Shen Shen Shen doesn't pursue men, only money

Chapter 149 The Revengeful Person

About half a cup of tea after Mu Yejun jumped into the shadows, Lu Hen came into the room and called Shen Shenshen to get up, and couldn't help sniffing.

Strange, there is an inexplicable male smell in the room. The prince was not here yesterday. Could it be that other men have been here? There are guards outside the courtyard and secret guards inside the courtyard. Turning around, I saw the lady sleeping peacefully on the bed as usual.

Lu Hen shook his head, thinking that he must be worrying too much.

Shen Shenshen was half asleep and half awake when she was woken up. She got up confusedly and felt that she slept very deeply last night. When Lu Hen was dressing her, she looked in her hands and found nothing.

"Greenscar, where's the hairband?"

"I saw you holding it last night. Could it have slipped off while you were sleeping?"

"Look for it."

The master and servant searched the bed continuously, but of course they couldn't find it.

After paying respects at Daishan Courtyard, Shen Shenshen and Lu Hen hurried back to Qinghua Garden. They turned the bedroom upside down but still could not find the hairband.

"Strange. He was here last night."

Shen Shen stood in the middle of the bedroom with his hands on his hips, looking around, wondering if there was any place he had not searched yet.

By the way, I seemed to see Ziyuan in a daze yesterday when I was half asleep and half awake?

Did Ziyuan take it? I must ask Ziyuan later today.

She had not left the Qinghua Garden all day, so naturally she did not know what happened to Zhou Yunxi in the Duke of Jing'an's Mansion yesterday. After lunch and a short rest, Shen Shenshen was in high spirits and asked Lu Hen to grind ink, so that she could practice the Slender Gold Style that she had been unfamiliar with for a long time at the desk in the outer hall.

A top-quality rosewood desk was placed under the window sill of the outer hall. The sky outside was gloomy, and the dim light shone through the thick clouds and the hollow patterns of the window lattices onto the desk, not brightly. Shen Shen asked Lu Hen to light a candle, and the sky instantly became much brighter.

"Luhen, you can go down now. You don't need to wait on me. I'll call you when you need tea."

"Yes."

I spread out the finest rice paper, pressed it down with a marbled paperweight, bit the end of my brush and thought about what I was going to practice. I looked up through the open door and vaguely saw my favorite osmanthus tree in the yard, so I wrote an ancient poem about osmanthus.

Birdsong Stream

When people are idle, the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers fall, and the spring mountains are empty at night. The moon rises and startles the mountain birds, which sometimes sing in the spring stream.

After finishing the poem, Shen Shenshen held the paper with a frown on his face, looking left and right, not satisfied. The handwriting was not as vigorous as the man's, but too soft.

"Is Shenshen not satisfied with the writing?" A familiar male voice sounded.

"Ziyuan? Why are you here?" Shen Shenshen looked up and saw that it was his beloved person. He happily threw the rice paper on the table, walked to Zhu Yanxiao, stretched out his arms and hugged his waist without saying a word.

Zhu Yanxiao also reached out and hugged her.

But Shen Shen keenly felt that Ziyuan was in a low mood today.

"Something happened today." Zhu Yanxiao said sullenly.

Shen Shen moved his face away from his chest, looked up and asked, "What's the matter?"

Zhu Yanxiao exhaled a breath of foul air: "Zhou Yunxi...something happened last night, her appearance must have been completely ruined."

"Zhou Yunxi?" Shen Shenshen didn't react for a moment: "How is she?"

"Please sit down. I will talk to the gods slowly." Zhu Yanxiao looked tired.

"Luhen." Before Zhu Yanxiao spoke, she called in her personal maid.

"Miss." The maid entered the room and saw the man in the room. She saluted without any surprise: "Prince."

"Go make a cup of osmanthus honey tea, with more nectar, and then make a pot of Junshan Yinzhen, the prince's favorite. Hmm..." She said to Zhu Yanxiao: "Ziyuan, are you having dinner here?"

Zhu Yanxiao hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay."

"Tell the kitchen to prepare a richer dinner today. But don't tell them that the prince is here too. Just tell them that... I am recovering from my injuries and need to replenish my body."

"My maid understands."

Lu Hen turned around to give instructions. After a while, he brought osmanthus honey water and Junshan silver needles into the room and placed them on the coffee table. By the way, he also changed a pot of hot tea for Shen Shenshen.

"Go and watch at the door. No one can enter the house without my permission."

"I understand, Miss, don't worry."

After Lu Hen left the room, she picked up the cup of osmanthus honey tea on the table and handed it to him.

"I know Ziyuan doesn't like sweets, so today's osmanthus honey tea is made from the best oolong tea, and the nectar is brewed from osmanthus flowers picked by the gods themselves. It's sweet. When you're in a bad mood, you should drink something sweet, and your mood will improve. Ziyuan, try it."

Seeing the concerned look of the woman beside him, Zhu Yanxiao's depressed mood was relieved. He took the teacup and took a sip. The fragrance lingered in his mouth and was refreshing. He couldn't help but drink a few more sips, calmed down, and said.

"Duke Zhou of Jing'an Duke's Mansion came to the Imperial Study this morning in his duke's formal attire to ask for His Majesty's approval."

"Seeking an imperial decree? Is it related to Zhou Yunxi that we just talked about?"

"According to what Lord Zhou said in the Imperial Study, a thief broke into Miss Zhou's boudoir last night and tried to do something bad to her. He even pulled out a dagger to force her to surrender. Miss Zhou refused to obey and was scratched on the face by the dagger during her fierce resistance. When the thief saw that he had injured someone, he immediately jumped out of the window and disappeared. No trace of him has been found since."

Shen Shenshen was so shocked that he forgot to blink: "Did the dagger scratch your face?"

"Duke Zhou told His Majesty that the wound was so deep that the bone was visible. Even if it heals, there will be a deep and long scar on the face. His appearance...is ruined."

"Does His Majesty have any order?"

After taking two sips of osmanthus honey tea, Zhu Yanxiao continued, "In this prosperous era, there are still such rampant thieves who harm the daughter of a noble family right under the nose of the imperial city. His Majesty was furious, but also felt that this matter was too strange. He ordered the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple to investigate the case, and also assigned 30 Flying Guards. They must give an explanation to His Majesty and the Duke of Jing'an within 30 days."

"Thirty days..." Shen Shen also felt that the time was too tight.

In her previous life, this would have been the Serious Crime Squad. Dongxiangjing City has a population of hundreds of thousands, and there are no high-tech cameras, mobile phone communications, social software, fingerprint matching, etc. like in her previous life. There are also no investigative means such as checking the workplace or surrounding neighbors. With only one month to investigate, the head of the Serious Crime Squad can only wish good luck to himself.

and many more.

Shen Shen looked at Zhu Yanxiao in doubt: "This serious case team, isn't it? The chief officer investigating this case... could it be Ziyuan?"

Zhu Yanxiao admired her intelligence very much and nodded: "It is this prince."

"Oh my god." Shen Shen stared at Zhu Yanxiao with his eyes wide open, and he complained in his heart: The emperor would not use this incident to trick Prince Zhong's mansion, would he?

"So, God knows why this prince is in a bad mood."

Shen Shen glanced at Zhu Yanxiao, not knowing whether he was upset about Zhou Yunxi's injured face or was depressed by the emperor's trick.

Or maybe both?!

She calmed herself down, ignored Zhou Yunxi for the time being, and analyzed the case before moving forward.

"Ziyuan, let alone His Majesty, who is so smart, I also find this matter very strange."

"I also think that Duke Zhou's words are full of doubts. Please let the gods speak first."

"Ahem. Sir, please pour me some tea."

Zhu Yanxiao raised his lips and poured a cup of tea for Constable Shen Shenshen. This was the first time he smiled since he knew about Zhou Yunxi's accident.

"Ziyuan, according to Duke Zhou, did all the statements yesterday come from Zhou Yunxi and her personal maid?"

"Yes."

"Then we can infer that none of the guards and maids in the Duke's Mansion had seen the flower-stealing thief. No matter how powerful the thief was, if he flew out of the window and landed on the roof, there would be some noise when he entered or exited the Duke's Mansion. According to Duke Zhou's statement, no one in the mansion noticed it except the eldest lady, including the guards. This is impossible."

Zhu Yanxiao listened and began tapping the coffee table with his index finger.

"This prince has also noticed that Duke Zhou and His Majesty said that the wound on Miss Zhou's face was so deep that the bone could be seen. However, the wound was accidentally scratched when she was resisting the thieves. The depth of an accidental scratch is different from that of a deep wound that can see the bone. If it is really deep enough to see the bone, Miss Zhou was scratched deliberately."

"Exactly. There is one last point, Ziyuan. Others may not think so, but for Shen Shen, the timing of this incident is too coincidental."

"This prince has also noticed that Shenshen was poisoned by Miss Zhou when she went to the Duke of Jing'an's mansion yesterday. Miss Zhou was injured on the face last night."

"For a woman, having an irreparable wound on her face is as serious as losing her innocence. The murderer was able to come and go freely without anyone noticing, and it seems that he had a deep hatred for Miss Zhou, so he was so cruel. Only one person would do this, and could do this."

"Mu Ye-jun."

"Mu Ye-jun."

They both said in unison. They saw the answer in each other's eyes.

Shen Shen Shen showed a smile at this time, and said with some appreciation.

"I didn't expect Huaibi to be such a vindictive person."

"God, are you blaming me for not taking revenge on Zhou Yunxi?"

"If I hadn't prepared in advance, I might have lost my innocence yesterday. Would Ziyuan still be willing to marry me then? I can't say I blame you, but with Mu Yejun's actions for the gods, I can't help but feel a little disappointed with Ziyuan."

Zhu Yanxiao opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.