Chapter 411: Setting up a trap to lure them into the trap

"Love spell?"

Chang Ning was slightly startled and looked at Wei Qingyan, "Is the Crown Princess saying that Xiao Pei was under the spell of love?"

Qing Wu then informed Princess Changning of their previous speculation about Xiao Pei.

Chang Ning suddenly understood, "So that's how it is. No wonder Lai Fu suspected that Xiao Pei was abnormal, but even Xiao Pei himself didn't know what happened to him when he escaped that time.

However, now that I hear you say this, I may know how to break the love curse on him."

Several people raised their eyes to look at her.

Chang Ning sighed, "Lin Wanzhi sent An Zi to Xiao Pei because she had no other choice. Before this, Xiao Pei had starved himself to death.

Later, he was suspended with a hundred-year-old ginseng and rested for a few days before he recovered. This can be considered as a close call with death, and perhaps the curse was lifted.

Because according to what Xiao Pei himself told Lai Fu, after he woke up that time, he no longer had any feelings for Lin Wanzhi, only disgust, so he was thinking about escaping.

The reason for the hunger strike was that Lin Wanzhi had promised that she would be with Xiao Pei regardless of whether the rebellion succeeded or failed.

After the incident, she imprisoned Xiao Pei by her side, thinking that was fulfilling her promise, but she was still the wife of Emperor Feng Zhao.

Xiao Pei said that he couldn't control his feelings for Lin Wanzhi, but subconsciously felt that it shouldn't be like that. In addition, the palace coup caused the injury of the late emperor, and he had the intention to commit suicide.

Wei Qingyan mused, "Perhaps that's the case."

As the mad doctor said, Xiao Pei is kind by nature. He rebelled because of the love curse and only wanted to be with Lin Wanzhi. Deep down in his heart, he did not want to hurt Emperor Feng Zhao.

Perhaps, when he was planning to die by starvation, he had realized that his love for Lin Wanzhi would harm others, so he chose to end his own life.

If this is true, then good nature has overcome the love curse.

After all, he is a poor man.

It was he who saved Jingzhe. If Princess Changning knew that Xiao Pei was still alive, she would probably find a way to save him.

Sure enough, Chang Ning heard Qing Wu ask, "Are Xiao Pei and An Zi still alive? Where is he being held?"

Qing Wu shook her head. "According to our speculation, he can't be considered alive now. As for An Zi, we don't know yet, but he should be gone too."

Before the love curse was broken, Xiao Pei was thinking of starving himself to death. How could he live a miserable life after he regained consciousness?

What's more, Lin Wanzhi gave birth to An with him. With his noble character, how could he tolerate such humiliation? He would probably find an opportunity to end his life. Therefore, the life-saving formation came into being.

If Xiao Pei was already dead, given Lin Wanzhi's personality, she would never let An Zi live. No, perhaps An Zi had been killed by Lin Wanzhi when Xiao Pei escaped that time.

Lin Wanzhi is a vengeful person and will never allow anyone who betrays her to be alive.

Qingwu did not hide it from Changning and told her about Xiao Pei's possible fate and the life-threatening formation.

Changning smashed the small table beside her with a bang. Jingzhe hurried over and wrapped her hand with a handkerchief, whispering, "Mother, the Crown Princess is pregnant. Please don't alarm her."

It turns out his mother has such a bad temper.

Chang Ning reacted and quickly stood up to apologize, looking uneasy. "I'm sorry, Princess. I was so angry that I couldn't hold it back."

Seeing Jingzhe's expression, she hurriedly explained to her son, "Mom usually has a good temper."

Jingzhe suddenly thought of the scene where the old lady interrogated Sun. He opened his mouth and nodded mechanically, then bent down to clean up.

I think my mother's personality is quite good, otherwise she would have suffered a lot of grievances at my father's house.

Wei Qingyan glanced at the broken table on the ground and thought to himself, Jingzhe’s stupidity might not be entirely inherited from his father.

She said slowly, "It's okay. Lin Wanzhi's crimes are heinous, and everyone who hears about it is extremely angry. I can understand your feelings.

But Xiao Pei is now a living dead, an existence that goes against the laws of nature. It is not a good thing for him to continue to exist in the world.

Furthermore, I suspect that Lin Qianning's soul fire was extracted and placed on Xiao Pei."

And the fact that she sent away all the living souls in the Lin family's ancestral land must have had an impact on Xiao Peiding. For Xiao Pei, the best destination now is to enter reincarnation as soon as possible.

This is a bit cruel, and even more difficult to accept for people like Changning who want to repay their gratitude.

Changning was silent for a long time.

Qian Ning is her good friend, and Xiao Pei is her son's savior. She hopes that both of them will be well.

However, a bright and upright man like Xiao Pei probably would not want to live in darkness and be humiliated by Lin Wanzhi, otherwise he would not seek death.

How could she repay Xiao Pei's kindness?

"Xiao Pei wouldn't want so many people to die for him." Qing Wu said firmly. There was no such vicious person in their Xiao family, with the exception of Qing Yin.

Thinking of Qingyin, Qingwu frowned.

Xiao Pei has always cared about his sister Qingyin. If the Queen cannot make Xiao Pei compromise even with Qingyin's life, it means that Qingyin must have done something that Xiao Pei cannot forgive.

After the palace coup, Xiao Pei was labeled a traitor, and Qingyin kept a low profile and rarely appeared in public. She was worried that Qingyin would be implicated by Xiao Pei and bullied, so she would approach Qingyin from time to time to support her.

But Qingyin refused to see her at first, and later told her directly that people with different beliefs could not work together, and asked her not to look for her again.

At that time, she just thought that Qingyin didn't want to implicate her, until her brother the emperor passed away, and Qingyin helped the queen to deal with her.

Now that she thought about it, she was afraid that Qingyin had already surrendered to the Queen. She told her guess to several people in the room and asked, "Should I take this opportunity to meet Qingyin? Perhaps she has some clues?"

She was looking at Shi Yu.

Shi Yu pondered for a moment, "My aunt hasn't had any contact with her in these years. If I go to see her suddenly, it will arouse suspicion. Let's just let it go."

Qing Wu nodded, "I'll listen to you."

Changning told some of what he knew, and then Jingzhe accompanied him to the Dali Temple to see the old lady.

Qing Wu stayed and asked, "Rong An sent your mother back to the Lin family. Your grandfather asked the Queen for mercy. The Queen agreed, but she spared Qian Ning's life temporarily because she saved her brother, the Emperor.

But Qian Ning had clearly drunk poisoned wine back then, so how was she rescued? This matter will definitely be investigated by someone.

Have you ever thought about what the Song family will say? I'm worried they'll blame Qian Ning for the fatal formation."

Although they all knew that Lin Qianning must have been replaced by someone else.

But since she and Shi Yu took over the live burial case, they found several more places like Wutong County, and the officials below dealt with several of them, all under the instructions of the Venerable, but no one knew who the real Venerable was.

If they keep investigating like this, they will eventually find the source.

She was worried that the Queen would make Song a scapegoat and say that the life-saving formation was set up to resurrect Qian Ning.

Qian Ning didn't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of Qian Ning. If it is revealed that Shi Yu is Qian Ning and Song's child, the consequences are unimaginable...

Shi Yu had also considered this possibility and said thoughtfully, "Aunt, I want the people to petition for the execution of the entire clan of the real culprit behind the living burial case."

If Prince Consort Song was imprisoned alone, the Queen could secretly arrange for his rescue, but she could not rescue his entire clan.

In this way, even if Prince Consort Song wanted to be the scapegoat for the Queen, he would have to be wary of the consequences.

Qing Wu's eyes lit up slightly, "Aunt will have someone cooperate with you and make sure this matter is implemented as soon as possible."

She just didn't believe that, at that time, the Song family would risk the lives of all nine members of the Song family and serve Lin Wanzhi as a dog.

Qingwu was quick and decisive, and acted quickly, leaving the Prince's Mansion quickly.

at night.

Dong Zang took advantage of the time when most of the servants in the mansion were resting, and quietly went to a small gate on the west side of the mansion with a secret guard. After stimulating the gatekeeper's sleepiness, he poured some medicine powder into his tea.

Then he whispered to the secret guards, "The Crown Princess will take Master Abu out to absorb resentment these nights. If the servant drinks the tea tomorrow, he will have diarrhea.

I will then dispatch our men to guard this gate to facilitate entry and exit. You will stay here tonight and make sure no one discovers anything."

After giving instructions to the secret guards, he went to Wei Qingyan's yard, without noticing a figure in the dark.

Not long after, two men in night clothes and with their faces covered came out of the yard, one of them holding a spear.

The two of them went out through that small door and did not return home until the sky was getting light.

Early in the morning, Chen Wu, the steward of the Prince's Mansion, went out personally to purchase several baskets of large river shrimps, and ordered the chefs in the kitchen to prepare various delicacies while the shrimps were still fresh.

He waited for a long time, but the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess did not get up for dinner, so he went to invite them in person, but was stopped outside the courtyard by Dong Zang.