After reading Lu Zheng's report, the emperor shook his head and sighed repeatedly. Then he said, "Old Fuzi, send someone to tell Lu Er and Xin Xin not to rush, to take their time, and to make sure they find out the whole story of the maid's plot to harm the princess. As for Lu Si and Prince Tian Tian, tell them to leave them alone and let things take their course. It's all up to them."
Eunuch Fu bowed and agreed, then went outside to find the young eunuch.
The person who delivered the report earlier returned immediately after delivering it, without waiting to see if the emperor had any further instructions. After all, since the morning, Lu Zheng had been sending someone to report on the progress almost every half hour.
At the post station, Lu Zheng and Gu Xin exchanged a helpless glance after hearing the eunuch's message.
Okay, they admit that the Emperor did want to investigate the case, but more than that, he definitely wanted to hear gossip about the Southern Kingdom.
If the princess's personal maid wanted to harm the princess, it wouldn't be for her own sake; she would definitely be an enemy of Dragon Pearl.
Moreover, Gu Xin had asked around and found out how old A-Lu and A-Yin had been with Princess Longzhu'er since they were a few years old. In other words, it is very likely that someone in the Southern Kingdom had arranged for people to be by Longzhu'er's side a long time ago.
Of course, there is another possibility, which is that the maid betrayed them halfway through, but this possibility is relatively small.
Just like Lu Zheng, almost none of the people he placed in the Duke's mansion were defectors; they were all planted in the early stages.
After the eunuch left, Gu Xin sent someone to invite several envoys from Nanlin.
"Princess Xin Xin, General Lu, have you found any clues? Has the murderer been caught?" The highest-ranking official, Lord Jiang, asked impatiently as soon as he arrived.
He was the envoy most concerned about this issue, because if the murderer couldn't be found, he would bear the greatest responsibility upon returning.
“I have some clues for now. However, Lord Jiang, I would like to ask you some questions about your Southern Lin royal family and Princess Longzhu’er’s character. I hope you can cooperate in answering them,” Gu Xin said.
"Ah..." Lord Jiang was taken aback, then asked with some doubt, "I can understand asking about the princess's usual character, but why ask about the royal family? Is this related to the princess's murder?"
"Could it be that the murderer is one of our own?" After asking the question, Lord Jiang immediately realized what was going on.
“It’s not certain yet, but we can’t be sure. So, I need to know anything about Princess Longzhu’er. I ask for your cooperation, Lord Jiang.” Gu Xin didn’t confirm that it was either Ayin or Alu. After speaking, she looked at the other envoys, “If any of you gentlemen have any information that Lord Jiang hasn’t mentioned, you can add it. I have no other intentions. I just want to solve the case as soon as possible. The more information we have, the better it will be for the progress of the case.”
After a pause, Gu Xin continued, "Our Emperor has already sent people to inquire about the case; he is very concerned about it."
After discussing it with several other officials, Lord Jiang decided to cooperate with Gu Xin.
Since the coroner has already performed an autopsy, what else is there that we can't cooperate with?
We just hope to find the murderer as soon as possible so they can bring him back to confess; that would be the best thing for them.
Finally, after discussion, everyone unanimously decided that Lord Jiang would tell Gu Xin about the royal family of Nanlin and Princess Longzhu'er.
Gu Xin left behind a minor official from the Ministry of Rites and a yamen runner from the Court of Judicial Review who was responsible for recording cases.
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