Chapter 26 (1/2)
Chapter 26
To Liu Qinghuan, the one thing she loves theshe hates the most is to suffer a lossBut this loss in front of her is so she would have to suffer
Grudgingly, she takes《White Jade Orchid • Spring》out and place it in front of Xue MuShe worked so hard to get it just let others earn it
Unrolling out the painting, Xue Mu stares at it for so at her
” Why did you want this? ”
Liu Qinghuan’s mouth twitchs and before she even speak, Xue Mu interrupts her
” No lies”
” ……”
She sigh and simply plop herself down by her bed
” I swindle for money, and that’s what it is”
” This painting is worth quite theto buy”
Liu Qinghuan glance at hi
” Marquise, you don’t have to play me like that, I know there’s treasure hidden within these paintings”
” Treasure? ”
Xue Mu cock his brow before walking over to where Liu Qinghuan is, sitting beside herShe subconsciously widen the gap between the up
” Ruathered together, it will reveal a treasure map”
Xue Mu look at her for a while before laughingLooking at hihuan can’t help but frown
” If there is no treasure, ould you, Tang Zhibo and Aersi are all looking for it? ”
After laughing for a while, Xue Mu finally answers her
” Where did you get that information from? ”
” This concerns my profession, can I not say? ”
Xue Mu smiles
” Yes, but I do have one thing to tell you”
” What? ”
” At the tin, there was a prime minister called Wen WeiHe abuse this position and did all he couldCorruption, bribery, you named itThe amount he took was of such a scale that he alerted the imperial courtThe late Eate this ht with plenty of evidenceBut when they went to confiscate his possessions, the items they searched ay belohat he had and Wen Wei had killed himself before that”
Liu Qinghuan lifts her brows as she listens on
” That i, but at the sa, was also investigating the treasure whereaboutsAt last, it was still the officer who had first gotten clue of where it isBut knowing how a was, he knew the Prince would come for himSo before that, the officer burned every clue he found, including his left”
” That can’t be Ding • Summer • Autumn • Winter》… can it? ”
” ExactlyThe officer was planning on sending the 4 paintings secretly to the late Es never arrived at the palaceAnd all carriers of the paintings died horribly”
” Prince Yong got it? ”
” NoAlthough all carriers died, but nothing caht be that the officer thought of ways to hide itBut then the 4 paintings were lost out there, and after the change of a few hands, no one kneho had theed and killed the entire fa none aliveWhen the late Eed, but sadly, had no evidence against Prince Yong, letting him scoot free”
Liu Qinghuan’s brows furrow together
” I can’t believe there is soths?? ”
Xue Mu’s eyes darken as he whispers
” Naturally in order to get men and armies, so he could seize the throne”
Liu Qinghuan feels her knees going weak
Gathering herself back together, she smiles as harmlessly as she could at Xue Mu
” Since it’s dirty money, it would head back to the i after this treasure anymore, ha ha ha ha”
Xue Mu soosebumps all over her body
” It better beToo bad the late Es when he’s alive, and after he died, the E to Duke Lin Nan but even that couldn’t dispel his thirst for the throne”
Liu Qinghuan thinks about it, asking
” That poe, it’s written by the imperial censor officer? ”
Xue Mu nods
” The clue is in the poem? ”
” The clue is in the poem? ”
” … Not exactly”
He stand up and lay the painting on the table, before pouring a cup of water slowly over it
A miracle then happen
Wide eyes and huan watches as that white orchid slowly disappears, and a bundle ofa closer look, she realize that the bundle of h, showing that the person who drawn it was in a hurry
” Apart fro with paintsIn his lifetime, he invented 2 miraculous paintsOne, which appears et, and another, disappearsBut the recipe was lost when he died”
Liu Qinghuan slowly understands
” Dings were drawn using the paint that disappears and that officer used the one that appears? ”
” Correctin order to achieve the paint effect, it would have to be drawn on a piece of special paperAnd these 2 things, only Dings, and he ad • SusBut sadly, that didn’t changed his fate at allHowever, because of his eye for talent, the paint that appears was gifted to himao”
Liu Qinghuan feels that this story is a lotthan any stories she ever heard told by the storyteller at the te it for a while, she then ask
” Then what’s the use of the poem? ”
” One could never put all eggs into 1 basketWen Wei was a careful manHe separated his fortune into 2 different places, and this poe at the 2nd place”
Wide eyes, Liu Qinghuan stares at Xue Mu for a while, suspecting
” Marquise, you can’t be playing me for a foolare you? ”
Xue Mu lightly smiles at her
” How is my story? ”
” Very exciting…Marquise, why are you telling me all these? ”
According to the saying, the more you know, the faster you die
Xue Mu smiles
” Nothing, just thinking of chatting”
” ……”
He place the painting back into it’s cover before glancing at Liu Qinghuan’s face again
He place the painting back into it’s cover before glancing at Liu Qinghuan’s face again
” Your face… ”
” A mask”
Liu Qinghuan is still very proud of her best work
” If you don’t like this face, I can change into another one”
Xue Mu stares for a while
” No need, I’m quite fond of it”
Liu Qinghuan feel slightly uncomfortable all of a sudden as Xue Mu suppress his s up from the bedJust as he is about head out of the door, she calls him
” Marquise, what’s the name of that officer? ”
Xue Mu turn around and look at her
” Fa”
Liu Zhenqing
Liu Qinghuan’s eyes glea another look at her, Xue Mu left the room
Out of the roo the painting in his hand, he walk over to her
” I’ to the palace, look after her”
After taking two steps, he turn back uneasily
” She uard up”