C16 Part1

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Upon hearing this, the Palace people agreed, saying that the Blood Jade from heaven was sung in the ballad, and it must be a disaster from heaven.

Master Gu Huai waved his hand and pressed them down, asking them to be quiet, and said with dignity:

"The origin of these Blood Jade still needs to be thoroughly investigated.

Moreover, what happened in the Palace has nothing to do with the songs sung in the city.

It's just a coincidence.

You people can't talk nonsense that will give discomfort to the people's hearts."

Liu An is the chief attorney, and it is his responsibility to control the mouths of Palace members.

Therefore, he solemnly said:

"Have you heard clearly?

Master Gu hasn't thoroughly checked it out yet.

It seems you're quite free and have nothing better to do, don't you?

If you dare gathering again to make irresponsible remarks and talk nonsense about the blood jade from heaven, these officials will not be merciful."

The Palace people bowed their heads,

"Yes."

Master Gu Huai and Shen Zhiyan walked around Fengtian Temple, but they left without finding any other clues.

Murong Yu was very busy with government affairs, so he went back to handle them.

Murong Ci hurried back to the East Palace to change clothes, and then left the Palace.

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At the gate of the Palace, the carriage moved slowly, but suddenly stopped.

Qin Ruo lifted the blue bamboo curtain and saw Shen Zhiyan in a snow-white brocade standing outside the Palace gate.

People can feel his spring breeze smile before they can even see him clearly.

Normally he'd be a clear and gentle young man but whenever he smiled he would become even more charming and fun.

"Your Royal Highness, it is Lord Shen."

Qin Ruo said with a smile.

"I know..."

When leaving Fengtian Temple, Murong Ci gave him a wink.

Shen Zhiyan bowed into the carriage, smiled and sat down, with a clear and elegant posture,

"How come Your Royal Highness suddenly has such a weird idea?"

Murong Ci raised his eyebrows,

"You guess."

He understood her heart perfectly and his eyebrows were full of bright light,

"Your Royal Highness has nothing to do all day, and to check this weird matter is to pass the time?

Moreover, with such a weird thing such as the 'Blood Jade from heaven', you get to use more your brain, and stimulate it, making it more agile in the long run.

There is no harm in it."

Qin Ruo pursed her lips and smiled,

"Could it be that Lord Shen is the roundworm in Your Highness's belly?"

"I have followed Your Highness for many years, which means I can still guess one or two things about Your Highness' actions."

Shen Zhiyan smiled confidently and blinked at her with a romantic look.

"By the way, Your Highness, these days I have developed a fresh new way of eating beef.

When Your Highness wants to and has the time, I'd love to show them, and personally cook it, so that Your Highness can try it."

He said again, with great interest.

"Okay, in that case, let's go today after this."

Though the blood jade in the pool of blood in Fengtian Hall kept haunting her mind, Murong Ci decided not to rush things.

"What's the fresh new way to eat it?"

Qin Ruo's gossip heart was hooked and asked curiously,

"Last time, with Lord Shen's roast duck, this servant still has endless aftertastes memories of it."

Murong Ci still remembered his new way of eating roast duck from last time, thinking about when to eat it again:

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He had spent two hours making the roast duck.

After the roast duck was out of the oven, he had used a clever knife method to follow the muscle texture of the roast duck and the characteristics of each part, peeling off the skin and meat of the roast duck piece by piece.

Then he had wrapped the sliced duck with vegetable leaves, dipped it in sauce, and put it in his mouth...

However, that time, when they were enjoying the crispy and charred deliciousness of roast duck, he had to say:

"Actually, the knife method for cutting off roast duck is similar to autopsy.

You must hold your hands firmly and treat roast duck gently and delicately, and don't damage roast duck or carcass... "

He was so immersed in his own world while talking excitedly that when he turned his head suddenly, he saw His Royal Highness and Qin Ruo had rushed out, vomiting against the wall....

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"Lord Shen, this time please don't talk about autopsy while eating beef..."

Qin Ruo pleaded bitterly.

"The post-mortem investigation is the ultimate pursuit of my life.

It has been integrated into my life, eating, clothing, housing, transportation, sleeping and bathing..."

Shen Zhiyan said spittingly, with his hands dancing and rolling in the air, like a high-ranking lone speaker to his crowd of listeners.

"..............."

Murong Ci looked out the window, not wanting to talk to him ever again...(※lol)

"..............."

Qin Ruo rolled her eyes silently, and turned her head while covering her face. (※lol)

After a while of his monologue he felt a bit of embarrassment and stopped talking. Whenever his mouth opened, he would talk loudly and people around him would always turn around or leave silently...

He asked going back to the topic:

"The Blood Jadedescending from the heaven in Fengtian Hall...

What could Your Highness find there?"

"What did YOU find instead?"

Murong Ci asked rhetorically.

"Neither I nor Master Gu found anything in the Hall."

Shen Zhiyan's eyebrows moved slightly,

"But I found a set of footprints on the grass on the west side of Fengtian Temple."

"Yeah, this Prince also found it out, and it should be a man's footprints."

"But this set of footprints doesn't mean anything.

Fengtian Temple is enshrined and guarded.

It is not surprising that Palace people would go and walk on the Fengtian Temple grounds."

She nodded, staring at his eyes:

"I agree. This Prince also feels that it is not that simple."

After exploring all the way, they soon arrived at the Jinji jade shop, one of the five major jade merchants in Luoyang City.

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END of CHAPTER 16 PART 1

.....................to be continued