In the letter, Bai Shijie mentioned that everyone else was well-intentioned, and it seemed that he had no complaints about anyone in his family. Gu Xin thought that he probably inherited this trait from his father.
There was only one person who made Bai Shijie feel melancholy, and that was his younger sister, Bai Shiying.
The melancholy for Bai Shiying was also mentioned this year.
This year, Bai Shijie has already written three letters, and less than half a year has passed.
The twenty-eight letters were the culmination of several years since the death of the Crown Prince of Donglin, but in the three letters written this year, Bai Shijie expressed his concern for his sister in every single one.
Bai Shiying was the fourth child in the Prince's mansion, but she was the first among the girls.
Like Bai Shijie, Bai Shiying was engaged early on, although it wasn't an arranged marriage.
Moreover, Bai Shiying had been engaged to three men. The first marriage was arranged by the Prince of Donglin when she was two years old, to the youngest son of a noble family in Taizhou Prefecture. However, an accident occurred when she was arranging the marriage last year. She was boating on the lake with a friend, drank some wine, and fell into the lake and could not be rescued in time.
Although the Crown Prince of Donglin had passed away, the King of Donglin was still alive and well, so no one dared to say anything.
The second marriage was arranged at the end of last year when the King of Donglin felt he was dying. He doted on his granddaughter Bai Shiying, just as he had doted on Bai Baozhu. So, he personally chose a husband for his granddaughter.
As a result, the King of Donglin survived, but his chosen grandson-in-law went to a brothel during the first month of this year and died there.
The King of Donglin was furious. He felt he had almost harmed his granddaughter, so he stopped arranging marriages for his child and even announced that Bai Shiying could marry the person she desired. If she didn't have a suitable person, her family would arrange a marriage. After the marriage, Bai Shiying had to agree. If she didn't agree, the marriage wouldn't be forced.
In early March, Bai Shiying actually took a liking to someone; she was attracted to his appearance.
However, Bai Shijie knew that this person was a hypocrite, and he had a big argument with Bai Shiying about it. The two siblings haven't spoken to each other for two months now.
Therefore, Bai Shijie was worried about his sister's marriage. As the eldest brother, he was like a father to his sister and couldn't do anything about it. So he could only write it down in his letters, hoping that one day his father would appear in his dreams and give him some advice.
Gu Xin just asked around, and the Crown Prince's wife said that Bai Shiying is not engaged. So, the matter has been put on hold. Bai Shijie must know that his sister has fallen in love with someone and is worried about it.
At present, these letters are of no help to the case, but Gu Xin still had them put away.
Meanwhile, Zheng Qiu already had the results.
The time of death was an hour ago, and the cause of death was suffocation. However, there was a small amount of poison in Bai Shijie's stomach. The poison was not fatal, but it could make him unconscious.
In other words, Bai Shijie first drank the poisoned tea, then fainted. His seven orifices were covered, and after he woke up and struggled, he suffocated to death.
There were human skin flakes under his fingernails, indicating that he must have scratched the assailant while struggling.
“If the seven orifices are covered, the two must have been facing each other. There was skin flakes on the deceased’s left hand, so the murderer’s right hand must have been injured!” Gu Xin said.
Zheng Qiu didn't answer, staring at the bits of skin she had picked out of the plate, feeling that something was off.
"Captain Gao, have the steward summon everyone from the Prince's residence over here. I need to see them in a quarter of an hour, including the Princess." Gu Xin immediately gave the order; with such distinctive features, they would be easy to find.
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