However, instead of getting a chance to deal with Ninth Prince, Fourth Prince received the devastating news that Third Prince Hongsheng had died from poisoning!

On the fifth day after Hongsheng locked himself in his room, the maidservant who was serving him noticed that the food placed at his door had not been touched. Ever since he was scolded by Nian Shi and returned home, he had been so angry that he locked himself in his room. At first, he would still eat the three meals a day placed at his door!

Suddenly, Hongsheng stopped opening the door to get his meals, which aroused the suspicion of his maid.

When the maids entered Hongsheng's room and found him already dead, they were so frightened they almost fainted. They were all servants of Hongsheng, and with their master dead, they feared they would be implicated as well.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Nian fainted on the spot.

Fourth Master ordered that Hongsheng's body be placed in a coffin and then protected with ice.

He couldn't simply collect Hongsheng's body before figuring out exactly how he died.

The Fourth Prince summoned the imperial physician to determine the cause of Hongsheng's death, while he personally interrogated everyone around Hongsheng, questioning them one by one about the same thing at the same time, repeatedly asking each person questions and looking for flaws in their answers. In the end, the Fourth Prince did not find anything suspicious in their testimonies.

The possibility of Hongsheng's suicide was also ruled out, because he could not possibly have had any poison. There were no ligature marks on his neck or knife wounds on his wrists, so it was impossible for him to have died by suicide.

After the imperial physicians examined Hongsheng's body, they only mentioned poison, but they did not know what kind of poison Hongsheng had or how he was poisoned.

The Fourth Prince thought his inner quarters were finally at peace, but now he was once again filled with anxiety. K Sheng had died of poisoning, but there were no clues whatsoever!

After investigating for several days, Fourth Master found nothing. After Nian woke up, she ran to Fourth Master and cried several times, each time very sad, begging Fourth Master to catch the murderer! Seeing Nian's grief over losing her son, and her poor health after giving birth to her young child, Fourth Master felt even more pity for her.

"Your Highness, Hongsheng was a filial son. He only wanted your favor, which is why he spent that sum of money, hoping to make you happy. But I never imagined that someone could be so cruel as to kill my Hongsheng!" Lady Nian cried. Although Hongsheng was disappointing, he had been raised to the point of being engaged, and Lady Nian could not accept his death.

"Shilan, don't worry. Hongsheng is also my son. I will not let him die in vain," the Fourth Prince comforted him.

"Your Highness, in this manor, who among those who have a grudge against me would dare to lay a hand on my Hongsheng? If Your Highness thinks about it carefully, it won't be difficult to deduce who the murderer is," said Madam Nian, her words carrying a hidden meaning.

The Fourth Prince understood what Madam Nian meant and asked, "You have someone you suspect?"

"Your Highness, I know there must be evidence, but I have no evidence, so I only have suspicions," said Madam Nian, wiping away her tears with the handkerchief in her hand as she sobbed.

“Exactly, everything needs evidence. We don’t know what kind of poison Hong Sheng used yet. If we don’t have any leads for the time being, I promise you that I will investigate to the end once the imperial physician finds the source of the poison Hong Sheng used,” the Fourth Prince said.

After seeing Nian Shi off, the Fourth Prince fell into deep thought. He hadn't expected Hong Sheng to leave him and Nian Shi like this. News of Nian Shi's eldest son's death naturally elicited various reactions. However, Nian Shi, always domineering, received little sympathy.

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