The Qingzheng carriage left the south city gate and headed towards the suburbs.

Although Jiangcheng City is small, it also has its own unique geographical characteristics.

For example, there are many restaurants and inns in the east of the city, with pavilions and towering houses, making it a wealthy area.

As soon as you go out to the west of the city, you will see endless wasteland and woods, with simple small villages hidden in the middle.

Going out to the south of the city is even more depressed.

This is Xia Qianqian’s first time coming to Chengnan.

This is like a distribution center for small industries.

Not far from the city gate, there is a suburban street.

The small handicraft workshops on the street are one after another, which is dizzying.

Blacksmith shop, carpenter shop, carving workshop, sword making and defense...

This is where all the hardcore stuff is produced.

"Why did Aunt Xia live here?" Xia Qianqian was puzzled.

"She had a distant niece and her husband who were making a living here. When she fell ill, she came to seek refuge with them."

"Oh!"

The carriage drove around the street for a while and came to the door of a dilapidated courtyard.

Xia Qianqian jumped off the carriage and looked around. There were low houses, dilapidated courtyard walls, and chimneys with thick smoke everywhere.

Their carriage arrived unexpectedly, attracting many children to chase and watch.

The clothes on the children were in tatters and were either too wide or had short limbs, making them ill-fitting.

Xia Qianqian felt sad in her heart.

I used to wear ill-fitting clothes, just like them.

Fortunately, Li Yunniang is diligent and the clothes don't fit, so she cuts them to fit herself.

No matter how ragged their clothes were, they were still clean and clean.

While I was stunned, the door opened and a person stepped out. When he saw everyone, he was obviously very surprised.

"Slave to see Your Highness."

It’s the girl in charge of cleaning Ziwei Pavilion, Cuilan.

"Let's go see Aunt Xia, you lead the way." Ji Zimo said.

"Yes!"

The two of them followed Cuilan inside.

There was a low yard with some farm tools placed at the base of the wall. The house was low and the doors and windows were broken. An old woman's soft call came from inside the house, "Cuilan, who is here?"

Cuilan walked a few steps, got into the side room, and whispered a few times.

There was a rustling sound in the house, and then an old woman stepped out tremblingly, supported by Cuilan.

As soon as the man walked out of the door, he knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Highness, the slave's residence is vulgar. If you come here, you are really destroying the slave."

"Get flat."

Ji Zimo did not move, but his eyes signaled Cuilan to help the old woman up.

Aunt Xia looked around, trying to find a clean place for the distinguished guest in front of her to sit down.

But if you take a closer look, you will see that no place here can afford the people in front of you.

"Your Highness, I'm here..."

"Don't be anxious. Your Highness will stand here and leave after asking a few questions."

"Your Highness, please speak!"

"Have you been doing errands in Ziwei Pavilion?"

"Yes. Ahem... Actually, the old slave is the old man of Yunlan Villa."

Aunt Xia said one word and took a few breaths: "When Yunlan Villa was built, I was assigned here to be responsible for managing and cleaning Yunlan Villa. The slave's owner is His Highness."

"Ahem... After that, His Highness gave Yunlan Villa to the princess, and the slave became the princess's servant."

"The princess had no time to manage the villa, so she gave the slaves to Mrs. E, who helped manage all the affairs of the villa."

It turns out that this Aunt Xia has been working at Yunlan Villa.

Xia Qianqian stepped forward slowly, "Mom, you are not feeling well. I happen to be a doctor. Can I take your pulse?"

Aunt Xia glanced at Ji Zimo, then at Xia Qianqian, and said politely, "What are you talking about, girl? If a girl can follow His Highness, she must be a noble person, and it is a slave's blessing to be able to be diagnosed by a girl."

"Okay!"

Xia Qianqian looked around.

Cuilan had a look and hurriedly moved a table and some stools from somewhere else.

Aunt Xia sat down and put her hands on the table.

After Xia Qianqian took her pulse carefully, her heart was filled with confusion.

The things in the pond are very poisonous.

This Aunt Xia has been in contact with her for a long time, and her body is already riddled with holes. There is no room for maneuver.

She stopped her hand and took out a small porcelain bottle from her shoulder bag, "Mommy is weak and suffers from bone pain every night. This medicine can save you from pain. It's a pity..."

She likes to tell the truth, "Mommy's body won't last long."

Aunt Xia smiled sadly, with a look of relief on her face, "When I reach this age, I have already taken life and death lightly."

She raised her eyes and looked at Ji Zimo, "It is my honor to see His Highness for the rest of my life. If I die and see Concubine Shu underground, I might as well tell her how Your Highness got rich."

God is handsome."

"Do you know my mother-in-law?" Ji Zimo frowned and clenched his hands into fists under his sleeves.

That year, his mother-in-law died of illness, and the emperor dismissed all the maids in the palace because they were not in good hands.

And he was taken away by his old nanny and lived in a manor outside the capital for a long time.

It was also during that time that he met Xia Chi.

Aunt Xia stood up tremblingly, then knelt down again, and kowtowed deeply, "Slave, Xia Chunlan, the maid of Yanxi Palace, please see Your Highness."

Xia Chunlan, this name is very familiar to him.

When he was a child, the first thing he did when he came back from the Prince's Academy was to rush into the Yanxi Palace, throw himself into the arms of his mother and concubine, and say coquettishly: "Concubine, I'm hungry, I want to eat chestnut cake."
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At that time, he was still growing and felt hungry every day.

The mother-in-law always stroked his hair with tenderness and called out: "Chunlan, go to the small kitchen and bring His Highness's pastries."

……

With the past events still fresh in his mind, Ji Zimo lowered his head and looked at the person kneeling on the ground.

"You raise your head."

In my memory, a young and delicate face gradually turned into a withered yellow face. The skin changed, and the light in the eyes went out, but the facial features of the face can still be seen as the playful little girl.

"Why are you here?"

Although the mother-in-law is in frail health, there are always a few months throughout the year where she stays in bed and needs medicine.

But her sudden death from illness has always made him worried.

Before, he had searched for the people around his mother and concubine, but found nothing.

After so many years, I never thought that I would meet someone here.

"Your Highness!" As soon as she spoke, Grandma Xia's eyes turned red, and pearl-like tears rolled down from the corners of her eyes. "Your Majesty, your Majesty did not die of illness, but she was murdered."

"Presumptuous!" Ji Zimo suddenly scolded harshly.

Over the years, he has been suspicious for a long time, but once someone pierced the window paper, it was difficult for him to accept such a reality.

If the mother-in-law was killed, why didn't the father find out? Instead, he dismissed the people around her and even banned him in a manor.

Why did he do this?

Do you know who the murderer is?
Chapter completed!