"You...you...you..." Green Bamboo's face turned pale with anger. "I'm not going to argue with you about this nonsense. This box..."

The thief kneeling on the ground rolled his eyes: "I found it in Gu Shen's study! Besides this, there was another box! But I was almost caught, so I just grabbed one and ran away."

Green Bamboo gritted her teeth: "Shut up! You can't trust the words of a petty thief like you! And even if it were true... so what? It must have been found six years ago in Gu Han's room... the master didn't throw it away!"

Gu Han sneered: "Heh, after the poison was found in my room back then, I even invited Abbot Puzhi to identify it. Later, Abbot Puzhi scattered that box of medicine into the stream near my house."

That's running water. A small box of medicine like that will be diluted immediately when sprinkled in, and it won't harm the water source.

"So, this wasn't found in my room, it was something else! This is evidence that he framed me!"

The prefect, Song, said, "Officer Lu, take a team of men and keep watch in the study of the Marquis of Ningguo's residence. If the Marquis of Ningguo is home, search the study together. If he is not home, have Madam Gu send people to look for him."

"As for Green Bamboo Girl, you can stay here for now."

After speaking, Prefect Song gave Gu Han a reproachful look.

What an idiot!

Even if you really want to sue Gu Shen, you have to secretly submit the complaint to him first before suddenly searching him.

By shouting this out in public, doesn't that give Gu Shen time to react?

However, we can't blame him for this, since things happened so suddenly.

If Gu Han doesn't stop it, the evidence will be taken away.

The constables received their orders and immediately went out.

The Prefect of the Capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty was a third-rank official with immense power, capable of searching officials and nobles of the third rank and below.

......

A carriage was parked not far from the yamen; it was the carriage from the Ningguo Marquis's residence that had sent Green Bamboo.

The coachman was taking a nap against the carriage.

At this moment, an ordinary-looking man in plain clothes walked over and patted the coachman: "Something has happened at the yamen."

The coachman opened his eyes impatiently: "What's going on? What does this have to do with me? Do you even know who I am? Go away, get out of here!"

The man in plain clothes said, "I heard that a petty thief found a small blue box in the Ningguo Marquis's mansion, and a man named Gu Han is accusing him of murdering his own son! Now the constables are coming to search his study."

The coachman was startled: "W-what did you say? Giddy up!"

With that, he cracked his whip and spurred his horse to gallop away.

What murder of one's own child? The stable boy was completely confused, but the important thing was: his master was being sued, and the evidence was a blue box...

The quick-witted coachman realized this was a big deal, and decided to inform the master first, regardless of the consequences.

......

Today is the Flower Goddess Festival, and the Ningguo Marquis's mansion is full of female relatives from various families.

Not wanting to offend them, Gu Shen invited a few close friends to a restaurant for drinks.

At that moment, his personal servant ran in and whispered in his ear, "Master, I heard that the constables are coming to search your study."

"Insolence!" Gu Shen was furious upon hearing this and slammed his fist on the table.

His friends all looked at him.

The servant's face paled slightly, and he said in a low, urgent voice, "Anyway... he said something about a small blue box... I don't really know what's inside. It was Master Sun who sent me to inform you."

Blue box?

Could it be...?

Gu Shen's expression changed, and he immediately realized what was happening. He said to his friends, "I apologize, but I have matters to attend to at home and must take my leave."

After saying that, he left in a hurry.

After going downstairs and getting into the carriage, I listened to the coachman talk about what was happening in the main hall as we hurried home.

After hearing the gist of the story, Gu Shen guessed what had happened.

His face darkened when he heard the name Gu Han.

Gu Shen soon returned home, fortunately before the constables arrived.

He rushed into the study, closed the door, moved the chair aside, and then went to the display shelf, gently turning a vase in the middle.

There was a small burrow under his chair.

Before, the floor tiles would open when I turned the bottle, but now they won't open no matter how I turn it.

"Why?" Gu Shen stared wide-eyed, busy with various tasks, such as turning the bottle and picking at the floor tiles.

Meanwhile, in the garden where the banquet was being held, the banquet was almost over.

A maid walked up to Madam Shen and whispered something to her.

Madam Shen's eyes flickered slightly, and she secretly tugged at the princess's sleeve.

The eldest princess immediately hiccuped, "I'm a little dizzy, I want to find a place to sleep..."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief; the great Buddha was finally tired!

Lady Mei smiled and said, "Then Princess, please come with me to the guest room to rest!"

The eldest princess nodded: "Let's go, everyone... come with me to rest..."

The women present were completely bewildered. The princess was drunk and naturally needed to rest, so why were they supposed to rest?

But since the princess had already spoken, it wasn't appropriate for him to leave first, so he had no choice but to escort her there before departing.

Princess Fushun stumbled forward, supported by her maids and nannies. Despite being drunk, she could run very fast.

Many of the women couldn't keep up with her.

Lady Mei nearly tripped: "Your Highness, you've gone the wrong way, this isn't the way..."

The maid supporting the princess glared at her: "The princess is drunk and prone to tantrums. She can go wherever she wants."

The eldest princess stumbled and staggered toward Gu Shen's study.

At this moment, Gu Shen was sweating profusely, still struggling with the floor tiles and the vase: "Why can't I pry them apart... What's going on!"

Suddenly, he felt his leg buckle and he fell face-first into the mud with a thud.

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