"What kind of official positions can you recommend for us?" Lincun asked directly.

Several landscape paintings, all of them the work of famous artists, hung on the walls of the reception room. In the middle of the room stood a long table, shaped like a long plate. Princess Shu sat at one end of the table, with two black-clad guards standing behind her. Wang Xiaohai and Lin Cun were at the other end, with Li Wu sitting next to Lin Cun.

"I'm afraid there's nothing I can do about this."

Princess Shu looked embarrassed.

"Aren't you a princess?" Lincun said.

"It's precisely because I'm a princess that I'm powerless," Princess Shu said. "My brothers all live in the palace, but I have to live in the capital, which feels like a foreign official's residence. My mother gave birth to me, but she was only a noble lady. Others who gave birth to princes were at least given the title of concubine. When she was sick, the Imperial Hospital gave medicine to others first, and finally to my mother, and then she died of the illness. When my mother died, my father didn't even come to see her, fearing that her illness would be contagious. He then sent me to live outside the palace. So I have no say in the personnel affairs of the palace."

Wang Xiaohai and Lin Cun listened expressionlessly, but their hearts were already in turmoil - Li Wu lied to them, and they couldn't even see it!

"By the way, we are mortals now, unable to feel each other's heartbeat, sweating rate, and subtle changes in emotions!" Wang Xiaohai knew the reason, so he lost the ability to see through the other party's lies. If they still act according to the original thinking, they will definitely suffer. They lost to the fixed mindset.

"Wang Xiaohai, what should we do now?" Lin Cun also had some plans in his mind, but now he and Wang Xiaohai were in the same team, with Wang Xiaohai as the team leader, so he had to act according to Wang Xiaohai's opinions.

"Princess Shu, do you have a way to bring us into the palace? It's enough to just enter the palace, there's no need to recommend us as officials." Wang Xiaohai asked.

"Don't push your luck!" Li Wu slammed the table and said, "She has no relationship with you, why would she help you?"

"Your lives are in our hands now!"

Lin Cun was not willing to be outdone, and he also slammed the table like Li Wu did. The coffee table jumped up, making a "clang" sound. The tea overflowed, flowed along the edge of the table and dripped onto his cloth shoes, but no one paid attention to the coffee table. Everyone in the living room looked at Lin Cun, quietly put their hands on their waists, and prepared to fight.

"No, Lincun, don't use force to solve everything. You can't fight against the entire Zhou Kingdom alone. If not, you still have to rely on wisdom and strategy." Wang Xiaohai gestured to Lincun to sit down.

Everyone in the reception room looked at Wang Xiaohai, waiting for his next words.

"I think there is something strange about your mother's death." Wang Xiaohai said to Princess Shu, "How could a princess's mother die of illness so easily? Moreover, the Imperial Hospital dared to delay the delivery of life-saving medicine. There must be something wrong!" In fact, Wang Xiaohai was just confused and puzzled, and he was not sure, but to convince the other party, he had to use an affirmative tone. Using an uncertain tone would not convince the other party at all.

"What did you say?" Princess Shu could no longer maintain her previous composure!

"Captain Wang Xiaohai said that your mother was actually killed by someone in the palace!" Lin Cun is worthy of being a god. He immediately understood what Wang Xiaohai meant and helped Wang Xiaohai to smooth things over.

"You two are talking nonsense! You've never been to the palace, what do you know?" Princess Shu lost all her composure and stood up and shouted. The two black-clad guards behind her had expressionless faces, like two wooden figures.

"I suspect your mother was murdered by someone of higher status within the palace, otherwise the imperial physician wouldn't dare treat her this way," Wang Xiaohai explained. "Those involved are often confused. From my perspective as an outsider, I can objectively analyze the situation and easily discern the facts and the truth. Perhaps others around you have also noticed it, but they're afraid of the power of a concubine or queen, so they don't dare to bring it up with you."

"You're talking nonsense, you're talking nonsense!" Princess Shu was already confused. She repeated the denial twice, which showed that she was half-believing and half-doubting.

Wang Xiaohai winked at Lin Cun.

Lin Cun understood what Wang Xiaohai meant and continued, "Your father doesn't love you, and your brothers don't have feelings for you either. Perhaps they were also involved in the plot to murder your mother! Don't you want to find the murderer who killed your mother and avenge her?"

"I..." Princess Shu was unable to refute. The two smart men took turns arguing with her, and she had no time to think at all.

"You help us enter the palace, and we'll help you find the truth!" Wang Xiaohai continued, "No need to thank me, this is just a fair deal."

"Yes, it's a great deal," Lin Cun continued. "All you have to do is arrange for us to enter the palace, and we can help you catch the real murderer who killed your mother. This is absolutely a great deal! If you're tempted, you might as well act quickly. What are you still hesitating about? If you miss this opportunity, there will be no next one! Don't you want to avenge your mother?"

Wang Xiaohai felt that Lin Cun must have been a salesperson.

"I do, but..." Princess Shu's tone became a little depressed, "Even if you tell me who the murderer of my mother is, I can't do anything to her or him. Even my father let the other party go!" She felt helpless and only hated herself for being a princess. If she were a prince or a prince, she would still have a chance to avenge her mother.

"Gender is not a sin. It depends on how hard you work," said Wang Xiaohai.

Lin Cun's heart sank - could it be that the plan had encountered another setback and was going to fail?

The sounds of horse hooves and gongs could be heard from inside and outside the palace. Several soldiers guarding the princess's palace went to open the door, talked to the people outside, and then closed the door again.

The living room fell silent for a moment. No one spoke, and everyone was sorting out their thoughts.

Princess Zhou Shuyi was so confused at the moment that she didn't notice two palace guards rushing into the reception room until two black-clad guards behind her reminded her.

"What's going on between you two?" Princess Shu didn't like being interrupted during a conversation.

"Your Highness, something bad has happened to everyone!" The palace guard said in a panic.

"What's the matter?" Princess Zhou Shuyi had a bad feeling.

"His Majesty has passed away!" The palace guards' heads had already dropped to the ground.

"Father...Father, he was fine yesterday. Didn't he say he was just slightly injured?" Although Princess Zhou Shuyi had lived outside the palace for many years and her impression of Emperor Zhou was a little vague, she still felt a pang of heartache. After all, he was her biological father. No matter how bad he treated her and her mother, he could not sever their blood ties! They said the royal family was ruthless, but she could never learn to be cruel!

"Late at night, the wound suddenly worsened and the condition worsened. The imperial physicians were helpless. The assassin's weapon was smeared with an unknown virus that the imperial physician had never seen before and didn't know how to cure!" the palace guard explained. "So, they could only watch Your Majesty die in agony."

Wang Xiaohai and Lin Cun understood instantly - in this era of backward cold weapons, medicine is not well developed, and assassins are either true gods or plane gods living in a third-level civilization world. It is very easy for them to create poisons that cannot be cracked in the era of cold weapons!