Chapter 34: Capturing the Crown Prince

  I even saw her mouth corners gradually expanding behind her hair, 'exposing' the inside of her teeth, a terrifying person.

  While I still had consciousness, I summoned up the courage and pointed shakily at the person on the water corridor, asking her in my heart: Was it him who made you like this?

  The corpse's hair was parted to both sides, revealing her face. Her swollen face had dull eyes and the smile at the corner of her mouth slowly returned. A chill emanated from her body.

  She held me tightly and looked up through the water surface, just in time to see Crown Prince Xuan Yuan Li on the corridor.

  I was under her arm, feeling her whole body trembling, her body was extremely cold, with a wave of 'yin' energy. Now I'm sure that the prince's death is absolutely related to her, otherwise she wouldn't be so abnormal, and actually shift her attention from me.

  Suddenly, the 'female' corpse went crazy, she clutched my arm with increasing force, she was swimming frantically underwater, as if hiding something? Or as if about to erupt something?

  Then she calmed down, her face slowly turned pale, and her expression also became cold as if it was going to freeze. Even the water around her became cold, her body slowly rose up, and then slowly poked out of the water surface, rising...

  I think the scene the prince saw must have been, on the surface of the water suddenly rising a 'female' corpse, snow-white clothes, thick and long hair, a pair of dull eyes staring at him on the swollen face.

  "Ah......" The prince exclaimed, "If...if...Princess Yulan!"

  The woman's corpse was icy all over, she stared at the prince in front of her, one arm holding me like a puppet doll, and the other hand stretched out...

  "Give me your life..." A cold, trembling voice came from her blood-red lips.

  This was the first time the female corpse spoke out loud, in a voice that could be heard by anyone, an icy and terrifying sound, like a ghostly wail.

  My hair had been washed away by the water and was hanging down like a corpse under the armpit of the female corpse. I slightly raised my head, looking through the gap between my hair at the prince, who was lying on the ground, wailing loudly, his head shaking like a drum.

  "Take a life..." The female corpse's target had changed, no longer wanting me as a substitute for death, but seeking revenge, seeking to avenge herself on the person who had once killed her.

  The female corpse slowly approached the prince, while the dark guards beside him did not appear, it was unknown whether they were controlled by Xuan Yuan Qi or frightened silly.

  "No, no......" The prince saw the female ghost approaching and couldn't help but roll over and crawl backward: "It wasn't me who wanted to harm you, it was someone else, someone else told me to do that. If I didn't do it, he wouldn't have helped me become the crown prince. Ruolan, Ruolan, please, please......"

  The woman's corpse didn't listen to his plea, and instead continued to move forward, her fingernails having grown very long, as if they would pierce the prince's body at any moment.

  Xuanyuan Qi looked around and rushed out: "What's wrong, oh my god, is it haunted? Princess Yulan?"

  Xuanyuan Mu, dressed as a family servant, also rushed out. The female corpse was very afraid of him and saw him rushing over mixed in the crowd, so scared that she turned around and jumped into the water.

  I was still under her armpit, and Xuan Yuan Wu, disguised as a family servant, jumped into the water when everyone wasn't paying attention to him. Underwater, he snatched me away from the 'female' corpse's hands. This time, the 'female' corpse didn't resist that much, seemingly having shifted its target, and also lost interest in me.

  Xuanyuan Mu took me ashore from a deserted place on the other side, while in the pavilion, everyone was still gathered together waiting for rescue. I believe that as time passes, everyone will think that the maid and the house servant both died at the hands of the 'female' water ghost.

  "Everyone, please come out!" Xuan Yuan Qi clapped his hands and the surrounding lanterns also lit up.

  Xue Qiufeng had already prepared clothes for me and Xuan Yuan Mu, we changed into them and came out just in time to catch up with the many officials gathered by the pond.

  "Today, I asked Qi Wang to help perform this play, just to let everyone know that Princess Yu Lan did not go missing back then, but was killed by Crown Prince Xuan Yuan and sank to the bottom of the water!" Xuan Yuan Mu stepped out with big strides.

  "Xuanyuan Ye, did you design this to harm me?" Xuanyuan Li's usual majestic demeanor was gone, his face deathly pale as he sat on the railing of the corridor.

  "Do you need others to design what you're doing yourself? I'm just letting everyone re-understand the Crown Prince!" Xuan Yuan Mu said coldly.

  The ministers whispered among themselves, many of whom were former subordinates of Xuan Yuan, and this time they appeared here to overthrow the crown prince.

  Among these ministers, there are also the current national masters Yang Xi and General-in-Chief Yang Chen.

  Yang Xi originally sided with the Crown Prince, but now his face looked ugly, his eyes scanning the surface of the water without stopping. "King Qi actually raised a corpse in his own courtyard? Aren't you afraid that the Emperor will blame you for this?" Gu Shi snapped back, staring at Xuan Yuan Qi.

  Xuanyuan Qi flicked open the fan in his hand and said, "I've long been prepared for this. As long as I can find the murderer who killed Princess Ruolan, it doesn't matter if I don't remain as the king."

  The national teacher heard this and frowned tightly.

  "National Master, National Master, you know this has nothing to do with me!" The Crown Prince, seeing everyone pointing at him, couldn't help but anxiously seek the National Master's help.

  "Shut up, everything will be decided by His Majesty!"

  I followed Xuan Yuan back to the Wang Fu, he remained silent, only holding my hand and refusing to let go.

  "Are you worried about tomorrow's trial in the imperial court, where the crown prince will retract his confession?"

  "No, I'm worried that after entering the imperial palace, what will you do? Our enemies are all lurking in the shadows, just to enter the palace, you almost died at the hands of 'her' corpse. It's a hundred times, a thousand times more dangerous than here, I'm afraid you'll..." Xuan Yuan Mu looked at me with concern.

  "Don't you believe me?"

  "No, you're doing great, better than I imagined. It's just..." Xuan Yuan sighed deeply.

  "It's not just okay, even if it means death, I'm not afraid, because I have you. With you, this dead person, we are truly a pair." I replied with a smile.

  "You've done so much for me, but what have I given you in return? Not even the position of a princess could I protect for you." Xuan Yuan Mu's voice was laced with despair.

  "You said you'd give me a family, be my kin, that's enough!" Really, it's enough. Although on the surface I don't care, in my heart, I've already considered Xuan Yuan as my own kin. Whether he's human or ghost, he's my kin in this life.

  "Lingxue, thank you for believing in me!" Xuan Yuan Mu stretched out his hand and hugged me tightly.

  The next day, Xuan Yuan Mu took Xue Qiufeng and left the Wang Fu early, today was the day to impeach the Crown Prince, he had to leave early.

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