Chapter 265 Suspicion
The woman was very happy to see Shi Yu, "It's great to meet the prince here. My little prince has been sick again recently. The princess couldn't bear to see him suffer, so she asked the master to go out and find a doctor.
But the master's heart had long been bewitched by the enchantress in the backyard and he was unwilling to go out. He also heard that the miracle doctor had a bad temper and the servants might not be able to invite him, so the princess had no choice but to come herself.
Who would have thought that they would meet a bad guy on the road? The bad guy lifted the curtain of the princess' carriage with a shiny knife. The princess was frightened and now she dared not go out no matter what.
I wonder where your Highness is going? When will you return to Beijing? Will you allow us to accompany you?
The princess she was referring to was Princess Yanran, the adopted daughter of the late emperor's younger brother, Prince Ling, who had a sickly son from birth.
Princess Yanran was a few years older than Shi Yu. Shi Yu was not very familiar with her, but he was not a stranger to her either. He recognized that the nanny in front of him was indeed Nanny Yu who served Yanran.
After hearing what Aunt Yu said, Shi Yu asked, "How is cousin Yanran now? Has a doctor been called?"
"Yes, the doctor said it was a shock. The princess had been kept in seclusion in the backyard and had never seen such a bloody scene. She fainted on the spot."
The old nanny shuddered as she recalled the scene. She treated Shi Yu like a lifeline, "We only brought a few guards, and they are all useless. This old slave can only beg His Majesty to protect the princess."
Shi Yu thought of the corpses outside the city and the carriage marks, and frowned, "Where did you encounter the fight?"
"It's in a valley outside Yizhou City. I heard that the miraculous doctor had traveled to Ganzhou. The princess was anxious and asked the driver to take a shortcut. But then they encountered something like that. Scared by it, the princess didn't dare go there again. But she felt guilty towards the young master and was so anxious that her eyes were swollen from crying."
Ganzhou again?
Shi Yu and Wei Qingyan looked at each other and asked, "Do you know why there was a fight and how you escaped?"
"When we arrived, we saw two groups of people fighting. Most of them were wearing black clothes and masks. The other group looked like they were dressed as guards and seemed to be trying to stop the men in black."
Yu Ma Ma tried to recall the past, "When I saw this, I was so frightened that I told the driver to turn around. But then a man in black spotted us and got on the carriage.
We came out in a hurry, so we brought three or five people with us. The old slave was worried that the men in black would hurt the princess, so he announced the princess's name.
Fortunately, thanks to the Bodhisattva, that person, perhaps because he was afraid of our status as a princess, let us go."
Shi Yu seemed to be thinking about something, "I'll go see my cousin."
Upon hearing this, the nanny knew Prince Rong would not ignore them, and she breathed a sigh of relief. But then she remembered something and hesitated, "Misfortunes never come singly. The princess was so frightened that her rash has recurred. I wonder if she would be willing to see you."
Shi Yu remembered this incident. Princess Yanran had not been in good health since she was a child. Once she was irritated, she would get a rash on her face, as if she had an allergy, which was not very good-looking.
Shi Yu had seen her fall ill once in the Empress Dowager's Palace, and he understood why she didn't want to see anyone, but in the current situation, he had to be cautious, so he said, "My cousin is not feeling well. Since we have encountered this, we naturally have to go and see her.
Even if he doesn't see us, he can just take a look from afar and ask a few questions outside the door, and that will make you feel at ease."
Nanny was afraid of angering Shi Yu and abandoning them, and she didn't care if she would be scolded by Princess Yanran. She bowed and said, "Your Highness is right. Please follow me."
Seeing Wei Qingyan following them, she took a closer look and felt that he looked familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had seen him.
I just feel that her aura is as powerful as that of King Rong, especially the red lotus between her eyebrows makes her look more majestic.
Early that morning, the princess ordered her to follow her out of the city, so she only knew that Prince Rong had married the girl from the Anyuan Marquis's Mansion as his concubine.
He didn't know that the Protector General was still alive. Princess Rong was the Protector General and was now the Crown Princess.
She had once seen Chang Qingnian from Anyuan Marquis Mansion on the street, but she did not look like the woman in front of her.
She just thought that Prince Rong had another confidante, and because she still needed Prince Rong's protection, she didn't dare to look at her or think too much.
He led the two of them all the way to the door of Princess Yanran's room.
Just as Nanny Yu said, Princess Yanran did not allow them to enter the house. She just cried to Shi Yu through the door about the difficulties of this journey and asked if she could follow Shi Yu.
Shi Yu glanced at Wei Qingyan, and when he saw her nod, he agreed.
After a few more polite words of comfort, Princess Yanran showed no intention of seeing anyone, so the two of them returned to their rooms.
"Is there anything wrong?" Shi Yu asked Wei Qingyan as soon as he arrived in the room.
Wei Qingyan shook his head. "I couldn't see anything through the door, but it was just a coincidence that she went to Ganzhou. She also saw the fight but didn't report it to the police."
If you report it to the authorities, they will not remain silent.
"She probably didn't report it to the police because she was worried about getting into trouble and didn't want to cause any more trouble."
Wei Qingyan knew that Shi Yu was not speaking for Yanran, but analyzing.
He continued, "The letter from my father mentioned that the three men whose bodies the late emperor possessed were all in poor health. People with poor health have low luck and are more likely to be possessed. Children and women also have low luck.
If I suspect that the late emperor possessed a woman's body, would you think my idea is too absurd? After all, he was once an emperor..."
"No." Shi Yu interrupted Wei Qingyan, "Didn't he also possess the body of the two-year-old Seventh Prince? He even possessed a young child. Perhaps he is at the end of his rope.
It’s just that Yanran was the daughter adopted by the Emperor’s aunt after his uncle’s death, and she has no blood relationship with the late Emperor.”
This question came to Wei Qingyan's mind when he ran around the residences of the royal family that day. If the late emperor had planned to take over someone else's body, would he have left a bloodline outside early on just to prevent a situation like today's?
As it is now, even if they knew the conditions for possession, they could only exclude the royal family members, but could not check everyone in the world.
It is so easy for a man to leave his bloodline quietly.
What's more, the late emperor was a man who was good at playing with and exploiting women's feelings. He would not set any bottom line to achieve his goals. Yanran might be the child of the late emperor and Princess Ling, or the child of the late emperor and someone else, and he tried to let Princess Ling raise her.
Wei Qingyan shared his ideas with Shi Yu, who was unable to refute them. This was something the late emperor could do.
"Then let's find another opportunity to meet her tomorrow. Since she wants to follow us, she can't just avoid us forever."
Wei Qingyan nodded. "They hid their whereabouts during the day, which means they are afraid of us. I think they will leave the city at night. Let's go and guard them on the way out of the city."
They continued with what they had not finished during the day, killing as many people as possible. When there were no more manpower available, the late emperor would become desperate and reveal his true colors.
Shi Yu had the same idea, so he ordered two secret guards to stay in the room and pretend to be them. The two of them went to Wang Chen's room quietly.
After a while, three figures flashed out from the back door of the inn.
On the second floor, in Princess Yanran's room, Nanny Yu, who was guarding the bed, suddenly felt her eyelids become heavy and she collapsed on the bed.
A dark figure appeared in front of the bed, "Master, we have lost seventeen men. According to your arrangement, I have ordered them to leave the city separately.
But if that’s the case, it will be even harder for us to find that monk. What if Shi Yu and the others find him first…”
"Then let them go find it. I will follow them and there will always be a chance to contact the monk." Anger burst out in Yanran's eyes.
If they didn't let the secret guards get away, they would be killed by Shi Yu and his men. Who would have thought that after not seeing them for a few years, these two evil beasts would have such powerful martial arts.
The people he had carefully trained were cut like melons by them, so hateful.
The most hateful one is Yilian. Instead of helping his own brother, he gave such a good thing as the Seal of Merit to Wei Qingyan.
He would definitely take back the humiliation he suffered today, double the amount once he found Yilian. He took a deep breath and said to the secret guard, "The most important thing right now is that you find a way to take me to the prefectural prison and the mass grave."
He didn't know how many skills Wei Qingyan had learned from Yilian, or whether he could tell that he had taken over Yanran's body, but if he didn't see them tomorrow, they would definitely become suspicious.
To be on the safe side, he must collect more resentment tonight and cultivate the body of resentment as soon as possible. In this way, even if Wei Qingyan's third eye has been opened, he can use the body of resentment to cover it up. Even if half of it is enough to conceal it.
Prisons and mass graves are the places with the most resentment.
Originally, he kept Yanran's bloodline just in case, and planted the resentment poison in her body as a backup. He never thought that he would actually need Yanran's body one day.
Shi Dehou was forced to do this by Shi Yu and Wei Qingyan, who he treated as pawns, and he hated them so much that his teeth were itching.
Two little bastards!
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