withered prosperity

"You mean, Murong Yu was taken away by my uncle... from the Xie family?" Murong Ji immediately denied, "This is impossible!"

"The news I heard from Yue Liuyi is indeed true." Yan Hai leaned against the bedside, watching him circling in the room: "As for whether you believe it or not, it's up to you, the county king."

"Why did uncle take Murong Yu away?" Murong Ji stopped and shook his head: "It's ridiculous, anyone you say is possible, but uncle..."

"There is one thing that I didn't tell the county king."

Murong Ji looked at him.

"The king of the county, do you still remember that day in Hongyu Tower, I found a Yindie on Hua Lianlian's bed?"

"Yes!" Murong Ji frowned: "So what? Didn't the butterfly turn into powder? The ones brought back are all the same."

"There should be two yin and yang that fell on that place, but the yang butterfly disappeared before dawn." Yan Hai told him: "Hua Lian should also be pregnant, but she is not pregnant for three months. The innate qi is chaotic and unclear, so there is such a situation."

"How do you know?" After Murong Ji asked, he realized himself: "You saw the powder of another butterfly?"

Yan Hai nodded.

"Why didn't you tell me then?"

"Because of that painting."

"painting?"

"The picture of the beauties hanging on the wall." Yan Hai reminded him: "Your Majesty, do you remember the signature on it?"

Murongji thought about it for a while, but couldn't think of what the inscription looked like, it was just a portrait in a prostitute's house, even if it was a masterpiece, with Hua Lianlian's reputation, it seemed nothing strange.

"Wang Zhang."

Wang Zhang?Is it a famous painter?Could it be that this person and the murder... Wait!

"Wait!" Murong Ji's eyes widened: "You mean..."

"That's right." Yan Hai nodded: "If I'm not mistaken, Hua Lian is pregnant with Yin Yuzhang's child."

Whether it was a spring breeze or a love affair, the famous prostitute had such a romantic affair with the emperor, and even conceived a child for the emperor who had not had children for many years.

"But...but the emperor...how could he be with Hua Lian..."

"He had a lover many years ago, and Hua Lian looked a little like her." That's why when he saw that painting, he felt very familiar. resemblance.

"Even if this is the case, with Hua Lianlian's background, it is impossible to enter the harem." Murongji took a few steps: "Besides, Concubine Mu Gui is just pregnant... Even the Mu family is stronger than my uncle." Be suspicious!"

"There's no need for Yueliuyi to lie to me. As for the reason, the county king should figure it out on his own. I've lived up to the trust!"

Murong Ji walked out full of worries, and when he got outside the door, he was startled when he looked up.

"You..." He hesitated for a while, but decided not to say anything: "Mr. Xiao."

It was fine if he didn't know before, but now that he knew that the person in front of him was Pavilion Master Chaomu, his attitude naturally became respectful.

Yun Ji nodded towards him, and when he passed by, Murong Ji only felt a chill hit him, and couldn't help shivering.

He watched Yun Ji enter Yan Hai's room, and after knowing his true identity, he became more confused about the relationship between the two, but there were more important matters at the moment, so he had no time to think about it.

"He Li." He said to He Li who was waiting outside the courtyard gate: "Bei Ma, I'm going to the Duke's Mansion."

If it really has something to do with Xie Zhilan, why don't you go straight to the point and ask him, if you are caught off guard, your flaws will naturally be exposed.

"I told Murong Ji, even if I paid Murong Yu a favor, after all, she saved me once in Tianfeng Tower." Yan Hai said a little embarrassedly: "Yun Ji...why are you looking at me like this?"

Yun Ji blinked, lowered his gaze, and stopped staring at him blankly.

"Of course, there are still some strange things about this matter, such as those butterflies... This kind of butterfly is only found on Qianlian Island, why did it appear in Shangjing, and why is it related to the Xie family. I'm thinking... maybe it has something to do with that monk named Fuzhen, but I'm not sure if he brought anything... For example, he brought these butterflies out of the island. At that time, Yue Linghan searched him. That girl sometimes Confused..."

Yan Hai didn't know why he felt flustered, his mouth was rambling, he didn't know what he was talking about.

Maybe it's because, as soon as Yun Ji walked into the room, he sat far away from him, not only didn't speak, but also didn't have any expression on his face.

Disturbing...

"Yun Ji... are you angry with me? I haven't seen you for several hours, and I feel very uneasy..." He straightened up and waved to Yun Ji: "Come here!"

Yun Ji stood up, walked to the bed, and looked down at him.

"Yun Ji." Yan Hai stretched out his hand to grab his sleeve, looked up at him: "Just now Xiaowei told me that he found a way to suppress the toxicity, and then slowly dissolve it, so you can feel at ease! "

"Really?" Yun Ji's voice was a little low.

"Well! Really." He nodded: "You see, I've been fine for so many years, haven't I? As long as I don't act rashly, I won't have an attack again."

Yun Ji raised his other hand, as if he wanted to touch his cheek, but halfway he wanted to back down, but was caught by Yan Hai.

"I promise you, nothing will be like this time in the future, and I will definitely discuss it with you." He put Yun Ji's hand on his face, closed his eyes and let out a long sigh of relief: "This time I I don't want you to go with me, because although your martial arts are good, but Yue Liuyi is a sneaky person, and all kinds of tricks emerge one after another, I am afraid that if you go with me, it will distract me instead..."

"I believe that you must have a reason why you don't want me to see her."

Yan Hai froze.

"Let's go back!" Yun Ji suddenly changed the topic.

"Go back?" Yan Hai murmured. "Where are you going?"

"This matter has come to an end, let Murongji investigate the rest by himself, we should go back." Yun Ji slightly bent down, and raised Yan Hai's face to her. "It's too noisy here, it's not suitable for rest. When you get better, we need to talk about some things."

In the evening of that day, Yun Ji took Yan Hai back to the small courtyard with a pond from the prison department.

The small courtyard was deep and quiet, everything was as usual, as if nothing had happened.

Yan Hai was carried and put on the bed.

"Yun Ji." He took Yun Ji's hand. "When you woke up, you were very angry?"

"It's okay." Yun Ji broke free gently. "Didn't you think very thoughtfully, and arranged for those people from Jingjiwei to guard me."

Yan Hai stared at him, trying to see anger or something else on his face.

But it didn't.

His expression is extremely calm...

"Yunji, you..."

"Recover well, I have some things to do." Yun Ji walked out after finishing speaking.

"Yun Ji!" He leaned on the edge of the bed and shouted towards the door.

Someone walked in at the door.

"Mr. Yan." The sweet-looking maid smiled at him, revealing deep dimples: "Mr. Xiao has taken care of him, if you have anything to do, just tell me."

Yan Hai clenched his fists and lay down on the soft bedding.

I don't know how Murong Ji did it, but after a few days, Murong Yu returned to the county palace, and after Yin Yutang and some veteran officials petitioned, the deadline for Bai Lele's murder was also relaxed.

As for Yan Hai, he could see Yun Ji every day.

But their dialogue is limited to "Are you better?" "What's wrong?" "Do you need anything?" These three.

Every time he tried to talk to Yun Ji about something else, he was always blocked by the answer "I'll talk to you later".

After more than ten days like this, there is basically nothing to say between them, and there are even many things that he knows through Han'er and Wei Heng.

Although Yan Hai's body was gradually improving, the anxiety and torment in his heart made him a little dazed, and he lost a lot of weight again.

On this day, Yun Ji didn't know where he went, and only he and Han'er were left in the yard.

Although it was almost summer, he was still wearing a thick coat, sitting by the pond staring at the lotus in a daze.

When someone knocked on the door, he didn't hear it. It wasn't until Han'er came over and called him several times that he came back to his senses.

"Master Yan, this girl said she wanted to see you."

Yan Hai turned around.

Seeing the person standing behind Han'er, he froze for a moment.

Standing there, her eyes were still reddish, it was Jingchan whom she hadn't seen for many days.