After Rebirth, She Becomes the Revenge Queen-Chapter 558 - 360: Younger Brother_3

"After the case occurred, I did not leave the capital city because the Guan Family father and son died because of me. I wanted to get to the bottom of it and even wanted to avenge them, to seek justice for them.

"But I quickly realized that I couldn’t exact this revenge. Besides the real murderer hiding within the palace, just with the strength of He Zhao, Chen Song, and myself, we were powerless to avenge this.

"Unless I exposed my identity.

"But the murderer is targeting me, if I exposed my identity, wouldn’t that be walking into death?

"Therefore, I stayed in the capital city to devise other strategies.

"That night, I went to Longquan Temple again, to atone in front of the Guan Family father and son. And just as I paused in front of their graves, my brother, whom I had never met, stumbled out of the woods in a panic."

"...Panicked?" Fu Zhen straightened up, "Why is King Yan like this?"

"He was going to Longquan Temple to burn incense. Originally, he should have gone to Baihe Temple, but Baihe Temple was too far. The palace was worried about security and feared it would be too taxing for him, so they chose Longquan Temple within the city.

"Perhaps he was too strictly watched; with a child’s nature, he shook off his guards at night and found the mountain meditation room, and as the guards searched the mountains for him, he ran into me while trying to evade them."

There was so much to think about in these words, Fu Zhen blurted out, "How could he still be walking around at that time? Clearly, on the Qixi Festival before the case, he was frightened in the temple and fell seriously ill!"

For someone else, maybe this made sense, but that was King Yan whose body was already very weak. How could his physical strength have recovered so quickly?

"He was sick?" Yang Yi looked up, with doubts in his eyes, "He never mentioned it to me. When I saw him, although he wasn’t as strong as ordinary people, he had only a bit of shortness of breath after running all the way."

Fu Zhen held his breath for a moment, then quickly asked, "When did you see him?"

Yang Yi furrowed his brows: "The case took place on August 12. It was already over a month later when I discovered the murderer was from the Eastern Palace, that should have been late September."

Fu Zhen pressed his lips tightly, calculating the remedy Liang Chen obtained from the Imperial Hospital for King Yan. If it was late September, it had already been almost three months since the Qixi Festival, so King Yan’s illness could have improved.

However, he had been surrounded and protected by Palace Attendants and guards all his life, so how could he have shaken everyone off at night and emerged from the woods by himself, only to coincidentally appear in front of his long-lost elder brother? Why did it feel a bit too coincidental?

"You mentioned he was frightened in the temple, what was that about?"

While deep in thought, Yang Yi also raised a question. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Fu Zhen steadied his mind: "I only heard a rough idea about this, I’m not sure what really happened. But in recent years, King Yan’s health has been poor, indeed due to the fright he received that year."

"Is that so."

Yang Yi’s brow furrowed a little more, but he said nothing.

Fu Zhen said, "When King Yan suddenly appeared, neither of you knew each other’s identity at first. How did you confirm it?"

Yang Yi glanced at her, showing some confusion.

Fu Zhen quickly said, "I’ve been frequently entering the palace these past two days, trying to persuade the Empress to help exert influence on the Emperor to quickly implement strategies against the northwest. Naturally, I’m curious about these matters; if you don’t mind, please tell me."

Yang Yi withdrew his gaze and said slowly, "I was also startled because I saw his robe and immediately suspected he might be from the Eastern Palace, but that guess was quickly dismissed based on his age.

"Later on, I naturally deduced his identity from his attire.

"I didn’t want to expose myself to others, so before the guards arrived, I decisively covered his mouth and hid him.

"Originally, I had no intention of approaching anyone from the palace, but in the sudden act of holding him captive, he wasn’t in the least bit alarmed. Even though I covered his mouth abruptly, he did not struggle.

"Thus, I no longer felt the initial rejection towards this brother I had never met.

"After everyone left, I let him go. Not only did he not cry out, he calmly assessed me, then said he found me very familiar."