Chapter 516 A Perfect Lie
Xie Yanqing picked up a white piece and placed it on the chessboard.
"I've always been wrong about one thing: just because someone disdains lying doesn't mean they can't lie. Only someone like that can make a perfect lie."
Grandfather, the Xie family once had a chance to rise to great heights, but unfortunately, we didn't seize it.
Grand Tutor Xie picked up a chess piece and said, "It seems I misjudged him."
Xie Yanqing smiled and said, "I guess the news that she is still alive will soon be known to everyone. And all of this was planned in advance. She wanted people to know that she was dead, so that everyone would only know that she was dead. She wanted people to know that she was alive, so that everyone would be able to find her whereabouts quickly. In this way, she completed a long-lasting and shocking deception."
Grand Tutor Xie made his move, saying, "Yan Qing, you are the most intelligent child among the Xie family's grandchildren. If you were not a woman, you would surely rise to great heights in the court."
Xie Yanqing's lips curled up, "Grandfather, things are different now. Precisely because of my womanhood, I will bring the Xie family back to its former glory in the near future."
In a small courtyard a thousand miles away, Qin Shi'an was huffing and puffing as he threw firewood into the fire.
Liu Yiyi squatted down to one side, "How about I do it?"
Yue Shu asked, somewhat unsure, "Are you really sure you can do it?"
Yuecheng carried over some more firewood.
"You two are making a big fuss over nothing. How bad can a roasted sweet potato be?"
Qin Shi'an looked at Yue Cheng and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother. I feel comforted."
The four waited for a long time before finally pulling out the cooked sweet potatoes.
Liu Yiyi and Yue Shu both looked at Yue Cheng.
Yuecheng scratched his forehead and looked at Qin Shi'an.
"Junior sister, you should try it first."
Qin Shi'an was speechless and peeled open a sweet potato.
Then, looking at the three of them, he said, "It's delicious."
Yuecheng immediately took a bite with great excitement.
Then his eyes lit up, "That's really good."
Only then did Liu Yiyi feel relieved enough to put it in her mouth.
Then he smiled and said, "Senior sister, have a taste."
Yue Shu looked at the expressions on the three people's faces, and then slowly pushed the sweet potato aside.
He just watched the three of them quietly.
A moment later, Yuecheng couldn't help but spit out the sweet potato in his mouth.
"Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey!"
Liu Yiyi and Qin Shi'an quickly spat out the sweet potatoes in their mouths.
Yuecheng said with a look of disgust, "Junior sister, it's lucky that you lost your sense of taste when you were poisoned before, otherwise your tongue would definitely have committed suicide."
"The smell was terrifying," Liu Yiyi said, still shaken.
Qin Shi'an sighed, "It seems that people still have to accept their mediocrity."
Liu Yiyi shook her head repeatedly, "You are anything but ordinary. You can make such an amazing taste from sweet potatoes."
Yue Shu looked at the three of them with an arrogant expression and said, "You three think you can fool me?"
Qin Shi'an sat down on the ground, "I want to eat Grandma's roasted sweet potatoes."
"If you want to eat it, why don't you go back to Beijing?"
A familiar voice sounded from behind.
Qin Shi'an turned around.
Xiao Saijin and Fatty were standing at the entrance of the courtyard, leading their horses.
"Grandma, Fatty!"
Fatty, his face contorted with rage, charged forward in a single stride.
"You little brat, you faked your death without even telling us! Do you know how worried we were!"
Fatty's fist carried the force of tearing through the air.
But it was blocked by a mechanical arm.
Yuecheng quickly said, "General, my junior sister's martial arts are gone, she can't withstand your punch."
Fatty was taken aback, looking at Qin Shi'an who was smiling behind him.
"Fatty, it seems I won't be able to kill you even in ten years."
Xiao Saijin walked over with red eyes and hugged Qin Shi'an.
"Good child, you've suffered."
Qin Shi'an smiled and said, "I survived, Grandma."
Qin Shi'an was not surprised by their appearance.
Xiao Saijin patted her head.
Without saying anything more, he picked up the sweet potatoes from the basket and put them into the fire.
Fatty looked at Yuecheng and said, "May I borrow the kitchen?"
Yuecheng took Fatty to the kitchen.
At this moment, Chaofeng appeared in the courtyard.
"Master, the news of your death is probably not going to be kept secret any longer. Several factions in the capital are already searching for your whereabouts."
Qin Shi'an nodded calmly, "No need to stop them, I'll wait for them here."
"yes!"
Xiao Saijin looked at Qin Shi'an, "Jinzhi, do you still want to go back to the capital?"
Qin Shi'an squatted down beside Xiao Saijin, "Now that you've come here, you should already have the answer in your heart."
Xiao Saijin's eyes were filled with sorrow. "I thought my thoughts were different from those of my sister-in-law, but after hearing the news of your death, all I want is for you to be safe."
Qin Shi'an rested his head on Xiao Saijin's shoulder.
"But Grandma, we'll see the light of day soon."
Xiao Saijin chuckled softly, tears welling in her eyes.
Yue Shuyue and Liu Yiyi were happily eating roasted sweet potatoes.
At this moment, Fatty came out of the kitchen carrying a plate.
He stood beside Qin Shi'an and said, "Here you go."
Without even looking, Qin Shi'an knew that the plate contained peony-shaped exquisite cakes.
But when he took it, Qin Shi'an was still taken aback.
Instead of peony patterns, the designs on the paper are chubby little daggers.
The fat man said somewhat awkwardly, "You always wanted my dagger when you were little. It was a gift from Ah Jin. I can't give you the dagger, so you can have some pastries instead."
Qin Shi'an watched him taunt as he stuffed the Linglong cake into his mouth.
The fat man sat down to the side and asked, "When are we going back to Beijing?"
Qin Shi'an shook his head. "It's not time yet."
Fatty looked at her and said, "It's not time yet. You've been faking your death for half a year now, and those kids have made a mess of the capital."
Qin Shi'an nodded calmly, "Fatty, you've been by your grandfather's side for so many years, how come you're still not used to it? Everyone goes crazy when it comes to imperial power."
Fatty looked at Qin Shi'an and touched his bald head.
"What if there's a possibility of competing with His Majesty?"
Qin Shi'an stood up with a smile, "Fatty, if we're talking about the political stage, my grandfather and grandmother and I are the ones with shared interests. We've never been enemies, but what I've done does have the potential to rival His Majesty. After all, I am the true successor of those two supreme figures in the Jin Kingdom, a direct descendant of the same lineage."
The fat man laughed loudly, "How arrogant! That's how a daughter of the Qin family should be!"
After he finished speaking, he stood up and said, "Where is my room? I'll get up early tomorrow morning, and if my martial arts skills are gone, I'll practice again."
Yuecheng led Fatty to his room.
Liu Yiyi looked at Fatty and whispered to Yue Shu, "Fatty is too calm. He accepted that Qin Shi'an is not dead so quickly."
Yue Shu smiled and said, "The soldiers who have been through many battles are used to life and death. In the past few decades, many old friends have passed away. This is the greatest magic of time."
In the Thousand Birds Division, Cui Ying listened to the Thousand Birds Guard's report.
"Commander, we have detected a possible appearance of the Crown Princess in a small town a thousand miles away."
Cui Ying suddenly stood up. "I don't want speculation, I want concrete information. Keep investigating!"
"yes!"
When she returned to her residence that evening, she saw Zhao Wuji, who looked delighted, and asked, "You found out too?"
Zhao Wuji was taken aback. "That's right."
Cui Ying looked at Zhao Wuji, "If she really wanted to hide, she wouldn't let anyone find her. She deliberately revealed a flaw to make us investigate. What is her purpose in doing this? What can we do for her?"
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