Chapter Fifteen The Truth of That Day

  Yin Sheng furrowed his brow and secretly looked back, as if muttering to himself, yet seemingly explaining to Fei Dian, "His skills are average, he shouldn't be one of Rui Wang's people."

  He didn't notice at all that the distance between him and Fei Dian was less than a finger, his hand still tightly grasping his, in Fei Dian's feeling, such a tense atmosphere suddenly became not tense.

  Fei Yan looked at his furrowed brow and suddenly felt a twist in her heart, a strange and indescribable feeling that rose to the surface.

  He involuntarily reached out his hand and stroked his brow, his movements gentle, as if comforting.

  Yin Sheng didn't understand, turned his face and stared at him, "What are you doing?"

  Fei Yan suddenly came back to his senses, awkwardly putting down his hand, "Uh... why are those people following you?"

  "What do you think?" asked Yin Cheng.

  "What else do you want to know?"

  "What do you think?"

  "......"

  "Are those people not King Rui's men, or are they sent by the State Preceptor?" Fei Dian asked. "Don't ask me how I feel, I don't feel anything."

  "......Alright, it shouldn't be Guoshi, he handed over the official seal to me, no reason for him to send someone to follow me." Yin Chen said.

  "Who could it be?"

  Fei Dian finished asking, and the two guards who were protecting Yin Xiang in the dark jumped down from the roof. One of them walked towards the direction where Fei Dian was heading, while the other stayed by their side to protect them.

  After a while, the guard who had gone to investigate returned and bowed his hands, saying, "Your Majesty, the two people following you are men of Marquis Huan. They said they were afraid Your Majesty would be in danger, so they came specially to protect Your Majesty."

  "Is it from Huan'er?" Yin Chen smiled, "It seems that Huan'er has really grown up."

  Yin Cheng finished speaking and walked towards the direction of returning to the palace, but Fei Dian hesitated for a moment. He felt that something was off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it for the time being. He thought that if Yin Huan knew that Yin Cheng had left the palace, his reaction should have been to follow him himself, rather than sending someone to protect him.

  Fei Yan just thought for a moment and didn't say anything, following Yin Xiang's footsteps.

  ……

  After returning to the palace, it was almost three watches. Fei Dian left Yin Chen and returned to the residence before Ying Wu Zong. Originally, Fei Dian planned to sleep, but seeing the books in this house again reminded him of the insect eggs that Ying Wu Zong had given him to eat, and he couldn't fall asleep no matter what.

  He somewhat dejectedly pulled out a medical book and started flipping through it, but after finishing it he still couldn't find a method to kill the insect eggs. Helplessly, he stuffed the book back in, and listlessly rested his head on the desk, thinking to himself if he would be eaten by insects before completing his mission.

  Fei Yan became increasingly restless, so he put on his clothes and went out for a walk alone in the quiet palace.

  The residence of the Shadowless is not far from Yin Sheng's palace, and the small path that connects the two is covered with medicinal herbs or poisonous plants planted by the Shadowless. It seems that Yin Sheng really dotes on the Shadowless, perhaps this is what they mean by "rising to power through beauty", and it is also the path that one must take.

  Fei Dian wandered aimlessly, and before she knew it, she had arrived at the artificial hill where she first met Wan Guifei. Fei Dian propped up her chin to examine the artificial hill, thinking that since Wan Ying had rushed out from here, she should have also died here.

  The flying electric light flashed to the back of the fake mountain, and what appeared in front was a clear pool, reflecting the sparkling moonlight, and it was possible that Wan Feng drowned here.

  There is no one here, only a few fireflies leaning on the fake hills, and all that can be heard are the croaks of frogs and the rustling of leaves in the gentle breeze.

  Suddenly, the opposite side of the pond seemed to have a sudden burst of flames, Fei Yan initially thought it was an optical illusion, until the fire gradually brightened, and only then did she see a kneeling figure behind the flames.

  He walked around the pond in the direction of the flames, and the person kneeling there did not notice him. Fei Yan quietly walked behind the man, with his hands clasped behind his back, watching silently without making a sound.

  "Your Highness..." A woman dressed as a maid servant spoke up, "His Majesty has sent someone to perform the rites for your passing, you must be about to enter the cycle of reincarnation now..."

  "Niang niang," she said, throwing a pile of clothes and paper money into the fire. "Wan Da Ye is very grieved, he wants to avenge you, but it seems that Your Majesty does not have the intention to investigate the truth, Wan Da Ye is very angry, always saying that Your Majesty is a foolish ruler."

  "Your Highness, you know that although the Emperor is young, he works hard every day for the country's affairs. Maybe now he just doesn't have time to investigate your case," the woman continued, "I know you didn't drown yourself, but who exactly harmed you? If your spirit exists, please appear in Lord Wan's dream and let him avenge you!"

  "You said," Flying Electric slowly opened his mouth, "you know that Wan Xing didn't drown?"

  The maid was startled, quickly turned around, and rushed to kowtow to the flying electric light, begging for mercy in her mouth, "Master spare my life... slave... slave is not..."

  "Get up," Fei Leng coldly commanded, "I'm not some elder, just answer my questions."

  The maid was still a bit afraid, although Fei Yan said he wasn't some kind of big shot, but he directly called the imperial concubine by her name, so he should also be a big shot. The maid trembled and stood up, lowering her head and not daring to speak.

  "You just mentioned Mr. Wan, he should be Wan Cong's father," Fei Dian asked, "You can tell him, Yin Sheng didn't investigate not because he didn't care, but for the greater good couldn't investigate, even if he did investigate, he couldn't move those people, so now he has ordered me to investigate this matter."

  "So the adults were appointed by His Majesty to investigate the death of the noble concubine?" The maid seemed somewhat surprised, and said to Fei Dian, "I knew that His Majesty would not be so heartless..."

  "Never mind about that, what's your name? Why are you here mourning for Wan Feng?"

  "My name is Xiaodie, I am a personal maid of the late imperial concubine, who was brought from the Wan family. When the imperial concubine just passed away, Mr. Wan came to ask me about her...". Xiaodie said, suddenly looking up at Feidian, "Sir, Mr. Wan only loves his daughter dearly and has no disloyalty or disrespect towards Your Majesty, what he said was something a father would definitely say, please don't tell the Emperor, can you?"

  Fei Yan's face was cold as he smiled, "Am I really that similar to a vicious human who would bite his tongue? You tell me now, why didn't Wan Feng drown?"

  "That evening when the Imperial Concubine fell into the water, it was around this time. She said she had a headache and I was sent to fetch some medicine from Dr. Ying that could cure headaches. At that time, the Imperial Concubine was still resting in the palace. I brought back the medicine and passed by this road, but didn't see the Imperial Concubine... no, I didn't see anyone here. This place has always been deserted because Dr. Ying dislikes being disturbed, so Your Majesty usually doesn't allow others to come here often..."

  Because Ying Wutong dislikes crowds, Yin Sheng won't let others come over... He really does love him. Thinking of this, Fei Dian suddenly felt a sense of inexplicable unease, yet he didn't know the reason why.

  "You don't need to say everything in such detail," Flying Electric finally thought that it was because of Little Butterfly's many words that made him uneasy, so he said to her, "Get to the point."

  "Yes, milord." Xiaodie said, "I returned to the palace and didn't find Her Majesty's figure. The other servants told me that Her Majesty wanted to be alone and clear her mind, and forbade anyone from following her. I was worried about Her Majesty, so I searched for her until I found this place, where I saw a somewhat short and stout figure hastily leaving in the distance. Her Majesty is lying on the shore, not moving at all."

  "The slave girl went over and found that the princess was completely soaked, she checked the princess's breath... and found that it was already gone. The slave girl was very scared, in a state of panic, didn't know who to look for, so while crying out for help, she headed towards Shadow Royal Physician..."

  "After hearing the news, Ying Yuxi rushed over immediately. However, when he arrived, Her Majesty's... body somehow fell into the water again. Two guards were standing on the shore, and another guard jumped into the water to hold onto Her Majesty and climbed back up..."

  "Who are these three guards?" Fei Dian asked.

  "I don't know them either, I just know they are all people of Prince Huanshi."

  Fei Dian supported his chin and thought for a moment, so to say that Wan Ying was the first to fall into the water, but for some reason she got back on shore, then fell into the water again. There are only two times she fell into the water, why did this little butterfly say she didn't drown? Fei Dian suddenly remembered what Ying Wu Zong said to him in the Golden Temple, he said that when Wan Ying died, he took a look at her, although it was just a casual remark, he should have seen something too.

  "Did Shadow say anything at that time?"

  "The imperial doctor pressed the princess's chest, then muttered to himself that there was no water coming out of her mouth, so she didn't drown. He gently moved the princess's head, and I saw a deep purple mark on her neck. Then the imperial doctor said the princess couldn't be saved, and he left."

  "Is that all he said?" Fei Dian asked somewhat disbelievingly, "He didn't tell Your Majesty or order you to bring Wan Feng's body back either?"

  "The Shadow Royal Physician said he is only responsible for saving lives, he cannot save those who are dead, and he will never order others around..."

  "Is that so......" Fei Dian thought for a moment before asking, "When you first saw Wan Xiang, did she have the mark on her neck that you mentioned?"

  "This... servant didn't notice..."

  Fei Yan furrowed his brow, in that case, Wan Ying's corpse, or perhaps she was still alive at the time, what had happened to her during the period when Xiao Die was searching for Shadowless? Why did she end up back in the water again?

  Who was that short and stout figure she saw? Why would Yin Huan's guard also appear here?

  For the time being, I don't want to think about that short and fat person. In the flying computer sea, a scene suddenly emerged where Yin Huan viciously pointed at him and said he was going to die. At that time, it was because Fei Dian told him his purpose for coming, and Yin Huan immediately showed extreme disgust, as if in his heart, no one could get close to his brother.

  Wan Ling is Yin Sheng's concubine. Will Yin Huan send someone to kill her because of this?

  Fei Yan suddenly felt a chill from his feet to the top of his head... How could such a small child have such vicious thoughts?

  "Adult... actually, the young lady's swimming skills are very good, so even if Shadow Royal Doctor didn't say it, I and Master Wan would absolutely not believe that the young lady drowned to death," Xiaodie interrupted Feidian's thoughts, then lightly asked, "May I ask if I can go back now?"

  He came back to his senses with a start and nodded.

  "Thank you, sir," said Little Butterfly with a bow. "Please, sir, you must find out who killed my mother and avenge her death!"