Traveling through troubled times: Princess disguises herself as a man and becomes a soldier to earn

Jiang Li came to Mo Yuan's yard and went in through the window. He felt a little disappointed when he saw that there was no one in the room. He simply lifted the quilt and snuggled in it. He smelled the familiar scent and felt a little better after feeling depressed.

Mo Yuan came back from the martial arts training ground. As soon as he opened the door, he felt something was wrong. He looked around vigilantly, and finally his eyes fell on the bulge in the quilt on the bed.

After a pause, he asked tentatively: "Is it... Xiao Li?"

A muffled voice came: "Well, A Yuan, you are back."

Hearing this voice, Mo Yuan subconsciously frowned, closed the door and walked over, sat on the bed, stretched out his hand to pull the quilt open, but couldn't pull it open, and said helplessly: "What's wrong, who bullied you?"

Jiang Li said nothing, but just pulled the quilt tightly.

Seeing that she didn't let go, I could only coax her softly: "Be good, tell me if you have anything, I'll solve it, okay."

"What if I killed an innocent person?"

"...??"

Mo Yuan thought for a moment and asked softly, "Did you kill her?"

"No, but she died because of me. If I hadn't been so careless, maybe she wouldn't have died."

Jiang Li's voice was choked with sobs. The shoes were given to her by Hongye with good intentions, but she lost her life because of the shoes. It was all her fault. She was the one who stole the cakes, so why did she go to the Imperial Concubine's Palace?

If we went to another palace, no one would be killed.

Mo Yuan didn't know what was going on, so naturally he had no way to persuade him. The only way to solve the problem now was to first understand clearly what had happened. Thinking of this, he bent down and picked up the person along with the quilt.

He held her in his arms and patted her gently: "Cry if you want to. After you cry, we will talk about the matter. Since you didn't kill her, then someone else did. So it wasn't you who killed her."

"Whoever killed her is the murderer, understand?"

Jiang Li stuck his head out from under the quilt, his eyes were red and moist, obviously he had been crying, and he hung his head: "Put me down, I feel better now, let's talk about things."

"I have some clues, but I can't make sense of them. I don't know where to start to find out what secrets are hidden in it that make them so impatient to silence people."

Mo Yuan hummed, put the person on the bed, lifted the quilt, carried the person to sit on the chair next to the desk, and began to grind ink: "Since there are clues, let's record them and study them slowly."

"Okay, I'll just use charcoal pencil. Brush doesn't write well."

Reaching out his hand, a black charcoal pencil appeared out of thin air. Jiang Li wrote down the fragmentary clues on the paper and said slowly: "This is what happened. That night I..."

A stick of incense passed

Jiang Li finished her story, sat on his lap, looked up and asked, "How is it, can you guess anything? I always feel that if it was just the imperial concubine fooling around with men, they wouldn't dare to be so eager to kill her."

"Maybe there are others that we have overlooked."

Mo Yuan's eyes were deep. He held a charcoal pencil and silently wrote down a person's name.

"One person was missed."

"Hmm? Jiang Xiao, the son of the imperial concubine."

Jiang Li was puzzled and said, "Wait for me to sort it out. This is a bit confusing. The current situation is that the imperial concubine is having an affair with my uncle, and my father is cheating on me. But what does this have to do with my third brother?"

"It's impossible that the third brother is a bastard. In fact, even if he is, he can't be recognized. Father and uncle are twins. Their genes are very similar. No matter which of them has children, they will look the same."

Mo Yuan shook his head: "It's different. According to what you said, Xiao Li, if His Majesty has a twin brother, that person has a teardrop mole in the corner of his eye, right? You forgot that the Third Prince also has a teardrop mole in the corner of his eye."

“… Damn, this is too much!!”

"This is all speculation. Only the imperial concubine and that person know what happened. Your Majesty is unaware of it."

"Perhaps, there is another person who will know - the Prime Minister."

Jiang Li was silent, and said quietly: "A Yuan, if the emperor knew that I have been so green for so many years, and I have raised a child for others, and become a cheap father, would he be so angry that he would die?"

"After more than ten years of love, I feel the pain of being betrayed, and the throne is coveted. If it succeeds, then my father will be a complete injustice, and he will be so angry that even the coffin lid can't hold him down."

Mo Yuan couldn't help but laugh: "If this is true, then the Imperial Concubine, the Third Prince, the Prime Minister, and Prince Yun will all die. Your Majesty will absolutely not tolerate this."

"The deeper the love, the deeper the hatred."

Jiang Li sighed: "So, Hongye's death was because the imperial concubine misunderstood that the person who entered the palace that night was Hongye, so she was anxious to silence her, right?"

"At present, this speculation is the most reasonable, but it still needs to be verified. If someone wants to kill Hongye, it is impossible for the imperial concubine to do it herself. The one who can do it must be the palace maid beside her."

"With that palace maid as a clue, we can find out what we want to know by just testing it out."

Mo Yuan patted her head and said softly, "Don't blame yourself. If you trace the root of this matter, it's because the imperial concubine did something wrong and was afraid of being discovered, so she would rather kill the wrong person than let him go."

"Even if you are not here, Hongye is someone close to the Queen, and the Imperial Concubine will not let her go. If bribery fails, then there is only one way waiting for her."

"……die!"

Jiang Li hummed: "I understand, but if we want to find out the truth now, we have to take Lan Xin away for interrogation. But if we take Lan Xin away, the imperial concubine will alert the enemy."

Mo Yuan said seriously, "I will do this. Qianye's disguise skills are superb. Let her replace Lan Xin for a few days. After finding out the truth, I will take down the imperial concubine in one fell swoop. Then Prince Yun will not dare to act rashly."

The two talked for a while, and then Jiang Li took Qian Ye back.

Qian Ye disguised himself and went to the imperial concubine without any instructions. He carefully observed Lan Xin's every move and secretly imitated her to achieve an effect that was so realistic that it could be mistaken for the real thing.

Inside Chaoyang Hall

Jiang Li looked around, his eyes full of surprise: "Are you Qianye?"

"In reply to the princess, my name is Qianye."

"This disguise is so powerful that I can't even tell. Go and ambush the imperial concubine. If there is any danger, it is important to save your own life. There will be other opportunities to investigate the case."

Qianye was stunned for a moment, then said respectfully: "Qianye will complete the task, please rest assured, Princess."

"…The imperial concubine is cunning. If she suspects you, don't hold on. Leave to save your life. Do you understand? In short, be careful. If you have any questions, you can come to me at any time."

She understood, but couldn't do it. She had been with the major general since she was a child. She had to complete the tasks he assigned to her no matter what. There was no reason to give up halfway.

Jiang Li said what he needed to say, watched her fly away, and turned back to the palace.

After Qianye returned, he pressed Lan Xin's sleeping point and began to practice with peace of mind, over and over again, until he was sure that he was exactly like the real Lan Xin and there were no flaws.