When Nanny Gu arrived, Chu Qingluan hadn't gotten up yet. Zhixia happened to be passing by and saw Nanny Gu, who looked flustered. She asked her, "Nanny Gu? Aren't you in charge of the morning shopping? Why are you here at this time?"
Nanny Gu glanced towards Chu Qingluan's room, then approached Zhixia and lowered her voice and said;
"Miss Zhixia, I just saw something, and I don't know whether I should tell the princess--"
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After a moment, Zhixia frowned: "Did you really see it clearly?"
Madam Gu nodded, then shook her head. "The light is too dim, and I am not sure. I just think the figure is vaguely similar to General Pei. Oh, and he also rode a black horse."
Zhixia glanced in the direction of Hanzhuyuan and then fell into deep thought.
"I know about this matter. I will report the situation to the princess when she wakes up later. You can go and do your work first."
After sending Nanny Gu away, Zhixia asked the servants to prepare to wait for Chu Qingluan to get up.
But she did not tell Chu Qingluan about this. Firstly, even Nanny Gu herself could not confirm whether it was General Pei.
Secondly, she had a hunch that this matter might be related to Prime Minister Xie moving into the princess's mansion, and she planned to wait until it was confirmed tonight before telling the princess the news.
On that day, Chu Qingluan went to the Ministry of War to retrieve relevant information on the northern border's military equipment.
Since the assassin used Northern weapons, it was natural to retrieve the relevant account books of the weapons.
Pei Yuan took the arrow used by the assassin to the military camp and compared the patterns on it with the adhesive on the arrow feathers.
A day passed quickly, and when Chu Qingluan returned home after a busy day, he was told a piece of news that caught him off guard.
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