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"What?" The two of them heard Xi Mengyao's words, they were a little confused, but did not know how to ask.

When she looked again, Xi Mengyao had already turned around and was no longer looking at them.

Song Chongjing and Yue Shan felt it was strange, but seeing her confident look, they could not say anything, and followed her.

That butler had already known from the beginning that he wasn't fit to stay here, so he had already left to take care of other matters.

Even though he was still the biggest steward in the palace on the surface, he was the only one who had the real power.

The guards were able to observe the situation, and now that they saw Xi Mengyao like this, they also gradually understood who the master of this place was.

They did not have any opinions on the situation.

After all, this master seemed like he was easy to talk to. Although he didn't fix his shape at times, he never treated him too harshly, so he was kind.

Seeing the serious expressions on the trio's faces, they knew that this wasn't a good thing, so they immediately went over. They didn't ask for permission, and only stood outside the house.

"Good eye." At this time, Xi Mengyao actually still had the mood to praise him. She nodded, and then said thoughtfully: "Unlike some people, you have already slipped away at such a time."

"If you said that earlier, he probably wouldn't have the face to stay here any longer." Hearing her teasing, Song Chongjing could not help but shake his head.

He also knew that although Xi Mengyao looked like she wanted to take revenge, she did not care about a lot of things.

Her words now were most likely meant for him.

If all the servants in the manor spoke of him being the one to organize everything, then if something were to happen, then he would most likely bear even more responsibility.

Thinking about it, he also sighed and said, "There are so many things that This King really has no time to split up."

"What does it have to do with me?" Xi Mengyao's tone was a little unfriendly. She was never a good person and the reason why she was so angry was not because she was afraid of personal gains and losses. It was just that...

If her guess was right, it was because of the butler's death that caused all these things.

When she thought of the treatment that innocent girl might have suffered while she was still alive, she couldn't calm down.

"You …" Song Chongjing did not know why she was doing this, and only felt that this matter was not simple. He frowned: "What happened, why are you doing this?"

"…" Xi Mengyao turned his head and looked at him. In the end, she shook his head and said, "Big matter. "Let me think about it."

With that, she waved her hand.

She was not in trouble and she was not afraid of death. Right now, it was clear that someone was trying to frame her in front of her. She didn't have such a good stomach, so she decided to just forget about it.

It seemed like this was only an investigation, but her intuition told her that it wouldn't be so simple.

Song Chongjing also knew that her temper was such that he did not say much, and also did not say a word.

"I'm afraid that the wangfei already knows something. She's a woman in this matter, and it's more convenient than the prince." Lu Ming saw that Song Chongjing's expression was not good, and said indifferently.

Lu Ming's words did not come to an end. He looked at Xi Mengyao's back as if he was deep in thought, and then said blandly: "But …"

But after he said something, he stopped.

Song Chongjing turned his head to look at Lu Ming suspiciously. He only shook his head and said: "Nothing much, I just feel that it's a little strange. This wangfei has been in the mansion for so many days, yet she hasn't stirred up any trouble.

"Who else could it be?" Song Chongjing sneered.

Other than her good-for-nothing sister, there was only Song Qian.

And those two people … When they went to interrogate them yesterday, the few of them were unusually tight-lipped. It was obvious that he had been trained. There was a lot of talk, but there was nothing useful about it.

After asking so many questions, he just bit down on 'They didn't do anything wrong' and didn't say anything else.

It was just half a sentence, but these few people had forcefully dragged it out for more than half a day. Only then did they manage to spit out a few more useful pieces of information, but after thinking carefully, Song Chongjing.

What they said could be made clear with a little investigation.

"Those two probably aren't simple either." Lu Ming seemed to have thought of this and said.

"Yes." Song Chongjing merely nodded, but when he turned back and glanced at the wooden house again, his face darkened: "Even so, I can't let her suffer alone. Since this matter is related to the Imperial Family, then the people outside will not be idle.

"Yes."

Lu Ming's heart trembled, but he immediately accepted the order.

When he left, he raised his head to look at the sky.

After Xi Mengyao finished, she turned and walked away.

She was alone in the front, but her mood was not that relaxed either. She also didn't know if she would be able to succeed with the thing she got this time. However, if all of this was as she expected, this time it shouldn't be too disappointing.

She planned to silently return to her own courtyard as she thought.

However, she didn't realize that she had already moved down the front yard. The way she walked was still the same small yard.

After a while, she realized that it was a small courtyard.

There was no one around the courtyard, nor was there anyone to clean it. Fallen leaves piled up in a pile. They were packed so thick that if one stepped on them, it would feel like they were stepping on cotton.

However, it had only been two days, and the place had already become desolate …

She frowned, but didn't turn around. Instead, she walked over.

Just treat it as boredom …

She thought about it. In the past, she inadvertently discovered something strange on the ground.

She carefully walked in and discovered that there were traces of blood on some of the fallen leaves!

She was somewhat surprised. She only glanced over there and discovered that there was still quite a bit of blood dripping down from the small path in the back door of her courtyard.

However, there were very few bloodstains. Being mixed in with the fallen leaves was not easy to attract attention. It was also a coincidence that she could see it.

Surprised, she began to carefully search the ground. Because no one had cleaned this place for a long time, these traces were still there. It was unknown whether they were from yesterday or from before.

Xi Mengyao followed the blood traces that were hard to find and entered the courtyard. However, the courtyard was also in chaos.

When they moved away, the debris inside had also been removed.

The door was not closed, and it seemed empty. The only things that could be seen were some messy furniture, tables, and chairs. There was no sign of life at all.

"..." Ministry Councillor Liu? " Xi Mengyao said softly.

She remembered that she had told him to send someone over, but now that she saw if he was really here, she couldn't help but wonder if he was …

"Don't tell me he was killed …" As she spoke to herself, she also walked over with her feet on the ground.

However, there was no one in the room either.