Chapter 43: The Murderer Reveals Himself

  Someone dared to poison Chu Nanyang in the palace, Qing Luan's face immediately covered a layer of frost. "That maid servant has been captured and handed over to Lu Yuan for the time being, but at this moment, the toxin on her body took effect, she fainted, and I haven't had a chance to interrogate her yet."

  "Uh-huh, let's keep this quiet for now." Chu Nanyang nodded, not taking it too seriously, "Can you save her life?"

  "It shouldn't be a problem," Qing Luan said, "The tea water was mixed with an internal poison, its effectiveness has already been greatly reduced at this point, otherwise she wouldn't have just fainted."

  "That's good!" Chu Youyang said, raising his eyes to glance at Qingluo, "And what about Qingteng?"

  Just looking at Qing Luan's calm expression like this, I know that nothing is wrong, otherwise she would have spoken up long ago.

  As expected, Qing Luo said: "Don't worry, County Master, Qing Tong is fine, she was just drugged by someone, I've already taken care of her."

  She paused for a moment, then added: "Or else... shall I have someone send her back to the manor first?"

  Chu Nanyang thought for a moment and then raised her hand to stop her, saying: "Not for the time being, later I may still need her cooperation to perform another play."

  Qing Luan's heart was slightly puzzled, but Chu Mo Yang didn't want to say more, so he just winked at her and temporarily bought some time.

  Qing Luan was a calm and composed person, as long as Zhuo Yu Yang didn't want to talk about something, she wouldn't ask further. This time was no exception, but after glancing around, she couldn't see Tuoba Yunji and felt puzzled, saying: "Princess, wasn't that Princess Yunji with you? Where did she..."

  Chu Nanyang nodded and signaled her to look at the distant flower cluster, "There is a dry well over there, I told her to stay behind and rest for a while."

  Qing Luan's eyebrows furrowed, and a cold, ruthless intent flashed in her eyes. "Is the Princess being forced to take action by this Tuoba Yunji, who is deliberately creating a trap for you?"

  Within the entire capital, no one dared to lay a hand on Chu Junyang, but this person came for Tuoba Yunji. This was an undisputed fact, and it's no wonder Qing Luan didn't get along with her.

  "She would rather come to me for help alone, abandoning others, which means she is well aware of my character and abilities. She's a rare intelligent person who wouldn't do something stupid that would put herself in a hole." Chu Nanyang shook his head without thinking, with a hint of a smile on the corner of his lips, and asked back, "If it was really her trick to kill me first and then revive me, what benefits could she gain once I find out?"

  Qing Lian thought about it and became even more perplexed: "She's an outsider, and on top of that, a woman. Who would be so eager to openly lay hands on her in the palace?"

  "You also said, she's just an outsider!" Chu Jiu Yang said, his eyes narrowing into a smile with deep meaning, "We people in the imperial court don't have to make things difficult for her, a woman whose name is not even known. The murderer must be among those two people."

  Qing Luan furrowed her brow tightly, thinking quickly before saying, "Setting aside the disputes between those three siblings, just looking at that Northern Five Prince, he seems like a man with a good understanding of the situation, and shouldn't be doing something so foolish."

  Fortunately, Tuoba Yunji narrowly escaped disaster. If she had really been poisoned to death in the palace, it would have invited a lot of unnecessary trouble.

  When the time comes, the emperor will definitely not take this responsibility and will certainly throw this hot potato back into the hands of the Mongols themselves.

  Tuoba Guan would not only have to deal with the emperor's pursuit, but also lose a princess under his care, and when he returns, he will inevitably face severe questioning from the King of Northern Mo, which is equivalent to stirring up a hornet's nest for him.

  What Qing Luan could think of, Chu Youyang naturally understood, so he didn't say much at this moment. He just brushed off a small piece of grass clippings on his sleeve and continued to walk towards the exit: "Let's go, let's take a look ahead and see who is secretly causing trouble!"

  Qing Luan nodded and quickly followed up.

  Chu Youyang did not make a big show of it and deliberately avoided the route that the guards would take during their patrol at this time. Even the palace maids and eunuchs walking inside Shoukang Palace all dodged him one by one, and he secretly circled back to the front main hall.

  It was already approaching noon at that time.

  Empress Luo returned to her palace to change clothes, while others were led by palace maids to wait in the Hundred Flowers Garden.

  There were many people and prying eyes, so Chu Xiangyang waited in advance at a corner of the covered corridor opposite the main gate of Shoukang Palace, watching from afar as the ladies and young misses emerged one after another, heading towards the direction of the Hundred Flowers Garden.

  "The eight princesses of Mobei are not among them." Qing Luan said after observing for a while.

  Seeing that most people had already left, Tuoba Rongyao finally emerged with a personal maid at a leisurely pace.

  At the same time, a young maid in green clothes rushed out quickly from the shrubs of a small garden not far away.

  Chu Zhaoyang smiled and nodded, already having a plan in mind.

  With her keen observation skills, she immediately recognized that the maid was one of the four assassins who had attempted to kill her and Tuoba Yunji earlier.

  "Princess!" The maid saw Tuoba Rongyao come out and hastily wanted to say something.

  Tuoba Rongyao only looked at her expression and saw that her face had sunk, but she didn't say anything. Instead, she first led her into the small garden.

  "Wait here!" Chu Nanyang said, and before he had even finished speaking, he quickly followed after.

  Tuoba Rongyao pulled him behind a cluster of lush flowers and asked abruptly, "What's going on?"

  "Yes!" The maid's face turned iron-green, gritting her teeth as she said, "I don't know what the reason is, but it seems like Linlang's poisoning was a mistake. We servants rushed over to help clean up the scene according to the princess's orders, but who would have thought that there was someone else by Sixth Princess's side? That person seemed extremely familiar with the palace environment and took her away, we didn't catch up."

  "What?" Tuoba Rongyao's face suddenly turned ferocious, and he slapped her with his hand. "Was she with someone else at the time? Who was it? Someone familiar with the palace? Was it a eunuch or a palace maid?"

  Touba Yunji's people were all controlled by her, and she thought everything was foolproof, but in the end, there was still an unexpected twist.

  "Not really, judging from her attire, she should be at least a noble lady attending a banquet in the palace." The maid said, covering her face.

  Tuoba Rongyao's face turned pale and his feet stumbled.

  "Princess, please forgive me!" The maid hastily knelt down. "Although things didn't go as planned, it's actually a good thing that she managed to escape now. No one dares to force such a big matter on the princess, no matter what."

  "Rubbish!" Taoba Rongyao cursed.

  Chu Youyang had lost interest in listening anymore.

  Turning around, just about to go over to the corridor where Qing Luan was waiting, I saw a group of several people chatting and laughing as they walked by from the imperial path in front of Shou Kang Palace.

  One of them wore a blue shirt with an unrestrained smile, suddenly ——

  It's been some days since I last saw you, Lord Yanling!

  Digression

  Yeah, La Yanling is coming out and slipping away~