Qin Ke took the letter and went to the Second Prince's villa.
The Second Prince was being held back elsewhere by Xu Zhi's men, so Qin Ke easily met Yang Shuhuan in the villa.
Yang Shuhuan was surprised, and she called out somewhat guiltily, "Brother Qin."
Qin Ke noticed the guilty look on Yang Shuhuan's face and asked directly, "Did the Seventeenth Princess ever harm you?"
Upon hearing this, Yang Shuhuan initially wanted to argue her point.
Qin Ke continued, "What will you gain by harming her?"
"Or do you know about your own origins, and you consider all the princesses in the Jin palace to be your enemies?"
"That's not how it works."
Yang Shuhuan's only target from beginning to end was the Seventeenth Princess, because only she was relentlessly pursuing Qin Ke, and she could sense that Qin Ke was attracted to her.
However, Qin Ke was unknowingly attracted to someone.
"If it's not like that, then what is it? Because of you, she was exchanged to Liang! Because of you, she can never go back now! Yang Shuhuan, you are terrifying!"
Yang Shuhuan just covered her face and cried, as if being questioned by Qin Ke like that made her very sad and upset.
Qin Ke suddenly burst out laughing. He had almost forgotten that even if he found Yang Shuhuan, so what? Even if she was the one who instigated it, so what? If someone wanted to protect her, it would be a simple matter of a word.
Sure enough, the emperor's message soon arrived from the State of Jin.
The gist is: Princess Seventeen was ill and died in Liang. It was her own fault for being weak; she had no one else to blame. The Qin envoy should stop investigating for a murderer, because there is no murderer; Princess Seventeen simply died of illness.
The State of Jin also sent a new envoy to prepare to retrieve the remains of the Seventeenth Princess.
Xu Zhi looked at the people from Jin. He was the eunuch of Liang, and he couldn't overstep his bounds.
And why was that letter in his room? Who delivered it?
Once Xu Zhi thought that she might be alright, he didn't want to care about those schemes and plots.
Besides, even if he doesn't make a move, Qin Ke will eventually.
Xu Zhi watched as his men completed the handover of the 'Seventeenth Princess's' body, then turned and left.
The second prince had been watching from the side the whole time. How come this person didn't go crazy?
Some time ago, because of the Princess of Jin, Mingming cleaned up all the spies planted in the Eastern Depot and arrested many people.
However, after the people from Jin arrived, Xu Zhi did nothing.
The second prince was completely baffled, but he had no time to think about it now, because Xu Zhi had arranged a lot of trouble for him.
Yang Shuhuan didn't say another word to Qin Ke, and Qin Ke also gave Yang Shuhuan a cold look and ignored her the whole time.
One day, Yang Shuhuan finally couldn't take it anymore. She stopped Qin Ke and said to him, "You just regret it, don't you? You just resent me, don't you? Yes, it was all my fault. I just didn't want her to use her princess status to follow you around without restraint, ignoring everyone's opinions, wanting only to love you wholeheartedly. Just because she's a princess, she pursues you, annoys you, and you can't refuse her, you can't let anyone drive her away!"
"Qin Ke, everything I did was for you! Didn't you also find her annoying and want some peace and quiet?"
"I've never found her annoying."
Qin Ke held a green bamboo pouch in his hand; this was the first time Seventeen had given it to him.
Yang Shuhuan left in a daze, because Qin Ke said, "I will not hate you, nor will I resent you. For the rest of my life, I will only love her."
Not long after, Yang Shuhuan was found hanged in her room.
In the Qin residence, Qin Ke held a memorial tablet inscribed with "Deceased Wife Seventeen" as he listened to a servant beside him say, "Master, she is dead."
"Okay, go down."
Qin Ke slowly hugged the memorial tablet tightly and whispered, "Seventeen, I'm sorry, please wait for me. I can't go down to see you right now. I need to do more good deeds to accumulate more merit for you so that you can be reborn into a good family in your next life."
Liang Kingdom
Xu Zhi didn't do much during this time. He just read books, played chess, and when he had free time, he would go to the prison to interrogate a few prisoners. Or he would discuss the recent war in the court, keeping the Ministry of War extremely busy.
Ah Li even wondered if this person had forgotten about her.
However, when she once again stole a large chicken leg from Xu Zhi's room, she suddenly realized that he might know she wasn't dead.
Otherwise, where did the big chicken leg in his room come from?
That night, Ahri decided it was time to lay his cards on the table.
Xu Zhi was able to climb to the position of Grand Eunuch, so his intelligence must be far beyond that of an ordinary person.
At night, Ah Li lay on Xu Zhi's bed, her head covered by the blanket, occasionally peeking out to look at the person sitting under the lamp reading a book.
Xu Zhi had already heard the commotion from the bedside, and this person was even less inclined to hide.
Furthermore, his guards at the Eastern Depot were too lazy; they didn't notice the rats in his room at all.
The guards standing outside the door were about to smash their bowls in frustration. You two practically said it was your little romantic gesture, but they were just so clueless.
Xu Zhi didn't linger any longer. He took off his outer robe and extinguished the candlelight in the outer room.
Ah Li covered her head with the blanket again, listening quietly to the sound of Xu Zhi approaching.
Someone lay down on the other side of the bed, and Ah Li immediately jumped up and threw herself and the blanket into Xu Zhi's arms.
Xu Zhi also hugged Ah Li tightly, his heart pounding loudly. He held her for a long time before finally saying, "Aren't you going to hide anymore?"
Ah Li nestled against Xu Zhi's chest, "Did you already know?"
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