System invasion, Queen fights monsters to upgrade, kills the system

After nightfall.

Xu Zhoujiao, with the Red Dragon and the Night Wandering God, sneaked into the E Mansion under the cover of night.

While observing the surroundings stealthily, Night Wanderer asked Xu Zhoujiao the purpose of his visit: "Sir, are we sneaking in here to investigate a case?"

As Night Wanderer asked, he pictured Eji's crime in his mind.

"Sir, have you discovered that this Minister of Justice is actually a beast in human form?"

"So you brought me here specifically to collect evidence?"

Xu Zhoujiao stopped and slapped Ye Youshen's brain, which was full of wild thoughts.

"Tell me, what picture book have you been reading recently?"

Night Wanderer touched the back of his head and smiled at Xuzhou Jiao and replied: "I haven't read the picture book recently, I just flipped through a few pages of Crime Revelation!"

"I think this assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice is very similar to the murderer described above!"

Xu Zhoujiao rolled her eyes at Night Wanderer:

Ha~

Didn’t anyone tell you that the crime revelation you were reading was written by the person you call a beast in human form?

Looking for a donkey by following the horse, what are you thinking?

The Night Wanderer looked at Xuzhou Jiao's disgusted expression, patted his chest and said, "My lord, please don't look down on me."

"When I follow you, I will encounter all kinds of things. I will try to accumulate more experience now."

"From now on, helping you solve cases will be a breeze, right?"

Xu Zhoujiao looked at the Night Wanderer whose confidence was swelling, sighed, and said, "Yeah, it's good to look more, to see if it can help you grow your brain!"

After saying that, she turned and left.

The Night Wanderer looked at Chilong, who was gloating at the side, and shouted at Xuzhou Jiao's back, "Sir, Chilong saw it too, why didn't you beat him up?"

Xu Zhoujiao replied from a distance: "Because he doesn't talk as much as you!"

When Xu Zhoujiao and others successfully reached Eji's study, they found an old woman inside.

Based on the gossip Xu Zhoujiao got in the afternoon, she quickly deduced that this person was Eji's grandmother.

I saw Old Madam E, standing opposite Eji, smashing the dragon-headed cane in her hand heavily to the ground.

Facing him, she said bitterly, "Eji, how long are you going to be so muddleheaded?"

"How dare you quarrel with the princess over that evil!"

"Do you think that everyone in our E family has lived too long? Do you want to send us all to death?"

"Have I ever told you to stay away from your cousin from the Huang family?"

"She is just like her unpresentable mother, narrow-minded and unscrupulous."

"You always ignore my words. Do you really want to marry her?"

First, she was beaten by Chen Yuanlin, and then she was hit with fifty canes.

At this moment, his face was as pale as paper, and his forehead was covered with beads of sweat.

I was holding on with just one breath.

But even so, he did not put down the case file in his hands.

Still doing your duty!

Old Lady E looked at her grandson who was fighting so hard, and no matter how angry she was, she would eventually be overcome by heartache.

She picked up the medicine on the table and walked behind Eji, gently lifting the thin coat her grandson was wearing. Looking at his bloody back, she cried out of pain.

She gently applied the medicine in her hand to the wound on Eji.

Looking at my grandson grimacing in pain.

Madam E felt as if her heart was crushed by someone.

Her voice was trembling as she asked Eji softly, "Ji'er, was it because grandma was too harsh?"

"It's Grandma's fault. Please be gentler, more gentle."

Old Madam E's tears kept falling on Eji's back.

Eji felt filled with guilt as she looked at her grandmother who was still worrying about her at such an old age.

"Grandma, I am an unfilial grandson and I have caused you to worry."

After applying the medicine.

Old Madam E put the thin coat on her bun again and sat down next to him.

I had a long chat with him.

"Ji'er, tell grandma why you spoke rudely to the princess today?"

"Grandma knows you well. Although you are a little confused in your emotions, you never say bad things to others."

"Tell grandma what happened to you today?"

Eji looked at her grandmother, who depended on her for everything, and confided her true feelings: "Grandma, I am very jealous of how well Princess Beining treats that guard."

"I saw that when the guard attacked, Princess Beining looked very nervous."

"She's worried about the guard."

Madam E carefully observed her grandson's reaction and continued to ask, "Since you care so much about the princess."

"Then why do you still protect your cousin and hold her tightly in your arms?"

"It was obviously she who provoked the princess first. Even if the princess beats her to death today, no one in the world can say a word against the princess!"

Hearing what Old Lady E said, Eji strongly disagreed with her words.

"Grandma, my cousin made an unintentional mistake today. She didn't mean it."

"There are many pilgrims in the City God Temple. If I don't protect her, she will never be able to hold her head up again in Kyoto."

"If this is the case, how will my cousin get married in the future?"

When Old Madam E heard Eji's worries, she laughed out loud:

"Marry? Isn't it you that Huang Ying wants to marry the most? Is there anyone else she wants to marry?"

"For the past three years, she has been claiming to be your fiancée, using an imperial marriage contract that is not legitimate and has been destroying your reputation everywhere."

"Now, who in Kyoto doesn't know that Huang Ying is your wife who has not yet married into the family?"

Facing the sneering grandmother, Eji patiently explained, "Grandma, the reason why my cousin did this is because she was not satisfied with the men my aunt had introduced to her, and these men kept pestering her."

"She said this because she had no choice?"

Old Lady E was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when she saw her grandson, who was stunned by the coaxing.

"Ji'er, it's been three years, three whole years. Those officials' sons have all given birth to children!"

"What is Huang Ying afraid of? Who dares to rob her in the street?"

"She made up these lies just to tie you to her completely. Why don't you understand?"

"In these three years, have you ever seen her dating other people?"

"She is dragging herself down on purpose so that she can force you to take responsibility in the end!"

After hearing her grandmother's reminder, Eji's confused mind seemed to be cracked open.

Yes, my cousin hasn’t met any family in the past three years.

Even I would occasionally offer to introduce some good colleagues to her.

But every time, my cousin evaded the question.

Mrs. E looked at her grandson and her attitude was no longer so stubborn.

Then he added more strength and continued, "Do you know what your cousin said about the princess in front of so many pilgrims today?"

Eji looked at her grandmother who had a serious expression and shook her head.

"That evildoer actually slandered the princess in public, saying that he wanted to steal her man!"

Hearing this, Eji was shocked. Is her cousin crazy?

How dare she say such words? Did she treat the imperial power as a mere decoration?

Besides, the relationship between them is totally fake. Didn’t she say that herself?

Why did she do this?

The bun reminded me of the farce that happened during the day.

So, Princess Beining punished her for this?

So what did I do today in front of the princess?

Madam E looked at her grandson who looked regretful and said earnestly:

"Ji'er, Princess Beining is not the first person she has picked on. All the young ladies from official families that I introduced to you before have been bullied by her."

"Your cousin has learned all of her mother's methods and is using them against you."

"She just took advantage of the friendship she had with you when you were little and forced you to choose between her and the princess!"

"It's a good thing that the princess was magnanimous and let you go today. Otherwise, our whole family would have been dragged into an irretrievable situation by her!"

"Ji'er, do you still remember your parents' last words and the notebook?"

Eji nodded silently.

Madam E stood up, patted her grandson's shoulder gently, and said, "Ji'er, judging people is like solving a case!"

"Don't be fooled by appearances!"

After saying that, Madam E left the study, leaving Eji staring blankly at a yellowed notebook...

Xu Zhoujiao stepped forward and looked at the letter in Eji's hand.

This was left to him by his deceased parents.

Xuzhou Jiao had heard from Uncle Fu about Eji's parents.

They were once a famous couple solving cases in Kyoto.

Eji's father also held the same position as him, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

His mother is the only female coroner in Kyoto.

The two of them saw each other every day, and over time, they developed feelings for each other.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. When Eji was six years old.

A notorious bandit who had been captured by Eji's parents had escaped from prison.

The notorious thief sneaked back to Kyoto and kidnapped six-year-old Eji and four-year-old Huang Ying on the street.

At that time, the entire E'fu and the Huang family mobilized people to look for him.

Finally, in a dilapidated temple, they found Eji tied to a pillar and Huang Ying sitting at the foot of the wall.

Before everyone could rejoice, the person was found.

The bandit hiding in the dark jumped out and killed Eji's mother.

In order to protect his wife, Eji's father used his body to block the fatal blow.

Eji's mother, who luckily survived, fell seriously ill and died within two years.

Leaving behind her less than eight-year-old Eji, she had to depend on her grandmother for support...