Chapter 242: Frightened
Jiang Yunxi's chest tightened. Yes, she had previously guessed that her remaining soul and spirit were suppressed, so she could not sense it. Now it seemed that her remaining soul and spirit might really be on the altar.
"What's wrong with you?" Chu Leyi's eyes were full of confusion. Why did she look so sad? She thought such an expression would never appear on her face.
Jiang Yunxi shook her head. "Wait a minute, I'll get some things, you help me take a look."
The words fell.
She went to the inner room.
She took the paintings that Jinxiu had painted.
"Can you help me take a look at these paintings and see if they have anything to do with the mural you painted?" Jiang Yunxi opened the paintings and showed them to her.
"If you look closely, these paintings are different from mine, but they should be from the same place." Chu Leyi said very confidently after looking at them.
"It seems we have the same opinion." Jiang Yunxi said with a smile.
Chu Leyi frowned, "What are these? They are a mess. Fortunately, I have a good memory. Most people can't remember and draw those murals immediately."
Jiang Yunxi said, "I don't know what it is either."
Chu Leyi thought about the scene when she went there yesterday and whispered, "That underground secret room is very strange. The prince's poor health, could it be related to it?"
Jiang Yunxi glanced at her and said, "Don't ask about things you shouldn't ask about."
She and Zhan Beiyuan had promised Emperor Su Ming not to tell other outsiders about the deathly aura, so she couldn't tell her for the time being.
Chu Leyi curled her lips, "Oh."
"Okay, you can go back." Jiang Yunxi said.
"Wait, I have something else to do."
"you say."
"Well...if I don't choose to marry into the palace, can I really marry someone who favors me in the future?" Chu Leyi asked seriously. She didn't want to marry the third prince at all.
"Of course." Jiang Yunxi was very sure that her birth date destined her to marry well, but this good mainly meant wealth. As for the good relationship, it depended on her own choice.
"When I came to see you just now, my father said he would take me to meet the third prince. He wanted me to marry him." Chu Leyi had a self-deprecating smile on her face. Compared to ordinary people, she had been very happy since she was a child.
You will have no worries about food and clothing, and no need to worry about not having enough to eat or wear warm clothes.
But now that her father was using her marriage as a bargaining chip, she was still heartbroken.
"Is your father planning to support the third prince?" Jiang Yunxi smiled faintly. She heard from Zhan Beiyuan that Emperor Su Ming would announce the crown prince's resignation today.
I didn't expect Prime Minister Chu to make a new choice so quickly.
"That's what he means." Chu Leyi curled her lips. In the past, she probably wanted to marry into the prince's palace. Even if she was a concubine, it was better than other mistresses because of her status and position.
But after seeing what happened to her mother, she wanted someone who would favor her even more.
Jiang Yunxi had an intriguing smile on her face. "Go back and tell your father not to take sides too soon. Also, now that you're back, help me keep an eye on Xu Yinyin."
"Keep an eye on her? No problem!" Chu Leyi had a very willing expression, she must expose her true face.
Jiang Yunxi frowned, thinking that you had ignored my previous words. "Don't confront her head-on, and don't argue with her in front of your father. Sometimes you have to retreat in order to advance. Being too reckless will not win."
Chu Leyi nodded as if he had learned something. "Thank you for teaching me this. I will listen to you."
Not everyone would teach her sincerely like this. Some people around her had a good relationship with her on the surface, but secretly wanted to see her make a fool of herself. When her sister was the crown princess, they all flattered her.
Now that my sister is no longer the Crown Princess, I don’t know how these people will behave in a sarcastic manner at the next banquet.
"Miss Jiang, Butler Bai came to report that Lord Qu from Jingzhao Prefecture has arrived and is waiting for you in the hall in the front yard." Zi Yan's voice sounded outside the house.
When Jiang Yunxi heard Lord Qu, she knew something must have happened, and it was a big deal.
Chu Leyi asked curiously, "What does Lord Qu, the prefect of Jingzhao Prefecture, want you to do?"
Jiang Yunxi put the blueprint away and said coldly, "Maybe someone is dead."
Chu Leyi: "..."
Front yard hall.
"Miss Jiang." Qu Xinwen saw Jiang Yunxi coming and quickly stood up and walked towards her.
"Why does Lord Qu look so frightened? Did he see a ghost?" Jiang Yunxi asked with a smile. His eyes told her that he was still a little scared.
Qu Xinwen nodded vigorously, looking like he was about to cry. "Miss Jiang, this isn't a ghost, it's scarier than a ghost. I've been in Jingzhao Prefecture for nearly twenty years, and this is the first time I've encountered a corpse like this."
"A corpse is scarier than a ghost?" Chu Leyi couldn't help but speak out. She had heard about the death before, and she followed out of curiosity.
"Oh, what kind of corpse is it?" Jiang Yunxi became interested.
"It's not a corpse, no, no, it's a corpse. Only a skeleton is left of the corpse, and all the flesh on his body has been removed by something." Qu Xinwen couldn't help shuddering as he said this.
The report was received at that time.
He took a group of people with him, but when they went in, everyone was stunned at first, then they all turned pale with fear and ran outside, unable to control their retching.
Some people even lost control and fainted.
They had all seen many dead people, but this was the first time they had encountered such a horrific situation.
Chu Leyi: "..."
She couldn't help but imagine such a scene.
Sorry to bother you!
It’s indeed scarier than a ghost!
"So weird? Who is the deceased?" Jiang Yunxi asked calmly. She had seen dismembered bodies, but had never seen bones removed. This was the first time she had seen such a body.
"The Minister of War, Sun Hanyu." Qu Xinwen said.
"All that's left of him is a corpse. How can we be sure it's his?" Jiang Yunxi said.
"Mrs. Sun said she went to the study last night to bring him ginseng soup and told him to go back to his room and rest early. But when she woke up in the morning, he wasn't there. She thought he had gotten up early, so she asked the housekeeper, and he said he hadn't seen him."
"She and the housekeeper immediately went to the study and saw the corpse of Minister Sun sitting on the study chair. There was blood on the ground and flesh cut from the bones." Qu Xinwen felt a chill on his back.
At this moment, the scene of the crime was in his mind, which would probably become a shadow in his life.
"This doesn't prove that the corpse is the Minister of War Sun Hanyu." Jiang Yunxi said lightly. It was just a corpse, although it was in Minister Sun's study.
But it may not be him.
"I came to see you because I thought you could tell fortunes. Could you please calculate his birth date and time to see if he is still alive?" Qu Xinwen stated the purpose of his visit.
"Okay, take me to the Sun family." Jiang Yunxi was very willing to go and see what kind of murderer was so cruel to kill the Minister of War, a second-rank minister in the court.
"Thank you." Qu Xinwen said gratefully.
Chu Leyi hurriedly followed. She had never seen the corpse before. Did she want to go and see?
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