All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

Mrs. Xie pursed her lips and looked at him, tears welling up in her eyes.

Mu Huai'an pulled his sleeves out of the old lady's hand in disappointment, "This person is the murderer who murdered Queen You'an, my grandson must take him to the Beiya and hand him over to His Highness the Crown Prince, only in this way can His Highness treat Mu This is the real aftermath.”

"Hehe..." Wu Erda chuckled, "Young man, if you want to catch me, you have to weigh it up, whether you have the ability."

Mu Huaian smiled coldly.

This time, he stopped talking nonsense with Urda, and directly reached the back of Urda's neck, and was about to lift his collar——
However, as soon as Mu Huai'an brought up his inner strength, he suddenly felt light in his head, as if a cloud of fog had risen.

Even the scene in front of him was rippled like the surface of a lake thrown into by stones.

Mu Huaian shook his head vigorously, trying to wake himself up.

Inadvertently, he saw the censer at the foot of the bed, and his heart trembled, "What did you burn in the censer?"

"Things that can make you obedient..." Urda replied lightly.

For some reason, when his hoarse voice reached Mu Huai'an's ears, there were a few ethereal and ethereal echoes.

As if it came from a distant place.

Mu Huai'an knew very well that he was most likely hit by his Zhu Youshu, so he tried his best to stabilize his mind.

"court death!"

With a cold snort, he drew out the short dagger at his waist, just about to press it on Uerda's neck——
I saw that Wu Erda had untied the sealed acupuncture points on his body at some point, stretched out his skinny hand, and snapped his fingers in front of him.

"Snapped--"

Mu Huai'an felt that everything in front of him became blurred, as if there were two faint flames spinning and flickering in front of his eyes.

Gradually, he lost consciousness...

*
After a whole night, Shen Lingxi woke up on the bed in the east wing of the courtyard.

What I saw was the neat and uncluttered pillows and quilts on the outside of the bed. It can be seen that Chu Yan hadn't come back since he left last night.

Before leaving, he sent black armored guards to guard outside the courtyard, and only told her to rest well, then left in a hurry, not knowing where she went.

Shen Lingxi got up, washed up briefly, opened the door, and saw Chunjun waiting respectfully at the door.

"Crown princess, something happened to Duke Cheng'en's mansion."

Chunjun said solemnly: "Your Highness ordered, when you wake up, let the subordinates take you there."

Shen Lingxi remembered that Xie Zhanghua and Xie Zhangting had said last night that they were going to Cheng'en Gong's mansion to find out the news.

She subconsciously looked around the courtyard.

Seeing her coming out of the room, Liu Meiren and several concubines surrounded her with a smile, "Who are you looking for? The King of Yunjiang is not here, he has gone to the Xiao family's courtyard. How many things does Xiao Shi keep from him."

"Where are my mother-in-law and aunt?" Shen Lingxi asked them, "Have you ever seen them come back?"

Seeing her suddenly speaking to nothingness, Chunjun's expression tensed up instantly.

Subconsciously, she moved a few steps to the opposite side of her line of sight.

Liu Meiren shook her head, "They didn't come back. I haven't seen them since last night. Yun Hongshan has been looking for Xie Zhangting all night."

When Shen Lingxi heard this, she had a bad premonition in her heart.

"What's the matter?" She asked Chunjun, then walked out of the courtyard.

Chunjun hurriedly regained his senses, led the way, and answered concisely: "In the early morning, the housekeeper of Cheng'en Gong's Mansion came to Beiya to report the case, saying that Mu Shaoqing had a dispute with the ancestors of Cheng'en Gong's Mansion late at night. The ancestor's room, kill the ancestor..."

Shen Lingxi was shocked and stopped suddenly.

The concubines around her also exclaimed in unison, "How is this possible, Xiao Shaoqing is not a person who can kill!"

With a tense face, Shen Lingxi walked out faster.

"It's impossible for Mu Huai'an to kill someone, let alone his grandmother. There must be something strange about it." Shen Lingxi walked and asked: "Since what happened in the early morning, I must have asked you for an autopsy. What do you say?"

"The evidence is complete." Chun Jun solemnly said: "The maids resting in the wing room heard the movement in the upper room, rushed in and saw Mu Shaoqing holding a dagger in his hand, and the old ancestor was covered in blood and had no breath. Passing over the corpse, it is said that the wound on the ancestor's body matches the dagger in Mu Shaoqing's hand, so he is undoubtedly the one who killed him."

Shen Lingxi closed her eyes.

For such a big event, Xie Zhanghua and Xie Zhangting went to Cheng'en Gong's mansion, and they should come back to tell her immediately.

But so far they have not shown up, which means that they must have been stumbled by something like they were in the Yunjiang Palace.

So far, the only person who can trap the soul of the dead is Wu Erda.

Shen Lingxi is almost certain that this matter must be caused by Wu Erda.

"Where's Mu Huai'an, what did he say?" She hurriedly asked again.

Chunjun: "I'm in a hurry here. Your Highness got the news and rushed to Cheng'en Gong Mansion, and saw Mu Shaoqing sitting next to the ancestor's corpse. He refused to say anything His Highness asked him, so His Highness let his subordinates come down." Look for the princess in the past."

While the two were talking, they had already reached the corner door closest to the small courtyard.

A carriage was parked at the door.

Beside the carriage, several embroidered envoys with horses were waiting.

Time was running out, so Shen Lingxi walked directly to a horse, took the rein from the embroiderer, and turned on the horse neatly.

"It's faster to ride a horse. I'll take a step first, and you guys will follow."

Saying that, he raised his whip and galloped towards Cheng'en Gong's mansion.

Looking at her sassy figure, Chun Jun was slightly taken aback.

"Princess... when did you learn how to ride a horse?"

He murmured in doubt, not daring to delay, ordered everyone to get on their horses and hurriedly chased after him.

*
Starting from the barbarian square, they arrived at the gate of Cheng'en Gong's mansion in less than half an hour.

Shen Lingxi and Chunjun got off their horses and hurried to Wutong Garden.

The Wutong Garden was filled with stewards and servants of all sizes, and there were more than a dozen embroidered envoys standing on both sides of the courtyard.

Even though there were so many people, the whole yard was completely silent inside and outside.

Cheng Engong Mu Tiangang and Mu Huaijie, father and son, arrived one step ahead of Shen Lingxi, and were hurrying towards the upper room.

They should have just rushed back from outside the city, with a dusty appearance, their sideburns and robe feet are all traces of wet dew.

Shen Lingxi followed behind them silently, turned around the embroidered screen, and saw a secret door opened on the north wall of the bedroom next to the painting of Songhe Yannian.

A strong smell of blood, mixed with a faint smell of "drunken heart", rushed into Shen Lingxi's nose.

Looking at the painting and the secret door, she had vaguely guessed what happened last night.

"Mother……"

"grandmother!"

The crying of Mu Tiangang and Mu Huaijie father and son came from the secret room.

Shen Lingxi and Chun Jun looked at each other, and walked in one after the other.

Not yet in the room—

"Slap!" A crisp slap came out.

"You rebellious and unfilial son, you dare to kill your grandmother, today I must kill you!"

Poor little Taohua was wronged and beaten by her father.

Spoiler alert, it wasn't Xiao Taohua who did it.

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