Marrying a wife and a concubine together? Wouldn't it be better to divorce and become the queen

"Pfft!"

The dull sound of flesh being pierced by a sharp sword.

Liu Qi paused slightly, and bright red blood flowed from the wound on his left chest.

Xie Yan said: "Do you know what happened last night because of your dereliction of duty?"

He did not draw out his sword, but let the tip of the sword pierce Liu Qi's chest. It did not hit his heart, but went two inches to the left.

Liu Qi was sweating profusely, enduring the severe pain and said:

"Thank you for not killing me, Your Highness. I woke up from the bushes this morning and have not yet learned what happened. Please let me know."

He told the truth and indeed he didn't have time to inquire, so he rushed back as soon as he woke up.

Xie Yan drew out his sword and threw it to the ground. "Last night, Di Manli appeared in my room. My father has agreed to my divorce from Feng Qingluan. Di Manli said that I asked you to send a message for her to come over. I was drunk and don't remember telling you this. Did you do it? Where did you go afterwards?"

Liu Qi said, "Your Highness, you didn't ask me to deliver the message. I sent you back to your room and stayed at the door. Your Highness was drunk at the time, and Miss Di wanted to follow, but I stopped her. Later, Princess Zhaoyang came again and asked me to help her. I didn't leave, and Princess Zhaoyang left in anger. I smelled a strange fragrance and passed out. I woke up once and vaguely saw a figure appear. When I woke up again, it was early morning and I found myself lying in the bushes."

Liu Qi reported to Xie Yan in detail what happened last night.

Listening to his words, the murderous aura around Xie Yan gradually overflowed.

Sure enough, someone calculated him!

"You said Di Manli wanted to come to my room with me. Did Zhaoyang ask you to do something?"

Liu Qi said: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Xie Yan narrowed his eyes, he understood what was going on.

It’s Di Manli and Zhao Yang!

He remembered the glass of wine that Di Manli gave him when he came out of the banquet. No wonder he was drunk. Someone must have tampered with the wine!

"That bitch, in order to marry into the Chu Palace, used such despicable means..."

Xie Yan gritted his teeth and cursed.

However, marrying Di Manli was not without disadvantages for him. After all, the military power in the hands of General Zhennan would be of great help to him. It was better than Feng Qingluan's deceased Marquis of Protectorate who was of no use at all.

Thinking of Feng Qingluan, Xie Yan's fists clenched so hard that they creaked.

She took advantage of her father's misfortune and asked for a divorce. She even took out the divorce papers and slapped him in the face in public. Damn it!

Xie Yan was filled with anger and had no way to vent it. Seeing Liu Qi still kneeling, he kicked him on the shoulder and knocked him over. "Useless thing, get out!"

Liu Qi got up and continued to kneel, his face full of self-blame:

"Your Highness, it is my fault for not protecting me well. I beg Your Highness to spare my life. Please kick me a few more times to vent my anger."

Seeing how stupid he was, Xie Yan got so angry that he kicked him on the right shoulder again.

"You want to die? Why don't you get down and treat your wounds? If you die, who will work for me? Get lost!"

Having been tricked, Xie Yan's eyes were filled with violence.

Recalling Feng Qingluan's relieved expression when she received her father's permission to divorce, she was no longer playing hard to get; it was obvious that she really didn't love him anymore.

He couldn't help but recall the scenes in his mind of Feng Qingluan caring about him and following him around. He couldn't accept that she was able to get a divorce.

Xie Yan said harshly: "Feng Qingluan, I will definitely make you fall in love with me again, and then dump you, just wait!"

He could never tolerate a woman who loved him wholeheartedly changing her mind!

Last night's incident did not affect today's Hundred Flowers Banquet, and the banquet was held as usual.

Before the imperial decree of divorce came out, Feng Qingluan still had to maintain her superficial husband-and-wife status with Xie Yan, and in the eyes of outsiders she was still the Princess of Chu.

Finally free, Feng Qingluan felt more joyful than ever before, admiring the colorful flowers and beautiful scenery. Not long after, Jiang Qu came to her with a grim face:

"Princess Chu, our Highness wants to see you. Please move to the rockery."

Feng Qingluan was puzzled: "What are you going there for?"

Jiang Qu lowered his voice and said, "A murder has occurred. The prince asked the princess to go over and confirm something."

Homicide?

Feng Qingluan frowned slightly, asked no more questions, and went over with Jiang Qu.

Next to the rockery, Xie Jin stood facing the lake with his hands behind his back. The imperial guards stood around him, and the commander of the imperial guards, Chi Guang, was reporting to him.

There was a person lying on the ground.

When Feng Qingluan saw the man's attire, she felt that he looked familiar. When she saw his face, she was slightly surprised. This was Feng Chun. Is he dead?

After reporting the clues he had found, Chi Guang left.

Xie Jin turned around and saw Feng Qingluan staring at the corpse. He walked over:

"This man's body was found in the lake this morning. Did you see him last night?"

The body was a little swollen after being soaked in water overnight, and its true identity has not yet been confirmed.

According to investigation, he was a buyer in the kitchen named Adong.

Xie Jin called Feng Qingluan over because this person died after Feng Qingluan and he separated from Qingfeng Pavilion, and he wanted to see if she could provide some clues.

Feng Qingluan said, "Yes, I have. I know him. He is the third master Feng of the Marquis' Mansion, Feng Chun."

"Someone from the Marquis' Mansion? Is he one of the two families you kicked out of the mansion? Why is he here? What did you talk about last night?"

Xie Jin's voice was cold and sharp, and he stared at Feng Qingluan with hawk-like eyes.

Feng Qingluan did not intend to hide it. She was also surprised that Feng Chun died. She told him how Feng Chun stopped her and threatened her last night and how they reached a deal.

"We went our separate ways after we reached an agreement."

"Where were you when you met him?"

Feng Qingluan asked, "On a path outside Qingfeng Pavilion. Was his body found in the lake?"

Xie Jin said, "Yes, it takes about half a cup of tea to walk from the trail to the rockery. He was pierced through the throat with a branch from behind and died of excessive bleeding. After death, his body was thrown into the lake."

Feng Qingluan squatted down to check the branch stuck in Feng Chun's neck that killed him, and said:

"The end of the branch that came out was uneven, and the branch was not cut off."

Xie Jin said, "It was broken by someone. A branch not even as thick as a person's index finger could pierce through the throat and kill the person. The person was a martial arts master."

Martial arts master?

Feng Qingluan was puzzled as to why Feng Chun had gotten in trouble with a martial arts master.

Moreover, he was dressed as someone from the kitchen, so he should have returned to the kitchen as soon as possible after talking to her. The road leading to the kitchen was behind Qingfeng Pavilion, so how could he come to the rockery? Of course, what puzzled her most was why the martial arts master wanted to kill him.

Feng Qingluan stood up and looked at Xie Jin:

"You know I met Feng Chun and negotiated a deal with him, and you called me over in a low-key manner. Do you suspect that I killed him?"