“Everyone is a suspect, so we must find out where everyone is.” Gu Xin answered as before, and then asked, “After Uncle Zhong discovered the prince’s body, you and your siblings were the first to arrive. Did you smell anything suspicious in the secret room?”
Master Bai shook his head: "Princess, my little sister is talking nonsense. She's being paranoid about a strange smell, but none of us brothers smelled anything. Does that mean her nose is good while ours is bad? Besides, in that situation, who would pay attention to strange smells? My sister is just trying to imply that there's something wrong with my second brother. My sister has always doted on Shijie, and when Father suddenly changed his mind, Shijie didn't say anything, but my sister couldn't stand it. How can a married woman like her interfere in her family's affairs?"
When Master Bai spoke of Princess Baozhu, his face was filled with anger and disdain.
Gu Xin was now certain that the Second Master Bai and the Third Master Bai had switched identities. In other words, the person in front of her was the Second Master Bai, and he was trying his best to imitate the Third Master Bai's personality.
It's not fair to say they tried their best; they've probably switched partners quite a bit over the years, almost seamlessly.
I heard that even her family members can't tell the difference. If she were to say it now, the two of them would probably deny it no matter what.
Another point is whether the two might switch identities and enter each other's courtyards one day. That would be too absurd for the Bai family. I wonder if the two ladies know about it.
Gu Xin sneered: "So what if she's married? Does that mean she's no longer the princess's daughter? Now that Princess Baozhu's biological father is dead, what's so strange about her having suspicions? But you brothers, Third Master Bai, don't you have any suspicions at all? The princess said that you and your father have a very good relationship."
Suppressing his anger, Master Bai said, "Does a good father-son relationship mean that just because the father dies, the son must believe he was murdered? Who killed him? What was the motive? Was it for the position of heir apparent? Who cares about that position? Staying in Taizhou Prefecture for life, unable to even go to the capital without an imperial edict, let whoever wants that position take it!"
Gu Xin looked Bai Sanye up and down and felt that what he was saying at this moment was quite true.
The man in front of me, Master Bai, is the second son of the Bai family. If Princess Baozhu finds the murderer, then the position of heir apparent will belong to the second son of the Bai family. Since the King of Donglin is dead, the second son of the Bai family can directly inherit the throne of the King of Donglin.
But it seems that the person in front of him really doesn't want to, and is neither the type to back down or pretend to be Master Bai when he says these words.
It's as if they're using Master Bai's reckless nature to express their own dissatisfaction.
Could it be that the second son of the Bai family really doesn't want the position of heir?
If that's the case, then the position of heir apparent cannot be used as a motive for murder.
Gu Xin interrupted her analysis. Perhaps the second son of the Bai family did this on purpose? The second son of the Bai family was obviously smarter than the third son. He noticed the account book as soon as he entered the door, but only glanced at it and didn't look at it again. He probably already knew that she knew about their identity swap and deliberately said this to confuse her thinking and make the case more complicated.
After all, this person is capable of pretending to be someone else for years, and his acting skills are far superior to those of the third son of the Bai family who just appeared.
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