Chapter 103 Who is the murderer?
"Aze, try this, it's delicious."

On the street, Ye Ling'er held a string of freshly fried vegetarian food and waved it in front of Li Chengze.

Seeing this, Li Chengze opened his mouth and bit off a vegetarian dish. After chewing it for a few times, he nodded and said, "Well, it tastes really good."

Ye Ling'er chuckled and started eating the food in her hand.

However, after she had taken a few bites, she suddenly thought of something.

"Hey?"

"and many more!"

Ye Linger said: "Aze, we just met Fan Ruoruo's elder brother, who seemed to be called Fan Xian. Could he be..."

Li Chengze nodded and said, "Yes, he is Fan Xian."

"He is also Wan'er's fiancé."

"Ah?" Ye Ling'er exclaimed, "So it's him."

"When did he come to Kyoto?"

Li Chengze said: "It should be in the last few days."

"But it doesn't matter. Whether he came to Kyoto or not, the result would be the same."

Seeing that Li Chengze spoke so confidently, Ye Ling'er didn't say anything more.

But deep down, she was still worried about Lin Wan'er.

Thinking of this, Ye Ling'er came up to Li Chengze and whispered:
"Aze, if you can resolve Wan'er's engagement with someone else, I... I will..."

"What?" Li Chengze looked at Ye Ling'er in confusion.

Ye Ling'er's face turned slightly red, and she held the edge of her skirt tightly with both hands. After thinking for a moment, she finally made up her mind and said:

"I...I promise you..."

When Li Chengze heard this, his expression changed instantly, and his eyes involuntarily glanced towards Ye Ling'er's chest.

He didn't expect that Ye Ling'er would actually say such words on her own initiative.

Especially that little face, as red as a ripe cherry.

So cute!
Li Chengze looked at the blushing girl in front of him, thought for a moment, and then said in a low voice:
"Before that, can you pay some interest first?"

"What interest?" Ye Ling'er blinked her big eyes and looked at Li Chengze.

"That's right..." Li Chengze also chuckled and expressed his thoughts.

After hearing this, Ye Ling'er's face turned even redder and she shook her head hurriedly:
"No...no way!"

"Aze, you...you're annoying!"

Having said that, he turned around and walked forward.

Seeing this, Li Chengze immediately chased after him.

"Hey, I'm just joking, don't take it seriously."

"I was just joking, really."

"Wait for me!"

……

the other side.

Imperial Palace, Imperial Study Room.

Emperor Qing had a pair of panda eyes and sat in front of his desk with a deathly pale face.

He looked at the guards kneeling on the ground and asked coldly, "What did you say?"

"The murderer was not found?"

"My prince has been dead for nearly ten hours!"

"Such a long time has passed, and you haven't even found out who the murderer is. What's the point of me keeping you around?"

"Come here, pull him out and chop him!"

Several guards bowed their heads and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down."

"Your Majesty, please give me another chance..."

However, before the guards could finish speaking, they were pulled away by other guards.

When Emperor Qing saw the guards being dragged away, he shouted angrily, "Humph!"

"A bunch of trash!" At this time, a middle-aged general wearing armor and a long sword on his waist slowly walked into the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, I greet you!"

When Emperor Qing saw the person coming, his expression began to ease up. He waved his hand and said, "It's General Ye who is here."

"Hurry up and give me a seat!"

Immediately afterwards, a young eunuch brought a stool from the side and placed it behind the visitor.

Ye Zhong immediately bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

After he sat down, he immediately said to Emperor Qing: "Your Majesty, I wonder why you called me here?"

When Ye Chong arrived at the palace, he found that the guards in the palace were a little different from before.

It seemed like the number of patrolling guards had increased several times, and people could be seen basically everywhere.

Not only that.

Even the palace maids and eunuchs looked troubled, as if something terrible had happened.

Since the eunuch did not tell him what happened when he called him into the palace, Ye Chong was still confused.

At this time, Emperor Qing rubbed his brows and said, "Last night, a big thing happened in the palace."

"My prince was killed!"

“What!” Ye Zhong exclaimed when he heard this and quickly stood up from the stool.

Afterwards, he realized that he had lost his composure just now, so he immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. I was just..."

Emperor Qing was already exhausted because of the Crown Prince's murder, and he didn't sleep all night last night. How could he have the time to care about Ye Zhong's misbehavior? He immediately waved his hand and said:

"I asked you to come here so that you can find the murderer."

"No matter what the price, I want to know who the murderer is!"

"If you can catch the murderer, I will reward you handsomely!"

Ye Zhong immediately bowed and said, "I will obey your command and will definitely not let your majesty down."

Emperor Qing nodded and said, "Okay, then go check it out now."

"Yes, I'll take my leave." Ye nodded in agreement, then turned and left.

After Ye Zhong left, a middle-aged eunuch walked quickly from outside the imperial study.

"Your Majesty." Hong Siyang stopped beside Emperor Qing and bowed.

Emperor Qing asked, "How's the investigation going?"

"Who was it that entered the palace last night?"

Hong Siyang shook his head and said, "I have been searching for a whole night, but still have not found anything."

"However, I am sure that the people who killed His Royal Highness the Crown Prince were not the ones who entered the palace last time."

Emperor Qing nodded and said, "Yes, I feel the same way."

"To be able to kill people at a distance without revealing one's identity, one must be at the level of a Grandmaster."

"But Ku He lives in Northern Qi and has never set foot in Southern Qing. It is impossible for her to sneak into the palace just to kill a prince."

"And Ye Liuyun would never risk the destruction of his nine clans to do such a thing."

Hong Siyang said, "This matter also strikes me as very strange."

At this time, Emperor Qing said: "Continue to investigate. Now the capital city has been completely sealed off. The murderer must still be in the city."

"I want you to find the murderer in the shortest possible time!"

"Again, at any cost!"

Hong Siyang nodded immediately and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will do it right away."

After Hong Siyang left, Emperor Qing stood up, put his hands behind his back, and looked at the scenery outside.

Then, he slowly said: "Ye Qingmei, Ye Qingmei."

"Where did you put the weapon before you died?"

"Such a powerful and magical weapon can only play a greater role if it is handed over to me!"

"But that's okay."

"It won't be long before I get that weapon!"

(End of this chapter)