Seeing the Prime Minister's cold expression at this time, Ning Yu knew that she would not be able to get through easily.

So she said slowly: "Master Shangshu snored very loudly last night, but Ning didn't bother him much. He plugged his ears with cotton in the middle of the night and fell asleep."

Ning Yu raised her eyes slightly and saw Chu Ye's dark eyes, which were deep and captivating, as if she could see through people with just one glance.

She paused briefly and then continued: "As for what happened last night... Ning has not seen the scene of the crime and does not dare to speculate on the circumstances."

Chu Ye seemed to sneer and waved casually, and instantly a guard in black appeared in front of the two of them.

Bai Shu was respectful, lowered his eyes and cupped his hands: "Master."

Chu Ye said calmly: "Recite the crime scene to Prince Ning to make it more intuitive."

"Yes, Master."

"Shen Ruyi was found dead on the bed in her boudoir this morning. Her body was covered with scars and there were signs of abuse. The stab wound on her neck was fatal."

Bai Shu paused for a moment and continued: "There is another man lying prone on the ground with a broken neck and death. There are signs of being turned over in the house. The fatal weapon that killed Shen Ruyi has not yet been found."

Bai Shu calmly finished his narration and saluted Chu Ye.

Chu Ye nodded slightly and quickly retreated.

Ning Yu saw the guard in black moving lightly and neatly, and then disappeared without a trace in an instant.

She was secretly surprised. Not to mention the man in black's meticulous insight, Ning Yu didn't dare to take it lightly based on the skill that appeared in this moment.

In his previous life, he used long spears and short cannons as hot weapons to carry out missions. Although he had the skills to fight in close quarters, if he wanted to fight with this person, even if he used a lot of strength, he might not be able to defeat him.

She looked at Chu Ye and saw that he looked dignified and noble, with a gentle smile on his lips, as if he was casually waiting for her answer.

But the slightly raised eyes were dark, and there was no gentle smile.

Ning Yu's heart tightened, knowing that if she didn't handle it well, the villainous God of Killing would be unhappy and kill her.

Chu Ye must have already had doubts after asking himself so many times.

Since the coward Bao Ningyu cannot escape the fate of death, what reason is there to continue to pretend to be a coward?

With the calculation in her mind, Ning Yu no longer hesitated and said quickly: "Let's not tell who the murderer is. Just the fact that he dared to do it in the royal residence shows that this matter is not simple."

Chu Ye stared into Ning Yu's bright black eyes, a hint of interest flashed in his eyes, and he asked slowly: "Oh? How do you say this?"

Ning Yu played with the blue and white porcelain water cup in her hand: "The purpose of the eldest princess's wedding ceremony for Shen Ruyi is to make Shen Ruyi's identity known to others, so she is a relative of the emperor."

Seeing that Chu Ye was silent, she quickly said, "Although the identity of Princess Shen Ruyi has not been revealed, everyone who participated in the wedding ceremony yesterday knew it well and dared to take action at this time..."

She poured herself a glass of water and continued: "There are two reasons: one is that she has a grudge against the eldest princess's house, and she chose to do it now in order to embarrass her and blame herself. The other is,"

Ning Yu's dark eyes rolled and met Chu Ye's phoenix eyes, which looked down deeply.

"The second reason is that the murderer wants to frame the guests attending the ceremony and kill them."

Ning Yu was angry: Although Chu Ye didn't plan the incident, he was still the driving force behind it. Pressing on him step by step was really a blow.

The young man's eyes were bright and clear, reflecting the rising sun outside the window, and seemed to have a hint of provocation.

Chu Ye was slightly startled as he had not seen such eyes for many years.

He lowered his eyelids to cover up the flash of surprise in his eyes, and simply said lightly: "In your opinion, how should this case be solved?"

Ning Yu drank some water to moisten her throat and replied: "On this occasion, we must find the murder weapon that killed Shen Ruyi... No one left the house last night, so the murder weapon must still be in the house."

Chu Ye saw that Ning Yu looked calm and generous, her expression was full of energy, and something seemed to move in her deep eyes.

After a while, he said calmly: "This morning, my consort and I conducted a thorough inspection of the male guest's guest room and found nothing similar to a murder weapon."

Ning Yu couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Chu Ye was not as aggressive as before.

She pinched her cold fingers and said calmly: "If it's not in the room, it could be in the yard, but it's just too conspicuous in the yard..."

Chu Ye saw Ning Yu's dark eyes rolling, and then she seemed to think of something, and stars burst out in her eyes: "If it's not in the house, then it's on the roof!"

At this moment, Gong Zhiyu, the minister of Dali Temple, walked quickly and said to Chu Ye, panting slightly: "Prime Minister Chu, the murder weapon has been found!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Ye looked at Ning Yu, who was beside him with a happy face, and asked lightly: "Where is it?"

Gong Zhiyu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said respectfully: "I am here to find the murder weapon that killed Shen Ruyi from the beam of Shen Ruyi's boudoir!"

Chu Ye glanced at Ning Yu, raised his hand to Gong Zhiyu, and said lightly: "Go and have a look."

Ning Yu flicked the bag on the back of her head, thought about it, and then followed.

In Shen Ruyi's room, the two deceased people were covered with white cloth, and Wu Zuo was holding the dagger and looking at it carefully.

Seeing Chu Ye and others coming, he quickly put down his dagger and came to see him as a gift.

Chu Ye recognized it at a glance as the most common dagger in the army, but in recent years the Weapons Department had cast black iron daggers, and most of these obsolete weapons were sealed in the treasury.

Gong Zhiyu picked up the dagger, handed it to Chu Ye respectfully, and said slowly: "After inspection, Shen Ruyi was stabbed to death with a sharp weapon after being violated. The dagger was hidden in the beam, and its shape matches the wound of the deceased."

He pointed at the dagger: "This thing is brand new and unsharpened. It was discarded by the Ministry of War and has been stored in the Treasury. The male corpse on the ground is Xu Lianzhuang, a doctor in the Treasury."

"It is inferred from my humble position that after Xu Lianzhuang tortured and killed Shen Ruyi, he was afraid that the incident would be exposed so he killed and silenced him and hid the murder weapon in the beam of the house. However, Xu Lianzhuang drank alcohol that night and accidentally dropped the weapon after hiding it, causing his neck to break and died."

Ning Yu was originally worried that the reason why Xu Lianzhuang fell from the bed and broke his neck was far-fetched, but she didn't expect that things turned out to be so perfect, and she couldn't help but smile.

See, God will not let every guilty person go.

Chu Ye's deep face showed no emotion or anger, and his dark phoenix eyes scanned the crowd. When he looked at Ning Yu, he paused for a moment.

He was silent for a while and said calmly: "That's it, let's prepare a memorial and submit it."

After a pause, he added: "We will be here today, everyone should disperse."

Everyone bowed in response.

Chu Ye waved his hand and gave instructions: "Go and inform the prince-in-law and the guests in the mansion that the case has been found out. If there is nothing important, you can go back to the mansion."

The man in black appeared before, and then walked away in a few light jumps.

Ning Yu dispersed with the crowd and went back to her room to clean up.

He put the dress under the bed around his body several times, hid the hairpin close to his body, and then put on his wrinkled coat.

After finding out the truth of the case, the guests in the mansion had a false alarm, so they all took their families and left early and went back to the mansion.

Ning Yu bid farewell to Dong Mingli and went out. She saw the potbellied Qiao Tianliang supporting a middle-aged beautiful woman standing beside the gorgeous carriage and saying goodbye to Chu Ye with a smile on her face.

As soon as Qiao Tianliang saw Ning Yu coming out, he said from a distance: "My nephew, please go back to the house quickly. I'm afraid the Duke is already impatiently waiting."

Ning Yu smiled lightly and cupped her hands: "My lord, what you said is true. My nephew will go back now. Goodbye, Prime Minister Chu."

After saying that, he bowed to the two of them from a distance as a farewell.

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