery look appeared in her eyes.

"Raccoon slave?"

She squatted down, letting her skirt sweep the dust, and eagerly reached out to Fang Tong: "Little raccoon slave, come here quickly."

Fang Tong shook his beard. The Crown Princess had just spoken to Prince Ping in a stern tone, but now her voice seemed to be thinned out, and it sounded soft and charming, making her hear a hint of flattery.

As a cat lover who once had a cat, Fang Tong was very familiar with this reaction. She would only be so flattering when she wanted to pet a cat.

Fang Tong leaped up and landed on the Crown Princess's lap.

"Ah!" The Crown Princess screamed and hugged her, "My dear, where did you come from? Look at your little face, you are still breastfeeding, right? Where is your mother?"

She kept saying this, hugging the kitten's soft body and rubbing it lovingly: "What is this? Let me see."

She picked up the jade token from Fang Tong's neck and took a look at it, her face suddenly changed.

"Is this the jade token of Twelve?"

The Crown Princess talked to herself, a hint of disbelief in her eyes.

When Fang Tong heard her tell the origin of the jade token, she was delighted. It seemed that she had found the right person by accident.

She meowed twice at the Crown Princess, hating herself for not being able to speak.

Then again, even if she could speak, she wouldn't dare to. Wouldn't a kitten that could speak human language be burned to death as a monster?
"Shi Yue."

A gentle call was heard, and a handsome man in a light fur coat and loose belt came slowly from the front.

When the people nearby saw him, they all bowed and said, "Your Highness the Crown Prince."

The prince raised his hand to let everyone off the hook, and came to the Crown Princess: "Shi Yue, I heard that Prince Ping was making a fuss here just now, are you okay?"

"It's okay," Qin Shiyue stood up holding the kitten, "Yunxi, look at this."

She took the jade token off Fang Tong's neck and handed it to Feng Yunxi: "This looks like the jade token of Twelve."

Feng Yunxi took the jade plaque and examined it carefully in the light of the fire: "Yes, at the New Year's Eve banquet this year, His Majesty gave each of us a jade plaque with different patterns on it. This auspicious cloud jade plaque is for Twelve."

He looked at the kitten in Qin Shiyue's arms: "Why is his jade token on this cat?"

"When I found Li Nu, the jade pendant was hanging around its neck." Qin Shiyue said.

Feng Yunxi frowned slightly, "Twelve has always been a meticulous person. His Majesty was also there during the Spring Hunt, so how could he be so careless as to lose the jade token? When he entered the mountain today, the jade token was still hanging on his waist. When I came here just now, I heard that Twelve had not yet left the mountain. Could it be... No, he is very skilled, nothing will happen to him."

"Prince Ping just passed by and said he was going to see Your Majesty. I heard that he had some hidden meaning in his words," Qin Shiyue said, "It's getting late today, and Twelve is not such an unreliable person. He hasn't returned yet, so I'm afraid something has happened."

"There was some movement in the mountains in the evening," Feng Yunxi murmured, "I will send people up the mountain right away."

Before he finished speaking, the kitten in Qin Shiyue's arms stretched out its claws, hooked the thin rope hanging from his fingers, and pulled the jade token over.

(End of this chapter)