THE FLOWER PALACE'S SECRET

Chapter 24: Giving Warmth

“Detective Tang, what did you get?”

Shen Yanzhia looked at the handsome man in black and fur-coated clothes curiously. Tang Yin, the young detective with a million achievements sipped his tea with delicacy before saying something he wanted to convey to this Empress Prince Qin. His eyes stared at the pile of snow covering the decorative stones from the window of the East Pavilion room.

“Hey, quickly answer me!” Shen Yanzhia was getting impatient.

Tang Yin returned her gaze towards Shen Yanzhia with a heavy breath. Something ominous might have befallen the detective to this day, in the middle of this long winter, Shen Yanzhia did not find the nosy and annoyed face of Tang Yin. This is too unusual.

The detective usually comes and reports the results of his investigation three times a week. But, since the beginning of last winter, Tang Yin had never come to visit Qin wangfu. Not even a letter reached this residence.

“Did the Lingxiang Pavilion not give you any information?” asked Shen Yanzhia again.

“What should not wait for wangye to wake up first?” Tang Yin asked back.

“It's an emergency problem. Waiting for Zian to come to his senses without certainty was tantamount to wasting time. We may lose all leads even before we confirm the truth.”

Shen Yanzhia looked back at Tang Yin, trying with confidence for the detective to speak up immediately. There is not much time left to take care of trivial things and is considered less important like waiting, because the opportunity to solve all the mysteries only comes once and cannot be thrown away. Shen Yanzhia was sure, without Lin Zian even, the investigation could still proceed as it wished.

“Good. What information does wangfei want to hear from me?”

“That blood letter, have you found the owner of the writing and found out its contents?”

Tang Yin shook her head. The days that he went through to pry information and find out who the owner of the blood letter was not enough. Tang Yin did not get any clues or information, as it seemed like the owner of the writing was no ordinary person.

If indeed the owner of the writing is an ordinary person, the content of the letter will be easily understood. The writing on the blood letter looked like a hint of a word game that would lead one to another clue.

“Before you said you've seen a form of writing like this in the palace. If it is true, the owner of this writing must be someone who came from there. See, this form of writing, though it is written in blood, but it looks special.”

“If only I remembered well, I would definitely be able to know the owner of this piece of writing. I will go to the palace to visit His Majesty to break the news of Lin Zian, as well as try to find out back where I once saw the writing.”

In fact, it was not the only purpose Shen Yanzhia would have to go to the palace. The Prince Yun's daughter also wanted to find out what was the cause of Lin Zian's falling so soon after attending the meeting that day, as Shen Yanzhia was sure the source of the problem must be in the palace. Now, the man had been unconscious for two days.

The various kinds of body-warming herbs were only able to stabilize the blood flow, but were unable to restore the lost consciousness. Ru Xiaolan also came once a day to look and check on Lin Zian's condition. The female physician, now had two people to deal with.

“Detective Tang, you can go to the palace of the residence of Prince Yun to question the person you have been looking for. I'm sure that person should have been sober by now.”

“The antidote has been found?”

“I spent one day one night and killed fifty white rats for my experiment.”

Tang Yin's face was not much different from Ru Xiaolan's face a while ago when Shen Yanzhia told her that the antidote was already there. Moreover, Tang Yin, because all this time she hated Shen Yanzhia enough and did not put the slightest trust in her.

Today, while her prince was lying sick, Tang Yin realized that her hatred was very unfounded. How could he possibly hate a queen consort from a prince he had made a role model for? Tang Yin began to find out that there were many mysteries stored behind the beautiful face of this young lady.

“I know your mind is not much different from others. Most just know that I am the spoiled daughter of the beloved Queen Mother who only knows to have fun and look for trouble with people.”

Tang Yin was ashamed of herself, ashamed of her prejudices that were already thinking badly, ashamed of her incompetence of opening her eyes and seeing one's personality completely and openly, embarrassed at his detective title who turned out to be unable to identify the abilities of a noblewoman even though he had often examined hundreds of other noble women, embarrassed at his failure to find something special from a Shen Yanzhia, who was a noble, and who was not a noble, but rather a noble, noble woman, and ashamed of the figure of Lin Zian who had taught him to be a meticulous detective and did not rule out the truth and get rid of prejudice and does not involve feelings.

The man took his eyes off. He looked at Lin Zian who was lying down with a sad and worried look. It was not usual for the prince to be lying down like this.

“How is wangye?” tanyanya.

“As you can see. It seems like he will not wake up anytime soon this,” Shen Yanzhia replied still in a desperate tone like before.

“You can go. Report anything you can, and ask the Lingxiang Pavilion to keep an eye on whoever comes.”

After Shen Yanzhia said that, Tang Yin got up from her seat. He bowed to Shen Yanzhia respectfully. Then he also bowed his body towards Lin Zian. Only then did he walk out of the East Pavilion. After which, Xu Chi walked in while carrying charcoal to warm the room.

“Wangfei, I brought extra charcoal to warm the room.”

“Save it by the fireplace. Let me take care of it,” pinta Shen Yanzhia without looking at Xu Chi.

“Good. I go first.”

After Xu Chi's death, Shen Yanzhia switched places and sat herself beside the fireplace located near Lin Zian's bed. He then took a few pieces of charcoal and put it into the fireplace while fanning it. The embers of the fire from the previous charcoal slowly rose and burned the charcoal that had just been put in by Shen Yanzhia. A warm sensation began to fill the air in this room.

“You saw, right? The one who underestimated me now admitted his mistake. Zian, aren't you going to watch this exciting show?”

Shen Yanzhia touched Lin Zian's forehead with her palm. Chilly. His body temperature dropped again. The fireplace is not enough to warm this room. Shen Yanzhia shouted to Xu Chi, but the maid again did not come the same as that night.

“This will not work. What should I do now?” Shen Yanzhia asked herself. Shen Yanzhia started to panic when she saw Lin Zian's body tremble in coldness. Shen Yanzhia's intelligent brain was spinning. He had to immediately find a way for Lin Zian's body to stop shivering.

“Do I really have to do this?” Again Shen Yanzhia asked herself.

Shen Yanzhia finally shifted Lin Zian's body until his position was somewhat to the middle. A layer of blankets covered Lin Zian's body. With a slow and careful movement, Shen Yanzhia also laid down beside Lin Zian. He then moved his body to the left and right slowly, looking for the most comfortable position for himself. After which, he re-covered the layer of the blanket to cover his body and Lin Zian's body.

Shen Yanzhia's hand stretched out hugging Lin Zian from the side. His head leaned against Lin Zian's shoulder comfortably. Shen Yanzhia closed her eyes, trying to calm her rapidly beating heart all of a sudden. He could feel Lin Zian's body stop shaking. After a while, Shen Yanzhia completely fell asleep hugging Lin Zian.

It seemed, the warmth that Shen Yanzhia gave through that embrace had already torn down the cold wall that these two days covered Lin Zian's body. Xu Chi who had just come after running from the kitchen jumped in shock, but he then smiled when he found the sweet scene in front of him.

They are really sweet, really sweet!

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