An Empire as a Betrothal Gift

When Wei Lian returned to Zhongling Palace, he still felt out of breath, and sat on the toffee chair with a slightly cold expression.

Changshou saw that he was in a bad mood, and carefully offered a cup of tea: "My lord, do you have something to worry about?"

Wei Lian lowered his eyes: "No."

He had been in a peaceful state of mind for so many years, but he was thrown into chaos several times by Ji Yue.

It's not like him at all.

"Go down." Wei Lian helped Fu's temple, closed his eyes and said, "Call Changsheng."

"……promise."

Changshou went out to call Changsheng, Wei Lian rubbed his temples twice with his fingers, opened his eyes suddenly, and entered the bedroom.

On the wall directly opposite the head of the bed, there is that lovely rabbit lamp hanging.

Wei Lian looked at the lamp for a long time.

"Young master." Changsheng appeared beside him.

Wei Lian looked away, and said calmly, "Go and check the whereabouts of the envoys from various countries today."

Ji Yue followed his plan and sent Chen Guo down, but that didn't mean he let the real culprit go.Wei Lian doesn't care if there are other actions on his side, he wants to find out anyway.

Wei Lian is not a pawn.

At critical moments, longevity must be used.Longevity has high martial arts skills, and his ability to inquire about news is also top-notch.

Changsheng took his orders and left.

Wei Lianfu raised his eyes again, looked at the rabbit lamp again, and thought of Ji Yue's face again.

He stopped for a while, then went out.

Out of sight out of mind.

After staying in the palace for a while, Changshou came to report again, saying that it was the medical officer who asked to see him.

Wei Lian said, "Tell me."

The one who followed the palace people was one of the female medical officers who examined Princess Chonghua today.

When the medical officer entered the hall, he first knelt down and bowed, and made a big salute: "I pay my respects to the young master."

"Yes." Wei Lian had a feeling in his heart, and before the medical officer could express his intentions, he took the lead to back away from the left and right, and said, "The matter you want to report is related to Princess Chonghua?"

The medical officer was slightly startled.What she wants to report is really not suitable for others to hear, I don't think Young Master is so sensitive that he can guess it.

"Your Excellency is wise." The medical officer stood up and bowed his head, "Your Majesty ordered us to bury Princess Chonghua. While cleaning up, I found that there were burnt letterheads in the censer in Princess Chonghua's bedroom, and there were two pieces left unburned."

She presented two fragments: "Your official dare not lie, once you find out, you will report to Young Master."

Wei Lian took it and took a closer look, and found that the good letter paper was almost completely burned, leaving only the Chinese characters "Yue" and "Ji" in the middle, which could not be made into a sentence intermittently, and a half-burned "ear" on the signature. Character.

"Understood." Wei Lian looked at the words and said slowly, "You step back and don't mention this matter to others."

The medical officer saluted again: "No."

Sitting alone in the hall, Wei Lian looked at the only three words left on the letterhead, and after a long while, said softly: "My heart pleases you, I will see you someday... Yeludan."

What he said may not be accurate, but he can roughly judge that this is a love letter.

If it was ordinary letter paper, why would Princess Chonghua burn it.

The word "ear" at the signing place is extremely small, obviously just a radical.Looking around the palace, the one with "ear" in its name is Yeludan, isn't it?

Wei Lian was still thinking about it, and returned to his life after a long life, and got the following news——

Wei Yan has been lying on his stomach in the house today.He's still recovering from the injury and has to be out in public these days and has been in excruciating pain.Whenever there was no activity, Wei Yan lay quietly on the couch.

Qiao Hongfei was considered half of his own, so let's get rid of it first.

Prince Xia also stayed in the house and did not go out.The Xia Kingdom was the weakest, and all the cities except the capital belonged to Qin, and they never dared to cause trouble.Since Prince Xia arrived in Qin Dynasty, except for necessary banquets, he has never stepped out of his room.

The envoys of the Xia Kingdom who were traveling with him also did not change, and they all stayed in the house quietly to save their lives.

Huyan Kemu went to the imperial dining room at noon, and asked the imperial chef to deliver a glass of kumiss to Ningyue Tower.As for the period before Wei Lian took control of the horse, that is, during the period when Princess Chonghua lost her virginity, Changsheng did not find any trace of Huyan Kemu, so he could only confirm that Huyan Kemu was not in Tanxiangxie.

However, Hu Yanke Mu is not a temperament that can be idle, he has been running around every day for the past few days, and he has never spent a good time in the sandalwood pavilion.

Melna slept on a tree in the plum garden in the morning, and basically had no time to commit crimes.This Saintess of the Kingdom of Liang never liked to sleep peacefully on the couch, and the court ladies could find her on any tree in the palace every day.

Aslan had been looking for her all morning, and probably had no time for anything else.

Yeludan's whereabouts are unknown.

Wei Lian asked, "What is unknown?"

Changsheng replied: "Prince Yelu is not in Yulong Pavilion today, but the subordinates have not found out his whereabouts. But..."

"But what?"

"However, Prince Yelu returned to Yulong Pavilion at noon and asked someone to fetch hot water, probably for bathing."

A midday bath?

Noon also happened to be... the time when Princess Chonghua lost her innocence.

The timing was just right.

Wei Lian once again recalled Yeludan's expression when the palace maid of Yan State reported the news of Princess Chonghua's death.

It's surprise and regret.

Very normal reaction.

But that doesn't mean much.To be able to serve as an envoy, it is enough to have Wei Yan as an idiot and Huyan Kemu as a waste, and there must be someone with decent acting skills.

Wei Lian slowly sorted out the clues.

From the current point of view, Yeludan's suspicion is the biggest.

With Chi Yan's poisonous misfortune, Shui Dong led Liang Guo into the water, and reversed the kumiss incident, nailing Chen Guo to death in the name of the murderer.

Little do they know that the praying mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole follows behind, causing the real murderer to hide even deeper...

"Young master." Changshou appeared again.

Wei Lian whose train of thought was suddenly interrupted: "...what's the matter?"

"Chef Wang from the Imperial Dining Room wants to see you."

Wei Lian still remembered Wang Shou.

After all, I taught him to cook for an afternoon.

Although it did not teach successfully.

"Let him in."

Wang Shou dragged a seven or eight-year-old boy in, and when he saw Wei Lian, he knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please be safe."

The little boy stood there still stupidly, but was pulled by Wang Shou and also knelt down.

"Greetings, my lord." The little boy said softly.

Wei Lian raised his eyebrows: "This is?"

Wang Shou immediately said the matter.

It turned out that this little boy was the son of a cook in the imperial dining room, and he would usually help out in the imperial dining room. The cooks thought he was cute, and usually gave him some delicious dishes.

This time the child saw the leftovers sent back by Ningyuelou, and Duke Chonghua only took a sip of kumiss.He hadn't drank kumiss yet, thinking that throwing it away would be a waste anyway, so he secretly took a sip out of curiosity.

He didn't think it tasted good, so he put it back after just one sip.

When Wang Shou received the summons and came back from Ningyue Building, the boy complained to Wang Shou: "Uncle Wang, that kumiss is not good at all."

Wang Shou was scared out of his wits: "How do you know it's not good?!"

The little boy said innocently: "I secretly tasted it!"

"...That's how things are." Wang Shou was heartbroken, "It's a slave who neglected his duty and didn't take good care of Yang Yang, but Yang Yang is only eight years old, so he deserves to die! The wine was poisoned. Death, but sooner or later it will be death! Young master, you have a kind heart, please save Yang Yang!"

He also took a big risk.How can an ordinary nobleman care about the life of a servant's child, but he believes that the young master is different.

The son has always been a good man.

Wei Lian's eyes flashed: "Yangyang, come here."

Yang Yang was young and grew up in the market, so he didn't know that the nobles in the palace should not be bullied.Seeing this good-looking fairy brother call him over, regardless of his interests, he slipped into the person's arms wrapped in dirty clothes.

Wang Shou was even more frightened.

How can such a clean person as the young master be so presumptuous!

Wei Lian didn't care at all, he carried the child on his lap, calmly grabbed Yang Yang's wrist, and took a pulse.

...the child is not poisoned.

This is fun.

Princess Chonghua died of Chi Yan, but not the Chi Yan in the kumiss.

Yang Yang secretly ate the leftovers from Ningyue Building after they were sent back to the Imperial Dining Room for disposal. At that time, the kumiss was not poisonous, so when Princess Chonghua drank it, it was even less likely to be poisonous.

Chen Guo's suspicion was completely ruled out.

"You really helped me a lot." Wei Lian put the child down, and spoke very gently to Wang Shou.

Wang Shou: "Huh?"

He brought the child to ask the young master to pass the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat Yang Yang, isn't he causing trouble for the young master?

How could it be a big help?

"This is the detoxification pill His Majesty gave me. It can cure most poisons." Wei Lian stuffed a ball into Yang Yang's mouth, "He will be fine, take him back. Longevity, go to the storeroom and pay a few taels of silver. Give the child new clothes."

Wang Shou was stunned for a moment, seeing that Wei Lian even took out the detoxification elixir given by His Majesty, and also made clothes for Yin Zi, he was immediately grateful and felt that Wei Lian was a very good person.

"Thank you, young master!" Wang Shou kowtowed excitedly, "Young master is really a kind person!"

Wei Lian: "...um."

He didn't say that the so-called detoxification pills were just ordinary sugar pills.

Wang Shou and Yang Yang happily left, Wei Lian sat in his seat, and suddenly asked Chang Sheng: "Is the night clothes in the box still there?"

Changsheng was taken aback: "Yes."

Wei Lian nodded.

Thank God, when Chu State asked him to assassinate the King of Qin, he thoughtfully prepared night clothes.

There are some things that he has to find out by himself.

That night.

A figure quietly sneaked into Ningyue Building.

Standing beside the coffin, Wei Lian condensed a mass of internal force in his palm, and with a slight shock, the heavy coffin lid was pushed away, revealing the stiff and pale face of Princess Chonghua.

Really permeable in the dark of night.

Wei Lian did not change his face, lightly tapped a candle with a fire pocket, and lit a candle.

Holding the candlestick in one hand, he observed Princess Chonghua's body, and looked into her eyes for a detailed inspection with the other hand.

Eye……

Wei Lian's face covered by the black scarf remained unchanged, but the divine light in his black eyes was restrained.

"Huh? Why is there a fire there?" The patrol team of the palace suddenly saw the dim candlelight in Ningyue Tower, and a guard asked a question.

"Go and have a look."

Wei Lian reacted very quickly, blew out the candles, put the candle holders back in place, quickly closed the coffin, jumped out of the window from the other side, and climbed up to the roof after a few jumps.

When the patrol team came over, the leader said: "There is nothing. Your eyes are just dazzled, right?"

The original questioner became uncertain: "Uh...maybe."

"Go on, go on, go over there and have a look."

A patrol went in the other direction.

Just above their heads, Wei Lian half squatted on the roof tiles, quietly retracting the knife in his hand.

He stood up, looked far into the distance, and then his figure quickly disappeared into the night.

He had to go back to Zhong Ling Palace quickly.

Otherwise, if this attire is discovered, it will be unclear.

the other side.

Holding the blue and white porcelain vase in his hand, Ji Yue was thinking about how to open his mouth to give Wei Lian the antidote along the way.

Speaking of this matter, he felt sorry for Wei Lian, and he didn't know that he would fall in love with Wei Lian.

Now I am very nervous and feel that what I am doing is not human.

Ji Yue was walking when he suddenly heard a slight noise on the roof.

The voice is extremely soft, if it is an ordinary person, or a martial arts practitioner who is not good at martial arts, I am afraid that he will not be able to detect half of it.

But Ji Yue is neither.

He could clearly hear the sound of footsteps skimming the roof.

Who dares to run on the roof of Wangcheng at night?

Ji Yue's first reaction was that there was an assassin.

And the assassin's direction is... Zhong Ling Palace.

Was it rushed to Wei Lian? !

Never allow anyone to get close to Wei Lian.

Panic and anger filled his heart instantly, Ji Yue immediately put the porcelain vase back into his arms, and ordered people to take bows and arrows.

Wei Lian was rushing back to Zhongling Palace, when suddenly a sharp arrow flew behind him.

He dodged it extremely nimbly, and then drew out his dagger to cut off the second arrow that came in neatly.

He looked in the direction the arrow was coming from, but saw the king in Xuanyi standing on the ground, aiming at him with a cold face.

It was discovered by Ji Yue.

Wei Lian frowned, and decisively chose to run in another direction, the speed was so fast that only an afterimage remained.

Seeing people running away, Ji Yue immediately performed lightness skills and flew up to the roof to catch up with the assassin in front of him.

The two ran one after the other on the roof of the palace, shuttling between the tiles of the roof, both of which are unique in the world.

After all, Wei Lian was no match for Ji Yue's familiarity with the terrain, and the distance between the two kept getting closer.

Until he ran to a remote building, Wei Lian saw that there was no one chasing him behind him, and he was secretly vigilant when a cold long sword pressed against his neck behind him.

Wei Lian's hand holding the knife tightened.

Ji Yue's tone was cold and cruel.

"If you run enough, you will save your life."