Chapter 42 Find the trace
"Cause of death? Do you think that your little ability can kill me?" Shui Yingchen couldn't help but smile in slight amusement, "You overestimate yourself. Okay, change person now and make a last-ditch effort!"
Luo Jin was still smiling, without any action.
"You know there is another person in you, right?" Shui Yingchen said.
"I can feel that some memories have suddenly disappeared recently. I can guess it," Luo Jin said, "Although I am a little curious, I won't delve into it. She is me, so her arrangement must be the most reasonable. After all, people will never hurt themselves."
Luo Jin's eyes changed in an instant. This smile carried a touch of evil, "Indeed. I definitely won't hurt myself. Oh... I knew I couldn't hide it. When I was in good health before, I could come out after she fell asleep. Then lie back on the bed and she wouldn't detect anything abnormal. But now it's not possible. The body is too weak and I can't hold on for long and always lose my memory. Who wouldn’t find it strange, right?"
She narrowed her eyes slightly, "Since it’s discovered, I don't need to close my memory for you, so... watch me carefully!"
She turned her wrist. A cold light suddenly appeared. Shui Yingchen remarked disdainfully: "You want to fight me with that dagger?"
Luo Jin glanced at the dagger in her hand, "This isn't an ordinary dagger. It was a treasure that can cut iron like mud."
"So what?"
"You don’t use weapons?" Luo Jin twirled the dagger in her hand, "You will suffer."
"No need."
With a sway, Luo Jin swung the dagger to meet Shui Yingchen and one move attacked over. Shui Yingchen dodged it.
There was a sudden commotion in the wind. Shui Yingchen's pupils shrank at once.
Swarms of bees flew out from the bottom of the cliff and rushed toward Shui Yingchen like a group of charging warriors. Shui Yingchen’s breath hitched up and waved his palm to meet it. A large number of bees were instantly knocked to the ground, but more bees rushed up again.
"I heard that you are... afraid of bugs? Bees are also considered bugs, right?"
"I've been waiting for the bugs she summoned. What are you waiting for? Waiting to die?"
"How is it? Do you feel your sanity value dropping wildly?"
"Oh my, the emperor has been weakened."
Luo Jin smiled and waved the dagger toward him. The cold glint flashed like lightning. Shui Yingchen's body stiffened slightly. After a moment of hesitation, the dagger had already pierced his chest. Blood spurted out. He looked at the face in front of him with a distorted smile in disbelief.
"You underestimated me, and you underestimated her even more. How does it feel to be killed by someone you look down on?" Luo Jin swung a palm and Shui Yingchen was hit by her palm and flew backwards and fell off the cliff.
She then shook her head and smiled: "There is no one to fight in the entire Jiuyuan Continent."
She stared at the snowflakes falling in the sky and put away her smile.
"Since you already know my existence, I will share some of my fighting abilities with you, so that you can have more self-protection abilities."
"But you can't use my power and still have to rely on yourself."
"No matter what, don't try to explore the unknown memory, which is the basis of your existence. Don't be curious about what happened in the past, so that we can coexist. Otherwise, we will melt into each other and destroy each other."
"You are the most beautiful part of my soul, and I will always protect your existence."
...
Luo Jin looked at the dagger in her hand and the blood on her hands. She silently took out a handkerchief and wiped her hands and dagger.
This was the first time she saw another perspective of herself, but she only felt calm.
There was no more confusion in her eyes. ……
It was late at night when she returned home. The maid Xiangxiang came out to open the door and saw that Luo Jin was covered in blood. She asked anxiously, "Is Official injured?"
"No, someone wanted to kill me, but I killed him instead." Luo Jin shook her head, "Go boil water for a bath."
"Yes!"
Xiangxiang boiled water for a bath and helped Luo Jin take a bath. Luo Jin sat in the bathtub in a trance. Xiangxiang asked about the water temperature a few times before she responded, "Just right. It’s fine as it is."
The emperor of Jiyuan died in Dongyuan. Such matter should cause a big commotion, right?
However, Luo Jin didn't think Shui Yingchen would die so easily. She hadn't seen any character jump off a cliff and die, but now she knew how to deal with Shui Yingchen. So she wasn't afraid of him.
The next day, she continued to work in the Court of Imperial Sacrifice as if nothing had happened. Du Jingchen came over early in the morning and said that the stars showed that the north was ominous last night and asked her if she wanted to report it.
"I'll write the memorial right now." Luo Jin said.
The emperor deeply believed in astrology, so she couldn't ignore it. She had to report whatever astrology was observed, and let the emperor make the decision.
While she was writing the memorial, her subordinate came to report that Liu Zishu had come.
"The emperor summoned me again?" Luo Jin went to meet him.
"No, it's this robe." Liu Zishu handed the bundle to Luo Jin, "I asked the embroiderer at home to look at it. She said that the needle holes in the place where it was removed were strange. She had never seen such needle holes before and couldn't make a judgment."
"Strange?"
"She said it wasn't any embroidery method she knew. It seemed that the other party's embroidery method was extremely strange... Of course, it may also be that the other party had her own unique techniques, which she, an ordinary embroiderer, doesn't know."
Luo Jin frowned, "So, there must be something wrong with the embroiderer... Where is she now?"
Lin Jinzhou said: "In the prison of the Ministry of Justice, the case had not been closed and she had not returned yet."
Speaking of the Ministry of Justice, Luo Jin thought of someone, "Jie Gui is now the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, right?"
"En."
"Go see him!"
Luo Jin remembered that there was a character named Jie Gui in the novel. He was a supporting character with a lot of scenes. He was the top intellectual of the protagonist group. At a young age, he became the Minister of the Ministry of Justice by virtue of several major case breaks. The protagonists would ask him for advice on many difficult problems.
This kind of thing should naturally be handed over to professionals.
"Master Jie is sent by the emperor to investigate a difficult case. I don't know when he will be back." The person from the Ministry of Justice said to Luo Jin, "How about waiting for the Official to come back and then I will notify Master Luo?"
"Can only be like this."
Luo Jin wasn't in a hurry to find out the truth of this matter. The embroiderer in question was locked up in the Ministry of Justice and couldn't escape. It didn't matter if it was later.
But she didn't expect that Jie Gui's trip would take so long. She waited for a month and didn't get notified. Instead, Chai Jing sent a message saying that Qin Huaying had given birth to a daughter and wanted to take her to visit the Grand Tutor's Manor.
Luo Jin followed Chai Jing in a carriage to the Grand Tutor's Manor. Unlike her last visit, the guards here had obviously increased but were all stationed outside the Manor. The guards before were used to watch Qin Huaying and prevent her from escaping. Now the current situation was different. These guards were here to protect her. After all, she was about to become the queen of Xiyuan Kingdom and the daughter she gave birth to was also likely to be the future female emperor of Xiyuan. Dongyuan Kingdom naturally had to protect these two important figures.
The Grand Tutor Manor was full of joy. When Grand Tutor Qin heard that the Princess was visiting, he went out to greet her in person.
"Gave birth yesterday. It is indeed a daughter. The imperial physician's diagnosis is accurate." Grand Tutor Qin happily led the way. "I will take the Princess to see the child. The child looks exactly like Huaying, except that the eyes are different. They look like her father."
It was already spring and the weather was warmer. Still, the charcoal basin was lit in the room. A few wet nurses surrounded the little princess and took care of her meticulously.
The little princess was still sleeping. Chai Jing and Luo Jin went to Qin Huaying's room to visit her.
Qin Huaying leaned against the pillow. Although she had given birth, she still looked beautiful and elegant. The make up on her face was delicate and she didn't look as haggard as a normal woman who had given birth.
Seeing Chai Jing and Luo Jin coming in, Qin Huaying waved and sent away the servants in the room.
"I'm sorry I can't get out of bed to entertain you," Qin Huaying smiled slightly, "Did you see the little princess? Isn't she beautiful?"
Chai Jing raised her eyebrows, "This little princess has guaranteed you a lifetime of wealth and glory."
Qin Huaying smiled, "It’s the other way around! I guaranteed her a lifetime of wealth and glory."
Chai Jing pouted, "Okay, stop showing off."
"Jealous?" Qin Huaying covered her mouth and chuckled, "What does you, a female king, have to be jealous of me? I'm jealous of you. You don't have to please anyone. You can get whatever you want. I'm not as lucky as you and can only rely on myself!"
Chai Jing found a place to sit down and tilted her head to look at her, "How is your health? Will your figure not get out of shape after giving birth? Jiang Ge has become the emperor. If you lose your figure, will he not like you anymore?"
"More or less, it will be... It will definitely not be the same as before." Qin Huaying touched her belly, "But Jiang Ge won't mind, because I know he loves me. If a man loves a woman, he won't mind this kind of thing."
"Do you love him?" Chai Jing asked. Qin Huaying smiled and shook her head, "No."
She smiled again, "But I like him, he treats me well, he looks good, and he's an emperor. What reason is there to not like?"
She sighed, "I won't fall in love with anyone. Falling in love with someone means giving your heart to him, like giving a weapon to the other person, and letting others control everything about you. I'm not that stupid. My heart is always in my own hands and the one I love most... is of course myself!"
"I knew it." Chai Jing snorted, "Not surprising at all."
"But I'm a little surprised," Qin Huaying looked at Chai Jing, "From what I know about you, you are the kind of person who will give your heart to the one you love. If one day you meet someone you love, you will definitely give him everything. People like you are easy to be used by others. When I heard that you fell in love with a musician at the Imperial Music House before, I thought you would be manipulated by him..."
She sighed and shook her head, "Unfortunately, it's not as I wished. You weren't played by him, but played him to death. I underestimated you a little bit."
Chai Jing couldn't help glance at Luo Jin. If it weren't for Luo Jin, it was unknown how many times she would have died by now. She turned back to look at Qin Huaying, "I don't agree with you."
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