"Who sent you to Yunwu Courtyard?" Xiao Yanchu asked calmly.
Hu Qing looked at Li Mama with sympathy, hoping that the prince would punish her less severely because she had taken care of the young prince.
Unlike Hu Qing, Li Mama didn't understand the prince as well. Hearing that the prince wasn't angry, she assumed he believed her and quickly said:
“Princess Fengxi came to the manor to visit the Dowager Consort this morning. After returning home, she discovered that the jade pendant bestowed by the Emperor was missing, so she asked this old servant to help look for it in the manor.”
Princess Fengxi has only visited two places in the manor: Yilan Courtyard and Yunwu Courtyard. So, this old servant brought people to search, and that's how we found this place.
"The jade pendant has been found?" Xiao Yanchu coldly glanced at Granny Li and asked in return.
"No, not yet. Perhaps it's been left somewhere else. This old servant will look for it again in a bit." Granny Li was a little guilty.
The jade pendant was indeed there, and it was in Granny Li's arms; the princess had already given it to her.
Li Mama originally planned to deal with Su Ruojin and then pretend to find the jade pendant in some corner of the mansion to complete her mission.
Xiao Yanchu looked up at Su Ruojin and saw the girl with her arms crossed, leaning against a pillar. There was no sign of panic on her face. She just looked at him with amusement.
This girl...
Xiao Yanchu felt a little amused and exasperated. Despite being targeted like this, she didn't seem to care at all. He wondered if she was just carefree or truly fearless.
Or perhaps it's complete trust in him...
Thinking about this possibility made Xiao Yanchu feel a little better.
Hu Qing inexplicably felt that the temperature around the prince had risen.
What's going on?
Xiao Yanchu instructed, "Hu Qing, interrogate everyone who has entered Yunwu Courtyard in the past two days to find out who buried this witchcraft doll here. Doctor Su and her maid do not need to be interrogated."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Granny Li was completely stunned. How could this be different from what she had expected? Why was the prince interrogating them instead of Su Ruojin?
Thinking of the interrogation methods used by the guards of the Prince's mansion, Granny Li's body trembled involuntarily:
"Your Highness, we are innocent! Your Highness, this old servant was only ordered by the Princess to find the lost jade pendant. Why is Your Highness interrogating us? Doctor Su, the witchcraft doll has Doctor Su's birth date and time. Doctor Su is the one who should be interrogated. Please, Your Highness, investigate thoroughly."
The maids and servants who had come with Granny Li were now terrified and kowtowed, begging for mercy: "Your Highness, we only came with Granny Li, Your Highness, we didn't know anything, Your Highness..."
Xiao Yanchu looked at the people kneeling on the ground and said calmly, "The Prince's Mansion has no need for traitors."
Hu Qing shook his head. Regardless of what these people had done or not, they could no longer stay in the Prince's mansion.
For the sake of Princess Fengxi, they followed Granny Li and made a huge fuss in the mansion, completely forgetting that this was the Regent's Mansion, not the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion.
Xiao Yanchu ignored these people and walked to Su Ruojin's side: "You're not worried at all."
Su Ruojin glanced at him: "Your Highness, how much do you despise yourself?"
If he couldn't even see through such a clumsy attempt at framing, then Su Ruojin would really start to doubt whether he was a mere regent in name only.
"Your Highness, Princess Fengxi isn't very bright," Su Ruojin remarked.
The story begins with the search for Princess Fengxi's jade pendant. Su Ruojin doesn't believe that Princess Fengxi isn't involved in this.
Xiao Yanchu chuckled: "That's right, none of them are as quick-witted as Ajin."
Hiss~
Comparing her to Wei Yinshuang?
"Your Highness, why does it feel like you're swearing at someone?"
No, I was complimenting you.
......
Xiao Yanchu followed Su Ruojin back to the room: "I heard you went to examine Mother today? What was the result? Can Mother's illness be cured?"
Xiao Yanchu had originally wanted Su Ruojin to examine Consort Jiang's pulse, but there had been a lot of things going on in the palace these past two days, and besides, Su Ruojin had only just arrived at the Prince's residence, so he didn't bring it up.
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