Chapter 1627: Diverting the trouble to the east

Shi Xuanji closed the door and went back to the back room, where she saw the Crown Princess sitting up in a tulle dress, her lazy posture making people salivate.

"Although she may not be beautiful in appearance, her figure is."

Shi Xuanji secretly praised her, stepped forward and saluted: "Princess, the prince has left. You don't need to worry about those things. You should continue to sleep."

The Crown Princess nodded lightly: "Well, I don't know what happened today. I always feel like I can't wake up. Qingluan, if anything happens to the Crown Prince, please wake me up."

"Yes, Princess!"

Seeing that the Crown Princess fell asleep again, Shi Xuanji stepped forward to cover her with a quilt, and then stepped back respectfully.

The moment she turned around and left the room, Shi Xuanji's expression suddenly became serious, and deep doubts flashed in the depths of her eyes.

She clearly remembered that before she left, she had performed a spell on the Crown Princess to make her comatose. Logically speaking, she would never wake up until dawn.

But just as the prince arrived, the princess suddenly woke up, and she woke up just right, so she couldn't help but be wary of the implications.

Shi Xuanji secretly thought: "It seems most likely that the old man who saved me lifted the spell I cast on the Crown Princess and allowed her to wake up at this moment."

"Who is this person? It seems that I have never heard of such a number one person in Holy Tree City?"

"What is his purpose? Is he my enemy or my friend?"

If it were someone else who was rescued, he would probably be grateful to the rescuer without any doubt, and repay every little bit of kindness.

But Shi Xuanji's first reaction was to doubt the other party's purpose.

There is no way, she has experienced too much intrigue over the years, and has met too many people who are friendly on the surface, but actually have evil intentions.

The old man seemed to have saved her life, and even kindly sent her back, and helped her remove the Crown Princess's spell in advance, so that the Crown Princess would wake up, so as not to arouse the Crown Prince's suspicion.

But being too kind makes people even more suspicious.

If he were just a rescuer he met on the road and could just treat illnesses and save people, why would he do these unnecessary things?

And how could a stranger know that she was from the Prince's Mansion? Shouldn't he wait until she wakes up before asking for her identity?

Of course, despite these doubts, Shi Xuanji could not directly conclude that the old man was an enemy rather than a friend.

The other party was able to send her back quietly without causing anyone in the Prince's Mansion to notice. He was obviously not an ordinary person.

Could such a person not understand that the unnecessary things he did would arouse Shi Xuanji's suspicion?

But the other party still did it, which showed that he was not afraid of Shi Xuanji's suspicion, or... it was just to make her suspicious.

Therefore, even though Shi Xuanji relied on his intelligence, he was unable to judge the good and evil of the old man at this moment.

"I can't leave the Prince's Mansion today. I'll find a reason to go out tomorrow and check the old man's identity."

Shi Xuanji was thinking in her mind, lying on the bed and pretending to sleep peacefully.

But in fact, her mind has been paying attention to the activities in the prince's palace.

She needed to know whether her plan to divert disaster to the east was successful, and whether the prince had really targeted the third prince with suspicion?

As for soul-searching for the Soul Saber Tiger, it cannot be done in the Prince's Mansion. He has to go outside the Mansion tomorrow to find an opportunity.

…

A night of silence.

The next morning, in the prince's study.

A young man stood in front of the desk, carefully observing the prince's expression.

The prince sat behind the desk with a gloomy expression on his face: "You mean, it's been confirmed that the person who killed Daohu was sent by the third prince?"

"Reporting to the prince, it is indeed true!"

The young man replied respectfully: "Although the forest has been wiped out by Daohu's self-destruction, there are still clues left."

"My subordinate was gifted by the prince at that time. He ate a holy fruit of heaven and awakened his innate supernatural power of cause and effect in all directions."

"This innate magical power allows subordinates to understand the cause and effect of fate within a certain range."

"The person who killed Daohu was very cautious. After Daohu self-destructed and destroyed most of the clues, he deliberately cleared the woods again, trying not to leave any traces."

"But my subordinates still used ten directions of cause and effect, and found a weak line of cause and effect in the ruins of the forest."

"The 'effect' of that trace of cause and effect is that Daohu was killed, but the 'cause' is Qiu Nie's murderous intention."

"Qiu Nie?" The prince's expression changed: "But that confidant under the Third Brother?"

"Reporting back to the prince, it is that Qiu Nie."

The young man replied: "It can be seen from this that Daohu's death must be related to the third prince. Otherwise, how could that trace of causality implicate the third prince's confidant, Qiu Nie?"

"Well, you are right. It seems that the one who killed Daohu was indeed Lao San!"

The prince sighed and said in a pretentious manner: "Hey, it seems that Gu's brothers are really dissatisfied with Gu being the prince."

"But becoming the crown prince is not voluntary, but is a gift from the emperor. Gu cannot violate the emperor's order, so why should they have to fight against Gu?"

"Isn't it good for everyone to still have the deep brotherhood we had when we were kids?"

The prince shook his head: "It's a pity that my father is about to die. Otherwise, how would they dare to go against Gu everywhere?"

"I really hope that my father will always be alive. To be honest, Gu Zhen doesn't want to cause brothers to kill each other because of a chair."

"But there is nothing we can do. Regardless of whether they are happy or not, since Gu has become the prince, he must take responsibility."

"When my father goes to reincarnation, I can only be optimistic about the Holy Tree Fairyland for my father. I will not let my father down."

The young man flattered the old emperor immediately after hearing this: "After the prince ascends the throne, he will surely be a wise ruler and admired by all generations!"

While flattering, the young man secretly criticized the old emperor in his heart.

There are no outsiders here. Who is the prince pretending to be a filial son and a virtuous grandson for?

I am afraid that the prince has been wishing that the old emperor would die soon?

After all, this person has been the prince for many years. If he does not ascend the throne again, he may die of old age earlier than the one on the dragon throne.

"Okay, you go down and pay close attention to the movements of the third brother. Tell me any situation at any time."

The prince said coldly: "Dao Hu is loyal to me. I will never let him die in vain. I will definitely avenge this hatred."

"Yes, prince!" The young man promised and left the study.

After closing the study door, the young man walked out of the prince's mansion, but he met a person at the gate.

"Qingluan, are you going out?"

A touch of joy flashed in the young man's eyes, and he hurried forward to ask.

Shi Xuanji pretended to look back, as if she had just seen the young man: "It's Commander Zhao, the Crown Princess asked me to go out to buy some things, and you, are you going out of the house too?"

"Yes, the Crown Prince asked me to go out to investigate some things."

The young man said regretfully: "It's a pity that I'm busy these days. I just came back and I have something else to do. When we have some free time in a while, can we go out and play together?"

After saying that, he looked at Shi Xuanji expectantly, his eyes shining.