Before long, Suzhi found the steward under the pretext of delivering a letter. Suzhi respectfully handed the steward the letter that Qiuyun had just written, saying, "Reporting to the steward, this is the letter that I asked Qiuyun to write."
The housekeeper took the letter from Suzhi's hand, opened it, and checked it several times. "Did you watch her write this?"
"Yes, this servant would not dare to be negligent in the slightest." Upon hearing this, Suzhi nodded quickly.
Upon hearing Suzhi's words, the steward felt relieved. "You may go back and continue to watch over Qiuyun. If anything happens, I will call you back. You may leave now."
After Suzhi left, the steward dared not delay and immediately took the letter that Qiuyun had written to Hongzhou. However, when the steward arrived at Hongzhou's study, he found that Hongzhou was not there. After waiting for a long time in front of the study, the steward realized that Hongzhou had not yet returned from his duty in the palace, or that he was too busy with palace affairs.
However, the steward was still somewhat worried that Hongzhou might be in Wukuzha's courtyard at this time. But the steward did not want to go to the front yard rashly, since the prince had repeatedly instructed that everything should be done privately. So the steward went to the gatehouse to see if the prince had returned to the mansion.
"Has Your Highness returned to the manor?" Upon arriving at the gatehouse, the steward hurriedly asked the servant on duty.
"No, the prince's carriage that went to the palace today has not returned."
Before the steward could continue speaking, he heard the sound of horses' hooves at the gate of the Prince's mansion. The steward hurriedly came out of the gatehouse and saw Hongzhou alight from the carriage. Upon seeing this, the steward quickly went to greet him, "Your Highness..." Hongzhou knew from the steward's expression that the matter he had been asked to handle had been settled.
Before the steward could finish, Hongzhou interrupted him, saying, "Let's go back to the study and discuss this further."
"Yes." Seeing that this was not the place to discuss business, the steward quickly agreed and followed Hongzhou to the study.
Upon arriving at the study, Hongzhou ordered his personal attendants to stand guard outside the door, so only Hongzhou and the steward were inside. "Your Highness, this is the letter Qiuyun wrote on your behalf." After Hongzhou sat down, the steward handed the letter to him.
Hongzhou took the letter from the butler, got up and walked to the cabinet next to him, took out the letters inside, which were the three mysterious letters that Hongzhou had received before.
Hongzhou carefully compared the handwriting of the letter with the three mysterious unsigned letters he had received before. However, after careful examination, Hongzhou discovered that the letter was not written by the same person.
"It wasn't her after all..." From that moment on, Hongzhou suspected Qiuyun. When Suzhi found pen, ink, paper, and inkstone under Qiuyun's bed, Hongzhou became even more suspicious of Qiuyun's purpose in coming to the Prince He's residence. He wanted to confirm again whether Qiuyun was the one who wrote the letter, but the handwriting was not from one person. After investigating for a long time, he finally found some clues, but now the lead had indeed gone cold, and Hongzhou felt extremely disappointed.
Hongzhou slowly put down the letter in his hand, his brows furrowed, he pursed his lips and sighed, then slowly said to the steward, "Continue to have people secretly watch Qiuyun, and report back to me if there are any unusual movements."
"yes."
Meanwhile, Su Zhi's strange behavior today made Qiu Yun somewhat wary. Qiu Yun was currently out of favor in this mansion. The only person in the Prince He's mansion who could temporarily protect her was Madam Geng of Rongyi Courtyard. Therefore, after Su Zhi left, Qiu Yun didn't bother to rest and hurried to Madam Geng's room to continue to ingratiate herself with Madam Geng. Because only if Madam Geng liked her could she continue to stay in the Prince He's mansion.
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