Chapter 364 Deducing the Truth
"Yes, it's like being bewitched or possessed."
Qing Wu thought of those things, and hatred resurfaced in her eyes. "When he was captured during the palace coup, his eyes were glued to Lin Wanzhi. He confessed everything he had done, and only asked Lin Wanzhi to promise him that she would marry him in the next life.
In fact, when he was pestering Lin Wanzhi, my father had suspected that someone had tampered with him. Feng Zhao forbad the raising of Gu, so my father secretly sent people to the southern border to find a Gu master to enter the palace, but nothing unusual was found.
In addition, the emperor's brother, who also had a crush on Lin Wanzhi, was no different from usual. The Fengzhao royal family was accustomed to producing infatuated people, and my father was already dying at that time, so we could only believe that Xiao Pei was obsessed with love.
After saying this, she realized that Wei Qingyan was proficient in esoteric arts. "You ask these questions, do you know what this is all about?"
Wei Qingyan glanced at the national seal in Shi Yu's hand and said, "In the notes my master gave me, there's a spell called the Love Thread spell, which is similar to the love poison in southern Xinjiang.
Anyone who is cursed will be involuntarily be bewitched by the curser and will be deeply in love with the curser. Even if the curser is as ugly as a demon, he will still be as beautiful as Xi Shi in his eyes. Therefore, it is also called the Xi Shi Curse.
The curse will not be broken until the day the heart of the cursed person stops beating."
Qing Wu even gave the national seal to Shi Yu without hesitation, so they could probably trust her. If Qing Wu turned out to be not trustworthy in the end, then they would have no choice but to accept defeat.
After all, it is rare to find someone in the world who can act to the level of Qingwu, and she would rather believe that Qingwu truly loves Shi Yu.
Qing Wu didn't know what Wei Qingyan was thinking. She asked in surprise, "Curse? But how could Lin Wanzhi know how to cast a spell?"
Wei Qingyan didn't know the answer to this question, and she couldn't even understand why the Queen cast a love curse on Xiao Pei.
She asked, "What kind of person is Xiao Pei?"
"Brother Emperor is a gentleman, gentle as jade, giving people a feeling of being bathed in spring breeze. Second Brother Emperor... that is, Xiao Pei, is different. He is passionate and lively.
Even a quiet person like my emperor brother likes to be with him, saying that he is the little sun of the royal family who can warm people's hearts. My mother and Xiao Pei's mother are like water and fire, but my mother likes Xiao Pei very much and often laughs and scolds him as a funny guy.
Even after he had his hair tied up (men in ancient times had their hair tied up at the age of 15), he would often act coquettishly with his father, the emperor, and his mother, and make them smile. Therefore, the elders all doted on him.
But after he fell in love with Lin Wanzhi, he became a completely different person. No wonder the Gu Master couldn't find anything unusual; it turned out to be a curse."
Her narration made Wei Qingyan and Shi Yu think of Xiao Zhian at the same time, and they looked at each other.
Although Xiao Zhian's personality is not passionate, he is indeed lively and he also likes to act coquettishly.
Could it be that Xiao Zhian is Xiao Pei's child?
But after the palace coup, Xiao Pei was captured and sentenced to death. How could he have a child with the queen?
Before the two of them could figure it out, Qing Wu added, "But Lin Wanzhi and the Emperor have been childhood sweethearts. The Emperor was already the Crown Prince, the slated future Emperor. Lin Wanzhi also had feelings for the Emperor, so why did she still cast a curse on Xiao Pei? Why did she let Xiao Pei harass her?"
Wei Qingyan informed Qingwu of the Queen's instigation of Lin Jinzhi's elopement, and boldly speculated, "Can we infer from this incident that the Queen has loved power since she was a child?"
Her eyes swept across Qingwu's face and moved to Shi Yu.
They both nodded.
Wei Qingyan continued, "The Crown Prince is all about power, so Lin Wanzhi has been close to him since childhood. But as the princess said, with a man like Xiao Pei, I'm afraid many women in the Imperial City would admire him, right?"
Qing Wu was shocked. "You mean, Lin Wanzhi married my brother, the emperor, for power, but her true love is Xiao Pei?"
Shi Yu nodded, "That's a reasonable guess."
“How shameless.”
Just the speculation made Qing Wu furious. "How could she be so greedy... Wait..."
Qing Wu seemed to be thinking of something, her brows furrowed deeply, "I remember that when we were traveling together in the past, Lin Wanzhi was often with us.
The emperor brother is the crown prince, and he's not as free and easy as Xiao Pei and I, so it's usually Xiao Pei who takes the three of us out for fun."
Among these three people, in addition to the Queen and Qingwu, the other one is Xiao Pei's sister, Princess Qingyin. However, Qingwu has been very dissatisfied with her sister Qingyin over the years, so she is reluctant to talk about it.
He continued, "Lin Wanzhi was indeed very caring towards Xiao Pei, but at that time, she was our future sister-in-law in our hearts. She treated the three of us equally well, so we didn't think much of it.
However, Xiao Pei mentioned that saying Lin Wanzhi's all-encompassing attitude was just a compliment. The woman he was going to marry in the future would definitely be cold and aloof to outsiders, but warm to him alone.
At the time, I was curious whether he had a crush on a woman when he said this, but his sister was afraid that he would say something else and upset the emperor, so she didn't allow him to say it.
Having said this, she smiled bitterly, and past memories flashed through her mind one by one. It turned out that everything had a traceable path, but who could have expected that there were curses in this world.
She paused again and looked at Wei Qingyan, "Could the living burial in Wutong County also be related to her?"
Wei Qingyan shook his head. "I'm not sure. To be honest, I even doubted the princess before."
Qing Wu's eyes widened as she pointed at herself, "Me? Why?"
Wei Qingyan then told her about the matter of the Venerable and what he had learned from Xiao Zhian that she had a lover, "What a coincidence! Princess happened to go to Wutong County at that time. Princess, could you tell me why you went to Wutong County at that time?"
They checked afterwards and found nothing.
"Master Chu, who is traveling with you, was the man I loved when I was young. On the day Fu Zhuzhu was murdered, he stopped me on my way to Yuepin Palace and told me that he also had feelings for me.
But in the end, the Chu family did not want him to ruin his future by marrying the princess, so they arranged another marriage for him, and he acquiesced.
Over the years, he felt he had let me down, so he often passed on news about the Queen to me. He was the one who passed on information about your affairs in the Wei Kingdom to me."
Qing Wu's face was solemn. "I learned from him the time you would arrive in Fengzhao. I couldn't wait to meet the emperor's two children, so I rushed to Fengzhao ahead of time.
It seems that I am indeed no match for the Queen. Mr. Chu pretends to feel guilty towards me, but in fact, he is still the Queen's man.
Besides him, the Queen, even the Emperor and Xiao Pei didn't know about my relationship with him. If Xiao Zhian knew about it, it must have been the Queen who told him. Why would the Queen tell him such an old story?
Wei Qingyan felt a chill on his back.
The Queen used Xiao Zhian to guide them, mistakenly believing that Qingwu was the Venerable. If Qingwu was not a very affectionate person, if she could not hide her true feelings for Shi Yu, they might have really believed that Qingwu was the Venerable.
She even used Xiao Zhian, so how many other things did she plan? Was Shi Yu stolen, or was everything about Shi Yu in Wei actually under her control?
This is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that Xiao Zhian went out to look for Shi Yu and has not returned to Fengzhao for nearly two years. Could it be that the Queen had anticipated what would happen next before Xiao Zhian left?
"So, the true venerable one is the Queen."
Shi Yu made a conclusion.
Qing Wu was puzzled. "If Lin Wanzhi is the venerable you are talking about, then the lover she wants to resurrect is Xiao Pei? But I saw Xiao Pei's head fall to the ground with my own eyes."
At this moment, Rong Yu knocked on the door and said, "A Wu, I just got the news that Liang Yongan's concubine has been replaced. He has been taken out of the prison and is now hidden in a brothel."
Being called like this in front of the younger generation, Qingwu's face turned red, but she also knew that Rongyu must have just heard her mention the surname Chu, so he deliberately declared his sovereignty like this.
Although Wei Qingyan and Shi Yu were also surprised, they thought of something more important and asked in unison, "Could Xiao Pei have also been switched back then?"
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