"That's Kong Qi."
Yu Shu looked at the other side of the old banyan tree. Among the people under the tree, there was a thin young man. His appearance was average, but his face was fair. His every movement revealed a refined air.
The young man held a long bamboo pole in his hand. At the end of the pole, there was a light yellow fortune pouch tied with a green string. He raised his chin and carefully hung the fortune pouch high on the branch.
He looked very focused and did not notice Xue Rui and Gu Xijiu who were standing not far away from them.
"Is that him?" Yu Shu's eyes did not leave that person. She tilted her head to confirm with Xue Rui that this person was the man they suspected of having an affair with the Tenth Princess.
"Yes."
Xue Rui moved his feet and was about to step forward. Yu Shu noticed his intention and quickly pulled him back. She took a few steps back and stood behind the people.
"Big brother, don't be anxious." She squinted at Kong Qi's action and whispered to Xue Rui, "When he leaves, let's take off his fortune pouch and take a look. Maybe we can find something."
On Chinese Valentine's Day, a person came to the Goddess Tree to pray for blessings. There was no joy on his face. It was obvious that there was something wrong with him.
Xue Rui hesitated for a moment and nodded.
Kong Qi was completely unaware that his every move was seen by others. After hanging up the fortune pouch, he stood under the Goddess Tree for a while before he turned around and left expressionlessly.
As soon as Yu Shu saw him leave, she quickly moved forward and went around to the other side of the tree. She grabbed the longest bamboo pole before a passerby could do so.
There were many people praying under the tree. If she brazenly went to take someone else's fortune pouch, the tree guardian would definitely stop her.
Xue Rui was still looking up at that smear of pale yellow between the trees.
Yu Shu took off the red incense pouch from her waist and stuck it on the top of the bamboo pole. She tiptoed and pretended to poke the branches. When no one was paying attention, she hooked and pulled the light yellow fortune pouch. She hid it with the red incense pouch and held it in her hand.
Then she stuffed it into her sleeve and gave the bamboo pole to the person next to her. "The rope is broken. You go first."
.....
Yu Shu and Xue Rui went far away from the Goddess Tree. They came to a place with fewer people. She took out Kong Qi's fortune pouch and gave it to Xue Rui. "It doesn't seem to contain paper, needles and thread."
Xue Rui took it but did not open it. He stared at the yellow incense pouch in his hand. He did not open it.
Yu Shu poked him. "Brother?"
Xue Rui raised his head and looked at her. "If it was you, you already have a man you like, but you are engaged to another man. Will you frame another man for the man you like?"
Although he knew that it was his wishful thinking, he still resisted the truth that was about to be revealed.
Could it be that the woman who made him lose everything back then was really not worth it at all?
Yu Shu was stunned when she heard his question. She thought that he still thought that the Tenth Princess was innocent. She raised her eyebrows and sneered. "I am not the Tenth Princess. How would I know what she is thinking? You don't dare to look at it? Then let me do it."
If the Tenth Princess was innocent, it proved that her divination was wrong. Should he believe her or a dead person?
After that, she snatched the fortune pouch from his hand. She untied the rope and reached into the pouch. She found two things and looked at them in the light.
One was an apricot-yellow ribbon. It was made of soft silk. It was obviously a woman's item.
The other was a Ruyi Jade Pendant with two petals. The cracks were uneven. It looked like it was broken.
Yu Shu turned the two items over and over again. She found another clue. The apricot-yellow ribbon was embroidered with a small "Yao" character with gold silk.
She looked up at Xue Rui, who had a complicated expression on his face. She asked, "What is the Tenth Princess's name?"
"… Liu Yao."
Yu Shu sneered. She stuffed the ribbon and the two petals of jade into his hand. "Look at it yourself."
Xue Rui's finger moved, and he saw a small character on the light yellow ribbon, causing his gaze to dim as he clenched his fingers tightly, and he went silent for a moment before he said, "This is a ribbon from the palace, and only the women of the palace can wear it, and it rarely leaves their bodies."
Yu Shu coldly said, "That's right. The Tenth Princess did have an affair with a man. That man is Kong Qi. You have seen the witness and the material evidence. What else is there to doubt? Do you need to confront that Kong Zhuangyuan in person? That way, you will be convinced."
She thought that he had already given up. She didn't expect that he would not shed a tear until he saw the coffin.
When Xue Rui heard this, he knew that she had misunderstood, and he held onto those things with one hand while holding onto her shoulder with the other, and he said in a low voice, "Don't think too much about it. I naturally believe you, and I just feel slightly uncomfortable in my heart when I see concrete evidence."
Three years ago, he wanted to marry Liu Yao. He inquired about her preferences and secretly prepared to protect this woman. But when he was thinking about it, he didn't know that she already had someone else in her heart. Moreover, she had been in contact with him in private.
Thinking about it, he was really stupid.
Yu Shu frowned and pointed at the things in his hand. "What are you going to do?"
Was he going to pretend that he didn't know anything and investigate in secret? Or was he going to confront Kong Qi openly?
Xue Rui looked at her. "What do you think I should do?"
Yu Shu sneered again. "If I were you, I would beat him up first."
Regardless of whether Kong Qi and the Tenth Princess were really in love with each other or they were just using each other, the two of them had caused Xue Rui to be the scapegoat for the past three years. There was also Xue Jinxun, who was still in a daze.
If the woman died, they couldn't go to the underworld to settle the score with her. But if the man was alive, they must teach him a lesson!
"…" Xue Rui looked at her, turned around, and strode forward.
Yu Shu was stunned and quickly chased after him. "What are you doing?"
Xue Rui didn't stop walking. He turned his head and smiled at her. "I'll listen to you. I'll beat him up first."
Seeing that he was serious, Yu Shu opened her mouth, but she didn't know whether to persuade him to calm down or to cheer him on.
The two walked quickly along the river bank to the west, in the direction where Kong Qi left. Not long after, they saw the thin figure in front of them.
There were few pedestrians around. Yu Shu was about to ask Xue Rui to pull the man to a place where there was no one and then beat him up. However, Xue Rui had already strode forward and grabbed the man's shoulder with one hand.
Yu Shu opened her mouth and was stunned. No way, he was going to beat him up now!
Kong Qi was suddenly pulled by the shoulder. He turned his head abruptly and met Xue Rui's deep gaze.
"Xue … Brother Xue?"
A few years ago, Kong Qi, who was still the top scholar, was upright and kind. He couldn't bear to see Liu Hao, who had not yet been conferred the title of King, trying to win over the top scholars, so he wrote a poem to satirize him.
With Liu Hao's narrow-mindedness, he naturally wouldn't let him have an easy time. Therefore, the dignified top scholar was falsely accused of misconduct and couldn't become an official for a while.
At that time, Xue Rui was young and admired Kong Qi's talent, so he acted as a peacemaker and asked Liu Hao to let him go.
Because of this, the two became friends. Although they weren't good friends, they became confidants.
Therefore, even though Xue Rui had listed Kong Qi as a suspect since a long time ago, he never thought that the man who raped the Tenth Princess would be him.
Xue Rui smiled coldly, let go of his shoulder, and handed the thing in his hand to him. "Lord Kong, you dropped something."
The apricot yellow palace ribbon was wrapped with two pieces of broken jade, naked in front of him.
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