"What's more," Ye Yun glanced at the silent Chu Ci and continued: "Although I am the eldest princess, my mother died young, my grandfather's family has been stationed at the border all year round, and there is no one to rely on in the harem. In the early years, I was young and didn't know how to restrain my temper, which caused all the officials to criticize me, so I sided with Yuwen Chan and Yu Wenyi. If I didn't take action to protect myself, I was afraid that I would lose my position as the crown prince and end up like this. It would be great if all nine clans are wiped out!"
Hearing this, Chu Ci suddenly raised his head and looked at her with shock in his eyes.
Seeing this, Ye Yun smiled indifferently and said in a calm tone: "Don't you think it's strange that a person who didn't even know how many days he last went to court suddenly seemed to have an enlightenment and could see his situation clearly? It’s so clear.”
Before Chu Ci could respond, Ye Yun said again: "Actually, it's nothing. I just wanted to pretend to be stupid in the past, but now that I've looked away, I've figured it out."
The last sentence was completely nonsense, in order to eliminate unnecessary trouble for future actions. Her temper can be fooled by waking up and changing her past, but her way of doing things cannot be fooled. Instead of letting them have bad feelings about herself, If they were suspicious, it would be better to let them mistakenly think that she was hiding her clumsiness on purpose.
Obviously, she succeeded. Seeing Chu Ci change from shock to understanding and then to calmness, Ye Yun smiled knowingly.
"Therefore, for the sake of my mother, the Qi family, and the Dragon Cavalry Guards, from now on, we must be extremely careful in our actions, and we must not be caught by others."
Chu Ci stood up from the chair and said with a cautious expression: "Yes, master, don't worry, my subordinates will make arrangements."
After finishing speaking, Chu Ci turned around and walked straight out.
The backyard of the Fourth Prince's Mansion
Yu Wenyi walked quickly across the corridor, kicked open the study room, angrily crossed the threshold and sat down on the Taishi chair.
At the door, the personal attendant Yun Yan secretly glanced at the ferocious-looking Yu Wenyi, with a flash of struggle on his face, and entered in fear.
"Master..." Before he could finish his words, a white glazed tea cup flew past his cheek and landed on the door with a bang, smashing to pieces in an instant.
Almost at the same time as he heard the sound, Yun Yan's legs shook and he knelt on the ground with a reflexive thud.
Yu Wenyi got up from the chair, punched and kicked Yun Yan like a hungry wolf attacking his prey, and shouted while kicking: "Idiot, idiot, idiot! What is the use of my prince raising idiots like you! Five million taels This prince has been planning for two years. In the end, he has been taking advantage of others for nothing, and it has all fallen into the hands of his father!
What do you want this prince to do? "
Yu Wenyi's attack was extremely heavy and completely disorganized. Yun Yan could only curl up as much as possible and protect his head with his hands, but despite this, he still received a few punches on his head.
"Speak! Why don't you speak!" Yu Wenyi kicked Yun Yan in the abdomen. Yun Yan suddenly broke out in cold sweat from the pain. He covered his abdomen and spoke with difficulty: "Go back to the master, Yun Yan... Yun Yan thought, There must be something fishy in this, otherwise how could such a secret place like the fighting arena be destroyed overnight, and..." Yun Yan said with a slow tone: "The mechanisms in the Fuyuan Gambling House were created by the master craftsman Jiang Wuming. First of all, Jiang Wuming was thrown into the Hui Canal by his master two years ago and fed to the fish. The secret room under the pond was cleverly designed. If someone hadn't tipped him off, how could a few Dali Temple officials have opened the secret room and found out? The gold hidden in the secret room!"
Although it was a life-saving words made out of desperation, it spoke to Yu Wenyi's heart without leaving a single word.
Yu Wenyi stopped and thought about it while returning to the chair. He stretched out his hand to drink tea from the cup. Suddenly he remembered that he had smashed the tea cup, so he raised his arm, leaned his head on it, and glanced at the person who had just left. Yun Yan got up from the ground and knelt down again and said, "Who do you think did this?"
Yun Yan's heart sank, his eyes rolled, and he had a countermeasure: "Returning to the master, Yun Yan thought that the matter should start with the people who went to the arena that day. Apart from Yun Cheng..." At this point, Yun Yan Yan raised his eyelids and glanced at Yu Wenyi secretly. Seeing that his face was gloomy and uncertain, he hesitated and said, "Zhu Ling... also went to the fighting arena."
As soon as the word 'Zhu Ling' came out, Yun Yan clearly felt that the atmosphere solidified for a moment. After a while, Yu Wenyi stood up from his chair, with a gloomy expression and asked: "Where is she?"
"Shuyuan."
Hearing this, Yu Wenyi immediately left the study.
As soon as Yu Wenyi left, Yun Yan's stalemate body gradually relaxed. He breathed a sigh of relief, struggled to get up from the ground, and then dragged his seriously injured body to Shuyuan.
In Shuyuan, Zhu Ling had just dismissed the maid and was about to take off her clothes and apply medicine to the sword wound on her left shoulder when Yu Wenyi came in from outside.
Seeing Yu Wenyi's sudden intrusion, Zhu Ling was stunned for a moment, then smiled, walked slowly to Yu Wenyi's side, took out a silk handkerchief and gently wiped Yu Wenyi's sweat.
"I'm busy with work, so I have to pay more attention to my health. What if I get sick?" Seeing Yu Wenyi's face turning pale and sweating profusely, Zhu Ling's eyes were full of heartache, and she just thought that he was just a chore. He was so tired and exhausted, but he didn't know that Yu Wenyi's sweat was caused by beating others to vent their anger.
Yu Wenyi slapped Zhu Ling's hand away with a "pop" and asked in a cold voice: "Where did you go the night before yesterday?"
The hand holding the handkerchief shook violently, Zhu Ling suddenly turned pale and said, "I...went to the fighting arena."
"Pa" Yu Wenyi slapped Zhu Ling to the ground, pointed his finger at Zhu Ling, gritted his teeth and said: "Bitch! It's really you! Tell me! Who gave you the courage to betray this prince!"
Zhu Ling lay on the ground, covering the right side of her face, looking at Yuwen Yi with hesitation and bewilderment: "What are you talking about? I don't understand."
"Don't understand? I really don't understand! I'm asking you, did you report the fighting arena to Dali Temple, and then took the Dali Temple officials to the secret room in the backyard of Fuyuan Gambling House!" Yu Wenyi was furious, He stared at Zhu Ling with murderous intent, wishing to eat him alive.
Hearing this, Zhu Ling finally understood Yu Wenyi's purpose. Regardless of the sword wound on his left shoulder, Zhu Ling got up and knelt down, looked up at Yu Wenyi and tried to explain: "Master, I swear to God that I have never done anything sorry. As for the Lord, I was just bored in the house that day. I happened to see Yun Cheng leaving the house, so I followed him out of curiosity. At that time, I was playful and saw the beautiful scenery of Qinglian Mountain, so I stayed around for a while, waiting for the slave to go. When they were looking for Yuncheng in the arena, people from Dali Temple had already broken into the arena and were fighting with Yun Cheng and others. Nu wanted to help Yun Cheng, but he saw Fang Xi lying on the ground next to a man who seemed to be asking something. Nu was worried. Fang Xi told Grandpa’s secret, so he had no choice but to shoot him to death.”
In the view of Yu Wenyi, who was in a rage, these were just Zhu Ling's excuses. He raised a sinister smile on his lips and said: "You said you didn't do it. Then the prince asked you, that day you Why didn't you come home all night? What evidence is there to prove it wasn't you?"
"Master Mingjian!" Zhu Ling knocked her head to the ground with a thud and said: "Because I killed Fang Xi, I was chased by people from Dali Temple all the way to the hillside of Qinglian Mountain outside the secret passage. When I was about to escape, I was discovered by that person. He was stabbed in the left shoulder. Later, he tried his best to escape and hid in the back mountain all night, and did not return to the house until late at night."
Yu Wenyi has a bad temper, likes killing, and is very suspicious, so Zhu Ling subconsciously hid the part of herself that was imprisoned during the explanation process.
