"Master, I suspect that the death of Miss Shen's mother is related to the matron of the Shen Mansion?"
Luo Jiuli nodded slightly.
Xiao Mingxuan also took a sip of tea.
"Are you going to tell Shen Miaoqing?"
Luo Jiuli shook his head.
"This is just my guess. There is no substantial evidence. It's better not to tell her for the time being."
Xiao Mingxuan put down the tea cup.
"Well, I'll send someone to investigate this matter."
"Don't bother me, the prince's people."
Luo Jiuli shook his head.
"Why?"
Xiao Mingxuan looked at her in confusion, feeling that she was separated from him.
As soon as Luo Jiuli saw his expression, he knew he had misunderstood and smiled.
"The prince's people are all dedicated to big things, but the Shen family is so trivial that it's hard to kill a chicken with a bull's knives."
On the side, Nan Zhu was stunned when he heard the words, with a look of excitement on his face.
"Master, do you want to do it yourself?"
Luo Jiuli looked at Nan Zhu, and what words she said made the great master know that she was going to do it herself.
"If I don't do it, it's you who does it yourself?"
"Ah! Subordinate."
Nan Zhu pointed at himself, his face becoming more and more excited.
"Master, please make it clear that I will do my best."
Luo Jiuli looked at her and smiled faintly.
"It's very simple. At midnight every day, continue to go to Shen's Mansion to pretend to be a ghost."
She has enough control over white phosphorus.
"Are you still pretending to be a ghost? Don't you want some excitement?"
Nan Zhu likes simple and violent things.
Beside, Nan Xing kicked her and said disgustedly.
"You want more excitement."
Xiao Mingxuan shook his head helplessly.
"You're not afraid that she scared Mrs. Shen to death. She wouldn't even be able to find out the real reason."
Luo Jiuli raised his eyebrows and nodded enthusiastically.
"What the prince said makes sense. Otherwise, let's change this matter to someone else."
"No, no, no, no! No! Master, can't I just obey your orders? I promise I will never scare Mrs. Shen to death."
After finally finding such an interesting thing, there is no reason to give it up to others.
In the end, Nan Zhu got the job and walked out of the house happily.
"About that person who knows how to charm? Is there any news from the prince?"
After Nan Zhu and Nan Xing went out, Luo Jiuli asked about his worries.
Xiao Mingxuan shook his head.
"It hasn't been found yet."
"This person seemed to appear and disappear out of thin air, leaving no trace."
Luo Jiuli clenched his fingers.
"Your Majesty, in my opinion, Mrs. Shen does not have such means and abilities, but-"
She paused.
"Since the Hu Mansion is also involved and Princess Wenya is also suspected, will the two people in the palace also know about this matter?"
"Besides, what kind of person can have the ability to make a person appear and disappear out of thin air in the capital? Ordinary people can't do it, and Editor Shen certainly doesn't have such means."
Xiao Mingxuan's face turned cold.
"I want to go into the palace. You can rest assured in the palace. If you go out of the palace, bring more people with you. I will ask the housekeeper to send more people outside the palace."
Luo Jiuli pursed her lips and said nothing.
If this matter really has something to do with the two people in the palace, then it cannot be treated as an ordinary incident.
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At the same time, in the Changchun Palace.
"The Nine Kings' people are investigating the list of people entering and leaving the capital in the past month?"
"There are also Shen's Mansion, Hu's Mansion and Weichen's Chongyang Marquis Mansion, all of which have many more pairs of eyes staring at them."
The person who reported it was Chongyang Hou.
The Queen Mother is sitting in the middle, and beside her is Concubine Hu.
The Queen Mother looked unhappy and was a little depressed, probably because she didn't have a good rest yesterday.
"Did he find anything?"
Marquis Chongyang shook his head.
"Not yet."
"Since nothing has been found, why are you panicking?"
The Queen Mother spoke calmly.
The green hairpin beside him took out a small dark green porcelain vase. He didn't know what he dug out of the small porcelain vase, and handed it to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother took it and sniffed it, sneezed three times in a row, and her old eyes suddenly became energetic.
"Where is the spirit girl? Where is she now?"
Chongyang Hou said:
"Back to the Queen Mother, now in the palace, Hu's mansion and Wei Chen's residence are not safe. For the sake of caution, Wei Chen placed her in a safe place."
"It's better to wait until she has been in the limelight for a few days before she shows up."
"Um."
The Queen Mother nodded.
"You are very thoughtful."
Marquis Chongyang lowered his head and stepped aside respectfully.
The Queen Mother turned to look at Concubine Hu.
"Where's Shen's house? How's it going?"
Concubine Hu said:
"Then Mrs. Shen is a smart person."
The implication is that things are done.
"Um."
The Queen Mother leaned back, closed her eyes, and gave a faint hum.
No matter whether Xiao Mingxuan finds out or not, or how much he suspects, as long as Mrs. Shen bites her to death and doesn't let go, Wen Ya and the Hu family will be safe.
The Queen Mother's thoughts were not Mrs. Shen's thoughts at this time.
In the main room of Qiulan Courtyard of Shen Mansion, Mrs. Shen was lying on the bed, her eyes fixed on the curtains, and the words of grandma just now were still echoing in her ears.
"Madam, as long as it is madam who bit the eldest lady to death, then the second lady and the eldest young master will be safe."
Only now did she realize that all the machinations were in vain in the face of absolutely powerful forces.
For the sake of her daughter and son, she had no choice.
But she wasn't willing to give in! For so many years, she had endured for so many years without any name or status, and finally managed to outlast that woman and become the mistress of the Shen Mansion.
She has not had enough of this life, what should she do? Is there any way to avoid this disaster?
While she was making all kinds of calculations and calculations, the housekeeper outside the door came to report.
"Madam, it's not good, madam."
Mrs. Shen's heart skipped a beat, her face was pale and her voice was trembling.
"what happened?"
The housekeeper stood outside the bedroom.
"The boy at the back corner gate fell into the well and died."
"hiss!"
Mrs. Shen took a breath of air.
"Yes, he is a boy from the Zhang family."
The steward said:
"Exactly."
Mrs. Shen's eyes suddenly widened. That boy from the Zhang family was the boy she sent to Hu Mansion to deliver the message that day.
Could it be that this was a warning they gave her? If she didn't agree, who would be next?
Is it her daughter? Or her son?
"Madam, what's wrong with you?"
The housekeeper heard something was wrong in his wife's voice.
"No, it's okay. Just step back."
"yes."
The butler withdrew.
Outside, the personal maid Ju Hua opened the curtain and walked in. Ju Hua looked unhappy and her eyes were hesitant to speak.
"what happened again?"
Juhua said nothing and shook her head.
"Tell me, is there anything else I can't bear in this current situation?"
Juhua lowered her head and said awkwardly:
"My servant just heard that the master is in the study room... carrying an aunt in the study room."
Mrs. Shen was startled and raised her head suddenly.
"Tell me clearly, what do you mean by this? Who are you lifting when you lift my aunt?"
Ever since she entered the house and became the head mistress, the master has not put any thought into other women. No new woman has come into the backyard.