No matter what, Yan Weiyi wasn’t a pushover!

But if it weren’t for Jingrong’s reminder today, he probably still wouldn’t have realized that he had long ago become a chess piece in Prince Yi’s hand.

Prince Yi was a meticulous person and vaguely sensed something was off with Yan Weiyi.

Frowning, he asked, “Master Yan, did you perhaps go see someone?”

“Yes, I just went to Peach Blossom Garden!”

Prince Yi’s expression immediately changed.

Peach Blossom Garden was Jingrong’s place.

“Why did he suddenly seek you out?”

Logically speaking, there shouldn’t be any flaws, right?

Yan Weiyi maintained his expressionless appearance and slowly sat down on the seat before Prince Yi, lifting his eyes.

He said, “Prince Rong already knows that I planted the northern ginkgo trees. Although I’m not clear how Prince Rong found out, the northern ginkgo trees have long been extinct, and I’ve been cultivating them very carefully. Logically speaking, he couldn’t possibly know that the stone spotted poison came from me.”

“He only said that?” Prince Yi didn’t seem to care about what he had just said.

“Not quite. He also told me that he had already sent people to uproot all the northern ginkgo trees I planted—considered as taking the blame for me.”

“So you’re saying that regarding the Liang Mountain incident, he knows you sent people to kill him?”

At this moment, Prince Yi was still thinking of pinning the blame on him.

Clearly, it was Prince Yi who had given the order—Yan Weiyi was merely a chess piece!

“No, Your Highness has just misunderstood my meaning. This Liang Mountain assassination didn’t expose the stone spotted poison. Rather, it was already exposed when people were sent to assassinate Prince Rong at Yi Zhuang. But how could Prince Rong know about this poison?” Yan Weiyi’s tone was gloomy, yet no emotion could be detected.

Prince Yi’s gaze paused!

He suddenly reacted, “Because you and I both overlooked her? Someone so clever would naturally know about this poison.”

“Her” naturally referred to Ji Yinshu.

Yan Weiyi paid no mind to his words and took out a jade pendant from his waist, handing it before him.

While saying, “Prince Rong asked me to relay a message to Your Highness: in the future when taking action, don’t leave evidence. This jade pendant was obtained by Prince Rong from Your Highness’s death warrior.”

After saying this, Yan Weiyi stood up and cupped his hands. “In the future, if Your Highness wants to kill someone, please do it yourself. Although you and I are in the same camp, I want to kill Prince Rong only to avenge my son, not to get involved in Your Highness’s factional struggles.”

After speaking, he didn’t even wait for Prince Yi to respond and had already left!

At this time, Prince Yi had a shocked expression as he held the jade pendant and examined it carefully.

Dou Quan hadn’t noticed at all and only said carefully, “It seems Prince Rong said something to Yan Weiyi and deliberately sowed discord between Your Highness and him. This person—Your Highness should be more cautious of him in the future.”

Prince Yi’s focus wasn’t on this.

Rather, he said, “This jade pendant is indeed one worn by this prince’s death warriors, but how did it end up in Jingrong’s hands?”

“Could it be that the death warrior accidentally left it behind during the assassination?” Dou Quan said.

“You should be well aware that the death warriors this prince sends out couldn’t possibly wear such an obvious identifying jade pendant on their persons. If Jingrong truly obtained this jade pendant from a death warrior’s body, then it seems he has long known that the person trying to kill him was me. Now he’s just using Yan Weiyi as an example.”

“Your Highness, but all the death warriors sent out are already dead.”

“Strange, very strange!”

Prince Yi narrowed his eyes slightly. It seemed there was much more to this!

Death warriors wearing jade pendants to assassinate someone—that was simply impossible!

…

On the other side, actually not long after Jingrong left Prince Rong’s Manor, Ji Yinshu also went out.

She went to a restaurant.

Coincidentally, this restaurant was the very one where she had previously taken Wei Yi to eat meat.

Just as she entered, she heard the pleasant “Fan Ji Melody” coming from the stage.

Following the sound with her gaze, she saw the young lady named Mei Xiang’er singing. Her moving voice sang into the heartstrings of the listeners, very comfortably.

At the same time her gaze looked over, it also happened to meet Mei Xiang’er’s eyes, which carried a hint of pleasant surprise.

Vaguely, it seemed to also carry a trace of bashfulness!

Ji Yinshu swallowed her saliva. Rouge and powder—she couldn’t handle it.

So she quickly went upstairs.

As soon as she went up, she saw Li Shiyan sitting at the outermost table with a “I’m the coolest” expression. One hand held a chopstick, continuously poking it down onto the table, while the other hand was draped over the wooden railing on the second floor like a hoodlum.

That posture made Ji Yinshu break out in a sweat.

As soon as she arrived, Little Lu Zi beside Li Shiyan patted him with the back of his hand, saying, “Young Master, she’s here.”

Clack—

The chopstick in his hand fell onto the table!

He sprang to his feet with a peach blossom face looking toward Ji Yinshu, grinning.

Didn’t they say he was seriously injured? Where did he look injured!

“I thought you weren’t coming—you’re almost a full incense stick late.” Li Shiyan complained.

“I was delayed.”

She sat down opposite him. Her bottom had just touched the bench when she reached out her hand toward Li Shiyan, saying seriously, “You can give me the item now, right?”

“Why are you in such a hurry? We’ll talk after eating.”

“No need, I don’t have much time.” Ji Yinshu’s attitude was resolute.

Li Shiyan’s face twitched as he put on a wronged expression, one hand pressing on his shoulder, saying, “Don’t you even have time to care about me? I was seriously injured because of you—the wound on my shoulder still hasn’t healed.”

Actually, Ji Yinshu wasn’t a heartless person. After all, if Li Shiyan hadn’t saved her, she would already be dead.

Pressing her lips together, she said with concern, “You remember, it’s best not to get it wet, and don’t eat spicy foods either, also…”

“I was lying to you—I’m not injured!”

“What?” Ji Yinshu looked confused.

Li Shiyan smiled and patted his shoulder with his hand. “You underestimated me too much. Those people couldn’t hurt me. However, my arm really did hurt—when I was preparing to go down into the valley to find you all, I accidentally fell and dislocated my hand, but it’s been set back now.”

Hey, hey, hey!

Are you the comedian sent by the monkey?

Ji Yinshu truly had a headache.

And Li Shiyan narrowed his eyes again, leaning his body forward, asking curiously, “But I really want to know—what exactly is your relationship with that prince?”

Facing that face full of curiosity, Ji Yinshu took a deep breath.

Returning to the main topic again, “I’m not in the mood to chat with you about these things. I just want my item back. Please give it to me immediately.”

“What if I don’t?”

“Then I’ll risk my life to get it back.” Ji Yinshu said this sentence without hesitation.

Li Shiyan was slightly shocked. Was this item so important to her?

Contemplating for a moment, he took out the tassel from his sleeve.

This was something Li Shiyan had stolen from Ji Yinshu’s person when they were at Liang Mountain!

Yes, stolen!

He dangled the tassel on his finger, swaying it, and put away his previous frivolous manner, asking her very seriously:

“Is this thing truly yours?”

“Of course it’s mine.”

As she spoke, Ji Yinshu reached out, preparing to snatch it.

But the next moment—

Li Shiyan suddenly said, “I’ve seen this tassel before.”

Her hand that had reached out suddenly stopped in mid-air just as her fingertips were about to touch the tassel.

“What did you say?”

Her voice trembled!

“I said, I’ve seen this tassel before.”