Chapter 75：The Great Escape 1

Players: Wu Min Jun, Yun Jiao, Pingyang, Lu Lu, Liu Ya, He Chen, Wu Hao, Feng You You, Liu Liang, Yan Yu, Situ Youqing... and Baozi.

The Great Escape is a game thought up by Situ Youqing.

Wu Min Jun and I - especially me, thought up every way to find Situ Youqing, we wanted to find her to get a drug to switch our bodies, we finally found her, but Situ Youqing was dispirited and informed us that she had lost her master again, and so we cannot help us with that kind of drug.

I was not convinced - anyway, I have never believed in her master's existence...

However, Situ Youqing is considered a special guest, it's currently winter and the weather is cold, so I told her and Baozi to stay with us, this way, I will also have a companion. Situ Youqing has traveled to many many places, although her purpose was to find her master, she has had many unusual enccounters. She described them to me vividly as she ate snacks. Baozi was waving his small paws in the air trying to grab the snacks.

Soon it will be Wu Min Jun's 20th birthday. All the countries have sent envoys to express their congratulations. From Dongyuan, the dowager empress and the royal brother wrote a letter to me letting me know that they will be sending Yan Yu - it said that Yan Yu has still not gotten married, he did not listen to advice from last time at all. The dowager empress and my royal brother want me to try to persuade him, and that if there is a suitable woman in Xiyuan, I should just get them in bed together.

...the dowager empress and royal brother must think I am too idle...

Wu Min Jun accidentally saw the letter, he laughed and said that the dowager empress and royal brother's idea is good, and told a servant to go prepare some shameful drugs...I don't know what to say...

Wu Min Jun was born in autumn, the leaves have gradually withered, the scenery is not as good as spring or summer, but the leaves are very colorful, it can also be counted as beautiful scenery.

Wu Hao and Feng Youyou came for Beiyuan. Wu Hao seems to be living well, he has added more weight since last we saw him, also seems livelier and happier. Yun Jiao thought that looking at the redness of his cheeks, he probably could go stand on the street and start dispensing money to people. Feng You You did not change much, probably because she just gave birth to a child, her face seems more gentle.

But then again, Pingyang also gave birth to a child, How come I feel that she hasn't changed at all? Only Lu Lu seems to have become more gentle, and is more compliant and seems to be glowing.

The most shocking thing is that the person Nanyuan sent is actually Liu Liang - he actually dared to come!

...In short, this person coming for Wu Min Jun's birthday, it is hard to trust that they are really here to congratulate. I was very distressed about what to do about the gifts they delivered, but fortunately, Wu Min Jun sorted it out for me, as for what the gifts were, I have no clue, but next time, I definitely will not need him to sort it out for me...

Since these people were not leaving soon, Situ Youqing who has been bored in the palace asked Wu Min Jun if we could forgo the rules, and let those people all play a game with us?

Wu Min Jun: "What?"

Situ Youqing: "Murder."

I: "..."

Wu Min Jun smiled and said: "Very good..."

I: "... I will kill you first, please shut up for me..."

Situ Youqing quickly explained: "It's not really killing people, it's just pretending. Out of all of us, one person will be assigned as the murderer, and then the murderer has to kill people without being caught. In this case, draw ink on a person's neck or forehead, then that person will be considered dead."

Situ Youqing seemed very cheerful, and I still had some misgivings: "Then?"

"The person that is dead is not allowed to speak and cannot give any clues as to who the murderer is."

Wu Min Jun had an expression of interest and said: "Continue."

"Every time there is a murder, everyone will discuss together and try to come up with who the murderer is and decide on someone. The accused murderer can try to argue against the verdict, but if their defense is unsuccessful, then they must die. After death, then they must say whether they are the murderer or not. If the murderer is still living till the end, then the murderer wins." After that, Situ Youqing looked at me with a face full of expectation and asked: "Empress, what do you think?"

I said: "It sounds quite interesting..."

Wu Min Jun pat his leg and said: "Then let's call them tonight."

I: "... "

It's really fast...

Sure enough, all of them were called and arrived that night, Liu Ya heard the news and also came, I and Wu Min Jun thought the more people the better, so we did not refuse her. After explaining the rules to everyone, we started to draw lots. All the sticks have the words "to be killed" except one, which says "murderer"...I drew my lot and looked at it, it was "to be killed".

...Okay! I want to see who can kill me.

Everyone glanced at their own sticks, and all had on guarded expressions, then we all laughed and said nothing. I swept my eyes through everyone and could not discern anything so I stopped looking at them. As it was already late, I and Wu Min Jun went back to our palace, Wu Min Jun nonchalantly asked me: "Are you the murderer?"

I also followed suit and nonchalantly retorted: "How about you?"

Wu Min Jun Laughed, said: "I hope I am."

I said: "Relax, I am not."

Wu Min Jun: "Well, rest assured, I am not."

Oh, actually, I highly suspect Wu Min Jun...

After I and Wu Min Jun returned to our palace, I let out my hair, took a bath and went to sleep. Although I suspect Wu Min Jun, I still needed to rest. Anyway, Wu Min Jun's skills and mine are pretty much equal, there is no way I wouldn't sense it if he tried to sneak an attack.

Wu Min Jun also came to bed quickly, after a while I fell asleep. Suddenly, I heard a subtle sound - the sound came from Wu Min Jun's side of the bed.

I kept my eyes closed, and I felt that he got up and left the bed - was he going to get a brush? I focused on his every move vigilantly and found that he got dressed and went out of the palace.

I opened my eyes, quickly put on my clothes and secretly followed behind him, and saw that he went all the way to the royal study, had the lights lit and began to review memorials.

That's right, he has had a lot of matters to handle these days, the memorials are probably just as much.

I looked through the window for a while, and then I heard a servant announce a visitor, I wondered who was coming to see him so late, but because I was afraid of being discovered by Wu Min Jun, I turned and left and returned to the palace.

When I woke up the next day, I collapsed. There was an ink mark on the neck of Wu Min Jun who was lying next to me.

Who is so daring, on the first night to "kill" Wu Min Jun?! And the murderer actually succeeded!

I said: "Wu Min Jun...you...you..."

Wu Min Jun slowly opened his eyes and looked at me without saying a word. His face was very gloomy, he was probably very upset.

I said: "Who dares to kill you?!"

Wu Min Jun still said nothing, then I remembered that Wu Min Jun is a "dead man" and so cannot say anything, especially about the murderer...

I tapped his shoulder and said: "Don't worry, soon I will help you find the murderer."

Wu Min Jun smiled, got up and kissed my face.

I went to the meeting hall with Wu Min Jun, everyone was already there. When they saw the ink mark on Wu Min Jun's neck they all showed an expression that said: "it couldn't be..." I thought the murderer should be amongst these people and said: "Who is it?"

Everyone looked at me at the same time.

Me: "..."

Situ Youqing cleared her throat and said: "We have to discuss it, to kill the emperor is not something just anyone can do..."

I: "..." -_-)'

The others nodded at the same time.

Me: "..."

"It's not me!" I protested, "I swear it's not me! If it is me, why would I kill Wu Min Jun? It's too obvious! You guys think about it."

Everyone still looked at me silently.

Me: "...It's really not me, it's really not."

I blinked and looked at Liu Liang and said: "Liu Liang, you talk, is it you? Last night, the person who went to see Wu Min Jun in the royal study, that person must be the murderer, but I didn't see who it was - is it you?"

Liu Liang smiled and said: "How can it be me? If it were me, Xi emperor would not relax even a little bit and would be vigilant, right? Only against the empress will the Xi emperor not guard against."

"..." Not only did this move not remove suspicion from me, but it instead dragged me further down. It's really hard to swallow...

I lamented: " Wu Min Jun, you know it's not me, right?"

Wu Min Jun is of course very disciplined and is following the rules -and so did not express anything.

I was speechless.

In the end, I was elected as the murderer without any objections and was executed. I wanted to cry as I revealed my draw stick, which revealed the words, "to be killed" - I am really not the murderer!!!

Wu Min Jun sighed and said: "Pitiful Yun Jiao, obviously you are not the murderer."

I crumbled: "...would it kill you to have said something earlier?!"

Wu Min Jun: "Anyway, you come with me. Let's be a ghost pair of mandarin ducks."

**(Pair of mandarin ducks is a popular metaphor for a pair of lovers)**

I was even more devastated: "Anyway?! You've been planning this since you died in the beginning, right?"

Wu Min Jun smiled softly and gently place a hand on my lips and said: "We are dead, don't talk, be good."

"Be good- your - head - ah ~!"

Everyone: "......"

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MiraiSaesang's notes: So who do you guys think is the murderer? I say it is Wu Min Jun - he faked his death, this is all part of his plan to eliminate his main rival Yun Jiao (not sure about how good Situ's skills are) without being obvious or doing anything at all, also eliminating the problem of him being suspected as she was his most obvious kill, just like he is for her...

He's playing all of them, as he's dead no one will suspect him...

...by the way, Liu Ya still hasn't learned to stay away from the royal couple, oh well, maybe she can pair up with Yan Yu and he can finally move on from our heroine...