What are you doing here?
What? !
Jiang Jingyuan was startled when he heard this and confirmed again, "It was when I first emerged from your killing zone that I saw a smiling woman in white in the water. Didn't you sense her presence?"
Perhaps because he had lived for too long, Xu Qinglin carefully recalled for a long time before slowly speaking: "The method of integrating humans and magic tools is not perfect. The emotions at the core of the magic tools are too powerful. It was not difficult for me to stay awake every moment before.
“But after I first met you, I never fell into that state again.
"But I have never sensed the existence you are talking about."
Jiang Jingyuan's heart sank to the bottom. That smiling woman was indeed not that simple.
However, this was also expected... Jiang Jingyuan quickly adjusted his state and nodded at her. Just as he was about to teleport out of the killing zone, he suddenly heard her say seriously: "There is one thing I am serious about."
Jiang Jingyuan paused and couldn't help but look sideways at her.
Xu Qinglin's voice was instantly tinged with laughter as he said, "Following that person is truly lacking in virtue."
Jiang Jingyuan: "...?"
"No..." Jiang Jingyuan subconsciously complained in his heart, "You have never worked under him, how do you know he lacks virtue?"
But she didn't say much. Jiang Jingyuan said helplessly, "Okay. I'll be leaving first."
"Remember to get some water when you are about to go ashore." Xu Qinglin reminded slowly.
Jiang Jingyuan's eyes paused for a moment, then he understood.
…………
At night, large patches of orange-red lights almost drown out the bright moonlight.
At a glance, the shimmering waters seemed boundless, and the noise of people was noisy. Jiang Jingjian, who was in the crowd, and Jiang Jingqian, who was standing at the end of the group, couldn't help but look worried and anxious.
Jiang Jingjian couldn't bear it anymore. As soon as he moved, the people on both sides surrounded him silently and trapped him.
Suddenly, the worry and anxiety on Jiang Jingjian's face disappeared. His face turned gloomy and he stared coldly at the people in front of him. He didn't say anything, but his expression was already questioning.
"Second Prince." Someone said with a smile, "If His Highness Jing Yuan is found, the first thing he will want to see is you. If you leave, I'm afraid it will make His Highness Jing Yuan uneasy."
Jiang Jingjian had a cold face and did not respond. He just frowned irritably and turned his head away.
Seeing that he was not going to make any more moves, the smile on that person's face became more sincere. He winked at the people on both sides, and they all retreated.
Jiang Jingqian, who was standing at the end of the crowd, saw this scene from afar. He clenched his fists anxiously, and then he suddenly loosened his hands and carefully raised his feet to retreat into the darkness behind.
"I can't just sit here and wait to die." Jiang Jingqian lowered his head and thought secretly.
He had to quickly find someone to deliver a letter to Rong Xiang!
"Stop it."
The woman in gorgeous clothes standing in front of the crowd folded her arms in front of her, without turning her head, her sharp eyes staring at the shimmering pool water, her red lips slightly parted, and she gave a cold order.
Almost at the moment she finished speaking, the orange-red flames suddenly shook. Jiang Jingqian squinted his eyes at the dazzling light that almost rivaled the sun and moon in brilliance, and his backward movement froze instantly.
In front of him, countless people holding lanterns turned around and stared at him.
Jiang Jingqian froze in place instantly.
In the dead silence, everyone turned their heads and looked towards the Tianshui Pond in front of them.
Jiang Jingjian, who was blocked by the crowd in front, never looked back. Looking at the water, his face was unconcealedly gloomy, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Jiang Jingqian, who was standing at the end of the crowd, didn't move. He thought with a grim expression, "Your Highness Jing Yuan, please don't come out..."
However, the next moment, as if a splash of water broke through the boundless water, a pale hand grabbed the shore.
Under the cover of night, many people's hearts skipped a beat as they watched the hand clinging to the shore. After a long time, the waves almost calmed down, but no one came out of the water.
What's going on...? Everyone stared at the hand.
Jiang Jingjian frowned, swung his sleeves, and was about to step forward, but before he could take half a step, he was stopped again. Jiang Jingjian immediately shouted angrily, "Get out of here!"
"Don't worry, Second Prince. Our people will investigate." The man from before put on a smile again and said slowly, "We can't let you take any risks!"
Jiang Jingjian's face was gloomy, and his hands under his sleeves were clenched into fists and trembling slightly. He was so angry that his expression twisted for a moment, but he could only be stopped in place and unable to move.
In the freezing darkness, Jiang Jingyuan had been in the water for so long that he could barely distinguish between hot and cold.
In the blink of an eye, a sudden, cold breeze blew, and Jiang Jingyuan shivered. Her senses returned, and she blinked, the water droplets clinging to her eyelashes falling. She looked up and saw a group of people standing in front of her, holding lanterns.
Jiang Jingyuan knelt on the shore, not surprised at all.
She thought absentmindedly, "How did they find out about my disappearance so coincidentally? Did someone tip me off? Or was this all planned from the beginning?"
"Your Highness Jing Yuan, Your Highness Jing Yuan?"
Jiang Jingyuan came back to his senses and looked up to see a palace servant walking out from a distance. He approached with a lantern in hand and asked with a smile, "Your Highness Jingyuan, this is a forbidden area. Why did you come here alone at night?"
Wow... Jiang Jingyuan subconsciously wanted to raise his eyebrows after hearing this, but no corresponding expression appeared on his face.
She didn't rush to speak. Instead, she turned her eyes and saw a figure in gorgeous clothes in front of the crowd. Jiang Jingyuan pondered, "Le Gexiao, Jiang Jingzong's biological mother. Is she her? Is that smiling woman related to Le Gexiao? Otherwise, why would she bring people here at this time to wait for an opportunity?"
"Your Highness Jing Yuan? Your Highness Jing Yuan, Concubine Le said that this time it's fine, but don't break the rules again." The palace servant in front of Jiang Jing Yuan said with an unchanged smile, straightened his back and was about to retreat.
"Are you convicting me outright?" Jiang Jingyuan came back to his senses and complained calmly, "You're using the centuries-old ban and the fact that I'm walking alone at night to pressure me? So many people go to Tianshui Lake every day, why don't you convict them one by one..."
Jiang Jingyuan knew that Le Gexiao brought these people here to block her, not because he really wanted to punish her, but just wanted to suppress her in terms of momentum - after all, if they really dared to punish her, in the end, no one knew who would be punished.
Jiang Jingyuan's mind was filled with a thousand thoughts, but in reality, they only lasted a moment. Without waiting for the person in front of her to retreat, she suddenly said, "Empress Le, someone in the palace wants to kill me."
“?!!”
The palace attendant, who had just raised his foot to retreat, abruptly stopped moving, staring in astonishment at the dripping figure before him. The smile on his face instantly vanished without a trace. The palace attendant froze for a moment before remembering to turn his head and look at the woman in gorgeous clothes standing not far behind him.
Le Gexiao and her men stood where they were, not moving forward. She turned her raised right hand back and forth, looking down at the nail polish on her hand. When she heard the girl's words, she looked up casually.
"oh?"
Le Ge smiled and raised an eyebrow, his voice expressing neither joy nor anger, as he motioned for Jiang Jingyuan to continue.
Jiang Jingyuan straightened his back and looked directly at her face. He spoke clearly, word for word, "A woman in white clothes who was always smiling."
Jiang Jingyuan saw Le Gexiao's brows furrowed rapidly, a trace of contemplation flashed across her eyes, and then she opened her red lips slightly: "Continue."
"Not her?" Jiang Jingyuan's mind moved.
Yes, if Le Gexiao could be related to that smiling woman, then how could she just be a concubine in the deep palace?
When Jiang Jingyuan got this result, his heart immediately calmed down.
Jiang Jingyuan paused, his eyes still fixed on Le Gexiao's smiling face, and continued seriously:
"Tonight I was in the palace when a palace maid came to report someone outside. I didn't see them, but the palace door opened and the woman walked in. After I made eye contact with the woman, I didn't know what happened. When I regained consciousness, I was already standing by the pool. I tried to leave, but turned around and saw the woman again. When I regained consciousness, I was already in the water."
After a pause, Jiang Jingyuan's body trembled. In a voice that was soft but loud enough for everyone to hear in the quiet night, he said gratefully, "It's a good thing you came. The water was too cold, and I didn't have the strength to climb out."
As she spoke, Jiang Jingyuan was about to drop two little pearls. She blinked, paused, decisively raised her sleeves to cover her face, and lowered her head.
Jiang Jingyuan lowered his head, his whole body wet like the water ghost in folk legends.
When the wind blew, she shivered uncontrollably, sneezed, and suddenly became pitiful, very soft and harmless.
Suddenly, there was silence by the pool.
Lights flickered in the crowd, and no one spoke, but many people looked cautiously at the figure in gorgeous clothes standing in front of them.
The girl in white huddled by the pool, head lowered, and stopped talking.
No one saw that there was no panic on the girl's face buried in the darkness, and her eyes were very calm.
In fact... when Jiang Jingyuan was talking to Le Gexiao, she also thought about whether she should tell the story of an ordinary palace maid who was instructed by someone unknown to her to be so bold as to murder the princess, but in just a moment, she changed her mind and told the original fact.
Regardless of whether Le Gexiao's actions today were prompted by someone, as long as Jiang Jingyuan tells the story of the smiling woman in the palace, someone will definitely investigate -
Jiang Jingyuan just wanted them to investigate and help her investigate!
That smiling woman was too strange. Jiang Jingyuan couldn't guarantee that the Rong family alone could find out the truth.
The more people the better. It would be best to let the person behind the scenes that Rong Yejin hinted at and the man in black whom she met in the magic weapon killing realm at the bottom of the pool go to investigate.
That woman didn't even disguise herself, she just showed up in the palace so brazenly without letting anyone notice anything was wrong... No matter who ordered such a weird thing, there would definitely be someone else to investigate.
——This is why Jiang Jingyuan basically told the whole story of his experience tonight.
She just wanted to emphasize that the palace maids did not notice anything abnormal about the woman, but instead came to report it to her!
And… Jiang Jingyuan's eyes flickered in the shadows. "You want to use the ban and your strange whereabouts to pressure me, so I also point out that your appearance here is very suspicious, right? You are colluding with outsiders to kill me…
Otherwise, how could you come at such a good time?
The cold wind blew in gusts, and the Tianshui Lake was dead silent for a long time.
Suddenly, a gentle female voice came from afar, breaking the deadlock by the pool——
"What are you guys doing here so late?"
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