Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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“Yes. But we weren’t exactly close. He came to the Liang Wang’s mansion to investigate, and we met once.”
“Perhaps my acting was too convincing; he didn’t believe I would help him.” Ye Wuchen laughed mockingly. “I told him, ‘Heh, in a few days, someone in the mansion will die. Consider it my pledge of allegiance.'”
“If he hears this news outside, he’ll definitely know we’re in cahoots.”
“After Hong Liang died, we increased the old man’s dosage of aphrodisiacs. Without anyone noticing, he was completely unaware.”
“Of course, it’s also because I acted quickly. I told him I’d find out how Hong Liang died within two days, and then I killed him too. He probably never imagined he’d die at the hands of his most despised, cowardly, pitiful, and obedient grandson.”
Ye Wuchen laughed as he said this.
His features were quite handsome, but his eyes were always rather gloomy, and now his laughter seemed somewhat manic.
Yu Linlang silently looked away.
“Why aren’t you looking at me again? I’m sitting right across from you, why aren’t you looking?”
This guy would definitely be a lunatic in modern times… Yu Linlang’s assessment complete.
“Look at me! Do you think I’m crazy? Miss Yu.”
“Did you order the guards to dismember the old Liang Wang?” Yu Linlang turned back to look at him.
“Of course not. How could I, the Prince, not do something so interesting myself?”
Yu Linlang’s bright eyes narrowed, her gaze shifting downwards, suddenly landing on his legs.
“Miss Yu, you are truly the most intelligent woman I have ever seen in my life!” Prince Pingkang, Ye Wuchen, laughed loudly, lifting the blanket covering his legs and slowly standing up.
Outside the pavilion, the servants and guards all hung their heads, silent.
Judging from their reaction, Prince Pingkang’s confidants already knew about this.
“You know martial arts, and your internal strength is not weak. The cuts on the old Prince’s limbs were clean and aesthetically pleasing. They were from the surge of sword energy.” She actually didn’t see it, Yu Linlang couldn’t help but marvel.
Clearly, this guy’s faking being a cripple was so convincing that even he could fool himself, so it wasn’t surprising that he fooled her.
“You really fooled everyone. Everyone thought you were very filial to the old Liang Wang. When he died, you even beat your chest and shed a bucket of tears. Your acting skills were truly amazing.”
Ye Wuchen laughed again, “But in the end, you still found out.”
Yu Linlang wanted to call him a lunatic.
If he hadn’t called her here today and talked so much, she probably wouldn’t have guessed that the real culprit was this gloomy-looking Prince Pingkang, who was extremely protective of his grandfather.
“You deliberately increased the dosage that day, and even used some sleeping potions, didn’t you? I smelled Lady Zhao’s jasmine scent on Old Liang Wang. But that’s not enough evidence.”
“Everyone in the manor knows that Lady Zhao is very favored, and serving by the Old Prince’s side, it’s normal for her to have been exposed to jasmine.”
“Besides, the Old Prince did indeed suffocate from his own vomit before being dismembered. Your scheme was flawless.”
“Even if we find that the dosage of the aphrodisiac was incorrect that day, you can blame it on Old Liang Wang, claiming he insisted on adding more. There’s no way to prove it now, no way to defend himself.”
“Moreover, Wang Baitian arrived as promised that day and set a fire, alarming everyone. All of this can be pinned on him perfectly.”
Ye Wuchen angrily swept a table full of teacups. “That’s exactly what I’m furious about. I went to great lengths to arrange all this, only to make my move now. I wanted to thoroughly humiliate him, but before I even arrived, he was already beyond dead!”
“Old man, he made his death too easy. What I wanted most was to dissect him alive, like Wang Baitian did, cutting him open piece by piece, letting him struggle in agony before he died, watching his flesh slowly leave his body.”
Before he could sweep the table, Yu Linlang snatched her porcelain cup, then lowered her eyes and took two more sips.
Ye Wuchen chuckled softly at her, “You really aren’t afraid of death, are you?”
“Actually, I set the fire to the Liang Wang’s mansion myself. Yes, it was to lure you all here, so you could come with me to the scene.”
“When Wang Baitian arrived as promised, I told him the man was dead and to escape through the back door. Besides luring you here, the fire also drew away my grandfather’s guards.”
“The reason Steward Liang Quan was caught red-handed by the Prince and his men was because I had people watching him. When that fool went to the dog hole, my men made a big commotion to attract the Marquis’s guards.”
“You only acted now because you wanted to escape unscathed?”
“Yes. What else? I wouldn’t risk my life killing this scum. Now that Wang Baitian is taking responsibility, it naturally has nothing to do with me.”
“Oh, by the way, did you save Wang Baitian? His skills are more than enough to be my personal bodyguard. I originally wanted to recruit him for my own use, but you let him escape by feigning death! It truly saddens this prince.”
Yu Linlang looked at him expressionlessly. “Your Highness, your thinking is quite unpredictable; I can’t quite keep up with your pace.”
“Do you know that I also sent people to clean up the fire? Otherwise, do you think those shredded copper locks you left behind could have disappeared without a trace?”
Ye Wuchen suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist, the force leaving several finger marks on her fair skin.
“Your Highness, please have some self-respect.” Yu Linlang’s expression remained unchanged, but her voice was cold and indifferent.
“What if I, the Prince, can’t maintain my self-respect?”
Ye Wuchen leaned closer, scrutinizing her carefully. “Why is there no true qi in your meridians?”
“Is it possible that I don’t actually know martial arts, and that Your Highness is just being paranoid?”
Ye Wuchen stared at her for a long time, then shook his head. “I believe that anyone who is unfathomable is definitely not a good person.”
“I only know some basic medical skills, so the bone-softening powder you gave me in the first cup, and the qi-dissolving powder you gave me in the second cup, were both useless to me.”
“And,” Yu Linlang looked at him very sincerely, “I don’t know martial arts, so the qi-dissolving powder you gave me was useless.”
Ye Wuchen suddenly smiled at her, his smile sweeping away his previous gloom and becoming sunnier.
Yu Linlang looked at him as if he were a lunatic. “Could you please release me, Your Highness?”
Ye Wuchen released her wrist, flicked the hem of his robe, and then gracefully sat down before her. “Then treat my leg. I think I’ll be fully recovered in three months.”
Yu Linlang’s face was full of sincerity. “Compared to Your Highness’s leg, I think what you need most is treatment for your brain!”
Ye Wuchen stared at her for a long time. The servants outside the pavilion were on tenterhooks, thinking the prince was about to have a fit, when he suddenly burst into laughter.
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