Spring in the East Palace

Chapter 221: Calmly Proceed

"But as long as we know who this person is, can't we defeat him in one fell swoop?" Dong Jin was a little confused.

"This person is hiding too deeply. Even if you know his identity in Yan State, can you do anything without evidence?" Shen Muyin asked Dong Jin.

Dong Jin was stunned for a moment and couldn't answer.

"If he is just an ordinary citizen, you may be able to deal with him silently, but if he is someone of a certain status, how can you involve him? One move will affect the entire body." Shen Muyin's eyes became darker.

If he is really the Prince Consort of Xuan's Mansion as you guessed, then as long as you touch Nangong Sheng, it will undoubtedly cause internal strife.

This person can just sit back and reap the benefits.

It's just that the identities were swapped with the shocking case of that year.

Therefore, you cannot act rashly now. You need to wait until this person is defeated and all the forces behind him are disintegrated before you can take action.

Even now, neither Shen Muyin nor the Eastern Palace knew how much power this man had hidden in Yan State over the years.

In this situation, acting rashly is the most dangerous thing.

Dong Jin nodded: "That's true. Miss, do you have any good ideas?"

Shen Muyin shook his head: "Now we can only take it one step at a time and deal with the things in front of us first."

After he finished speaking, Shen Muyin's eyes became more serious: "Dong Jin, notify them to tighten the guards at the city gates. No one with salt is allowed to leave. Even the canals should be monitored. I want to see how tight Shen Yan can stand."

Shen Muyin's words were without any emotion, and he arranged everything calmly.

Dong Jin nodded: "I will take care of it right away."

Soon, Dong Jin disappeared silently in the Wenxiang Pavilion. Shen Muyin stood there, motionless, not feeling sleepy at all.

Shen Muyin will go to meet the slave who was deceived by them tomorrow, although he knows that he can't get much information from him.

When these small pieces of information are connected together, many things become clear.

After a moment of silence, Shen Muyin closed the window, then calmly returned to his bed, leaned against the pillow and closed his eyes to rest.

The Shen residence was extremely lively that night, but amidst the bustle there was a hint of gloom that lingered for a long time.

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The next day.

Shen Muyin was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, she rested for a while in the Shen Mansion. She even rested for a while after lunch before she was ready to leave the house.

When Shen Muyin went out, he happened to see Shen Yan walking towards the outside of the Shen Mansion with a gloomy look, and the two met.

Shen Muyin didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

Compared to Shen Muyin's calmness, Shen Yan seemed much more gloomy, and his eyes were almost sharp as he looked at Shen Muyin.

"Brother, why are you looking at me like that? Do you have something to tell me?" Shen Muyin raised his eyebrows without saying anything.

Shen Yan sneered: "Were you playing tricks yesterday?"

"What? Why can't I understand what big brother is saying?" Shen Muyin looked innocent.

Shen Yan suddenly approached Shen Muyin, but Shen Muyin remained standing there without even dodging.

This is in public, Shen Yan can't do anything. What's more, if something happens to her, Donggong will definitely make trouble for Shen Yan. In this case, Shen Yan will not take the risk.

Therefore, most of the time, we can only talk big.

"I happened to smell the orchid scent on you in the small room in the ancestral hall yesterday." Shen Yan said it clearly word by word.

The moment he saw Shen Muyin, Shen Yan smelled the fragrance of orchid, so he immediately realized that it was Shen Muyin who was in the small room in the ancestral hall last night.

And last night, Concubine Liu completely lost control, which was probably arranged by Shen Muyin.

Outside the ancestral hall are people from the Eastern Palace, and they can turn a blind eye to whatever Shen Muyin does.

This period of time was enough to drive Concubine Liu crazy. After all, she had a guilty conscience, so how could she not be afraid of ghosts?

Shen Yan looked at Shen Muyin with increasingly gloomy eyes. He felt that he could not keep Shen Muyin any longer.

Shen Muyin is much more powerful than he thought, and keeping him around would only cause endless trouble.

What's more, there is an Eastern Palace behind Shen Muyin.

But that person just wouldn't let him touch Shen Muyin. He couldn't tell why, but Shen Yan always felt it was dangerous and that an accident would happen again sooner or later.

So in this situation, Shen Yan looked at Shen Muyin with natural viciousness.

Thinking of this, Shen Yan clenched his fists slightly and his whole body tensed up.

Shen Muyin was extremely calm, looking at Shen Yan without making any expression: "Brother, I didn't leave the Wenxiang Pavilion last night. If a person of my age entered the ancestral hall, how could no one in the Shen Mansion find out?"

As he spoke, Shen Muyin smiled at Shen Yan: "Speaking of this orchid fragrance, this was given to me by Zhenzhen before. So if we draw a conclusion based on this, then wouldn't Zhenzhen be more suitable to go to the ancestral hall? After all, Zhenzhen is Second Mother's biological daughter. There is always some awkwardness between Second Mother and me, isn't it?"

Shen Muyin retorted easily.

The fragrance of orchids really surprised Shen Muyin that Shen Yan could smell it so keenly.

But it just so happened that the orchid fragrance was given by Shen Zhenzhen. The smell of the flower was too strong and it remained on the clothes after washing, so Shen Muyin never used it.

It was just an accident last night. She didn't have time to change her clothes, so she left such clues.

But such clues are useless, after all, Shen Yan has no direct evidence.

Besides, hasn’t Shen Yan already suspected himself?

With this idea in mind, Shen Muyin was extremely frank.

"Shen Muyin, don't think I don't know what you did." Shen Yan said coldly, "I want to see how long you can be so arrogant."

"Then brother really wronged me." Shen Muyin smiled and did not argue with Shen Yan.

There is really nothing to argue about. We are not on the same page and the argument will never lead to any result.

So Shen Muyin didn't bother to talk nonsense with Shen Yan, and turned around and walked out of the Shen Mansion.

When Shen Muyin took a step forward, she suddenly turned back to look at Shen Yan: "By the way, if you want to be careful about what I do, just find someone to follow you openly. There's no need to be sneaky. I don't like people who are not upright."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Muyin saw Shen Yan's expression change.

But Shen Muyin didn't say anything and left calmly. Dong Jin followed Shen Muyin but didn't say anything.

It was not until the two of them reached the market that Dong Jin lowered his voice and said, "Shen Yan's men didn't come with us today."

"It's been made so clear. He's not stupid. He won't let those people follow him. Besides, isn't he already busy with his own affairs now?" Shen Muyin smiled faintly.

Dong Jin said "oh" and nodded: "That's right."

"Let's go to the house." Shen Muyin was calm.

Dong Jin understood it all at once. The old house of the Wen family that Shen Muyin had bought before was still unoccupied and was overgrown with weeds.