C21 Part3

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Shen Zhiyan took the Prince to his resting room, closed the door, and poured hot tea.

Murong Ci took a sip of the tea cup and frowned,

"So, there is no way to investigate the case of Sun Yumei?"

"The murderer did not leave any clues, so it is difficult to trace."

He suddenly thought of something, and said with joy,

"However the murderer deliberately made the world think that this murder was caused by a Cannibal Fish.

So you can look at the whole situation from an overall point of view, and start with the ballad.

In general, these incidents cannot be handled by one person.

There must be many accomplices."

"How do you start with the ballad?

Can you find where the ballad came from?"

She rubbed her eyebrows.

"Your Royal Highness, this song...

do you see anything peculiar in it?"

he asked cautiously.

Seeing his cautious look, she knew what he wanted to say and winked at him.

Shen Zhiyan opened the door, looked outside as if checking nobody was around.

After doing so, he closed the door, then turned around, sat down, and said in a low voice:

"Your Royal Highness also thinks that the ballad points to someone?"

Murong Ci glanced at the window sill, and said vigilantly:

"This Prince has thought of it since they very beginning...

The next sentence of the ballad is:

'Jade(Yù) steals the country'....."

※(N.B.) Here's something important to explain in order to understand this conversation:

In Chinese the kanji used for the word 'Jade' is 'Yù'(玉).

Now, although the Kanji used is different,

the pronunciations of Jade(Yù 玉) and the name of the ML, Murong Yu(Yù 彧) are the same.

So they're suggesting that the ballad is referring to Murong Yu when it's using the word 'Jade' in its lyrics.※

'The ballad lyrics has turned into facts one after another.

If the ballad is really directed at "that person", will there be drastic changes in the next few days?'

Murong Ci imagined it...

The Palace changing suddenly,

blood flowing into the rivers,

changing of leadership,

and the kingdom of Yan ceasing to exist...

She had already let Qin Ruo pass the order, and everyone was on guard and obeyed the order.

Shen Zhiyan had already speculated about this, but he didn't dare to say it easily.

"What's your plan?"

"This Prince can only be extremely cautious and secretly order someone to protect the Emperor Father."

In the past few hours, Murong Ci felt herself as the most profoundly inadequate.

In the past, she kept a low profile in the East Palace, secretly contacted courtiers, managed the World's Greatest Manor and Phoenix Building, and was full of fighting spirit.

But now she discovered that in front of Murong Yu, her strength was insignificant.

The most important thing was that most of the forces of the Imperial Palace Guards, the Capital Defense Department, and the Fourth Battalion of the Gyeonggi were held by Murong Yu, and only the Capital Defense Department may take orders from her.

Today Murong Yu took her back to the Palace, ordered the doctor to treat her, and took her to Dali Temple to inquire about the murder case, and he seemed concerned about her, the Prince.

However, she couldn't see through or guess why he did it...

'Maybe he was just acting?'

A dark tide was pressing her every step on the way.

Also a sense of crisis for the overturning of her homeland grabbed her heart all the time, making her breathless.

"Your Royal Highness does not need to worry too much.

The ballad may not be taken seriously, and the intention of the person behind the scenes is not yet known."

Shen Zhiyan soothed.

"I have been thinking about how it was possible to make blood rain from the sky of the Qingyuan Hall."

Murong Ci's eyes drooped slightly, full of distress.

"I have been thinking about it for a long time now, and I haven't come up with an explanation yet."

He found her face pale and faintly green, and asked worriedly,

"Your Royal Highness, are you feeling all right?"

"It's okay, I just...

It's just that my head hurts..."

She unconsciously held the teacup, as if the remaining temperature of the teacup could warm her cold heart.

Shen Zhiyan probed her forehead with the back of his hand and was taken aback,

"Your Highness, you have a high fever!"

He immediately stood up and pulled her away,

"I will send you back to the East Palace to rest."

Murong Ci did not refuse, and returned to the East Palace under his escort.

Qin Ruo was shocked to learn that His Highness' body was so hot, and he hurried to summon the imperial physician.

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END of CHAPTER 21 PART 3

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