Feng Yunshu quickly shook her head. "Who said I'm afraid of you? I'm just showing respect, okay? I'm clearly respecting Your Highness's opinion. I don't know who knocked over the vinegar jar just now. It's so sour."
"Hehe..." Facing Feng Yunshu's sharp tongue, Helan Yanting shrugged. Looking at her with a helpless yet doting expression, he shook his head. "Fine, fine. I can't match my wife's sharp tongue."
"Just speak your mind."
Feng Yunshu rolled her big eyes and then said, "I think we can still consider saving him, but we can't make it too easy for him."
"Hehe," Helan Yanting couldn't help laughing. "What do you mean by that, my wife?"
"We can save him. But after all, he's the third prince of the Dan Kingdom. If he turns against Your Highness in the future, aren't we shooting ourselves in the foot?"
"So what does my wife mean?"
"Set some conditions for saving his life. It's relatively safer this way."
"Anyway, we can't do a losing deal."
After listening to Feng Yunshu, Helan Yanting couldn't help smiling. Pinching her fair cheek with a beaming look in his eyes, he said, "You're really of the same mind as me. It shows that we're a perfect match as a couple."
Feng Yunshu was stunned for a moment and quickly realized what he meant. "So Your Highness already had an idea. Then why did you ask me... You said it wasn't a test, but I think it clearly was."
"My wife has really misunderstood me. My idea is the same as my wife's. I've already sent someone to deliver my letter. If he agrees, I'll surely save his life."
Feng Yunshu nodded. "Well, that's good."
"Hey, there's another thing. Didn't we release those bounty killers we caught earlier as bait? How's the situation? Have we lured out the mastermind?"
Remembering the tragic scene she sensed from the magic staff before, Feng Yunshu's face couldn't help turning cold.
"I must tell you that those two bounty killers were assassinated and died before we could release them."
"What?!" Feng Yunshu was stunned. "Dead? Why didn't Your Highness tell me such a big thing earlier? Are all our only clues cut off just because those two bounty killers died?"
"But my wife doesn't need to worry. Although the bounty killers are dead, I sent people to hurry to that temple to investigate. According to our people's judgment, the one who did it was the well - known Jin Yidao in the martial arts world."
"Jin Yidao? Who is he? The name sounds very unfamiliar."
"This man has been in the martial arts world for many years. He has occupied a long - standing place in the martial arts world with his masterful knife skills."
"Why did he attack the abbot and the monks in that temple so brutally?"
"Most likely for money, or someone has some of his weaknesses and uses them."
Feng Yunshu sighed. She didn't expect that the mastermind behind this had such great power. Not only could he find all kinds of powerful killers in the martial arts world, but he could also find demons and ghosts.
"Since we've already found out who did it, I can try to find this person and arrest him for interrogation!"
Seeing Feng Yunshu looking eager and raring to go, Helan Yanting paused slightly. He couldn't bear to break her still - hopeful mood.
"I sent people to offer a reward in the martial arts world. Because the reward was very attractive, many bounty killers in the martial arts world were tracking Jin Yidao."
"Really? Did they catch him?!" Feng Yunshu was a bit surprised.
"Your Highness is really something. For such a big thing, you should have told me first. Instead of spending money on such a task, you could have just given that money to me. Isn't my tracking skill better than theirs?"
Helan Yanting nodded with a smile. "Yes, my wife is absolutely right. I don't doubt my wife's ability. But after the investigation at that time, I just wanted to find out the truth as soon as possible and expose the culprit who had been hiding in the dark and trying to harm my wife."
"So what's the result? Did you find him?"
Helan Yanting's face tightened slightly and then he shook his head helplessly. "Just like those previous bounty killers, by the time our people got news of Jin Yidao, he had already been brutally killed. It's said that his whole head was cut off by an extremely sharp and fine rope. The person who did it was very cruel."
"Dead?"
Helan Yanting nodded. "Yes."
"Before he died, did Your Highness and your people find any clues? Don't tell me all the clues are cut off like this?!"
Feng Yunshu was a bit angry. "This mastermind behind this is too arrogant. Sending people to assassinate me repeatedly is already bad enough, but he even blatantly silences the witnesses. Either this person is worried about being exposed and is acting in desperation, or this person is too arrogant and simply not afraid of being discovered."
Helan Yanting nodded seriously. "Yes, my wife's guess is very reasonable. But according to my investigation and inference, this person is mostly the latter."
"Does Your Highness already have a clue?"
Helan Yanting nodded. "I already have a suspect."
Feng Yunshu's heart skipped a beat. "Who?!"
"Speaking of this person, my wife may be a bit unfamiliar with her, but you should be able to match her up."
A person who she could match up with but was unfamiliar with?
Feng Yunshu felt that her mind was suddenly stuck in a maze and couldn't get out. The number of people she had met since she came to this world was actually not many. Most of them were related to the royal family of the Dan Kingdom and the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"Your Highness, don't keep me in suspense. Who on earth is it? Please tell me quickly."
"Concubine Mu."
"Concubine Mu?!" Feng Yunshu was stunned for a moment. This name was really very unfamiliar, but she seemed to have heard of this person before.
She didn't have any impression of this person herself, but she seemed to have heard of and even seen this person several times when she entered the palace and when the original owner entered the palace before.
"Is the Concubine Mu Your Highness mentioned the lady who sat close to Dongfang Chuan when we entered the palace for the palace banquet before?"
Helan Yanting nodded. "Do you still remember her?"
Feng Yunshu nodded. "Yes, I have a bit of an impression."
Feng Yunshu recalled that when she entered the palace for the palace banquet, when she looked up, she first saw Dongfang Chuan and Queen Zheng sitting on the upper seats. Then she scanned around and noticed a young and beautiful lady sitting beside Dongfang Chuan.
The reason why Feng Yunshu had an impression of her was, firstly, that Concubine Mu was really extremely beautiful. The charming and coquettish look in her eyes was unforgettable. The second and more important reason was that according to the seating order in the palace, except for the queen, all other ladies and female relatives had to sit in the female - relatives' seats. However, Concubine Mu seemed to be an exception and sat alone beside the emperor.
Feng Yunshu remembered that she couldn't help being curious and took a few more glances at Concubine Mu. Suddenly, Concubine Mu looked up, and there was a meaningful look in her sparkling peach - blossom eyes.
But before Feng Yunshu could see clearly, she had already withdrawn her gaze and turned to Dongfang Chuan with a charming smile. Dongfang Chuan obviously doted on Concubine Mu very much. His expression became a bit gentler when he looked at her.
However, because of some special situations that happened later during that palace banquet, after it ended, Feng Yunshu didn't have the extra energy to find out who Concubine Mu was. Moreover, by that time, Concubine Mu had already left her seat and disappeared.
Now that Helan Yanting mentioned this person again, Feng Yunshu realized that there were indeed fragments of this person in her mind.