C105 (1/2)
”Cough …” Su Li almost choked to death on her saliva, ”What did you say?”
Her intuition told her that she must have misheard!
Mo Lianjin's gaze was deep and serene as she suppressed the flames at the bottom of her heart, enunciating word by word. ”The empress dowager has returned to the capital. There will be a palace feast on the fifteenth day.”
”So?”
”If there is anyone in the palace who wants to take advantage of This King's marriage, This King wants you!”
”Cough …”
These four words were too frightening. Could he not just keep it in his mouth?
”Of course, This King doesn't really want you. I'm just using you as a shield.”
”So you're saying that if something like that really happens, you want me to marry into the Fifth Prince's Mansion and become a fake husband and wife with you?”
”Yes.”
Su Li was gloomy, he had only asked her to lend him two hundred gold, but he actually wanted her to sell herself?
Even though they were a fake couple, they still felt like they had lost out …
”Thus, on that fifteenth day, you will follow me to the palace for a feast.”
Mo Lianjin took a step forward and looked down at her.
Su Li's neck shrunk as he retreated in a panic.
However, the wooden board was still at her feet. She tripped and subconsciously grabbed onto Mo Lianjin's clothes, not allowing herself to fall.
Mo Lianjin took the opportunity and wrapped his arms around her waist, his lips curving into a smile, ”This king will take it that you've agreed.”
”I didn't …”
”This King will lend you three hundred taels!”
Su Li: ”...”
”No one can be more generous than This King.”
Su Li's mouth twitched, how was he generous? He was clearly a monkey spirit! His calculations were going so well that he was not going to lose out at all!
”If this is only a matter of This King worrying, there is no need for you to put on an act with This King.”
Su Li pursed his lips. What Mo Lianjin said was right, this was a huge gamble.
For three hundred liang, go all out!
”Alright, I agree.”
A smile flashed past Mo Lianjin's eyes.
Su Li did not see him smile, so he bowed and picked up the wooden board, ”I almost forgot about this, Fifth Prince look.”
Mo Lianjin followed her finger and looked at the narrative painting on the wooden board.
Seeing to the end, his black pupils became a slit, ”This person is too dangerous, I must think of a way to wake Tang Rufeng up.”
Su Li nodded his head, ”However, I have a bold guess. If it is successful, I can probably find the person behind him.”
”Hmm?”
”This person's existence started from the Liu Yin case, the Case of Heart Stealing and the skinning case both caused a huge commotion in the capital. I am thinking, is it possible that this person appeared before the Liu Yin case, just that no one found any traces of him?”
”You want to look up the capital's case files for the past few years?”
”Exactly.”
Mo Lianjin muttered to himself, and did not make a sound.
Su Li smacked his forehead and looked into his eyes, ”Before Liu Yin committed suicide, if you didn't ask a question, Liu Yin probably wouldn't have leaked the traces of the person behind him. Fifth Prince, I want to know, why did you ask that question at that time? Why are you so certain that there is someone bewitching Liu Yin? ”
Mo Lianjin looked at the eyes that Su Li was examining, and she finally asked.
”Liu Yin's understanding of medicine was somewhat similar to a certain case, and at that time, I was unable to find the origin of the poison, so I just left it at that. After so many years, only Liu Yin's case had a poison similar to that case.”
Su Li nodded her head in understanding, she did not doubt his explanation.
”Investigating the case files from the past few years, I don't think that it would anger any important figures, right?”
”Su Li, I have a suggestion.”
”Hmm?”
”Don't let anyone else know about the investigation of the old case file.”