In my previous life, I killed my whole family. In my next life, I killed the royal family.

Qi Lu frowned, his face became increasingly gloomy, and he muttered to himself: "This matter is really becoming more and more complicated!" He couldn't help but feel anxious, things seemed to be getting out of control.

After all, their parents were still alive and the family had not been divided. If the third branch could really get close to the rich and powerful, once something happened in the future, the first and second branches would not be spared. Thinking of this, Qi Lu felt heavy in his heart.

"We must find a solution as soon as possible. We can't let the third room become a burden to our family!" Qi Lu secretly made up his mind to find a way to solve this big problem of the third room. He knew very well that if he didn't take action in time, the consequences would be disastrous.

Qi Lu began to rack his brains to think of various solutions. He kept weighing the pros and cons in his mind, trying to find a way to protect the interests of the family while preventing the third branch from getting into trouble. Time was running out, and he needed to make a decision as soon as possible to prevent the situation from getting worse.

"I'll discuss it with my father after I come up with a solution." Qi Lu's uneasy mood slowly calmed down, and he picked up the cup and took a sip of tea.

"Father, do you know this man?"

Qi Wan took out a piece of drawing paper and handed it over with open hands.

Qi Lu took a look and immediately recognized who was in the painting.

He asked in surprise: "Ah Wan, how do you know Ren Zhang?"

Qi Wan made up an excuse, "My daughter took Lan Ting out to buy things or go to the temple, and he went to Lan Ting several times to talk quietly."

She deliberately asked, "Is he Lan Ting's father?"

"No." Qi Lu shook his head.

He told Qi Wan, "Ren Zhang was your grandfather's fourth military advisor. Many years ago, there was a battle at the border, and your grandfather sent him to the city to gather information."

"Ren Zhang took a fancy to a young woman selling flowers, and coaxed and tricked her into taking her to the military camp, intending to take her by force."

"He was reported to the police, and when your grandfather found out, he was beaten with a hundred sticks and kicked out of the barracks."

Qi Wan suddenly realized, "So that's how it is."

She pretended to guess, "He came to see Lan Ting, maybe he was delivering a message for someone, he always acts sneakily." In fact, she was hinting at her father and brother.

The second brother Qi Yuan said bluntly, "He must have voted for the third prince."

Several fathers and sons agreed with this view.

Qi Lu said: "I will send someone to check today to see if he is in the Third Prince's Mansion."

Qi Wan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the father and brothers remain vigilant, no one can harm the Qi family.

Qi Wan saw his father and brother off on their errands with a relaxed mood, and then accompanied his mother for breakfast and talked happily.

"Ah Wan, when mother is done with the affairs of the mansion, send someone to call the people from the clothing and jewelry shops to come. I will order a few more sets of clothes and jewelry for you."

"Yes, mother."

Pei said with a smile: "Your grandfather specifically told you to wear more pink clothes, so we have to get a set of pink clothes of various colors!"

Qi Wan was a little surprised after hearing this, and asked hurriedly: "Mom, isn't this too much?"

Pei raised her eyebrows nonchalantly and replied disapprovingly: "Change into new clothes every day. It's not like our family doesn't have that little money."

Pei thought to herself: My daughter is young and beautiful now. If I don't wear some beautiful pink clothes now, will I have to wait until she gets married to wear them? By then, there will be no chance. With this in mind, the clothes and jewelry that Pei prepared for Qi Wan were extremely luxurious.

Qi Wan naturally understood her mother's thoughts, so she smiled and said, "Haha, Mom, the jewelry must be matched one by one."

Pei nodded with a smile and said, "Of course, no problem. We can make as many pieces of jewelry as there are gemstones of different colors."

The eldest sister-in-law Zheng also laughed and echoed: "That's how we should dress up. My sister-in-law will definitely be more charming and beautiful."

"You have one too, wife." Pei said with a smile.

Zheng waved her hand and said, "Mother, don't make clothes for now. Wait until my figure recovers." Three months ago, the eldest daughter-in-law Zheng gave birth to a fat grandson for the eldest son.

"Then I'll make you jewelry first."

"Okay, thank you, mother." Zheng no longer refused and agreed with a smile.

The three of them talked about the styles of clothes and jewelry with laughter.

The morning in the Third Prince's Mansion was not so warm and pleasant.

The third prince had not slept well because of a disturbance caused by a fox. He got up with dark circles under his eyes at four o'clock in the morning and had to attend the morning court at five o'clock.

After taking a shower, he entered a dark room. It was as if there was a basin of ice water poured over him from head to toe. He stood in the room like an ice sculpture, his eyes wide open, with a desperate expression as if he was about to die.

The room was empty.

Mountains of gold, silver and jewelry disappeared.

The jade dragon throne disappeared.

The dragon robe hanging on the nanmu hanger disappeared.

……

The third prince guessed in horror: "Is it my father?"

"Is it the prince?"

"Is it the Second Prince?"

still is……

He was sweating all over: "It's over, it's over, I'm going to die."

No matter who stole them, the fact that he had hidden the dragon throne and dragon robe would most likely be leaked.

The third prince's face was deathly pale and his mind was working rapidly.

There was a fox trouble last night, which had never happened before.

Could it be that someone used the fox to divert his attention and stole the things in his secret room at that hour?

The key point is that no one knows about this dark room.

"It must be the fox raised by Ding Ling'er. This happened as soon as she arrived." The third prince was furious when he thought of this.

He cursed: "The Qi family and the Ding family dare to set a trap for me. I will destroy your family."

Since life is at stake, the third prince decided to act in advance.

What if the Qi family really has evidence against him?

It would be better to tie them together first, and then find a way to get rid of the entire Qi family after you come to power.

The third prince hated Qi You and Ding Ling'er so much that he wanted to skin them alive.

It was late when the Third Prince came out of the empty dark room. He sat down and drank a cup of strong tea to calm himself down for a while.

He called out, "Change your clothes."

A group of palace maids and eunuchs filed in and helped the third prince change his clothes and make up.

His face was so gloomy that it looked like it was going to rain. The servants dared not breathe as they helped him put on a golden dragon robe and a jade belt.

The third prince walked towards the nearby palace with his guards and eunuchs.

Halfway along the way, he met a man running towards him, "Your Highness the Third Prince, wait a minute."

The third prince stopped and turned around to look. It turned out to be Lan Tian, ​​the long-time attendant of the Lan family.

"What's the matter?" he asked unhappily.

"Your Highness, the gold and silver our master sent disappeared fifty miles away from the capital."

The third prince narrowed his eyes and a look of suspicion flashed across his face.

He asked cryptically, "Lost?"

Lantian looked anxious, "Yes, Your Highness. Please send someone to check around to see if it was stolen by bandits."

The third prince saw the court officials passing by saluting him and his eyes fell on Lantian. Some older officials looked surprised and obviously recognized Lantian.

The Third Prince quickly waved his hand and flatly refused, "I don't have the time for that."

"But, those are..." Lantian swallowed the rest of his words when he saw the fierce look in the Third Prince's eyes.

"Go away, don't come looking for me." The third prince said and strode away.

Lantian caught up and said, "Our lady said..."

The third prince walked away, leaving Lantian at a loss.

When he saw the Third Prince enter the palace without looking back, he knew that his request was hopeless, so he rode out of the city.

Fifty miles away from Beijing, Lan Tian saw the eldest son Lan Jian looking around, so he got off his horse and called out "Master..."

There was a "crash" sound.

A group of masked men in black, holding bows and arrows, appeared before them.

Lan Jian was terrified and shouted, "Who are you? Let us go and we'll give you something."

"Shoot!" someone said, and arrows shot at Lan Jian and his servant.

Until his death, Lan Jian never understood who wanted to kill him, and who quietly stole the gold, silver and banknotes intended for the third prince.

Qi Wan was in the study room of Yilan Courtyard, playing the piano "Yangchun Baixue", with a beautiful melody and brisk rhythm.

Dong Qing placed a lotus copper incense burner in the study. The light smoke drifted away along with the sound of the piano, and the room was filled with the elegant scent of wintersweet.

The beautiful piano music accompanied by the fragrance of wintersweet made Qi Wan immersed in the past.

She no longer thought about the tragic experiences in her previous life.

What happened in the previous life will never happen again, and she will take revenge one by one.

As the beautiful piano music played, a scene from her childhood emerged in her mind.

Qi Wan, wearing a red dress, ran in the snow, fell down, got up and ran again, and fell down again. Her laughter and shouts echoed in the snow.

There was a half-grown boy in black clothes chasing her. When he saw her fall, he hurried forward to help her up with concern, "Little girl, where did you fall? Does it hurt?" His voice was clear and gentle like jade.

"Which cousin from the Pei and Zheng families is he?" Qi Wan asked secretly.

Her memories of when she was five years old were vague, and she had long forgotten the appearance of the person who cared for her and helped her. She only remembered the simple and happy running and laughing at that time.

As she grew older, and she had never gotten married since she reached the age of 15.

She couldn't ask about the things and people she thought about while playing the piano.

Growing up requires a lot of costs, and you will forget many beautiful things. You will also miss many outstanding people. After separation, I am afraid you will never meet again in your life.