All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Chapter 109 Why Are You Looking At Me That Way?

Shen Lingxi looked at Yu Zhu thoughtfully, "Is it because of King An's death?"

"That's right." Yu Zhu nodded, "Not long after I ran into that old Taoist two years ago, King An committed suicide. If I'm not wrong, I'm the only witness to this matter, and they will definitely not let me live."

"What do you mean?" An Wang looked at him in astonishment, "How could your death have anything to do with me?"

"Tell me first, what did that old man pretend to be your mother and concubine, and what did he tell you?" Yuzhu looked at him and asked.

"Pretending?" Wang An showed a blank look, "You mean the concubine mother I saw that day was a fake? Are they lying to me?"

"No, it's impossible..." He stood up suddenly, with some panic and anxiety in his eyes, "I... I don't believe it."

With that said, he turned his head and floated out.

Seeing this, Yuzhu stood up, "I'll go and see him." She chased after him.

In a blink of an eye, the two dead souls disappeared from sight.

Shen Lingxi looked up at Chu Yan, her eyes full of helplessness.

"They left." She relayed the conversation between the three of them to him, and finally said: "King An still doesn't believe that he was deceived, so he refuses to say anything."

"It's okay." Chu Yan stood up straight, with no surprise in his eyes, "He has a simple and cowardly personality since he was a child, and it is reasonable to be bewitched by others. Since he mentioned the old way, we should start from the old way to investigate. That's right."

Shen Lingxi still has some things that I don't quite understand, so I want to ask him for advice.

Simply pointing to the dishes on the table, he invited: "Has your Highness eaten before, do you want to eat together?"

Chu Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, but did not refuse.

Since Shen Lingxi was facing the food offered to the two dead souls, he walked to the seat next to Shen Lingxi and sat down.

Shen Lingxi knew that he was obsessed with cleanliness, so she conveniently put her unused bowls and chopsticks in front of him, "The ones I just wiped clean are still unused."

A strange color flashed across Chu Yan's eyes, his thin lips curled slightly, and he thanked him.

Except for the three days in Yinyue Pavilion's lair, this was the first time for the two of them to eat together alone.

Shen Lingxi knew that Da Zhou had a rule of "Don't talk when eating, don't talk when sleeping", so she had to press down on what she wanted to ask for now, and ate in silence.

On the contrary, it was Chu Yan who still remembered the way she, Chun Jun and Mu Huai'an were eating and talking at the Heming Tower last time.

Subconsciously, he imitated Mu Huai'an, picked up a spring bamboo shoot with his serving chopsticks, and put it into Shen Lingxi's bowl.

Shen Lingxi opened her almond eyes slightly, looked at the spring bamboo shoots in the bowl flattered, and blinked.

"Do you have something to ask me?" Chu Yan asked casually.

It seemed that the matter of serving her food was just a random and unintentional act.

It's just that no one knew that he was slightly tensing the phalanx of the chopsticks.

Even he himself couldn't explain why this happened.

Seeing that Chu Yan took the initiative to ask, Shen Lingxi would not miss this opportunity, and no longer cared about trivial things like picking up vegetables.

Her pretty face was full of curiosity, "Does your Highness know which lady King An lost his mother at a young age and grew up under?"

"It was supposed to be brought up under the empress's knees." Chu Yan saw that her expression was normal, with the corners of her lips slightly raised, and went to pick up vegetables, "It's just that the empress was in poor health when she was in the hidden mansion, so she handed it over to Wen who gave birth to King Jin." Side concubine, grew up with King Jin. Concubine Wen has a strong temper and is very defensive. She prefers her own son, King Jin.

"When he was ten years old, Concubine Wen died of illness. At the age of Kaimeng, the concubine took him into the palace to be raised. He is the youngest son of the emperor's uncle. The emperor's uncle has no requirements for his studies, and the eldest princess treats him like a child. Since I was born, I often took him out of the palace to play, and after a period of carefree days, I still wanted to go out of the palace wholeheartedly, so the emperor gave him a Prince An mansion."

Shen Lingxi's eyes were filled with sorrow.

This King An seems to live in the royal family with rich clothes, fine food and supreme honor, but in fact, he has not received much love since he was a child.

"How does the emperor treat King An?" Shen Lingxi asked again.

Chu Yan's voice was very weak, "The emperor's uncle had two other sons besides him. Wei Wang and Jin Wang were both very smart since they were young, and they were the most favored by the emperor's uncle. I have never been treated poorly by the emperor's uncle."

"It's just that after King Wei and King Jin died one after another, the emperor's uncle could only hope that King An would enter the East Palace, so he began to be strict with him. Therefore, after King An committed suicide, the emperor's uncle has always had a grudge, thinking that it was he who treated his son. Too harsh and harsh."

When Shen Lingxi heard this, she lost the mood to continue eating.

She put down her chopsticks, raised her eyes to look at Chu Yan's cold and indifferent face, her eyes showed a bit of probing intent, and she hesitated to speak.

Although there is no emperor in this world who does not want his son to succeed him.

But now, the person sitting on the crown prince's seat is the one in front of me.

Listening to his calm narration, it is really strange that the emperor wants his son to take his place.

Seeing Shen Lingxi's beautiful eyes, Chu Yan tensed his jaw.

His Adam's apple rolled, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Shen Lingxi hesitated for a while, and finally asked the question in his heart.

"Your Highness is not worried. If it is revealed that the death of King An was a conspiracy instead of a witchcraft curse, the emperor will rekindle Yi Chu's mind?"

Speaking of this, she paused, and tentatively said: "Instead of doing this, it's better to let Zhao Dong go for now, let this case be settled, at least the emperor will be afraid of Emperor Li's curse, and dare not do anything to His Highness."

Chu Yan didn't expect that what she was going to say was this.

His eyes were slightly cold, and his dark eyes stared at her for a moment: "In your eyes, is he the one who will do whatever it takes for the position of prince?"

"Or are you greedy for life and afraid of death, and let those people pretend to be gods and play ghosts, hiding behind the scenes?"

Shen Lingxi: "..."

She subconsciously wanted to shake her head and deny it, but she felt that her denial seemed impossible.

What kind of person he is, how can she really know.

It is said that people's hearts are separated from their belly, and people know their faces but they don't know their hearts.

But... if you think about it carefully.

Getting along with this person in front of me these days, listening to his words and watching his actions, is indeed not like the kind of mediocre person who only cares about having fun, enjoys all the glory, wealth, and royal privileges, but never fulfills the obligations of the royal family.

Her heart relaxed a little.

Since Chu Yan won't let the villain go for the crown prince, maybe he won't wrong the little aunt, a good person, because of those witchcraft rumors in the future.

In this way, her chances of rescuing her little aunt in the future will be slightly higher.

"Of course not, I believe His Highness."

Shen Lingxi smiled at him, poured a glass of water, and put her hands in front of him.

"Your Highness is magnanimous, upright and selfless, and will not be that kind of villain who will do anything for power."

Her tone was gentle, with a hint of flattery.

Chu Yan looked at her with a prickly smile, but her palm-sized face was flattering, and her thin lips showed a slight helpless arc.

Of course he could see that she probably misunderstood him just now.

But somehow, I figured it out again.

Chu Yan would never argue with her because of this little misunderstanding.

He stretched out his hand, took the cup of tea, and took a sip.

I still don’t forget to use a falsely indifferent tone, deliberately emphasizing: “It’s good to know what kind of person Gu is. From now on, you just need to stand by Gu’s side and watch, no matter who wants to take something from Gu’s hand, you have to Let's see if he has the ability."

At this moment, Chu Yan's handsome sword eyebrows slanted into her temples, her starry eyes flickered, and there was a yearning spirit between her brows.

Shen Lingxi's eyes jumped.

I don't know if it was her own delusion, but at that moment, she saw the superior person who controlled the world on Chu Yan's face, so she was so life-or-death.

The two exchanged a few more words, and she was planning to ask him about that "Princess Zhang"——
"I've found you." Mu Huai'an walked in from the outside panting, and hurriedly bowed to Chu Yan, and said as if facing a big enemy: "The emperor just called me to ask questions, and asked Miss Shen to divination about the corpse. matter, is it true?"

(End of this chapter)