Liu didn't come back for three consecutive days.
However, Marquis Wu'an and Shen Nian returned home as usual and attended the morning court again.
Everyone in the mansion is now confused about what is going on.
Although Liu didn't come back, she didn't know the specific situation.
But Marquis Wu'an and Shen Nian went to the morning court every day as if nothing had happened.
So is this a problem or not?
The atmosphere in the mansion suddenly became turbulent!
Just when everyone was still speculating, Captain He brought the Imperial Guards to the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion again and took Chen Ke away.
This made the already tense atmosphere even more tense.
The old lady also temporarily stopped them from paying their respects and only told everyone to stay in the yard for the next few days and not run around.
This whole thing made everyone panic.
Chen Ke never came back on the day she took him away.
In fact, what they didn't know was that the emperor had found out the reason why he was assassinated on the way back to Beijing after offering sacrifices to heaven at Lingxiao Mountain. The mastermind behind this was none other than Lady Liu, the wife of the Marquis of Wu'an.
When Captain He found out about this, he was a little bit unconvinced. He always thought that a minister or a royal prince wanted to assassinate the emperor and seize the throne.
So during this period of time, I have been secretly investigating these officials, trying to find out who is behind the scenes.
I never thought of it as a woman!
That's why it took so long to come back.
The emperor naturally didn't believe it, but the results of the investigation forced him to believe it.
The reason why Wu'an Hou and Shen Nian were not detained was because they believed that they would not do such a heinous thing.
But why would a woman like Liu want to assassinate her?
The emperor couldn't figure it out, and for the sake of Marquis Wu'an and Shen Nian, he didn't surround Marquis Wu'an's mansion, but just asked Captain He to quietly take the people away for questioning.
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