The king was wrong

It's a pity that Wei Yanxi walked so fast that he didn't see a small black and blue figure looking around after he left, making sure that there was no one around, and sneaked into Qi Yaoqing's door quietly.

"came back?"

In the room, Qi Yaoqing still maintained the previous appearance of sitting on the side of the couch, holding a teacup in his hand, took a sip, and raised his eyelids when he heard the door opening, and lowered his eyes again after confirming that the visitor was correct.

"Yes, master." Menghan took off the dark robe that was covering his body, revealing the goose yellow skirt that he usually wears, walked to Qi Yaoqing and stood still.

"How did you check?"

"Back to the young master, I heard from Meng Qi before the maidservant came that the lord has secretly sent people to check the various courtyards, but it seems that no trace of camphor and heartbroken grass was found in the side lady's courtyard."

"Oh, isn't it her?" Qi Yaoqing paused when he heard the words, raised his eyebrows and looked at Menghan.

"This...is not sure yet." Menghan showed a somewhat tangled expression, and explained: "Liang guards and the others did not find camphor or heartbroken grass from Mrs. Side, but they found a lot of acacias."

"He Huan San?" Qi Yaoqing chuckled when he heard the words, "Oh, what is she keeping this for, hoping to use it on the prince in the future?"

In fact, Qi Yaoqing knew that Wei Yanxi was not close to women. Thinking of the way he deliberately doted on Xue Hanxue in order to embarrass himself, Qi Yaoqing found it very funny, that person is really naive sometimes.

"Master, where do you think the lady on this side can hide the medicine..." Menghan couldn't help frowning, "It stands to reason that she will give Qin Mama camphor every once in a while, so she shouldn't be able to find it. "

"Are you sure they searched the entire yard carefully?"

"It should be." Meng Han nodded, "Meng Qi said that she heard from Liang's guards that this time they were sent to secretly investigate the most powerful shadow guards around the prince. They used to follow the prince to the battlefield. no problem."

Qi Yaoqing casually put the teacup on the small table beside him, tapped a few sides with his slender index finger, raised his eyebrows and said: "Then this is strange, since the person sent out is fine, could it possibly be related to the truth of the matter?" She's okay? No, it shouldn't be."

He slightly pursed his lips and shook his head, apparently not believing that Xue Hanxue was innocent in this matter.

"Young master, that...let me say a word, why do you have to intervene in this matter?" Menghan pursed her lips and said suddenly: "From my servant's point of view, the prince has already wasted a lot of time on investigation. It won't take long to find out the truth, so why do you have to investigate it yourself instead of waiting for the results of the prince?"

Compared with Wei Yanxi, the little news that Qi Yaoqing can grasp is like a big tree, and most of the news he can get has passed through Wei Yanxi's ears first.Judging from how well the prince treats the young master now, even if the young master doesn't open his mouth about this matter, he will do his best to find the person who will kill him as soon as possible, so Meng Han really doesn't understand why his young master insists on finding out who is going to kill him before the prince. people.

"Depending on others is worse than relying on yourself." Qi Yaoqing chuckled lightly, and glanced at her, "I was somehow calculated by them, if I could sit here so leisurely and leave everything to the prince, then I would still be worthy of being a member of Prince Yong's Mansion Princess?"

Perhaps in the eyes of most people, Qi Yaoqing is a male princess who does not fight with others and lives in seclusion on weekdays. It seems that there is nothing to be afraid of, but that is just because he is high-minded and does not want to spend too much time on getting into trouble with others.But once you get to his bottom... I'm sorry, he's far less gentle and harmless than he was before.

This point was seen most clearly by Zhu Yaozi back then.

Right now, Qi Yaoqing is sitting by the candle lamp, frowning slightly, looking at Wei Yanxi's desk not far away, as if thinking about something.

"Menghan, tell me, who do you think did this?" After a pause, he didn't answer Menghan's question directly, but asked her instead.

"Ah?" Menghan was stunned for a moment, a little confused, so: "Isn't it Mrs. Xue Fang?"

Qi Yaoqing shook his head, "I always thought it was Xue Hanxue who did it before, but after you said that today, I became a little suspicious."

"Doubt?" Menghan tilted her head in confusion, "Master, I don't quite understand what you mean, isn't Mother Qin from Mrs. Side, and she kept calling Mrs. Side's name before she died, if this is not Who else could the side lady do?"

"It seems so, but..."

Qi Yaoqing froze, and looked up at Menghan: "Don't you think it's a coincidence, all of this."

"What a coincidence?"

"Well." Qi Yaoqing nodded, "From the beginning, all our eyes were on Xue Hanxue, and then slowly, all kinds of evidence surfaced, all pointing to Xue Hanxue without exception, so that we don't want to doubt her It's all difficult. But if you think about it backwards, when did we start to doubt her, and why should we doubt her?"

"When..." Meng Han followed his young master's train of thought for a while, then suddenly opened his eyes, and asked Qi Yaoqing in disbelief: "Master, do you mean...Wang Ji?"

Menghan clearly remembers that the first time she had doubts about the wife was after the two concubines came to the concubine's courtyard to pay her respects, Wu Ranyue stayed alone and said a few unclear words to the young master, and then it seemed that all the spearheads They all turned to Madam Xue.

"It's not impossible, but I...but I always feel that Wu Ranyue is not a woman who can do such a murderous thing." Qi Yaoqing sighed, and said helplessly: "She gives me the feeling that she is very restrained and quiet. He looks weak and weak, not like the kind of person who would plot to frame others for his own benefit, even at the expense of killing people."

Besides...

Qi Yaoqing didn't finish his sentence, because he still couldn't figure it out. If Wu Ranyue planned all this, why didn't she simply use Xue Hanxue's hand to solve her own life and pave the way for the future?Although the mention was cryptic, she still hinted at the fact that something was added to his meal, and indirectly saved his life. Judging from what she did, it didn't seem to be malicious.

Besides, what Qi Yaoqing also didn't understand was, how did Wu Ranyue know about Xue Hanxue's plan?After all, even he, the client, was not aware of the camphor incident at all. How could Wu Ranyue, who has always stayed quietly in her own courtyard without contending with the world, know everything about Xue Hanxue's courtyard?

Qi Yaoqing felt that he seemed to have grasped the key to this matter, and maybe he could get some unexpected gains by following this clue.

"Menghan, I'll check tomorrow, how did Wu Ranyue know that Xue Hanxue had given me camphor in my meal." Qi Yaoqing narrowed his eyes slightly, his voice became much colder.

"Yes, servant girl understands." Meng Han took the order.

"Also, besides Wu Ranyue, Linglong's place will also be checked by the way." Qi Yaoqing thought for a while, and then added: "It's a bit strange that she came to see me during my confinement period, and she may be involved in this matter." There is also something involved."

No woman in the backyard is simple, Qi Yaoqing saw this clearly after the death of his biological mother, Wen Shi.It's just that he didn't expect that there are only three women in the backyard of the Wangfu who can give birth to so many things.

Qi Yaoqing's expression darkened, and he thought that Wei Yanxi was really good at it. Back then, there were so many famous and noble women in the capital, but after a long time, he chose the three who were so annoying. It was really... helpless.

Instructing Menghan to do things one by one, Qi Yaoqing also felt tired seeing that it was almost Haishi.After all, he suffered so many crimes today, and his spirit is still not good at the moment.

After waving Menghan to go back, Qi Yaoqing walked to the desk, intending to turn off the candles and go to bed.But just as he stretched out his hand before touching the candle lamp, his eyes were suddenly attracted by a painting spread out on the desk.

I saw a man in blue clothes fluttering in the painting, his skirts fluttering slightly in the wind, and he turned his face slightly to look out of the painting, revealing a unparalleled handsome face.

Qi Yaoqing was startled, and couldn't help reaching out with his slender fingers to caress the slippery and soft paper—who else is the person in the painting?

His expression was a little dazed, and there was a smile that couldn't be concealed from the corner of his lips, but when his eyes met the pale lips and a large area of ​​ink stained red with a vermilion brush on the figure in the painting, he felt a little bit I can't laugh or cry.

This man actually left half of the painting here and ignored it.

He sighed softly, picked up the vermilion brush that had rolled down to the side of the scroll, moistened the tip of the pen with tea, stained it with vermilion ink again, tilted his head to think for a while, and finally put the brush on the scroll.

He first carefully traced the thin lips of the person in the painting with the brush, and after confirming that the lip color was normal, he transferred the tip of the brush to the clothes.

"Well, it's a little difficult."

Qi Yaoqing frowned slightly, tilted his head to see a large piece of vermilion ink mixed in the middle of the blue clothes, and for a while didn't know how to write.

This ink stain is really... too big, too messy, and the place of the stain is very bad. Qi Yaoqing can't think of any pattern or pattern that can be perfectly covered, unless the rest of the whole dress is also completely covered. dyed red.

When this idea just popped up in his mind, Qi Yaoqing was stunned.He imagined himself wearing a scarlet robe in the painting, and his thoughts suddenly drifted back to the Yanqiu Mountain ten years ago, where he was also wearing a long scarlet skirt with wide sleeves.

It's just that at that time he had to pretend to be a woman because of the bet with his waist, but now the person in the painting is no different from an ordinary man in terms of appearance and attire.

Perhaps it is not unacceptable to wear scarlet clothes again in the painting...

Thinking of this, Qi Yaoqing chuckled, shook his head helplessly, the appointed one picked up the pen and dropped it.

Miss Seven ten years ago, and now Princess Yong, Qi Yaoqing, are wearing the same scarlet gown, but the difference is Wei Yanxi's state of mind.

I don't know what expression he will show when he comes tomorrow and sees this painting that has been altered by himself.

Qi Yaoqing couldn't help but raised the corners of his mouth, blew out the last candle lamp, lay down on the bed, and carefully felt the smell on the tip of his nose that was completely different from his own and belonged to Wei Yanxi.

A good night's dream.