Chapter 17: The Traitor in the Palace

Chapter 17 The Traitor in the Palace

Wen Ling was holding a small mirror in her hand, and the scene inside the mirror showed the Wen family.

But only she can see it, no one else can.

To outsiders, Wen Ling was just looking in the mirror.

There was a pile of pastries at her side, all of which were sent by Gu Chenran, from various major shops in Beijing.

These pastries are all very hard to buy, so Gu Chenran asked people to queue up early to buy them.

Wen Ling knew that Gu Chenran was so good to her because she was able to pull out the evil in him.

But it is still very useful. No matter what the reason is, as long as he can understand it and we can get along well with each other.

Wen Ling listened to the Wen family's vicious words without feeling any emotion.

Because the Wen family was about to be in big trouble, she only needed to add fuel to the fire at the right time.

Just when Wen Ling finished watching the play and had just put away the mirror, she heard a voice coming in and saying, "Madam, the prince is here!"

When Wen Ling looked up, she saw Gu Chenran striding in from outside with a bag in his hand.

Now Gu Chenran still uses a wheelchair when going out and can only move freely at home.

Wen Ling asked curiously why, and Gu Chenran said that it was not the right time yet and it was not appropriate to become the focus of everyone's attention.

As soon as Gu Chenran came in, she smiled and said, "There's a bun shop in the east of the city that sells delicious tofu buns, and there's also a roast duck restaurant that has only one roast duck left.

I thought it would be dinner time when I got back, so I just brought them all back for you.

Come and try it and see how it tastes! ”

Just when Gu Chenran put the things on the table, Wen Ling burped.

"belch--"

Gu Chenran put down his food and paused, the scene became a little awkward for a moment.

Wen Ling silently put down the cakes in her hand and said distressedly: "They are all too delicious. You bought a lot. I haven't stopped eating all afternoon..."

Gu Chenran didn't know whether to put the food down or not.

Wen Ling took the food and said, "It's okay. Pastries don't take up too much space. I can eat more later. You must have something to ask me, right?"

Gu Chenran naturally sat down opposite Wen Ling.

He took out a booklet and handed it to Wen Ling: "Take a look at this first. Based on the appearance and name of the treasure you drew, I searched for information in the capital in the past three days.

Basically, I have found them all, but I don’t know if I have found them correctly. Please check. ”

Wen Ling took it and looked through it carefully.

The stack of drawings she had casually given him last time was now carefully copied into a booklet, which contained more detailed information about the treasures of this dynasty, as well as their final whereabouts.

Because it is not clear which one it is, there are many similar ones according to rumors. For example, there are three or four colorful gilded bracelets that are similar yet different.

Wen Ling read it carefully and praised in surprise: "Your Majesty is quite amazing. I see that the earliest information about whereabouts can be traced back to the previous two dynasties.

This information must be hard to find, but it’s amazing that they were able to collect so much information in just three days! ”

Wen Ling felt that Gu Chenran seemed different from the rumors outside.

According to rumors outside, he is a crazy and useless prince who is despised by the emperor.

So, how could a prince who has been crazy since he was eight years old be able to find out such information in such a short time?

Gu Chenran did not hide anything: "I asked my maternal grandfather to look up the information. My maternal grandfather was the left prime minister of the previous dynasty. Unfortunately, several of my uncles had accidents one after another.

Now the whole family is supported by my grandfather's connections in the court.

Otherwise, my maternal family must have a place among the four major families in the capital! ”

"Did your uncles also suffer accidents one after another in a short period of time, just like you?" Wen Ling suddenly asked.

Gu Chenran immediately thought of something, and his face quickly darkened: "You mean, it is possible that someone harmed my grandparents' family?"

Wen Ling looked down at the information in his hand and said without raising his head, "Not necessarily. This kind of situation where a family member suddenly encounters an accident may be due to a problem with the feng shui of the ancestral grave, or they may have caused some trouble without knowing it.

You have to go to the scene to know the specific situation. ”

Gu Chenran pursed her lips, hesitated for a moment, and asked tentatively: "If you have time, can you come with me to visit my grandparents?"

"Take a look. Now let's look for what you need in the capital." Wen Ling kept turning the pages.

Gu Chenran added: "My maternal grandfather's family is rich, and they value several uncles very much. If you can really save them, my maternal grandfather is a very generous person. There are several hot spring villas in the suburbs that belong to my maternal grandfather."

Wen Ling closed the book, looked up with a smile and said, "In fact, we don't spend time looking for things every day. Since it's your grandparents' business, they are all relatives. You can make an appointment some other day and we can go over to take a look."

Money doesn’t matter, what matters most is that I want a private hot spring resort on the outskirts of the city.

Gu Chenran: “…”

He finally discovered that the lady he married was a person who would not act until she saw the rabbit!

Well... that's good too, at least everything you want is out in the open.

She is much better than those noble ladies who appear to be pure and elegant, full of disdain for material things, and actually full of calculations in their hearts.

Wen Ling said, "The ones I ticked in the booklet are very likely what we are looking for, but I'm not sure. I have to see the real thing to know."

Gu Chenran nodded: "No problem, let me see whose house these things are in, and I'll give you a chance to get in touch with them."

He just opened it and took a look, and found that the people who owned these treasures were either rich or noble.

Now he is just a prince without power. It would be very rude for him to suddenly go to someone's house and ask to see their treasures.

These are all heirloom-level items, definitely people wouldn’t want them.

So you have to find a way to contact them, build relationships with them, and then take one step at a time.

In addition, Gu Chenran also thoroughly investigated the entire palace.

Gao Zhi will be hanged to death in Wen Ling's ear room, and thousands of babies composed of evil hearts will be placed in Wen Ling's room to serve as the center of the soul-sucking formation.

Just these two things show that there must be spies arranged by someone else in Prince Chen's Mansion.

Sure enough, after three days of interrogation, seven or eight problematic guards were found.

These guards all came from the forces of various princes.

Gu Chenran also found it funny. This was too much of a compliment to him. He was already a cripple and a lunatic, yet they still had so many people arranged in his palace.

It was really because he didn't care about the matter before. When he turned around, he found that his house had been robbed and the entire palace had been infiltrated like a sieve.

People really do laugh when they are completely speechless, like when Gu Chenran told Wen Ling about the results of the investigation, he couldn't help but laugh first.

Then he said seriously: "But the people who set up the soul-sucking formation in the palace should not be them. They are just a mob and don't have the ability to do it.

Two bodies were found in the back mountain. They should be them, but they were silenced in the end. We have not yet found out the origins of these two bodies. ”

Wen Ling became interested: "Is the body still there? Take me over to see it."

Gu Chenran's expression was indescribable: "Are you sure you want to see it? Forget it, they all died in miserable ways."

Wen Ling smiled: "I am well-informed and not afraid of this."

Gu Chenran thought so too. Wen Ling is so powerful, how could he be afraid of these things? He actually thought that she was weak.

Then, when Wen Ling saw two corpses swollen to giant size in the backyard...

"slightly--"

"slightly----!"

Wen Ling turned around and leaned against the wall and vomited all over the place.

I vomited out almost all the pastries I had eaten in the afternoon.

Then she watched her vomit a bunch of stuff, felt even more disgusted, and vomited again.

Gu Chenran: “…”

He was speechless. He thought Wen Ling was very powerful, but he didn't expect that he was just like this?

He quickly took Wen Ling away from the backyard, poured her a cup of tea, and said helplessly: "I told you that the death was miserable and I told you not to go and see it."

Wen Ling waved her hands and it took her a long time to recover.

She couldn't understand: "Didn't you say that these two guards had been dead for only two days? They were so swollen, how could they have only been dead for two days?"

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