After Chen Yuan'er left, Li Han stayed in the mansion doing nothing as usual. Every day he just ate, slept, or lay down. He felt like he was going moldy.
Li Han thought of a few more reasons to ask Lu Li to let her go, but they were all rejected, saying that if she was bored, she could ask Shen Yuaner to come and accompany her more often.
In fact, Li Han also wanted Shen Yuaner to come every day, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. After all, it was not nice to ask her to run back and forth every day. Moreover, although women had many common topics, chatting every day would still be a bit boring.
So Li Han returned to her previous state of "confinement", and Lu Li would come to see her from time to time.
Before, she asked her forces to investigate Shen Lingli, and soon got the news that Shen Lingli was not at the border. She bribed the people at the border to conceal the fact that she had returned to Beijing.
Bribed the people at the border?
"Then have you found out how Shen Lingli bribed the people at the border?"
"No, all the news along the way has been erased. It seems someone did it deliberately, and they acted extremely cautiously. The information we have so far was obtained from the leader of a border checkpoint, which took a lot of effort. Other information is completely unavailable."
Li Han frowned. Bribing the people at the border was not an easy task. Even with her current ability, it was not easy for her to conceal her secrets from the checkpoint guards and enter the capital unnoticed. However, Shen Lingli, a demoted official lady with no money and no power, could actually do such a thing.
The more Li Han thought about it, the more strange it seemed to her. If Shen Lingli had been able to accomplish this solely through her own abilities, then wouldn't the power she had been building up for so long have become a joke? Therefore, there must be some other power secretly helping her behind the scenes.
However, even if he wanted to use Shen Lingli, he should have seen the value of Shen Lingli. But now she is just a demoted person and cannot return to Beijing without being summoned. Even if she returns to Beijing, her situation is probably worse than that of an ordinary citizen. What use is she to? Li Han was puzzled.
"So what did Shen Lingli do after returning to Beijing, and where is she now? Have you found out about this?" Li Han continued to ask.
“After Shen Lingli smuggled back to Beijing from the border, he directly entered Ruyi Pavilion.”
"Ruyi Pavilion?" Li Han was puzzled. "What the hell is this Ruyi Pavilion? I've never heard of it."
"This Ruyi Pavilion is a jewelry store that has only recently opened. I checked its background and found that its owner is just an ordinary person, nothing special. The customers coming and going in this store are nothing special either. It's just an ordinary store."
"An ordinary store?" Li Han snorted coldly. "Would an ordinary store take in someone who had smuggled back to Beijing? Let's investigate carefully. As long as there's a problem, there must be a loophole. There's no such thing as a completely leaky wall. We'll eventually find something!"
When things are out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy. Li Han simply didn't believe that Ruyi Pavilion was just an ordinary jewelry store. How could an ordinary store have such close contact with Shen Lingli every day? It was very likely that they were the ones who had sneaked Shen Lingli back to the capital.
There must be a force behind the Ruyi Pavilion that she is unaware of. As for the intention of the person behind it to subdue Shen Lingli, Li Han has no idea. The previous assassination in the hunting ground might have been done by this group of people.
These are all Li Han's unilateral speculations, but the only thing Li Han can be sure of is that the capital city may be about to change, and it seems that he really needs to be extra careful in the future.
Xie Su went to the Western Regions as Hua Yunyun requested. He had done missions in the Western Regions before, and he had his own way of traveling back and forth to search for things. He easily found out about the poisonous insect that Hua Yunyun mentioned, and successfully got it without any effort.
"This is the poisonous insect you want that can bewitch people. It is a mother and child insect. As long as you give the child insect to someone, you can control that person's mind through the mother insect. But you must be careful when using it. Don't let the child insect fall on yourself, otherwise the mother and child insects will go crazy on the same host, causing the host to explode and die." Xie Su explained to Hua Yunyun in detail how to use this poisonous insect and what to pay attention to when using it.
Hua Yunyun took the box containing the poisonous insects and raised the corners of her mouth slightly: "I know, I will be careful!", and a sinister look flashed in her eyes.
In order to successfully plant the poisonous insect in Prince An's body, Hua Yunyun would go to see Prince An almost every few days. Prince An's Mansion was an aristocratic family, so naturally there were many people paying attention to it, so many people knew that Hua Yunyun often went to Prince An's Mansion to see the prince.
Many people were talking about how Hua Yunyun wanted to get close to Prince An and then turn a ugly duckling into a phoenix. They were all pointing fingers behind Hua Yunyun's back, but Hua Yunyun didn't care. A little impatience can ruin a big plan, so she always acted as if she didn't care.
As for Shizi An, he had always had feelings for Hua Yunyun and wished to see her every day, so he was not disgusted by Hua Yunyun's coming every now and then. Instead, he was very happy and thought that Hua Yunyun must have feelings for him, so he tried to please Hua Yunyun in every way.
"Your Highness, Yun'er made some pastries for you this time. Some of them are made for the first time. I hope you can point out any parts that don't taste good so I can improve them!" Hua Yunyun opened the food box and said to Prince An.
Every time Hua Yunyun went to see Prince An, she would bring some food with her. She made the food herself every time. After all, she had to put a poisonous insect in the food and couldn't ask anyone else for help.
"Everything Yun'er cooks is delicious, and I like it all. You have worked so hard to make these meals for me these days. In fact, I am already very happy that you can come to see me, so there is no need to go through the trouble of doing it yourself." Shizi An took a bite of the pastry and said gently to Hua Yunyun.
Hua Yunyun smiled and said, "As long as Prince An is happy, then it's worth it no matter how tired Yun'er is!"
Prince An was deeply moved and quickly held Hua Yunyun's hand and said excitedly: "Yun'er is so sincere to me, I will never let you down!"
Hua Yunyun nodded in response. Suddenly, Prince An felt a slight headache and his expression became grim. Seeing this, Hua Yunyun knew that the poisonous insects had almost been planted. She pretended to be very worried and asked, "Your Highness, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
"It's nothing, I just have a slight headache. Maybe I caught a cold." An Shizi waved his hands to indicate that nothing was wrong, but his head hurt more and more. Finally, he fell to the ground, curled up and rolled on the ground with his head in his hands.
Because Prince An wanted to be alone with Hua Yunyun, all the servants and guards around him were sent away, and now only Hua Yunyun and Prince An were left.
After a while, Prince An, who had been rolling on the ground, suddenly calmed down, stood up, and had a blank look in his eyes. Hua Yunyun was overjoyed to see this.
The insect took effect.
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