Chapter 332: Joining the Game
The carriage entered the city in the evening.
Shi Yu got off the carriage first. When he turned around to support Wei Qingyan, the servants in the mansion came over to help them take the things in the carriage.
The servant lost his balance and the bamboo basket fell to the ground, spilling the ingots and incense sticks inside. The servant knelt down and begged for mercy, "I deserve to die, Your Highness, spare my life."
Wei Qingyan's face darkened, and he only said, "Don't do it again."
The matter is over.
Qing Wu frowned upon seeing this.
After entering the courtyard, she said, "If you are so easy to talk to, these servants will think you are easy to bully, and your actions will only become more ridiculous in the future."
How heavy could a bamboo basket filled with ingots and candles be? How could it have been accidentally overturned? I'm afraid someone wanted to take a look at what was inside.
This house was bought by the Queen, and the people in charge are the Queen's people. So who are these servants working for? Qingwu can figure it out with just a little bit of thinking.
"If he is punished, people will probably say that the prince is cruel and inhumane." Wei Qingyan said slowly, but there was a trace of anger in his heart.
Do they suspect that the bamboo basket contains a porcelain bottle?
After hearing this explanation, Qing Wu also realized that they were outside the gate. Shi Yu and the others had just returned to Fengzhao. He was afraid that everyone was staring at him, and his every word and action might be used by someone with ulterior motives to make a fuss.
Putting aside the inner story behind it, it is indeed not a big mistake to accidentally make a mistake. If he is punished severely without hesitation, it will make Shi Yu appear narrow-minded and unkind to the people.
The prince is unkind, so who will benefit from it? Is there any need to think about it.
Besides, no matter what was in the bamboo basket, the servant would have had a chance to see it if he returned to the mansion, but he overturned it outside the door, which might mean he had some intention of plotting against the two of them.
Fortunately, the two of them were patient and could think of this. Qingwu felt that Wei Qingyan and the others were smarter than herself. There were other ways to punish the queen. She felt a little relieved and stopped talking. She went back to teasing Cao Yizhao as usual.
When she made him cry loudly, she also seemed to be very angry with Cao Yizhao. She shouted that she wanted to find Shi Yu to complain, so she took the opportunity to go to the two of them.
Wei Qingyan showed her the booklet of reward from the palace.
Qing Wu read carefully, word by word, without hesitation. When she saw the words "Jiao Ren Bottle", she pointed and said, "Where is this? Let me take a look."
"It was originally in my bedroom, but I liked it, so I moved it to the study." Wei Qingyan replied. Qingwu was asking about the one that hid the remaining soul of Fu Zhuzhu.
"What's wrong with this porcelain bottle?"
Qing Wu frowned, "Take me to have a look first."
This is the moment he has been waiting for, so Wei Qingyan will not hesitate.
After seeing the porcelain vase clearly, Qing Wu's eyes were filled with anger. "To actually send a dead person's belongings to you, what a dirty mind you have."
Wei Qingyan pretended to be surprised, "Dead?"
Qing Wu pointed at the image of a mermaid on the porcelain vase and said, "This porcelain vase is not a precious thing, but the painting on it was created by a hermit.
Look at those mermaids, their upper bodies are stunningly beautiful like fairies, and their clothes are also different from ours. I heard that the master called them mermaids, saying that he drew them based on what he saw with his own eyes in another world.
After the painting was completed, the master disappeared without a trace. After many twists and turns, the porcelain vase was presented to the emperor by the people below.
Everyone wants such a novel thing, and I am no exception, but my father gave it to the favored Concubine Yue at that time.
It is said that Concubine Yue liked it very much and placed the porcelain vase in her bedroom to admire it every day, until one day the maid beside her hit her head on the porcelain vase and died.
Since it involved a life, Yuepin was reluctant to throw it away. Besides, it was a reward from her father, so she did not dare to throw it away. She put the porcelain bottle into the warehouse and never took it out again.
After my father passed away, Concubine Yue also passed away not long after. It was probably after her death that the porcelain vase was taken back by the Imperial Household Department."
Unexpectedly, I would be sent to the Prince's Mansion.
Qingwu's hands were clenched tightly under her sleeves. Lin Wanzhi was really great. He was not her biological son after all. She put such a thing in Shi Yu and the others' bedroom. Was she hoping to bring bad luck to them?
Wei Qingyan and Shi Yu looked at each other.
So this is the case. Were their previous guesses wrong? Did the Queen not know about Fu Zhuzhu's death?
But that's not right. Fu Zhuzhu's soul is in this porcelain bottle. The servant just overturned the bamboo basket, which also shows that there is something strange about this matter.
That servant is the queen's man. Who else but the queen dares to order the queen's men around?
Looking at the residual soul in the porcelain bottle again, after hearing Qingwu's words, it seemed to be going crazy again.
Wei Qingyan calmly handed over a talisman and asked curiously, "This porcelain vase is only half a person's height. How could the maid die by hitting the vase? When did she die?"
"It's a coincidence. It was during that chrysanthemum viewing banquet. I heard that the maid ruined the new dress that Concubine Yue was going to wear for the banquet, and she was punished more severely by Concubine Yue.
She was filled with hatred and wanted to destroy Yuepin's beloved thing even if it meant death. However, she didn't know whether the porcelain vase was too strong or she was just unlucky, but she died like that.
There was quite a bit of blood on the porcelain vase, but I hadn't taken a close look. I heard Fu Zhuzhu was looking for me, and I didn't have the urge to look at dead people, so I left.
But she met someone she had admired for a long time on the way, so she was delayed for some time. When she went to look for Fu Zhuzhu again, she heard that she had left the palace with her father.
If she had gone to look for Fu Zhuzhu in time that day, would she have been able to comfort her and prevent her from making the foolish mistake of committing suicide?
Guilt welled up in her heart again, and Qingwu no longer had the heart to say anything more. She said to Wei Qingyan, "The study is where you often come. This thing is unlucky after all. Find a place to put it."
Thinking of Wei Qingyan's ability in occult arts, she added, "If you can dispel the bad luck above, then I won't say anything."
Then she finished checking the rest of the booklet. Seeing nothing unusual, she returned it to Wei Qingyan and changed the subject, "You said Fu Zhuzhu asked you to visit her grandmother? Can't she go herself? Could it be that ghosts also have constraints?"
Wei Qingyan glanced at Canhun, and seeing that she had no objection, he nodded.
The lazy smile that was always on Qingwu's face gradually faded, replaced by a hint of coldness. "If she appears in your dream again, please tell her that since she has chosen to die, the past is already in the past. Why bother clinging to it? It would be better to be reborn into a good life and start over.
If her death was not her own will, please appear in my dream and tell me that no matter who the victim is, I will avenge her.
The Liang Fuzhu I know is never a weak person. Instead of being a ghost, she becomes a coward.
"Qingwu, wuwu, Qingwu, you are still so good to me..." The remnant soul burst into tears again.
Wei Qingyan nodded slightly.
There was no need for her to relay the message. The remnant soul heard every word, but still had nothing more to say.
Looking at this remnant soul, Wei Qingyan had already guessed the cause of her death, but he also felt it was extremely horrifying. Just thinking about it made him feel his soul was broken.
After Qing Wu left, she stroked the porcelain vase and said, “Someone might have suspected that you were in this porcelain vase, so they overturned my bamboo basket.
This means that the other party is either monitoring this porcelain vase or your grandparents. Liang Fuzhu, I'm afraid that the thing you are trying to cover up at the cost of your life will no longer be covered up."
"It's my fault. I shouldn't have let my sister take me out because I missed my grandmother and the others so much."
The remnant soul sobbed, "Did I also implicate my sister? I'm sorry."
Wei Qingyan shook his head, "It has nothing to do with you."
Those who want to plot against her and Shi Yu will know that even if she doesn't fall into Liang Fuzhu's trap, there will be other things waiting for her.
"You have been lingering in the world for many years after your death. Your soul should have been scattered long ago, but a trace of your soul still remains, waiting for me to come. This is our fate, and it is also God's favor to you.
I thought you wanted to protect your murderer before, but after meeting the old lady today, I finally understood that you didn't want to tell the truth, and what you really wanted to protect was your grandparents, right?"
"How did you know?" The remnant soul showed a shocked expression, "Then sister, can you help me protect them?"
Wei Qingyan nodded, "I'll try my best."
The remnant soul seemed a little shaken, and asked again, "Sister, you said that there is a future life, is that true?"
"Everything depends on human effort. At least you have an afterlife."
"I want the afterlife, even in my dreams." The remnant soul shed tears again, "I will tell my sister everything, please help me."
When Wei Qingyan came out of the study, it was already late at night, and Shi Yu was standing at the door waiting for her.
Seeing her red and swollen eyes, he picked her up with a distressed look and said, "Go back and rest."
However, before he reached the bedroom, Dong Zang came running over, “Prince, Princess, something happened.
The Marquis of Zhenbei led his men to the door, shouting that the Crown Princess had poisoned the old lady and demanded her life.
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