In the closed room, the second prince's body lay not far from the bed. On the table were overturned wine glasses and some leftover food that had not been cleaned up.

Liu Yifu squatted down and saw that Jiang Heng's eyes were tightly closed, his face was pale, and his lips were bluish-black. He frowned and asked, "Was this poisoning?"

He looked at the food and drinks on the table. "Have those dishes been inspected?"

Chi Yan raised an eyebrow: "We sent it for testing immediately after the incident, but the results aren't out yet."

Liu Yi nodded again: "Who discovered it first?"

"Jiang Heng's maid discovered it this morning when she came in to help him with his washing and grooming."

Liu Yi summoned the maid for questioning. The maid was pale and looked extremely frightened, but she answered fluently overall.

"It was probably early morning when I knocked on the door, but Your Highness didn't respond. I waited a while before I mustered up the courage to go in, and what I saw was..."

The maid's lips trembled slightly, and her face turned deathly pale.

"Did anyone come looking for him before he went to bed last night?"

The maidservant thought for a moment, then nodded hesitantly: "The princess came once, but His Highness was in a bad mood and sent her away. The princess was still crying when she came out."

Liu Yifu's eyes flickered slightly: "Where is your princess?"

They've been here for so long, and the seventh princess still hasn't shown her face.

Chi Yan casually chimed in from the side, "The person has fainted and hasn't woken up yet."

After the incident, the Seventh Princess saw Jiang Heng's body and fainted from fright.

"..."

Liu Yifu changed the subject: "Has His Highness made any enemies recently?"

The maid's eyes flickered slightly: "The prince of the Northern Di next door, just yesterday, Your Highness had an argument with him, and the two even fought."

Liu Yifu then looked up and asked Chi Yan, "Where is the Northern Di prince? Has he been questioned?"

Chi Yan's expression was indescribable: "That Northern Di prince is a firecracker, he'll ignite at the slightest touch. Anyone who went to question him was chased away by him."

Liu Yifu: "..."

They both looked like they were not to be trifled with, no wonder they sent him.

——

Shen Tangning was restless at home, carefully recalling her memories of her previous life.

There was no assassination attempt on Jiang Heng at all; he was perfectly fine until he left Daqing.

Why did something like this have to happen now?

The death of a foreign prince in a foreign land caused quite a stir. What were the intentions of those behind it?

Her thoughts were in turmoil, and she couldn't sit still. She decided to do something else to distract herself, but then she heard a series of hurried footsteps.

She looked up and saw the panting Ba Liang, her expression suddenly changing: "Has something happened to the young master?"

Ba Liang paused for a moment, scratched the back of his head and smiled sheepishly: "No, it was Young Master who asked me to invite the young mistress over."

Shen Tangning was taken aback and subconsciously asked, "Where are we going?"

"Go to the post station." Ba Liang said with a worried look. "You don't know, the Seventh Princess of Qi is emotionally unstable after her brother died. All she does is cry and cry, and no one can calm her down!"

"Young Master thinks that things can't go on like this, and since they are all men, it's inconvenient for them. So he wants to ask the young mistress to go and persuade them."

Shen Tangning was speechless for a moment, then nodded after thinking for a while: "Let's go then."