Daqian Night Emperor

Chapter 215 Why Can You Survive

After sending away the visitors from Fuyan Palace, Ji Qingkong returned to his own bedroom alone.

He came in front of a bronze mirror and looked at himself in the mirror.

In the mirror, his handsome face was pale and bloodless, and his deep eye bags and drooping eyelids made him look particularly sleepy and lazy.

And there was no smile on his face, just a blank expression.

Ji Qingkong raised both hands, and even hooked his two index fingers into his mouth, pulling the corners of his mouth upwards, revealing a praising and funny smile.

"Hahaha……"

He gave a few dry laughs at the mirror, then slapped his cheeks hard and rubbed them vigorously.

When he let go of his hand and looked at the mirror again, he had returned to his original appearance.

The same bohemianism, the same cynicism, the same...

Crazy!

"Hahahaha!"

He laughed a few times, and his laughter went from "fake" at the beginning to "real" now, as if it came from the heart.

……

When Ji Qingkong was about to leave Taihe Palace, he brought several beautiful palace maids with him.

But when he was about to go to Fuyan Palace, he suddenly changed his mind: "Go prepare a carriage for me, I want to go out of the palace."

The palace maids behind him looked at each other, and one of them bravely said, "Your Highness, the Queen is waiting for you."

"I know, but...it's not too late to see you when I come back."

Ji Qingkong knew why Concubine Zhen called him over.

But he no longer wanted to watch his mother pretending to wipe her tears in front of him, saying "family love" and thinking about "wealth and glory" in her heart.

Concubine Zhen wanted Zhao Qian'an's money, but also wanted to maintain Tai Shui's status, so she was too embarrassed to throw a tantrum in front of Zhao Qian'an.

She cried in front of Ji Qingkong and only pointed at him to stand up for her.

It doesn’t matter. I am just such a scoundrel anyway.

……

"Master, the Fourth Prince has come to pay his respects to you."

In the backyard of the princess's mansion, Luan Nu, who learned the news from the doorman, immediately came to Zhao Qi'an to report.

Zhao Qi'an asked, "Have you been to Fuyan Palace?"

Luan Nu shook her head: "Not yet."

Originally, there were quite a few old palace servants from Fuyan Palace in the princess's mansion.

However, before Zhao Qi'an took action against Yu Zhen, he eliminated these "hidden dangers" in the mansion one by one.

Fuyan Palace had sent people to inquire, but now the Princess's Mansion was completely under the control of Zhao Qi'an, and the people from Fuyan Palace were sent away with just one sentence.

Even if Concubine Zhen found it strange, what could she do?
Even if she sent people to investigate privately and found out that the Zhao family killed these people, it would be useless. Even if she reported it to Emperor Tianwu, he would not pay any attention.

Why?

Since Emperor Tianwu knew that Yuzhen was colluding with the people from the Salvation Church, how many of these elderly people from Fuyan Palace in the princess's mansion were involved?
Isn't it normal that after the Zhao family realized it, they removed all of them?
Even Yu Zhen and Emperor Tianwu suspected that it was the result of An Shoudao's punishment, but in the end didn't they just pretend not to know?

The current layout of the princess's mansion is a tacit understanding between Emperor Tianwu and the Zhao family.

Concubine Zhen didn't know all this. She just vaguely sensed that something was wrong. She realized that after Yu Zhen's accident, the attitudes of both Zhao Qi'an and the Zhao family towards her became ambiguous, but she didn't dare to investigate further.

She was afraid that if she really pulled off the last fig leaf, the Zhao family would completely draw a line between themselves and Fuyan Palace.

It is at this critical juncture that Luan Nu becomes one of the few links between the Princess's Mansion and Fuyan Palace.

For this reason, Zhao Qi'an planned to send her to Fuyan Palace to "give some advice" to Concubine Zhen.

Unexpectedly, before Luan Nu went to Fuyan Palace, Ji Qingkong took the initiative to come to the princess's mansion.

Zhao Qi'an said with a smile, "It seems that my uncle hasn't had his brain damaged by the 'Erosion Gold Powder'." Luan Nu also laughed and asked softly, "I have asked someone to take the Fourth Prince to the reception hall. Does the master want to see him?"

"Do not."

Zhao Qi'an shook his head, then his eyes fell on Luan Nu: "You go see him."

Luan Nu was slightly startled, then a smile even bigger than before appeared on her face, and she bowed and replied, "Yes."

……

In the living room, Ji Qingkong was lying in a chair in a very ungraceful manner, holding a cup of tea and yawning continuously.

When he heard footsteps outside the door, he immediately sat up and looked up.

But the person who entered the room was not Zhao Qian'an, but Luan Nu.

Ji Qingkong suddenly showed a bored expression on his face and leaned back in his chair.

"I have met His Highness the Fourth Prince."

Luan Nu bowed gracefully, with impeccable etiquette.

But Ji Qingkong obviously didn't buy her tricks, and said with a dull look, "My brother-in-law didn't want to see me in person, but sent a servant like you to get rid of me?"

"Your Highness, please forgive me. The master is busy with official business and is not at home."

Luan Nu paused for a moment, lowered her eyebrows and said: "But the master knows the purpose of the Fourth Prince's visit, so if there is anything, just tell this servant."

When she raised her eyes, she saw that Ji Qingkong had approached her at some point, his face only a palm's distance away from hers, and she could even smell the rich scent of perfume on his body.

The two were almost face to face.

Ji Qingkong looked at Luan Nu carefully, and stood up after a long while, as if he had discovered something interesting: "When did you recognize Zhao Qi'an as your master?"

Of course he recognized Luan Nu. After all, Luan Nu was a close maid who had followed Yu Zhen since childhood. Even when the brother and sister met privately, she always brought the two slaves, Luan and Feng, with her.

But unexpectedly, after Yu Zhen got into trouble, Luan Nu turned around and became Zhao Qi'an's subordinate.

Luan Nu was not frightened by his words and said calmly: "Your Highness, I am a woman and I have to find a way to survive, right?"

"Were you with Yu Zhen when she got into trouble?"

"Yes."

Ji Qingkong asked suddenly, wanting to see the panic-stricken look on Luan Nu's face.

But Luan Nu's expression did not change, and he even answered without thinking.

This time, it was Ji Qingkong's turn to lose his composure.

He grabbed Luan Nu's arm and asked with wide eyes, "Do you know? Who harmed Yu Zhen?"

Luan Nu showed some pain on her face, and she said with all her might, "It's the Salvation Church."

"impossible!"

"Your Highness, I saw this with my own eyes! Your Highness colluded with the Salvation Church without telling your husband and was involved in the Jingzhou bloodbath. Later, a big shot came to the Zhao family and found out everything. Didn't you notice that all the servants from Fuyan Palace in your mansion are gone? Your Highness was afraid that the matter would be exposed and that she would repeat the mistakes of Prince Yong'an, so she wanted to take action against the Salvation Church and erase the evidence. But she underestimated the backlash from the Salvation Church members, and ended up like this..."

Luan Nu had no idea how many times she had rehearsed these words in her mind.

This was the "explanation" that Zhao Qi'an was going to give to His Majesty.

Seven points true, three points false.

If you look deeper, you might be able to find some clues to the loopholes.

But Zhao Qi'an had a grasp of Emperor Tianwu's psychology, and that Majesty would certainly not be willing to investigate this matter further.

Because of this, this statement became the truth of the matter and put the final nail in the coffin of the matter.

But Zhao Qi'an's attention was all on Emperor Tianwu, and he ignored everyone else.

In other words, he didn't think that Ji Qingkong, a prince who only lived from day to day, would really care about the relationship between brothers and sisters.

Ji Qingkong did not let go of Luan Nu's hand, staring at her intently:
"Then... why did you survive?"

(End of this chapter)