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The two continued to investigate in the palace. Xie Yu'an found a group of patrol guards who happened to be patrolling past the claustrophobic room. Relying on his three-inch tongue, he fought fiercely with the head of the guards, and the elder brothers and younger sisters shouted happily.

Later, they inquired more detailed information about Jieyu's death not long ago from the guards, and the guards said that since the crown prince was locked in a closed room, they sometimes passed by here and heard the crown prince screaming for help in the room, saying that there was a ghost.

"I'm not lying to you. We have seen it before. At night, in the courtyard of the claustrophobic room, there is a figure in red clothes floating around. It is exactly the same as that Jieyu was dressed when she was carried out after her death!"

Xie Yu'an acted frightened cooperatively, hugged Yan Qingchuan's arm and did not let go, "Brother's words are so scary."

The guard twitched his lips and said, "I see, don't look into it, my lords. His Royal Highness was killed by a female ghost. Where can we find the real culprit?"

Xie Yu'an smiled perfunctorily, didn't say anything, and pulled Yan Qingchuan to the direction of the palace.

When the two of them walked to a courtyard, there was a seven or eight-year-old boy wearing brocade clothes and jade belts standing by the lake in front of him, bent over as if he wanted to fish for something in the pool, Xie Yu'an recognized him when he saw his princely attire. The third prince, Chu Qing, is strange that as a prince, there is no servant or maidservant around him. Seeing that he is getting closer to the water surface and about to fall, Yan Qingchuan lightly stepped on his feet, leaped away, and embraced him from behind. Chu Qing's waist, and fished him to a safe place on the shore.

"Your Highness, the third prince, the water depth is dangerous, please pay attention to safety." Yan Qingchuan let go and retreated two steps and bowed in salute.

Although Chu Qing was a boy, he was born with delicate features, not as sharp as the crown prince and Emperor Yuan Qian. He pinched the hem of his robe, lowered his head slightly, and mumbled: "But...my things fell off. "

Xie Yu'an walked to the lake, caught a glimpse of a safety knot hanging on the water plants near the shore, fished it up, and raised it at Chu Qing, "Your Highness, the third prince, is this it?"

Chu Qing swept away the lost expression just now, rushed to Xie Yu'an's side in a few steps, took the safety knot, and held it in his palm like a treasure, "Yes, it's this one, thank you."

Although this thank you was light and small, Xie Yu'an heard it, and she couldn't help being a little surprised, it's really rare for this feudal royal family to raise such an approachable prince.

"Your Highness! Why did you come here? The imperial concubine knows that she should be angry, so go with the servant." At this moment, a servant came rushing over. He grabbed Chu Qing and wanted to leave.

Chu Qing was staggered by him, almost fell, and his expression was even more timid and did not dare to resist.

Xie Yu'an stepped forward, squeezed between the two of them, pulled Chu Qing back to block him, and said with a smirk: "Which family's servant is so presumptuous, dare to touch His Royal Highness, the prince with golden branches and jade leaves, how many brains do you have?" Did you drop it?"

The waiter was sharp-eyed, and when he caught a glimpse of the uniforms of the two Qing Tiansi, although he was reluctant on the face, he honestly admitted his mistake, "Our family was also impatient and offended His Highness, please forgive me .”

Xie Yu'an turned to Chu Qing and said, "Your Highness, Third Prince, do you want to forgive this slave's crime?"

Chu Qing opened his mouth, but still didn't dare to speak.

Xie Yu'an smiled at him, turned back and said to the servant: "The third prince said that he is in a good mood right now, so he doesn't care about you, so get out."

"Our family is here to invite His Royal Highness the Third Prince to go back to bed at the order of the imperial concubine, and I hope this lord will not embarrass the little one."

Xie Yu'an sneered: "What a coincidence, I was ordered by His Majesty to enter the palace to investigate the case, and now I have something to ask His Highness the Third Prince. I am a foreign minister who doesn't know the rules of the palace very well. Big, or His Majesty's will is big, please ask eunuch to mention something?"

After Xie Yu'an finished speaking, he cast a questioning smile, and then saw the waiter's expression of gritted teeth and patience, after several changes in his expression, he still left.

Xie Yu'an sneered: "It's a dog that relies on people's power."

"Thank you." Another soft murmur came from behind, Xie Yu'an turned around and looked at the little boy with red lips and white teeth, resisting the urge to touch him, what a poor little boy, a master who was bullied by a servant body.

"Your Highness, if the noble concubine Laoshizi bothers you after you go back, you can just push the matter to us. You are His Majesty's son, and she dare not do anything to you." Xie Yu'an instructed.

Chu Qing nodded slightly, and asked, "Are you here to investigate the cause of the prince's brother's death?"

Xie Yu'an nodded. What she said to the servant just now was just an excuse. It was a homicide case. She didn't want to ask the child for any clues, and she was afraid of frightening the half-grown child.

However, judging from Chu Qing's tone, although he was a little shy and timid, he looked a little more mature than his peers.

"Well, does Your Highness have any relevant clues to tell us?" Xie Yu'an asked casually, without any intention of getting any news.

But after hearing this, Chu Qing said nervously: "What I want to talk about is about Ling Jieyu."

Yan Qingchuan's expression became solemn, "Please speak, Your Highness."

"Ling Jieyu really didn't get along with the guards, she, she was framed."

"How does Your Highness know?" Xie Yu'an asked suspiciously.

"I, I bumped into Ling Jieyu and a man in the room... In short, that man is not the guard, I recognize their backs, no, it's different."

Although Chu Qing didn't explain it, Xie Yu'an and Yan Qingchuan understood what was omitted from the words.

An adulterer is not a bodyguard, so who could it be?Xie Yu'an and Yan Qingchuan looked at each other and had the same shocking guess.

Xie Yu'an lowered his voice and said, "Your Highness must remember not to disclose this matter, understand?"

Chu Qing nodded, "I understand, misfortune comes from the mouth, I just told you."

"Your Highness is not afraid that we are bad people?"

Chu Qing was silent for two seconds, then shook his head: "You are not."

"I'm leaving." After speaking, he walked away with straight steps.

Xie Yu'an looked at his little lonely back and murmured: "The children in the deep palace are really pitiful."

"His Royal Highness the Third Prince is the son of a maidservant. His Majesty doesn't like him very much. He gave all his love to His Highness the Crown Prince and the Second Princess. In the palace, if the concubine and the prince are not favored, that's all they can do." Yan Qingchuan sighed.

Xie Yu'an couldn't help but sigh.

Then the two left the palace and returned to Qingtian Division. Rongshi also checked out the strangeness of the potted plant. As Xie Yu'an speculated, there was a poison effect in the soil, and after passing the test, the poison was "Nirvana".

That is to say, the death of the crown prince is related to the manipulator behind Nirvana. That person's hand has already reached the palace. Let him subvert the world and make the people miserable.

Xie Yu'an preliminarily speculated that the prince had hallucinations and hanged himself after inhaling the Nirvana in the potted plant for a long time, and whether he was related to Jieyu who died in a closed room before, needs further investigation, if true, then A huge royal family scandal, if outsiders know about it, they will be ridiculed all over the world.

Xie Yu'an and Yan Qingchuan returned to Yan's mansion with solemn faces, and they would have time to rest for a while in the future. Yi Zheng visited at night and informed Xie Yu'an about the emperor's situation.

Because the last time the emperor vomited blood and fell into a coma on the main hall before the Baiguan, Xie Yuan became suspicious because of his abnormal body, so he ordered Wen Ruoge to investigate in private, and the result of Yi Zheng also met her worst guess.

The emperor's body in his prime was so weak that he was poisoned by someone, but the poison was not extremely poisonous, but someone bribed the imperial food department to make food with two kinds of ingredients that were mutually exclusive, and presented them in front of the emperor all the year round. A certain kind of chronic toxin was formed and accumulated in the emperor's body. This time, he was furious, which caused the toxin to attack.

Xie Yu'an frowned: "The black hand's eyeliner has already infiltrated the palace, we can't tell which ones have been bought by him, we have to find a way to remind the emperor to be careful."

"San Shui, has the technician who can make gunpowder come to the capital?" Xie Yu'an asked after thinking for a moment.

Zhou Miao nodded, "I just arrived yesterday, and now I'm planning to stay at an inn in central Beijing."

"It just comes in handy, Lord Yan, let's go." Xie Yu'an showed joy on his face, apparently he had found a way to avoid black hands and approach the emperor calmly.

Yan Qingchuan didn't ask much, and then followed Xie Yu'an to an inn in the city.The two walked to a wing room at the corner of the top floor. In the room was a beautiful young woman. After looking at the two of them, she walked to Xie Yu'an's side and took her arm intimately. , "Surely this is Boss Xie?"

Feeling Yan Qingchuan's cold gaze, Xie Yu'an immediately pulled out his arms and took two steps back, "How did Miss Su recognize me?"

The young woman smiled charmingly again, and blinked, "You look like a rich and generous master, this one..." She looked at Yan Qingchuan, not afraid of the other's sharp gaze, and said slowly : "Looks like a difficult master to get along with."

Yan Qingchuan frowned, almost getting angry, Xie Yu'an hurriedly said: "Miss Su, Zhou Miao must have told you what we are doing when we invite you to Beijing, let's get down to business."

The woman turned and walked into the inner room, "Come in."

Xie Yu'an leaned into Yan Qingchuan's ear and introduced the reason why they came here, "This Miss Su Qi is a strange person, who specializes in making fakes out of real ones, let's pretend to be with her, and then sneak into the palace as a court lady to get close to the emperor." .”

"We have something to ask of others, Master Yan will tolerate it for the time being." She said, holding Yan Qingchuan's hand calmly, and stroked her finger reassuringly on her palm.

Yan Qingchuan loosened his brows slowly, shook off Xie Yu'an's hand, and snorted imperceptibly.

The three of them entered the inner room one after another, and the two bronze mirrors had already been set up. Su Qi ordered the make-up table, "Which one will come first?"

Xie Yu'an walked to the mirror and sat down, "I'll do it." After finishing speaking, she took out an ink portrait from her bosom and handed it to Su Qi, "Do like this."

After seeing the portrait twice, Su Qi casually asked, "Where did Boss Xie find a beautiful woman to make a portrait?"

Xie Yu'an was vague and didn't tell the truth. In fact, the person in this portrait is her original appearance. She found the best portrait in Kyoto and copied it according to her dictation. Although it is not [-]% restored, it is similar to her original The face has seven or eight parts.She has a little selfishness, no matter what the future holds, she wants Yan Qingchuan to see her original appearance, and let him remember that this is the real Xie Yu'an.

Su Qi gestured on Xie Yu'an's face with a measuring line, stroking her cheeks and nose with her fingertips from time to time, Xie Yu'an caught a glimpse of Yan Qingchuan's increasingly gloomy expression from the corner of her eye, and urged: "Miss Su, how long will it take? I'll wait There will be things to do.”

Su Qi smiled: "Boss Xie is in such a hurry, what are you going to do?" She just asked casually, and didn't think that Xie Yu'an would answer herself, but the next second she heard her seriously say: "Take Lord Yan to dinner. "

Su Qi's subordinates paused, glanced at Yan Qingchuan, then looked at Xie Yu'an's unfaltering eyes, and then a meaningful smile appeared on his face, "It turns out...the two of you have such a relationship."

Xie Yu'an didn't deny it, Yan Qingchuan looked out of the window with a calm expression, and didn't deny what the so-called relationship was.

Su Qi speeded up the measurement, and after a while she withdrew her hands and said, "Okay, I'll call someone to pick up the mask at night."

Then she quickly measured the facial data for Yan Qingchuan, and sent the two of them to leave. After walking outside the door, she suddenly leaned into Xie Yu'an's ear and whispered to Rulan, "If Boss Xie likes women, how about me?"

Her voice was not too loud, so that both of them could hear, Yan Qingchuan walked away without giving Xie Yu'an a chance to speak.

Xie Yu'an kept his morality, pushed Su Qi away, and said seriously: "Miss Su, please respect yourself, I am a family member."

Su Qi backed away and covered her mouth with a chuckle, "I can't tell, Boss Xie is actually afraid of guilt."

Xie Yu'an had a proud look on his face, and he didn't refute, and left the inn to chase Yan Qingchuan.After a while, she caught up with Yan Qingchuan on the street and grabbed his arm, but was thrown away vigorously. Yan Qingchuan frowned and stared at her with a bad tone: "Governor Xie really has a good ability to attract bees and butterflies."

Xie Yu'an felt very innocent, she didn't do anything, but right now the most important thing is to let Mr. Yan who exploded, she smiled apologetically and said: "No, I only recruit Mr. Yan, and I can only see Mr. Yan. "

Yan Qingchuan loosened his tightly locked brows little by little, and spoke again, his tone softened a lot, "Skinless and shameless."

Xie Yu'an smiled when he heard the words, and moved his face closer, "Well...you can know if you are shameless, Mr. Yan."

Yan Qingchuan didn't know how to make a move, so he took the lead and walked forward after saying "return to the mansion".

Master Yan is actually quite easy to coax, Xie Yu'an pondered in his heart, and then followed him back to the mansion.