A baby boy?
Then Qing Fei's child must not be Yi Zhen.
But... the man from the Ying State who had an affair with Qing Fei... was Emperor Zhaohuan!
Then this baby boy must be a current imperial prince!
Yun Xi kept learning one shocking piece of news after another. She was starting to feel numb, and even thought these pieces of news were not shocking enough, as if she had already guessed them.
Just as she was lost in wild thoughts, she heard Zongzheng Fengyi click his tongue several times and then ask:
"What a surprise!"
"In that case, is the baby boy in the palace now? Who is he?"
"Now that our great cause is about to succeed, if that traitor Hui Zhi has sent someone to stay by his side and told him all our secrets, won't it ruin everything?"
Yun Xi also concentrated and listened carefully.
According to what the Saint Master said, this person must be very useful to them.
But the Saint Master's next words disappointed her a bit:
"No. From my observation of him, Hui Zhi not only didn't tell him anything about us, but he doesn't even know his own true identity."
Zongzheng Fengyi let out a slight sigh of relief. Yun Xi could hear him pacing back and forth a few steps, as if in deep thought. Then he asked:
"But if he doesn't know, who took the Drunken Gu Ring?"
While the two of them were still speculating over there, Yun Xi knew very well that the one who took it was most likely Lan Chu.
Lan Chu took the ring and deliberately let Hun Yuan notice that his things had been touched. Finally, she sent it to him through Lian Yi's hands.
Firstly, it wouldn't expose her own whereabouts. For example, until now, the Saint Master and the others hadn't noticed her trace. Secondly, it could also avoid the Saint Master and the others' attention to the greatest extent.
After all, when the Saint Master went to look for the thing, Lian Yi and Hun Yuan were both on the Wuliang Platform, and all the officials and the common people were witnesses.
The Saint Master would never suspect them.
That Aunt Lan Chu had always been protecting her!
Although she didn't know why she protected her so much, Yun Xi was still touched in her heart.
Since she had taken so much effort to send the Drunken Gu Ring to her, she would never let the ring fall into the hands of these two people again.
She quietly untied the rope around her neck.
Yun Xi carefully observed the guards beside her. Seeing that the two of them were concentrating on staring ahead and didn't notice her side, she picked up the rope with her fingers and slowly and silently passed it through the hanging strap of her close - fitting undergarment and tied it up again.
The conversation between the Saint Master and the other person over there continued.
The Saint Master didn't answer Zongzheng Fengyi's question because he himself couldn't figure out how the Drunken Gu Ring had suddenly disappeared.
It was Zongzheng Fengyi. Seeing that the Saint Master didn't respond for a long time, he urgently asked again:
"Grandfather, who on earth is that baby boy? Have I ever met him?"
"Have you ever met him?"
The Saint Master let out a soft laugh with his hoarse and aged voice:
"You've not only met him, but you've also..."
The Saint Master's voice suddenly stopped. Yun Xi was just stuffing the ring into the inside of her arm in the opposite direction. The rope wasn't very long, and the inside of the arm was a hidden place. It was difficult to touch and not easily noticeable.
Suddenly hearing the Saint Master's voice stop, Yun Xi thought something was wrong. She guessed that the Saint Master, with his excellent martial arts, had noticed her movement. She quickly retracted her hand and pretended to have just woken up. She covered the back of her neck with a confused and painful look.
Sure enough, as soon as she retracted her hand and touched her neck, the Saint Master's figure appeared at the door of the stone chamber.
His greenish eyes stared at her eerily like a hungry wolf in the forest:
"You're awake?"
the Saint Master asked. His voice, like rough stones scraping against a potholed ground, carried an indescribable chill, making Yun Xi can't help but get goosebumps.
Yun Xi looked blankly at the Saint Master at the door. Pretending to be startled, she suddenly shrank back and bumped into the iron cage with a "thud". She couldn't help but hiss in pain.
Then she pretended to quickly scan the surrounding environment to confirm where she was. Only then did Yun Xi show an indignant and resentful look and angrily scold:
"I really didn't expect that Shen Zhou had colluded with you guys long ago!"
"If you want to use my flesh and blood to refine Gu for you, just catch me. Why did you cooperate with the Shen family to harm my father!?"
The Saint Master didn't answer Yun Xi immediately.
He just half - squinted his eyes and sized up the indignant Yun Xi. Seeing that her expression and reaction didn't seem fake, he thought she should have really just woken up and hadn't heard his conversation with Zongzheng Fengyi.
However, Yun Xi was now in his hands and couldn't escape. Outside, Yi Yuan and the Yun family were busy enough taking care of themselves. The Saint Master wasn't afraid of Yun Xi hearing anything.
Although he was 90% sure, nothing was certain yet. It was always better to be cautious.
So he said:
"What? Do you regret not recognizing people clearly?"
"Then I'll give you a chance to avenge yourself personally. How about it?"
Yun Xi glared at him hatefully with a cold snort, and the word "disbelief" was written all over her face.
The Saint Master understood what Yun Xi meant and wasn't angry. He raised his right hand and spread it out a little to the right and said:
"You don't believe me?"
"He's right next door. He was just talking to me. As long as you nod, I'll immediately have someone send him here. You can do whatever you want with him. Consider it a little reward for you using your flesh and blood to refine Gu for me. How about it?"
"Liars!"
Yun Xi shouted excitedly.
The Saint Master's expression turned cold. He thought to himself:
This girl must be pretending to have just woken up. Otherwise, how would she know that the person talking to him next door was Zongzheng Fengyi instead of Shen Zhou?
However, just as this thought flashed through his mind, he heard Yun Xi continue:
"You guys are all in the same boat. Do you think I'll believe you'll hand him over to me for disposal? Only a fool would believe you!"
"Moreover, among the younger generation of the Shen family, Shen Zhou is the only outstanding one. He's far more outstanding than others. Do you think you can just dispose of him as you like? Is the Prime Minister Shen a useless person!?"
So she just didn't believe this.
The Saint Master felt a little relieved. The imposing manner around him lessened slightly. He didn't explain but just said:
"It doesn't matter if you don't believe me. Considering that you're the furnace for my Mind - Reading Gu, I'll definitely help you kill Shen Zhou and avenge you and the Yun family..."
Saying this, he let out a strange and unpleasant "jiejie" laugh.
He told the two guards to watch Yun Xi well and then turned around and left.
After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, turned to the side and said:
"By the way, I forgot to tell you. While you were crying and shouting for Shen Zhou to return your father, the imperial edict for the punishment of Prince Yu'an has been issued."
"The crime of treason will implicate nine generations of the family. Everyone in the Yu'an Prince's Mansion, including that young heir..."
"Oh, that's the son of Prince Chi Xuan whom Shen Zhai wrote to us asking us to pretend to attack the city so that he could send assassins to secretly kill him and fake his death on the battlefield. After the wedding ceremony of Yi Zhen and Fengyi, they will all be... executed immediately. Tsk tsk..."
The Saint Master laughed extremely happily and creepily:
"Counting the time, it will be in three days. I heard that you two had a very good relationship. I wonder if he'll miss you when he dies."
Yun Xi stared at him in horror with wide - open eyes. She rushed to the front of the iron cage and shook her head repeatedly, shouting:
"Impossible! You're lying to me!"
"His Majesty trusts A Yuan the most. How could he sentence A Yuan to death after just such a short investigation! I won't believe your nonsense!"
The Saint Master hooked his lips mockingly and ignored Yun Xi's madness. He just left a sentence:
"Trusts Yi Yuan the most? The one he trusts the most is only his and Hui Zhi's child. Do you... know who it is?"