Spring in the East Palace

Chapter 288 Don’t Let It Go

Lu Nanhuai's expression did not change, but his eyes had become gloomy, and his hand holding the teacup tightened.

"Didn't she ask you to investigate Nangong Sheng? Don't you have any clues?" Qin Chuyan asked Lu Nanhuai calmly.

How could Lu Nanhuai and Shen Muyin hide this matter from Qin Chuyan?

It’s just that Qin Chuyan was too lazy to ask.

"You don't have any doubts?" Lu Nanhuai threw the question in front of Qin Chuyan.

Qin Chuyan didn't respond. After a long while, he asked calmly, "What did she tell you today?"

Lu Nanhuai told Qin Chuyan exactly what Shen Muyin had said, including the assassin that Shen Muyin had dealt with.

"I can't refute anything she said. Her determination and confidence made me believe that she was right." Lu Nanhuai said calmly, "This is the first time I was dominated by someone, so I gave her the evidence. I always felt that she had a purpose, but she never said it."

Qin Chuyan was very quiet and just listened.

"But she was very smart in avoiding every point we cared about. It was almost perfect. So perfect that it makes people wonder if she had foreseen something long ago." Lu Nanhuai stood with his hands behind his back and made his thoughts clear.

He then paused for a moment and said directly: "If it is really as she guessed, then it will be really troublesome. After all, he has been deep in Yan State for a long time."

Having said this, Lu Nanhuai suddenly fell silent.

Qin Chuyan then spoke calmly: "You don't want to implicate Su Jin, which is why you have never spoken in these years. You don't want Su Jin to get hurt, right? You also don't want her to become a hostage one day."

Lu Nanhuai didn't say anything, but he didn't deny Qin Chuyan's guess.

There was a moment of silence between the two.

"I don't want anything to happen to her either." Qin Chuyan said lightly.

This "she" is Shen Muyin.

"But I can't do anything to her." Qin Chuyan spread his hands. It was the first time he felt so helpless. "So, now we can only wait and see. And nothing can be postponed for the next thing, including the war on the border, which is expected to happen earlier than we expected."

This means that the time of separation is getting closer and closer. If these things are not dealt with before then, there will be endless troubles.

"So, when it's time to act, we have to act." Qin Chuyan lowered his eyebrows, his eyes revealing viciousness, "Don't show any mercy. It's better to kill someone by mistake than to let him go."

"But what if she is wrong?" Lu Nanhuai asked Qin Chuyan calmly.

However, Qin Chuyan looked at Lu Nanhuai with a firm look: "I believe she won't make a mistake."

This is trust in Shen Muyin, completely unconditional trust.

After hearing Qin Chuyan's words, Lu Nanhuai also quieted down. He didn't say anything afterwards, and the two of them just stood by the window with their hands behind their backs.

The East Palace suddenly became quiet, so quiet that it made people feel uneasy.

……

Shen Muyin left the East Palace, and when the carriage arrived at the city gate, he saw the head hanging high on the gate.

The people around were talking about it, but no one dared to get close, probably because it was too bloody and cruel.

In this situation, Shen Muyin remained calm and watched quietly.

But what she was looking at was not the head on the city gate, but the surrounding environment.

"Miss, is there a problem here?" Dong Jin noticed it and asked Shen Muyin in a low voice.

"Yes. But I can't find it." Shen Muyin did not deny it.

Ordinary people couldn't feel it, but Shen Muyin could clearly feel that the murderous intent here was directed at himself.

She knew very well that her actions had really driven that person into a corner.

So even in public, he was sending his own assassins to kill him at any time.

"Has the previous carriage passed by?" Shen Muyin asked Dong Jin.

"Behind you." Dong Jin responded.

After leaving Xiangshan, Shen Muyin suddenly changed the carriage, which was neither from the Shen Mansion nor from the other courtyard.

It was an ordinary merchant's carriage. Dong Jin didn't understand what it was, but he didn't ask much.

"Let them go forward, faster, we'll go through the side door." Shen Muyin ordered calmly, "Notify the secret guards, there will be a commotion soon, control the troublemakers, if that doesn't work, then kill them."

Shen Muyin spoke every word clearly.

"I obey your command." Dong Jin responded.

Soon, Dong Jin left silently, and Shen Muyin's carriage paused for a moment.

The carriage behind him, which originally belonged to the Shen family, suddenly sped up and surpassed Shen Muyin's carriage, but the speed of the carriage was not super fast, it was within the normal range.

Shen Muyin watched calmly.

There was no one in the carriage. The coachman was a guard from the other courtyard, so nothing would happen.

And their target was probably also towards themselves in the carriage.

Soon, her pupils contracted and she looked forward. Just as she had predicted, a hidden weapon was shot directly into the carriage silently.

But it was different from what Shen Muyin predicted.

No one caught up with him. Shen Muyin felt that the other party knew about it and gave up.

Now, Shen Muyin lowered his brows and remained quiet.

She wondered what had gone wrong.

In order to avoid any accidents, she even changed carriages at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain. Very few people knew about this.

Naturally, there was no way that the secret guards of the Eastern Palace could have any problems, and there were no one from the Shen residence here.

And Fennel is his servant and is even more trustworthy.

So, who leaked the news and let this person know that he was not in the carriage without causing any bigger commotion?

Soon, Shen Muyin looked around.

The hostility in the surroundings had disappeared and everything became peaceful, not to mention finding the killer here.

Shen Muyin remained silent for a moment. Dong Jin had already returned silently: "The other party has given up. The hidden weapon came out from the northwest corner. When Lao Shi chased after it, it was gone. The other party is very skilled."

Dong Jin is concise and to the point.

If Dong Jin could say that the other person had excellent skills, then he must be a master.

Unlike the initial test, now every needle draws blood and every knife strike is fatal.

This is a contest, a contest without the smoke of gunpowder.

"No clues at all?" Shen Muyin asked Dong Jin.

Dong Jin shook his head: "The speed is too fast, Xiao Shi can't keep up, I guess it will take Eleven's Qinggong to barely catch up with him."

This time, Dong Jin couldn't help but be curious: "Who is this person who is so powerful? I have been in the other courtyard for so long, and I have never encountered such a powerful assassin. The people before were not good enough to play with. The few powerful ones were all dealt with by His Highness and Lord Lu."

"The snake king is about to come out of the cave." Shen Muyin said lightly.