The prince is hard to serve

It was not difficult for Yan Wenhao to escape the guards outside the courtyard and enter the room, even easy.

When he was still in the Mu Mansion, Yan Wenhao had already observed it. The four guards only patrolled and inspected outside, and did not enter the courtyard. Moreover, they were standing at a distance from the bedroom where the case occurred. Far away, there is a peach tree in the middle that blocks the view. If people don't go in, they can't see the bedroom at all.

With such a perfunctory arrangement, anyone who knows martial arts and light kung fu can enter at will without being discovered, but this also made Yan Wenhao more sure of his previous conjecture——

Yan Wenyuan knew who the murderer was, or in other words, he arranged it, and he also knew that this person would not return to the scene to destroy or destroy the arrangement.

After staying in the carriage for an hour, Yan Wenhao picked up Mu Ziling, tapped his toes, crossed the wall, and landed in the yard without a sound, signaling An Er to wait outside, and then entered without a sound. room.

After closing the door, Yan Wenhao put Mu Ziling down in his arms. Since the lights were not on, the room was pitch dark. He was worried that Mu Ziling would hurt himself if he couldn't see, so he took Mu Ziling up again. Ling's hand led him away.

After the case happened, because Mu Jiyan sent someone to report the case, the staff of Jingzhao Yamen had already come and carried the woman's body away that day. All the objects were taken away, and the dagger that was used as the murder weapon was naturally also taken away. What is left now is just a scene.

Walking inside, Yan Wenhao took out a torch from his pocket and lit a candle. Although it was still a bit dim and the range of illumination was not large, there was a little light after all, and it was no longer darkness. One piece, the layout and furnishings of the house can be seen clearly.

This small courtyard is originally a side courtyard, so the bedroom is not big, and the inner room is even smaller. After a carved bed was placed, a screen, a small table and a bench were placed. There were few things, and it was almost clear at a glance. .

Mu Ziling looked around, and suddenly his eyes fell on an exquisite incense burner placed on a small table not far away. He stood there and looked at it for a while, then walked slowly over, then bowed his head He picked up the censer and looked at it, then brought it close to the tip of his nose to smell it, but because it had passed for a long time, the smell inside the censer had already dissipated, but there were still incense ash and a small piece of incense remaining inside.

Reaching out his hand to take out a brocade handkerchief from his bosom, Mu Ziling carefully poured the incense ashes on the brocade handkerchief, while Yan Wenhao stood aside, watching this scene, he couldn't help calling out in doubt: "Humble?"

After wrapping the incense ashes in a brocade handkerchief, Mu Ziling turned around and explained softly to Yan Wenhao who was beside him: "My mother doesn't like the smell of incense. After marrying my mother, my father never used incense again. Incense, this habit has not been changed until now, so these remaining incense ash are probably the reason why my father slept so deeply that night."

Hearing this, Yan Wenhao took the brocade handkerchief from Mu Ziling, opened it to take a look, and asked in a warm voice, "Do you know what kind of fragrance this is?"

Picking up the small piece of incense stick from the incense burner, Mu Ziling looked at it by the weak candlelight, and said, "It's probably Anshen incense."

"Anshenxiang?"

Yan Wenhao looked at Mu Ziling with some puzzlement, and said, "This is a very common spice, but it's usually only used to soothe the nerves. If it's going to make someone fall asleep, it's unlikely."

Putting the incense block back into the incense burner, Mu Ziling pursed his lips, and said in a deep voice: "It is impossible to use only one kind of tranquilizing incense, but if it is supplemented with some mandalas, the efficacy of the incense can be greatly improved." If it is maximized, it may be used as a fragrance."

Because he almost died of incense before, after surviving a catastrophe, Mu Ziling began to study incense and read medical books. Although he could not really use it to cure diseases and save lives, he had a good understanding of medicinal materials after all. After some preliminary understanding, and then specifically investigated the efficacy of various incense and medicinal materials used together, so the effect of the combination of tranquilizing incense and Datura is very clear.

Yan Wenhao shook his hand and said: "After we go back, we will take this incense ash to be examined by Imperial Doctor Pei. If it is true, it will explain why father-in-law fell asleep soundly. At the same time , I can also be sure that the murderer is really a member of the Mu family."

Mu Ziling smiled at him and nodded again.

After that, they continued to stay in the house for a while, searched the house once, and after about a stick of incense passed, they left quietly again.

When the two returned to the Prince's Mansion, it was already close to Haishi.

Seeing their return, Fuquan, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly took a step forward, approached Yan Wenhao and whispered: "Your Highness, Mr. Xie is waiting for you in the study."

"Ah."

Nodding his head lightly, Yan Wenhao turned sideways again, and said softly to Mu Ziling: "Give me the incense ash, your body is not fully recovered yet, so go and rest first."

Mu Ziling knew his physical condition, and he was tense all the way, for fear that something might happen to his father. He finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing someone today and making sure he was well. He is indeed a little tired now Hearing this, he simply nodded.

Handing the brocade handkerchief that was properly placed in his arms to Yan Wenhao, Mu Ziling hesitated for a moment, and said softly, "Don't be too busy, come back to your room earlier."

Smiling and nodding his head, Yan Wenhao thought for a while, and couldn't help but reach out and pull Mu Ziling into his arms, then lowered his head and kissed his lips, after a little taste, he let go After driving him away, he said softly: "Go, I will go back earlier."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and told Duan Yuan and Ah Lin to take good care of Mu Ziling and not make him stay up all night again.

Duoyuan pursed his lips and smiled happily, he hastily responded: "The servant knows."

"Yes."

Ah Lin also responded, then took a step forward, supported Mu Ziling slightly, and walked slowly towards the corridor with him.

Yan Wenhao stood at the same spot, watching Mu Ziling pass the corner intently, until he could no longer see him, then slowly retracted his gaze, turned to Fuquan and said, "Go ask Imperial Physician Pei to come over."

Because he was worried that Yan Wenhao's health would go wrong again, when Yan Wenhao left Lingxiao Pavilion and moved out of the palace, Emperor Yan asked Imperial Physician Pei to follow him.

After hearing the words, Fuquan was startled, and hurriedly asked worriedly: "But Your Highness is not feeling well?"

Shaking his head, Yan Wenhao smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine. I asked you to find him. There is one thing I need him to confirm for me."

Putting his high-hanging heart back, Fuquan bowed and said, "It's fine if your Highness is free, and this old servant will invite Imperial Doctor Pei right now."

Yan Wenhao said: "Just bring him to the study."

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in the study.

Seeing that Yan Wenhao had finally returned, Xie Jingyu poured him a cup of tea and asked, "Is Prime Minister Mu okay?"

Walking to the seat next to Xie Jingyu and sitting down, Yan Wenhao nodded and said, "Father-in-law is fine, everything is fine."

Picking up the white jade cup on the table and drinking the tea in it, Yan Wenhao turned his head to look at him and asked, "What's the matter?"

Xie Jingyu nodded and said: "Before leaving Beijing, I have news about the mother and son you asked me to check." Then, he took out the portrait in his sleeve, then pointed his finger on the table, and continued: "She Her name is Luyi, she was one of the empress's maidservants back then, she had no relationship with Concubine Liang, she was not from Concubine Liang, but my people found out that although she was the empress' maidservant, she had already been taken by Concubine Degui I bought it, and sent a lot of news to Concubine Degui."

After a pause, Xie Jingyu said apologetically, "I'm sorry, because it's been a long time, I only found this. As for whether she was involved in the murder of the queen, I'm afraid I need to ask her personally."

Yan Wenhao clenched his hand hidden in his sleeve tightly, and his nails sank deep into his palm. He didn't care about the pain, and a killing intent flashed in his eyes, which were also extremely cold. He said coldly: "If that's the case, then I I have to ask her personally! Where is she?"

Poured a cup of tea for himself, and after drinking it, Xie Jingyu raised his eyes, glanced at Yan Wenhao, was silent for a moment, and said: "I have ordered someone to bring her here, and now I will tie her to the screen later."

As soon as his words fell, Yan Wenhao had already stood up. Seeing him, Xie Jingyu sighed softly, stood up and followed.

Yan Wenhao quickly walked to the back of the screen, and suddenly calmed down after seeing the gagged woman with a terrified face. He looked at the woman coldly, squatted down after a while, and said coldly: "Did you hear what we said just now? What do you have to say?"

Xie Jingyu also squatted down, then reached out and took the cloth off the woman's mouth, then untied the rope on her body, and said softly: "Say it, it won't do you any good if you keep it secret. You can't escape."

The woman, that is, Lu Yi, after being untied from the rope, quickly got up and knelt down, and kowtowed heavily to Yan Wenhao several times, her forehead was red and swollen, she said with a pale face, trembling, and tears streaming down her face : "Back then, I was deceived by interests, so I harmed my mother. Over the years, I have been hiding in hiding, living in fear of being found out. Now it really is karma. I can't hide, but Your Highness, please don't hurt my child, he is still young and innocent..."

As she spoke, she continued to kowtow vigorously with a 'bang bang bang'.

A violent storm gathered in his eyes, Yan Wenhao finally couldn't help it, grabbed Lu Yi's neck, and lifted her up. It only took a little force to kill her, but he still had doubts. Even though there was overwhelming hatred and killing intent in his heart, he finally endured it until his face was a little distorted.

"Senior brother..."

Xie Jingyu opened his mouth, intending to say a few words of comfort, but the words came to his lips, but he couldn't utter them. He just felt that words were useless, so in the end, he could only raise his hand and pat Yan Wenhao shoulders for silent comfort.

Yan Wenhao said, "Jing Yu, I'm fine."

He closed his eyes and calmed down for a while. When he opened his eyes, Yan Wenhao's face had recovered. He let go of his hand, then stood up, looking down at Lu Yi who was lying on the ground and clutching her neck, saying every word He said with incomparable viciousness: "You tell all the events of the past, if there is anything missing, or if you dare to hide something, I will let your son be buried with you—"