Chapter 86: If You Want to Seek Death, I Won’t Stop You
This night was truly alarming and frightening.
It also instilled a deep sense of dread.
After Li Feng arranged for Jun Mo and Li Qinghe to stay at Minghua Hall, the moment they entered and the maids left, Jun Mo unceremoniously raised his hand and slapped Li Qinghe across the face again.
Earlier in Chaoren Hall, she hadn’t held it against him because the hall was on fire and they were desperate to escape. But now, this slap thoroughly enraged her.
“Are you crazy?”
Li Qinghe clutched her stinging cheek, glaring at Jun Mo with ferocious, terrifying eyes.
Jun Mo, however, didn’t take her threat seriously at all.
Instead, he retorted with anger, “Whether I am crazy or not, aren’t you clear in your own heart?”
“What did you do behind my back these past two days?”
Li Qinghe, who had been furious enough to want to tear Jun Mo into pieces, suddenly felt her anger vanish upon being questioned.
It was replaced by a trace of guilt.
“You… what nonsense are you talking about?”
Li Qinghe’s eyes flickered slightly, clearly lacking confidence.
Although she didn’t know what Jun Mo knew, she was certain that these were just his own guesses.
Thinking of this, she steeled herself again.
“Heh!”
Jun Mo sneered. “Whether this Prince is speaking nonsense or not, you know very well.”
“How do you think today’s fire started?”
If this cheap woman, Li Qinghe, hadn’t gone and provoked Li Xuanyue’s people, would Chaoren Hall have caught fire tonight?
Li Qinghe’s face instantly stiffened.
She seemed to realize something.
Jun Mo ignored her unsightly expression and continued, “There is a saying: If you don’t want people to know, don’t do it.“
His sharp eyes were like knives, making Li Qinghe’s spine shiver.
“If you want to seek death, go do it yourself. Don’t drag this Prince down with you. Otherwise… this Prince won’t mind dealing with you personally first!”
At this moment, Jun Mo truly harbored killing intent toward Li Qinghe.
To live under the same roof with such a stupid woman was simply humiliating for him.
Li Qinghe was startled by Jun Mo’s murderous words.
His words implied that he seemed to know everything about the things she had sent people to do.
Yet, he hadn’t stopped her.
For a moment, Li Qinghe’s gaze toward Jun Mo became complicated.
Similarly, Lang Hua was also being questioned late at night.
He shouldn’t think that just because he helped rescue Xiao Han from the secret chamber, Li Xuanyue would forget his earlier disappearance.
“Speak. There is no one else here now.”
Li Xuanyue sat quietly on the wooden chair, holding a teacup as she looked at him. “Where did you go these past two days?”
Since he was the one who set the fire at Chaoren Hall, did that mean he had been hiding in the dark for the last two days?
Facing Li Xuanyue’s interrogation, Lang Hua didn’t feel the slightest bit of displeasure. He merely smiled faintly.
“It’s a long story.”
He deliberately kept her in suspense. “But since the Princess wants to hear it, this subject will tell you.”
Li Xuanyue: “…”
“This subject didn’t disappear on purpose,” he emphasized. “Someone took the opportunity to drug me.”
Lang Hua had harbored some suspicions regarding Xiao Han’s disappearance.
So, he thought he would investigate Xihe Hall while no one was paying attention.
Unexpectedly, just as he stepped out of Langya Hall, he was knocked out by knockout incense.
For Lang Hua, this was an extremely insulting matter.
Of course, it was also his fault for being too careless.
Therefore, after he escaped, he overheard two people talking and realized that this was all Li Qinghe’s arrangement.
However, he didn’t alert the enemy immediately.
Instead, he chose to wait patiently. While lingering around Xihe Hall, he kept an eye on the movements at Chaoren Hall.
Eventually, on the first night, he discovered Xiao Ce frequently entering the study of Xihe Hall.
Thus, he deduced that there was a secret chamber in the study.
Fortunately, heaven rewards the faithful.
Less than an hour after entering the study, he found the secret chamber. However, he didn’t open it immediately.
Instead, he chose a compromise.
He went to Chaoren Hall and set a huge fire.
First, he attracted everyone’s attention to Chaoren Hall, and only then did he slowly open the door to the secret chamber.
The only thing he hadn’t expected was that Li Xuanyue would also be inside that secret chamber.
Did Hua Shan tell her?
After all, the entire clan knew how much Hua Shan doted on this daughter.
It wouldn’t be strange for him to tell her about the secret chamber in the study.
But… why would she choose to go at night?
Facing Lang Hua’s scrutinizing gaze, Li Xuanyue frowned uncomfortably.
“Why are you staring at This Princess like that?”
Was there something unclean on her?
Lang Hua hooked his lips into a smile. “Princess, how did you discover that secret chamber?”
Lang Hua was still very suspicious.
If Hua Shan had personally told her about the chamber, Li Xuanyue wouldn’t have appeared there in the dead of night.
The only explanation was that she didn’t know either.
Did she discover it by luck, just like him?
Li Xuanyue hadn’t expected Lang Hua to shift the topic so quickly.
To think he cast his suspicious gaze on her so soon.
A trace of awkwardness flashed through her eyes. “This Princess is discussing your matters; why are you dragging the question back to me?”
“That’s enough. You go down and rest first.”
She couldn’t exactly tell Lang Hua that she was reborn.
Or that in her past life, Hua Shan had told her about this secret chamber right before he died?
The best way was to say nothing.
Let him guess on his own.
Although Lang Hua didn’t get the answer he wanted and was slightly disappointed, seeing Li Xuanyue’s reluctance to speak confirmed that his guess wasn’t far off.
In that case, did she also know that there was someone else hidden behind Xihe Hall?
The extinguishing of the fire at Chaoren Hall meant that everyone could finally get a good night’s sleep.
After Hua Shan returned to Xihe Hall, he learned from Xiao Ce that Xiao Han was missing.
His shapely sword-like brows instantly furrowed.
“When did this happen?”
Xihe Hall was no ordinary place; it was filled with Hua Shan’s confidants and hidden guards.
Outsiders couldn’t easily approach.
Yet, the person had been taken away right from under his nose.
This was enough to show that tonight’s fire was no accident.
Someone had done it deliberately.
Xiao Ce bowed his head. “Approximately a quarter of an hour ago.”
Exactly when the fire at Chaoren Hall started burning. Hua Shan had fallen asleep not long before, and upon hearing Xiao Ce’s report, he had rushed over with his men.
Presumably, the other party took advantage of that exact moment to take the person out of the secret chamber.
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