"What did you say!?" Wei Shuxuan looked at Xin Zizhao in front of her in surprise. Judging from the expression on Xin Zizhao's face, he really didn't seem to be lying.
"Do you want me to say it again?" Xin Zizhao lazily raised his eyes. He propped his chin with his hand and looked at Wei Shuxuan, who was still in a state of surprise. "I said I know you're Wei Shuxuan."
"Wh-Why do you know that!" Wei Shuxuan finally got out of the state of surprise and grabbed Xin Zizhao to ask. If she hadn't heard from Wei Wei, she wouldn't have known that this body was also named Wei Shuxuan, and she was the daughter of a general.
"Do you remember that I saved you?"
"Sure!" As far as Wei Shuxuan remembered, she hadn't told Xin Zizhao her name.
"When I saved you, you were still conscious. You told me that you're Wei Shuxuan, the daughter of General Wei Tu. Have you really lost your memory?" Xin Zizhao looked at her in disbelief.
This man actually knew her identity. Ah, there was nothing she could do. But she still couldn't tell him honestly that she had time - traveled from the future. She could only try to deceive him for the time being.
"… Wasn't I seriously injured at that time? And then I passed out. How could I remember so many things after waking up?" Wei Shuxuan felt a bit guilty as she made up an excuse for herself.
"Really?" Xin Zizhao's voice was neither too heavy nor too light. He seemed to believe her story, but also seemed not to.
"Really."
Anyway, Wei Shuxuan could only bite the bullet and say yes.
"Alright, then let's continue eating."
Looking at Xin Zizhao who picked up his chopsticks and started eating, Wei Shuxuan was a bit stunned. Could she really get away with it so easily?
Although there were rumors in the palace that Wei Shuxuan, the orphan of the Wei family, had come back to take revenge on those in the palace, in the few days since Xin Zizhao brought Wei Shuxuan here, there had been no murders. Instead, it was peaceful, and the rumor faded away for a while.
Ge Zian was summoned by the Ninth Princess to Funing Palace after the court session today. He originally wanted to decline, but the little maid said that if she failed to get him to go and see the Ninth Princess, she would be beheaded by the princess.
"Alright, I got it. I'll go with you."
To be honest, Ge Zian didn't like the Ninth Princess, Xuan Ruoling's, arrogant and unreasonable personality. But in order not to harm innocent people, he had to go to Funing Palace alone.
"Brother Zian! You're here!" As soon as Xuan Ruoling saw Ge Zian, she trotted over. She motioned for the maids around her to retreat so as not to disturb her time alone with her Brother Zian.
Ge Zian broke free from Xuan Ruoling's hand. "Please, Your Highness the Ninth Princess, behave yourself. You're of noble birth, while I'm just a martial - artist. I'm not worthy of you at all."
"Why, Brother Zian? I like you so much! Tell me what kind of girl you like. I can change for you!" Hearing Ge Zian's polite but distant words, Xuan Ruoling's heart ached a bit. But she still mustered up her courage, because she thought she couldn't show such a sad expression in front of the one she loved.
Ge Zian was a bit impatient. He just wanted to get rid of Xuan Ruoling as soon as possible. He scratched his head. "I like girls who know martial arts. Can you do it, Your Highness the Ninth Princess? You're so delicate that you can't even carry a load. You'd better give up as soon as possible. Learning martial arts is very hard."
When Ge Zian said this, Xuan Ruoling hesitated for a moment, and Ge Zian took the opportunity to escape. She bit her lip and looked at Ge Zian's back. "If I learn it, will you be with me?"
"… Let's talk after you learn it."
Ge Zian paused for a moment, then turned around and left Funing Palace.
As soon as Ge Zian left, Xuan Ruoling immediately ordered all the female guards who knew martial arts in the palace to come to her palace to teach her martial arts. She had to learn it as soon as possible so that Brother Zian would like her.
However, after only a few days of peace in the palace, another murder happened.
"This murder took place near the imperial kitchen. The victim was killed by a single knife - strike. The fatal wound was on the neck, and there were no other injuries on the body."
"Alright, you can step back."
Xin Zizhao waved his hand to let the coroner in the palace step back. Wei Shuxuan was observing the surrounding environment to see if there were any clues.
Originally, Wei Shuxuan wanted to go out of Fenghe Hall and take a stroll around the palace. Coincidentally, Xin Zizhao didn't have to go to the imperial study to study that day, so he accompanied her. But when they walked to the garden near the imperial kitchen, they heard a scream. Wei Shuxuan and Xin Zizhao rushed over and saw a palace maid kneeling on the ground in horror, her face pale as she stared ahead.
Not far away, there was a corpse of a palace maid lying there, with blood spreading under her body. Wei Shuxuan quickly stepped forward to check the maid's breath, then turned her face to take a look. She said to Xin Zizhao behind her, "No, she's already dead. And she should have been dead for some time."
"… Go and call the guards and the coroner."
Xin Zizhao nodded and said to the palace maid. The maid nodded in a flurry and quickly ran away from the scene.
"Have you found anything?" Xin Zizhao walked up to Wei Shuxuan.
"Not yet…" Just as Wei Shuxuan finished speaking, she saw something shiny on the ground. She bent down and picked it up. It was an iron badge with a big character "Wei" engraved on it, surrounded by a pattern like vines.
"Xin Zi… cough… Your Highness the Fifth Prince!" Realizing her mistake in address, Wei Shuxuan quickly corrected herself and looked around. It seemed that no one had heard.
"What's up?" Xin Zizhao saw an iron badge appear in front of him. He recognized this iron badge. Isn't it the symbol of the Wei family?
"Is this the symbol of the Wei family?" Wei Shuxuan asked Xin Zizhao. Xin Zizhao nodded. "Someone must be framing us."
"Don't be in a hurry. I'll help you investigate."
"Do you have any plans?" Wei Shuxuan knew that if Xin Zizhao said so, he must have his own plans.
When another murder happened in the palace, Emperor Jinzheng was a bit impatient. He asked the ministers if there was any way to solve it. Just then, Xin Zizhao walked in from outside. Emperor Jinzheng frowned when he saw Xin Zizhao. "Zizhao, why are you so late?"
"Reporting to Father, your son went to find a talent for Father who can help you solve problems, so I'm late."
"Oh? Really? Have you found such a person?"
"Sure."