Lu Qing Wan slept as if she owed a debt for her sleep, and wouldn't wake until the sun was high in the sky.
Feng Xi Wu received Li Su's report and tiptoed to the outer room, quietly asking Ying Yi, "How is it?"
Ying Yi's face was as ugly as if he had eaten shit.
"Lin Qing Quan is indeed a petty man, and that Xiao Yue Ying is no good either. She was using the Princess Consort all along!"
It was a taboo for a shadow guard to carry subjective emotions when delivering intelligence. Feng Xi Wu gave him a cold glance, "Be specific."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Ying Yi realized he had broken the taboo and dared not delay further, decisively resuming his usual decisive demeanor.
"This subordinate has discovered that it was not Lin Qing Quan who poisoned Xiao Han Yun and his son with the You Ming Flower poison. As a grown man and an adopted son, he simply had no access to the medicinal pills used by Xiao Han Yun and Xiao Ling Yun to nourish their bones.
It was Xiao Yue Ying. She used her status to mix the You Ming Flower poison into the medicinal pills of Xiao Han Yun's family, and even revealed Wuying's hiding place in Shang Jing to Lin Qing Quan."
Li Yang, who was also listening, found it unbelievable, "But Xiao Yue Ying indeed has no martial arts skills. How could she, a weak woman, achieve this?"
Ying Yi also sighed, "Although the Xiao family has fallen, all of Xiao Han Yun's connections have fallen into Xiao Yue Ying's hands.
She knew the Princess Consort's identity long ago but kept it hidden, leading Lin Qing Quan to only know that a woman had saved Wuying, but not the Princess Consort's identity.
Xiao Yue Ying deliberately came to inform the Princess Consort that day to provoke the Princess Consort, and even the Prince, and then use a borrowed knife to kill."
"But why would she do that?"
Li Yang, who confronted things head-on and didn't waste words, completely couldn't understand why Xiao Yue Ying had made such a convoluted move.
Hearing Li Yang's question, Ying Yi also wore a look of bewilderment.
"Xiao Yue Ying had been in poor health since childhood, so although she was the eldest daughter, the entire Xiao family treated her like a fragile item, doting on her.
However, due to her health, Xiao Han Yun feared she would be tired and did not let her interfere in family matters. Instead, he betrothed his youngest daughter, Xiao Wu Ying, to the adopted son, Lin Qing Quan, intending for them to assist Xiao Ling Yun in becoming the new martial arts alliance leader.
When Xiao Yue Ying found out, she felt that Xiao Han Yun was biased towards Xiao Wu Ying and that Xiao Wu Ying had stolen her own power and status.
She secretly colluded with Lin Qing Quan and added the You Ming Flower poison to the medicinal pills of Xiao Han Yun and his two sons..."
Ying Yi, not letting Lu Qing Wan down, investigated and revealed clearly every detail, from Xiao Yue Ying faking illness since childhood to gain parental affection, to deliberately leaking Xiao Wu Ying's hiding place as an adult, and designing Lin Qing Quan to force Xiao Ling Yun to his death.
After he finished speaking, he realized that Lu Qing Wan had gotten up at some point and was leaning against the screen, listening intently.
Ying Yi quickly bowed to her, "Greetings, Princess Consort."
Lu Qing Wan yawned and shook her head, "You've confused me. Since Lin Qing Quan and Xiao Yue Ying are already colluding, why did Xiao Yue Ying want to use me and the Prince to kill Lin Qing Quan?"
"Exactly, isn't that contradictory?"
Li Yang scoffed, "With Li Qing gone, has your intelligence gathering capability declined?"
Ying Yi rolled his eyes, too lazy to bother with him.
He only said respectfully to Lu Qing Wan, "Princess Consort, you may not know, but Xiao Yue Ying listened to Lin Qing Quan and poisoned Xiao Han Yun and his two sons with the You Ming Flower poison, intending to use Xiao Han Yun's status to push Lin Qing Quan to become the martial arts alliance leader, so she could become the alliance leader's wife.
But she underestimated Lin Qing Quan's hatred for the Xiao family, and was too self-conceited, thinking that with Xiao Han Yun around, Lin Qing Quan could securely hold the position of martial arts alliance leader.
Little did she know that with Lin Qing Quan's martial arts, even if he managed to sit on the alliance leader's seat, he would be easily overthrown.
Lin Qing Quan was self-aware. Moreover, he detested women of the Xiao family to begin with, so he defected to Ming Wu Ya in advance.
Not only did he become Ming Wu Ya's son-in-law, but in just half a year, Qing Quan Mountain Villa became a first-class force in the martial arts world.
Xiao Yue Ying, to satisfy her momentary anger, didn't spare her own father, brother, and sister. Since Lin Qing Quan betrayed her like this, she naturally couldn't tolerate it.
It just so happened that the Prince and Princess Consort were passing through Ye Yu City, so she designed this plan to borrow a knife to kill."
After Ying Yi finished speaking, Lu Qing Wan remained silent for a long time, and Feng Xi Wu also said nothing. Li Yang cowered to the side, afraid to disturb the deep contemplation of the two masters.
After a while, Lu Qing Wan chuckled softly, "These people, one by one, are playing me for a fool?"
Li Yang was terrified. It's over, the Princess Consort is driven mad by anger!
He looked timidly at Feng Xi Wu's face. The latter was very calm, "Prepare breakfast. We will leave the city after breakfast."
Li Yang couldn't believe it. They had been schemed against to this extent, and yet there was no problem?
But no matter how surprised Li Yang was, Feng Xi Wu and Lu Qing Wan did not erupt in fury as he expected.
They didn't even order them to do anything, they calmly ate breakfast, and then left the city.
Li Yang felt like he was sitting on pins and needles all morning, barely eating the distinctive breakfast of Ye Yu City.
Sitting on the carriage shaft, he left the city in a daze, still unwillingly asking, "Your Highness, are we just leaving like this?"
Lu Qing Wan and the others just smiled without a word.
Ye Yu City was the gateway to the southern lands of Da Gan. The autumn grass north of the city was yellow and withered, but the south of the city was still lush with green trees.
The official road was lined with green trees, and as far as the eye could see, the winding official road eventually disappeared into the green canopy of trees.
Li Yang's body tensed up, "Your Highness, something seems wrong..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of masked men in black rushed out from the trees lining the official road, their weapons not uniform, with knives, spears, swords, and halberds.
A burly man carrying a meteor hammer lunged towards Li Yang's face. Li Yang was startled, "Masters, Madam, hold on tight, we're charging through!"
Lu Qing Wan thought, with so many people blocking the way, no matter how skilled your driving is, you won't be able to charge through.
As she was thinking, she felt the guards on both sides of the carriage suddenly charge out on their horses. There weren't many of them, only four, while the others remained by the carriage without moving.
Lu Qing Wan curiously lifted the curtain of the carriage a crack to peek, and saw the four guards, whose faces she still hadn't fully recognized, riding horses, their sabers swinging left and right like chopping watermelons, making the black-clad men cry out in pain.
They didn't kill them, but only chopped at the joints, waists, and legs of the black-clad men.
One fell after another, and the black-clad men rolled on the ground, clutching their wounds. Those few guards didn't forget to kick away the black-clad men blocking the carriage.
Their carriage did not move fast, so even with the fierce fighting ahead, the speed of the carriage never changed much.
In less than two cups of tea time, the carriage broke through the black-clad men's first line of defense. Ying Yi rode up, his mood exhilarated, "Your Highness, Princess Consort, we have the evidence to deal with Lin Qing Quan."