Quick Travel: Dream Hunt

With the prince's pleading and mediation, Prince Qi thought about it in his heart, and finally nodded and agreed:

"Someone, bring Wang Xiaotong here for trial."

The servant quickly obeyed and went to the dungeon, bringing back the dying Wang Xiaotong.

When Aunt Wang saw her niece become so pitiful and inhuman, her cries became louder and more real.

Wang Xiaotong saw Murong Chen looking at her coldly, her heart skipped a beat, and she blurted out:

"Brother Crown Prince, please save me. The prince and princess were deceived by outsiders and wronged me. Brother Crown Prince, please save Tong'er. Tong'er suffered a lot when you were away."

Murong Chen stared at Wang Xiaotong's eyes for a long time before asking indifferently:

"In the past, even a scratch on Tong'er would make me worried, but why does she look so pitiful now and yet it doesn't stir any waves in my heart? Are you controlling me, or are you not Wang Xiaotong at all?"

Hearing this, Wang Xiaotong was obviously stunned, and quickly lowered her head and pursed her lips without saying a word.

However, the princess told Wang Xiaotong about the fairy who entered his dream and the matter of finding someone to remove the poison for him at this time. Wang Xiaotong lowered his head and did not refute.

At this time, Murong Chen suddenly realized and said:

"No wonder I used to worry about Tong'er, but now I have no reaction. Thinking of the past, I even vomited. It turned out that you had poisoned me. Ha, it's really ironic. I, Murong Chen, was smart all my life, but I also fell into the hands of someone with ulterior motives."

After expressing his feelings, Murong Chen raised his lips slightly and said:

"Wang Xiaotong, can you tell me why you have the skill to make Gu? I heard that the skill of Gu in southern Xinjiang has long been lost. How did you manage to put a Gu on this prince? If you can confess, this prince may be able to spare your life."

Listening to this man's heartless speech, Wang Xiaotong laughed out loud and said sarcastically:

"Why did I put the Gu on you? I fell deeply in love with you the first time I saw you. I have been with you for a long time but you never looked at me straight. Every time you were sick, you would scold me, ridicule me, or even attack me. I finally got this Gu and planted it on you after refining it. But you left me alone before the Gu was completely refined. You went to Jiangnan alone. The trip to Jiangnan lasted only a few days, but you could never forget it. I sent people to investigate and found out that you were seduced by a lowly merchant woman. You almost brought her back because of those few encounters. Ha, why? I have been with you for three years. It's only because of the poisonous insects that they can get close to you. Why can that merchant girl do that? Just a few encounters can tie up your thoughts. I don't accept it. I am the eldest granddaughter of the Duke of Zhenguo. I can do whatever I want. For you, I stay in this remote place, but you have never even looked at me. Even with the poisonous insects, you only give me the opportunity to pass on your skills occasionally when you are sick. Why, why? So I sent people to kill Yan Tinghe in Jiangnan. I want her to die without a burial place. I want you to regret it for the rest of your life. You can only stay by my side in this life. "

Murong Chen listened to all this calmly, and recalled what happened when the fool Murong Chen occupied his body. He was about to explain that the person was not him, and he had not done it, but he didn't know what he remembered, so he held back and didn't explain, but asked lightly:

"I did go to Jiangnan, but I didn't bring any women with me. And I didn't even know that Yan Tinghe. You killed people for no reason just because of those rumors. It's simply appalling and insidious."

Wang Xiaotong looked into the prince's eyes, listened to the tone of his words, and roared with a flustered mood:

"Impossible. You obviously have feelings for that woman, so I strangled her in the cradle. Don't try to lie to me. Anyway, she has been killed by me. It's useless for you to say anything. She won't survive. Don't even think about living with her. You can only be tied to me for the rest of your life until you die...."

When Prince Qi and Princess Qi heard the name Yan Tinghe, they looked at each other in a trance and saw disbelief and confusion in each other's eyes, but they did not show it. Instead, they secretly memorized the name and repeatedly considered something.

Murong Chen did not ask any more questions. Instead, he shook his head and looked at her. His eyes were even filled with disappointment and anger towards Wang Xiaotong, but in the end it all turned into a plain sigh.

Wang Xiaotong continued to chatter about her deep love and all she had given, telling over and over again about every bit of effort she had put into this love. Murong Chen didn't even look at her again. Seeing that he couldn't find out the origin and method of the poisonous insect, he stopped thinking about it, sat down at the table calmly, and ordered the servants to serve dinner.

Aunt Wang's heart-wrenching screams and Wang Xiaotong's shrill screams echoed each other and were seen by everyone in Prince Qi's mansion. Prince Qi waved his hand and dragged them away. Out of humanitarianism, he did not take their lives, but wrote a letter to His Majesty and sent them both back to Shengjing.

After arranging all this, he sat down and had dinner with his family.

Murong Chen mentioned at the dinner table that he was about to go to Jiangnan. Under the shocked gazes of Prince Qi and Princess Qi, he left with a sad look, leaving the two of them staring at each other.

After Murong Chen left, Princess Qi spoke first:

"Your Majesty, does the name Yan Tinghe sound familiar to you?"

The prince also nodded and said:

"More than just familiarity, if what Wang Xiaotong said is true, this Yan Tinghe is someone Chen'er met when he was in Jiangnan, and they have a close relationship, then what Wang Xiaotong said about murder to silence someone is probably true. But if Yan Tinghe is the same person as the courtesan Tinghe we saw, there is only one possibility..."

The princess also nodded and agreed:

"That's right. The courtesan we saw was also called Tinghe. If we're not mistaken, the Tinghe who expelled the poisonous insect from Chen'er is the Jiangnan woman mentioned by Wang Xiaotong. Although we don't know why Tinghe was not killed by Wang Xiaotong, but ended up in Wanhua Tower and became a courtesan, it is an indisputable fact that she saved Chen'er and expelled the poisonous insect from him. But we don't know the reason. Did Chen'er go to Jiangnan this time for this courtesan?"

The prince and the princess whispered for half the night, constantly imagining the matter of the prince and Tinghe, but in the end they didn't discuss any results. They just let Murong Chen pack up and go to Jiangnan alone.

The two men felt mixed emotions as they were unable to repay Tinghe for saving their lives, and they also disliked her identity as a merchant woman and even an oiran. They didn't know what to do next.