Chapter 233 The Gemstone Conspiracy

It seems that this time I really caught the weak point 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 would be easy.

Murder and heart-wrenching? Appreciate art? Referrer? Hey Hey.

Lin Qi sneered and ignored her thanks. Instead, he picked up the empty teacup on the table and threw it down: "Is this the etiquette for Princess Salt to express her gratitude?"

In fact, the maid had already prepared black tea and snacks just now. Princess Chloe just arrived, so the maid was sent away before she could pour 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.

"Um?"

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 your sincerity in expressing gratitude?"

"you……"

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. Then let's go back and pretend we haven't been here today."

With that said, the two of them stood up.

"No." Her Royal Highness bit her lip until it bled, and her face turned red. With trembling hands, she clumsily picked up the kettle and poured two cups of black tea for the two of them. "I, I am sincere. I, I thank you." you."

Before he finished speaking, his voice was choked with sobs, and his eyes were red. He raised his head and fought back to prevent tears from flowing down 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.

"Seeing that you are quite sincere, let's tell you what's going on."

Princess Chloe took a long breath, and the anger on her body eased slightly. She was about to sit down and explain, but she saw Lynch'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. Blood was rushing to her head. Her teeth were clenching 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 and we won't embarrass you. Leave now, what do you think?"

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.

"Huh, do you still know that you've 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 costume dramas. He sneered with a posture and accent, "When you tricked me the night before yesterday, you Why don't you feel aggrieved? 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 never be able to stand up again in my life. You didn't even think about it. "Am I angry or aggrieved?"

Princess Chloe pursed her lips tightly, raised her hand to wipe the tears on her face, and choked: "I just..."

"Did I let you speak?"

Lin Qi put the tea cup down hard, and the clang made Her Royal Highness tremble all over. Although her legs did not collapse, the hand that was wiping her tears instinctively dropped down, and she stood up straight.

"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. Do you think I will be very embarrassed?" Grateful? Maybe in your eyes, I, a commoner, 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. And you, I Your Highness, 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.

"Now you know you are afraid? You look like you are crying with snot all over your face. You don't 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, right, I'm sorry." Chloe lowered her head and whispered, "I shouldn't have used that method. I was wrong. 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 don't we 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 Royal Highness the Princess was like a child who had made a mistake. She sat on the sofa obediently, put her hands on her legs, and said honestly:

"Two years ago, someone placed a large bounty on the replica in the hands of the Wildwood tribe. In the end, the replica was stolen by pirates. Alice from the Wildwood tribe came to me for help. They and I are..."

"I'm not interested in knowing this, don't waste your time."

"Thank you." Princess Chloe breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Although I didn't know who the reward was at the time, it still took me two years to find the replica, and then I even found the real thing."

Miss Valente pressed, "Can you tell the difference?"

"It's very difficult. Unless you put two pieces together, you can feel the very subtle difference. It's impossible to tell with just one thing."

Miss Valente took a deep look at Lynch. Lynch coughed dryly and looked away. The aristocratic lady wrinkled her nose and then said: "Go on."

"I used the replica as bait to help the Wildwood tribe fish out the murderers one by one. Everything went well at first, but a few months ago, Prince William, who had been cooperating with us, suddenly changed his attitude and wanted to stop the railway project. "

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 a request?" Lynch snorted coldly, "But I swear to the fallen Ms. Hongyue that I will 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 Wilwood tribe. On July 28, Prince William. I will return it to me after the canonization ceremony. This will allow the railway project to be carried out smoothly and I will complete the tasks given to me by the family, so I will not refuse."

Lin Qi rubbed his chin and nodded. What Her Royal Highness the Princess said was 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, except for the pirates who executed it and the master who issued the reward. The messenger knew. So I began to suspect that they were the ones who issued 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 their goal was the clone from the beginning. Not authentic."

"Two years ago, it seemed that the railway project plan had just begun..."

Lynch swallowed the second half because he thought that nearly two years ago, it happened to be the time when the preliminary preparations for the railway project began to have frequent accidents. There are no coincidences in the mysterious world, and there is no connection between the two. , he won’t believe it.

"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 they had been preparing for it in the past two years. , has done a lot of tricks, although I don’t know what they did specifically, but the purpose should be related to that rare object, and it must be obtained before the canonization ceremony. I suspect that he wants to get it before or even before the canonization ceremony. Used in ceremonies.”

Hiss, Lynch felt a chill down his back. In an instant, there were no less than ten complex conspiracies, all of which revolved around the struggle for royal power or political strife.

"Advent-level wonders 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 huge political consequences. The Salt royal family and I will be involved in the incident. 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 the opportunity to replace the fake gems with real gems. Let Howard know the news. But this matter must be kept secret. Once Howard and others find out, they may terminate the entire project in anger, and I will definitely not end up well if I secretly disobey the royal family's order."

"Phew, 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, there is likely to be some content related to the Advent-level rare objects hidden, such as time, place, 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 her folding fan and whispered, "If it is used before and after the crown prince's coronation ceremony, I suspect that Prince William's real target for obtaining the mirror is probably his father, King Lander, Rudolf II, and his sister, Princess Sofia."