Gu Yanyue didn't say anything else. She took Qin Ruoruo back to the palace, changed her clothes, and then left the palace on a phoenix carriage.
When Duke Qin heard the news, he brought his family members, young and old, and knelt at the gate of the mansion to welcome him.
Gu Yanyue was the first to step down from the carriage, and she heard the Qin family members shout in unison: "Greetings to the Queen! Long live the Queen!"
Gu Yanyue lazily raised her eyelids and said, "I left the palace this time to discuss something with Duke Qin. Please ask the Duke to let all irrelevant people leave."
Duke Qin didn't know why Gu Yanyue suddenly came to the Duke Qin's Mansion, but when he caught sight of Qin Ruoruo behind Gu Yanyue, he understood. In order to avoid embarrassing himself at the door later, he had to invite Gu Yanyue into the study.
"I didn't know that Duke Qin was so capable of hiring someone to assassinate his own daughter. I wonder what else the Duke can't do." As soon as she stepped into the study, Gu Yanyue said sarcastically.
Duke Qin was so frightened that he shook his head repeatedly, "Your Majesty, please understand! No matter how cruel I am, I would never harm my own children!"
"Last night, the secret guards I assigned to protect Ruoruo suddenly brought her into the palace, saying that an assassin was hunting her. After capturing her alive and interrogating her, they said you hired someone to kill your own daughter. So, we didn't dare send Ruoruo back to Duke Qin's mansion, so we had to send her back to the palace in the middle of the night."
Duke Qin immediately knelt down and kowtowed heavily to Gu Yanyue. "I am deeply terrified. I will never do such a treasonous act. I beg Your Majesty to understand!"
"In that case, I'll give you a chance to prove your innocence. You have three hours to find the person who actually hired the killer in the mansion." After saying that, Gu Yanyue sat down and made herself a pot of tea. She seemed to be determined not to return to the palace until Duke Qin gave her an explanation.
Seeing this, Duke Qin dared not be careless and had to ask the servants in the mansion to find evidence.
Unexpectedly, in less than an hour, the servant came back and said that he had found evidence in the lady's room.
Duke Qin was so angry that his liver ached. He hadn't expected Shen to be so impatient. However, because Gu Yanyue was still there, he could only sternly say, "Then drag the lady to the ancestral hall and let her reflect on her mistakes! Make her admit her mistakes before coming out to see me!"
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