C44 Star-Moon Gambling Workshop

Upon entering the mansion, the two of them made their way through the gates. Gu Qing Li hastily jumped out the window to his room to change clothes. Just as he took off his clothes, he heard Yu Ying's soft voice from outside, "Esteemed wangfei, your highness has come to see you."

Gu Qingli was startled. She hadn't even taken a deep breath, so what was he doing here now? She hurriedly stuffed the red veil under the bed and opened the door.

As the night breeze blew in, a cold feeling seeped into Gu Qing Li's body. She subconsciously clutched her shoulders, thinking of how she was going to pretend to cough a few times. She then saw Xiao Yi Xiu frown slightly, then quickly shut the door.

"It's already late at night, I've already gone to sleep. What else has the Prince come here for?"

"Have you forgotten what day it is?"

Gu Qingli was stunned. Could there be another anniversary between the two of them?

He seemed annoyed, but he took out a small bottle from his sleeve.

Only then did Gu Qingli suddenly remember that today was the day he'd delivered the antidote. The reason she'd forgotten was because she had already cleared away most of the remaining poison in her body. She didn't need to take his so-called antidote anymore.

She took the bottle and glanced at Xiao Yi Xiu. She thought that he had accomplished his mission and should have left by now, but he was just looking at her, not moving at all.

"It's already getting late, shouldn't Prince still go back to his room to rest?"

"You know that it's already late, so you don't intend to keep This King here for a while?"

Gu Qing Li froze for a moment, thinking back to that night when they shared a bed. He was obviously punishing her for Gabrielle, so she didn't sleep all night.

Thus, she rolled her eyes and suggested, "Madam Jia's Biliu Courtyard isn't far from here. Last time, I heard she said that she hadn't seen the prince for a while, so I was feeling very nostalgic. I would like to ask the prince to move over to comfort her."

Xiao Yi Xiu's chest rose and fell, his eyes flashing. Gu Qing Li was trying to guess his thoughts when she heard his voice, filled with joy and anger. "Very good, wangfei. You sure are magnanimous and proper. You don't fight for favors, but you're not jealous."

Gu Qingli smiled like a blooming flower. "I don't dare, it's all thanks to the prince's good teaching."

Instead, he took a few steps forward, the tip of his nose almost touching. He clenched his teeth and said in a low voice, "You really know how to infuriate This King."

She innocently looked up at him with her eyes. "I don't have any intention of infuriating His Highness. It's just that right now, my consumption of lung disease is very contagious …"

"Infection?" He sneered and propped up her lower jaw, "It's fine if you use these lies on others."

"That's what Lady Li Yue said as well …"

Hearing this name, the expression in his eyes turned cold. "This king doesn't know what you bewitched Li Yue about and made her lie for you. But this king can still tell whether you have tuberculosis or not."

"You are just using this as an excuse to avoid This King."

He let go of her and said coldly, "Do you really hate me? To avoid me, you live in seclusion all day and even pretend to be sick?"

Since he was going to be so aggressive, then don't blame her for being impolite. Gu Qing Li's expression became serious, and her eyes became frosty. "Then your highness will tell me how I can smile and please someone who poisoned me?"

Four eyes met, and his usual cool aura unexpectedly cracked inch by inch. Replacing it was a moment of ignited and dimmed flames.

With a flick of his sleeve, he turned around and left, never looking at her again.

Gu Qingli let out a sigh of relief behind him. It was still the same cold and emotionless looking man he was more used to. Those sudden and strange words just now always made her heart tighten and bounce from time to time, giving her an inexplicable feeling.

In fact, she didn't think it was disgust, just discomfort.

She felt that she was not yet used to his occasional flirtatious intimacy.

The case of drowning in corpses in Vice Minister Lin's estate had actually not been announced to the public. It was obvious that there were people who couldn't sit still.

Very soon, his house was surrounded by soldiers. Vice Minister Lin had heard that someone had reported that the previous owner of the house was anxious to get rid of him due to the numerous disappearances. In order for the government to thoroughly investigate this matter, they had to temporarily lock down the house and investigate.

Vice Minister Lin had no choice but to cooperate with the investigation and could only temporarily send the servants of the mansion back home.

Within the Mo King's Manor, he sighed to Xiao Yi Xiu, "Your Highness is indeed wise. If it weren't for you moving Liu Xin out of her body overnight, we would have been surrounded by enemies today."

The corpse had already been moved to the Prince's Mansion's cellar and kept under ice. Liu Xin had been arranged to live in the Wind Reach, where Xin Ziyao had once lived. Even the people from the Prince's Mansion didn't know about this.

Only then did they begin to analyze everything they had found out.

He had yet to find out what had happened to the envoy of the Southern Moon, but consuming the Frigid Eating Powder was indeed a Southern Moon tradition. This was something he could gather from the followers of the envoy.

As for the suspect, they had already locked down a few targets, especially the one they were currently pursuing.

A sneaky figure entered the biggest gambling den in the capital, the Starmoon gambling den.

The people who came and went here were either rich or noble. Those who dared to place bets here were not ordinary gamblers, so those who were poorly dressed or looked disgraceful were stopped outside.

When this person, dressed in ordinary clothes, entered, his eyes twinkled, almost no one gave him a second glance, almost to the point of being chased out.

Until someone familiar came over and patted his shoulder. "Wu San, you still dare to come!"

Wu ChangShun jumped in shock. Seeing that the person who came was just an assistant from the gambling den, he straightened his back and said, "I want to gamble on something big. Take me to Tian Xiang 1."

The shop assistant was startled at first, then burst out laughing: "Tian Xiang number one? Is that where you went? "How many times did you bring …"

Wu ZhangShun opened the bag tied around his waist and a bright yellow light flashed inside, causing the waiter to nearly go blind from the light. For a moment, he just stared without uttering a word.

"How is it?"

Go and try. Be careful not to lose your life." The shop assistant's maniacal laughter gradually died down as he brought him into an inner room. After that, an unknown mechanism was triggered as a door opened on the ground and a flight of stairs led downwards. The entrance to the black shuttle was like the mouth of a man-eating beast, giving off a strange and unfathomable feeling.

The shop assistant held onto a lantern as he slowly walked down.

The so-called extravagant spending of a thousand gold wasn't considered strange here.

Wu ChangShun had come prepared. He had so much gold with him, it was only enough for the next bet. But there was nothing he could do. He needed something here, or else he would lose his life.

When they reached the bottom, they discovered that the walls were shining with a golden light, and even the ceiling was embedded with Night Pearls. The palace lamps illuminated this place as bright as day, and smoke and cyan clouds were floating around everywhere.

Wu ZhangShun was not in the mood to watch. He walked to table nine, drenched in cold sweat. His gaze fell on a strangely shaped object in the middle of the table.

The object was shaped like a deer horn and had a jade-like quality. Its color was as white as ice and snow and there was a cold aura emitting from it.