Qin Manman slowly raised her hand and gently stroked the scar on her forehead.
How could she show herself to others in this state? Moreover, he was...
The door creaked open.
Si Hongxi was stunned for a moment when he saw the person who opened the door.
"Miss Manman?" Si Hongxi guessed.
Qin Manman was wearing a veil hat and standing in front of the door. Si Hongxi couldn't see her face clearly at all.
"Yes! Your Highness, I have a skin problem on my face and it's not suitable to show myself. What can I do for you?" Qin Manman said coldly.
Si Hongxi frowned slightly. A skin problem on her face? Why so suddenly?
"Miss Manman, I just want to learn some details about the case of the deceased Zhang and Qin Jiang. May I come in and talk?" Si Hongxi peeked into the room through the crack of the door.
"Your Highness, please!" Qin Manman opened the door and invited Si Hongxi in.
As soon as Si Hongxi and Mu Qing stepped into the room, they felt a chill in the air. They looked around and then sat down.
At this time, because Qin Manman was wearing a veil hat, her facial expression couldn't be seen at all, but she gave off a very cold feeling. Si Hongxi felt very strange.
Qin Manman also sat down beside them and said coldly, "Your Highness, just ask whatever you want!"
Si Hongxi remembered that Qin Manman's attitude before was completely different from her current attitude towards him. For a moment, he wasn't quite used to it.
"Oh, Miss Manman, is your face okay? Can I take a look?" Si Hongxi asked with concern.
Hearing that Si Hongxi wanted to look at her face, she quickly pulled the veil to protect her face tightly and said nervously, "Your Highness, the scars on my face were left after I got sick before. They are unsightly and might insult Your Highness's eyes. It's better not to look!"
Si Hongxi noticed the wound in Qin Manman's palm. It was a knife wound?
"I was being presumptuous. Then I'll get straight to the point, Miss Manman. Were the deceased Zhang and Qin Jiang your parents?" Si Hongxi asked directly.
Hearing the names of her parents, Qin Manman couldn't help but tremble all over. She said calmly, "Yes, Your Highness!"
Hearing Qin Manman's answer, Si Hongxi felt very strange. There was not a trace of sadness in her words, but rather a bit more coldness.
I don't know how much time had passed. When Qin Manman saw that Si Hongxi had asked almost everything.
"Your Highness, do you have anything else to ask? If not, I'm a bit tired and won't see you off!" Qin Manman said coldly.
Seeing that Qin Manman wanted to see him off again, Si Hongxi stood up and said, "Then I won't disturb Miss Manman's rest! ... Please accept my condolences!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
After Si Hongxi left...
"Your Highness, there's something a bit off about Miss Manman!" Mu Qing said beside him.
Si Hongxi glanced at Steward Li who was leading the way in front and shook his head, signaling him not to say anything for the time being.
"Steward Li?" Si Hongxi called him.
"Alas! What are Your Highness's orders?"
"I'd like to ask, do you know what kind of people Zhang and Qin Jiang were in the mansion?" Si Hongxi asked inquiringly.
"Your Highness may not know. This family hasn't been in the mansion for long, so I haven't had much contact with them. I don't dare to make random comments. They should be okay!" Steward Li replied implicitly.
This old fox really answered without a flaw!
"Okay, then we'll go back for the time being!"
"Okay! I'll see you off!"
Si Hongxi returned to the prince's mansion.
"Have you interrogated the servants in the prime minister's mansion before? What did you find?" Si Hongxi asked.
Mu Qing reported, "Your Highness, I learned from the servants in the prime minister's mansion that the servants who were cleaning in the morning found the bodies of the two in the lotus pond. As for other things, they don't know anything!"
Si Hongxi's eyes instantly became extremely sinister. Humph, judging from Steward Li's answer today, it seems that someone has given instructions!
"However, Your Highness, I think Miss Manman seemed a bit abnormal today! Could it be that she's related to the deaths of her parents?" Mu Qing guessed.
Si Hongxi frowned slightly and seemed to be deep in thought...
It was already afternoon. Wan Ruo had just woken up in bed, and a dull ache spread through her body...
She looked at her shoulder. It was as fair as ever, without a single trace of injury.
She looked around. She was the only one in the room. How long had she slept? She put on her clothes and was about to get up.
The door of the room creaked open, but she didn't know who had opened it.
"Miss Ruo Ruo, you're awake?" Yun Jiu came into the room with some food in her hand.
Wan Ruo stood up and walked to Yun Jiu's side. She said, "What time is it now? I feel like I've slept for a long time!"
"You really have slept for a long time. It's already the Weishi hour. I guessed that you'd be waking up soon. I was afraid you'd be hungry, so I specially prepared some food for you. Hurry up and eat!" Yun Jiu said gently.
Wan Ruo instantly felt that Yun Jiu was so considerate. She smiled and said, "Thank you!"
Then she started to eat.
"Oh, right. Prince Pingnan came to look for you this morning. But since you were resting, the shopkeeper talked to him for a while, and then he left!" Yun Jiu said casually.
Hearing Yun Jiu mention Prince Pingnan, she suddenly remembered that she still had something to tell him. She quickly said to Yun Jiu, "Oh, right. I still have something to tell him. I'll go out for a while!"
After saying that, she quickly picked up the bowl and took a few more mouthfuls of food, then got up and walked out.
"Hey... Finish eating before you go!" Yun Jiu didn't have time to say anything, and the person was already gone.
Wan Ruo quickly came to Prince Pingnan's mansion. Just as she was about to go in, she was stopped by the guards at the door.
"Excuse me, could you please announce my arrival? I want to see Prince Pingnan. Just say that a girl named Wan Ruo is looking for him!" Wan Ruo said.
The guard sized Wan Ruo up and down, then said coldly, "Do you have an appointment?"
Wan Ruo shook her head.
"The prince is busy with state affairs every day. Do you think you can just see him whenever you want? Shoo, shoo, go away quickly!" The guard drove Wan Ruo away.
Seeing that the guard refused to announce her arrival, Wan Ruo got a bit anxious.
"I really have something important to talk to the prince about. If you stop me here and delay important matters, can you take the responsibility?" After saying that, Wan Ruo was about to rush inside.
"We've seen many people like you. If everyone said they had something important to talk to the prince about and we let them all in, what would be the use of us?" The guard said forcefully.
"Hey, two big brothers, I really have something to talk to the prince about! Haven't you seen me before? I stayed in the prince's mansion for a few days before! Take a good look. Does my face look familiar?" Wan Ruo pleaded while pointing at her own face, hoping that maybe because they had seen her before, they would let her in!
The two guards stared at Wan Ruo's face, then looked at each other, and then pointed at Wan Ruo and said, "Ah...!"
"Yes, I'm..." Wan Ruo thought that these two people had really seen her before!
Then she heard a sentence that almost made her faint from anger!