Queen Yun fled from the palace, and the coffin and Yun Yujiao's body were taken away with her.
The demon Taoist Wuji was burnt to ashes, and not even a slag was left. The living dead demon Taoist Wushuang left his body behind and buried himself as well.
Every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor. Yun Qingwu's ghost followed him to collect the debt.
There was a big fire in Zhaixingyuan. Although there were no casualties, it was obviously no longer habitable.
Qing Wu said with disdain: "This place is too shabby, not worthy of me, I want to live in a big yard."
Xiao Chenyan: "Where does the princess want to live?"
"Iris Court."
Xiao Chenyan's expression remained unchanged, but Xu Sui's face changed and he was about to speak.
"Sure?"
"Hmm, Your Majesty is reluctant?"
"T."
Qing Wu curled her lips: "Thank you. Oh, by the way, don't arrange too many servants. I like quietness."
After saying this, she yawned and left, looking as if she was very familiar with the palace.
Xiao Chenyan stared at her back intently, his mind difficult to fathom.
"Your Highness, how can you let her live in Iris Courtyard? Isn't that..." Xu Sui was anxious and was interrupted before he finished speaking.
"Situ Jing." Xiao Chenyan twisted the Buddhist beads tightly: "Is there really a ghost in the world that can possess a corpse and revive?"
Situ Jing touched his nose and said, "Anyway, I have never seen one. Even if there is one, it must be a fierce ghost with many years of practice. If such a fierce ghost were to come back to life, wouldn't it kill everyone?"
"Do you think the princess is a human?"
"She really doesn't look like a human." Situ Jing lowered his voice, "But looking at her behavior today, it seems that she wants to kill Yun Houxing. Maybe it's really Yun Qingwu who has come back to life."
"After all, she was murdered, and yesterday was the Ghost Festival, so it's normal for her to have a fierce aura."
"That's right..." Situ Jing frowned, "The demon Taoist borrowed Zhu Rong's power and suffered a backlash, but she was safe and sound. This doesn't make sense. Ghosts are afraid of fire, and Zhu Rong, the god of fire, specializes in fighting evil ghosts. Logically, he won't let her go."
Xiao Chenyan's eyes showed mockery. Is he specialized in defeating evil spirits?
What about the evil fire in the East Palace that killed hundreds of people?
"Since she wants to seek revenge on the Queen, her goal coincides with ours."
Xiao Chenyan said in a deep voice: "Take this opportunity to scare Yun Houxing. Make sure to find the evidence of his crime of framing the Marquis of Zhenguo before he dies."
At that time, the former crown prince was slandered for colluding with the Marquis of Zhenguo to commit treason. The former crown prince "burned himself" in the East Palace, and the Marquis of Zhenguo's entire family died on the battlefield.
Yun Houxing, a relative of the Marquis of Zhenguo, was the quartermaster in that war. He was also the one who stood up and accused the Marquis of treason, and he rose to the position of Minister of Revenue by stepping on the corpses of loyal ministers and generals.
Xiao Chenyan has been dormant for ten years, and this time he goes to the capital to reopen the old case, to clear the name of the late crown prince, and to clear the grievances of the Marquis of Zhenguo Mansion!
"Your Highness, you should take care of yourself. Your cold symptoms will be the most severe during the Ghost Festival."
Situ Jing kept on talking: "There is now another evil spirit in our mansion. What that evil Taoist said is right. It is hard to predict the mind of an evil spirit. She only wants to kill Yun Houxing now, but that doesn't mean she won't attack others. You..."
"Xiao Chenyan! What are you doing!" Situ Jing's voice suddenly rose.
But the man actually took off the cloak that he wore in hot summer and severe winter. Situ Jing quickly picked up the cloak and was about to put it on: "You are courting death. This fire fox cloak can restrain the evil spirit in your body. You..."
“It’s not cold.”
"What?"
Xiao Chenyan's eyes were deep: "Today, I don't feel cold."
To be precise, it started last night.
He didn't notice it at first, but after half a day, he felt it clearly.
The evil aura was still there, but it was not like before, corroding his bones every moment.
In the past, he had to rely on Buddhist beads and a fire fox cloak to suppress the cold, but today, when he put on the fire fox cloak, he actually felt sweat on his back.
Situ Jing and Li Sui looked at each other.
"Investigate the demon Wuji carefully. Your Majesty wants to know how he is involved in the fire in the East Palace."
"In addition..." Xiao Chenyan paused: "Send Luqiao and Hongrui to serve in the Iris Courtyard."
After saying that, he strode away.
The eyeballs of the 10-year-old are about to pop out.
Situ Jing hissed, "Ju Bu sent Xiao Hong and Xiao Lu over? You are only ten years old. I remember that the three of you were rescued from the hands of human traffickers by the prince..."
He hummed angrily, and said with a sullen face: "I will go find Sister Hong and Sister Lu right now, and tell them to keep a close eye on that woman, and not let her do anything wrong in Iris Courtyard!"
"I was just about to ask, what's so special about Iris Courtyard?"
"It's not special, it's just that the young lady lived in that yard before." The old man muttered in a low voice: "How can the prince let someone else live in it..."
"Which young lady?" Situ Jing patted his head, "The young princess who died early in the Zhenguo Marquis Mansion?"
The old man glared at him.
Situ Jing figured it out, stamped his feet, and cursed: "No wonder I was asked about borrowing a corpse to revive just now, what is this lunatic Xiao Chenyan thinking!"
Not to mention that Princess Qingwu of the Marquis of Zhenguo has been dead for ten years, the little girl was only twelve years old when she died.
Even if he were to revive, he wouldn't be the evil spirit in the mansion after waking up~
Ten years ago, Xiao Chenyan was only seventeen years old, right?
…
This side of Iris Courtyard.
Because the flowering season had passed, the irises in the courtyard only had leaves. However, carvings of irises could be seen everywhere on the bricks, tiles, stones, window frames, and door frames.
It can be said that a lot of thought went into this yard.
Qing Wu walked and admired it, feeling a little nostalgic. It was exactly the same as when she lived there in the past.
The Judge's Pen roared, "You did this on purpose, didn't you?! You didn't want to reveal your identity!"
Qing Wu: "Where did I expose myself?"
"This Iris Courtyard must be related to you. I told you that you were down there before. Why did you always paint these irises for no reason?"
"That means Xiao Chenyan and I have similar interests."
"Just brag. The way he looked at you just now was clearly wrong."
Qing Wu chuckled and stared at an iris lantern hanging on the eaves in a trance.
A deep male voice came from behind me.
"Yun Qingwu."
Qing Wu's eyes moved slightly, but she didn't frown.
The judge’s pen was pointed at the tip of his finger: “What did he say to you? He said Yun Qingwu, not Yun Qingwu, right?!”
Qing Wu lowered her eyes, and when she turned around, she looked puzzled: "Your Majesty, were you kissing me just now?"
Qing Wu stood in the corridor where the sun could not reach, with charming eyebrows and a puzzled expression. She was like a seductive ghost in the dark, evil and lazy.
Xiao Chenyan looked at her eyebrows and eyes carefully, not missing a single detail.
The woman in front of him was very beautiful. Judging from her facial features alone, Yun Qingwu's body was somewhat similar to Qing Wu's when she grew up.
Xiao Chenyan had imagined countless times what that bright little kid like the sun would look like if he could live and grow up.
"Who are you?"
Qing Wu played with her silk hair, "Didn't I tell you, your princess is Yun Qingwu~"
"How did Yun Qingwu know about the existence of Iris Courtyard?"
"I heard about it." Qing Wu smiled sweetly: "Although the prince has been away from the capital for a long time, he has a lot of eyes on the slightest movement in the palace."
Xiao Chenyan looked at her for a long time, and suddenly pulled the corner of his mouth in self-mockery.
He must have been crazy before to have the idea that it might be that little kid who had come back to life.
If he really was that little kid, no matter how he changed, he shouldn't have become such an evil and weird person.
Since you have already agreed to let the person in front of you live in, there is no point in going back on your word.
The warmth in Xiao Chenyan's eyes gradually faded, and his voice was cold: "Don't touch any plant or tree in Iris Courtyard without permission, especially this lantern."
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