General Ying's soldiers had already received orders to obey Princess Xin Xin's every command, so even though such a big thing happened here, they made sure that no one in the other courtyards of the Bai family knew about it.
As for the people in the Taizhou government office, they dared not say a word.
So much so that, apart from the people in Bai Shijie's courtyard, no one knows that Bai Shijie is dead. When they saw the commotion outside the courtyard, they guessed that something had happened. Bai's second wife and third wife even thought that Gu Xin had found the murderer.
While she was looking for other people, Gu Xin went to the outer room of the study and asked someone to bring over Bai Zhengshi, the eldest madam of the Bai family, whose emotions had calmed down a bit.
Bai Zhengshi was Zheng Qiu's half-sister, the daughter of Zheng Qiu's stepmother, named Zheng Wei.
Zheng Wei is a year older than Zheng Qiu and is now twenty years old. But for a woman, losing her husband at twenty is a huge blow.
Her eyes were swollen from crying. When she saw Zheng Qiu in the morning, he looked familiar, but now she had no mind to think about where she had seen this coroner before.
"This humble woman greets Princess Xinxin!" Zheng Wei greeted Gu Xin upon entering.
"Please sit down, Grandma Bai!" Gu Xin nodded and pointed to the chair next to her.
"Thank you, Princess!" Zheng Wei walked over and sat down beside her.
"Grandma Bai, I asked you to come here because there are some things I need to ask you about," Gu Xin said.
"Please speak, Your Highness. I will tell you everything I know." As Zheng Wei spoke, she couldn't hold back her tears again.
"Please tell me, Grandma Bai, what has happened since you returned to your courtyard?" Gu Xin said.
Zheng Wei took out a handkerchief and wiped away her tears; her hands were trembling.
Gu Xin didn't urge her, and waited quietly.
"After returning to the courtyard, Yu Ge'er kept crying and fussing for some reason. I stayed in Yu Ge'er's room to coax him. After finally getting Yu Ge'er to sleep, I was also a little tired, so I went to sleep in Yu Ge'er's room."
“These past few days, because of my grandfather’s matter, my husband hasn’t been able to get a proper rest. Before I went to bed, I told Granny Cen to tell everyone not to disturb him unless necessary. I slept until sunset. If it weren’t for Yu’er waking up and crying, I probably would have gone back to sleep.”
"I had someone cook some food for Yu-ge in the small kitchen. After feeding him, I took him to the yard to digest. During this time, I asked my husband if he had woken up. A-yan said that he had been in the study and hadn't made a sound, so I told A-yan not to disturb him."
"Until the kitchen staff brought dinner, I handed Yu-ge'er over to Granny Cen and went to the study to find my husband. Then, in the study, I saw, I saw..."
Zheng Wei couldn't continue speaking. She remembered Bai Shijie's death and cried uncontrollably.
The Granny Cen she mentioned was the wet nurse of her son, Yu Ge'er, and A Yan was Bai Shijie's servant.
Besides these two people, there are four maids in this courtyard.
Once Zheng Wei's crying subsided, Gu Xin had the four maids summoned.
The four maids worked in pairs in the afternoon, and they didn't notice any suspicious people coming in or out, nor did they feel anything was amiss.
Because there is a child named Yu-ge in this courtyard, everyone has been very disciplined in their work over the past year or two. Since the young master is not awake, they have been very careful in their work and have been taking turns to stand around Yu-ge's room, ready to be assigned tasks at any time.
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