"She has a personal vendetta against me, and her testimony cannot be trusted!"
"Oh." I didn't believe it.
"She was bribed by Liu Shiyuan and Aunt Pan a long time ago. She betrayed me when she was at home. Now that she has been driven away, she betrays me again. People like her have absolutely no bottom line!"
"Heh." She's a traitor. He should just crush her to death!
"Hubby~ Why do you always answer me with one word? What did He Xiang say to you?"
"It's said that you and Liu Shiyuan met under the moon, drank fine wine, and discussed poetry..."
"Puff" Qin Qingyao sprayed salt soda all over Dugu Yu's face. Dugu Yu looked at her with a wooden face. He always felt that this little girl was taking revenge on him for saying just one word!
Qin Qingyao hurriedly helped Dugu Yu wipe his face. She was really shocked. He Xiang should know very well what the former Third Miss Qin had done with Liu Shiyuan. Why did she make up stories on the spot instead of stating the existing facts?
But when I think about it carefully, Miss Qin San and Liu Shiyuan didn't do anything at all. She just let him into the yard, accepted his little gifts, listened to his sweet words, and seemed to have held his hand...
Pooh!
Dugu Yu carried Qin Qingyao to the study, looked at her with a deliberately stern face, and asked seriously, "Come, tell me, what poems did you discuss with your cousin?"
Qin Qingyao, "Ploughing the fields at noon..."
"Shut up!"
Qin Qingyao curled her lips. She was planning to recite a poem seriously, so she just let it go if he didn't want to listen.
In fact, Dugu Yu didn't take what He Xiang and Liu Shiyuan said seriously at all, because He Xiang's words were completely irrelevant and she couldn't even explain clearly what Qin Qingyao liked, and Liu Shiyuan was just making up stories with his eyes closed. How could he believe it?
He just didn't expect that Lin Xiafeng would actually plot against him behind his back and sow discord between him and Qin Qingyao. He didn't expect that there was such a big secret hidden in Wangjiang Tower.
Qin Qingyao had said before that Wangjiang Tower was Prince Duan's territory, so he wasn't allowed to go there. Otherwise, discussing things there would be no different from shouting on the street.
He felt that Qin Qingyao was prejudiced against Prince Duan, so she always thought the worst of him.
But now it seems that the pure, innocent, kind and gentle Lin Xiafeng in the past can't stand him doing well, and Ling Jingxuan, who is upright and honest in front of others, has set up a partition in the private room to eavesdrop on other people's conversations.
These two people really acted well, very sophisticated!
And he was just a big fool who was fooled by the two of them!
Dugu Yu hugged Qin Qingyao and buried his head in her neck, not letting her see his face. His nose felt cool as it rubbed against her neck.
Qin Qingyao was stunned for a moment. Why did she feel that this person didn't seem angry, but rather aggrieved?
Qin Qingyao patted the back of Dugu Yu's head and smoothed his hair, "What's wrong with my husband?"
Dugu Yu didn't say anything and just held her still.
Qin Qingyao suddenly realized that whenever Dugu Yu held her like this and didn't allow her to look at his face, and didn't say a word or move a muscle, he was clearly just acting coquettishly!
Qin Qingyao covered her mouth and laughed secretly, without asking him what he had heard during his trip out. Anyway, as long as it did not affect the relationship between them, it didn't matter.
Qin Qingyao stopped disturbing him and combed Dugu Yu's hair while humming a song.
The whole time, she was humming with only a nasal sound, without any lyrics, so Dugu Yu didn't know that she was humming the hypnotic song that almost all mothers would hum when they put their children to sleep, "Little Swallow, wearing a flowery dress, comes here every spring..."
Liu Shiyuan, this idiot, didn't know why Lin Xiafeng was looking for him until the end. After leaving Wangjiang Tower, he was so inflated and elated that he didn't go home, but went to find his friends who he usually brags with.
In less than an hour, many people knew that Liu Shiyuan had become the lover of Lin Xiafeng, the sixth lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the most beautiful woman in Yulin City!
This word came from Liu Shiyuan's own mouth.
The literal meaning is a person who has a close relationship or participates in a secret together, but in reality, saying that a man is a woman's lover, it feels like...
Everyone who heard it thought that Liu Shiyuan was bragging. He had previously boasted about his status in the Qin family and said that he would be the son-in-law of Minister Qin.
Now Miss Qin San has become Princess Wuling, and not only did the Qin family not even marry a concubine's daughter to him, they also kicked him out of the shop and forbade him to interfere in the Qin family's business.
It made him a laughing stock on the streets.
He has only been well behaved for half a year, and now he has his eyes on Miss Lin Liu again. He is so bold!
Although Liu Shiyuan is shameless, he still cares about his reputation.
He told the truth without letting anyone doubt him, and in a moment of excitement, he confidently told the story of how Lin Xiafeng invited him to the Lin family for dinner, and how he took him to Wangjiang Tower in the afternoon for a single man and a single woman to meet, adding all the details to the story with exaggerated meaning.
"Let me tell you, you probably didn't know there was a secret compartment in Wangjiang Tower!"
"That small compartment isn't even wide enough to fit a bed, but it's absolutely secretive. No one else would easily discover it. Miss Lin brought me in for a secret meeting. Do I need to brag about the depth of their affection?"
"There really are cubicles in Wangjiang Tower?"
"Why would I lie to you? If you don't believe me, buy me a drink tonight and I'll take you to see it! And by the way, take a look at the bench where Miss Lin and I sat, so you hungry guys can pay your respects!"
Liu Shiyuan raised his eyebrows, looking vulgar and gangster-like, trying desperately to let others use their imagination and fully misinterpret the degree of intimacy between him and Lin Xiafeng.
After all, he and Lin Xiafeng did sit on benches, but not one, but two, with a wide table in between.
Saying that there is not even enough space for a bed is just a deliberate attempt to seduce other people's evil thoughts and make those toads who can't eat swan meat like him collectively pay attention!
Everyone agreed to go out for drinks in the evening and see the small compartment that Yoo Shi-won mentioned, but in the end no one showed up because Yoo Shi-won didn't show up when the time came.
Everyone dispersed with laughter, thinking that the rascal was bragging again and they were afraid to confront him.
But at the same time, the prefectural government received a murder case, and the deceased was Liu Shiyuan.
On the tenth day, Qin Qingyao and Dugu Yu stayed in bed together and didn't get up until mid-morning to have breakfast.
Just after taking two bites, Zhao Jinghan came to report, "Your Highness, Princess, the prefect, Lord Zhao, is here to visit. He said he has something important to discuss with Your Highness and is already waiting in the front hall."
"Prefect? What did you say?"
Zhao Jinghan glanced at Qin Qingyao, then lowered his head, "I heard that Liu Shiyuan died."
Qin Qingyao and Dugu Yu exchanged a glance, each face filled with surprise. Liu Shiyuan was dead? Why would the prefect come to the palace after he died? Could it be that his suspicions were related to the Wuling Palace?
Dugu Yu reached out and rubbed Qin Qingyao's head. "Eat first, I'll go take a look. Don't let your imagination run wild."
Qin Qingyao nodded. She didn't think too much, because according to the original plot, Liu Shiyuan should have died long ago. What surprised her was that he was still alive and had more roles to play for himself.
But in the original plot, he was executed because he dared to elope with the newly married princess, but how did he die here? Why did it even alarm the prefect?
When Dugu Yu met with the prefect, Lord Zhao, he asked directly, "How did he die?"
Lord Zhao, "Drowned."
"So the prefectural government suspects he was murdered by someone else rather than accidentally falling down on his own?"
"Exactly. The coroner performed the autopsy and found no river water in his lungs or stomach. So, someone first covered his mouth and nose, suffocating him to death, and then threw him into the river."
"when?"
"In the afternoon or evening of the eighth day."
Dugu Yu was very sure that the person who was talking to Lin Xiafeng in the compartment at Wangjiang Tower on the afternoon of the eighth day of the first lunar month was Liu Shiyuan. Could it be that he died as soon as he came out?
Who did it? Lin Xiafeng? Not to mention whether she was such a ruthless person, even if she had the courage, she didn't have the strength to smother a grown man like Liu Shiyuan!
Besides, why did she want to kill Yoo Shi-won?
"Your Highness? Your Highness, have you thought of anything? If you have any information, please feel free to share it with me. I hope you will help me solve the case as soon as possible, bring justice to the Liu family, and allow the people of this city to celebrate the New Year in peace."
It’s really unlucky in the first month of the year.
"Since Lord Zhao has come to me, I believe he has prepared some questions. Just ask whatever you want. I will never hide anything I know."
"Thank you, Your Highness, for your generosity. However, I have another unwelcome request. I wonder…"
"What?"
"I wonder if you could ask the princess to come out and see me. I have something to ask the princess."
"Zhao Jinghan, go and ask the princess to come out."
"yes!"
Qin Qingyao didn't feel like eating alone. She couldn't eat anything after cramming a few bites. When Zhao Jinghan came to call her, she ran to the living room in front.
"Master Zhao!"
"Your humble servant greets the princess!"
"Master Zhao, there's no need to be so polite. If you have something to ask me, just ask."
As Qin Qingyao spoke, she walked to the chair next to Dugu Yu and sat down. When she was almost next to him, Dugu Yu naturally reached out and held her hand. After she sat down on the chair, he personally poured her a cup of tea.
"Why are you in such a hurry? Take your time."
Lord Zhao has been in the officialdom for twenty years. He has seen all of this and has already calculated the importance of the princess in the eyes of the prince. He speaks with a little more respect and courtesy.
"When I was visiting the deceased's friends, I learned that he had come to the palace to pay New Year's greetings on the eighth day of the first lunar month. I wonder if this is true?"
Qin Qingyao said, "That's true, but I really hate him, so I didn't let him in. I wanted to kick him out, but the Sixth Miss of the Lin family kept chattering in front of me, and I got so annoyed that I just threw him back to the Lin family!"
Lord Zhao, “…”
Dugu Yu was helpless. The suspect hadn't even been identified yet. Why were you so eager to let people know that you hated Liu Shiyuan? Stupid girl!
"Just as the princess said, Liu Shiyuan was taken out by the palace guards before he could even enter. He then went to the Lin family and had lunch there. In the afternoon, he went to Wangjiang Tower with the Sixth Miss of the Lin family."
Lord Zhao's face was filled with shock. "How did the prince get these details?"
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