Abandoned Woman Busy Farming

Chapter 2545: Chapter 2546: Fen Xianhua Clue

Bai Ruozhu sneaked a glance at Shanhu. Shanhu was already unconsciously smiling, her beautiful eyes fixed on Qiu Zhi.

”The Crown Prince also attended the Poetry Conference a couple of days ago. You seem to have gone as well. Did you discover anything?” The Astrologer walked over and asked Bai Ruozhu.

”It seemed just like a routine attendance. He sat in the judges’ seats the entire time,” Bai Ruozhu said after thinking for a moment.

The Astrologer sighed, ”It’s a pity Yanzhi is too weak now and can’t sense her husband’s location. I temporarily released her from the Locking Demon Bottle to help her quickly recover some demon power. But time waits for no one. If it’s delayed too long, once the demon refining is successful, Gong Feng will lose his mind and would only follow the Crown Prince’s orders, committing any evil deeds for him.”

Bai Ruozhu felt troubled, itching to capture the Crown Prince right away and force the poison down his throat to make him confess.

But how could it be so easy? Not to mention that they would be exposed, there are people behind the Crown Prince. How could they let them capture him so easily?

For now, they could only wait for Yanzhi to recover some demon power and then use a demonic method to locate Gong Feng.

”I know of a magic array that can speed up the recovery of demon power for monsters,” Shanhu suddenly said.

The Astrologer looked at her in surprise, ”How do you know about such a thing?”

Shanhu calmly replied, ”The Yuchen Palace has this method, and it’s not used for harming people. Our mountain guardian beast is also a monster.”

The Astrologer put away his skepticism and said, ”Then it’s up to you. Let’s keep Yanzhi here for a few days.”

”Alright.”

The Astrologer then released Yanzhi. Yanzhi was still a phantom, her form so faint it was almost invisible.

”In such a state and still daring to perform magic to find her husband? Isn’t that courting death?” Shanhu couldn’t help but say seeing Yanzhi like this.

Yanzhi weakly said, ”If I can save him, I’m willing to exchange my life. I don’t want him to be controlled and manipulated by others.”

Shanhu sighed after hearing this, ”Take good care of yourself first. If anything were to happen to you, I doubt he would want to live on either.”

Shanhu then found a shady and secluded corner in the yard, set up a magic array, and placed Yanzhi in it.

Watching her finish everything, the Astrologer nodded and said, ”Truly ingenious. I shall take my leave for now.”

After taking a few steps, he suddenly remembered something, took out an origami wind chime, and handed it to Bai Ruozhu, ”Lord Bai, I previously promised to gift you this lamp, but got so busy that I forgot.”

Bai Ruozhu accepted it and bowed, ”Thank you, Master Astrologer.”

At night, Bai Ruozhu lit the guiding lamp, illuminating the yard brightly. Everyone found it fascinating, but Bai Ruozhu carefully put it away in the end.

This thing is precious, she should use it sparingly.

The next day, Sa Tian suddenly visited, a bit anxious, ”Lord Bai, the abbot asked me to inquire why you haven’t been over recently; his throat feels a bit uncomfortable.”

Upon hearing this, Bai Ruozhu hurriedly asked Yizi to fetch the medicine box, and the two rushed to Zhaoti Temple.

Unexpectedly, Master Puru had no health issues. He glanced at Yizi, and Bai Ruozhu immediately understood, handing her a packet of candy, ”Yizi, can you help me find little monk Luan Xin and give him this packet of candy?”

Once Yizi left with the candy, Master Puru lowered his voice and said, ”The Crown Prince returned to the Palace a few days ago. I took the chance to see His Majesty yesterday and happened to bump into him, so I tried a little test.”

”How was it?” Bai Ruozhu asked anxiously.

Master Puru shook his head, ”He’s not someone who doesn’t meet the requirements either.”

”How is that possible!” Bai Ruozhu exclaimed. All evidence pointed to the Crown Prince. If he could inherit the Emperor’s position, why go to the trouble of burning the Scripture Pavilion at Zhaoti Temple?

If he didn’t set fire to the Scripture Pavilion, then who did?

Could it be She Zongyi?

”Amitabha,” Master Puru recited a Buddhist chant, ”Lord Bai, don’t corner yourself into a dead end. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself.”

Bai Ruozhu snapped back to reality and quickly thanked Master Puru, ”Thank you for the reminder, Master. I will stay calm and investigate thoroughly.”

”Lord Bai, please be careful too. If you need help, feel free to ask this monk,” Master Puru said.

Bai Ruozhu nodded in agreement. As she left the door, she saw Luan Xin talking to Yizi.

Luan Xin handed the packet of candy back to her, saying, ”I don’t like sweets, so take it back.”

Yizi, slightly speechless, chuckled, ”You’re quite rigid, little monk. Even if you don’t like sweets, couldn’t you share them with your fellow monks?”

Bai Ruozhu looked at him and said, ”All kids love sweets, yet you’re always so mature for your age, unlike a child at all.”

Luan Xin’s expression changed slightly, but in the end, he took the candy back without saying goodbye and just turned to leave.

”Master, the little monk seemed to be upset,” Yizi said, giggling.

Bai Ruozhu also laughed, ”It’s alright. Children’s tempers come and go quickly. Let’s head back first.”

Not far away, Luan Xin heard Bai Ruozhu’s words. He silently sighed, grateful that his heart was calm as still water; otherwise, he might have really lost his temper.

Upon returning to the posthouse, Bai Ruozhu told Jiang Yichun about Master Puru’s findings. The two analyzed and discussed for half a day but still came up with no results.

”Perhaps we missed some detail. It’s like how I met little monk Luan Xin before but didn’t think much about it. He actually hinted that he and I were acquainted. It was days later, when I happened to talk about the little monk with Yizi, that I remembered,” Bai Ruozhu said.

Jiang Yichun patted her head, ”Take your time. Don’t rush.”

Bai Ruozhu nodded, resting her chin on her hands as she reviewed the past events one by one, trying to connect them, but still found herself at a loss.

Suddenly, she remembered something and grabbed Jiang Yichun’s hand, saying, ”I remember something about the coroner!”

”What?” Jiang Yichun was a bit surprised. How did this relate to the coroner? Was it about the Xinye matter?

”It was when I went with Sa Tian to handle the improperly managed body in Xinye. Unexpectedly, a coroner showed up for an autopsy, and even secretly helped us a bit. Later, when they removed the autopsy gloves, they accidentally pulled off a layer of disguise on their hand, revealing some orange-yellow marks on the back of the hand!”

Bai Ruozhu became excited, ”I remember it all now. Previously, at the Palace, I saw Empress Shangzi and the others dyeing their nails with Fen Xianhua. The color might stain the back of the hand and be hard to remove. It was that orange-yellow! So that coroner was a woman, a woman who had recently dyed her nails with Fen Xianhua!”

Jiang Yichun was a bit stupefied. As someone who had never dyed nails and never noticed women dyeing their nails, he had no idea what color Fen Xianhua nail dye was, or perhaps he just never paid attention.