Chapter 155 The Assassin Appears

It is now October and the weather is starting to get colder.

Chen Shuyao did not hear what Wu said next, so she could only return to Mingxiu Courtyard with the maid beside her, but she was full of doubts in her heart.

She had witnessed Shen Jingshu's maid murdering her brother, but she had not returned home at the time, and the other party was also serving as Shen's concubine in the Second Prince's Mansion.

Now it is impossible to investigate.

After meeting Mrs. Wu today, she felt that there was something fishy going on between this fourth aunt and Mrs. Jiang, and it seemed that she had to find out.

After dinner that day, the master and servants were drinking tea in the room when they heard Huixiang mutter, "Why is that girl Zisu gone?"

Holly stood aside without saying anything.

At night, when Qiaowei and Huixiang went to the back room to rest, they saw Zisu and Dongqing guarding the bedroom for them.

Chen Shuyao was thinking about something in her mind, but she felt sleepy and fell asleep in a short while.

But when she was half asleep, she suddenly felt someone staring at her. She was startled and quickly opened her eyes, only to see Xiao Mo sitting in front of her bed.

"woke up?"

"You...why are you here?"

I wanted to get dressed and get up, but he held me down again.

"Don't worry! I'll just sit for a while."

As expected, Chen Shuyao didn't get up. Instead, she leaned back in the quilt and asked, "How long have you been waiting?"

"Not bad," he replied, then added, "I've been a bit busy these days."

The voice was very soft, as if he was explaining something to her.

After a while, Xiao Mo said again: "The wedding date is set for March. Do you feel it's too hasty?" His face was tense when he said this, and he looked a little awkward.

Chen Shuyao laughed: "Why are you asking now? How about changing the date?"

She had already sat up wrapped in the quilt, a bit like a silkworm pupa, with a playful and teasing look on her face. Xiao Mo couldn't help but reach out and pat her on the head.

But when he took it back, he saw that the girl's ears were a little red.

"I think it's been a while, how about..." She stopped talking halfway when she saw Chen Shuyao glaring at her. She smiled and asked, "What have you been doing recently? The wedding dress is already being made in my mother's embroidery workshop. It should be in time by then."

"I'm learning how to manage the household affairs." She answered seriously.

"Didn't I learn that from my mother?" Xiao Mo said and laughed again.

Chen Shuyao discovered that this person actually loved to laugh. Why did he always like to have a stern face and look down on people in the past?

"I heard from Zisu that you are investigating the conspiracy between the first and fourth houses. Do you need my help?"

When this was mentioned, Shen Shuyao frowned: “Not yet.”

Xiao Mo nodded in agreement.

After he left, Chen Shuyao rolled around in bed twice before going back to sleep, but she didn't fall asleep until almost five o'clock in the morning.

It was a little late when I got up.

But just as she went out, she saw a woman running towards her from a distance: "Second Miss, save me! Second Miss, save me!"

Chen Shuyao frowned. She remembered that this girl was called Xiuzhu and was the maidservant beside Chen Jingshu.

"What's going on?"

Xiuzhu covered her face and cried, "I think... I think the young lady knows that I did something bad to the young master before, but... but I had no choice."

"Oh, what's the last resort?" Chen Shuyao raised an eyebrow.

Xiuzhu looked around and asked, "Can I talk to you alone?"

A smile appeared on Chen Shuyao's face: "Why should I listen to you?"

Xiuzhu looked calm: "Miss, don't you want to know what the Fourth Madam wanted to do with the First Madam? I was right beside her at that time."

Chen Shuyao seemed to be in deep thought for a while before she said, "Of course you can, but how can I know if you are cheating? What if you have bad intentions... After all, you are still a maidservant beside my elder sister."

Xiuzhu looked a little embarrassed for a moment, so Chen Shuyao pointed at Dongqing and said, "This maid just arrived. Let her come over as a witness."

Xiuzhu looked at the dark and thin Dongqing next to her, thought for a moment, and nodded in agreement.

After the three of them went aside, Xiuzhu approached Chen Shuyao and said, "It's like this, the fourth lady has something on her..."

"What?"

But before she could finish her words, Dongqing broke her wrist and threw her to the ground.

Then there was a clang and something fell.

Chen Shuyao looked down and saw a dagger lying on the ground.

The maidservant got up and tried to run, but Zi Su, who had come running after hearing the news, kicked her and she could no longer get up.

Chen Shuyao had just felt that Xiuzhu was suspicious and wanted to see what she could say. She didn't expect that she would assassinate him so openly. This... this was too reckless!

Shen Jingshu has no other tricks left, right?

It has reached such a desperate point.

Chen Shuyao also felt that this trick was very effective. If she hadn't had two agile female guards by her side, the other party might have succeeded.

Zi Su, who was standing next to her, pointed to the bamboo forest not far away and said, "Master! There seemed to be someone over there just now. I wanted to chase after them, but ended up getting into trouble here."

"Let her be!" The monk can run away, but the temple cannot.

Then the woman was brought into the yard.

Chen Shuyao sat on the rose chair, Dongqing stood beside her, and Zisu was holding the woman.

"You are so bold! How dare you murder the second young lady in the mansion! Tell me quickly! Who asked you to do this?" Hui Xiang was so angry that she pointed at the person kneeling on the ground and was about to rush over, but was stopped by Qiao Wei.

Xiuzhu felt a dull pain in her body. She looked at the woman who had just returned from the table above her, thinking about what had happened recently.

According to the eldest daughter of the Shen family, she has not had a smooth life since the second sister appeared.

It all started from the wedding banquet of the second daughter of the Xiao family a year ago. That was the first time the two met that day, and it was the beginning of Shen Jingshu's misfortune. She went to the mountain to find the prince, but was chased away by him.

Later, the two met again at the Shen family's banquet, and she got into trouble again because of her plot against the Shi family.

Afterwards, Shen Jingshu married into the Second Prince's mansion, and it would have been easy for her to plot against Shen Shaoyu's life.

But as luck would have it, he met this woman again.

Later, Shen Shuyao returned and the Shen family rewrote the family tree.

Almost all of these things were related to the young lady in front of him. Jiang had once had her daughter's fortune told, and was told that the two sisters were in conflict with each other. If they lived together, her daughter's fortune would surely be taken away by the other.

Xiuzhu didn't know whether this was true or not. She was just a servant who did things according to her master's instructions, and her family was controlled by Jiang's mother and daughter.

Shen Jingshu asked her to come and murder her sister, so she came.

She lowered her eyes to look at the ground, but said nothing.

Suddenly, a slow and steady voice came from above: "You have a mother and brother at home, right? Where are they? Are they hiding in Jiang's farm?"

Chen Shuyao looked at the maid's eyes that suddenly widened, but smiled gently.

Because of her brother's matter, she went to check the maid's background after returning to the Shen Mansion.

I haven't seen her recently, and Shen Shuyao is a little puzzled!

I didn't expect you to be waiting here!

"It doesn't matter. You don't have to say it. I have plenty of ways to make your brother and your mother say it." Chen Shuyao played with her fingers and said maliciously.

When Xiuzhu heard this, she finally shuddered.

She had always followed the mother and son from the first wife's house, and often saw her master playing with Ruan in the palm of her hand.

The eldest young master has an indifferent personality and thinks about his sister all the time, so to be honest, there is nothing to worry about.

It seemed like she discovered for the first time that Ruan had given birth to a very capable daughter.

However, her mission failed and she was caught by the second girl's maid.

According to the original plan, the assassination would be carried out and then escape in the chaos, but now I have to think carefully.

Shen Jingshu said that she would take care of her brother and mother, but now that she was arrested, those promises became a joke.

I'm afraid the older girl will distance herself clearly and put all the blame on her.

After all, I know too many secrets.

She couldn't leave, and at this moment, this sense of fate became increasingly clear.

Since you can't leave, just tell me everything!