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Chapter 583: Extremely Doubtful (Fat Chapter)
The table was filled with delicious food, extremely rich, but in Pomegranate’s eyes - what delicious food was that? Could it be that they were all poisonous?

Thinking of the poison, Shi Liu couldn't help but glance at Li Yan opposite him. At this moment, he had taken off his hood completely, revealing his half-white and half-black hair. Coupled with his pale face and that horrible look, Shi Liu couldn't help but mutter, this man looks like he's been severely poisoned?
If you are really poisoned, why don't you think about detoxifying quickly?
He went through so much trouble just to see her. She knew he hated her. If he hated her, why not just fight her with a knife? Why did he go through all this trouble?
If you don’t know, you would think they are really old friends!
But, these dishes can't be poisonous, right? Is this what it looks like if you're poisoned?
Shi Liu held the hand warmer tightly and refused to touch the chopsticks.

Across from him, Li Yan poured himself a glass of wine, looked at Shi Liu who was sitting still, and chuckled, "Miss Shi Liu, why don't you move your chopsticks?"

"How can I, as a guest, start eating before the host? That would be rude."

Li Yan lowered his eyes and took a sip of wine, then picked up the chopsticks and raised an eyebrow at Shi Liu, "Miss Li, please."

"I'm really sorry, I had breakfast too late and I'm not hungry now. It's a pity to waste the lunch that Doctor Wang prepared so carefully."

"Heh." Li Yan laughed out loud, "Why? Miss Li, are you afraid that I have poisoned the food?"

Having said that, he picked up the dish in front of Pomegranate and ate it, as if telling Pomegranate: Look, it's not poisonous, I ate it myself.

But Shi Liu glanced at his grimacing appearance and curled her lips secretly: Are you afraid of adding poison to poison?
Seeing that she didn't move her chopsticks at all, Li Yan seemed helpless, "Is it so difficult to have a good meal with Miss Li?"

Shi Liu jokingly asked back, "You who sent me a dead chicken for my wedding, tell me, can we have a good meal together?"

Li Yan slowly put down his chopsticks, sneered, raised his hand to slowly put back his hood, and said, "Yeah, tell me, how can I calmly sit and talk with someone who ruins my plans time and time again?"

Forget it, he hid his dark eyes in his hood and glanced at Shi Liu quietly.

"It's a pity."

Seeing his action, Shi Liu subconsciously became alert. At this point, shouldn't several black figures appear out of nowhere and surround her? This would be the highlight of the Hongmen Banquet!
Unexpectedly, the expected encirclement did not happen, and all that happened was Li Yan's faint sigh.

pity?

What's a pity?
Shi Liu heard endless regret in his tone, as if there was a sense of sadness that a brave man dies before he even worries about it.

But when I thought about how this man created the epidemic and killed so many people for his own selfish interests, all my feelings of sadness, sympathy, and sympathy disappeared.

She was about to say something, but Li Yan had already lowered his head, pushed his wheelchair and turned around, "See you out."

The butler stepped forward and made a "please" gesture to Shi Liu.

Pomegranate was stunned. What did this mean?
let her go?
Aren’t you afraid that once she gets out, she’ll tip off the place and have people surround this place and arrest people?
Although she was confused, Shi Liu quickly got up, walked out of the hall, took Zuo Cheng and Ke Hu with her, and went outside.

Nothing happened until they walked out the door, and Shi Liu was really confused.

She hurried back home, and as soon as she entered the house, she asked Wancheng to go and find Liu Dongjia, inform him of the matter, and ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to send someone immediately.

At the same time, he asked Ke Hu to keep a close eye on the movements next door, and asked Zuo Cheng to gather the guards to guard the gate and the wall between the two houses just in case.

Although it's a bit redundant, it's just in case.

After doing all this, Shi Liu sat in the hall holding a hand warmer, waiting for Lu to come back, while wondering what Li Yan was trying to do.
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On the other side, Wan Cheng used his Qinggong skills to quickly arrive at Yutaifang. When Liu Dongjia heard that Li Yan was still alive and in the capital, and had just met Shi Liu, he was also very confused about what Li Yan meant.

But there was no time to think about it. The matter was urgent, so Liu Dongjia quickly asked people to prepare carriages and horses, and hurried to the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion, met the Jing'an Marquis's son, and informed him of the matter.

The Prince of Jing'an also knew that the situation was urgent, and was afraid that if he was a step late, Li Yan would escape, so he immediately asked his followers to go to the Wucheng Bingmasi first, and asked the Wucheng Bingmasi to surround the house in the name of arresting the evil thief, and then he hurried into the palace to see the Crown Prince.

After a lot of trouble, when Crown Prince Zhao Zhen and the son of Marquis Jing'an arrived at Mianhua Hutong, the place had already been surrounded by people from the East City Bingmasi.

The commander of the East City Army was the nephew of the Marquis of Jing'an, which was why he was able to let him rush here to surround this place first. If it were someone else, there would be a lot of delay.

As for whether the thief can be caught after the siege, and whether he will be impeached by the censor, once the prince arrives, is there any need to question the fact that there is a thief in the house?

However, it is still not certain whether the thief has escaped.

"How is it? Has anyone come out from inside?" The Marquis of Jing'an asked his brother-in-law first.

Commander Lu greeted the prince first, then replied: "No, I received the message from my brother-in-law and immediately brought people here. We surrounded the house and no one came out."

The Prince of Jing'an nodded and looked at Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen immediately gave the order, "Attack and capture Li Yan alive!"

Immediately, Commander Lu led his men to break in.

Upon learning of the commotion outside, Shi Liu naturally could not sit still, so she went out and stepped forward to greet him, "Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Although they had not seen each other for several years, Zhao Zhen still remembered Shi Liu and naturally recognized her. He nodded slightly, indicating that she did not need to be polite.

Then he asked, "Are you sure that Li Yan is not dead?"

"It is indeed Li Yan," Shi Liu replied, "but he seems to have been poisoned by something. His complexion is not very good, and even most of his hair has turned white."

At this time, Commander Lu, who had entered the house, came out quickly and reported to Zhao Zhen, "Your Highness, we have captured three people in the house, including the traitor Li Yan. However, Your Highness said that he wanted to capture them alive, but Li Yan put a knife to his neck and said that he wanted to see Your Highness, otherwise he would kill himself immediately."

Upon hearing this, the Marquis of Jing'an said immediately, "Your Highness, you can't go in. Li Yan is extremely cunning. He was able to fake his death and escape before, and sneak into the capital again. Who knows what conspiracy he has? In my opinion, just kill him directly!"

Although it was appropriate to kill him directly, Zhao Zhen still felt regretful when he learned that Li Yan died in Cangzhou. He still had some questions he wanted to ask Li Yan. Now that Li Yan was not dead, he had to get to the bottom of this question.

"This place is surrounded, and the house has been searched thoroughly. There are only three people here, and there is nothing unusual. I don't think he can cause any trouble. I can just meet him through the door, don't worry."

When Shi Liu heard that Li Yan insisted on seeing the prince, her heart skipped a beat.

Why did Li Yan have to see the prince?
He didn't kill her to vent his anger, but let her meet him and then let her go easily. Was it just to let her tip off and lure in His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?
Shi Liu had a bad feeling and subconsciously stopped him from speaking, "Your Highness the Crown Prince."

However, Zhao Zhen was determined and insisted on going inside.

However, although Zhao Zhen had to see Li Yan, he was not a reckless person. He only entered the yard and looked at Li Yan, who was sitting in a wheelchair with a knife against his neck, from outside the door, and did not go into the house.

"Are you really Li Yan? If you cover your head and face, how do you know you are not pretending?"

When Li Yan saw that Zhao Zhen had really come, he curled his lips into a smile, slowly raised his left hand, lifted his hood, and revealed his face.

"Your Highness, I hope you are well."

Zhao Zhen saw that it was indeed Li Yan, but she was very different from the Li Yan he had seen before. Her hair, her face,
What was going on? Was Li Yan really poisoned by some strange poison?
However, none of this matters. Whether he was poisoned or not, Li Yan would die after he had questioned him.

"Where are Mr. Gu Yan's paintings?"

Mr. Guyan was a world-famous painter in the previous dynasty. The bamboos he painted were extraordinary and admirable.

He especially loves bamboo and also likes to paint bamboo, so he highly respects Mr. Gu Yan's paintings.

It is a pity that there are only a few paintings of Mr. Guyan handed down. Over the years, whenever he found out who had a painting, he would find a way to see it. He also collected three paintings of Mr. Guyan.

However, he had long admired Mr. Guyan's most famous painting, "Wind and Rain, Mountains, Bamboos and Rocks", but it was a pity that he had never been able to see it.

Just recently, he accidentally learned that this painting "Wind, Rain, Mountain, Bamboo and Rocks" was in Li Yan's hands!
Unfortunately, Li Yan died in Cangzhou, and he had no way of knowing the whereabouts of the painting. He also asked Bian Hong who was captured, but unfortunately, Bian Hong didn't know either.

Now it’s good, Li Yan is not dead.

No matter what, he had to find out the whereabouts of this painting. Wouldn't it be a lifelong regret if he couldn't see such a world-class masterpiece?

Li Yan was not surprised to hear what Zhao Zhen said, as if he had expected it.

"It's okay if the prince wants that painting, but I have a request." "Tell me about it." Zhao Zhen thought that as long as the request was not excessive, he would consider it.

"I want to see my daughter."

Zhao Zhen was stunned.

Princess Zhaozhao was abducted by Li Yan. Prince Yu and Chen Qichang took great pains to rescue her. Unfortunately, Princess Zhaozhao had already lost her virginity and was pregnant with Li Yan's child.

Li Yan was a remnant of the previous dynasty, and he was finally killed. There is no way my father would leave any more trouble behind.

It’s a pity that Prince Yu begged hard, and considering that Prince Qinghe and his wife both died fighting for the country, his father couldn’t do anything to Princess Zhaozhao.

Fortunately, Princess Zhaozhao gave birth to a baby girl. Although the baby girl was sent to a farmer's family outside Beijing to be raised, no one else knew her identity. But just in case, the village was always secretly watched.

It is indeed not easy for Li Yan to go in and see her daughter by herself, so it does not seem surprising that she made this request.

Zhao Zhen didn't expect that Li Yan was such a kind father.

After thinking for a while, he said, "If you tell me the whereabouts of the painting, I can make an exception and let you see her before you die."

Li Yan smiled, as if he was happy to get what he wanted, and looked at Zhao Zhen and said, "The painting is in the secret compartment in the room."

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When Zhao Zhen heard this, he was overjoyed and immediately asked someone to take the painting out.

The attendant obeyed the order, entered the house, and found the secret compartment in the wall according to Li Yan's instructions. Sure enough, he found a scroll inside.

Knowing how much His Highness valued this painting, the attendant did not dare to be careless. He quickly and carefully took out the painting, held it in both hands, turned around and left the room, and presented it to Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen couldn't wait to see whether it was real or not, and was about to reach out to take it.

"Your Highness, wait a minute!" The Prince of Jing'an hurriedly stopped him and looked at Zhao Zhen meaningfully. He was afraid that the scroll had been tampered with.

"Zhu Wu, go and unfold the scroll for His Highness to review." He then instructed his followers.

Zhu Wu behind him received the order and stepped forward, took the scroll and unfolded it carefully.

Zhao Zhen stared at the painting as it was slowly unfolded. The painting on it was indeed the "Wind, Rain, Mountain, Bamboo and Rock"!

As to whether it is an authentic work, it still needs to be carefully studied. It is not appropriate to look at it slowly now. He will study it carefully when he returns.

Asking his attendants to carefully put away the painting, Zhao Zhen looked at Li Yan and said, "Before you die, I will let you see your daughter."

After saying that, he raised his hand, signaling to take Li Yan down.

In fact, even if he killed Li Yan directly at this time, it would not be a problem. However, he was a man of his word and naturally did what he said.

Furthermore, he had to report today's incident to his father. If he killed Li Yan, it would be difficult to explain to his father.

Seeing Zhao Zhen asking his followers to collect the scroll and send it back to the palace, a strange light flashed across Li Yan's pair of green eyes on his pale face.

His expression seemed as if he had gotten what he wanted and was able to see his daughter. He stopped resisting, threw the knife in his hand to the ground, and allowed the person who rushed up to catch him.

Shi Liu had been waiting outside the house. After a while, Li Yan was dragged out and put on the carriage outside.

When passing by the pomegranate, Li Yan smiled at it.

那笑
By the time Shi Liu was distracted, the person had been taken onto the carriage and could no longer be seen.

Shi Liu felt confused. She always felt that Li Yan's smile was full of deep meaning. Unfortunately, she couldn't figure it out.

It was not until the evening that she learned from Liu Dongjia that Li Yan insisted on meeting the Crown Prince because he wanted to see his own daughter.

Suddenly, she felt even weirder.

Li Yan was able to fake his death and escape, sneaking back to the capital without anyone noticing. If he hadn't exposed himself to her, who would have thought that he was not dead yet?
Under such circumstances, what's the difficulty in secretly going to see my daughter?

She even felt that as long as Li Yan was willing, she could have someone take the baby girl away.

Why go to so much trouble to expose yourself?

Just to see his daughter, he was captured by the Crown Prince, thrown into the imperial prison, and died all over again?
Now that he was in prison, she didn't think he could fake his death and get away this time.

So, why did he do this when he knew that he would die this time?
This really made her confused.

I always feel that it is a bit too much.

When I told Fan Jin about this doubt at night, Fan Jin also found it extremely strange.

"How did the prince know that Mr. Guyan's painting was in Li Yan's hands? And Li Yan hid the painting in this house in advance, as if he was deliberately waiting for the prince to come - how did he know that the prince wanted to get this painting?"

"As you said, if he can see his daughter on his own, why would he bother doing all this? Is there something wrong with the painting? You said that Li Yan seemed to have been poisoned, so could the painting be smeared with poison? Did Li Yan want to poison the prince?!"

Shi Liu also felt that this seemed to be a more reasonable explanation. If she were Li Yan, she would fail to restore her country, all her confidants would die, and she herself would be poisoned by a strange poison, which might not be cured. In this case, it is possible that she wanted to kill the prince and drag others to death with her before she died.

The crown prince is the heir apparent to a country. If he is poisoned, it will surely cause unrest in the court.

But the prince did not touch the scroll at that time, and it is said that the two people who touched the scroll were not hurt at all.

Besides, even if the prince was poisoned to death, it would only cause some turmoil, and would not lead to any major chaos. The emperor does not have only this one son.

If a prince dies, just appoint another one.

If she were Li Yan, even if she wanted to vent her anger and take final revenge, it would definitely be more satisfying to poison the emperor.

Although the emperor is not easy to kill——

So, Li Yan had no choice but to choose the prince because the emperor was difficult to kill?

After all, killing the prince could be considered as a way of venting one's anger, right?
Shi Liu couldn't figure it out. Anyway, she couldn't understand Li Yan's series of actions. But she was not the worm in Li Yan's stomach. Only Li Yan himself knew what was going on.

What she was more concerned about was whether Li Yan would have any tricks up his sleeve, or whether he would be unable to keep his life alive even after his death.
Two days later, Shi Liu got the news that the emperor personally issued an order to execute Li Yan, who was beheaded in the imperial prison. Crown Prince Zhao Zhen went to verify his identity in person and would not allow any mistakes.

Is Li Yan really dead this time?

There should be no more fakes.

For a moment, Pomegranate felt a little melancholy, as if it was just a dream.

Li Yan had died in Cangzhou a long time ago. Her experiences in the past few days were just a sequel she imagined because she refused to believe that Li Yan really died in Cangzhou.

If you think about it carefully, no matter whether Li Yan's death was faked or real, both times seemed particularly hasty and too trifling.

But she was not wrong in her guess. Zhao Zhen asked the imperial physician to take Li Yan's pulse and found out that Li Yan was indeed poisoned by a strange poison and had been poisoned for a long time. Now the poison has taken effect. Even if he is not caught, he will not live more than ten days.

Or maybe he was unwilling to die quietly, so he made such a noise before dying to feel a sense of existence?

Shi Liu had no choice but to think this way, otherwise, she really couldn't understand it.

The person is already dead. She just can't figure it out, but she can't keep holding on to it.

She has things to do too.