Chapter 154 A Small Request
Xu Chuchu shivered for no reason.
"Oh, right, the Grand Master winked at me!" She told Xiao Yu about what the Grand Master had just done when he threw his hands and shook his head at her. "He must have known we would be suspicious of him, so he distanced himself from us in advance. I don't know if he was telling the truth."
"The Grand Master? If he knew that the pool of water was an energy pool, it's normal for us to suspect him." Xiao Yu pondered, "But I don't think today's incident has anything to do with him."
"Why?" Xu Chuchu asked curiously.
"The Grand Master never participates in the struggle for the throne. Strictly speaking, he never interferes in state affairs," Xiao Yu explained. "That's why he's been able to enjoy the Emperor's unwavering favor for so many years. Killing the Empress and supporting the Crown Prince would only harm him in every way. No matter what his purpose is, it's not worth it."
"The same goes for Chen Zhaozhi," he added, "He and the Grand Master have always been in cahoots. He came out to disrupt things today, and I'm afraid he's targeting me."
"Hmm..." Xu Chuchu muttered, "Court affairs are so complicated."
Xiao Yu laughed: "It's not complicated, it's just that you have never come into contact with them before and don't understand them."
"To uncover the truth of this case, we must start with the people around the queen," he analyzed. "How did they get to the pool? What unusual behavior have they had recently? And search her palace."
"Wouldn't it be convenient for us to investigate the case, Brother Shao?" Xu Chuchu finally reacted and said happily.
Xiao Yu leaned closer helplessly: "...I was just about to say this, could you not be so affectionate?"
He remembered overhearing other people's thoughts at the banquet and hearing that Shao Mingjie had feelings for Xu Chuchu, but he didn't know whether it was true or just his own hallucination.
"Brother Shao is also affectionate?" Xu Chuchu blinked, "Then how about I call you Brother Xiao, is that affectionate enough?"
"Naughty." Xiao Yu couldn't do anything with her. "Forget it, forget it. You can scream as much as you want. Let's go to the Dali Temple first to see what's going on."
"Wait." Xu Chuchu held him back.
"What's wrong?"
Now it was Xu Chuchu's turn to feel helpless. She tugged at Xiao Yu's collar and said, "Your clothes are all soaked and sticking to you. Don't you feel uncomfortable at all? And you're still running around."
Xiao Yu looked down and realized that he was still wearing wet clothes: "Oh, it's been a while and I forgot."
He did not feel embarrassed by Xu Chuchu's scolding reminder. Instead, he felt a sense of joy at being disciplined and cared for.
"Then let's go back to the palace first. I'll change my clothes and you can rest for a while," he said.
"Okay." Xu Chuchu agreed.
The two of them then headed towards the palace.
The people in the palace were very efficient. When they arrived, the rooms for all the court officials who had to stay overnight had already been allocated and prepared.
Because Xu Chuchu was previously introduced as a fortune teller, not a servant, and because she presented gifts and appeared in front of the emperor, she was arranged to live in a separate place and was not asked to live with other maids.
"Master Xiao, clean clothes have been prepared for you and placed by the bed." The palace maid said in a shrill voice, and then said to Xu Chuchu, "Xiangshi Xu's room is next door."
"Thank you, eunuch." Xu Chuchu said politely.
"Oh, it's my duty. You are too kind, Minister Xu." The palace maid retreated with a smile.
"I'll wait for you outside." Xu Chuchu said to Xiao Yu, "Once you're done changing, we'll go straight to the Dali Temple. I'm not tired, so I won't rest."
"Okay, then you sit in the yard for a while." Xiao Yu stepped into the room, turned around and saw several officials living next door chatting not far away, and the action of closing the door paused obviously.
"Don't wander around," he warned. "There are all kinds of people in the palace now. Some of them might be watching us."
"Okay." Xu Chuchu nodded.
"If someone tries to talk to you, ignore them. They all have an agenda."
"knew."
"besides……"
"Ayu!" Xu Chuchu knew he was worried and laughed dumbly, "If you keep talking, the clothes will dry themselves."
Xiao Yu pursed her lips, smiled silently, and closed the door.
As a result, he just closed it and opened it again by himself.
"Chu Chu." He called her over somewhat awkwardly and asked in a low voice, "When we get married in the future, will you change my clothes for me?"
Xu Chuchu didn't expect him to suddenly change the subject, and her face turned red.
"What are you talking about!" She put her hands on her hips, "Isn't this changing of clothes Ah Fu's job? Why are you asking me to do it?"
"...Isn't it possible? Just a small request." Xiao Yu's eyes dimmed.
He felt a surge of longing as he imagined Xu Chuchu using her soft little hands to undress him.
Xu Chuchu couldn't stand this pitiful look, so she said, "Well, once or twice is fine, but don't think about it for a long time. I can't let Ah Fu lose his job!"
Xiao Yu was immediately overjoyed: "Once or twice is fine, just pick our wedding night, the wedding night..."
"Okay, okay!" Xu Chuchu pushed him directly into the room and slammed the door shut. "Hurry up and change!"
Xiao Yu knew that she was shy, so he didn't expose her and just changed his clothes obediently.
He moved quickly. After taking off his wet clothes, he simply wiped them dry, put on clean clothes, and hurried out. It took only an incense stick of time.
I opened the door and saw Xu Chuchu sitting in the yard, and I breathed a sigh of relief.
...As long as you're still here.
Then the two went to the Dali Temple to find Shao Mingjie.
Shao Mingjie was extremely busy at the moment, but when he saw Xiao Yu and Xu Chuchu suddenly arriving, he was so excited that tears welled up in his eyes.
"Good brothers, you are finally here. If you don't come, I will send someone to invite you!"
"Do you want to record the confession?" Xiao Yu asked.
"What's the point of recording a confession, my dear brother?" Shao Mingjie was still as impatient as before. He led the two men to a corner and said in a hoarse voice, "Help me investigate the case! Help me investigate the case! The emperor actually asked me to investigate such a big case alone. I have no clue at all!"
Xiao Yu and Xu Chuchu smiled at each other. This was good, exactly what they wanted.
"Stop laughing!" Shao Mingjie whispered, "Brother Xiao, for the sake of our long-standing friendship, please tell me first, is what you said to the Emperor today true?"
Seeing his anxiety, Xiao Yu couldn't bear to tease him anymore and said seriously, "It's not true. We saw the queen jump into the water with our own eyes, but there was a misunderstanding at the time and we didn't have time to save her."
"What?! She jumped herself?" Shao Mingjie's jaw dropped to the ground. "Why would the Queen want to commit suicide? And she chose the Emperor's birthday specifically. Does she have some deep hatred with the Emperor?"
"That's what I want to ask you," Xiao Yu said. "Have you come up with the results of your interrogation? How did the Queen get from the Imperial Garden to the pond alone? Has she made any unusual moves these days?"
"I've interrogated all the maids in the Queen's palace, but I haven't found any clues."
Shao Mingjie told Xiao Yu that the queen left in the middle of the banquet, saying that she was going to change clothes - in fact, she just wanted to go to the nearby palace to relieve herself, but calling it changing clothes was a better way to say it - and she was accompanied by a team of palace maids and a nanny.
After solving her personal problems, the queen lay down on the couch and told the nanny that she was tired and wanted to rest for a while, and asked the servants to wait outside.
After about two quarters of an hour, the nanny was afraid that the queen had overslept and that the emperor would be unhappy if she had been away from the table for too long, so she went into the room to call her.
When he went in, he found the room was empty and the queen was no longer lying on the bed.
The nanny and the palace maids searched the palace for a while and found that the back door of the palace was open. Only then did they realize that the queen had sent everyone away and left through the back door alone.
They did not dare to delay and went back to report to the Second Prince.
The second prince was worried about the queen, so he immediately made a fuss and let everyone at the banquet know about it. Everyone started looking for the queen all over the palace.
Then what happened next happened. The second prince found himself near the pool and ran into Xiao Yu and Xu Chuchu who had just fished the queen out.
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