After the children left, He Zhuo's face turned cold. Who instilled this kind of thinking in Xiao Zhenbao? He Zhuo had already cleaned out the people around her and Hong Yu twice before. He never expected that there would be such a malicious person who wanted to harm his child.
The sudden killing by He Zhuo was too much for even a seasoned old woman like Granny Shi to bear. She felt as if a mountain was pressing down on her, and her life and death were in the hands of the other party.
It's no wonder that Granny Shi thought that way. He Zhuo was a cultivator, so wasn't life and death just a matter of a single thought?
"Granny Shi," He Zhuo's voice was low and his eyes were lowered.
Granny Shi had already knelt on the ground, or rather, lay prostrate: "This servant has failed in my duties. I will definitely find the wicked person around the eldest princess and ask the princess to give me a chance to redeem myself."
He Zhuo personally helped Granny Shi up: "Granny, you are the head nanny of this courtyard, and it is possible that you are negligent sometimes. I usually think highly of you, but you know me, I value my children the most. If anyone lays a hand on my children, they will have to pay with their life."
Granny Shi's body trembled like a leaf; she had no choice but to tremble, as this oppressive aura was unbearable for ordinary people.
Granny Shi knew her master's extraordinary methods. Normally, as long as you didn't cross the line, she was easy to talk to, and she was just like that with the master. However, the children were her precious treasures and could not be touched.
If this old servant finds out that traitor is stirring things up, I'll make them taste my methods, Granny Shi vowed in her heart.
He Zhuo could tell from her expression that she had figured things out. Granny Shi had helped her a lot, and the steward had always been diligent, but recently he had become a bit arrogant, and He Zhuo was giving her a wake-up call.
Having seemed to have enough of a warning, the oppressive force was withdrawn, and Granny Shi instantly collapsed to the ground.
He Zhuo still gave Granny Shi face, worried that it wouldn't look good for her to go out like this. He called in a maid to help Granny Shi wash and tidy up.
As expected of someone from the Empress Dowager's palace, Granny Shi and Dong Hui quickly apprehended the instigating servant.
"Madam, we've found out. It was the eldest princess who overheard a maid saying that her father favored a vixen concubine, that her mother was murdered, and that she had no choice but to enter the palace as a servant," Donghui reported.
Granny Shi continued, "This happened at our banquet celebrating the founding of the mansion. There were many people and many eyes at the time, and we only found that the personal maid of Lady Niohuru of the Duke of Chengen's mansion had left, as well as the personal maid of the sixth princess of Prince Gong who left for a while. However, we cannot rule out that it was a man pretending to be a woman, or a nanny, aunt, or wet nurse pretending to be a maid."
He Zhuo also knew that this was difficult to investigate, and two months had passed, so it was already quite good that he had been able to find this much.
Later, there was Anu, the Mongolian maidservant who served the eldest princess. She spoke with the eldest princess, but it was only when they were talking together that she heard the words "fox spirit."
“This old servant had someone investigate this Anu and found that she had some dealings with Princess Xitala and Princess Wuya.”
He Zhuo snorted: "It hasn't been that long, and you've already forgotten about Su Lan? You seem to be quite carefree. Have you found out what those two princesses asked you to do?"
Granny Shi immediately knelt down; it seems the trauma from last time was too great for her.
He Zhuo quickly pulled her up and patted Granny Shi's hand: "Granny knows me. We have been master and servant for many years. What I value most is having children. Please don't hold a grudge against me. Only when we are of one mind can we live a good life together."
Granny Shi wiped the sweat from her forehead: "Don't worry, Madam, this old servant will do my best."
"We didn't find out what Anu was asked to do, but we did find out that Princess Xitala's maid treated her very politely. Princess Wuya even gave her a pair of gold bracelets, several boxes of rouge and perfume, and several pairs of pearl earrings."
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