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"Ye Xuan is investigating this matter because he did not handle things well in the Western Regions. His Majesty is suspicious of him. In order to gain His Majesty's trust, he decided to do something to gain merit."

Seeing the change in the Crown Princess's expression, Lord Cheng'en immediately knew what she was thinking and told her what he knew.

"Ye Xuan is smart and cautious. He will not do useless work, nor will he let His Majesty doubt him because of a small matter."

"But His Majesty's attitude towards him has been a little strange recently, and Ye Xuan's only son followed the Crown Prince to the battlefield."

"From what I know, Ye Xuan loves his son very much. What he did this time might be to ask for mercy for his son."

"If I cooperate with him, I can also take the opportunity to understand His Majesty's thoughts, and then act accordingly. This way, I won't be implicated by Haitang's affairs."

Duke Cheng'en actually had more obscure thoughts in his mind, but he couldn't say them out loud to the Crown Princess in front of Wan Shufang.

He could only tell the Crown Princess some of his thoughts to alert her so that she could face the changes that Haitang's incident had brought to the Cheng'en Mansion more rationally.

The Crown Princess noticed that there were some things that Duke Cheng'en had not told her. Even though she had some thoughts in her mind, she couldn't help but feel that Duke Cheng'en's arrangement was good for everyone.

She could only suppress the discomfort in her heart and nodded: "Since Dad has made such an arrangement, then I will listen to you."

Lord Cheng'en noticed the change in the Crown Princess's expression, and she seemed to be hesitant to speak. In the end, he said nothing, asked the butler to bury Haitang's body, and left.

After watching him leave until she could no longer see him, Yun Qiongying reached out and tugged at the Crown Princess's sleeve, saying weakly, "Sister, Dad must have known something, so he took over Haitang's affairs."

"Don't talk nonsense!" The Crown Princess glanced at Yun Qiongying, told her to go back and rest first, and then took Wan Shufang back to the room.

Wan Shufang was silent along the way. She was pondering Yun Qiongying's words and thinking about Cheng Engong's intentions.

But she didn't think that Lord Cheng'en knew a lot of things, so she tried her best to stop the Crown Princess from following the clues on Haitang.

"What are you thinking about?" After returning to her room, the Crown Princess, who had been nervous all the way, let out a breath and looked at Wan Shufang. Seeing that she was frowning, as if she had difficulty making a decision about something important, she asked.

"I was wondering why Haitang committed suicide by banging her head against the wall so quickly." Wan Shufang entered the room with the Crown Princess.

The moment she stepped in, she immediately observed the situation and found that although Haitang looked embarrassed when facing interrogation, there was a sense of pride on her face.

Her arrogance was as if she had the confidence to ensure that she could survive no matter how Lord Cheng En sent people to interrogate her.

But when she saw the Crown Princess, her expression changed a little, and then she hurriedly left a few words and hit her head against the wall to commit suicide.

Wan Shufang didn't think there was anything wrong with it before, but now thinking back on it, she feels that Haitang acted like this because she didn't want to face the Crown Princess.

Haitang even poisoned the princess, so how could she be unwilling to face the Crown Princess, unless the poisoning was a temporary decision made by the person behind the scenes.

Haitang wanted to refuse, but that person made it impossible for her to refuse.

"Your guess is not bad, but there are too few clues. Even if we have some guesses, we can't figure out the reason." The Crown Princess looked unhappy. "Besides, this matter is very likely related to Liu Yaoyao and others. If we really want to investigate, we can only start with them."

"However, since these people can hide their identities when they are in the capital, why can't they hide their identities in Luoyang?"

"If they hadn't exposed themselves, we wouldn't have known what was going on until nothing was left of us."

"They have now taken the initiative to appear in front of us, which actually gives us a direction for investigation. But can we really investigate them?"

When Liu Yaoyao appeared in front of him, she was very calm and confident. He felt that even if he went to track her down, he might not be able to find out her true identity. Besides, Liu Yaoyao was related to the remnants of the previous dynasty.

The Emperor and his wife are not very kind to the Crown Prince. If they knew about Liu Yaoyao's affairs, they might deliberately throw dirty water on the Crown Prince.

The Crown Prince's current situation is bad enough, and the Crown Princess doesn't want to make it any harder for him.

The Crown Princess tapped her fingers on the table and thought seriously, "The person behind Liu Yaoyao must be someone extraordinary. We must be careful and not be led by her."

Wan Shufang agreed with the Crown Princess' words, but when she thought about the Eighth Prince, she felt that Liu Yaoyao was a huge threat.

"That's true, but the Eighth Prince is a breakthrough point, and Liu Yaoyao doesn't want us to meet the Eighth Prince. If we go to meet him privately, I'm afraid Liu Yaoyao will make other plans."

Hearing this, the Crown Princess guessed: "Could it be that Haitang's death was Liu Yaoyao's warning to us?"

Wan Shufang had this guess before and wanted to tell the Crown Princess, but Lord Cheng'en suddenly came in, and the three of them, father and daughter, had a series of conversations about Haitang, and somehow the topic ended up being about the Queen. Then, when the Crown Princess saw Lord Cheng'en's unhappy expression, she vaguely understood some things.

She was willing to surrender in front of Lord Cheng'en, and she also wanted Lord Cheng'en to help her.

After all, all the connections of Duke Cheng'en's Mansion are in the hands of Duke Cheng'en, and the Crown Princess has long wanted to have a part of them, which is also the reason why the Crown Princess showed weakness to Duke Cheng'en.

With this thought in mind, the Crown Princess poured herself a cup of tea.

The tea had already gone cold, but the Crown Princess didn't mind and drank it all in one gulp.

Feeling the cold temperature sliding down her throat, the Crown Princess' eyes slightly reddened, and she said with a choked voice, "My father's appearance was too coincidental. I didn't want to doubt him, but I had to think about it."

After she finished speaking, she pulled a bitter smile from the corner of her mouth: "Wan Shufang, do you doubt my father?"

"Why would you doubt the Duke?" Wan Shufang was surprised.

She only thought that there was something wrong with Haitang, but didn't think about Lord Cheng'en. Besides, Lord Cheng'en loved his daughter very much.

Wan Shufang was willing to believe that he had a kind fatherly heart and was not willing to think the worst of him.

As for Haitang, she was the one who betrayed the Crown Princess. Lord Cheng'en was aware of her identity and singled her out specifically to protect the Crown Princess.

"Haitang didn't want to die at all. It was only after I left that she decided to die." The Crown Princess' eyes were red and swollen, and she was obviously very sad. "I suspect that my father had negotiated a condition with him, and that's why she was forced to die."

Wan Shufang didn't expect that the Crown Princess also noticed that Haitang didn't want to die, but how was Haitang's death related to Duke Cheng'en?