Fake Eunuch: Discovering the Emperor is a Woman!-Chapter 262 - 260: Is It Him? (Extra 2)

"Have you found anything? Is there anything useful on them?"

Clearly, Ying Yi was not to blame for this matter, so the young Emperor didn’t delve into this topic.

Hearing this, Ying Yi reached into his chest and pulled out a scroll, presenting it to the young Emperor:

"Your Majesty, on their left wrists, they all had such a mark.

I’ve sent someone to look into it, but there is no news yet, and I don’t know to which force this mark belongs."

Upon receiving the scroll and taking a look, the young Emperor’s brow slightly furrowed.

The scroll depicted a unique red pattern.

This pattern was very special, neither text nor an animal.

It was utterly perplexing at a glance.

At that moment, just as the two were contemplating the scroll, Lin Yi suddenly came around.

A coughing sound abruptly broke their contemplation.

Upon hearing the cough, both turned to look towards the bed.

When Lin Yi opened his eyes, he found himself lying on the bed in the Imperial Study Room, and he couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief.

At the very least, one thing he could be certain of was that he was now absolutely safe.

Then he felt a sudden pain in his back, and grimaced in agony.

At this moment, both the young Emperor and Ying Yi had approached the bed, and seeing Lin Yi in such pain, they couldn’t help but frown deeply, and a pang of pain went through their hearts.

No matter what the identities of the two were, and no matter how precious the young Emperor’s identity was, one thing was undeniable: she was still just a woman, and it was natural for her to feel pain when seeing her man injured.

Seeing the two so concerned, Lin Yi gave a grin:

"Heh heh, I’ve worried Your Majesty. But it’s alright, my body is very strong. How could those petty thieves injure me?"

At this moment, although Lin Yi’s life was saved and there was no danger, his face still bore a hint of embarrassment.

After all, it was his woman who had saved him, how could a man not blush at that?

But since there were others present, he still spoke very carefully.

Seeing that he was really okay, the young Emperor finally felt relieved.

She gestured to dismiss all the Palace Maids and eunuchs and asked the Imperial Physician to wait outside the door, then the Emperor turned to Lin Yi with a grave expression:

"Do you know who those people were?"

Hearing this, Lin Yi also furrowed his brow and began to ponder deeply.

He did not know who these people were and why they had attacked him.

But today’s experiences were truly too puzzling.

Thereupon, he recounted everything that had happened today in detail, emphasizing on his experiences after going to the Imperial Camp, and not missing a single detail.

This made both the young Emperor and Ying Yi frown even more.

"The Imperial Camp has always been under Sixth Imperial Uncle’s control, so he should indeed be very hostile towards you, but today he was uncharacteristically polite, which is really suspicious.

Furthermore, regarding the weapons.

They should have been delivered to you right after the last court meeting, but they were delayed until today.

According to common sense, even if you hadn’t returned empty-handed today, you should have only received some scrap metal at best.

Yet they gave you top-quality weapons.

No matter what, this is somewhat illogical, it seems that there is indeed something fishy going on.

Do you suspect that it was Zhao Heng who made a move against you?"

After hearing the young Emperor’s words, Lin Yi shook his head with furrowed brows:

"It’s not that I suspect Zhao Heng. From my interactions, I feel he is not insincere.

Everything he has shown fits with common sense, including his enthusiasm, which I can tell is not feigned.

Of course, there is also a possibility that this guy’s acting is too good, his schemes too deep, and I can’t see through him."

For a moment, following Lin Yi’s words, the three of them fell into deep thought.

They were considering whether this matter was the doing of the other party, since according to reason, the other party should not be behaving so abnormally, and today’s events had truly raised doubts in their hearts.

After all, the two sides were essentially adversaries.

Therefore, such warmth towards Lin Yi was indeed suspicious.

Now, according to their speculation, it was very likely that the other party did it intentionally, first to paralyze Lin Yi’s side by letting him take away the top-quality weapons.

Then, to ambush and kill them on the way, thus getting rid of Lin Yi, a potential threat, once and for all.

As for those weapons, who could trace them back after a roundtrip?

Who knew that this batch of weapons was the same batch that was given to Lin Yi?

More importantly, if they made a move to sell these weapons in secret, wouldn’t they still be able to make a hefty sum of Silver?

And this sum of Silver could not be traced back to any source.

In this way, it was killing two birds with one stone. They could eliminate Lin Yi, a competitor with immense potential, and make a profit in Silver, why not do it?

No matter the reason, in any case, they had a motive.

"By the way, what about the captives? Have they not confessed yet?"

Lin Yi had been unconscious until now, so naturally, he had not heard Ying Yi’s words.

Since Ying Yi had deliberately lowered his voice and made sure no one else heard it, Lin Yi didn’t know that none of the captives had survived.

Upon hearing his words, Ying Yi shook his head:

"They’re all dead."

After saying this, the young Emperor handed over the scroll:

"The captives took poison.

This was found on them; each of them had such a pattern on their left wrist.

I have never seen this mark before. Take a look, have you ever seen it anywhere?"

As he spoke, Lin Yi, lying on the bed, had already unrolled the scroll.

But as his gaze fell upon the pattern, Lin Yi’s brow slowly knitted together.

It looked familiar, yet he couldn’t recall where he had seen it.

Lin Yi felt like the pattern resembled a kind of totem.

But what it specifically was, he couldn’t quite remember at the moment.

...End of Chapter...

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