Just when Yun Shang and Luo Qingyan followed the housekeeper to the long corridor they had walked through before, they saw a woman dressed in bright red looking at them walking over.
Yun Shang felt that the woman looked familiar, but she never thought of who she was. Just as she was thinking about it, she heard the woman speak softly, "Chang'er." His eyes turned to Luo Qingyan beside Yun Shang, and Fang was startled.
Startled, he gently bent his knees and saluted, "Prince Rui."
Yun Shang paused slightly after hearing her voice, and suddenly realized in her mind that there was only one woman who could wear a bright red dress in this mansion today, and that was Hua Yutong, the new princess of the Seventh Prince, who had a close relationship with her.
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Yun Shang saw the housekeeper looking at Hua Yutong in confusion, and quickly stepped forward and took Hua Yutong's hand: "Yutong, why are you out?"
Hua Yutong smiled slightly, but her delicate face that had not yet taken off her makeup was slightly pale, and her body was trembling slightly, "I was resting in the new house just now, and I heard the servants in the mansion talking about Concubine Liu.
I thought that even though Concubine Liu and I had never met, it was a kind of fate that she could marry into the house on the same day, so I wanted to come over and have a look." After saying that, he looked at Yun Chang again, and then said with some hesitation, "Shang
Is your son going to go too? You are pregnant now, and I am afraid you will feel a little uncomfortable smelling the blood. And although there are no corpses, there are bloodstains everywhere in the courtyard, and it looks like a hell on earth."
Yun Shang smiled and listened to the first half of Hua Yutong's words, but suddenly frowned when she heard the last sentence, "No body? Why?"
Hua Yutong was stunned for a moment, then said, "There is no body in Concubine Liu's courtyard? The adults from the Criminal Department were a little strange in the courtyard just now. They didn't see the corpse. Why was the housekeeper so sure that it was Concubine Liu and Concubine Liu in the courtyard?
Was his servant killed?"
Yun Shang and the housekeeper both frowned. Although Yun Shang had not personally entered the courtyard, the secret guard had clearly reported the situation in the courtyard.
"That's not right. The old slave went into the yard earlier. The yard was littered with corpses. The old slave only glanced at the door and didn't dare to step in again. How could it... suddenly disappear?" the housekeeper hurriedly spoke.
After hearing what the housekeeper said, Luo Qingyan turned around and looked at Yun Shang's expression, then said in a deep voice, "Let's go and have a look in Concubine Liu's yard."
Yun Shang hurriedly followed up. When Hua Yutong saw this, he only pondered for a moment, and then followed him a few steps. He walked to Yun Shang's side, took Yun Shang's arm and whispered, "Shang'er, the seventh prince is okay.
Alright?"
Hearing this, Yun Shang remembered that the Seventh Prince fainted when he was getting married to Hua Yutong. Regardless of whether Hua Yutong represented the power of Duke Hua, Hua Yutong was just an ordinary person.
A woman also hopes to be happy. The Seventh Prince is now her husband. She is naturally very worried. However, because their ceremony has not yet been completed, she may feel that the name is not right and the words are not correct, so she cannot
Dare to ask anyone in the Seventh Prince's house at will...
Thinking of this, Yun Shang smiled and nodded and said: "The Seventh Prince has woken up. He is still a little weak, but he is not seriously injured." After a pause, he lowered his voice and said, "Although he is still here.
Something unexpected happened at the wedding hall, but now your name is also written in the royal jade certificate. You are the legitimate Seventh Princess, and the Seventh Prince is your husband. If you are worried, you can ask directly.
You can even just look for the courtyard where the prince lives and have a look."
Hua Yutong lowered her head and nodded, but she was still a little nervous just looking at it.
Yun Shang patted her hand comfortingly and said with a smile, "You are also a princess now. You have to act like a princess, but don't let others bully you."
Hua Yutong raised her head and smiled softly at Yun Shang, "Can I often go to your house to talk to you in the future?"
"Of course you can." Yun Shang said with a smile, "It just so happens that I have been grounded by the prince because of this baby in my belly during this period, and I am not even allowed to leave the house easily. If you come to chat with me, I don't know
How happy I am."
The two of them talked in a low voice before arriving at the door of the previous courtyard. Yun Chang sniffed it gently. The smell of blood was lighter than before, but it still made Yun Chang couldn't help but frown.
Luo Qingyan turned her head and glanced at Yun Shang, with a bit of worry in her eyes. She pondered for a moment and then said softly, "Is it uncomfortable?"
Yun Shang shook her head slightly and saw a green figure hurriedly walking out of the yard, it was Li Qianmo.
Yun Shang came back to her senses and suddenly remembered that since the witchcraft doll incident, the Minister of Punishment had an affair with Princess Tai'an. Soon after he was dismissed from his official position, she asked Li Qianmo to find a way to take over. Later,
Slowly, he was replaced as the Minister of Justice.
Since she is Li Qianmo, she doesn't have to worry about someone deliberately setting the blame on her.
Yun Shang thought, Li Qianmo had already arrived in front of them, bowed and said: "I have met Prince Rui and Princess Rui."
Luo Qingyan nodded, was silent for a moment, and then said: "No need to be polite, what did you find?"
Li Qianmo pondered for a moment and then said, "There are only a lot of blood stains in the courtyard and a bloody knife. There is nothing else."
The housekeeper hurriedly said, "When the servants of the mansion discovered that something happened in the courtyard, they saw many corpses lying in various places in the courtyard. Concubine Liu, who had just entered the mansion, and her dowry servants were all among them, as well as other servants.
He is a servant sent by the palace to serve Concubine Liu. Because today the new princess and concubine entered the palace together, and something happened in the wedding hall, Concubine Liu was ignored and was not discovered in time..."
"Corpse?" Li Qianmo paused slightly, "I just checked in the courtyard for a long time and found no trace of moving the body. And if it was discovered later, why didn't the murderer move the body away before he was discovered?
, but you only went to great lengths to remove the body after it was discovered?"
Yun Shang frowned. Li Qianmo's words also made some sense. If he was the murderer and his goal was achieved by killing someone, why would he take the risk of removing the body? And there are so many corpses, under the blue sky and white sun, just like that.
It was moved away so easily and no one saw it? But there was indeed a corpse in this courtyard before, so why did it suddenly disappear?
Yun Shang pondered for a long time, and after thinking about it, she felt that there was only one possibility, that is, the seventh prince ordered people to kill all the people in the courtyard, but because the queen ordered Li Qianmo to investigate the case, Li Qianmo was not something he could control.
He was afraid that Li Qianmo would find out something was wrong, so he asked for his life and had the body removed.
"Since we're already here, let's go in and have a look." Yun Shang said calmly.
Li Qianmo responded, stood up and stepped aside. Luo Qingyan turned around and walked into the yard, holding Yun Shang's shoulder, and whispered, "If you feel any discomfort, don't force it."
, this matter has nothing to do with us."
Yun Shang nodded and stepped into the courtyard with Luo Qingyan.
The yard is not small. There is a garden at the entrance. There are many orchids and chrysanthemums planted in the garden. There is a rockery in the middle. After the rockery, there is a small pond. There is a big tree beside the pond. Under the tree, there is a small pond.
There is a stone table, and then there is a row of rooms.
Starting from behind the rockery, the smell of blood suddenly became stronger. Puddles of blood could be seen everywhere on the ground and stone tables. Even the water in the pond near the shore was stained with scarlet red and blood stains.
It spread all the way to the door of a room in the row of houses with a happy character posted on it.
Yun Shang took a closer look and found that the courtyard was indeed very clean, so clean that almost nothing was left except for the blood stains.
There was no trace that Yun Shang ordered the secret guards to arrange it so cleanly.
Yun Shang followed the blood stains all the way to the door of the house, then turned around and said, "Is this the house arranged for the concubine to live in?"
The butler nodded and said, "Yes."
Yun Shang nodded and stepped into the room. The room was different from Yun Shang's imagination. She originally thought that everything in the room should be red, but when she walked in, she realized that everything in the room should be red.
It's new, and it exudes a faint smell of paint, which blends with the scent of pine nuts in the room, making it slightly pungent. However, there are no red candles or bright red quilts, only the ones that were clearly made just now.
Several small boxes with happy words were posted on them.
When the housekeeper saw Yun Shang's eyes falling on those boxes, he quickly said, "These are the things Liu Fangfei brought."
Yun Shang opened the boxes. There were four boxes in total, two boxes were for clothes, one box was for books, and one box was for daily use.
Yun Shang casually flipped through the contents of the box and closed the box.
Perhaps it was because today was only Concubine Liu's first day in the house, so there was nothing else in the house and it was very clean.
Yun Shang scanned the entire room. Probably because the smell in the room was not that good, she just took a quick look and hurried out the door.
When Yun Shang left the house, Luo Qingyan followed him. As soon as Luo Qingyan came out, the others came out too.
Yun Shang calmed down a little, then turned to look at Li Qianmo, "I wonder why Mr. Li Shilang came here to find us?"
When Li Qianmo heard this, his eyes seemed to glance at the housekeeper behind him, and then he said: "I just looked around the courtyard and found no clues. I really have no clue. I heard that Prince Rui and Princess Rui are here.
Then I thought that Prince Rui and Princess Rui might have some insights, so I took the liberty of asking the housekeeper to bring them over."
Seeing Li Qianmo's appearance, Yun Shang knew that he must have something to say, but due to the presence of the housekeeper, she pondered for a moment before saying, "I don't feel very well. I felt a little uncomfortable as soon as I entered this courtyard. It's really nothing."
That’s easy to talk about.”
Li Qianmo pondered for a moment before nodding, "It's because the lower official was rude." (To be continued)
