Chapter 233 The Gem's Conspiracy
It seems that this time we have really caught the weakness of this evil princess.
Lynch and Miss Valente looked at each other and saw a smile in each other's eyes.
Although she doesn't know the exact reason, it seems that she is really afraid that this matter will be exposed.
That’s easy.
Killing people to kill people? Appreciate art? Referrer? Hey hey hey hey.
Lin Qi sneered and ignored her thank you. Instead, he picked up the empty teacup on the table and threw it down: "Is this the etiquette of Princess Salt's gratitude?"
In fact, the maid had already just said Black tea and snacks were prepared, and just as Princess Chloe arrived, the maid was sent away before she could pour the water. Although Her Royal Highness the Princess's lips trembled because of Lin Qi's anger, she still honestly raised her hand to touch the bell that called the servants.
“Huh?”
Before she could touch the rattle, Lin Qi suddenly made a sound that frightened her instinctively, and she stared at Lin Qi warily.
"You nobles of the Kingdom of Salt, when you express your gratitude, do you only ask your servants to do it for you? Is this how sincere you are to express your gratitude?"
"You..."
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In the eyes of Her Royal Highness, serving tea and pouring water is what a maid should do. It is simply a great humiliation for her to do it as a princess of a foreign country. It's not that she can't do it. When facing a superior person, such as her father, King Salt, it's okay. But facing Lin Qi, a commoner whose status is far lower than hers, she simply felt great humiliation and made her angry. My eyes were spinning and I couldn't speak.
"Don't you understand? It seems that your thank you is not sincere." Lynch threw down the tea cup and said to Miss Valente, "In that case, there is no need for us to waste time here. "
"Yes." Miss Valente covered half of her face with a folding fan, and said softly with a reserved smile, "After all, you are a princess, so that's understandable, so let's just go back and pretend that we don't have anything today. Been here.”
With that said, the two of them stood up.
"Don't." Her Royal Highness bit her lip until it bled, and her face turned red. She clumsily picked up the kettle with trembling hands, and poured two cups of black tea for the two of them, "I, I have Sincerity, I, I thank you. "
Before he finished speaking, his voice was choked with tears, and his eyes were red. He raised his head and held back the tears on the spot.
Lin Qi held up the tea cup with a half-smile, and toasted to Miss Valente who was snickering secretly. He didn't understand the taste, but drinking it was quite a relief.
“I see you are quite sincere, so let’s talk about what happened.”
Princess Chloe took a long breath, and the anger on her body was slightly relieved. He was about to sit down and explain, but he saw Lin Qi's face became serious again.
"Huh? Are you quite self-conscious enough to ask you to sit down?" Lynch glared at Princess Chloe sideways and said coldly, "Stand still, just stand there and say it."
It was so shameful and humiliating that Chloe felt like her head was going to smoke. The blood kept rushing to her head. Her teeth gritted and she glared at Lynch as if she wanted to eat someone.
"I don't like the look in your eyes. If you don't want to, just sit down if you don't want to. We won't make it difficult for you. Leave now, what do you say?"
Her slender legs immediately froze in place, not daring to move her feet. The tip of her nose turned red, and tears flowed down her beautiful face.
“Humph, do you still know that you have been wronged?” Lin Qi rolled his eyelids while holding the tea cup. He always felt that he was a bit like the deceitful father-in-law in a costume drama. He sneered with a posture and an accent, “The night before yesterday Why didn't you feel aggrieved when you tricked me? Not only did I not provoke you, but I also had good intentions and really wanted to help you. What did you do to me? If you succeeded, I might not be able to do anything for you in this life. Turn over, have you never thought about whether I am angry or wronged?"
Princess Chloe pursed her lips tightly, raised her hand to wipe the tears on her face, and choked: "I just... …”
"Did you let me speak?"
Lin Qi put down the tea cup hard, and the clang made Her Royal Highness tremble. Although her legs did not collapse, the hand that wiped her tears instinctively lowered her hand. Stand up straight and respectable.
"Maybe you have a thousand reasons, but first of all, I didn't offend any of you. I have no obligation to understand the reasons for accommodating you. I was targeted for no reason, and it was a heart-breaking method. You Do you think I would be very grateful? Maybe in your eyes, I am like an ant, you can just crush me to death, but even if I am an ant, I will bite you hard before I am crushed to death. One bite, and you, my princess, are you prepared to be bitten before you trick me?”
Under Lynch's threat, the fourteen-year-old girl had obviously fallen into his rhythm. She didn't even dare to wipe her tears, she stood upright and sobbed softly.
“Are you scared now? Look at you crying with snot all over your face, how can you look like a princess. Now I ask you, as an educated young lady, what should you say at this time?” Thank you...Thank you.”
Lynch's eyes widened, huh? Thanks? Girl, you are so shaking.
"No, yes, I'm sorry." Chloe lowered her head and whispered, "I shouldn't have used that method. I was wrong, and I won't do it again."
Sure enough, he felt much more comfortable. Lynch winked at Miss Valente. She secretly bared her teeth at him, and then whispered softly: "Okay, okay, Mr. Lynch, Her Royal Highness just had a bad idea and did it." It’s wrong. Since she already knows she’s wrong, why not give her a chance to explain.”
"Hmph." Lynch pointed to the sofa on the other side, "Sit down and tell you, I'm not interested in hearing any more stories. You'd better tell all the truth. We won't hide anything." I won’t talk to you again.”
Her Highness the Princess was like a child who had made a mistake, sitting on the sofa obediently, putting her hands on her legs, and said honestly:
“Two years ago, someone A heavy bounty was placed on the replica in the hands of the Wellwood tribe, which eventually led to the replica being stolen by pirates. Alice from the Wilwood tribe came to me for help. They and I are..."
"I'm not interested in knowing this, don't waste time."
"Thank you." Princess Chloe breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Although I didn't know who the bounty was at the time, I still spent two days Years later, the replica was found, and then the original was also found."
Miss Valente asked: "Can you tell the difference between them?"
"It's difficult. Unless you put the two pieces together, you can feel the very subtle difference. It's impossible to tell with just one thing."
Miss Valente gave Lynch a deep look, and Lynch After coughing dryly and looking away, the noble lady wrinkled her nose and said, "Go on."
"I used the replica as bait to help the Wellwood tribe fish out the murderers one by one. , everything was going well, but a few months ago, Prince William, who had been cooperating with us, suddenly changed his attitude and wanted to stop the railway plan.”
The point came, and Lynch and Miss Valente straightened up at the same time, listening more intently.
"What happens next...can you keep it a secret for me?"
"Do you think you have the right to make demands?" Lin Qi snorted coldly, "However, I am facing the fall. Ms. Hongyue swears to keep it a secret for you.”
"Thank you." Princess Chloe sniffed and whispered, "My family's request from me is to do everything possible to promote the railway project, and they are the biggest supporter of the railway project, and the preparations for the entire project plan have also been advanced. They suddenly changed their position, which made me very passive. I talked with his representative Howard many times, and finally they asked me to borrow the replica gemstone from the Wellwood tribe. On July 28, Prince William. Return it to me after the canonization ceremony. This will allow the railway project to be carried out smoothly and complete the tasks given to me by the family, so I did not refuse."
Lin Qi rubbed his chin and nodded, Her Royal Highness said. is quite close to their guesses.
“But then I suddenly didn’t realize that they knew from the beginning that the clone came from Wellwood. This was information I only made public later. It had always been a secret before, and only the pirates who executed it, The main messenger who posted the bounty knew it, so I began to suspect that they were the ones who posted the bounty. They had been working on the gem since two years ago, and they knew very well that it was a clone, which meant that they were from the beginning. The goal is a copy rather than the original.”
"Two years ago, it seemed that the railway project plan had just begun..."
Lynch swallowed the second half because he was thinking that nearly two years ago, it happened to be the preliminary preparations for the railway project. The time when things started to happen frequently at work, there are no coincidences in the mysterious world, and he wouldn't believe it if there was no connection between the two.
“Specially targeting this replica, the plot could only be the door between illusion and reality behind it. I was a little worried, so I took a closer look. Only then did I know that these two people Nian has done a lot of tricks in the preliminary preparations. Although I don't know what they did specifically, the purpose should be related to that rare object, and it must be obtained before the canonization ceremony. I suspect that he wants to do it before. It is used before and after the canonization ceremony and even during the ceremony.”
Hiss, Lynch felt a chill down his back. In an instant, there were no less than ten complicated conspiracies, all of which revolved around the struggle for royal power or political strife.
“Advent-level strange objects are too dangerous. There are always people who think they can control them, but every time they will bring huge disasters and cause countless deaths. Without exception. And no matter what they want to do, It will definitely create a huge political incident, and both the Salt royal family and I will be involved. The royal family may be fine, but I will definitely not be able to escape. In order to protect living beings and myself, I came up with this plan and took advantage of it. The gems should be replaced with fake gems, and then the news should be revealed to Howard. But this matter must be kept secret. Once Howard and the others find out, they may terminate the entire project in anger, and there will definitely be nothing wrong with me secretly disobeying the royal family's order. Good ending.”
“Huh, I understand.”
Lynch sighed deeply. He realized why those photos were so powerful that even a master-level mysterious expert like Klin could not resist them.
In the preliminary preparations for the entire railway project, it is likely that there is some content related to advent-level rare objects hidden, such as time, location, and how to obtain them. And those who came into contact with it accidentally died mysteriously one by one, including Downey and Klin, and almost including Officer Natalie.
"Perhaps, Prince William and his friends' goal is really the door between illusion and reality. Such a dangerous thing, what do they... exactly want to do? Huh? What's wrong with you?"
Lynch was lost in thought when he suddenly realized that Miss Valente's expression was a little strange, as if she was frightened.
"I have a guess." Miss Valente twisted the folding fan and whispered, "If it is to be used before and after the crown prince's canonization ceremony, I doubt Prince William's real goal of obtaining that mirror. It is very possible. It’s his father, King Rudolf II of Rand, and his sister, the eldest princess Sophia.”
(End of this chapter)