Conspiracy

Chapter 193 Stand-In Doll 【Shadow】

East Palace.

After going to court, Shang Yuchen and Gu Yunshu returned to the East Palace, and not long after, Xiao Chuhong also entered the palace.

Shang Yuchen ordered people to prepare food and wine, and asked the palace people to retreat.It's rare for them to reunite in a fair and honest way, and they can enjoy a drink, and they can't let go when there are other people around.

The long table in the side hall is filled with delicacies, and the three of them sit on the futons around the long table.

Shang Yuchen took off his court clothes, his black hair was tied up with a silver crown, and he changed into a black double-breasted satin robe with black embroidered cloud pattern piping, wide sleeves and hem embroidered with dragon patterns.

"Chu Hong, but I haven't seen you for a few days. You are in such a hurry to enter the palace. Could it be that you miss me and Gu Jiang too much?"

Xiao Chuhong listened to the teasing in the prince's words, pursed his lips and smiled lightly, raised his glass and drank it all, "Although this wine is good, it's really not as good as Jiyuefang's peach blossom wine."

Or maybe it was because the person who drank with him last night was not there, and the wine in his hand became tasteless.

"When did you fall in love with Peach Blossom Brew like You Ning? Tsk, clothes are not as good as new, people are not as old, maybe you have already seen it?"

"He broke into the ancestral hall of my house last night, and met him again before entering the palace today."

Wearing a green shirt, Gu Yunshu, who was graceful and elegant, shook his head and laughed, "You have been protecting her secretly for so many years, and she doesn't know anything about it, so why bother?"

Knowing that Su Zhen was a daughter, he was really afraid that Xiao Chuhong would fall in love with her unknowingly.

"Giving does not necessarily require rewards, not to mention, he has a great kindness to me."

The two looked at Xiao Chuhong's legs at the same time. Indeed.

"But the closer you are to her, the more danger you will bring to her. Your so-called protection is another kind of harm to her. You are not a saint, so there is no need to be so selfless."

Not only Xiao Chuhong could hear the strangeness in Gu Yunshu's words, but even Shang Yuchen could faintly hear something was wrong.

"Gu Jiang, what's the matter with you? Since the conspiracy case, your attitude towards Zhen'er seems to have changed. In the past, you never asked or even intervened in these matters."

Gu Yun moved his lips, not knowing how to answer Shang Yuchen.

"Anyway, Ah Hong, I hope you stay away from her, I don't want her to get hurt again."

Le Shu nestled in his arms, peeked at him, arched his head, and took a nap with his eyes closed.

"You're not him, how do you know what's in his heart? And how do you know that we're taking different paths?" Xiao Chuhong asked, "Yunshu, what are you hiding from us?"

"I know what is not important at all. The important thing is that I treat you as a brother. Qing Youning also treats her as my brother. I can't bear to see you get hurt."

Xiao Chuhong knew that he was hiding something, but chose to respect it, "Okay, if you don't want to say it, I won't force you, and I won't ask any more."

Gu Yun's helplessness spread deep in Shuyou's pupils, he raised his hand to raise his glass, Xiao Chuhong filled the wine, and the three raised their glasses to collide with him.

After not mentioning Su Zhen again, the atmosphere eased.They were having a good chat about court affairs and folk anecdotes, when there were clear footsteps outside the hall, and Xiao Anzi's voice sounded from outside.

"His Royal Highness, Lord Yayu of Siwei's Mansion and Su Shaoqing are here."

"Hey, it's better to come early than coincidentally. Let them come in."

"Yes, Your Highness."

As soon as Su Zhen arrived outside the hall, she caught sight of Li Jiu who she had seen at the market earlier.

Is Xiao Chuhong here?Didn't he say he was going to a poetry meeting?

After entering the hall, Su Zhen lowered her head and followed Yu Changqing to salute.

"See His Royal Highness, General Xiao, and Lord Gu."

Shang Yuchen waved his hand, "You two are welcome, come and give me a seat."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

After they were seated, Yu Changqing looked at Su Zhen, who nodded and said, "His Royal Highness, the officials and Lord Yu came to the East Palace to ask Lord Gu for advice."

Gu Yun asked in a warm voice, "You Ning, what are you puzzled about?"

"Mr. Dongli, please help us take a look at this."

Su Zhen handed the wooden box containing the porcelain doll to Xiao Anzi, he took it with both hands, and brought it in front of the three princes, then exited the hall wisely, and closed the door by the way.

She paid close attention to their expressions. Although they were surprised, they were not frightened, and they could even be called calm.

"What is this?"

"When Li Jieyu disappeared last night, we dug it up in the courtyard of Qiling Palace. We went to Kunhua Palace just now, but the imperial concubine said that she had never seen this thing beside Li Jieyu."

In fact, having said that, there is no doubt that Yu Guifei hates Li Jieyu, and she may not want them to find Li Jieyu too much.But people's subconscious subtle expressions can't be fake. Concubine Yu Gui should know something inside, but she refuses to say more.

Gu Yunshu picked up the porcelain doll, and exerted a little force on his hand, only to hear a few 'clicks', the porcelain doll broke along the cracks again, and landed on the table with a clatter. Fortunately, he let go in time and was not scratched.

Carefully picked up a fragment with chopsticks and looked at it carefully. Although he can't distinguish colors now, the world is only black and white in his eyes, but it doesn't hinder the identification, so he put it in front of his nose and sniffed it.

"It looks like cloisonné enamel, yes, the body is the bone, and the glaze is the clothing. The drawing is three-dimensional and exquisite, and the lines of the characters are vivid and vivid. The gold wire joints are seamlessly connected, and the sound is clear and crisp. However, inside the porcelain embryo There are a large number of ashes, most likely human bones."

Su Zhen said, "Human bone? When it was first dug out, it was covered with a layer of black mist, as if it had been cast by a spell. But it disappeared later. We just want Master Gu to try to see if we can find it." Any clues?"

Gu Yunshu put down his chopsticks, straightened his index finger and middle finger together, forced out two drops of blood, skillfully drew a talisman, and guided the talisman to melt into the fragments.

Su Zhen tried it before, no accident, no response.

Sure enough, Gu Yunshu let out a soft 'huh', and drew a few more spells again, but still nothing happened.

"It looks no different from ordinary porcelain, but if what you said is true, maybe the spell can only be used once before it will be invalid."

"That shouldn't have left any traces."

"After digging it out, has anyone else touched it?"

Su Zhen replied, "Master Yu seemed to have been injured by it at the time, but Princess Jingyao picked it up and there was no abnormality."

Hearing this, Shang Yuchen finally knew why Su Zhen came here, "Do you think it has something to do with Jing'er?"

Xiao Chuhong suddenly picked up Gu Yunshu's chopsticks, picked up the pieces again, skillfully picked up the knife on the table with his left hand, scraped off the gold wire on the surface, and dipped it into the wine glass.There was no change at the beginning, but soon the wine became dark red, until it darkened to black.

Gu Yunshu took a closer look, and saw that there seemed to be a transparent skull swimming in the cup.

Xiao Chuhong explained, "In the previous conspiracy case, there was a woman in a red building named Xiyan. When she died, Li Jiu also found such a porcelain doll in her room. He thought it was a clue about the conspiracy. So I went to consult a Buddhist master. According to the master, this is a substitute doll named Ying."

Yu Changqing narrowed his eyes, Li Jiu in Xiao Chuhong's mouth should be his bodyguard, he just returned to the capital yesterday, how could his people care about the murder case in Kyoto before?
(End of this chapter)