Therefore, his answer to Zhu Yunwen regarding this matter was very perfunctory.

However, Zhu Yunwen strongly demanded that Zhu Yuanzhang thoroughly investigate the matter, and even led some civil officials to kneel outside the imperial study.

Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to send the Embroidered Uniform Guard to investigate.

But it would have been better if they hadn't investigated. The result of the investigation made Zhu Yuanzhang very angry.

After investigating the matter, Jiang Huan, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, spoke in the imperial study to Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yunwen, and several civil officials:

"Your Majesty, I have investigated and found that Lady Lü had previously taken a box of gold and silver jewelry to a place called Wuminglou in the martial arts world, seemingly intending to have the assassins of Wuminglou assassinate His Highness Zhu Yunwen, the Crown Prince."

For some unknown reason, Lady Lü died instead. An examination of her wounds revealed that the person who attacked her was a martial arts master with exceptional swordsmanship.

I suspect this is a case of double-crossing, most likely stemming from a conflict in the transaction between the two parties, which ultimately led to the Lü family being killed by these江湖 (jianghu) figures.

The method of this murder was that of a highly skilled master, and the use of a sword suggests the killer was not from the imperial court or palace. Furthermore, His Highness the Crown Prince has not recently been in contact with any martial arts practitioners, nor have those around him.

Therefore, we can rule out the possibility that His Highness the Crown Prince hired people from the martial arts world to retaliate. Besides, this incident only happened in the last two days. It's likely that the martial arts people hired by the Lü family haven't even had a chance to kill His Highness the Crown Prince yet.

Therefore, His Highness the Crown Prince didn't have time to hire experts to kill Lady Lü. In such a short time, the only suspicion is that they engaged in a double-cross.

When this conclusion came out, Zhu Yunwen found it hard to accept and wanted to refute it.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang angrily slammed his fist on the table and rebuked:

"How audacious of the Lü family! That damned Lü family dares to hire someone in the martial arts world to kill the Crown Prince? How hateful, how utterly hateful! Men, throw her body into the wilderness and do not allow her to be buried."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunwen's face turned deathly pale.