"Yes! Those years were indeed difficult. It was only after selling his sister that things started to get better for our family. But it also became a source of worry for me, and it hasn't gotten over it even after all these years."

The woman sighed, not knowing whether it was because Gu Yunni had chosen a bad topic, but she started wiping away her tears again.

"A few years ago, my mother-in-law contracted tuberculosis. It was incurable, but my husband and I wanted to save her life. We worked hard to earn money and spent countless money on medicine and silver. She finally got better, but unfortunately, she passed away in the end."

At this point, the child also started crying.

Gu Yunni was speechless for a moment. She glanced at the two of them, but didn't dare to interrupt, so she could only continue listening.

"The debt collectors came and insisted that my family pay back the money, but all our money was used to buy medicine, so we had no choice but to sell our daughter to pay off the debt. From that day on, our family's situation improved a lot. My husband learned the skill of slaughtering pigs. In the past few years, I wanted to save money to buy my daughter back, but my daughter married into the Liu family. I thought our lives would be getting better and better, but who could have imagined that my husband would disappear! Why is my life so miserable?"

After saying this, the woman began to cry bitterly.

Gu Yunni racked her brains to comfort him, and Mo Qing came running in from outside.

The woman didn't care about that and rushed over, her eyes full of hope.

"Sir, how is my husband? Have you found him? He usually takes this route home. He might have taken a detour today to get some snacks for me, but he wouldn't have strayed so far. Did he really have an accident?"

The woman's face turned pale, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong.

The moment he saw Mo Qing, he already got the answer, but he just couldn't believe it.

"Just tell me what happened. If there was an accident, their family should know."

Sheng Mingyu's heart sank to the bottom.

Mo Qing nodded and recounted the whole story. "I followed her instructions and walked the entire route, but didn't see the butcher. On the side road leading to the snack shop, I saw a body... Upon inspection, it turned out to be the butcher, but his face was utterly disfigured and he was dead."

After Mo Qing finished speaking, he lowered his head, not daring to look at the expressions of this family.

He also heard what happened to them.

"What!"

The woman was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground.

Gu Yunni was also frightened and wanted to go forward to comfort her, only to see the woman crying bitterly.

He waved his hands to push everyone away, not letting anyone get close.

"Sister, don't worry. We will definitely find out who is behind this. Your husband's murder is probably related to this case. Tell me more about the situation in the Liu Mansion and your daughter."

No matter what Gu Yunni said, the woman did not stop crying. She had fainted several times from crying, and the child's face was also red.

"Sister, don't you want to avenge your husband? As long as you tell me the truth, I will help you find the murderer and will never let your husband lose his life in vain. Believe me."

The woman turned around and looked at Gu Yunni with hatred in her eyes.

"It must be you who suddenly showed up and disturbed the people behind the scenes, so they wanted to kill my husband! If you hadn't suddenly appeared, my husband would have been fine. It's all your fault, you jinx! Why did you have to come to us? You can't stand our good life, can you?!"

As she spoke, she wanted to rush up and strangle Gu Yunni's neck.

Everyone was startled, and Sheng Mingyu reacted in time and kicked the woman away.

She immediately vomited blood and fell to the ground.

The child ran to the woman crying and kowtowed to Gu Yunni desperately.

"Please let my mother go. She was so sad after hearing the news of my father's death that she lost her mind. She didn't mean to hurt you. My mother has always been kind and has never hurt anyone."

The child was crying so hard that Gu Yunni felt a little sorry for him.

The Imperial Preceptor's face was filled with pity as well, and he couldn't help but advise, "Your Highness, don't be too anxious. Although this woman wanted to harm the Crown Prince's Consort, didn't she succeed? You should calm her down first and ask her what happened. If she keeps crying like this, she'll go crazy."

Sheng Mingyu had a cold expression on his face, thinking that this woman was just a nuisance.

Gu Yunni stepped in in time to bring the situation under control.

"First, pour a cup of hot water for my elder sister and help her sit on a chair. Then ask her carefully. I'm not injured, so don't be too anxious. If something happens to my elder sister, the clues will be cut off again. It's most important to get to the bottom of the matter first."

She looked at Sheng Mingyu seriously, making it impossible for him to refuse, so he nodded in agreement.

"Okay, Mo Qing, go get a doctor to check on this woman."

"yes."

After a long time, the woman finally controlled her emotions and calmed down.

"I didn't mean to hurt you, I just lost control of my emotions. If you want to blame me, hit me, or scold me, that's fine, but can you help me find the murderer behind this? I don't want my husband to die unjustly."

As she spoke, she was about to kneel in front of Gu Yunni again.

Sheng Mingyu rushed forward in time to block her, full of vigilance.

Gu Yunni was helpless and pushed Sheng Mingyu away from her.

"Sister, I understand what people do when they're emotionally broken, but I really didn't kill your husband. However, I can help you with your request. I will find out who's behind this, no matter what, and I will never let anyone die unjustly."

"Thank you!"

Gu Yunni spoke with great force.

The woman and the child all knelt on the ground to express their gratitude. When they came out of the butcher's house again, it was already so dark outside that they couldn't see their hands in front of them.

Gu Yunni sighed slowly, "The clues are broken again. Where should I look next?"

"Go to Liu's house."

After Sheng Mingyu finished speaking, he walked forward without waiting for the two to react.

Although Gu Yunni was confused, she didn't say much and followed him forward.

"Who is it? What brings you here so late?"

The three of them waited outside for a long time before they heard a noise coming from inside. Butler Liu walked over with a look of disgust on his face.

"It's so late, my master has already gone to bed. If you have something to say, why not come visit again tomorrow? Let's go."

He didn't even wait for Gu Yunni to speak and just waved the person away.

Sheng Mingyu didn't give any face at all. The guards rushed up and surrounded Liu's mansion.

The butler fell to the ground in fear, his face pale.

"Who are you? Do you have any sense of reason? Why are you surrounding us? My master has never done anything bad. We just sell snacks!"

The housekeeper was trembling and couldn't speak clearly.

Sheng Mingyu had an indifferent look on his face, and without even looking, he led the way in.

Mo Qing kicked the person in front of him and said, "Go call your master and tell him that the prince is here to visit. If he dares to refuse, don't blame him for taking his life."

"Prince?"

"Go quickly!"

The housekeeper became even more frightened when he heard Sheng Mingyu's name.