Chapter 16: Discovering the clues, Shi Yu likes men
Yuyan Tower did not take extra precautions because of the thieves in broad daylight.
Wei Qingyan easily entered the private room.
Such abnormality made her frown, and Shi Yu became more and more unpredictable.
The late emperor had two faces. Shi Yu was his son. Could it be that he also had two faces, one in front of people and one behind their backs?
Or maybe, even though they had been friends for more than ten years, she had never really known him.
Yes, otherwise how could she not understand why he broke up with her for no reason, and then risked his life to save her at Huangshaling. He must have understood that the prince's private dispatch of troops was a capital crime of treason.
Wei Qingyan stood in the room, not in a hurry to search, her eyes carefully looking at everything in the room.
The things she had messed up in the morning had been put back in their original places, and the entire private room was spotless and tidy.
Finally, her eyes fell on the low couch in front of the window.
It was the only messy spot in the entire private room.
Wei Qingyan walked closer.
She remembered that she had thrown the thin quilt on the couch to the ground in the morning.
Now the thin quilt was put back on the low couch, but it was not folded like the quilt on the bed. Instead, it was spread out on the soft couch with one corner lifted up.
It’s just like... just like when you get up and casually lift your hand.
Did Shi Yu rest on this couch during the day?
Left in too much of a hurry to pack?
wrong!
As a favored prince, Shi Yu was raised with great care since childhood. It was impossible for him to cover himself with a quilt that fell on the ground without washing it.
He has been particular about things since he was a child, and he always thinks she is rough.
Come to think of it, she had also slept on this low couch before.
When Shi Yu was bored, he liked to invite a few people to get together. Occasionally, after drinking a few drinks, everyone would rest here for a while.
She was aware of her female identity and always took the low couch first to avoid having to squeeze on the bed with the men.
Once the floodgates of memory are opened, many things that were once vague gradually become clear again.
The last time they met in this private room was Shi Yu's birthday. He personally went to Wei Mansion to invite her, and then took her and Du Xueyi and others to drink for most of the night to celebrate for him.
As a general protecting the country, drinking was inevitable. Her mother was worried that she would get drunk and cause trouble, so she trained her drinking capacity since she was a child.
That night, Shi Yu, Du Xueyi and others were all drunk and unconscious, and she was the only one who remained sober.
But she was exhausted from taking care of a few drunks, and coupled with the hard training in the camp during the day, she fell into a deep sleep on this couch in the second half of the night...
Wei Qingyan's heart suddenly tightened.
She remembered!
This thin quilt looked like what it looked like when she woke up the next day and lifted it up.
She hurriedly turned over a corner of the thin quilt, and when she saw the place clearly, Wei Qingyan's eyes were filled with shock.
There was blood on the corner of the quilt.
Du Xueyi was drunk and crazy, and he pulled Shi Yu to jump out of the window to compete in martial arts. When she tried to stop him, she accidentally injured her hand and blood dripped onto the thin quilt.
Five years later, the bloodstains had changed color, but they were still there.
When did His Royal Highness Prince Rong, who lived in luxury, become so poor that he couldn't even bear to change a dirty thin quilt!
He didn't even want to wash it!
Wei Qingyan sat down in a daze.
Why did Shi Yu keep the low couch and thin quilt she had slept on?
Is this related to his break with me?
Wei Qingyan took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.
Concentrate and carefully extract and search the scene at that time in your mind.
The next day, she woke up and found everyone still asleep. It was she who woke them up. It was already noon...
wrong!
Wei Qingyan's face turned pale.
She started practicing standing meditation since she learned to walk. Every day she either practiced martial arts or read, learning all the things her father and mother asked her to learn. It was common for her to train with the soldiers day and night.
Getting up at the crowing of the cock (between 3 and 5 in the morning) is her unshakable habit. When has she ever fallen asleep until the sun is high in the sky?
Someone had tampered with her.
This is Shi Yu's territory, a setup by Shi Yu. The person who could have drugged her is most likely Shi Yu.
What does he want to do?
Many speculations arose in Wei Qingyan's mind.
Forcing herself to suppress the doubts in her heart, she searched the private room inch by inch.
Finally, two suspicious places were found.
One place is on the bookshelf in the private room, where there is a storybook hidden.
Elsewhere, on the wooden board of a low couch, there were carvings of two little people sleeping on the same couch.
One person hugged the other from behind.
Wei Qingyan looked at the two little figures on the bed for a long time without saying a word.
Is this the secret of the private room?
Is this the reason why Shi Yu didn't allow them to enter the private room again?
Wei Qingyan closed his eyes, his expression not much better than before...
Not long after returning to Anyuan Marquis Mansion, Du Xueyi came over, "Boss, is there something wrong?"
He was busy with household matters and had no energy to care about Wei Qingyan.
Wei Qingyan had just left in the middle of the night. Du Xueyi couldn't sleep because something was on his mind, so he asked about A Lu's situation during the day.
Although I don’t know why Wei Qingyan burned down Yuyan Tower, there must be a reason.
He never dared to ask how the general came back to life and how he gained the ability to resolve grudges.
But he would ask what the general wanted to do, because there was always a place where he could be of service.
"Xueyi, are you still in contact with Shi Yu? Do you know why he doesn't marry?"
Du Xueyi's eyes widened slightly. He didn't expect her to ask about Prince Rong.
On second thought, it's not surprising. The general and Prince Rong have always had a good relationship, and Prince Rong has done so much for the general.
He replied, "I've been back in Beijing for half a year and have run into you a few times, but we're not as close as before.
As for why he didn't marry, some said that he was in poor health and didn't want to burden others.
Some say that the princess didn't want him to marry a princess from a high-class family, so she chose princesses from less privileged backgrounds. Prince Rong didn't like them, so the relationship has been delayed until now.
There are also claims that he is a homosexual and doesn't like women, but I think this is more likely."
"Why?" Wei Qingyan's eyes showed a dark color.
Du Xueyi hesitated for a moment, then coughed twice and lowered his voice, "I saw him visiting a brothel a few years ago."
At that time, I thought it was just a personal hobby and would not affect their friendship, so I didn't tell the general about it, so as not to upset the general.
But now that the general has returned and asked such a question again, Du Xueyi decided to say a few more words.
"After you died in battle, Prince Rong was very sad... I feel... his feelings for you... seem... seem... to go beyond brotherly love..."
Du Xueyi expressed his meaning with great difficulty.
Upon receiving the news that the general had died in battle, he was in great pain and grief, and wished he could immediately attack Beiling to avenge the general, but he would not be as crazy as King Rong.
He carried the general's body with him for half a year. It was said that he would put the coffin in his tent when he rested at night.
On the day the general was buried, his hair turned white overnight and he was in a coma for several days before waking up.
This made him doubt that Prince Rong's affection for the general was not as the outside world said, but just brotherly love.
Prince Rong likes their general.
Still like the kind to the extreme.
Seeing Wei Qingyan's calm expression, he couldn't help but be curious, "Aren't you surprised?"
"Surprised." Wei Qingyan responded, but there was no trace of surprise in his expression.
Du Xueyi looked at her suspiciously, "You knew this a long time ago?"
"Xue Yi, in the battle at Huangshaling, Yan Qing broke out of the Beiling encirclement with my commander's seal and more than ten secret guards."
They both spoke at the same time.
"What?" Du Xueyi was startled. After hearing this, he no longer cared about whether the general knew what Prince Rong was thinking.
"Then why didn't Yan Qing lead his troops to provide assistance?"
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