Chapter Fourteen Investigation
After Huo Xing left and closed the door, Huo Weilou was the only one left in the room. Then he relieved himself of his fatigue, sat on the couch and closed his eyes tightly.
Huo Weilou was torn about this mother.
Everyone knows that he is the eldest son of the old prince, and he is respected and loved by everyone, but he only lacks maternal love.
When Huo Weilou was a child, he only thought that his mother was partial to him. His father was older and his mother was younger. He felt that there was nothing wrong with that. As he grew up, he gradually realized that his mother was not partial to him, but that he was biased.
A feeling of not being able to understand anything - hatred.
Yes, it's hatred.
Can a mother understand that she hates her son?
Huo Weilou was puzzled.
Later, when he realized that he had been drugged with a chronic poison without knowing it, and all the details he could think of pointed to the old princess, Huo Weilou, who was strong and forbearing, almost collapsed.
Fortunately, he survived.
Therefore, when Huo Xing told Huo Weilou this shocking news, it only confirmed his previous suspicion.
As to why this was happening, he didn't know.
The more Huo Weilou thought about it, the more irritated he became, and he sighed deeply unconsciously. At this moment, he suddenly heard a rustling sound not far outside the house.
Huo Weilou extinguished the candle with a snap of his fingers and walked out of the study.
Quietly, Huo Weilou approached the man who was struggling to get in through the dog hole.
Ye Xingyi looked familiar, and the hairpin on his head didn't look unfamiliar. The corners of Huo Weilou's mouth twitched unconsciously. As soon as the man climbed out panting, he picked her up before she could stand up.
He took off his clothes and strode back to the bedroom.
"Hey Hey hey……"
Shen Xinyue was speechless and asked the sky, "Why can't there be a different way? Is this fun? Do you know that it is easy to die if the collar of this collar gets stuck on your neck?"
Thinking about how she was almost strangled to death by Huo Weilou when she first crossed over, and how many times he had to carry her around, Shen Xinyue was so furious that she launched a barrage of attacks on the opponent.
"Hey, hey, hey... the dignified princess of the Regent's Palace wants to get into trouble when she returns to the palace, why can't she find a different way? Is this fun? Do you know that if this news spreads, I, the palace, will be embarrassed by you?
Light?"
Seeing Shen Xinyue sitting on the ground in anger, her little head tilted, her almond-shaped eyes looking at him angrily, Huo Weilou suddenly gave up the cold and serious face of the prince for the first time in his life, and wanted to tease this person who always brought him
A surprised, uh, or frightened woman.
Shen Xinyue patted her hands that were dirty when she climbed the dog cave just now, then put her hands on her hips and looked at Huo Weilou with an unteachable expression, "Brother, do you know how to investigate the case? In my current situation, I can go out and investigate openly.
What's going on? The enemy is in the dark, and I'm in the light. Naturally, I have to hide a little. If I hide a little, I have to take an unusual path. I don't have the lightness to fly over walls and walls, so I have to fly around.
The hero is short of breath for the time being and crawls into that dog hole."
Huo Weilou laughed angrily at her. Seeing Shen Xinyue sitting on the ground, he was afraid that she would catch a cold, so he went up to lift her up.
Shen Xinyue stood up with a start, raised her palm and struck Huo Weilou in the face.
This move was unexpected. Huo Weilou raised his eyebrows, but without moving, he stretched out his big hand and grabbed Shen Xinyue's right hand. Shen Xinyue did not give in, and then stretched out his left hand to grab Huo Weilou's waist. Unexpectedly, before he could touch it,
Huo Weilou's other hand grabbed him tightly again.
Feeling the strength in Shen Xinyue's arm, Huo Weilou smiled softly, and with a little effort, he moved Shen Xinyue 180 degrees, flew through the air, and then gently placed him on the ground.
When Shen Xinyue stood still at her feet, she was already laughing so hard, "It's so fun, so fun."
"Speak as you say, why do you suddenly take action?" Huo Weilou looked at her sideways.
"The truth is to tell you, even if I am weak and not as strong as you, I still know how to resist. Don't just carry me around. This will completely destroy my image, do you understand?"
As Shen Xinyue spoke, she raised her sleeves to wipe the slight sweat from her forehead.
Huo Weilou quickly took out a handkerchief from his pocket and stuffed it directly into her hand. He turned around and sat at the table to pour tea and changed the subject, "What case are you investigating?"
All joking aside, Shen Xinyue immediately became serious as soon as she got down to business, "Have you heard anything about what happened in the mansion today?"
"Of course." Huo Weilou said, how could he not know about such a big thing happening in the house?
"That's fine, I won't have to tell you from beginning to end. The poisonous snakes in the lotus pond of the old princess all come from the Western Regions. Aren't you curious that a mere wandering Taoist priest has such harmful things in his hands? "?" Shen Xinyue stared at Huo Weilou with a pair of big, inquiring eyes.
Huo Weilou felt uncomfortable looking at her, so he handed the newly poured tea into Shen Xinyue's hand, watched her drink it in small sips, took it, and poured another cup.
Shen Xinyue took the cup and drank it all in one gulp. She looked at Huo Weilou suspiciously, "Are you talking?"
Huo Weilou took the tea cup from Shen Xinyue's hand again, and was about to pour the third cup when Shen Xinyue held him down and said, "Brother, are you having fun?"
Huo Weilou was not amused by her this time. Instead, he looked slightly unhappy, "So you went to investigate this matter?"
"Yes." Shen Xinyue said matter-of-factly, not understanding why Huo Weilou suddenly seemed unhappy.
"I don't know since when, my majestic Regent's Palace needs a woman to investigate cases!" Huo Weilou's voice was filled with obvious dissatisfaction.
Shen Xinyue didn't know how to answer the question this time, she just looked at Huo Weilou in confusion.
"I sent Si Qi to take care of you, where is she? Are all the people in my palace so disobedient?" Huo Weilou frowned.
"No, she was determined to follow me, but for such a dangerous matter, I couldn't involve her as an innocent person, so I panicked and gave her a little sleeping pill... ..." Shen Xinyue hurriedly explained, her voice gradually losing confidence.
Huo Weilou sighed softly. He was worried about the safety of a slave, but not his own safety. What kind of woman is she? "What clues can we find?"
Seeing the sudden change in Huo Wei Building, Shen Xinyue felt depressed for no reason, "No. It was getting dark when they left. Considering that there were few people on the road, in order to avoid attracting their attention, So I changed into my night clothes and followed quietly. I didn’t know the way at first, and it was dark again. I just noticed that they came to a Taoist temple. The Taoist priests separated from the Taoist boys, and the Taoist boys were stunned. Taoist temple, so I just followed the Taoist priest, but not long after, even though I was chasing after him so slowly, I was still lost by him."
Seeing Shen Xinyue's disappointed look, Huo Weilou couldn't bear it anymore. His voice was not as harsh as before, and he said very gently: "It's just that I lost a Taoist priest who is not popular. Don't worry about it. Don't worry. The person who caused trouble in my house will definitely not be allowed to escape easily. In the future, don’t put yourself at risk for things like this. The dangers in the world are not something that women like you can handle."
Listening to this, could it be that he knows something?
Shen Xinyue became energetic again, "My lord, did you also send someone to check? Let's hear what you found."
Huo Weilou nodded and said slowly: "There is a restaurant in the town not far from the Taoist temple. That restaurant is the property of Lan Qingruo's grandfather's family. Her grandfather's sphere of influence covers a radius of more than ten miles."
Shen Xinyue was a little surprised when she heard this, "Lan Qingruo—Taoist priest—her grandfather? Exchange of marriages—poison—murder? Regent—poisoned?"
Shen Xinyue suddenly felt as if she had discovered something. Isn't this the plot of those typical ancient novels that we read in modern society?
How come I am caught up in these bloody storms after traveling through time?
Although it is exciting, it is really tiring...
Shen Xinyue pinched her temples hard and hissed.
Huo Weilou was worried that she would be frightened, and asked with concern, "What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"
"No. I just suddenly thought of something..."
Shen Xinyue carefully recalled the memory of the original owner. It seemed that Lan Qingruo's grandfather's business had caused great obstacles to the original owner's business.
The original owner's family was in the silk business in Jiangnan, and silk from Jiangnan was definitely in short supply in the north.
The original owner's family had always been doing smoothly and making a lot of money. However, a few years ago, they suddenly heard that a relative related to Taifu's Mansion was causing trouble, and sales to the north suddenly dropped. Several percent, causing great losses.
Now that she has traveled through time, taken over the body of the original owner, used his identity, and caused these things that should not have been done, why not make peace with it and help the original owner put these things aside?
Thinking of this, Shen Xinyue said seriously: "Since the prince knows everything about Lan Qingruo's grandfather's family, then he must be aware of the things that happened to him and in the palace. There must be something behind this. Something big is about to happen.
Although I came here reluctantly, I couldn't stand by and watch since it was spread. You also know that although I suppressed the toxicity in you for a while, it has not been completely eradicated after all. If you are not careful, you will still be exposed. It's going to take your life.
So I think, although I have been cleared of suspicion about the marriage, I still want to live in your mansion temporarily. First, I can find a way to completely remove these poisons from you for the prince; second, if something can be found out behind the scenes. It’s such a big thing, maybe I can help a little bit.”
"Of course." Seeing that Huo Weilou did not answer immediately, Shen Xinyue continued: "If the prince feels that it is inconvenient for me to be in your house, then Xinyue will not force it. I remember that when I got married, my natal family was a dowry If you have a house in the capital and some scattered dowry, please make it convenient for the prince, and I will move back to my house with the dowry."
Huo Weilou sat upright and looked at Shen Xinyue. Hearing her talk incessantly, he felt both happy and confused in his heart.
Happily, she said that she would continue to stay in the palace to detoxify him and help him overcome his predicament.
This was unexpected to him. After all, this palace brought more harm to Shen Xinyue.
Confused, who is this woman?
Chapter completed!