Chapter 66 Did the little mouse see Cuilan being silenced?

Xiaobai's grandmother gave birth to Xiaobai's mother, and Xiaobai's mother gave birth to Xiaobai.

Their ancestors were all well taken care of by the Empress Dowager.

As a result, Xiao Bai was raised to be arrogant and spoiled in Cining Palace, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she was half a master of Cining Palace.

But Sheng Sheng wasn't intimidated at all. In Sheng Sheng's eyes, Xiao Bai was just a chubby little cat who loved to talk big.

Sheng Sheng chuckled and scratched Xiao Bai's chin, and Xiao Bai immediately squinted its eyes comfortably.

Little White used all its feline strength to suppress its urge to continue enjoying itself, pushed her away with its other paw, and said seriously, "Stop! I have something important to do!"

"It's serious business, what is it?"

Upon hearing this, Sheng Sheng stopped bothering Xiao Bai and squatted down in front of Xiao Bai to listen attentively.

Little White nudged the little mouse under its paws and said, "Look, yesterday I heard this mouse say it saw a dead person. I didn't have time to ask then, and it slipped away afterward without a chance to ask. Today it delivered itself to my door. It actually dared to come to the Cining Palace's small kitchen to steal chicken legs! Doesn't it know that the Cining Palace is my territory? I've been in the Cining Palace for almost three years, and no mouse has ever dared to enter the Cining Palace!"

As Xiaobai spoke, he became increasingly indignant, gradually veering off-topic and showing signs of becoming quite rambling.

A helpless voice interrupted him: "Alright, alright, Your Excellency Little White, let's talk about what crime this little mouse committed that made it possible for Your Excellency Little White to personally capture it?"

Xie Yunchuan was also a little curious. How could he understand what the cat was saying just by meowing?

Little White moved its paw away, revealing the little mouse that had already fainted underneath. It slapped the mouse awake, and the little mouse woke up with a start. Little White then pressed down on its tail.

"Here, listen for yourself." Little White bared its sharp teeth menacingly at the little mouse. "Quickly tell her what you just said to me, and repeat it to her verbatim!"

"I'll talk, I'll talk! Lord Cat, please don't eat me!"

The poor little mouse, still shaken, had to tremble and say under Little White's coercion, "Yes, yes, that day I saw an injured woman in a very dark little room. Then someone came and talked to her for a long time before giving the injured woman a porcelain bottle, and then the injured woman died!"

"What?"

This was clearly beyond Sheng Sheng's comprehension. Her little mind raced, her expression blank, but she managed to pick up on a few key pieces of information: "Dead? Who died? Who was that injured woman?"

The little mouse clutched its head and trembled, "I don't know either! I don't know her!"

The rat looked at Xie Yunchuan pleadingly, and Xie Yunchuan's expression also became somewhat solemn. He could only hear the rat squeaking incessantly and couldn't understand what it meant. However, the little dumpling wouldn't just say a few words without any evidence, and Xie Yunchuan also had a strong premonition.

Cuilan is dead. Although he sent people to find Cuilan's parents, if he could think of it, they couldn't possibly not have thought of it.

It's possible that Cuilan's relatives have already been silenced.

Therefore, the likelihood of this clue being true is extremely low.

But now, perhaps he's gone mad, he keeps feeling that this rat will bring him some useful information.

That's right, a mouse!

"What died?" Xie Yunchuan pressed.

Sheng Sheng shook her head blankly at him, then asked the little mouse, "Tell me more clearly. You said the dead person was a woman, and that she was injured, right?"

The little mouse nodded.

Zhui Feng had appeared behind Xie Yunchuan without anyone noticing. Xie Yunchuan raised his hand, signaling him to write it down.

"And the person who came looking for her, did you get a good look at his face?"

The little mouse shook its head: "I can't see clearly because of the cloak, but the voice sounds like a woman's."

"She's a woman too, are you sure?"

The little mouse nodded. When it came to his dignity, he immediately became less afraid, puffed out his chest, and pointed to his ears: "Our mice have the best ears. Otherwise, how could we run away as soon as we hear a noise when we sneak out to eat? Although I don't dare to run up to her and see her face, I can still tell that her voice is a woman's!"

"You're great!" The voice immediately provided emotional value, making the little mouse feel happy and content.

Zijuan took out the brush and saw that her princess was talking to a mouse.

Zijuan didn't understand, but she felt that everything the princess did was right.

So she carefully went around behind Little White, picked it up, and placed it on her lap to groom its fur.

While enjoying Zijuan's service, Xiaobai scoffed disdainfully, "You need to ask the important questions, like where he saw it, and what other features that dark room had besides being dark?"

Sheng Sheng suddenly realized that she had no experience in this area and was no match for Xiao Bai, who had been trained in the Cining Palace.

Sheng Sheng wholeheartedly agreed with Xiao Bai's words: "Oh! I see. What other features does that dark room you mentioned have?"

The little mouse had clearly been "interrogated" by Xiaobai, and it spoke very fluently: "It was wet, smelly, and had a bloody odor. Oh right, it wasn't completely black; there was a window on the wall, but it was very small and very high, almost reaching the ceiling, and it was blocked by a dense array of iron bars."

And another thing, that cloak said it would take care of her parents. It's clearly a good person, otherwise why would it take care of her parents? But, if it's a good person, why did it poison her to death?

Sheng Sheng truthfully told Xie Yunchuan what the little mouse had said, and the more Xie Yunchuan listened, the more familiar the place seemed.

This is clearly the environment of the Heavenly Prison!

Cuilan did indeed die from poisoning. It seems that the rat really did witness Cuilan being silenced!

Although there were only a few incomplete sentences, Xie Yunchuan could deduce that the person must have used Cuilan's parents as leverage to force Cuilan to willingly take the poison.

After all, only if Cuilan dies can we guarantee that she won't expose the person behind the scenes.

Xie Yunchuan was somewhat disheartened, but what could the little mouse do? Cuilan was dead and could not be brought back to life. Hearing him say that, that person would definitely kill Cuilan's family.

If she's willing to sacrifice even those who work for her, why would she care about the lives of her family members?

Xie Yunchuan sighed softly, the hope that had been burning in his heart extinguished once again.

Unaware of what was happening, Sheng Sheng continued to diligently perform her duties as a "translator."

Sheng Sheng was still young, and the world was very innocent. It was only after experiencing the Cui Lan incident that she gained a vague understanding of life and death.

Now, with all this talk about poisoning and stuff, although there's too much information for her to process all at once, Sheng Sheng still thinks she's quite smart; she can remember everything and not forget it!