Chapter 246 Shen Wantang is willing to give away this credit

Shen Wantang was multitasking, practicing calligraphy while listening to the maid's complaints.

After the maid finished speaking, she smiled good-naturedly: "It's not a big deal. The young master's original intention was indeed to help Ye Lingyun and Magistrate Ye, but after he brought them back, the prince immediately went to the palace to report it. So the young master has actually become a pawn."

"The fact that the money that Magistrate Ye embezzled was found so quickly shows that the young master did play a role. The result is good; the crisis has been resolved, and that's good."

"As for how I helped the Crown Prince reverse his reputation, there's really nothing to tell him, and I didn't expect him to thank me. We're husband and wife, and since I've married him, I have to do my part for him. His bad reputation isn't good for me either. Helping him is also helping myself."

Shen Wantang was already very familiar with this tactic.

In her previous life, Liao Youhe's good reputation was something she painstakingly built up.

She secretly helped him solve cases and accumulate merits for him, while also secretly building his reputation and establishing an image of him as incorruptible and fearless of the powerful, thus creating a good reputation for him among the people.

The emperor at the time needed just such a weapon to cut off the wings of the powerful and take back the power that had been dispersed.

With favorable timing, location, and people, Liao Youhe, supported by her, broke through the encirclement like a dark horse and became the renowned First Judge of Dafeng.

At that time, Liao Youhe trusted her and listened to her. Although outsiders saw them as husband and wife, they were actually more like superior and subordinate. Of course, Shen Wantang was the superior and Liao Youhe was the subordinate.

Because Liao Youhe was obedient and compliant, Shen Wantang spared no effort in helping him in his career, using all her abilities to the fullest.

Now, however, she has used less than one-tenth of her abilities to help Xiao Qingyuan.

Ultimately, it's because Xiao Qingyuan always acts on a whim. He's easily influenced, difficult to control, and unlike Liao Youhe, he's not obedient or easy to use. Xiao Qingyuan's unpredictability is too high.

Moreover, unlike Xiao Qingyuan, she helped Liao Youhe build a good reputation. Liao Youhe quickly realized that she was helping him, and he was very grateful to her and cooperated with her. Xiao Qingyuan, on the other hand, even came to ask her to apologize to him.

This is why Shen Wantang is emotionally stable and broad-minded; anyone else would probably be so angry they'd get liver pain.

But after this experience, Shen Wantang has made up her mind that she will only help Xiao Qingyuan and give him a nudge when she has no other choice. Otherwise, she will turn a blind eye.

Qin Xin sighed, feeling that her master had sacrificed too much for this family. But as the Crown Princess said, husband and wife are one. The Crown Prince's reputation was too bad, and the Crown Princess would lose face when she went out. She could only clean up his mess.

"Princess Consort, the Prince said he wants to continue solving cases. Could he be referring to the Xin family's case?"

Shen Wantang nodded: "That should be it. There haven't been any other major cases recently, besides this one."

Qin Xin was worried about this: "Won't the young master cause trouble again this time? Won't he cause trouble for you and the Prince's Mansion again? The young master... he's not cut out for solving cases!"

Shen Wantang paused slightly, then looked up and hesitated before saying, "As for the Xin family's case, the young master shouldn't have any more trouble to cause, right?"

"The Xin family only has General Xin left, and no women. Even if there were, the young master could bring them back without causing any trouble."

"He can't possibly bring General Xin back, can he?"

In her previous life, she was the one who solved this case.

In this life, if she doesn't solve the case, Xiao Qingyuan probably won't be able to solve it even if he hits his head, and no one else can either, because in her previous life, she only solved the case two years after returning to the capital.

Xin Huailin waited for two whole years, but no one in the capital could solve the case.

Although Shen Mingxuan and Chu Yanluo have both been reborn, they only know the answer, not the process, because the Ministry of Justice only announced that the murderer was Xiang Meng, but did not disclose how Xiang Meng committed the murder.

Now, without irrefutable evidence, Xiang Meng will not confess, and the Ministry of Justice cannot hastily close the case.

As Shen Wantang was thinking this, a cold figure suddenly appeared in her mind.

Perhaps, Gu Qianhan, the second son of the Duke's family, knew the details of the Xin family case back then, and he was reborn, able to solve the case.

But several days have passed, and Gu Qianhan has still not made a move.

Could it be that he didn't know where the crucial evidence was?

Shen Wantang was lost in thought.

She didn't know if solving the Xin family's case would be of any use to the Gu family, or if it could give Gu Qianhan a chance to survive and lead the entire Gu family to change their fate of being wiped out.

But if it were useful, she couldn't take credit for solving the case anymore. After all, it wouldn't be of any use to her if she took the credit. She originally just planned to give the credit to her mother-in-law so that her mother-in-law would feel proud.

If it can save dozens of lives in the Gu family, if it can save Gu Qianhan and Gu Qianning, Shen Wantang is willing to give away this credit!

"Qinxin, bring me a letter. Dujuan, grind the ink!"

Du Juan quickly ground the ink.

Qin Xin immediately took out a letter: "Princess Consort, who do you want to write to?"

"Give it to A-Ning!"

...

Qingwu Courtyard.

When Chu Yanluo saw Xiao Qingyuan arrive, she was both surprised and delighted: "Your Highness, you've come! I thought you were angry with me and wouldn't come to my courtyard again. Your Highness, please believe me, Liao Gongzi and I are truly innocent. I only came to see him for the Xin family's case! If I'm lying, may I be struck by lightning!"

Xiao Qingyuan was still displeased when he thought about her secret meeting with Liao Youhe, but he had something to ask Chu Yanluo today, so he could only suppress his displeasure for the time being.

He looked at the scars on Chu Yanluo's face and asked her, "Have you put any medicine on your wounds? You don't want any more scars on your face."

"I did not take any medication."

"Why is that? Didn't the maid get you some ointment?"

“I accepted it, but I don’t think much of those medicines. I told the Crown Prince before that I could make scar removal medicine; I have a unique formula.”

"oh."

Chu Yanluo thought that Xiao Qingyuan would ask a lot of questions after she mentioned that she would make an exclusive scar removal medicine, but he just said "oh".

She couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, aren't you going to ask what my secret recipe is? Aren't you going to ask what effects this ointment will have? If this is made, it will be in high demand and people will be scrambling to buy it!"

This was a secret recipe she had painstakingly learned in her previous life. Back then, this scar removal medicine was extremely rare and highly sought after!

However, this scar removal drug is not yet on the market, but she will soon become its exclusive inventor!

Unfortunately, while Chu Yanlu was excitedly absorbed in her own thoughts, Xiao Qingyuan showed absolutely no interest in any scar removal medication.

All he wants now is to solve the case and prove himself.

"Yanluo, you said you know about the Xin family case, who the real culprit is, is that true?"