After a while, Chu Yong and Dong Hai came into the room and saluted Song Chengze first.
Chu Yong stepped forward and said, "I am incompetent and have put Your Highness in danger. Please punish me, Your Highness."
Song Chengze waved his hand, "It has nothing to do with you. I'm going to verify it. Are you all back?"
Chu Yong said, "One died and two were injured. Uncle Lu just checked them out and they're not seriously injured."
The Uncle Lu Chu Yong mentioned was Lu Jianzhou, a capable advisor to Song Chengze and a practitioner of the art of medicine. More importantly, he had saved Song Chengze's life more than once, earning him immense respect and esteem, earning him the nickname "Uncle Lu."
Song Chengze frowned upon hearing this, "No clues left, right?"
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. They are responsible for going out at night and have no ornaments or features on them."
Song Chengze nodded and said, "Even though he has no family, we should still try our best to find the body and bury it properly."
The people Chu Yong led, especially those who wore nightgowns and went out at night, were all unattached warriors. They were bought from orphanages or human traffickers and trained since childhood.
"Your Highness, how did you come back? The two people who followed you said that someone carried you to the roof." Dong Hai stepped forward and said.
"I was just about to tell you this." Song Chengze looked at Chu Yong.
"Please give your orders, Your Majesty."
"The one who saved me just now was Wu Hen. His Qinggong is very good. The martial arts of your subordinates are all good, but this Qinggong is a little lacking. You and Dong Hai can take a good look and see if you can pick out a few with good aptitude and let Wu Hen teach them later."
Chu Yong heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that it was Wu Hen who saved Song Chengze. "Yes, I will do it in the next two days."
Song Chengze hummed, "Let's find out tomorrow who lives in that house. And we must keep a close eye on those two people around Meng Hai."
"Do we need to catch them back?"
"No, that would alert the enemy. The second brother will definitely be on guard against what happened today. Although we covered up what happened just now, he will inevitably be suspicious when he comes to his senses. So, we must be careful about the first two things. Find someone unfamiliar to inquire. If that doesn't work, go to the iron shop and ask Lao Qi to find someone to do it."
Lao Qi is the person left to Zhou Yu by Zhou Yu’s mother, and Chu Yong should be it.
"Also, go discuss with Uncle Lu and find a way to find someone with an injured arm to dispel Prince Duan's doubts."
"Yes, but Your Highness, why did Prince Duan come here? How did he suspect you?" Dong Hai said in a deep voice.
Yes, it was a mess just now and he didn't have time to think about how he got here.
Judging from the time he returned, Prince Duan came straight from the south of the city to Prince Rui's Palace, and his purpose was very clear.
Could it be that I had left something there? That was impossible. There was nothing on that piece of clothing. It was just an ordinary piece of clothing.
What went wrong?
Song Chengze frowned and thought, then raised his eyes and saw the piece of cloth that Prince Duan had stuffed into his hand and that he had just placed on the table.
How could he have forgotten this? He walked over and picked it up, and it turned out to be a piece of cloth from the sleeve that Prince Duan had cut off.
Song Chengze flipped through the cloth. How could it be possible? Could Prince Duan have found him with this cloth? What was his intention in leaving it to him? Was it a warning or a threat?
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"Princess, have you been drinking?" Mother Liu helped Meng Qi over.
Hu Changsheng said to Mama Liu, "Please make a bowl of hangover soup for the princess."
Seeing Hu Changsheng about to leave, Yuan Yue stepped forward and grabbed his sleeve, saying, "Eunuch Hu, please tell me, what happened to the princess? Did she drink with the prince? Where is the prince? Why didn't you come back with her? Did you make the prince unhappy?"
Hu Changsheng waved his hand and said, "Young lady, please serve the princess first." Then he left.
Lixia gathered her cotton-padded jacket as she went upstairs. She watched Hu Changsheng walk out. After the two of them exchanged greetings, she said to Yuanyue, who was standing at the door, "The princess is back? What happened?"
Yuanyue took Lixia's hand and said, "Sister, please ask the kitchen to make a bowl of hangover soup for the princess."
Lixia exclaimed, but didn't ask any more questions. She went out and walked towards the back room.
In the east room, Meng Qi let Yuan Dong and Liu Mama change her clothes.
"Princess, how much did you drink? Your clothes smell of alcohol. Did you knock over a jar of wine?" Mother Liu asked repeatedly.
"I'm fine. The wine jar spilled. I didn't drink much. Don't worry. It's too late. Go to bed. Let Yuanyue come in."
Mother Liu breathed a sigh of relief as she watched Meng Qi calmly give the order, "Is the prince back?"
"I think so. Go ahead. You're not needed here. You can't stay up all night with your condition."
"Mom, go to sleep." Yuan Dong also said.
Mother Liu was so troubled by Meng Qi's incidents and was so worried that her heart started to suffer. If she didn't get a good rest at night, her heartbeat would be very strong the next day.
Seeing that Meng Qi insisted, Mother Liu said nothing more and retreated.
"The prince will be back soon, and we might have a quarrel. You should ask Xiaoman and Sanya to keep a close eye on the yard. If anyone leaves the yard while we are quarreling, you don't have to follow them. Just make sure to see where they go. Let Suxin and Lixia go together." Meng Qi thought to himself that there were still too few people available.
But she racked her brains and could only remember these three people who were useful in her previous life. She didn't have a deep impression of the other people in the palace. The ones she did have an impression of were from other courtyards. Perhaps they had been bribed by those people a long time ago.
"Why not find an opportunity and ask the Crown Prince's wife to find a few more for the princess?"
"Let's talk about it later. It's better to put more effort into the palace. It will be more convenient to handle things when you know everything about the palace."
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