The two kissed for a while before separating.
Ye Shuyin panted coquettishly, her face flushed with shame: "Your Highness, really, I can hardly breathe."
Xiao Zhaolin smiled and reached out to touch her face: "This is how much I miss you."
These words made Ye Shuyin giggle.
Su Lijin in the inner room scratched her ears.
Ye Shuyin smiled for a while, then suddenly looked towards the small room on the other side with great interest, and said affectionately, "Your Highness, how about I show you a good show later?"
Following her gaze, Xiao Zhaolin raised his eyebrows: "The fun is next door?"
He guessed something in his heart, but there was no other emotion on his face.
Su Lijin's eyes lit up with understanding, and she whispered, "So it's next door?"
Ye Shuyin, who was in the outer room, didn't know that Su Lijin was in the same room with her. She smiled and nodded, with a mocking look in her eyes: "She's been in there for quite a while."
"It's almost time now, it should be time to start."
Su Lijin clenched her fingers, and a hint of coldness gradually appeared in her eyes.
Su Lijin knew very well who Ye Shuyin was talking about.
After taking a look at the room, Su Lijin sighed inwardly. She didn't expect that she had walked into the wrong room.
Not only did he overhear their affair, but he also foiled Ye Shuyin's plan. This must have been God's arrangement.
After waiting for a long time, it was surprisingly quiet next door and no sound was heard.
Xiao Zhaolin's eyes showed impatience: "Since nothing happened, I'll leave first."
"Your Highness, don't leave yet. Something must have happened there. Let me go and take a look!"
After hurriedly explaining a few words, Ye Shuyin ran to the next room in a panic.
"ah!"
Suddenly, a scream came from next door.
Su Lijin raised her eyebrows and quietly hid in the inner room.
Xiao Zhaolin turned his head and obviously heard the scream, but he did not rush out. Instead, he slowly tidied up his clothes.
There was a noise outside, and many people were attracted by the screams and ran over to check the situation.
"What happened?"
"I thought I heard someone scream!"
Xiao Zhaolin waited until everyone outside ran to the next room before he walked out of the room.
After everyone left, Su Lijin came out from the inner room, looked at the door, and had a sarcastic look on her lips.
Regardless of whether Ye Shuyin's evil plan succeeds or not, Xiao Zhaolin will not be suspected and he will have sufficient evidence of his alibi.
With such deep thoughts, I'm afraid Ye Shuyin was completely manipulated by him.
At this time, the next room was surrounded by people.
"How could this happen?"
"Why did this man die here?"
"Today is Miss Ye's birthday party. This is too unlucky."
The onlookers were talking about it.
"Today is my birthday party, Ye Shuyin, but I didn't expect that a murder would happen in my house. This is a humiliation to me and to the Shangshu Mansion!"
Squatting on the ground, Ye Shuyin took a look at the corpse, her face showing sadness and anger.
"This matter..."
Among the onlookers, many were officials and their families. They looked at the corpse hesitantly but did not express their opinions directly.
Minister Ye also rushed over. Looking at the scene in the room, he frowned and looked a little solemn.
"Dad, you're finally here. Someone is killing people here at will." Ye Shuyin held Ye Shangshu's hand, her face full of anger.
"How could such a thing happen?" Minister Ye patted her hand and sighed. Having been an official for many years, one could not see much emotion in his eyes.
"Someone actually dared to kill someone in my Shangshu Mansion. I must find the murderer and avenge the servant who died unjustly!"
After looking at everyone, Ye Shuyin showed sadness on her face, and then she shouted angrily to everyone.
"Miss Ye, this doesn't necessarily mean he was killed by someone."
Suddenly, a voice came from the crowd.
Ye Shuyin glanced at the man with dissatisfaction and raised her voice, "You all saw the body. How could he not have been murdered?"
"Then Miss Ye, what do you want to do?" another person asked.
Minister Ye glanced at his daughter and said nothing.
"Hmph, since someone dares to do it, he should expect to be caught. I'll let the guards come in and arrest him now." Ye Shuyin snorted coldly.
"Where are you going to arrest people?" everyone asked.
Ye Shuyin glanced at the crowd and then at the room: "So many guests came to my birthday party today, and then a murder happened."
"I think the murderer must be among the guests. Once I pull him out, we'll know who the murderer is."
"Miss Ye, are you saying that all of us are suspects?"
As soon as she said this, everyone became dissatisfied, and several officials' faces turned very ugly.
"Miss Ye, it's just a servant who died suddenly. Whether he was murdered or not is still under investigation by the coroner. You're making such a big fuss about arresting him. Isn't that a bit of an overreaction?"
An official scoffed with a straight face.
"Yes, we are here for the banquet in honor of the Minister. Now you treat us as suspects. Is this how you treat guests in the Minister's Mansion?"
Another official said with a smile, but the smile did not reach his eyes, which was full of irony.
"We are also well-known and have been appointed by the emperor in the court. When did it become a little girl's turn to investigate us? Minister Ye, you have to give us an explanation."
Other officials also began to whisper to each other, and the voices of dissatisfaction became more and more numerous. For a moment, everyone looked at Ye Shuyin with somewhat unfriendly eyes.
A few beads of sweat appeared on Minister Ye's face, and he glanced at his daughter disapprovingly.
He cupped his hands and said apologetically, "My dear colleagues, I'm truly sorry. The servant who died this time was very close to my daughter. I was so upset that I spoke without thinking. I hope you can forgive me."
"Humph, Minister Ye needs to be taught a lesson too. You can't just say things like that in this kind of situation."
"Yes, yes, I will definitely supervise it well. Please forgive me."
Minister Ye apologized a few more times.
"Where is the Queen?" Ye Shuyin suddenly asked.
Ye Shuyin's question made everyone stunned. They immediately looked around but there was no sign of Su Lijin.
"Eh? Speaking of which, it's been so long, where's the Queen?"
"Logically speaking, with such a loud commotion here, the Queen should have heard it and come over to take charge of the situation."
Several people in the crowd asked in confusion.
Minister Ye glanced at the crowd and indeed did not see Su Lijin among them. He felt slightly puzzled and his shrewd old eyes turned slightly, but he did not express his opinion.
"You have been here for so long, but have you even seen the Queen?"
Ye Shuyin said.
Everyone shook their heads, not knowing what she meant.
A calculating look appeared on Ye Shuyin's lips, but she pretended to be calm and said, "You have seen it before. I am accompanying the Queen to visit the palace."
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