"Miss, Miss?"
Niaoniao had changed Jin Yu's clothes, but she still didn't wake up.
It turned out that this "Nverhong" wine tasted mild and mellow at first, but had a strong after - effect. Once one drank too much, they would fall into a deep sleep for a whole day.
Niaoniao didn't dare to look at Lord Song's face. She couldn't figure out why it was Prince Yu who had sent the miss back when it was clearly Yan Fei who had taken the miss out.
At this moment, Lord Song had just seen off Prince Yu. When he came back and saw his drunk daughter, his face was solemn, but he could do nothing about it. He just waved his sleeves and left without saying a word.
He only told Niaoniao and the other maids to take good care of his daughter.
Outside Liuzhou City, there suddenly appeared many corpses in an abandoned temple. At first, it didn't cause much of a stir.
One of the vagrants was originally the young master of a wealthy family in Liuzhou City. Because he failed the imperial examination, his spirit was stimulated. He refused to go home day and night, and his family had to send people to watch over him.
One day, the servant went home to report something, and the "crazy young master" disappeared. So, the family of the "crazy young master" sent people to look for him everywhere and finally found him in the abandoned temple. To their horror, they found dozens of corpses.
Song Qinzhou had been worried about this case in recent days. Liuzhou City had always been a place with good public order and wealthy people. Prince Yu, Zhongli Mingye, had only been here for a short time, and suddenly a serious crime had occurred. If the case couldn't be solved, on a small scale, it would mean Song Qinzhou's incompetence; on a large scale, there would be public outcry in Liuzhou City.
So, he didn't have the time to take care of the affairs in his own backyard.
"Your Highness, I've already sent people to search for clues inside and outside the abandoned temple. I'm sure we'll have some results in a few days." Song Qinzhou respectfully reported the details of the case to Prince Yu.
"Solve the case as soon as possible. The longer it takes, the greater the impact will be."
Zhongli Mingye was playing with the jade ring on his finger, his eyes fixed on it.
That day when he sent her back, his hand accidentally brushed across her cheek. Her warm breath swept across his palm, making it tingle. There was a touch of rouge on his palm.
A faint shadow that stirred his emotions.
"Focus on investigating the beggars, vagrants in Liuzhou City and the refugees from Qinghe Pass."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
After Song Qinzhou left, Zhongli Mingye seemed to remember something.
"How's the marriage between the He family and the Song family going?"
"Your Highness, Lord He flew into a rage and beat up Young Master He. I heard, I heard that Young Master He can't even get out of bed."
"Oh? Really!"
Zhongli Mingye let out a laugh and looked up at Qing Feng.
"Send some wedding gifts to them and tell Lord He that I'm congratulating them on the happy occasion of their family's wedding."
Hearing this, Qing Feng was stunned.
His usually cold face showed confusion.
Was this still the prince? Why was he so concerned about such an ordinary marriage?
Could it be because of the young lady from the Song family?
Qing Feng shook his head. Although the young lady from the Song family was extremely beautiful, her family background was not good enough to be a princess.
Maybe his prince had other plans!
When the He family was in a complete mess, they planned to break off the engagement after a few days of cooling - off.
Suddenly, gifts from Prince Yu's Mansion arrived at the He family. At this time, the people of the He family realized that they had to marry Song Wangqiu no matter what.
As a result, He Shuda not only offended Song Qinzhou but also had to marry the daughter of a minor family. How could Lady He swallow this bitter pill? She had always been at the top among the noble ladies in Liuzhou. She never thought that her only son would be so useless!
After seeing off the people from the prince's mansion, Lord He went to He Shuda's room and beat him up again.
With the He family's attitude like this, even if Song Wangqiu had schemed hard to get this marriage, it would all be in vain in the end.
"Miss, Cheng Song is back." Niaoniao fed Jin Yu a bowl of honey water. Now Jin Yu finally felt that she had recovered.
She completely forgot that she had mocked Prince Yu for being a homosexual in the wine shop.
"Miss, I've been following Second Lord for a few days. I found that he has a mistress in Liuhua Alley, and she seems to be pregnant."
A sarcastic smile appeared on Jin Yu's lips: "Pass the news to Second Lady."
"Miss, why are you doing this?" Niaoniao didn't understand why her miss was helping Second Lady like this.
"I'm not helping her. I'm just keeping her busy so that she won't bother us." Jin Yu had noticed that Second Lady had been causing trouble in the Song Mansion these days. If it fell into the eyes of those with ulterior motives, they might think that the governor's mansion was not a place that tolerated others.
"The second branch is really a despicable family." Although Xiang Shi felt quite satisfied after hearing the news, she still knew that if it got out, it would damage the reputation of the Song family.
"Second Lord has been so reckless. Will Second Lady spare him?" Fang Qiao was massaging Xiang Shi's legs and asked with a frown.
"Not only that. Now that Song Wangqiu is about to get married, I'm afraid the real drama is just beginning." Xiang Shi thought of the shrewd and vicious Second Lady getting her just deserts.
"Miss Song has good luck. She's going to marry into a noble family with her background."
"Do you really think Lady He can swallow this humiliation? The legitimate young lady has been replaced by a collateral young lady, and she's the daughter of a useless concubine - born son." Xiang Shi sneered.
"I'm afraid there will be more to come."
"Although the eldest young lady is still young, her temperament is really good. It seems that Young Master He from the He family is blind." Fang Qiao made a conclusion.
"I'm afraid the He family was deceived by Second Lady."
"Ah!"
"People should have some foresight. They only see the glory and wealth but don't think if they have the fate to enjoy it." Fang Qiao helped Xiang Shi to bed.
The night was quiet. Suddenly, there were several dark shadows in the backyard of the Song Mansion.
"Who's there?" Cheng Song leaped down, forcing the black - clothed men to retreat continuously. Seeing that these two people had unfathomable martial arts skills, the black - clothed men had to retreat and try to escape. But unexpectedly, Yan Fei blocked their way out!
"You petty thieves, how dare you cause trouble in the governor's mansion." The guards of the mansion came one after another. Seeing that they couldn't escape, the black - clothed men had no choice but to take poison and commit suicide.
Jin Yu personally inspected and found that these black - clothed men had all been poisoned by the Gu poison from the Miao region. Was there any connection with the Golden Water Palace?
The Golden Water Palace was the second - largest sect in the martial arts world after Tianmen Mountain. The former palace master was Ouyang Long, the great priest of the Miao region. Later, he founded the Golden Water Palace. He married the famous female chivalrous woman at that time, who was now Lady Jinhua.
Five years ago, the palace master of the Golden Water Palace died of illness, and Lady Jinhua became the new palace master. Her son, Ouyang Jinse, was the young palace master.
Would Ouyang Jinse send people to kill her? It was unlikely! She had been on good terms with Ouyang Jinse since childhood, and they had no grudges against each other.
Yan Fei said, "In that case, the Golden Water Palace is the most suspected. I don't know when Yu'er offended the Golden Water Palace?"
"I'm not sure. But we need to strengthen our defense."
Although Song Jinyu was not afraid of these ghosts and monsters, she was a little worried about her family. She was afraid that her lack of caution in the martial arts world had brought disaster to herself.
So, she should leave home earlier.