That night, Yuzhu told Shen Lingxi about the conversation between Cui and Chang Gonggong.

Shen Lingxi pondered for a while and went directly to the east wing.

It's just that Chu Yan is not in the room.

Xu was he had an explanation before leaving, and the embroidery envoy on duty in the courtyard stepped forward and said, "If the girl is looking for His Royal Highness, please come with me." ”

Shen Lingxi thought about it and followed.

The embroidered messenger led her out of the courtyard gate to the east, through a small grassy garden, which was the easternmost wall of the princess's mansion.

In the corner of the tall wall, an inconspicuous wooden door is hidden under vines.

The wooden door was ajar, letting in a little light.

Shen Lingxi walked through the wooden door and saw a winding path winding through the grass and trees.

Along the road, there were more than a dozen embroiderers, solemnly carrying wind lanterns, nailed to the sides like nails.

Turning the rockery at the end of the path, you will see a three-story attic rising from the ground, and under the eaves of each floor of the attic, there is a row of yellow lanterns tied with paper, and the lamps are painted with charms in cinnabar.

The lanterns swayed in the night wind, as if someone was waving.

It's a soul lamp.

This is the Ann Palace.

That attic is where King An hanged himself.

Shen Lingxi didn't expect that coming out of the corner gate of the eldest princess's mansion would be so close to the attic.

The embroidered messenger led the way in front and led her up to the attic.

Unlike last time, the attic was lit with white candles, and the empty attic was even more lonely and lonely in the night because of the dim light.

At this moment, Shen Lingxi stopped here again, and a feeling of distress arose in his heart.

She really couldn't imagine how King An, a pure-minded young man, had survived these endless nights every day in the two years since his death.

Chu Yan stood in front of the railing on the west side, wearing a moon-white robe, his black hair was fixed with a white hosta, and his long body was jade, silent and silent.

His complexion looked better than the previous two days. It's just that between the eyebrows, there is still a trace of weakness and exhaustion.

At first glance, it seems to have changed back to "Ning Liulang", but it has a little more noble and alienated temperament than Ning Liulang.

The conversation with the eldest princess the night before didn't seem to have an impact on him.

At that time, even when he heard that the emperor had wanted to change the prince three times in the past few years, he didn't even frown.

Shen Lingxi couldn't help but be a little curious, in the heart of this imperial grandson, whether he didn't care about the position of the prince at all, or felt that no one could take this position away from him.

As if hearing Shen Lingxi's footsteps, Chu Yan turned his head, his gaze met her, and his cold starry eyes flashed with surprise.

But then, this surprise was replaced by a bright light, "You came just in time." ”

His finger bones curled slightly, and he casually hooked Shen Lingxi, motioning for her to come closer, his eyes staring at the corner of the railing, his slender fingers, and tapped the seal that had been discovered by Shen Lingxi before, "Take a closer look, how different this seal is." ”

Shen Lingxi's eyes showed doubt, picked up the lamp and candle on the candlestick on the side, and leaned over to observe it carefully.

It was a sign of a hook, which she had touched before.

It's just that after lighting it with a lamp and candle today, Shen Lingxi found that this trace is not the same as an ordinary hook and claw.

The middle claw mark is deeper than the two sides, which means that the claw in the middle of the grit is sharper.

Shen Lingxi has seen such a hook and claw, which can not only be used to fly on the wall, but also to kill people.

It is one of the weapons used by the dead soldiers of the Cloud Kingdom.

The eldest princess's martial maid can never be from Yunguo.

In other words, the person who threw Yuzhu's corpse into King An's Mansion was indeed not the eldest princess's person.

Chu Yan's gaze kept falling on Shen Lingxi's side face.

Seeing that her clear eyes were full of sudden color, she knew that she had discovered the mystery.

She can manipulate corpses, and she can also see through the weapons of the dead soldiers of the Cloud Kingdom at a glance.

Chu Yan's eyes flashed slightly, and he asked, "What did you find?" ”

"It was the Yunjiang people who threw the corpse, and it has nothing to do with the eldest princess." Shen Lingxi didn't think about it, and replied calmly.

If it had been before, she would have deliberately covered it up and pretended not to know.

But now, if you want to win the trust of the person in front of you, you can only be honest with each other, hoping to exchange sincerity for sincerity.

Shen Lingxi stood up straight, put the lamp and candle back in place, raised his clear eyes, and smiled lightly at the corner of his lips, "Since Your Highness has already seen it, you still have the intention to test it, what do you want to know from the little girl?" ”

Chu Yan didn't expect her to be so frank and direct.

His gaze froze on the shallow pear vortex at the corner of her lips for a moment, and then moved away lightly, "You don't have to know anything, just know if the girl will deceive people, it's enough." ”

As soon as Shen Lingxi heard it, he knew that she blurted out the sentence "You said you would believe me ......" that night, which had given him insight into the fact that he had long known that he was "Ning Liulang".

Shen Lingxi blinked, "I didn't know His Highness for the first time, when did I deceive Your Highness?" ”

She deliberately bit the word "first acquaintance", and her expression was extremely innocent.

It means that he used "Ning Liulang" to approach him, which was also a deception.

Chu Yan's thin lips pursed slightly.

When he approached her, his purpose was indeed not pure.

It's just that her origin is a mystery, and she is not innocent.

But at the moment, there is no point in breaking these things up.

"The past doesn't need to be talked about. ...... in the future"

"In the future, I will know everything about Your Highness." Shen Lingxi hurriedly expressed his loyalty, "I will never do anything to deceive His Highness." ”

After that, she also smiled and saluted him, "I haven't thanked Your Highness yet, for your trust in me in the past two days." ”

On the basis of the collapse of trust, he chose to believe the "ghost things" that he told him one after another, and took the initiative to cover it up for her.

Shen Lingxi felt that he should thank him.

"Don't thank me." Chu Yan opened his gaze sideways, and his tone was light, "I'm just keeping what I said before." ”

Shen Lingxi was slightly stunned.

Then I thought that when he was "Ning Liulang", he said to her: "Although I don't believe what you say, I believe you." ”

At that time, she didn't think so, but she didn't expect that he would make a promise.

From this point of view, since he is a gentleman, presumably the little aunt is in his hands, and his life should not be too sad.

In the future, she will take her little aunt away from him, and she is a little more sure.

Thinking like this, Shen Lingxi looked at Chu Yan's gaze, becoming more and more kind and gentle.

For the case in front of me, I am even more concerned.

"Your Highness has found that the person who threw the corpse is not the person of the eldest princess, and he will not be the person who is a horse. After all, the ice cellar in the East Palace was kept by the Zhao family to deal with His Highness in the future, so how could it be easily exposed. But if it's not them, who will deliberately throw the body here, and what is the purpose behind it? ”

Chu Yan said meaningfully: "No matter what the purpose of the person who threw the corpse is, one thing is certain, the other party must know that the relationship between Yuzhu and the eldest princess, the eldest princess will definitely investigate this matter because of Yuzhu's death, and I will not let go of the person who laid a trap in the East Palace, as long as we go to investigate, Wei Guogong will definitely not be able to escape." The party that throws the corpse can sit firmly on the fish table and watch the show, maybe after the matter is over, you can also take the opportunity to pick up some benefits, and the abacus is shrewd. ”

These words made Shen Lingxi instantly think of the scene when the eldest princess pretended to be the aunt in charge of Yutan Palace and went to Fu'an Hall to mourn.

She asked with a confused expression: "Yuzhu is the eldest princess...... What does it really matter? ”

(End of chapter)