Chapter 104 Jealousy Attacks the Heart
Chen Wen, who thought he was doomed after falling off the cliff, did not die.
His leaving the capital was a lie, his journey to Mount Hua was a lie, and even his death was a lie.
On the day he resigned from his post, Song Zhen found him discreetly in the middle of the night and told him that the Crown Prince wanted to kill him to silence him.
Chen Wen, who had served as the Crown Prince's lackey his entire life, became a pawn at the lowest point in his life after losing his second son and his daughter and son-in-law's family.
Song Zhen said that if he wanted to live, he could help him.
Therefore, after Chen Wen left the capital, he switched the carriages in front of Huashan Post Station. The carriages went out of control and plunged off the cliff. Besides a martial arts master, there was only a corpse on the carriage that had been dead for an unknown period of time and was about the same age and size as Chen Wen.
With a cliff hundreds of meters deep, by the time the prince's men searched for it, at least a month or two would have passed. Who would still recognize it then?
“So Your Highness can rest assured, Chen Wen is safe now,” Fandi said. “Our Mr. Song has shown Your Highness the utmost sincerity.”
At this point, Vandi smiled slightly.
After that, he seemed to shut down, sitting quietly, holding his teacup, sipping it with a smile.
Li Jin stared at him for a long time before getting up and walking towards the door.
He knew that although this boy was carefree and seemed to speak without restraint, he probably wouldn't utter a single word if Song Zhen didn't let him say more.
But because of the boy's appearance, Li Jin had many doubts in her mind, but gradually she found a clear direction.
In the case of the Buddhist chanting, the mercury of unknown origin now appears to have been given to us by Song Zhen.
He pushed open the door, and sunlight streamed in.
Mixed in with the sounds of Chen Xi's laughter from the courtyard.
Li Jin frowned slightly, staring at the two people standing there chatting and laughing, and paused for a moment.
"This flower likes humus, so it's not easy to grow in ordinary yards, but roses are more resilient. If you like it, I can give you a few new branches; they're very easy to grow."
As Chen Xi spoke, she pointed to the newly blooming pink flowers beside her, "Although they are not as noble as peonies, they bloom every month and look very vibrant."
"So Lord Chen is quite knowledgeable about flower cultivation!" Jin Shu looked at his gentle and refined appearance and thought to herself that one cannot judge a book by its cover.
Although in terms of appearance and family background, Chen Xi was at most considered above average in the capital.
In addition, the Chen family has encountered a series of misfortunes recently, and now they are approaching the lower-middle class.
But the twenty-five-year-old man in front of her was reserved, sunny, and knowledgeable yet not rigid, making Jin Shu feel as if he were a friendly older brother next door.
To be honest, Chen Xi herself didn't know why, but the thin and small coroner from the Six Doors in front of her, who had been criticized by her father several times, looked so frail that it was as if she needed to stand aside and protect him.
Every smile and frown inexplicably stirred his heart, making him want to look at her a little longer.
Li Jin stood on the platform in front of the house, watching the two figures retreating, inexplicably enraged, a murderous aura emanating from him. Even Fan Di felt it was unwise to linger there, and quickly bowed and slipped away.
He stared at Chen Xi's profile, which was gazing affectionately at Jin Shu, crossed his arms, and let out a cold snort: "A toad trying to eat swan meat."
Then, under Zhou Zheng's astonished gaze, Li Jin quickly stepped forward and stood directly between Jin Shu and Chen Xi: "Thank you, Lord Chen, for helping my people relieve their boredom."
"This is my man," he said with great emphasis, then looked at Jin Shu with annoyance: "You want to plant flowers?"
The highly charged questioning left Jin Shu nodding with a bewildered expression.
Li Jin snorted coldly: "Tell me what you want to plant, and I'll find you the best seeds. There's no need to trouble Lord Chen; he's busy enough with the affairs of the Imperial Academy."
Before Chen Xi could even speak, he cut him off, saying, "I'm grateful for your help these past two days, Lord Chen. The Six Doors are very busy, so I won't stay any longer."
Before he finished speaking, he walked out of the courtyard on his own, and before leaving, he didn't forget to tug at Jin Shu.
Jin Shu, caught off guard by his abrupt interruption, was stunned for a moment and looked at Zhou Zheng for help.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Zheng also raised his hand, signaling her to hurry up and follow.
If we don't leave quickly, who knows what other strange things the prince might do.
At the main gate of the Imperial College, before leaving, Chen Xi called out to Jin Shu and said gently, "I feel an instant connection with you today. If there is anything I can do to help you in the future, please feel free to ask."
Jin Shu paused for a moment, then exchanged a few pleasantries with clasped hands.
Li Jin stood by the carriage, glancing at the two of them, who were smiling and enjoying themselves, his face terribly gloomy.
“Your Highness.” Zhou Zheng couldn’t stand it any longer. He sat in front of the carriage, looking serious and solemn. “If you keep glaring like that, the rumors in the capital that you have homosexual tendencies will really get out of control.”
Li Jin was startled by these words and turned to look at him: "What did you say?!"
Seeing that he had no sense of self-awareness, Zhou Zheng spread his hands awkwardly: "Seven days later, during the Mid-Summer Festival, the princess insisted on coming out incognito and specifically requested Mr. Jin as her bodyguard."
"If it weren't for the widespread rumor that you haven't married yet because you're interested in a thin man, the princess probably wouldn't have specifically named Mr. Jin this year."
In short, Li Jin's mood worsened.
"She's really being ridiculous." He flicked his sleeve, lifted the carriage curtain, and glanced at Jin Shu again.
Watching her smile and say goodbye to Chen Xi, I felt an inexplicable anger rising up in my head.
“…From now on, you should be the one delivering messages.” He said irritably, “Ms. Jin is associated with the King of Hell, so let her keep her from running around.”
His nameless anger burned all the way from the Imperial Academy back to the Six Doors. Anyone could see that Prince Jing was in a bad mood and wanted to stay away.
Later, after Jin Shu finished organizing the case notes, he took Hu Ben with him and stepped across the threshold of his study. Li Jin's anger was still burning fiercely.
He snatched the two notebooks from her hands and said irritably, "What, is the young master of the Chen family so refined and elegant? Did we hit it off at first sight?"
Before returning in the afternoon, Jin Shu already felt that this person was strange. By evening, how come this strangeness had become even more serious?
She looked bewildered, staring at the flickering candlelight in front of her, feeling as if Li Jin's scorching gaze was drilling a hole in her forehead.
The person in front of her clearly wouldn't give up until she heard an answer, so she nodded in surprise: "Hmm... he's a good person."
Li Jin slammed the notebook shut, put it aside, and said with a sneer, "A good person? Just because I recommended two flowers to you, I'm a good person?"
These words left Jin Shu stunned.
This person is clearly just deliberately picking a fight!
"Your standards for judging whether someone is good or bad are far too basic," Li Jin said, rolling her eyes at her before taking the case notes and opening them again.
But Jin Shu took a deep breath, her voice laced with anger: "Yes, I am of low rank, you are of high rank."
"The most prestigious time was when you stole my jade pendant in the middle of the night."
Li Jin froze.
Jin Shu closed her eyes and took a deep breath: "I am the coroner, His Highness Prince Ye Jing. As a coroner, I can tell whether the jade pendant is real or fake just by weighing it."
"You're such a nice person, so high and mighty. Someone as lowly as me shouldn't offend your eyes!"
After saying this, all the grievances she had felt from being manipulated by Li Jin during this period came flooding back.
Whether it's her ancestral home or the long journey to the capital, she's constantly in debt and risks being discovered as a woman disguised as a man.
She pursed her lips, burning with anger, and turned to leave the study.
Inside the room, Li Jin sat alone, staring at the case notes in front of him, which he couldn't read a single word of, before slamming them aside.
Damn it!
He rubbed his forehead with his palm and took a deep breath.
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