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Chapter 48 The princess who died in the secret room (13)

The Xianwang Mansion is the largest, most luxurious and best Feng Shui mansion in this dynasty except the imperial palace.

Meng Hui returned to Sun Youyi's bedroom from the main hall where the princess lived. After walking for nearly half an hour, the scenery along the way was not as grand as the one in the palace, but it also allowed her to see what it means to be rich and powerful.

When she returned to the bedroom, Meng Hui immediately asked Chenxiang to go to the outer courtyard to invite a clever eunuch. "I have something to do and want to send someone to do it. It's best to find someone who is not very prominent and is very familiar with the situation in the capital."

Chenxiang quickly said: "There is a little eunuch named Duofu in the outer courtyard. Although he is only eighteen years old, he has been working in the royal palace for ten years. He has a very firm mouth and is smart and reliable."

"Okay, it's him." Meng Hui nodded and asked her to invite someone quickly. Seeing the maids busy inside and outside the hall, she was not idle either. She felt that the whole thing had begun to become clear, but there were still some key points to connect.

So Meng Hui closed his eyes and began to clean up the clues that are now known and made a simple analysis.

This conspiracy mainly revolves around one thing, the throne. As for the beginning of the conspiracy, Meng Hui believed that it should not be Sun Yian's death, nor should it be Song Ming's sudden death, but their love.

Some people in the court have long proposed to let Sun Yian and his relatives be with Ulan. It should be two and a half months ago when the envoys of the vassal state set off.

From then on, Sun Zhao had been thinking about how to avoid becoming a brother-in-law from a foreign country, squeeze out the eldest prince and the seventh prince to take over the reception task and get the greatest benefit from it.

The eldest prince has a bit of a boring personality and doesn't like to have a close relationship with anyone. He looks like a bit withdrawn but not a sinister person. He is calm in his work. He heard that he wants to receive envoys, and most of them will choose to take it seriously instead of taking the opportunity to cause trouble.

The Seventh Prince is young and does not have the ability to make decisions independently for the time being. When encountering such an important matter, it must be to listen to the opinions of the teachers, staff and Yupin. As long as these people don’t want to move, they will not instigate the Seventh Prince to cause trouble at this time.

This led to the two parties quickly put aside all kinds of small moves, trying to pretend to be friendly and respectful, and unwilling to fight in front of the envoys.

"They don't make small moves, Sun Zhao can't wait." Meng Hui closed his eyes gently, held his chin with one hand, and held the tea bowl with the other hand, thinking, "He can't watch the envoy arrive and take Sun Yian away smoothly."

If Sun Yian could stay in the capital and find a suitable prince-consort, he would be able to help him in the future. If he was transported to Ulan like goods, it would not only not create benefits for him, but it would also have extremely bad effects.

Therefore, the moment when the court officials asked Sun Yian to marry, she became a half-destroyed pawn in Sun Zhao's hands.

"When the envoys of the vassal state set off, the eldest prince and the seventh prince rarely calmed down, Sun Zhao must have no idea where to start. The closer the envoys to the capital, the more time he could feel."

More than ten years ago, five-year-old Sun Zhao was able to kill for a small matter. More than ten years later, he could also drain Sun Yian's last bit of value in order to achieve his goal.

"Sun Yian was killed. The suspects were the eldest prince's concubine and the seventh prince's mother. They were just three goals in one go. They could not only delay the two princes and not compete with him for reception tasks; they could also untie the knot of marriage so that he would not have a brother-in-law of the Ulan Kingdom for nothing. At the same time, they could also win the mercy of the emperor through the death of their sister."

Sun Zhao's abacus was so loud that he even prepared the excuse to convince Liang Fei.

When Meng Hui thought of Liang Fei, he felt a very contradictory feeling.

"The poor people must have something hateful. This is really appropriate to use it on Liang Concubine!" When Sun Zhao was not born, Sun Yian was also the person she loved the most. "But in order to help her son succeed, she could sacrifice her daughter cruelly. What's the use of regret now?"

Meng Hui didn't want to judge Liang Fei's choice, and didn't want to try to understand her. She shook her head and put aside the matter about her and continued to remember the case.

"This case seems difficult to solve from the beginning, but is it really difficult for professionals to find out? What have you seen from the veteran drivers of Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice? I think it is that they dare not investigate deeper!"

Meng Hui knew very well how much she had. She could piece together a rough truth from these fine clues, and of course those investigators could do it.

The conversation between the two officials that Coral overhearded was limited to the mystery of the secret room, and there was no mention of the murderer, the cause, or any details about the case.

Meng Hui felt that there were only two possibilities: one is that the case was unsolvable and they could not find the real suspect; the other is that the suspect's identity made them worry and could not be mentioned in private.

"All the details and clues prove that Sun Zhao is behind the scenes. Before the situation is clear, it is definitely not a smart choice to offend Sun Zhao rashly. Who knows whether the throne will fall on him one day?"

These officials also had to take their families and live in the capital. Instead of offending Sun Zhao, it would be better to have a reputation for being incompetent from the emperor. At least they knew the current emperor very well and knew that he would not take their heads because of this.

Therefore, these investigators simply pretended to be half blind and just tried to solve the mystery of the secret room itself, not caring about what the whole case was. In this way, decrypting the secret without any ending will certainly not be able to close the case for a long time.

"And, the emperor may not be willing to 'know' the truth, right?" Meng Hui suddenly thought that when she first entered the palace, the queen asked her if the two suspects she found were ridiculous. At that time, she didn't think there was anything worth laughing about. Now, I think about it, does this mean that the queen has seen through everything long ago?

"Since the queen is clear, how could the emperor be blind? As a king of a country, if he couldn't understand the matter under his nose, he would probably have been dismissed!" But why did the emperor stay silent and let Sun Zhao jump around the world and ask him to receive the envoys?

"Is Sun Zhao ruthless and unreasonable, just in line with the emperor's requirements for the crown prince?" Meng Hui shook his head amused, afraid that a fool would hand over the country to a person with a broken three views.

There was a sound of footsteps outside the hall. When Meng Hui saw that Chenxiang was walking respectfully from outside with a fat white boy.

"Little Duofu, please pay tribute to the princess."

Duofu has an ordinary face and looks unsightly. He is the type that he can't find after being thrown into the crowd for a while. Meng Hui nodded with satisfaction, and asked the lowly maids to retreat, leaving only agarwood and red sandalwood.

"There is a family named Song in the south of the city. There is a young man named Song Ming in the family. He used to be a guard in the palace, but later he suddenly died. He never saw anyone but the body. I want to know if their family has any reaction to this matter. And..."

Meng Hui paused and couldn't help but lowered his voice: "I want to know if the Song family and the third prince are in contact."
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