34、Conspiracy

  "It turns out that when the husband is uneasy, he will show it so clearly." Bai Zhenzhu listened to Yu Shiren's sarcastic words, not only did she not get angry, but instead looked at him warmly and smiled lightly, as if she could perfectly display the image of the number one beauty in people's mouths at any time and place.

  Looking at Bai Zhenzhu's calm and gentle face, Yu Shizhen's sharp smile in his eyes suddenly turned cold, and then completely removed the disguise of a smile. His voice also became gloomy, "I'm afraid Miss Pearl is also uneasy inside, otherwise she wouldn't have come to see me here either. Am I right?"

  The white pearl was silent and still, but the faint smile at the corner of her mouth was slowly fading away.

  "Since we both know each other, why bother with these pretenses in front of others." Yu Shiyan said, slightly raising his hand to point at the bamboo stool that had already been wiped clean by someone in the pavilion, and coldly said, "Miss Pearl, please sit down."

  Yu Lu sat down in front of Yu Shi Ran without hesitation, not minding the old bamboo stool and the dusty environment that had not been cleaned for a long time. She got straight to the point: "The prince consort asked me to come here, what's this about?"

  "I think Pearl Girl should know it in her heart. Yu Shi Ran stared into Bai Zhen Zhu's eyes, 'Isn't White Lian Li already dead?'"

  "It turns out that the Crown Prince had been harboring a grudge about this matter." Bai Zhenzhu also stared directly into Yu Shiren's eyes, with a slightly hooked mouth and a cold tone, "But instead of asking me, why not ask yourself? Hasn't White Luli become a dead person? Aren't you clearer than anyone else?"

  Yu Shiyan's eyebrows involuntarily furrowed, and Bai Zhenzhu sneered with a smile, "But you yourself told Xia Houluo about the matter of Bai Liuli, and it was also you who watched Xia Houluo suffocate her to death. Or did you watch as Xia Houluo's people moved her lifeless body to the pauper's graveyard? If even you are not certain whether she had already died at that time, do you think I would be clearer about the situation than you, Prince?"

  "If you really want to ask, it should be me asking the prince, why is Bai Liuli alive and appearing in the imperial capital, in the White House, and in front of everyone?" White Pearl's originally gentle voice gradually became sharp with her words, carrying a hint of mockery and inquiry.

  "Don't say that only I know the situation at that time, even if no one saw Miss Pearl in Zhan Yun Temple at that time. But I believe that Miss Pearl must have been watching the scene from somewhere, and more clearly than anyone else. Because Miss Pearl wants White Luli to disappear from this world more than anyone else."

  Bai Zhenzhu's expression didn't change, not even a flicker in her eyes. Yu Shiran hadn't seen the reaction he had expected, so he just smiled and his gaze turned sharp again. "The people who sealed the coffin and buried it were all from the White Manor, and they were your people, Miss Zhenzhu. Even if Bai Liuli was still alive and had a breath left in her, she wouldn't have been able to pry open that coffin nailed with soul-anchoring nails. How do you explain this, Miss Zhenzhu?"

  "Bai Luli's death on the spot is a fact that both of us have confirmed, and it's absolutely impossible for her not to be dead. Bai Zhenzhu's eyebrows sank, and her eyes gleamed coldly as she pondered, "And yet now she appears alive in front of our eyes. The only thing we can accept is that she faked her own death. As for how she left the sealed coffin, someone must have lent a hand."

  Bai Zhenzhu said this, as if she had thought of something, her icy eyes flashed with a hint of cruelty and unwillingness, which disappeared quickly before Yu Shiyuan could catch it.

  "For a moment's silence, Yu Shiyan said in a low voice: 'You said someone lent a helping hand, referring to the King of Ghosts, right?'"

  The ghost king, Baili Yunxiao, who never appeared in front of people, would inexplicably appear in the White Family Ancestral Hall to help Bai Liuli speak out, forcing him to piece together the events. However, for now, it was just his speculation. If it really was the ghost king, things would be difficult to handle.

  "It's just a guess." Upon hearing the three words "Gui Wang Ye", Bai Zhenzhu's cold tone was somewhat diluted, "Even if we don't want to believe that someone who should have died has come back to life, it's still a fact that's right in front of us. Now that we've confirmed that Bai Liuli is indeed alive, there's no use speculating about how she managed to survive. What we should be thinking about now is what our next move should be. Not only did her revival render all our previous efforts useless, but we also need to guard against her discovering something."

  "After her rebirth, Bai Luli always made me feel that she was not the original Bai Luli, but a stranger wearing Bai Luli's skin. Thinking of Bai Luli's words and actions, as well as how she handled Bai Li and Lan Er, Bai Zhenzhu couldn't help but think that it wasn't the familiar Bai Luli, even though she indeed had Bai Luli's face, and still called her 'Zhenzhu sister'."

  "I heard she's exiling Baili and Lan'er to the Northern Territory." Yu Shiren furrowed his brow slightly again, "Baili has been serving in the White Manor for a full ten years, and White Lianlian has never treated Baili as a subordinate."

  "Didn't White Luli always treat you like a treasure, and then kicked you out of the White Manor?" Bai Zhenzhu stated the facts without any sarcasm, yet it still made Yu Shiyuan's face pale. Bai Zhenzhu naturally knew that her words were like a slap in the face to Yu Shiyuan, but she didn't plan on stopping there. "The one who killed White Luli was Xia Houluo. Even if she saw Xia Houluo before closing her eyes, with her brain, she wouldn't have been able to think of anything. But from her words and actions over the past two days, it seems like she knows something."

  "Bai Li and Lan Er are to me, no doubt, like my left and right arms. But Bai Liu Li, in front of others, doesn't give me any face at all, and treats Bai Li and Lan Er with disdain, no doubt, is breaking off my left and right arms. If she didn't know something, she wouldn't do this." White Pearl's voice grew colder as she spoke, her eyes also sinking deeper, "Bai Liu Li has always regarded me as an elder sister, but I saw a thick sense of estrangement in her eyes."

  Is it fact or her illusion?

  "Bai Luli... indeed gives me a very strange feeling, just as you said, nowadays she is like a stranger wrapped in Bai Luli's skin." Yu Shiren furrowed his brow and sank into thought, "But she is indeed Bai Luli, could it be that there really is such a thing as rebirth in this world?"

  "Judging from the current situation, whether Bai Luli has really changed or not, we must be careful in our actions." Bai Zhenzhu said, "After all, she used to be alone, but now she has to consider those who are helping her."

  "No matter what she may have discovered, her existence is now a disadvantage to us." Yu Shiren raised his hand and stroked the withered branch beside him, slightly lowering his eyelids. "Then, before Saint returns to Suicheng, we will..."

  "Crack—" The withered branch was suddenly snapped off by Yu Shiyan, and the crisp sound of the broken branch drowned out his low, cold words.