"I can stay, but you all have to cooperate with me in the investigation. Can you do that?" Gu Xin didn't even let Gu Shouxin persuade her before turning to ask the envoy from Nanlin.
"I can accompany you, Princess, but I wonder if your country has female coroners?" The envoy from Nanlin asked after a moment's hesitation.
"Sorry, not at the moment," Gu Xin said without hesitation.
This is in the capital, and the inn is full of people and eyes; she won't let Zheng Qiu's identity be exposed.
Even if it weren't in the capital, she wouldn't let Zheng Qiu reveal her identity unless Zheng Qiu wanted to.
The envoy from the south was in a dilemma again.
At this moment, a man from the Kingdom of Jia Cang ran over and spoke a few words to the deputy general who was standing there.
The deputy general stepped forward and said to the envoys from Nanlin and Dongzhe, "Our general said that if you want to find out the truth, it's best to cooperate with Lord Gu and Princess Xinxin. If you don't cooperate, our people from Jiacang won't say anything when we return. So, you make the decision yourself!"
The deputy general of Jiacang Kingdom was as tall as Shi Mu. Having followed Shi Mu for a long time, he had even learned some of his expressions and demeanor, making him look somewhat intimidating.
In any case, the envoy from the east took two steps back to distance himself from him.
This isn't about their Dongzhe princess getting into trouble, so it has nothing to do with him.
Shi Mu's injuries were similar to Cheng Huaijin's. He was unable to move and was still lying in bed, so he couldn't come over in person.
Anyway, Prince Tian Tian from Dong Zhe's side didn't show up. As someone of the same level as Prince Tian Tian and Princess Nan Lin, there was no need for him to come. He only sent his deputy general.
His demeanor as a deputy general was far more imposing than that of the envoys from the south and the east.
Ultimately, considering his own safety upon returning to Nanlin, the envoy from Nanlin agreed to Gu Xin's request.
Gu Xin immediately took Zheng Qiu to Princess Nanlin's room.
The Southern Lin envoy's last act of defiance was that he could only allow Gu Xin and Zheng Qiu to enter, and he refused to let other officials from the Dali Temple, such as He Gang and He Qiang, go.
Gu Xin could agree to this.
Gu Xin instructed He Gang and He Qiang to stop their good brothers from questioning everyone at the post station, asking what they had been doing since Princess Nanlin returned to the post station after the day's competition, and whether anyone else had come to the post station.
They didn't just ask the people of Nanlin, but everyone in the post station, including the missions from the Western Regions who were staying there.
This was a huge workload, but He Gang and He Qiang didn't delay. They assigned people to different tasks and started working.
Gu Shouxin, accompanied by officials from the Ministry of Rites, chatted with the envoys from Nanlin and Dongzhe, as well as the deputy general from Jiacang. He did not interfere with Gu Xin's investigation.
After entering the room, Gu Xin asked Princess Nanlin's two personal maids to stay, and asked everyone else to leave.
"After you found the deceased, did you move anything in this room?" Gu Xin looked around and found no signs of a struggle. On the contrary, it was very clean, and even the cups were neatly arranged.
“Reporting to Princess Xinxin, we did not touch anything, nor did Lord Jiang and the others after they came in. We immediately found the head of the post station, notified the Ministry of Rites, and then notified the Court of Judicial Review. Before Princess Xinxin and Lord Gu arrived, only the two of us were in the princess's room. When the people from Dongzhe and Jiacang tried to come in, Lord Jiang stopped them,” one of the maids replied.
She tried to remain calm, but upon closer inspection, it was noticeable that her hands were trembling slightly.
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