C280 I'm speaking the truth

At this moment, he was much calmer and his reaction was much faster than hers.

If one were to say that Yan Shuo did not believe him, he would be unable to find anything that he could suspect for a while.

But to say that he completely believed the both of them, it wasn't worth it.

After all, he was a person sitting on the throne, so his thoughts weren't that simple.

The uncle and nephew duo looked at each other for a long time. Their eyes seemed to be secretly competing with each other.

After a long while, Yan Shuo retracted his gaze first, nodded and laughed lightly, "Right, I nearly forgot about this matter. That day, I had not thanked Ninth Aunt about Rong Er's matters."

"As long as the Emperor can remember what your Ninth Aunt did for you."

Yan Yuan's indifferent voice came over.

As Yan Shuo's uncle, because his uncles had good relations with each other, the two of them rarely had the courtesy of a sovereign on an informal occasion.

Yan Shuo had long gotten used to Yan Yuan's words.

Just that, today, Yan Yuan's words had a hidden meaning.

Yan Shuo looked at Yan Yuan, and after a moment of silence, he smiled and nodded, "Of course, I will remember all of the great help Ninth Aunt has helped us with."

Immediately after, Yan Shuo was afraid that the topic would turn to heartlock, "Do you know where we got this heartlock from?"

Yan Yuan and Yue Shan did not reply, they only looked at him in confusion, waiting for his reply.

Actually, the two of them knew clearly in their hearts why this heartlock was in Yan Shuo's hands.

"It's on the side of the spirit tablet platform in the Royal Tomb."

Yan Shuo replied calmly.

"Beside the spirit tablet?"

Yan Yuan's eyes looked at Liu Ruo Qing without batting an eyelid, and then looked at Yan Shuo, "Could it be that the assassin who barged into the Duke's Palace that day was the People from the Divine Artefact Hall?"

For Liu Ruo Qing, he could only mislead Yan Shuo.

Only Liu Ruo Qing and him knew why the heartlock would appear there.

"People from the Divine Artefact Hall, what do you need heartlock for?"

Yan Shuo looked at Yan Yuan and raised his question.

"I'm afraid we'll have to personally ask the People from the Divine Artefact Hall to know."

Yan Yuan's reaction was especially calm, and no one could tell what he was truly feeling.

"Since this heartlock that was stolen from the Duke's Mansion has appeared in the imperial mausoleum, it means that the person who broke into the Prince's Mansion to commit assassination that day was the People from the Divine Artefact Hall."

"But didn't Imperial Uncle say that those people were the secret guards from the Prince Rui's residence?"

Yan Shuo asked this question step by step, causing him to feel overwhelmed.

His brows furrowed as a trace of impatience flashed in his eyes.

"Didn't I tell you at the time, was it only possible? Qin Xuan has no enmity with us, why would he send his own dark guards to kill me? "

Yan Yuan's tone was a little too serious.

"Although this is a secret, it doesn't mean that there is a traitor within Qin Xuan's group of hidden guards. As for why they became People from the Divine Artefact Hall, we need to capture them first to understand."

Not to mention Yan Shuo, even Liu Ruo Qing could hear the impatience and irritation in Yan Yuan's tone.

Her heart started to become perturbed.

This was also what she had always been worried about.

Just one heartlock had already ignited the smell of gunpowder between Yan Yuan and himself.

She didn't dare imagine how difficult it would be to deal with the relationship between Yan Shuo and his.

Yan Shuo looked at Yan Yuan with an unfathomable gaze, and a trace of helplessness flashed past his eyes.

However, as a Kaiser, he had to understand some things.

"Royal Uncle, is it possible that among the people who barged into the Royal Tomb that day, there were two groups of people. One of them were the four people from the Shen Ji Hall who were already dead, and the person who fled, was the person who left behind the heartlock."

Yan Shuo's gaze stopped on Liu Ruo Qing's face without batting an eyelid.

Actually, he didn't really want the Ninth Aunt to barge into the Royal Tomb that day, but …

The explanations that his royal uncle had given just now were too far-fetched.

Liu Ruo Qing's heart tightened. For a moment, she really had the urge to tell Yan Shuo that she was the one who had barged into the imperial mausoleum that day.

"Your Majesty …"

Just as Liu Ruo Qing's words were about to reach her mouth, she was forcefully pulled behind him, blocking in front of Liu Ruo Qing, and said: "I will personally investigate who that person is."

He looked straight into Yan Shuo's eyes, and their four eyes met. The resolution in Yan Yuan's eyes made it impossible for him to doubt it in the slightest.

He remembered what Yan Yuan had told him that day in the royal study.

He wouldn't let anyone kill his wangfei! Anyone!

When he emphasized these three words, Yan Shuo's heart sank.

The eighth uncle told him not to push the Ninth Aunt any further. Perhaps, he really should not press him any further now.

But in the future …

He was the Kaiser, and had the laws to tie him up. Even if he didn't want to press him down, he couldn't.

In the end, he sighed and said, "Then I'll leave this matter to Imperial Uncle to investigate."

He propped up the heartlock in his hands and handed it over to Liu Ruo Qing, "Ninth Aunt, I'll return the heartlock to you. You have to take good care of it this time, don't let anyone steal it again."

"Ugh …" "Alright."

She nodded and took the heartlock back.

In her eyes, this exquisite treasure seemed like a heavy weight that weighed a thousand gold.

"I still have a lot of things to take care of, so I'll head back to the palace first."

The three of them walked out of the study room, each with their own thoughts.

Reaching the door of the Duke Palace, Yan Shuo turned his head and said to the two of them, "Don't send us off, we will be leaving first."

After Kaiser left, Yan Yuan turned to look at Liu Ruo Qing. The sharpness in his eyes made Liu Ruo Qing panic in his heart.

"Follow me."

A deep voice spoke these four words lightly, but it struck hard onto Liu Ruo Qing's heart.

She followed Yan Yuan to the study room and closed the door heavily, causing Liu Ruo Qing's heart to start beating wildly.

Yan Yuan looked at her, and a sharp light shot out from his eyes, causing Liu Ruo Qing to be unable to hide from it.

"Now, tell me honestly, why is the heartlock in the Royal Tomb as well?"

Liu Ruo Qing bit her lower lip, her hands grabbing tightly onto her sleeves without saying a word.

It wasn't that she didn't believe Yan Yuan, but that she couldn't let Yan Yuan know the truth.

"Didn't I tell you that day?" I came back from Yun Jiao Rong's place … "

"Enough!"

Yan Yuan cut Liu Ruo Qing off with an ashen face.

Her hands gripped her arms tightly, blue veins popping from her forehead.

"Do you still use such a crappy excuse to lie to me?"

Because he was angry, the strength in his hands was a bit heavy, heavy enough to make Liu Ruo Qing frown.

"I didn't lie to you. I said it was the truth."

She gritted her teeth and persevered.

Yan Yuan was so angry that his chest was blocked, he had nowhere to vent, and he didn't know what to do with this stubborn woman.