The General is Pregnant: His Majesty Abstinence and Sexual Devotion Every Night

Chapter 101 Orchid Courtyard

The room was dark, with only the moonlight shining through the small square pearwood window that was not closed.

Gu Junqing observed the surroundings in the moonlight. It seemed that the place had not been cleaned for a long time, so there was a thick layer of dust. There was also a dry, stuffy and unpleasant smell in the air.

Just now she observed from outside the gate for a while and found that the name of this small courtyard was Youlan Courtyard.

Youlan Courtyard...

Gu Junqing's eyes lit up slightly, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart that it was easy to get.

Isn’t this Youlan Courtyard the residence of Shen Lianyu’s aunt, Luo?

We just checked here, but didn't find any useful clues. All we had left was the clothes of the man, servant or maid.

Gu Junqing originally took a casual glance, but unexpectedly, he was fixated by something stained on a servant's uniform.

There were a lot of black hair and blood stains on it, which were quite obvious and not hidden. One could see it with just a glance.

Gu Junqing looked closer without touching the clothes. She just couldn't tell anything from the blood. Thinking of this, she didn't move forward. After having some vague guesses in her mind, she turned her eyes to other places in the room.

It seems that apart from this, there is nothing wrong elsewhere.

There was a flash of doubt in Gu Junqing's eyes, but it was not a good idea to continue wasting time staying in this place where he could not find anything.

Gu Junqing took one last look at the clothes, turned around and left.

Two days after Gu Junqing's late-night spying on Duke Shen's mansion failed, Prince Ding returned to the capital.

Unlike Prince An who was high-profile in his actions, Prince Ding returned to the capital silently. If they hadn't suddenly seen Prince Ding standing in his original position at the morning court today, the ministers of lower ranks wouldn't even know that their Great Qi's Prince Ding had returned to the capital.

Therefore, at the morning court, most of the conversation was based on greetings and courtesies. However, when the court was dismissed, Prince Ding was summoned into the palace by the Emperor. It was understandable that the Emperor would naturally summon and greet the prince who had just returned to the capital.

In the imperial study room.

Qi Qi looked at the handsome emperor in front of him.

His face usually showed no emotion, just like when he was the crown prince. However, now that he has become the emperor, he has become even more able to control his emotions. He has long been unable to see through this man, unable to see through his cold and calm face, but what is in his eyes? Who can tell whether it is true or false, right or wrong?

"Your Majesty, may you be well." Qi Qi lowered his head and slowly performed the etiquette between the monarch and his subjects.

"Get up"

Qi Yuncheng looked at Qi Qi's head and said casually in a lazy voice.

"...I summoned you back to the capital this time. I believe you know what I will say next, so I will not say more..."

After a brief greeting, Qi Yunjin was the first to start the conversation.

Qi Qi nodded, indicating that he understood, but:

"Your Majesty, this is about the past. I passed through here to help the late emperor relieve his worries. After all, the late emperor was furious about this matter, and I naturally couldn't bear it. It's just that I didn't know that I stayed in Suzhou to relieve his worries. I didn't expect that four or five years have passed, and today I am the mastermind behind it. This really surprises me. I wonder if Your Majesty is willing to show me the evidence that Prince An presented to you?"

Qi Yunjin glanced at him, and Qi Qi smiled, looking calm.

He paused, then asked Li Yuan to show Qi Qi some of the evidence presented by Prince An.

Qi Qi spent an incense stick of time to look through these things, and then handed them to Li Yuan who was waiting beside him.

"how?"

Qi Yunjin asked.

After watching Li Yuan walk a few steps away, Qi Qi lowered his eyes and spoke hesitantly:

"Your Majesty, some of what is said in this letter is true. I was indeed in Suzhou City and doing some secret missions. However, I once found Prince An's men in the suburbs of Suzhou. Seeing that they acted strangely and cautiously, I thought they had encountered something, so I sent my own people to follow them in secret to protect them. As a result, I discovered the figures of people from the neighboring country nearby. I wanted to continue chasing them, but..."

Having said this, Qi Qi paused for a moment on purpose, raised his head, and saw from the corner of his eye that Qi Yunjin indeed had a look of inquiry on his face. He curled his lips, thinking that the emperor was indeed beginning to doubt, so Qi Qi continued:

"It's just that the people around King An are all very skilled in martial arts. I found that the people from the neighboring countries were all killed by the people around King An and buried in a mass grave."

At that time, Prince An thought that he had done everything perfectly, but he didn't expect that there was a Qi Qi hiding in the dark who knew everything without his knowledge.

Qi Yunjin sneered in his heart, but even so, Prince Ding did not have sufficient evidence, and Prince An could easily get away with it by finding a scapegoat. So, Qi Yunjin looked at Qi Qi and said:

"Even if I am willing to believe you, does Prince Ding have any evidence? If not, then Prince Ding, you are still a big suspect, and I can therefore suspect that you are here to deceive me."

Deception? To put it another way, isn't that a crime of deceiving the emperor? Qi Qi pursed his lips, his black eyes flickered slightly, lowered his head, and uttered only these four words:

"I dare not." The emperor wanted to produce the evidence himself.

This made Qi Qi a little troubled. After all, it happened several years ago. The evidence had been basically destroyed and nothing could be found in the mass grave.

What's more, he never thought that he would face the current situation. He had thought of staying in Dingcheng as a leisurely prince, but after being treated like this by Prince An, he could not do that. His royal brother was really good at manipulating others.

But he still had to make excuses for himself and then asked the emperor to give him a deadline. He would definitely give a reply within three days.

At this moment, Qi Qi lowered his head, so he didn't see Qi Yunjin's frown.

Three days, wouldn’t that be a huge waste of time?

Qi Yunjin thought secretly.

"It won't take three days..."

Qi Qi was confused and looked up at the emperor in front of him. "Tomorrow we will set off to Lishan Village outside the capital to find a hunter named Lin. They will give you the answer."

Wha, what? !

After saying this, Qi Yunjin ignored Prince Ding who was standing there in a daze with a frown on his face, and walked to the chair at the top and sat down.

He took a steady look at Prince Ding and saw that he was looking down as if thinking about something. Qi Yunjin didn't want to ask him what he was thinking about. He just lowered his eyes and looked at the things on the table. Then, as if he was tired, he waved his hand and asked Li Yuan to send Qi Qi out.

The two went out.

Qi Yunjin was still sitting in the chair motionless, seemingly looking at something.

Pu Zuo came out at this time and saw Qi Yunjin seemed to be sitting there in a daze, so he stood quietly in the dark, waiting for the emperor to give instructions or need anything next.

"Pu Zuo"

Sure enough, upon hearing the call, Pu Zuo walked out from the darkness, bowed, and waited for the emperor's next words.