Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Shen Wantang knew that Nanny Jin knew that it was her son who killed the thirteen members of the Xin family, but she really just knew it and she did not participate in the murder.

It's impossible to get anything out of Nanny Jin by interrogating her.

However, since Xiao Qingyuan wanted to ask, Shen Wantang naturally let him ask, otherwise he would think that she was protecting Nanny Jin.

Shen Wantang glanced at the distraught Xin Huailin and said softly, "Madame Jin probably won't be able to get anything useful out of her. If you suspect her son, then go ask her son!"

The evidence of the murder is with Xiang Meng. Only by finding the right target can the case be solved. Their efforts here are in vain.

However, even if he met Xiang Meng, with Xiao Qingyuan's interrogation methods and ability to solve cases, he would not be able to obtain evidence.

Xiao Qingyuan was a little disappointed. He left with Xin Huailin and Liao Youhe with a sullen face.

At noon, Shen Wantang asked the kitchen to send various delicious dishes to Xiao Qingyuan's yard to help him entertain his friends.

In the afternoon, Xiao Qingyuan took Xin Huailin and Liao Youhe to the Shen family. He not only interrogated Xiang Meng, but also questioned everyone in the Shen family.

Nothing came of it.

In the evening, Xiao Qingyuan brought Xin Huailin back to the palace. Both of them were a little tired, but also a little unwilling.

In the next few days, Xiao Qingyuan went out early and came back late. He was obsessed with the Xin family's case and would not give up until it was solved. He vowed to help Xin Huailin find the real murderer.

As the year draws to a close, heavy snow falls.

Princess Ning stood at the door, looking at the vast expanse of white outside, feeling quite at peace: "Auspicious snow indicates a good harvest, and the crops in the fields should have a good harvest next year."

Shen Wantang nodded: "Mother is right, next year will be a good year."

"Is Yuan'er still busy with the Xin family's case these days?"

"Busy. The prince seems to be serious about solving the case this time."

Princess Ning said with relief: "Finally he knows how to do something serious. Now he can live his life like this. In the past, he was always around a woman, like a man possessed, causing chaos in the mansion."

"Yes, the prince has been very motivated these days, and Aunt Chu has stopped pestering him. The mansion is now very peaceful."

Princess Ning really likes the word "ambitious" that she uses to describe her son. In the past, everyone said that her son was a spendthrift, or called him a big scoundrel, but now her son is neither a spendthrift nor a scoundrel, and he has started to do serious things.

"Since Yuan'er likes solving cases so much, I will talk to the prince and ask him to get him a position in the Dali Temple. This will give Yuan'er something to do, so that he won't bring some questionable women home when he's free."

Shen Wantang's heart moved slightly.

Fate seems to be very mysterious. In her previous life, her husband was an official in the Dali Temple. In this life, her husband will also be an official in the Dali Temple. Moreover, the reasons for them entering the Dali Temple are surprisingly similar - all because of the Xin family case.

However, it was obvious that both of her husbands did not know how to solve cases.

Princess Ning acted decisively and vigorously. She said she wanted to send her son to work as an official in the Dali Temple. The next day, she transferred Xiao Qingyuan to the Dali Temple and made him the Right Temple Secretary.

After Shen Wantang found out, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional. The sons of noble families have a different starting point.

In his previous life, Liao Youhe had passed the imperial examination and had been sent out to serve as a local county magistrate for two years. With the merit of solving the Xin family case, he was barely able to enter the Dali Temple. When he first entered, he was only a sixth-rank temple chief.

Xiao Qingyuan did nothing, but because he was the son of Prince Ning, he easily entered the Dali Temple as a fifth-rank temple secretary.

He was only appointed as a fifth-rank official, not because Prince Ning was incompetent, but because he felt that his son was incompetent, so he only asked the emperor for a small official position so that his son could have a proper job and not be too idle.

According to the emperor's wishes, he even wanted to directly appoint his nephew as the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple.

Xiao Qingyuan was reluctant to be an official at first, but after he entered the Dali Temple and found that he had access to many confidential cases and could review all the files of the Xin family case, he immediately took up the office.

However, he soon discovered that the Dali Temple had not found anything useful, so he went to the Ministry of Justice to inquire, and was told that the Ministry of Justice had not found any evidence either.

There is no evidence, and the bodies of the thirteen members of the Xin family have not been found to this day. The several suspects who have been arrested have all refused to admit that they are the murderer, and the investigation of the case has reached a bottleneck.

People in the whole city were running around like headless flies, all hoping to rely on luck to find evidence and clues, hoping to get lucky and solve the case, then collect the high reward offered by the court and become rich overnight.

Zuixian Tower.

Many people were discussing the Xin family case while drinking, because this case had become the hottest topic at the moment, and the rewards offered by the court were getting higher and higher, making many people jealous.

"It's really strange. How could thirteen people disappear inexplicably? Who on earth had the ability to kill all thirteen people without making any noise? Without leaving any trace?"

"Didn't they say that Xiang Meng, a guard from the Shen family, was the most suspicious? He must have done this, right?"

"A guard, no matter how powerful he is, can't kill thirteen people? It shouldn't be him, otherwise the Ministry of Justice would have arrested him and put him in jail long ago."

"Maybe more than one person committed the crime. Maybe it was a gang?"

"Why did the gang kill the Xin family? Did the Xin family make some enemies? Or did they have some big secret, so they were all killed?"

"Why do you think that all the Xin family members are gone? I think they might have moved away with their whole family."

"Impossible. Would they not tell Xin Huailin if they moved their family?"

"Perhaps they thought their son died on the battlefield, so they didn't tell him. Or maybe they sent someone to deliver the letter, but the northwest is too far away, so the letter was lost?"

"I also think they have moved away, but Xin Huailin doesn't know. There are elderly people and children among the thirteen people in the Xin family. Who would be so cruel and cruel as to not let go of even the elderly and children?"

Shen Wantang stood on the corridor on the second floor, listening to the discussions on the first floor, and turned to Gu Qianning and said, "An Ning, let's go to the Shen family. I heard that General Xin is here today."

Gu Qianning nodded: "Let's go."

"Don't forget what we just discussed, An Ning."

"Don't worry, I remember everything! No matter what happens, push my second brother out to take the blame for you."

Gu Qianning showed no mercy when it came to cheating on her own brother. Her second brother's reputation was already ruined anyway, so it didn't matter if he got even worse.

Shen Wantang laughed: "Yes, that's it."

She called Gu Qianning out today and specifically told her not to bring Gu Qianhan. She would take Gu Qianning alone to solve the case.

As expected, when Gu Qianning met her this time, she did not bring Gu Qianhan with her and came to the appointment by herself.

The two of them walked down the stairs together, walked out of Zuixianlou, got on the same carriage, and went to the Shen family while talking all the way.