Chapter 274 I am a good and obedient child

As soon as Song Junyan entered the room, he saw that her brows were furrowed and her eyes were full of confusion and bewilderment.

He did not rush in. He waved to the servant to change the teapot, and then signaled the servant to close the door.

As soon as he approached, Lu Xinran smelled the strong smell of alcohol, "Why did you drink so much?"

The smell of alcohol could make all the mosquitoes and flies passing by faint.

Song Junyan saw the disdain that flashed across her eyes and couldn't help but take a few steps back.

"Unable to refuse, he spilled some of the wine on himself."

As he spoke, he glanced at the sky outside the window. It was already late in the afternoon. He couldn't let her stay in the palace for too long, so it was too late to go back and change clothes and wash up.

He then asked people to open all the doors and windows, and signaled everyone to move away.

Lu Xinran's reaction just now was just a subconscious one, and she had no intention of abandoning him, but he took the initiative to distance himself from her, and his considerate behavior made her look at him in a different light.

"But what's the problem? Haven't they found the murderer?"

"Well, there is no clear information in the pamphlets of these people that shows that the events of five years ago were related to them."

She had written down which ministers in the court were bribed by these people, but there was no specific information in the booklet about the people involved in the mysterious murder of the Nanzhao princess five years ago.

Song Junyan nodded. This was within his expectations.

After all, after the case was closed that year, Tang Quyan secretly investigated for a long time. If any of them had obvious omissions exposed, the case would have been solved long ago.

"However, the King of Chu and the King of Jin are both somewhat suspicious, but they are not the masterminds in this matter, so we can't tell anything just by looking at their past."

"If they are not the masterminds, then who is..."

Just as Song Junyan was about to blurt out who it could be, a thought instantly flashed through his mind.

"You mean..."

"Yes, it's just as you guessed. I think the mastermind behind this is most likely their mother."

Except for Song Junyan, the mothers of the other princes were not short-lived. With their mothers planning for them, they did not have to risk their lives with their own hands.

But Concubine Hua is dead, and I no longer have the chance to read her booklet.

Thinking of the booklet about the corpse that had been found in the charity house before, she suddenly had an idea.

"Do you know where Concubine Hua was buried after her death?"

She asked very abruptly, but Song Junyan guessed her intention almost instantly, "Do you want to give it a try?"

"Well, there's nothing to lose by giving it a try. What if there's an unexpected reward?"

She hasn't tried yet whether she can load the other party's booklet into the bones.

If she could, she would go to the imperial mausoleum and read all the booklets of the previous emperors. Wouldn't she be able to write a best-selling book called The Secret History of the Imperial Family of Great Chu 1234567? !

Thinking of this, she couldn't help laughing out loud.

Song Junyan listened to her wild thoughts and found them inexplicably interesting.

"I'll order Ding San to investigate. Once he finds out, I'll have him bring someone to escort you over to give it a try."

"Well, but the King of Chu's mother is still in the palace. Should I find an opportunity to go to the palace?"

If I go there when the concubines in the harem pay their respects to the empress, I should be able to see the King of Chu's mother, who is so low-key that she has almost no sense of existence, right?

"I will go to the palace tomorrow and have someone give my mother a message."

The two of them had a brief discussion. It was already late, and Song Junyan couldn't keep her any longer, so he sent her to the side door and watched her get on the carriage and leave.

The steward behind him looked at his master with a look of "I have something to say, please ask me".

Unfortunately, Song Junyan just glanced at him indifferently, told him to prepare some water, and strode away.

After Lu Xinran returned to the Lu Mansion, she called Lu Xinlan to her room. She was about to flip through the booklet of the few people again, but she was afraid that her inner thoughts would be revealed and heard by others, so the best way was for Lu Xinlan to pull her wrist as soon as he heard it.

She looked at her red wrist and suddenly remembered that when they first came here, the other party always pulled her wrist like this.

At that time, every time she went out and came back, her wrists were bruised and swollen.

"Do you suspect that the mastermind behind this is Concubine Hua or the King of Chu's mother, Concubine Lan?"

"Yes, but I still have some other doubts in my mind. I always feel that there is something fishy about this matter."

Based on her understanding of the emperor, he would not let his son marry the Princess of Nanzhao. After all, the Princess of Nanzhao had her status, and it was obviously against etiquette to let her be the prince's concubine.

But if Princess Nanzhao is made the official concubine, then she has the entire Nanzhao Kingdom behind her. If she is willing to take Nanzhao up and down to help the married prince, how can he tolerate such a situation with his suspicion and suspicion.

Therefore, she had a vague feeling that this incident was most likely directed and acted out by the emperor himself.

There were too many possibilities, all of which needed to be unravelled. She became extremely excited just thinking about it.

Lu Xinlan listened to her speculations very rationally, and then frowned and said, "If the emperor directed and acted in the drama himself, he would not have kept the formula hidden for five years after getting it. He would have found a way to pass the formula through and then handed it over to the Ministry of Industry."

So although it seems that the possibility of it being the emperor is somewhat high, in her opinion, the emperor is the least likely suspect.

Lu Xinran's brows began to knot again. "Then let's continue to cast a wide net. I hope we can load a booklet out of Concubine Hua's corpse as well."

If it is impossible to add load to a person without flesh and blood, then this case will go in circles.

Ding San found out quickly that after Concubine Hua drank poison and was sentenced to death, the emperor still gave her and Concubine Shu the last bit of dignity and allowed their families to take their bodies out of the palace for burial.

Hua Fei was a concubine in the palace, but not the empress. She could not be buried in her family's cemetery, nor was she qualified to enter the imperial mausoleum.

After discussing with her maternal grandfather's family, Song Junhua buried her in a cemetery close to the imperial mausoleum.

There was no deliberate attempt to cover up this matter at the time, so it was not difficult for Ding San to investigate. He found out the burial location as soon as night fell.

When Lu Xinran received the news early the next morning, he immediately went to ask Pei to leave the house.

Pei was optimistic about her impetuous appearance and shook her head helplessly: "You girl, that's enough, go ahead."

This girl has too much of a lively personality, and it's not good to keep her in the house again and again, so it's better to just let her be.

She's going to get married in a few months. Once she marries into Prince Wei's palace and becomes the Princess of Wei, she won't need an old woman's consent to do anything. So why should she be such a bad person before she gets married?

When Lu Xinran left, she always felt that Pei's eyes were looking at her with complicated expressions. She raised her hand and touched her cheek.

"Is there something on my face?"

Lu Xinlan shook his head with amusement: "Grandmother felt that you were always out of the house recently, and wanted to give you some advice, but she was afraid that you would rebel."

Then I will complain about Cricket in my heart, which will affect the relationship between them.

Lu Xinran chuckled: "I'm not a rebellious person. I'm just a good and obedient child."

She just... follows her own advice in everything.