Old Wax Concealed the Liu Clan's Broken Seal, and the Master Behind the Scenes Was Finally About to Appear

Madam Chun understood immediately.

"Good."

Gu Moran to the straw on the table.

"The straw stalks must not be left."

"This thing will reveal the layered poison in the wine."

Su Tan looked up.

Where is the wine jug?

"Keep."

Madam Chun asked, "Why?"

" The Imperial City Bureau wants to see the real poisoned wine."

"Only in this way will the Second Prince believe that Su Tan and Tao Wujiu died together."

"Once someone dies, they'll be at ease. They can close the case with a suicide pact, and nobody's bother to investigate further."

Madam Chun nodded and turned to instruct someone to carry it out.

Gu Moran looked at Su Tan.

"From now on, you'll have to change your name and live in hiding. You can't just meet people casually."

Are you scared?

Su Tan smiled bitterly.

"I'm afraid, but just being able to live is already a luxury."

"And when you killed Tao Wujiu, weren't you afraid?"

Su Tan lowered her head, tears falling onto the old blanket.

"My hands were trembling the whole time I was feeding him the wine."

"But he said that in order to survive, he had to drag Ruyan down with him."

He said, "Women's lives are the cheapest; what's wrong with using them?"

Liu Ruyan showed no anger.

Only a deep weariness.

He wasn't like this before.

Su Tan wiped away her tears.

He was just poor before.

Later, he entered the Second Prince's Residence.

"He had money, he had secrets, and he changed."

Gu Moran asked, "Did he mention the Second Prince before he died?"

Su Tan thought for a moment.

"It has been mentioned."

He said the Second Prince's Residence was looking for him because they were afraid he would spread rumors.

"He said he knew the recipe for the elixir and the old wax."

"I also know that the pill shop has a batch of old pills that have been sealed and then removed."

Gu Moran asked, "Who will use the old pills?"

Su Tan shook her head.

"Have no idea."

He only said that it wasn't for ordinary people.

Gu Moran a bitter taste on the back of his tongue.

He is the emperor.

He took out a silver needle and pierced the outer layer of wax seal.

The wax layer cracked.

A tightly rolled-up piece of old paper was visible inside.

The old paper was yellowed, its edges soaked in medicinal oil, and when spread out, it emitted the musty smell of the medicine storehouse.

Madam Chun saw the paper, her hand tensed up.

Gu Moran looked at her.

"You recognize him?"

Madam Chun bowed her head.

"Like old warehouse medicine paper."

Gu Moran out the paper.

There are no complete ledgers.

Only a few lines of short text.

Yellow mercury.

Cinnabar.

Lead oxide.

Fire-Subduing Furnace No. 3.

Do not store in a new warehouse if the old wax seal is intact.

At the very bottom is a damaged mark.

Only half of the seal is left, and the remaining corner of the word "KU" can be seen, and there is an old-style pattern seal next to it.

Madam Chun's throat moved.

Gu Moran looked at her.

What do you know?

Madam Chun's finger stopped next to the mark, but did not touch it.

"This is not the seal of the Second Prince's Residence."

"It's not Danpu in the east of the city either."

Liu Ruyan spoke, her voice strained.

What is that?

Madam Chun looked at Liu Ruyan, the words stuck in her throat.

Liu Ruyan stood very steadily.

Her hand gripped the edge of the cloak again.

Gu Moran did not urge him.

Madam Chun whispered, "Like the remnants of the seal on the old medicine storehouse of Grand Tutor Liu's Residence."

Liu Ruyan gripped the cloak even tighter.

Gu Moran flattened the old paper, his gaze falling on the tattered seal.

Tao Wujiu, a servant in the medicine storehouse of Grand Tutor Liu's Residence.

Later, he entered the alchemy workshop and became a slave to the medicine that cut off his ear.

After the Grand Tutor's mansion was raided, he went to the Flower-Between Pavilion.

Later, he hid in the Second Prince's alchemy shop.

The second prince presented the elixir, but the sealing wax was replaced; the old wax had a musty, bitter smell.

Tao Wujiu is now dead in the old storeroom of the Flower-Between Pavilion, and he possessed the remnants of the seal of the medicine storeroom of Grand Tutor Liu's Residence.

A line stretches out from the old medicine paper in the warehouse, its end plunging into the fire that broke out at the Grand Tutor's mansion sixteen years ago.

Liu Ruyan's gaze fell on the old paper.

"What would happen if this were presented to His Majesty?"

Gu Moran looked at the lamp wick.

The flames burned low, and the smoke smelled bitter.

"His Majesty will investigate the Second Prince."

"We will also examine this old treasury seal."

"Once the old treasury seal is checked, all of Liu Taifu's old cases, Flower-Between Pavilion, and Tao Wujiu's whereabouts back then will be unearthed."

Madam Chun replied, "Absolutely not."

"His Majesty knew all along that Ruyan had been hiding in the Flower-Between Pavilion."

"His willingness to allow Ruyan to marry into the royal family already shows he's left room for maneuver."

"If there's anything wrong with the pills, he won't let Ruyan first."

Gu Moran pressed down on the corner of the paper with his fingertip.

"It cannot be paid now."

"First, investigate the source of the old wax."

"Find out exactly how much Tao Wujiu is hiding."

Su Tan looked at him and suddenly spoke.

Tao Wujiu also mentioned another place.

Gu Moran around.

"Where?"

There is an abandoned well in the backyard of Danpu in the east of the city.

He said the old wax wasn't in the shop.

"By the well."

He also said that there were people watching over them.

Gu Moran asked, "Who?"

Su Tan hesitated for a moment.

He said that person only counts as half a person.

Madam Chun frowned.

"What's the meaning?"

Su Tan shook her head.

"I have no idea."

He stopped talking after that point.

Gu Moran forced those words into her mind.

Danpu's backyard.

Abandoned well.

Old wax.

There was only one or two guards.

He looked at Madam Chun.

We're all in the same boat, let's not beat around the bush.

"You have a powerful backer, right? Does he know about this?"

Madam Chun lowered her eyelids.

Someone has already reported it.

"Your Highness need not worry about the rest; Flower-Between Pavilion can investigate thoroughly."

Gu Moran looked at her again.

[ Madam Chun: Loyalty 100.]

[New Event: The owner of the escape room is about to get involved.]

Gu Moran's fingers touched the roll of old paper inside her sleeve.

The mysterious big boss, are you finally going to show your face?

Just then, several old servants entered.

Old clothes, white cloth, water, and empty jars were laid out on the ground one by one.

The old servant helped Su Tan up.

Su Tan's legs went weak, and she almost knelt down again after just standing up.

Liu Ruyan reached out and helped her up.

Su Tan dared not look at her.

Liu Ruyan only said, "Live well."

Su Tan's eyes reddened as she followed the woman in gray through the narrow door at the back.

Madam Chun packed the broken hairpin, the poisoned cup, and the filth into an oiled paper package and handed it to another servant.

Do as you are told.

The servant nodded, picked up the oil paper package, and slipped through the hidden door.

The narrow door closed.

Faint footsteps came from behind the stone wall, but were quickly drowned out by the sound of water.

Liu Ruyan looked at Gu Moran, her lips moving slightly.

"Thank you for saving Su Tan."

Gu Moran's finger stopped on the wax pellet.

What are the things couples thank each other for?

"You have already married into the Prince Yi's Residence."

If something happens at the Flower-Between Pavilion, it means something happens to me.

Liu Ruyan's eyelashes fluttered slightly.

He didn't say thank you again.

In Gu Moran's mind, a system notification sounded.

[Ding! Liu Ruyan's favorability has increased to 52.]

[The tag "Couple United in Heart" was generated.]