"No clue after so many days?" Mo Weixin frowned slightly, and a look of worry suddenly appeared on her face.

Seeing her like this, Xiahou Chongyuan suddenly spoke again, "Princess, the coroner's autopsy results are out. It is indeed as Qingxue said. The maid had already died before she fell into the water."

"Impossible!" Mo Weixin suddenly shouted, "Shuangshuang was fine that evening. It was only after she went out that night and met Song Qingxue that she was pushed into the pool and drowned! She must have bribed the coroner to lie for her!"

After hearing this, Xiahou Chongyuan felt inexplicably irritated. He narrowed his eyes slightly and said in a rather aggressive tone, "Why is the princess so sure that Song Qingxue is the culprit of this matter?"

"There was no one else on the bridge except her and Shuangshuang! I ran over immediately when I saw her, but unexpectedly, Shuangshuang was already dead."

Mo Weixin started to cry as she spoke, her tone also tinged with a bit of grievance, "Prince, don't listen to her one-sided story. Shuangshuang's death was strange. She served me all her life. As her master, I must seek justice for her!"

When Mo Weixin started crying, he became even more upset.

He said with a sullen face, "Don't worry, Princess. I will never protect anyone in this matter. Whatever the facts are, that's it."

He said this very seriously, but in Mo Weixin's heart it made her sweat.

She still feels guilty about this matter.

But in order to get rid of Song Qingxue, she had to take this risky move.

She couldn't let Song Qingxue stay.

This woman has seriously threatened her position in Chongyuan's mind!

She tried her best to calm her emotions, then smiled gently, "Since Chongyuan has promised me, I am naturally relieved. Okay, remember to eat something when you are hungry. I won't disturb you from doing your work here."

"Um."

Mo Weixin left with an empty lunch box, but she felt more and more anxious as she walked.

No, we can't just sit there and wait for death!

Otherwise, if Xiahou Chongyuan investigates the case and leads her to it, everything will be over!

Thinking of this, she quickened her pace and walked back.

She had to quickly send someone to find the man who hired the murder for her, and tell him to hide well and not get caught by Xiahou Chongyuan's men!

Song Qingxue did not lie. There was indeed an assassin in the palace that night, and she asked Su Qing to hire the assassin.

When she hired the killer, she really wanted to kill Song Qingxue.

Of course, it was because Su Ruqian had a younger brother like Su Qing that she had such thoughts.

She originally wanted to use Su Qing to hire a killer. After Song Qingxue died, the prince would definitely find out that the case was Su Qing, and eventually Su Ruqian could be dealt with as well.

This is a great way to kill two birds with one stone. Thinking of this, she began to plan to assassinate Song Qingxue.

Speaking of which, the Su family is really committing evil.

The Su family has been a scholarly family for generations, but they gave birth to a gambler like Su Qing.

He loved gambling too much, and in the past his parents would give him some silver to make up for the loss. But later his gambling addiction became more and more serious, and his parents could not make up for the loss. When they wanted to seek help from their relatives, they were just sent back with a dozen taels of silver.

So his parents got so angry that they simply kicked him out of the house and no longer cared about his life or death.

Because of a lot of debts, Su Qing was kicked out of the house and was always troubled by people from the gambling house.

The people in the gambling house are not easy to deal with. No matter if he used to be a young master of the Su family, if he can't pay back his debts, he will use his uncontrollable gambling hands to pay for it.

He was extremely scared and had no choice but to come to Su Ruqian.

Although Su Ruqian has a bad temper and is stupid and mean, she loves her younger brother Su Qing inexplicably.

When Su Qing came to her, she gritted her teeth and took out her savings of many years to pay off his gambling debts. Since then, Su Qing came to Su Ruqian every month to ask for money.

But the money Su Ruqian gave him every month was not enough for him to gamble.

Mo Weixin took advantage of the fact that gamblers love money, and secretly spent a large sum of money to ask Su Qing to work for him.

The killer was hired by Su Qing, and the only person he had met before was Su Ruqian.

Even if the truth is finally revealed, the responsibility will not be attributed to her.

Su Ruqian is indeed a good scapegoat.

Although she had made sufficient preparations, Mo Weixin was still very nervous.

He waited in the house for the person who had gone to look for Su Qing to come back and report. He waited anxiously for most of the day, but all he got was the news that Su Qing had been taken back to the palace.

"What!" Mo Weixin's heart sank when he heard Qingqing say that Su Qing was taken to the palace.

She hurried towards the study, but when she reached the door, she suddenly stopped.

Because she heard Su Ruqian's voice coming from the study.

"Your Highness! What did Aqing do wrong that you have to bring him back like this?" Hearing this voice, Su Ruqian seemed to be crying very sadly.

Hearing the sound, Mo Weixin slowed down his pace, walked to the wall and listened quietly to the movement inside.

Xiahou Chongyuan sat in front of the desk, his face extremely gloomy: "Su Qing, I want to ask you, where did you go on the eighth day of the first lunar month?"

Su Qing knelt in the middle of the study, trembling all over.

"I, I...I came to look for my sister."

"What do you want to see her for?"

Without waiting for Su Qing to answer, Su Ruqian quickly said, "He came to ask me for money!"

"Yes, yes! I came to ask my sister for money."

Xiahou Chongyuan had long known that Su Qing was a gambler, and he also knew that Su Ruqian had been giving him money, so it made sense for him to say so.

After a pause, he asked again: "Did you really come to the palace to see the concubine that day just to get money?"

"Yes! Yes!"

"So where did you go after leaving the palace?"

"I, I, I went to the gambling house." Su Qing lowered his head even more and bit his lower lip timidly.

"Really?" Xiahou Chongyuan's eyes turned cold, and his tone became sharper.

"Really...really..."

"Do you know what the punishment is for the crime of deceiving a superior?"

Su Qing just lowered his head and dared not say a word.

"Your Majesty, Aqing is still young and doesn't understand anything..."

Su Ruqian pulled his sleeve, trying to plead for her brother.

Then Xiahou Chongyuan ignored him and continued to ask, "Su Qing, did you really go to the gambling house that day?"

"Yes, yes, after leaving the palace, I went to the gambling house."

"Since you are so sure, why did I find out about your trip to Mingyue Pavilion that day?"

"I...I..." Su Qing, who was already stuttering due to fear, couldn't even utter a complete sentence after hearing this.

"Ming Yue Pavilion?" Su Ruqian glanced at Su Qing with disbelief in her eyes, "You've been to Ming Yue Pavilion? What were you doing in a place like that?"

Even though she lived in seclusion for many years, Su Ruqian had heard of Mingyue Pavilion.

In that kind of place, entering is a matter of life and death.

What was Su Qing doing in that kind of place? Besides, what did his going to Mingyue Pavilion have to do with the prince?

Su Ruqian was confused and suddenly remembered that on the night when the girl died, Song Qingxue said she saw the assassin.

Could it be that the assassin is from Mingyue Pavilion?

How much does this matter have to do with Mingyue Pavilion?

Su Ruqian's mind was full of questions. She was afraid that Su Qing was really related to the girl's death.

If it was just an ordinary maid, it wouldn't matter, but that maid belonged to Mo Weixin. If she insisted on pursuing the matter, then it would be a big deal!

Su Ruqian was extremely worried and didn't care about etiquette. She grabbed Xiahou Chongyuan's clothes tightly and kept pleading for Su Qing.

"Your Majesty! You must be very careful! Although Aqing loves gambling, he is not a bad person by nature!"

Xiahou Chongyuan glanced at her unruly hands and immediately became unhappy.

"Concubine, you have overstepped the line." His voice was cold, without a trace of warmth.

Su Ruqian let go in fear.

Although Xiahou Chongyuan usually didn't ask her much, she didn't dare to challenge the authority of the Regent easily.

"Your Highness..." She knelt obediently beside Xiahou Chongyuan, looking up at him with her eyes wide open, as if she would not give up until she got a positive answer.

Su Qing had just been brought in not long ago, and he had only interrogated her for a few sentences when Su Ruqian came running over. Therefore, up to now, he had not really been able to get any useful information from her.