Chapter 195 Suicide

The room was very quiet, with only the candlelight flickering.

Jiang Shu frowned slightly and fell asleep on the couch.

She frowned and pursed her lips even in her sleep, which was enough to prove how uncomfortable she was.

Yu Zheng squatted down, raised his hand with a sense of pity, and smoothed Jiang Shu's wrinkled brows with his warm fingertips.

"Hmm--" Jiang Shu was awakened, and when he saw Yu Zheng, he whispered, "Did you deal with it?"

Jiang Shu, who was tired both physically and mentally and had not woken up, had a soft voice with a hint of laziness, like a cat's paw scratching his heart, which made Yu Zheng's heart itch.

"Hmm." Yu Zheng responded softly in his throat.

Jiang Shu did not ask him how to deal with Ruixue, she believed that Yu Zheng knew his limits.

Yu Zheng was unwilling to tell her about such dirty and bloody things. He glanced at Jiang Shu's legs and asked, "Does it still hurt?"

Jiang Shu nodded with a flushed face.

For an entire afternoon, no matter where one was, it would be unbearable to be rubbed like this, let alone tender and soft flesh.

Yu Zheng took out a small porcelain jar from his sleeve and said softly, "This is an ointment for relieving pain and swelling. I'll apply it on you."

He had always been concerned about the redness and swelling between Jiang Shu's legs. When he came back, he went to the government doctor's office and got the best ointment.

Yu Zheng put the ointment on a small table beside him and gently took off Jiang Shu's pants.

The soft and snowy skin was exposed to the cold winter night. Jiang Shu shuddered from the cold and held Yu Zheng's hand and said, "I... I'll apply it myself."

Although the two were very close, this place was too private, and Jiang Shu was still embarrassed.

Yu Zheng looked at her trembling hands holding the medicine jar, and sighed helplessly: "I'll do it, what can't we do?"

After that, Yu Zheng decisively took the ointment from Jiang Shu's hand, squeezed it out, and used his middle finger to scrape a fingertip-sized amount of ointment, and gently applied it to the red and swollen parts of Jiang Shu's legs.

The cold ointment spread on the smooth skin, and with the warmth of Yu Zheng's fingertips, Jiang Shu's delicate body trembled slightly, and she couldn't help but let out a soft moan.

Yu Zheng raised his eyebrows slightly, looked up at Jiang Shu, and leaned over to kiss her slender legs.

This kiss made Jiang Shu's heart tremble, and her pretty face flushed like peach blossoms in March.

Yu Zheng smiled softly: "Shu'er likes it?"

Then he would remember it.

With a glare from her almond eyes, Jiang Shu pulled up her trousers and said, "I'm sleepy and I'm going to sleep."

Yu Zheng heard this, put away the ointment and carried her back to the bed, then extinguished the candles, took off his shoes, socks and outer clothes and went to bed.

After pulling the quilt over her, Yu Zheng gently placed his broad palm on Jiang Shu's belly and asked with a little excitement, "Are we really having a child?"

He had never been a father, so he was inevitably a little excited.

"It's just a guess, and it's not certain yet." Jiang Shu was afraid that he would be disappointed, so she didn't dare to be sure.

Yu Zheng smiled softly and said, "It doesn't matter, it will be diagnosed in a few days."

This is their first child, full of endless expectations and love, destined to be different.

Thinking of the excitement in the afternoon, Yu Zheng was worried about hurting the child, and asked anxiously: "Do you feel uncomfortable?"

"No." Jiang Shu yawned.

Although Yu Zheng was drugged, he still had his sanity and was very restrained and careful. Except for his legs and hands, Jiang Shu did not feel any other discomfort.

Yu Zheng was relieved after hearing this, and kissed Jiang Shu's forehead skillfully, and said softly: "Go to sleep."

In the dark, Jiang Shu rested her head on Yu Zheng's arm, and Yu Zheng gently stroked her back to coax her to sleep.

The next day, the weather was gloomy and cold.

After the morning court, Yu Zheng went to Zhongling Palace and told Concubine Yu and the emperor about the incident of Wozhirou.

"Someone in the palace actually bought such a banned drug privately!" Concubine Yu was shocked.

The emperor was also surprised and immediately asked Concubine Yu to investigate.

Concubine Yu Gui hesitated and said, "The Empress is the master of the six palaces. She should investigate this matter."

The emperor snorted coldly, "She has always disliked you, and she dislikes Zheng'er even more. If this matter is handed over to her, she may just do it perfunctorily in the end. If things go wrong, she may even take revenge for personal reasons and maliciously ruin Zheng'er's reputation."

"This..." Concubine Yu Gui frowned after hearing this.

Judging from the Empress's temperament and behavior over the years, she really did it.

"Okay, whether you respect her or not, she can't live in harmony with you. Why bother to curry favor with her? You will investigate this matter." The emperor made the final decision.

"Yes, I obey your order." Concubine Yu Gui responded solemnly.

This matter concerns Yu Zheng, and she can't cross the line and displease the Empress. She must investigate it thoroughly.

For all parents, children are the bottom line that cannot be touched.

"I heard that the 綜指柔 is strong and domineering. Are you in good health?" Concubine Yu Gui asked Yu Zheng with a face full of panic.

Yu Zheng said with a frown: "No problem, I have something to deal with in the mansion, so I'll take my leave first."

The emperor and Concubine Yu Gui did not stay.

After leaving the palace, Yu Zheng went straight back to the palace, but as soon as he entered the mansion, he noticed that the atmosphere was wrong.

"What happened?" Yu Zheng asked Steward Mo.

Steward Mo said in fear and trepidation: "Someone died."

Yu Zheng's dark eyes immediately sank when he heard this, and he asked in a cold voice: "What happened?"

Steward Mo said in a panic: "Early this morning, the guards opened the door to let Old Man Ding out, but found that Old Man Ding was lying naked on the ground, bleeding all over the floor, and had been dead for a long time."

Old Man Ding was the old servant who voluntarily took the 綜指柔 yesterday and spent a night with Ruixue.

"Where's Ruixue?" Yu Zheng's eyes were filled with murderous anger.

Manager Mo said, "She's dead. She smashed the teacup, killed Old Man Ding with the fragments, and then stabbed herself in the neck."

Yu Zheng asked angrily, "What are the guards outside doing? Didn't they hear such a loud noise when the cup was smashed?"

"This..." Manager Mo choked and said truthfully, "When we went into the room to check, we found broken porcelain pieces on the bed. Ruixue must have wrapped the teacup in the quilt and smashed it."

There was almost no sound, so the guards outside naturally couldn't hear anything.

Judging from the coldness of Old Man Ding's body, he should have died before dawn. Old Man Ding was tired and was in a deep sleep at that time. He was killed in his sleep and died unconscious.

The guards outside the house had been on guard all night, so it was inevitable that they were lazy and missed the opportunity. When they opened the door in the morning, the two people in the house were already cold.

"Humph! She is smart." Yu Zheng snorted angrily, his expression difficult to read.

Steward Mo bowed and stood still, not daring to speak.

After a while, Yu Zheng asked, "Does the princess know about this?"

Steward Mo said, "I haven't reported it to the princess yet."

"Well." Yu Zheng's brows relaxed, and he said in a deep voice, "Take five hundred taels to give to the family of old man Ding and bury him properly."

A low-ranking servant only had a monthly salary of two taels, and five hundred taels was a huge sum of money.

Besides, he volunteered last night.

Five hundred taels!

Hearing this number, Steward Mo's eyes flashed, and he replied respectfully, "Yes."

At the end, he asked again, "What about Ruixue..."

Yu Zheng frowned in disgust, "Bury him farther away."

After speaking, Yu Zheng walked back to the main courtyard.

Jiang Shu had already gotten up and washed up, waiting for Yu Zheng to come back for breakfast.

Seeing Yu Zheng come in with a serious look on his face, Jiang Shu asked, "Why did you come back so late today?"

Yu Zheng said, "I went to my mother's place after the court session, and was delayed for a while."

The two of them went into the inner room while talking, and Jiang Shu brought Yu Zheng some casual clothes to change into.

Hearing Yu Zheng say that the case was brought to the palace and handed over to Concubine Yu Gui for investigation, Jiang Shu was a little surprised.

A little Ruixue was actually linked to the case of banned drugs in the palace, which was really terrifying when you think about it carefully.