"If this king really finds the person who cast the curse, this king will surely make this person suffer worse than death."
As he spoke, Helan Yanting waved his palm at a teacup on the table. After a gust of palm wind, the cup instantly shattered into powder.
...
At this moment, in the Lan Courtyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
A young servant in the courtyard rushed in staggeringly with a box in his hand, looking extremely panicked. "Madam, something terrible has happened! A huge thing!"
Hearing the commotion, the madam glanced at the servant with a look of impatience. "Why are you in such a hurry? Are you rushing to hell? If you don't even understand such basic rules, what use are you in this mansion?!"
The servant knelt on the ground with a thud and placed the box in front of him. "Madam, this box..."
"What's wrong with this box?" The madam glanced at the box on the ground and couldn't help frowning.
"Tie San is dead! What's in this box is... is his tongue!"
"What?!" The teacup the madam had just picked up suddenly shook, spilling hot water all over the floor. She suddenly stood up from her chair and looked at the servant in disbelief. "You said Tie San is dead? What on earth is going on?!"
"This lowly one doesn't know what exactly happened to Tie San. This box suddenly appeared in the courtyard early this morning. Out of curiosity, this lowly one opened it and saw that there was actually a bloody tongue inside! And there was also a note..."
"Where is the note? Bring it here for this madam to take a look."
The servant took out a note with a trembling hand and handed it to the madam. The madam opened the note and her expression changed drastically.
"This is just an appetizer. The main course is yet to come. Madam, you should enjoy it slowly."
Dongqu and Chunlai, the maids serving beside her, noticed the madam's strange expression and immediately asked with concern, "Madam, is something wrong?"
Mu Rulan tightly clutched the note in her hand. Looking at the box oozing blood on the ground, she stepped forward and kicked the box away. "That little bitch is really insolent. She dared to touch this madam's people and even dared to be so arrogant. You're really forcing this madam to take drastic measures, huh."
"Dongqu, prepare the writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone for this madam. This madam is going to write a secret letter. Later, you should send this secret letter to the Mu Mansion by carrier pigeon."
"Yes, madam!"
...
At the Helan Prince's Mansion.
Feng Yunshu woke up the next morning. She vaguely remembered what had happened last night. She suddenly threw off the quilt and sat up.
"Your Highness, you're finally awake!" At this time, Zilan walked in with a washbasin in her hand. When she saw Feng Yunshu wake up, she was extremely excited. "Your Highness, you've been unconscious since last night and kept mumbling in your sleep from time to time. It really worried this servant to death."
"What did I mumble in my sleep?"
"Something like master, where are you running, demon... And you suddenly shouted the prince's name... There are also some things this servant can't remember very clearly..."
After hearing this, three black lines appeared on Feng Yunshu's forehead. She had really had a lot of dreams last night.
"Don't worry. I'm fine. I just had a lot of dreams."
"Where is the prince?"
"The prince is waiting for you in the hall to have breakfast together."
Thinking of what had happened last night, Feng Yunshu couldn't wait to find Helan Yanting to discuss it. After quickly washing and tidying herself up, she immediately went to the hall.
Sure enough, Helan Yanting was sitting at the dining table waiting for her. Looking up and seeing her coming, he gently hooked his lips and smiled. "Madam is awake? Did you sleep well last night? Come and have breakfast quickly."
Feng Yunshu glanced at the breakfast on the table. The breakfast in the prince's mansion was as rich as ever, and most of them were her favorite dishes on weekdays, such as steamed buns with juicy meat filling, corn cakes, egg rice noodles, and some special side dishes from Yangzhou. Feng Yunshu silently swallowed her saliva.
"Madam, what are you standing there for? Sit down and eat quickly."
Helan Yanting very considerately placed the chopsticks and bowl in front of Feng Yunshu. As the saying goes, food is the paramount necessity of the people. Looking at this table full of steaming hot breakfast, Feng Yunshu thought that she couldn't let them down. She decided to put aside whatever important things she had for the time being.
So Feng Yunshu sat down, picked up the chopsticks and started eating like a whirlwind.
When eating the steamed buns with juicy meat filling, she was too impatient. As soon as she took a bite, there was a hissing sound, and all the soup in the bun splashed onto Helan Yanting's white robe on the opposite side, creating a picture like a "landscape ink painting".
Feng Yunshu opened her eyes in horror. She quickly took out her handkerchief and stepped forward to wipe it randomly. "Your Highness, this concubine didn't mean to... I'm sorry, sorry!"
After Feng Yunshu's hasty wiping, Helan Yanting's face twitched. He felt a chill on his chest. Looking down, he found that his collar had been opened by her at some point.
Helan Yanting slightly raised his fox-like eyes. "Madam, if you want to take advantage of this king, you can just do it openly. This king won't refuse. Why do you need to find an excuse..."
Feng Yunshu blushed deeply. She quickly pulled his clothes back. "Your Highness, you misunderstood! This concubine doesn't want to take advantage of you! The smell of the oil stain is too strong. You'd better go and change your clothes quickly."
Helan Yanting himself couldn't stand the smell of the oil stain either. He got up and went into the room to change his clothes and then came back.
Feng Yunshu had almost finished eating. Just as he came back, she accidentally let out a loud burp...
Helan Yanting couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"Um, Your Highness... Has Ziyuan woken up? What did the doctor say?" Feng Yunshu quickly changed the subject in embarrassment.
"Don't worry. Your personal maid is fine. She just fainted from excessive shock. The doctor has prescribed medicine and she should wake up soon."
Feng Yunshu nodded. "That's good."
"By the way, Your Highness, the note last night made it very clear that the murderer must be the madam. Right now, this concubine has to find a way to find the midwife who administered the medicine at that time. In this way, we can prove the madam's crime!"
"Do you think the madam would leave the midwife alive?"
"This..." Helan Yanting's rhetorical question left Feng Yunshu speechless for a moment. "You're right. How could the madam leave any把柄? After she killed my mother back then, she must have found a way to destroy all the evidence. The midwife is most likely dead."
Feng Yunshu couldn't help frowning. "After all, it was more than a decade ago. It may be difficult to find many pieces of evidence. But if this concubine just accuses the madam of her crime like this, I'm afraid she won't admit it..."
"Madam, have you forgotten that this king is here?"
Feng Yunshu looked up at Helan Yanting. "But Your Highness, you have to go to court on weekdays. And after all, this is a matter of the Prime Minister's Mansion. It's not very appropriate for Your Highness with your status to get involved, right?"
"Hehe," Helan Yanting chuckled. "Madam, you can rest assured and leave the matter of dealing with the madam to this king. This king will surely find a way to deal with this cruel and poisonous woman."
"This..." Feng Yunshu didn't fully understand Helan Yanting's true strength yet. Hearing him speak so confidently, although she still had some concerns in her heart, she still chose to believe him.
"Okay then. I'll leave this matter to you, Your Highness." Feng Yunshu thought that she still had another matter to deal with at the moment, so she didn't hesitate about this matter anymore.
Helan Yanting nodded and looked at her seriously. "Madam, although this king doesn't know much about your past life experiences. I only know that you're a cultivator. But now that you've been reborn as the princess of this king's Helan Prince's Mansion, you should also enjoy the ordinary days in this mortal world."
"What do you mean, Your Highness?"
"The Mid-Autumn Festival, a reunion festival, is just a few days away. By then, the long street night market will be very lively. Do you want to go for a stroll?"