However, things did not go as planned. Not long after we relaxed, an uninvited guest appeared.
"Well, you little bitch still have the leisure to hang out here!"
It’s Lu Baixue.
These days, Chen Yan went back and forth to the base, so naturally he would not let the concubines know. Lu Wan also remembered that Chen Yan said before he left... that he would stay at the princess' place every night! She finally understood why Chen Yan let him go so easily just now. It turned out that he was waiting for something!
"You are joking, sister. The prince only came to stay with me for a few days because he saw that you worked hard to serve him day and night and you were weak. Don't worry about it, sister."
What a joke. I just want to disgust you, the Green Tea King. It's just tea art. If you can do it, so can I.
You still dare to scold her? Sooner or later, you, the green tea lady, will pay me back a hundredfold! "Look at how successful you are, and the prince hasn't given you anything. You'd be better off not serving the emperor at all!"
In fact, Lu Baixue's words were just angry words, but she didn't expect that these words could actually be transmitted to Shen Yan's ears through some strange psychological activities of Lu Wan.
This undoubtedly intensified Shen Yan's disgust towards him. If Lu Baixue was once the apple of Shen Yan's eye, he was nothing now, just an ordinary concubine.
"Xing'er, let's go. Let's not argue with him anymore. Let's go and ask the prince to judge the matter."
Seeing that she couldn't get anything good here, Lu Baixue left angrily without forgetting to say something harsh.
Lu Wan rolled his eyes secretly in his heart. It would be strange if the prince was willing to see you now. I'm afraid he still has a lot of things to deal with.
However, we must carefully calculate this account. Some people are really good at using flattery to kill others.
He actually didn't get any benefit at all, but was instead attacked by this group of concubines, although he was not someone who could be easily bullied.
This little episode did not affect Lu Wan's interest in understanding the structure of the palace. After taking a long tour, the only impression he had was... it was big... it was really too big.
"This dog prince is obviously very greedy. He built such a big palace, but he is playing a maze in his own yard?"
Lu Wan said it out loud as he was thinking about it. Fortunately, there was no one around, otherwise who knows what would have happened.
On the other side, Shen Yan was not as leisurely as Lu Wan. He didn't even have the time to listen to Lu Wan's thoughts that kept appearing in his mind. They were all useless complaints and had no use value.
"Your Majesty, I have investigated carefully. Those spies in the past few days are indeed the Queen Mother's men. The number of them has not changed. They probably did not find any substantial evidence."
Ying was also busy, and he had figured out the whereabouts of those spies.
After all, they are women, and the professional level of the spies they train is not very good.
"You underestimated the enemy."
Shen Yan didn't move at all.
After fighting with the Queen Mother for so many years, Shen Yan knew this woman's calculations too well. This woman would never do anything in vain.
And she would definitely not keep a bunch of good-for-nothings to work for her, otherwise, she would not have survived until now in this palace where people are eaten without leaving any bones.
"But... apart from these few times when we left the house, do we have any other evidence?"
Although that was what she said, not only Ying, but even Chen Yan couldn't guess what the old witch had done this time.
Shen Yan did not respond, but just lowered his head and thought about something.
Why did I think of Lu Wan’s face again? What happened to him recently? He kept thinking about the person who got close to him.
From the destruction of Southern Xia to the present, he has experienced life and death, so why would he want to bring in an outsider in the end?
"Your Majesty? Why not write a letter to General Lu Wan and ask for his opinion."
Yes, Lu Changxin is a rare talent who is both civil and military, otherwise Chen Yan would not have risked being exposed to save him.
However, if such a talent fell into the enemy camp, it would certainly not be a blessing. This is why Shen Yan decided to kill Lu Changxin as soon as he learned that he might have betrayed him.
“No need.”
He is the regent, can't he survive without Lu Changxin? Although if we go by Lu Wan’s previous thoughts, this is indeed the case.
"Let's first interrogate Liu Shen who has been brought back."
Since Lu Changxin had not woken up yet when he left, and Liu Shen had many old subordinates in the military camp, he had no choice but to bring him back with him.
It was always possible that Liu Shen would be discovered by the people in the palace while being imprisoned in the palace. Chen Yan did not have the confidence to believe that the palace was an ironclad entity.
So as early as when he came back, Liu Shen was secretly transferred to a villa owned by a businessman.
"My Lord, something bad has happened!"
A servant ran in panting.
"My king is fine, you better have something urgent to do."
Shen Yan was feeling upset right now, and of course he could tell that this servant was from the villa where Liu Shen was imprisoned.
As expected, the servant reported that Liu Shen had committed suicide out of fear of punishment and left a blood letter.
He mainly expounded on his own crimes and expressed deep regret, so he committed suicide out of fear of punishment.
"Ying, leave immediately. I want to go to the dungeon where Liu Shen is imprisoned."
How could he not believe that so many people were guarding him and allow a living person to commit suicide?
But when he arrived at the villa, Shen Yan was dumbfounded. The person lying on the ground was none other than Liu Shen.
His face was not unrecognizable, and it could even be said that he died very peacefully. He must have committed suicide by taking poison, and there were not even any obvious scars on his body.
To be honest, Shen Yan couldn't figure out what happened to make it like this. "Send someone back to the palace and bring the princess over."
Shen Yan subconsciously felt that Lu Wan would definitely be able to solve this problem.
For some reason, a series of recent events seem to be related to Lu Wan's appearance.
Whether it was Lu Changxin's suspected treason or Liu Shen's suicide, Lu Wan was more or less involved, at least he knew about it.
The existence of such a person...is it a blessing or a curse?
"What? Liu Shen is dead? Is he really dead?"
Lu Wan was obviously surprised when he heard this, but he was not surprised about the fact of death.
"What? Liu Shen is dead?"
Lu Wan was obviously surprised when he heard this, but he was not surprised about the fact of death.
However, how could Shen Yan allow such an important prisoner to die under his nose? It's incredible.
"Yes, the prince will send his subordinates to take you to the other courtyard."
Ying just repeated Shen Yan's orders expressionlessly like a machine without emotions.
No way, could this be blamed on him? Lu Wan regretted it very much. She shouldn't have been curious before. Otherwise, he who was unaware of the situation would definitely not be listed as a suspect.
Now it seems that Ying is Shen Yan’s confidant, and it is obviously impossible for him to leak the secret. So the only people who know the secret are him, the "outsider", and the prince himself.
The object of suspicion is self-evident.
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