Chapter 15: Looking for her happiness, wasn't it you who threw the veil at me in Jinxi City...
The dagger slashed across Xu Xuan's back, causing the man to tremble. Xu Xuan couldn't believe that such a beautiful and pure girl could say such horrifying words.
Xu Xuan couldn't care less about anything else and cried out, "I'll tell you! I'll tell you!"
"That's right." Luo Wan threw the dagger on the table and sat back in her original position, looking like a well-behaved lady.
Xu Xuan felt like he was being driven insane. He swallowed hard and said, "The prescription was given to me by Madam Feng's servant, Madam Liu. I prepared the medicine. I believed her because she promised me a smooth life in the capital. But the decoction and feeding of the medicine were all done by Madam Ye's people. I had nothing to do with it!"
Luo Wan stared at him silently.
Xu Xuan broke out in a cold sweat again and said anxiously, "Everything I said is true! It's true! I told you everything...everything!"
After a while, Luo Wan smiled faintly: "Thank you, Doctor Xu, for telling me the truth."
Xu Xuan thought for a moment and asked, "Can you let me go?"
Luo Wan shook her head and said to Xu Xuan, "No."
Xu Xuan said, "I've told you everything, why don't you let me go?"
Luo Wan tied the man to the bedpost and placed a bowl of water and a few dry and hard steamed buns on the table.
Xu Xuan suddenly felt something was wrong: "What is this for?"
Luo Wan said: "I've tried it. Doctor Xu, if you eat it sparingly, it will be enough to last for several days."
As he spoke, he picked up the dagger on the table, walked to the door and then took a few steps back: "I will come to see you again in a few days. Don't think about running away. I can catch you wherever you are."
It is always more troublesome to do things alone.
This courtyard is remote, and it is better to trap Xu Xuan here than to let him escape again. In the future, he will have to rely on his mouth to identify Feng Yuyun.
The night wind blew through the hall, and Luo Wan suddenly thought, it would be great if Chu Lin was here. With him guarding Xu Xuan, she would feel much more at ease.
As soon as this thought came to her mind, she pinched her palm hard, her nails almost digging into the flesh.
She prides herself on being ruthless, but she always has an unnecessary hesitation towards Chu Lin.
Luo Wan closed his eyes, suppressed his distracting thoughts, turned around and left.
The night fog grew thicker, and the girl's figure blended into the darkness, heading towards the Prime Minister's Mansion.
In the capital, there were only two people keeping an eye on Luo Wan. One was Feng Yuyun, and she did what she did, sending a number of servants outside the west courtyard.
The second was Jiang Cichen. Luo Wan could clearly see the sharpness that flashed in his eyes when he saw him on the long street. The suspicion of this young general was probably growing like weeds.
Regardless of whether Jiang Cichen's suspicion stems from their first meeting in Jinxi City or the assassination of Shen Zhiyan in Wutan Town, Luo Wan wants to use this opportunity to clear himself of suspicion.
No matter what he did in the capital, he would be watched by such a person. No matter how cautious he was, he would inevitably find out his tracks. Since Jiang Cichen had suspicions, it proved that he had no intention of assassinating Shen Zhiyan.
Luo Wan came to the Prime Minister's residence under the pretext of a zither score, and appeared beside Shen Zhiyan calmly, also warning the man in the dark:
I can get rid of your spies and come to Shen Zhiyan. If I wanted to kill him, he would be dead now.
Just as Luo Wan expected, not long after, a dark shadow scurried up the wall of the Shen Mansion.
However, Shen Zhiyan discovered Jiang Cichen not because of Luo Wan's reminder, but because of the caution he had developed during his ten years as a hostage in Xiliang.
Shen Zhiyan raised his eyes to the shadow on the eaves and said loudly, "General Jiang!"
Since Shen Zhiyan spoke, Jiang Cichen flew down from the eaves without any cover and landed in front of the two of them.
Beiguo was suspicious of Shen Zhiyan. The guards they sent were ostensibly for the assassination in Wutan Town, but secretly they were there to monitor him. Everyone entering and leaving Shen's mansion had to be checked.
The secret guards of the Shen Mansion are all from Jiang Cichen's command.
Shen Zhiyan asked, "How come the young general has time to guard the Shen Mansion today?"
Jiang Cichen said lazily: "Today's Lantern Festival is very crowded in the capital, and there are all kinds of people. Of course, we must protect Master Shen."
Jiang Cichen is a man who is both good and evil. People in the capital either try to curry favor with him or keep their distance from him.
What would happen if Chi Wanwan met someone like Jiang Cichen?
Shyness or fear?
Most people will avoid it.
It is true that he is a young man full of vigor and vitality, but not everyone likes people with blood on their hands.
Luo Wan pretended to take a half step back and hid behind Shen Zhiyan.
Seeing this, Jiang Cichen used his sword to push Luo Wan out from behind Shen Zhiyan, and said with a smile: "It's Miss Chi, the young master of the Pei family is looking for you everywhere. Why did you suddenly leave him and run to the Shen Mansion?"
Shen Zhiyan didn't expect Jiang Cichen to know Luo Wan, so he lowered his head and asked, "Do you know him?"
Luo Wan shook his head and denied: "I don't know him."
Jiang Cichen chuckled: "In the entire capital, I'm afraid you are the only one who can say that you don't know me."
Luo Wan changed her words: "I just met him."
Shen Zhiyan lowered his sword and said to Jiang Cichen, "Everyone has a different definition of acquaintance. In the eyes of others, meeting someone doesn't necessarily mean knowing them."
Jiang Cichen looked at Luo Wan and said sharply, "Weren't you the one who threw the veil at me in Jinxicheng?"
Luo Wan felt like a thousand alpaca horses were galloping through his heart!!!
At that time, she just wanted to show her face so that she could meet the emperor in the future. According to the trend of her previous life, she would have to convert to the court sooner or later. She hoped that the road to conversion would be smoother in the future.
Who would have thought that he would be entangled by this man in the capital. This was obviously a deviation from the trajectory of his previous life. In his previous life, Luo Wan had been in the capital for half a month and had not met Jiang Cichen.
Who would have thought that I would be so unlucky in this life!
Luo Wan looked at him and asked, "It was a cold day and my veil was blown away by the wind and fell to the ground. How could it be that I threw the veil at the general?"
Jiang Cichen took a step forward, leaned slightly, and suddenly a shadow pressed down.
His proximity allowed Luo Wan to easily smell the faint scent on him, the crisp smell of pine wood after the snow.
Seeing Luo Wan standing still, the young man raised the corners of his lips slightly, his smile was shallow but with a hint of amusement: "Not hiding anymore?"
The implication is:
Not acting anymore?
Shen Zhiyan calmly brought Luo Wan behind him and said softly, "Young General, please don't make fun of her."
Jiang Cichen's dark and sharp eyes narrowed slightly, and a hint of unclear emotion flashed across his eyes.
His eyes were extremely attractive, with a chilling coldness that was completely different from his unruly temperament as a young general.
It was no coincidence that Jiang Cichen appeared here tonight, and he knew her last name was Chi, which further proved that Luo Wan's guess was correct: Jiang Cichen had checked her.
Jiang Cichen said, "Master Shen was just attacked on his way back to the capital, and everyone entering and leaving the Shen residence must be carefully investigated. Miss Chi was originally admiring the lanterns with the young master of the Pei family, so why did she suddenly appear in the Shen residence?"
Luo Wan asked, "Does the Major General have to intervene in such a trivial matter as a student looking for a teacher?" She turned and bowed to Shen Zhiyan, "Thank you, Master Shen, for the music sheet."
Shen Zhiyan nodded: "It's getting late, I'll send a carriage to take you."
The two of them sang in unison, completely ignoring Jiang Cichen.
Jiang Cichen didn't think it was redundant, and watched coldly as the servants led the way for Luo Wan.
After Luo Wan said goodbye to Shen Zhiyan, he walked while carefully outlining the path he had just walked in his mind: the winding corridors, the rockery, the guards, and gradually restored the terrain of the Shen Mansion.
Unfortunately, in order to save time, the servants only took the shortest route to enter and exit the Shen Mansion. To find the medical book in this huge Shen Mansion, the terrain that he remembered now is far from enough.
Now Shen Zhiyan is protected by guards day and night, and the assassins who fought with Luo Wan in Jinxi City may be in the Shen Mansion. Kidnapping Shen Zhiyan is no longer feasible.
Even if she managed to use Shen Zhiyan as a threat and get the medical book from Shen Mo, it would be difficult for her to escape from the capital.
After arriving at Chi's residence, Luo Wan took out a silver ingot and said to the carriage boy, "Please tell Master Pei that I have returned home safely."
The servant took the silver, smiled and nodded in agreement.
Outside the west courtyard, Tang Li was waiting at the door holding a hand warmer. When she saw Luo Wan, she pressed the hand warmer into her hands and said, "Miss, why are you back so late today?"
Luo Wan said: "I visited the lantern festival for a while."
Tang Li mentioned what happened today and said with some pride: "Madame Liu from the East Courtyard came several times, but I stopped her at the door and didn't let her know that the young lady was not here."
Just because the people from the East Courtyard didn't have any substantial evidence doesn't mean they won't have any other ideas. Tang Li is just a little girl, and Luo Wan can't let her guard Xu Xuan. He must squeeze out all the value of Xu Xuan before Feng Yuyun remembers this person.
Inside the house, Luo Wan asked, "Tangli, do you still remember who the maids that came with the Ye family's dowry were?"
Tangli was stuffing the heat pad into the quilt and nodded, "Remember."
She was about ten years old when she left the mansion with Chi Wanwan, and was old enough to remember things. Moreover, the maids who came with her as a dowry had been taking care of Chi Wanwan in the East Courtyard, and Tangli was very familiar with them.
Feng Yuyun couldn't wait to sell those maids, it must be because they knew something. If she wanted to find out the truth about Ye's death, she had to start with those maids.
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In the blink of an eye, the day of the palace banquet arrived.
It snowed heavily all day long in the northern capital during the winter, but on the day of the palace banquet, the sky was sunny for the first time in history.
Luo Wan attended the palace banquet not as Chi Jingan's daughter, nor as a student of Hongwenguan, but as an aide to Shen Zhiyan.
Someone from the Prime Minister's Mansion delivered a dress to be worn at the palace banquet. The servant beside Shen Zhiyan was very clever and bypassed the servants in the mansion through the side door without attracting attention.
When the servant handed the clothes to Tangli, he said sweetly, "Young Master said that Miss Chi is beautiful and shouldn't wear plain clothes. This light purple color suits her best. It's bright and charming without being gaudy."
Luo Wan was tall and bright, but she had always liked simple clothes with narrow sleeves. It was not that she did not love beauty, but wide-sleeved fancy clothes were not conducive to saving her life. The few times she wore fancy clothes in her previous life were all for missions.
When she was dressed as Chi Wanwan, she was only wearing the ordinary official lady's attire left by Chi Wanwan. Now, the clothes prepared by Shen Zhiyan for her have changed her whole temperament.
Not only clothes were sent, but also jewelry and brocade shoes.
Tangli was dressing her and looking into the bronze mirror, she said, "Miss, you look so gentle in this outfit."
This was the first time Luo Wan heard someone use the word "gentle" to describe her.
Inside the gilded palace, the royal family and the aristocratic and powerful families sat at separate tables.
On the officials' side, the first row was composed of clan heads, Shen Zhiyan was in the second row, and Luo Wan sat behind Shen Zhiyan.
Almost everyone has arrived. Luo Wan is sitting here in a secluded place, far away from other families.
It is said that the Emperor of the Northern Kingdom has many children, including seven sons and five daughters. However, there is an empty position among the princes on the opposite side.
That was the position of the Ninth Prince, who was rumored to be frail and favored by the eunuchs.
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