Conan's physique? The Crown Princess is involved in a murder case again

Half an hour later, Xu Xingyin happily left the East Mansion with two medicine jars.

As soon as the talents walked out of the East Palace gate, Ao Ying reported the news to Jing Zhichen.

"Ah."

Jing Zhichen lowered his head to look at the book in his hand and responded without raising his head.

Then, as if he suddenly remembered something, he raised his lips and gave an order with interest.

"Send someone to keep an eye on her and see what evil she does with the itching powder."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Xu Xingyin spent all the little money he had on buying medicinal herbs, so he had to walk back to the Duke's Mansion.

I couldn't help but complain about the expensive medicinal materials while sorting out the whole story of Tian Zitao's case.

Halfway through the journey, an idea suddenly occurred to him, and he finally remembered what he and Lu Xu had overlooked!

After returning to the Duke's Mansion, it is not easy to go out again.

Xu Xingyin was too lazy to go back home to change into men's clothes, so he turned around and went straight to Yichunyuan.

It was still early and Yichunyuan had not yet officially welcomed guests. As soon as Xu Xingyin entered the door, he was stopped by the brothel owner.

"Oh, girl, I'm afraid you've come to the wrong place?"

Xu Xingyin frowned and spoke in a cold voice.

"Jinyiwei is investigating the case, why don't you withdraw?"

The madam was stunned for a moment before she matched the girl in front of her with the young man from yesterday, and quickly suppressed her seductive look and smiled awkwardly.

"My eyes are so short that I didn't recognize you, young lady. Please don't blame me. Please go upstairs."

Xu Xingyin nodded, and thinking that it would be best to remain silent this time, he politely declined the brothel owner's offer to lead the way.

"No need, Mom, just go and do your business. I've already been there once before, so you can just go up by yourself."

"okay."

Xu Xingyin went straight up to the fourth floor based on his memory, checked the house carefully once again, and went to the kitchen to ask about the dishes ordered in Qionghua's room that day.

Since Yichunyuan had no records of dishes ordered, Xu Xingyin asked the brothel owner for the account book and matched the dishes ordered according to the amount of money collected.

There was quite a few, all of them were the ones Xu Xingyin and Lu Xu had seen that day.

Xu Xingyin's eyes fell on the account book, and he raised the corner of his mouth happily. I finally caught you...

The real murderer.

When Xu Xingyin came out of Yichunyuan again, it was already late.

After roughly adjusting her clothes, she hurried back to the Duke's Mansion.

As soon as she entered the Duke's Mansion, the maid at the second gate reported the news to Funing Courtyard.

As soon as Xu Xiuzhu heard Xu Xingyin, he couldn't suppress his anger and spoke to Old Madam Xu in dissatisfaction.

"A nice girl, but she doesn't know where to go when she goes out. I think she must have been accustomed to living in the general's mansion! She doesn't look like a lady from a noble family at all!"

Old Madam Xu half-closed her eyes and turned the Buddhist beads in her hand.

"It's not even curfew yet, why are you picking on her?"

"Mother!"

Xu Xiuzhu was not convinced. "If the prince really wants to marry the daughter of the Duke's Mansion in the future, how can he afford to marry Xingyin with such a character?"

"After all, she is the legitimate daughter. Even if the seventh girl is a little wild, she may not be useless if she is carefully educated for a period of time. Moreover, I see that the seventh girl has learned the manners very well. I believe the general's mansion has also put in a lot of effort."

"Mother, how can such knowledge and manners be acquired in a short time? Besides, you are also aware of Xingyin's reputation outside. She knows nothing about music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, and she is not familiar with the art of elegance. Even if such a girl enters the East Palace in the future, I am afraid she will not be able to maintain the title of Crown Princess! In my son's opinion, it is better to change to a girl from other places in the mansion, so as not to miss such a good opportunity."

Madam Xu sighed when she heard this, "I know all this, but the marriage was arranged by Empress Mingzhen and Chen at the time. How could Chen agree to change the person?"

"As for Chen, I will definitely give her a satisfactory explanation."

"But there isn't a suitable girl in the mansion, is there?"

Madam Xu was a little shaken. "There are only three legitimate daughters in the mansion. Feng'er's mouth would offend a lot of people at home, not to mention the East Palace, where people are eaten without leaving any bones. Lin'er is more prudent, but who doesn't know her mother Wang's reputation for being fierce? It's okay for ordinary mansions, but the royal family will never allow her to enter."

Finally getting to the main point, Xu Xiuzhu smiled and spoke with confidence.

"Mother, have you forgotten? The one chosen by Empress Mingzhen and Chen is the eldest daughter of my second wife. Mian'er has been raised by you since she was a child. What's the difference between her and the legitimate daughter? It's just a difference in name!"

When Xu Wanmian was born, Chen, the principal wife, had no children yet. Old Madam Xu was afraid that this unexpected girl would affect the relationship between Xu Xiuzhu and his wife, so she took the infant Xu Wanmian to her own room to raise her.

Later, Chen gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and then Mrs. Xu sent Xu Wanmian back to Aunt Liu's room to be raised.

After Xu Wanmian was sent back to Aunt Liu's room, Old Madam Xu felt quite uncomfortable with it, so she would bring Xu Wanmian to Funing Courtyard to keep her company from time to time.

Finally, Chen realized something was wrong and sent Xu Chaoge to Funingyuan. After that, Xu Wanmian came less often.

But no matter what, Xu Wanmian is the child that Old Madam Xu has raised for a long time, so she naturally prefers her to her other granddaughters.

In addition, Xu Wanmian is also a very ambitious person. She is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. Therefore, among all the girls in the mansion, Xu Wanmian is the only one who can win the heart of Old Madam Xu.

Now that Xu Xiuzhu proposed this idea, Old Madam Xu was still somewhat tempted.

She had thought about what Xu Xiuzhu said.

The General's Mansion has fallen, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is still willing to be close to the Duke's Mansion. If it is not because he values ​​Xu Xiuzhu's support in the court, then it is to preserve his reputation of "being loyal and righteous".

Instead of forcing Xu Xingyin, who is of mediocre qualifications, on him, it would be better to marry the best girl in the mansion to her.

In this way, the marriage can be preserved.

As long as Duke Xu's Mansion can produce a Crown Princess, what does it matter which girl is pushed out?

Besides, compared to Xu Xingyin who just returned to the Duke's Mansion, Xu Wanmian is naturally easier to control. After all...

Her illegitimate status as a legitimate daughter is their best weapon to control Xu Wanmian, not to mention that she does not have a powerful in-laws like Xu Xingyin.

Thinking of this, Old Madam Xu also relaxed and said slowly while twisting her Buddhist beads:

"This matter needs to be done slowly and steadily."

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On the other hand, as soon as Xu Xingyin returned to the Duke's Mansion, the first thing he did was to send the scar-removing ointment to the first room.

It was expected that based on Xu Wanfeng's personality, she would not use the medicine even if she was given it, so Xu Xingyin simply handed the ointment to Yang.

Yang was a really good person. She thanked Xu Xingyin repeatedly and said that she would find out the truth and give Xu Xingyin justice.

Xu Xingyin exchanged a few more polite words with Yang and then returned to Chenguang Courtyard tiredly.

Before arriving at Chenguang Courtyard, one saw a large group of people standing at the gate of the courtyard.