After Song Qingxue returned to her room, she looked at the dart for a long time.

Finally, after dawn, she found Xiahou Chongyuan again with a dart.

"This dart was thrown in by the assassin last night. I want to find out where it came from."

She looked at the dart carefully many times last night and found a crescent shape on it.

Generally, those who make this kind of weapons will not print such strange shapes.

Based on her experience of watching so many TV dramas, this dart must be the identification symbol of some organization.

Xiahou Chongyuan took the dart, looked at it, and said, "Mingyue Pavilion."

"What?"

Xiahou Chongyuan pointed to the bright moon symbol on the dart and said, "This is the mark of the Bright Moon Pavilion."

Last night, Song Qingxue took out this dart and showed it to him by the lake, but because it was too dark at night, he only took a glance and couldn't see anything, so he didn't take it seriously.

Now when I look at it again, I find a crescent moon mark engraved on the dart.

A famous assassin organization of the Dongyue Dynasty, it belongs neither to the underworld nor to the imperial court, and has remained neutral for many years.

This organization has always only recognized money and not people.

So the question is, who hired the killer?

He had dealt with people from Mingyue Pavilion before, and basically would not stop until blood was shed.

Xiahou Chongyuan felt that this matter really needed to be thoroughly investigated.

When it comes to Mingyue Pavilion, it's not just a matter between Song Qingxue and Mo Weixin.

"Is Mingyue Pavilion an organization?" Song Qingxue searched her memory and found that this thing did not exist in the original owner's memory.

“A place where you exchange your life for money.”

"Oh." A killer organization.

She was right!

"Then this..." Song Qingxue pointed at the dart in Xiahou Chongyuan's hand, trying to hint him to return it first.

However, Xiahou Chongyuan put away the dart and said, "This matter is very strange. I will temporarily leave this dart with me and deal with it after I find out the truth."

"Okay then." Song Qingxue didn't particularly need this dart.

She came with a dart, intending to use Xiahou Chongyuan's men to investigate the assassin's background.

Now that Xiahou Chongyuan had directly told her the assassin's origins, it didn't matter whether the dart was in her hand or not.

But she still needs to inquire about Mingyue Pavilion.

…

The people sent by Xiahou Chongyuan soon got the news.

"Your Majesty, someone said that Miss Shuangshuang left the palace yesterday. I investigated further and found that she just went for a walk on the street, bought two bags of candied fruit and returned to the palace. There was nothing unusual during her stay."

"Have you found out why she left the house?"

"It is said that the princess felt that her mouth was bland and wanted to eat the preserved fruits from the Yunpianfang in the West Market, so she was asked to go out and buy some."

"Has Shuangshuang done anything unusual since she returned home?"

"Reporting to the prince, the maid in the wing room said that she seemed to be a little unwell after returning yesterday. After putting down the candied fruit, the princess let her go back to her room to rest."

"Feeling unwell?"

She was not feeling well during the day, but Mo Weixin took her out for some fresh air at night?

This is somewhat unreasonable.

Although there are some noble ladies in the capital who never consider the health of their servants, Mo Weixin is not such a person.

Thinking of this, Xiahou Chongyuan asked again: "When the princess went out last night, did anyone else see her?"

The person kneeling down to report the situation lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said, "It seems not. It was already midnight, and most people in the mansion were asleep."

"Um."

After listening to all the clues reported by this person, Xiahou Chongyuan asked him to go down and then called Lin Xian in.

"Your Majesty."

Xiahou Chongyuan gave the dart that Song Qingxue brought to Lin Xian and said, "Ask Lin Shu to check if anyone has been to Mingyue Pavilion recently."

"yes!"

Lin Xian is the leader of his guards. He is generally responsible for managing and assigning all the guards under him, ensuring the daily safety of the palace and his travel safety.

Lin Shu is the leader of a group of secret guards he trained, who are used to collect various intelligence and deal with major events that the guards cannot handle.

These two men are brothers, both of whom are his right-hand men, but because of their personalities, they entered two different departments.

One is in the open, the other in the dark, but both are loyal to Xiahou Chongyuan.

They entered the palace when they were eight years old, and have been following Xiahou Chongyuan ever since.

Over the years, he has been recognized by Xiahou Chongyuan and has been given important positions.

No one knew who leaked the news, but the murder in the palace spread to the entire capital city in an instant.

Walking on the street, you can hear people talking about this everywhere.

Many people are saying that Song Qingxue has been arrogant and domineering since childhood and has never taken human life seriously.

Some also say that she is a witch.

They said that she had been neither good at literature nor martial arts since she was young, so how come she suddenly knew medicine? She must have been possessed by a man-eating monster, and then used her identity as a princess to kill people at will.

However, within a short period of time, Song Qingxue's image was completely demonized. People said that she was violent by nature and that she was possessed by evil spirits. Amidst these insults, a piece of news also quietly spread in the market.

I don't know who started the rumor, but when it finally reached Xiahou Chongyuan's ears, the story had become - the prince had divorced the princess!

Xiahou Chongyuan was completely stunned.

"When did the king divorce the princess?"

He muttered to himself, and found it extremely funny in his heart.

However, she did not try to stop the spread of the rumor, so the rumor became more and more outrageous.

In just a few days, the rumors had spread uncontrollably into the palace.

When the emperor and the empress dowager heard the news, they immediately summoned Song Qingxue and Xiahou Chongyuan into the palace.

"Uncle, I've heard some rumors recently. Are you and Aunt all right?"

Xia Houle asked while observing the two of them.

He likes this imperial aunt very much.

She has a lovely personality, excellent medical skills, and comes from a military family with good physical fitness. He can't let his uncle get angry because of this kind of imperial aunt who is hard to find even with a lantern.

Xiahou Chongyuan had heard all kinds of strange versions of the story, so he knew what he meant, so he said concisely: "No divorce."

"So, are there any conflicts?"

“Neither do I.”

Xia Houle nodded, "Then what about the rumors outside that the Queen's aunt killed someone?"

Xiahou Chongyuan said: "A murder did happen in the palace."

"What's going on?" I thought it was all rumors, but I didn't expect it to be true.

But then again, if this matter didn't really happen, how could it have caused such a stir?

Xiahou Chongyuan said with a serious face: "The one who died was Princess Changle's personal maid, but according to the princess's confession, she saw the princess push the maid into the pool with her own eyes."

"Uncle! Do you believe this?" Xiahou Le stared, "Just because Mo Weixin said so, you believed it?"

Although Xia Houle is young, he has seen Mo Weixin lying with open eyes many times.

And no one knows what’s wrong with his uncle, he always favors that woman!

"She is not a good person, uncle. Your eyesight is really not working well."

He had wanted to say it a long time ago, but he never had the chance. He simply couldn't understand why his uncle would become stupid and blind in front of that woman!

To say that he likes Mo Weixin is not necessarily the case.

Over the years, the three of them had met each other quite often, and he had carefully observed the emperor's uncle's attitude towards Mo Weixin.

At best it can only be described as respect, and it has nothing to do with romantic love.

When Xiahou Chongyuan heard him say this about Mo Weixin, his face immediately darkened and he said, "Your Majesty, speaking ill of others behind their backs is not a gentleman's style."

"But she is not a good person." Xia Houle was a little unwilling.

He never tells lies with his eyes open!

"Without evidence, you can't make a rash judgment."

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about her." Xia Houle turned away with an unhappy look on his face, walked back to the chair and sat down, then said: "Then how is the emperor's uncle going to deal with this matter? Just let those people outside spread rumors about the emperor's aunt?"

"Find the truth first, and we can discuss the rest later."

"Tsk!" Xia Houle was a little annoyed, "By the time you find out the truth, your aunt's reputation will be ruined!"