Chapter 271 Stop Pretending

After receiving a large amount of incense money from the host, the forty-nine monks divided into two groups and took turns chanting scriptures all night.

The house is not big, and when it is late at night and everyone is asleep, the sound of Buddhist chants and wooden fish fills the entire house.

Shi Dehou felt uncomfortable all over and was so upset that he almost went out in the middle of the night to absorb the resentment to calm his mind, but he was afraid of being discovered and causing trouble, so he had to give up.

When the Buddhist chanting stopped at dawn, he dozed off for a while. When he woke up, Nanny Yu had already returned from the kitchen after finishing her work.

Seeing that she looked unwell, Nanny Yu asked with concern, "Princess, did you not sleep well? They'll be leaving in less than half an hour. If you're not feeling well, you might as well not go."

There's really nothing interesting about cremating corpses.

But the princess said that she was worried that if she didn't go, it would upset the Crown Princess. However, based on her interactions over the past few days, Nanny Yu felt that the Crown Princess was not such a petty person.

Shi Dehou spread his hands and waited for Nanny Yu to help him change clothes. He asked, "Is the Crown Princess feeling better?"

"Prince Rong was worried that His Highness wouldn't be able to handle the strain, so he lit some calming incense in the room last night. His Highness slept until he just woke up, and he seemed quite energetic. However, Prince Rong had been staying up all night watching over His Highness, and he looked very tired.

But the fatigue will only last for half a day. After taking care of the master's funeral and boarding the carriage back to the city, you can rest well in the carriage."

Wei Qingyan did not bring a maid with him when he went out, and the house he bought later was only used temporarily as a mourning hall, so he did not buy another maid.

Shi Yu always called Nanny Yu whenever he had something to do, and Shi Dehou was delighted to see this, as it was a good opportunity for him to find out about the situation of Wei Qingyan and the others.

Hearing that Shi Yu was in a bad mood, Shi Dehou was unusually patient and listened to Nanny Yu's chatter.

He sneered in his heart. After he broke Shi Yu's neck with his own hands, he could indeed have a good rest.

Thinking of this, he felt much better. Because he was in a good mood and had important things to do today, he needed to replenish his energy, so he ate most of the breakfast brought by Nanny Yu.

Nanny Yu looked at the princess with a good appetite, her lips moved, but she said nothing in the end.

This breakfast was sent by Jingzhe, and it contained some meat. Now everyone in the house was eating vegetarian food because of the funeral, so the princess had no choice but to do the same.

But since the princess left the capital, she has liked meat, and the recent vegetarian meals are not to her liking.

Perhaps Prince Rong knew about it. Jingzhe said that Prince Rong was grateful to the princess for sending soup these days and could not bear to see her eat vegetarian food with them, so he asked someone to prepare some meat for the princess.

Tell her not to say too much, lest the princess feel bad when she finds out.

She wanted to say that if it was meat, the princess would be able to tell it, but not only did the princess not tell it, she ate the amount of an adult man.

She had already eaten, so there was no need for her to mention this matter.

Shi Dehou didn't know what Yu Ma was thinking. After eating and drinking, he went out and waited outside the mourning hall. When there was a movement over there, he followed the team.

There is a large temple outside Yizhou City. Behind the temple, there is a kiln specially used to cremate the bodies of deceased monks.

When inviting a monk from the temple, Shi Yu had already made arrangements with the temple to borrow their incarnation kiln.

When they arrived at the place, Wei Qingyan held Yilian and personally sent him into the Incarnation Kiln, but he was reluctant to close the kiln door.

She stared at Monk Yilian's face without blinking. Everyone knew that she was reluctant to let him go, but cremation, like burial, also had a time limit.

Finally, it was Yu Liangzhi who spoke up, "Your Highness, the time has come."

Tears rolled down Wei Qingyan's eyes. After a few moments of silence, he slowly nodded, but his hand still refused to let go of the kiln door.

Shi Dehou stood opposite her, always paying attention to her expression. Seeing the reluctance and pain in her eyes, he was absolutely sure that the corpse was Yilian.

"Your Highness." Yu Liangzhi called again.

Shi Yu stood behind Wei Qingyan, pried open Wei Qingyan's hands that were forcibly holding the kiln door, and when her fingers loosened, he quickly clasped his fingers with hers, and the kiln door was released.

Jingzhe hurried forward and locked the kiln door.

"Don't look." Shi Yu pressed Wei Qingyan's head in his arms. He knew that even if this person was not the real Yilian, he could still make Qingyan sad with Yilian's face.

When a burning smell wafted through the air, Wei Qingyan tightly grasped a peace amulet on his chest.

It was made from her purse, and Shi Yu had sewn it for her personally last night. The stitches were rough, but strong enough and even more precious.

Shi Yu's thumb scraped across her cheek, scraping away the tears on her face. He said, "Don't cry, Master will be worried."

Wei Qingyan nodded with tears in his eyes.

After an unknown amount of time, the smoke from the kiln roof died down, the kiln door was opened, and hot air rushed towards him. Wei Qingyan was taken away by Shi Yu for some distance.

Everyone waited for a while, and when the temperature dropped, Jingzhe put the ashes into a jar that had been prepared long ago.

Just as he was about to hand the jar to Wei Qingyan, Ge Feizhou suddenly snatched the jar away.

At the same time, a group of men in black suddenly rushed out. Someone took the jar from Ge Feizhou's hand, wrapped it in a cloth bag, and tied it around his back.

"Master." Wei Qingyan's pupils shrank slightly, and he hurriedly struggled to break free from Shi Yu's arms, wanting to grab the ashes, but he put his toes on the ground, and before he could use his lightness skills, he got a severe headache.

"Xiao Yan!" Shi Yu exclaimed.

Wei Qingyan pushed him away, "Don't worry about me, just get Master back."

Faced with the sudden change, the people in Prince Rong's mansion hurriedly drew their swords, but everyone found that as soon as they used their internal strength, their bodies became limp and powerless.

Jingzhe stabbed the ground with his sword and cursed, "You bastard, you're using poison again."

After hearing this, one of the men in black raised his sword and was about to stab Jingzhe's vital point. Shi Yu quickly dodged and blocked the sword for Jingzhe.

Shi Dehou's lips moved slightly, as if he was reciting something. The faster he recited, the worse Wei Qingyan's headache became.

Yu Liangzhi stepped forward to support him, "Your Highness, Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

He had no martial arts skills, and even though he was poisoned by the drug, the effects of the drug were not as serious as those of the others.

Wei Qingyan grabbed his arm forcefully and said, "Find a place to hide, quickly."

Yu Liangzhi's eyes were full of worry. Feeling Wei Qingyan's strength, he was slightly stunned, and then ran forward obediently.

Shi Dehou just glanced at Yu Liangzhi and ignored him. He was just an old man who didn't know martial arts. Once they dealt with these people, killing him would be as easy as crushing an ant.

He stood behind Nanny Yu, looking at Shi Yu and several secret guards who had not taken the Chinese medicine. He had to deal with his people and protect the guards who had been drugged and were like weak shrimps.

Describes being in a very embarrassing situation.

Wang Chen was entangled by Ge Feizhou. Perhaps he was also drugged, so he was obviously having some difficulty fighting with Ge Feizhou.

He asked Ge Feizhou to keep Wang Chen alive. He could live to be a hundred years old, be agile and look young. Perhaps Wang Chen had some secrets that could be useful to him.

Then I saw Wei Qingyan squatting on the ground with his hands holding his head, in pain, unable to take care of himself.

He slowly raised the corners of his lips; everything was pretty much as he expected.

The resentment gathered in his fingers, and the resentment transformed into a hidden weapon, stabbing towards Shi Yu.

But it was dispersed by a paper talisman.

It’s Wei Qingyan.

Wei Qingyan's eyes were dark, his brows calm, "What does Princess Yanran want to do?"

There was no trace of the painful look on his face just now.

Shi Dehou was shocked. Was Wei Qingyan pretending?

Looking at the people fighting on the field, Shi Yu and Wang Chen were still having a hard time. The ashes were already firmly on his back, while Qing Yan clenched his forehead, as if he was trying hard to endure something.

He calmed down a little. Wei Qingyan was indeed cursed. He just stopped the curse, so she remained calm on the surface.

This girl has always loved pretending to be calm since she was young.

Normally, the outcome was almost certain, but he was used to being cautious. Before the absolute victory, he didn't want to admit his identity, so he asked, "What did your highness say?"

When these people are dead, he won't have to pretend anymore.

Wei Qingyan asked, "I want to ask the princess why she attacked Prince Rong just now?"

She asked directly, her eyes were cool and penetrating, as if she could see through people's hearts. The late emperor thought of Shi Yu's words that scolded him, like a rat in the gutter.

This was really infuriating to hear, but it also hurt him deeply.

He was originally an emperor who ruled the world, but because Yilian refused to teach him everything he knew, he was unable to successfully take over Yilian's body and continue to be the emperor, so he could only hide for all these years.

Glancing at Shi Yu and Wang Chen, who were clearly losing on the field, he suddenly didn't want to pretend or hide anymore. "Of course I'm going to kill him."