THE FLOWER PALACE'S SECRET

Chapter 11: Handsome Sculpture

After changing into clothes and tidying himself up, Shen Yanzhia rushed out of the Western Pavilion. His steps were light as light as feathers, walking towards the East Pavilion located opposite the direction of the Western Pavilion. Shen Yanzhia was sure her husband was there right now. He wanted to know what Lin Zian was doing after seeing him finish the punishment.

What Shen Yanzhia saw just now was something extremely rare!

The man, gracefully fell asleep at the study table while sitting down. His right hand held his chin. Eyes closed. The man's hair was beautifully unraveled. Shen Yanzhia looked at the shady calmness on that handsome face. Shen Yanzhia's gaze turned to the clothes her husband was wearing. Lin Zian wore a thin white outfit that made his field chest visible. The sunlight that happened to be gushing through the window slit slightly shone on it, making it seem as if it was glowing. Lin Zian turned into such an extremely beautiful looking angel statue.

Shen Yanzhia immediately regained her senses from a momentary moment. He was about to say something. But, seeing that shady face that was asleep so peacefully it made all the words that Shen Yanzhia was about to say just vanish. Lin Zian's charm was too alluring at a time like this. This was the first time Shen Yanzhia had seen the man fall asleep.

Something was dripping in his heart. It carried a cold chill that cooled the entire space of his heart. Whatisit? Shen Yanzhia did not know. He was just stunned to see someone who a while ago became his legal husband clearly like this. He knew, he and Lin Zian were indeed not so close even though both of them had inherited imperial blood. Yes, who knows, a young noble general who was admired could Shen Yanzhia see so closely.

Shen Yanzhia immediately walked up to him as soon as the man's right hand wavered. Quickly, he caught Lin Zian's chin that was about to stumble against the table. As if sucked back into his real world, Lin Zian slowly opened his eyes. He turned to the woman propping up his chin, looked at her for a moment and then gave a small smile.

That smile can only be seen and felt by himself.

“Wangfei?” Lin Zian corrected his body position. He shook his head for a moment to refresh his entire memory.

“If you're tired, why are you sleeping here?”

“Ah it. I didn't realize I was asleep,” replied Lin Zian honestly.

“I've already completed my sentence. I'm here to ask you for money,” Shen Yanzhia explained without shame.

“For what?”

“My monthly allowance is up. Now you're my husband. To whom else should I ask if not you?”

Lin Zian laughed. In this sort of matter, Shen Yanzhia turned out to be very open and forthright. It was only the first time Lin Zian had encountered a woman as innocent and honest as Shen Yanzhia. Shen Yanzhia was not ashamed to say that she was running out of money. This kind of open figure was what Lin Zian was pleased with.

“Did you also always open like this to your father?”

“Of course.”

Shen Yanzhia puffed out her chest.

“Eh, isn't this?”

Shen Yanzhia stared fixedly at a sketch of the face that lay on the table, trying to recall the black-and-white face drawn with a thin black brush, thinking whether or not she had met this face.

Shen Yanzhia then took the sketch, leaving a sense of surprise and confusion to Lin Zian. He looked back at the sketch, looking at it with sharp eyes swooping down as if looking at prey. Lin Zian frowned. He had no idea what the little girl was thinking on the face sketch that Tang Yin had given him a few days ago.

“This face, it seems like I have seen it,” Shen Yanzhia said after some time. Lin Zian could not hide his shock.

“Really? Where have you met him?” asked Lin Zian impatiently.

Shen Yanzhia was silent for a moment. His forehead shriveled until his two eyebrows almost met. A serious face like this, in Lin Zian's eyes looked so cute. Shen Yanzhia was like a detective. Lin Zian found his wife's probing eyes.

“Zian, do you remember on our wedding day, you carried me forcibly from the crowd on the street?”

Lin Zian nodded.

Lin Zian nodded back.

“Did you also see a man lying on the ground like a dead man? I think the face on the paper was the man who lay it.”

Shen Yanzhia could not be wrong. He was very sure that the face in the sketch was exactly the same as the face of the dying man he met on the wedding day. The man was obviously wearing a servant's outfit, but his posture was completely incompatible. The dying man's body was burly and muscular as if he had undergone a lot of physical training. The man's dying palm was also calluses, a sign that he often held and used weapons.

“You sure?”

“You can cut my monthly money if I lie,” Shen Yanzhia said with confidence.

“Where is the man now?”

“It should be in the mad healer's residence,” Shen Yanzhia said lightly.

“Where is the healer's residence?”

“That's the problem. He said on the outskirts of town. I haven't found it yet because those criminals came to surround me.”

Lin Zian frowned even more. Thus, this was the reason why Shen Yanzhia did not return when it was raining heavily back then. Shen Yanzhia was not lost. The killers ambushed him in the middle of the road.

Someone apparently deliberately sent the killers to confront him. It seemed that the person already knew that their only escaping subordinate was still alive under the treatment of that mad healer. They turned out to be quite brave to attack and disturb the family of Prince Qin openly like this.

“Wangfei, can I trust you?”

“You want to find it yourself?”

Lin Zian nodded.

“I'll come look for him.”

“No. You can't get involved!”

“Of course I have to get involved. I've seen that face. How could I not be involved?”

Lin Zian nodded his head. If this was the case, he could do nothing but let Shen Yanzhia join the search. The stubborn girl would continue to force if Lin Zian did not allow her to get involved.

Moreover, Shen Yanzhia might be able to do something reckless like conducting a search on her own without an escort. If such a thing were to happen, the danger he faced would be much greater. It was better to let Shen Yanzhia come with him, at least that woman would always be in his custody.

“Alright, but on one condition. You can't go anywhere without my permission.”

“Good. I agree,” Shen Yanzhia said confidently.

After which, Lin Zian took out a box under his desk. His hand grabbed a dark purple knit cloth bag. He then handed the purple pouch to Shen Yanzhia. Shen Yanzhia received it with an adorable little grin.

“The bag contains 1000 taels of silver. Enough for one month shopping.”

“Thank you, kind-hearted Prince Qin.”***