readytorunbook Chapter 385 Implicated
Chapter 385 Implicated
When Huo Qingyun sent the queen away and returned to the torture chamber, Luo Xiaoran and Wei An were still waiting for him there.
"Just now...thank you very much."
From Luo Xiaoran's expression of mixed suspicion, surprise and astonishment, Huo Qingyun keenly realized that Luo Xiaoran might have discovered some clues.
"Can we talk alone?"
Huo Qingyun's eyes flickered. Deep down in his heart, he didn't want Luo Xiaoran to find out about that.
But Luo Xiaoran happened to be an extremely intelligent and sensitive person, which made him wonder whether Luo Xiaoran had seen something.
Luo Xiaoran nodded slightly, "Of course!"
Luo Xiaoran and Huo Qingyun came to Luo Xiaoran's cell. Since this was a relatively private place in the Sky Prison, Wei An did not follow in.
After pondering for a while, Huo Qingyun spoke slowly with a serious expression:
"If the Queen had not left just now and continued to stalemate with you, what would you have done?"
Luo Xiaoran is always sincere to her friends and never deceives them.
"Of course I'm begging for mercy!"
Huo Qingyun: "..." You decide whether I believe it or not!
"Okay! I will probably create some chaos and let Wei An escape. If Wei An can't escape, I will kidnap the queen and escape with Wei An."
Huo Qingyun took a deep breath and said, "The surprise attack on the leader of the Queen's personal guards was also your way of creating chaos?"
Luo Xiaoran: “???” What else?
Seeing that Luo Xiaoran didn't seem to realize the seriousness of the matter, Huo Qingyun took another deep breath.
"The queen doesn't care about Lin Cheng's safety. What she cares about is that you hit her in the face. She wouldn't even think that you would dare to hold her hostage. This is simply a thought that ordinary people would not even dare to think about."
"I understand. It is precisely because the Queen can't think of it that I can achieve a surprise victory, isn't it?"
"Have you ever thought about the consequences of doing this?"
Luo Xiaoran was silent, and her eyes suddenly became vague, as if she was thinking or reminiscing.
After a long while, Huo Qingyun heard her say:
"Everything has a price. Being whipped is the price Wei An has to pay for protecting me. Carrying the charge of holding the queen hostage is the price I have to pay for wanting to protect Wei An. That's all."
"Even if you may not be able to escape? Even if you will become wanted criminals after you escape? Even if His Royal Highness Prince Yan will be implicated?"
Luo Xiaoran smiled very carefreely, "That's all for the future. In the situation just now, I just wanted to save Wei An's life."
As soon as she finished speaking, Luo Xiaoran's upturned mouth corners suddenly stopped, and she slapped her forehead in annoyance.
"It's bad! The Queen was just confused for a moment, so she has to give in temporarily.
I stabbed the leader of her personal guards, and when she came to her senses she continued to cause trouble for me, and even wanted to kill Wei An. At that time I didn't have a queen right in front of me to hold her hostage."
Huo Qingyun: “…” The third deep breath.
"Your time in the prison is truly... restless.
Without further ado, I will find the criminal in the Red Coral case today, and then ask for permission to release you.
If the emperor agrees, let Wei An hide outside the palace after he goes out!
You have a special status, and even if the Queen wants to settle the score with you later, she won’t be able to do anything to you for the time being.
But your maid Wei An...if there is a next time, I am afraid it will be difficult to save her again."
Luo Xiaoran frowned, "Did they find out the criminal? Or did they just randomly pin it on anyone?"
Huo Qingyun understood why Luo Xiaoran asked this. She even dared to kidnap the queen for her maid. It can be said that she valued human life very much.
"Don't worry, among the captured palace servants, there is an old eunuch who relied on his seniority to bully others and committed many crimes. He has killed more than two or three people.
Moreover, he has no relatives alive now, so he will not implicate innocent people by taking on this crime."
After hearing what Huo Qingyun said, Luo Xiaoran felt relieved. She didn't want more innocent palace servants to die because of this incident.
Old eunuch: ...Thank you!
"According to the assumption that Princess Qingyi is the mastermind, have you found any clues?"
Thinking of some of his previous guesses, Luo Xiaoran asked.
Huo Qingyun's eyes narrowed slightly. "No, this matter... seems to have nothing to do with her. However, the day before the incident, Princess Qingyi invited the Queen to the Imperial Garden to appreciate the flowers. No one knows what the two talked about during that time."
Luo Xiaoran raised her eyebrows. If that was the case, then that was another clue.
"Master Huo, if the Red Coral case was not committed by Princess Qingyi, who is the most likely person?"
"Kunning Palace has always been airtight, and given the Queen's status, she rarely makes enemies with others. There shouldn't be many people in the harem who dare to take action or have the motive to murder the Queen...
Judging from the existing conditions, the possibility that the problem lies in the queen's own palace is the greatest.
If she is really the queen, why would she direct and act in this drama herself? "
Huo Qingyun is worthy of being the commander of the Imperial Guard. When he couldn't find a direction, he analyzed another exploration route in just a few words.
"The result of this drama is that I was thrown into prison again, right?" Luo Xiaoran said meaningfully.
Huo Qingyun frowned, "You mean, the Queen doesn't believe that Concubine Tang was the one who killed Lin Yuanfang, and she still suspects you, so she smeared musk on the red coral you gave her, in order to frame you and put you in jail again?"
"Chen Lingyi is a troublemaker. She must have said something to the Queen in the Imperial Garden, causing the Queen to target me.
On the one hand, from my contact with Qinghuan, I can almost be sure that the Red Coral case was caused by the Queen herself.
On the other hand, I could feel that the Queen didn't believe that I was the murderer of Lin Yuanfang, so why did she bother me?
The most important thing is that the Queen came with a threatening attitude, and in order to protect herself, she also wanted to take revenge on Chen Lingyi. I told the Queen directly that Chen Lingyi was the one who killed Lin Yuanfang.
What do you think the Queen's reaction was?"
Huo Qingyun really couldn't guess this, and at this time, Luo Xiaoran couldn't wait to tell him.
“The queen asked me for evidence, and I said I had none, and guess what?
The Queen suddenly said, "Could it be that Huo Qingyun found out something and told you?"
Huo Qingyun's pupils suddenly shrank, and in a flash, he understood why Luo Xiaoran told him this.
The Queen asked this question without hesitation, which means she was sure that he and Luo Xiaoran had a close relationship...
And Luo Xiaoran... noticed this!
"The queen just left so cooperatively that I have to believe in some of my guesses even more..."
Luo Xiaoran didn't say anything else, and Huo Qingyun didn't respond either.
For some things, it is better to just mention them briefly. There is no need to say everything, otherwise it will only increase the embarrassment.
Huo Qingyun looked at Luo Xiaoran steadily, his eyes filled with madly suppressed complexity and bitterness.
Huo Qingyun knew that the Queen liked him.
But he has never been moved by the queen, not in the past, not now, and not in the future!
What's more, in the past twenty years, the only woman who could leave a mark in his heart was Luo Xiaoran in front of him.
But Huo Qingyun didn't expect that although his thoughts were not revealed, they had been used by someone to frame Luo Xiaoran.
The unspeakable feelings in my heart must not be revealed at all in the future, Huo Qingyun clenched his fists and thought to himself.
"Luo Xiaoran, you guessed right, the Queen does have some thoughts that she shouldn't have.
This time... in the final analysis, you were implicated by me."
Luo Xiaoran widened her eyes. She didn't expect Huo Qingyun to say it so bluntly, which made her feel a little embarrassed.
"It's not you who caused this. It must be Chen Lingyi who was the troublemaker and said a lot of nonsense in front of the Queen, which made the Queen eat... and finally caused this farce of the thief crying thief."
Luo Xiaoran still didn't say the word "jealous".
She could see that the queen was just wishful thinking.
As the wife of Emperor Tianqi, the Queen had such thoughts in her mind. Isn't this pushing Huo Qingyun into a desperate situation?
Just now, in order to rescue her, Huo Qingyun actually used the beauty trap on the Queen. This might ignite some undesirable spark in the Queen's heart. If she does something impulsive in the end and harms Huo Qingyun, she really doesn't know what to say.