Card Room - 145. Chapter 176-177

【Chapter 176, Beacon Smoke 24】

Xiao Yu’s words made Yu Hanjiang tensed his back immediately, and his expression became extremely serious: “You mean, the assassins of Yan State still want to go to the capital to assassinate the emperor? Is this news reliable?”

Xiao Yu nodded with a calm face: “It should be reliable. Before I left, they had already sent a few assassins to the capital. It is said that Daqi’s internal response in the capital will arrange several women to enter the palace as a show girl. .”

“Xiu Girl?” Xiao Lou was slightly startled, and looked at Yu Hanjiang: “Is the emperor going to be drafted recently?”

Yu Hanjiang frowned and said: “As far as I know, when the emperor was a prince, the first emperor gave him a finger to marry him and asked him to marry the general’s daughter as the princess, and also married two side chambers. He has not taken up a concubine in the past few years. There are currently only three concubines in the harem.”

In ancient times, the emperor was often surrounded by three thousand beauties, with only one queen and two concubines, and the harem was indeed thin. The emperor was still young, even if he did not want to choose a concubine, the ministers of the Ministry of Rites would urge him to recruit the harem.

According to Xiao Yu’s statement, there is also a correspondent from the Kingdom of Yan in the capital, who may have been lurking like Aunt Qing for many years, and it happens to be the opportunity to send the assassin into the palace as a beautiful woman.

The assassins they sent must be very beautiful. Maybe they will stand out in this draft and be left in the harem by the emperor. At that time, the emperor will favor the new show girl. They will do things on the bed. The probability of success is indeed very high.

How could the emperor think that the harem concubine would do something with him, even if he was foresight?

Xiao Lou rubbed his forehead lightly, and said with a headache: “The assassin of the country of Yan, I really fear that the world will not be chaotic!”

Qi has a mysterious rebellion. If the emperor is assassinated, those who want to rebel can sit back and enjoy it. Then the whole Qi country will definitely experience another turmoil. Moreover, there were people in Daqi’s capital who were responding to the assassins of the Yan Kingdom, indicating that the intelligence organization that the Kingdom of Yan had penetrated into the Kingdom of Qi was deeply entrenched, and maybe some officials from Daqi were also bought.

Yu Hanjiang looked at Xiao Yu and lowered his voice: “Xiao Yu, do you know who the leader of the Assassin Organization is on the side of Yan State?”

Xiao Yudao: “It’s the Crown Prince of Yan Kingdom.”

Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou looked at each other, and they were clear in their hearts.

No wonder that person can control the families of all the girls in Tianxiang Tower. It turned out to be the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Yan. The intelligence and assassin organization created by the Crown Prince himself has indeed been dormant in the Kingdom of Qi for many years.

Yu Hanjiang continued: “Do you have any clues about the person who received the assassins in the Great Qi Capital and arranged for them to enter the palace?”

Xiao Yu shook his head: “I don’t know about this. But I guess that person should be a powerful minister who can modify Xiu Nu’s identity and background at will, and insert the assassin into the palace to perform tasks.”

Yu Hanjiang touched his chin and speculated: “Maybe it is from the Ministry of Rites. Other officials usually cannot interfere in the selection of the emperor’s concubine. All this is arranged by the Ministry of Rites. It’s easy.”

Xiao Yu thought for a while, and felt that it made sense, so he remained silent.

Yu Hanjiang didn’t know the day when the emperor officially chose his concubine, it should be just recently. In any case, it is important to ensure your Majesty’s safety first. Thinking of this, Yu Hanjiang immediately whispered: “We must let Your Majesty know about this as soon as possible, and be prepared in advance.”

Xiao Lou asked: “Don’t you need to tell the prince first?”

Yu Hanjiang said: “In order to avoid any complications, I’d better write a secret letter to your Majesty directly.”

When leaving the palace, His Majesty once told me, “If you encounter any difficulties, you can quickly give me a secret note”. The ordinary memorials given by the courtiers to the emperor should be sent up one by one, but the secret notes of some officials authorized by the emperor are OK. It was sent directly to the capital and given to him. His Majesty’s words are obviously also a hint-in an emergency, Yu Hanjiang can send him a letter directly.

Yu Hanjiang resolutely said: “I will write a secret letter when I go back tonight, and send it to the capital as soon as possible. Your Majesty can receive it by tomorrow night at the latest. The draft shouldn’t start yet. It’s still too late to send the letter. As long as your Majesty is prepared, then Even if several assassins are mixed in the draft team, they will not easily succeed.”

Xiao Lou agreed and said: “Your Majesty’s safety is very important. First inform your Majesty and let him take precautions. We can slowly investigate the internal response from the capital. The officials of the Ministry of Rites are very suspicious. For this, your Majesty. I should be able to think of it.”

The two looked at each other and nodded to each other to confirm their next plan.

Standing next to him, Xiao Yu saw the two of them “looking at each other tacitly”. He was agitated. He couldn’t help but cough, and said coolly, “Brother, I remember you used to hate officialdom the most. Why did you follow Master Yu suddenly? Are you concerned about the court?”

Xiao Lou explained: “Since Han Jiang and I are married, the couple should be in the same mind.”

Xiao Yu gave a cold snort, glanced at Yu Hanjiang, raised his eyebrows and said, “The situation in the officialdom is complicated. Maybe someday he will die and you will suffer. It’s too dangerous for you to stay by his side, brother, why don’t you follow me? …”

Yu Hanjiang immediately interrupted him: “Naughty. Your brother is in danger with me. Is it safe to follow you? Don’t forget, you are still lurking in the country of Yan as an assassin, and you can’t protect yourself. How can you protect Xiaolou?”

Want to take Xiao Lou away from him, brother, are you dreaming?

Xiao Yu was blocked for a while, and his brows were almost frowned into the word “Chuan”.

Seeing that he was looking upset about to quarrel with Yu Hanjiang, Xiao Lou smiled slightly and quickly changed the subject: “Xiao Yu, you have been missing for many years. What happened? Who arranged for you to go to Yan Country for internal support?”

Xiao Yu recalled and said carefully: “The year I arrived at the front line, because of my outstanding martial arts skills and outstanding performance in the army, he attracted the general’s attention. After inspecting me, he thought that my strange face was very suitable for special tasks. So I forged the identity of a Yan nationality-my parents were killed by the soldiers of Daqi, and I was seriously injured. Qiguo hated it very much.”

“The general asked me to play a bitter trick, so that I was wounded and let me lie in the dead pile on the front line of Yan State. When Yan State inspected the battle damage, he found me who was dying. Saved and went back. My’tragic experience’ quickly received their sympathy.”

“Later, I made several great achievements in the army of the country of Yan, coupled with my high martial arts skills, and finally attracted the attention of the eyeliner placed on the front line by the prince, and recommended me to the prince.”

“The prince admires me very much and he recruited me to join an intelligence organization, responsible for intelligence collection and assassination missions.”

“In addition to supervising the actions of Aunt Qing and the others during my visit to Jiangzhou this time, I also have a special task-if Aunt Qing and their actions fail, I will take care of the aftermath and personally take the heads of the prince and the prefect.” Xiao Yu Having said this, I glanced at Yu Hanjiang coldly, his eyes seemed to say, with my martial arts, I can kill you!

Yu Hanjiang looked at his younger brother calmly: “So, I still want to thank you for not killing?”

Xiao Yu snorted softly: “If it wasn’t for the fear of hurting my brother, I should have stabbed you a few times. You must have used some unbearable means to persecute my brother! Otherwise, how could my brother pretend to be a woman Are you a wife?”

This younger brother is particularly short-sighted, with a look of indignation. He always feels that Xiao Lou will suffer from following Yu Hanjiang. Therefore, his attitude towards Yu Hanjiang is full of hostility. Yu Hanjiang is too lazy to care about him because he is Xiao Lou’s younger brother.

Xiao Lou couldn’t laugh or cry: “What are you talking about? My marriage with Han Jiang was voluntary. He didn’t use any means to force me. Besides, do you think your brother is the kind of person who will be forced to get married?”

Xiao Yu murmured: “That won’t…”

“Isn’t that all right?” Xiao Lou said warmly, “My brother married a man, and it is normal for you to find it difficult to accept for a while, but Hanjiang is very good to me, so you should put aside your prejudices and treat him as your brother.”

“I can’t do it.” Xiao Yu said with a frown.

Xiao Lou didn’t want to embarrass him either. There were memories of getting along with his brother in this world. When he was a child, Xiao Yu liked to be his brother’s little attendant. His father was busy dealing with various cases, and his mother always treated people. Xiao Yu It was almost brought up by Xiao Lou, so he was reliant on Xiao Lou and was uncomfortable with Xiao Lou’s marriage to a man.

Thinking of this, Xiao Lou couldn’t help but soften his heart, and asked with concern: “You have suffered a lot in the past few years in the country of Yan, haven’t you?”

The eyes of Xiao Yu, who was cared by his elder brother, became hot. He immediately turned his head to resist the soreness in his eyes, pretending to be calm and honest: “Compared with those brothers who died on the front line, this is nothing. In order to do something or not, I was born as a native of Qi, and died as a ghost of Qi. As long as I am doing everything for the sake of Qi, I am willing to do anything.”

The hot-blooded young man was very upright in his thoughts. Xiao Lou walked forward, patted his shoulder gently, and said: “You are doing a good job, brother, and the parents in the sky will be proud of you.”

The complimented and smooth Xiao Yu’s face immediately improved a lot, and the roots of his ears were slightly red: “I didn’t do anything serious…”

Xiao Lou praised: “You go back to Qi State in time and risk your life to inform the news that your Majesty will be assassinated. This is a major event for the people of Qi State. Your Majesty is a good monarch, and there must be no accidents. .”

Yu Hanjiang also followed Xiao Lou’s words and exaggerated a few words: “Your brother is right. It is really not easy for you in Yan Country. When things are done, I will definitely give your Majesty a reward.”

Xiao Yu was so boasted by the two that his hostility towards Yu Hanjiang was also weakened a lot. He looked at Yu Hanjiang and said, “Ah, I still know some things. I wanted to report to the Eighth Prince, but what happened in the palace these days? The murder case is heavily guarded, and a bunch of shadow guards are guarded around me. I can’t get close at all…just tell you, please tell the lord, Lord Yu.”

Yu Hanjiang nodded: “Listen with good ears.”

Xiao Yu cleared his throat and said, “Actually, the country of Yan is also very messy. I sneaked into the country of Yan for four years. After investigation, it was found that the country of Yan was divided into two parties, the prince and the queen, and the three princes and the concubine Qin. Dang. The emperor of Yan State is over 60 years old, his health is not very good, and he may die at any time. The two princes are in their prime, and the forces behind them are relatively balanced. As long as the old emperor of Yan leaves, the three princes are sure If you don’t wait obediently for the prince to ascend to the throne, Yan Guo will definitely break out of civil strife!”

Yu Hanjiang looked at Xiao Lou, and met his clear eyes—the clue Xiao Yu provided was very important!

On the side of Yan State, the prince controls the intelligence organization and the assassin group. As long as the prince is eliminated, this organization will naturally fall apart. If the three princes are willing to make a truce with Qi, they may be able to persuade his majesty to help the three princes seize power, kill the princes and one party of Yan, help the three princes to rise to power, and let him promise not to violate the border of Daqi.

In this way, not only can the Assassin organization be completely resolved, but also the relationship between Qi and Yan can be eased, and the suffering caused to the people in successive wars can be avoided.

Looking at Xiaolou, Yu Hanjiang said with a thoughtful passage: “In troubled times, in addition to investigating the case of the palace and the assassin group, perhaps, if we want to pass the customs perfectly, we have to help the emperor of Daqi to calm the current chaos?”

Xiao Lou’s eyes lit up and he nodded in agreement: “Yes, if we not only find out the origin of the assassin and the murderer of the two murders in the Royal Mansion, but also put down the troubled times by the way, it will be difficult for the Ace of Hearts to give us an S evaluation.”

Yu Hanjiang said: “The news that Xiao Yu brought about the fight in Yan’s internal affairs is certainly very useful, I think it can be tried. I will also mention this in the secret letter to your majesty when I go back tonight, and see if your majesty’s attitude can be. Assist the three princes of Yan to seize power and form an alliance with the three princes.”

Seeing that no one else was looking at each other, Xiao Yu immediately made a sullen face: “Brother, you keep staring at him, what’s so good about him!”

Yu Hanjiang: “…”

Xiao Lou was overwhelmed by the words, turned his head to look at his younger brother, and said, “Xiao Yu, we have a very risky task for you to help, I wonder if you want it?”

Xiao Yu was puzzled: “What mission?”

Xiao Lou glanced at Yu Hanjiang, and when he nodded, he said: “The prince of Yan State, since he has personally formed an intelligence and assassin organization to target Qi State, he has also sent people to assassinate the prefect, the prince and even his majesty, if he succeeds to the throne. As the emperor of Yan State, with his hostility to Da Qi, he will definitely go to full-scale war with Qi State, right?”

Xiao Yu nodded and said coldly: “Yes, the prince of Yan Kingdom is cruel and ambitious. At first, his favorite concubine just got up in the middle of the night and saw him meet with a minister, so he was stabbed to death with a sword. No mercy… I have been with him for a few years, and I have been terrified. His study often has a map of the Four Kingdoms. I think he not only wants to annex Qi, but also wants to unify the Four Kingdoms and become the lord of the world.”

Yu Hanjiang said: “Therefore, we must not let him become the next lord of the country of Yan.”

Xiao Yu finally reacted upon hearing this: “What do you mean, during the turmoil in Yan’s country, help the third prince to kill the prince?”

Xiao Lou said: “We are still not sure what attitude the three princes have towards Da Qi, so we want to ask you to take this trip. You are most familiar with Yan Guo. Can you find a way to contact the three princes? Make an alliance with Da Qi? If Da Qi helps him ascend to the throne and ask him to sign an alliance agreement with Da Qi, and the truce is repaired, would he be willing?”

There are many examples in history where the two countries signed a covenant truce. Xiao Lou observed during this period that Jiangzhou, the border between Daqi and Zhao, was prosperous because of the absence of war.

It is conceivable that on the border between Daqi and Yan State, the people are living due to years of war and chaos.

War will only deprive the people of their lives. If a truce can be achieved, it will undoubtedly be a good thing for the people of this world.

If they can influence the pattern of the Four Kingdoms, make Daqi and Yan Kingdom become harmonious from hostilities, and there will be no wars in the world, perhaps this will be the real perfect way to clear the customs of the “Troubled Times”.

When Xiao Yu heard this, he also nodded in agreement: “My brother is right, I will return to the country of Yan.”

Yu Hanjiang said concerned: “But how do you respond to your mission? Assassination of the prince and the prefect failed, will the prince let you go?”

Xiao Yu smiled and said: “I have a way. Tomorrow I will lead Auntie Qing and the others to the outskirts of Jiangzhou. Master Laoyu will capture all the other assassins, including me, and pretend to kill me on the spot. I will find a way to use another identity. Secretly return to the country of Yan.”

Yu Hanjiang nodded: “Okay, I’ll help you arrange it.”

Xiao Yu said: “I should go back, brother…” He hugged Xiao Lou a fist, his eyes full of dismay: “Take care.”

Xiao Lou also clasped his fists at him: “You too, be careful about everything.”

Xiao Yu flew out of the cave and disappeared into the night in a blink of an eye. The teammates hiding nearby showed up and walked into the cave. Xiao Lou probably repeated the clues brought by his brother to everyone. Old Mo couldn’t help but sigh: “It seems that in this secret room, we not only have to solve the case, but also To help your Majesty put down the rebellion! It is worthy of A-level difficulty, and you can’t think of this if you miss any clue!”

Yu Hanjiang said solemnly: “I’ll go back and write a secret letter to Your Majesty, Long Sen, in order to ensure that this secret letter is delivered to His Majesty, you personally hurry up and send this letter to the capital.”

Long Sen nodded vigorously: “Understood!”

After returning to the prefect, Yu Hanjiang thought carefully about the wording and wrote a letter to the emperor.

The letter indicated two things. One is that there are assassins among the show girls in this draft who want to assassinate your Majesty. Please take precautions, postpone the draft or make a secret investigation, and find out the gangster who was in Beijing; second It was the case that the crown prince of Yan and the three princes seized the throne. Perhaps Qi could deal with it and support the three princes.

After writing two pages eloquently, he sealed the letter and let Long Sen send it overnight.

The origins of the assassin team have all been investigated, and the next highlight is the murder of the palace.

Everything is back to the original point-

Who was the murderer in the death of Miss Lin and Master Lin?

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【Chapter 177, Beacon Smoke 25】

The next day, Xiao Yu led all the other assassins out of Jiangzhou City as agreed.

Yu Hanjiang made an ambush ahead of time and wiped out the assassins in one fell swoop.

During the arrest, Xiao Yu was “inadvertently” injured by a sharp sword, hit the chest and died on the spot.

In fact, Xiao Yu was wearing golden silk armor in his clothes, and ordinary weapons could not be pierced at all. The blood in his chest was also a blood bag prepared in advance. This younger brother was able to lurch in Yan Kingdom for four years, and he has indeed practiced acting like an emperor. After all, he had been in a pile of corpses, pretending to be top-notch, not only was blood blooming in his chest, he was also vomiting blood in his mouth.

It embarrassed him to act so realistically.

Xiao Lou went forward to do an autopsy in person, probed his brother’s breath, and shook his head towards Yu Hanjiang and said, “It’s dead.”

Yu Hanjiang frowned: “Take all the alive back to the prefect for interrogation, and the dead also take the corpse away!”

A group of government officials swiftly escorted people back to the prefect, and also carried Xiao Yu’s “corpse” back to the prefect.

In the dead of night, Xiao Yu really cheated the corpse.

Xiao Lou secretly took him to the study and asked him some questions: “On the birthday of the prince, the person going to the backyard of the palace is Xue Yan, right?”

Xiao Yu said: “It’s her. She lurked in to find out the surroundings of the palace so that she could escape at any time.”

In other words, the assassin Qin Huwei saw over the wall was indeed Xue Yan. However, when Xue Yan came to the direction of the Buddha Hall, she covered her face with white gauze, pretending to be the Fourth Miss, and deceived Qin Rui.

So, who owns the guard clothes in Lin Shaobo’s hand?

Xiao Yu said that he didn’t know it, and it seems that he was not involved in the Wangfu case.

Yu Hanjiang opened the back door of the prefect to him, helped him clear the obstacles in advance, and let him go to Yan country as soon as possible.

Seeing his younger brother go away quickly in the night, Xiao Lou couldn’t help but worry: “Will it be dangerous if he meets the third prince?”

Yu Hanjiang said: “Don’t worry, he has been in the country of Yan for four years. His martial arts are strong and he has a way to protect himself. His Royal Highness is ambitious and cold-blooded. Once the prince is enthroned, he will definitely be a tyrant. It should be correct.”

Xiao Lou nodded, frowning slightly: “The mystery of the Assassin Group has been completely revealed. It was formed by the ambitious Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Yan. However, Miss Wangfu was murdered, and there is still no clue.”

The two began to reanalyze the case.

Xiao Lou carefully sorted out the timeline of this case-

On the afternoon of the prince’s birthday, Xueyan, one of the assassins, went into the backyard of the palace to investigate. When she flew over the courtyard wall, she was found by the guard Qin Rui who was passing by. Qin Rui hurried after him and ran into Miss San and on the road. Two maids (witnesses), Qin Rui finally chased to the Buddhist hall, Xueyan white veil masked her face, pretending to be the fourth lady, and left.

At the same time, Miss Fourth and Lin Shaobo had a private meeting in the backyard, and they were bumped into by Miss Four. Miss San also ran into Miss No. 4 on the rockery.

After the birthday banquet started, at around 7:30 in the evening, Xueyan assassinated the prince and fled after failing. She checked the terrain of the palace, so it was easier to escape, and the guards of the palace could not catch up with her. At the same time, Lin Shaobo’s excuse to “go to the toilet” disappeared.

At 8 o’clock in the evening, the maid rushed to report that she saw the young lady hanging in the yard. After Xiaolou’s analysis of the corpse, the young lady’s death time was around 6 o’clock. The hanging was just a disguised suicide scene. She had already been poisoned.

A lot of things happened at 6 o’clock, and the clues were very concentrated.

According to the timeline-the eldest lady saw Simei and Lin Shaobo dating in the backyard; the fourth lady ran away in a guilty conscience and ran into the third lady with the excuse that she was “unwell” and returned to Hongmeiyuan. At the same time, the third lady saw Qin Rui chasing people to the Buddhist hall, and Qin Rui saw an assassin posing as the fourth lady in the Buddhist hall. After that, Lin Shaobo may have gone to see the young lady for a showdown and explanation, or he went back to the front yard in a panic; the young lady was killed when she witnessed something she shouldn’t know.

The eldest lady’s death time was around 6 pm, which is certain.

Lin Shaobo’s body was soaked in water all night. Xiao Lou could only infer that his death time was between 19:00 and 20: He was killed after leaving halfway through the banquet.

The two died one after another, and they were in a “single” state at the time of death, without any witnesses.

Xueyan was avoiding Qin Rui’s tracking, and it was definitely not her who killed the eldest lady. Miss Si hurriedly fled back to Hongmei Garden, and it was impossible for her to be the murderer. Miss San just witnessed the appearance of Sister Si and Qin Rui, without any motive for committing the crime.

Judging from the fragments of the guard’s clothes in Lin Shaobo’s hands, there should be someone else who killed the eldest lady and Lin Shaobo-this person has been in the backyard of the palace between 6 pm and 8 pm, and pretended to be a guard , Or wearing clothes made of the same material as the guards.

Who can lie in the palace for so long without being discovered?

Xiao Lou frowned and pondered for a moment, and said: “This person, first of all, someone the eldest lady knew, because the eldest lady was poisoned and he hadn’t struggled before death. This person can let the lady eat it unsuspectingly. Toxic food, if strange guards appear in the backyard, the eldest lady will definitely be surprised and even call out to attract attention.”

Yu Hanjiang agreed: “She didn’t struggle and call, she should be very familiar with this person. Moreover, this person knows the layout of the palace and even the clothes of the guards. He appeared in the backyard of the palace wearing a guard suit, but was not hit by any wife or maid. , Which means that he specializes in picking some blind spots of vision to act, and he is as familiar with the road in the backyard of the palace as at his own home.”

Home?

When Yu Hanjiang said this, he suddenly stopped. He looked at Xiao Lou, who also happened to look at him with bright eyes.

The two said a name at the same time: “Qi Fenghua?!”

Actually thought of it together!

Xiao Lou only felt that there was a sudden enlightenment in front of him, and he analyzed seriously: “I know the eldest lady, are familiar with the layout of the backyard of the palace and even the clothes of the guards, can pretend to be a guard and sneak into the backyard for a long time without being discovered. The only person with so many qualifications is Qi Fenghua, the eldest man in the Royal Palace who has been ignored by us!”

Yu Hanjiang nodded: “If the murderer was him, then Qi Yiyao would not be prepared to see her brother. Maybe Qi Yiyao would only ask him in doubt,’Why did my brother come back suddenly, or this outfit?’ I guess. Qi Fenghua will prevaricate with’giving a surprise to his father’s birthday’, and then take his younger sister to a secluded place, as an excuse to feed her younger sister with poison.”

Xiao Lou followed the other party’s words and analyzed: “After poisoning the eldest lady, he hid the body first, and took advantage of the time when the dinner began and there was no one in the backyard, and then took Bai Ling to hang his younger sister from the tree, disguising himself as a suicide. At around 7:30 in the evening, Lin Shaobo left from the dinner party and went to the backyard to explain to the eldest lady that maybe he just witnessed the scene where Qi Fenghua hung his sister to the tree, and was killed by Qi Fenghua again.”

Xiao Lou paused, opened his latest transcript, and said in confusion, “But there was a little testimony that was wrong. I remember the two maids said that when they passed the pond in the afternoon, they heard the sound of something falling into the water, and then they saw Qin. The guard was chasing people. It should be 6 o’clock at the time. Master Lin was not dead yet, because Master Lin attended the banquet of the prince, and he left after 7 o’clock in the middle of the banquet. How do you explain the sound of that thing falling into the water?”

Yu Hanjiang said: “The sound that the maid heard falling into the pond was not Young Master Lin’s corpse. In broad daylight, the corpse falling into the pond would definitely cause a lot of movement… Maybe it was Qi Fenghua who was not careful when he acted. Knocked over something like a stone, fell into the pond, made a sound, the eldest lady rushed to hear the sound, and saw the brother who shouldn’t be in the palace, which caused a murderous disaster.”

Xiao Lou suddenly realized: “This makes sense!”

Qi Fenghua was on the front line and had not returned to the palace in three years, but suddenly returned to the palace on the birthday of the prince. This is definitely not right.

The younger sister saw him appear at the wrong time and place. Once the prince knows about it, the prince will definitely start an investigation to find out that Qi Fenghua is likely to be involved in the rebellion.

What exactly did he do when he returned to the palace is still unclear, but the incident of his return to the palace must never be known.

Therefore, Qi Fenghua mercilessly killed her sister.

As for Lin Shaobo, who suddenly left during the dinner, he probably wanted to explain to the eldest lady. As a result, he just witnessed the scene where Qi Fenghua hangs the eldest lady from a tree. Lin Shaobo was shocked and turned around and ran. Immediately flew behind him and pinched Lin Shaobo’s neck, Master Lin struggled frantically, tore off a rag from his sleeve, and was thrown into the pond by him.

At that time, it was already dark, and everyone was attracted by the place where the lady hanged herself. Everyone didn’t notice it—under the cold moonlight, in a pond not far away, there was a man who was strangled to death. The body slowly floated up.

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Goodnight everybody!

This time the timeline is all sorted out, the 8 of Hearts Room is almost finished:)