Li Mingjin didn’t explain to Emperor Tiansheng that the assassin was Princess Jiayang. This matter involved various conflicts of interest. He didn’t want Luo Shuyu to be put under a high wall. Even if he told Emperor Tiansheng, it would only end up being Luo Shuyu's one- sided words, and Emperor Tiansheng might suspect that they had bad intentions, so he simply concealed the matter, and everything was still based on evidence.
Luo Shuyu only needed to act as if he was a victim.
For this reason, he was also called into the palace twice to accept the care and gifts from everyone in the harem. After the limelight passed, the husband and wife could be regarded as quiet and live their own little days.
However, the matter of catching the assassin still fell on Li Mingjin.
Among all the princes, the third prince was neither the crown prince nor the eldest prince. Emperor Tiansheng originally wanted to choose the fourth prince, but considering that he refused to marry Princess Jiayang before, he gave up. At least the third son still had the strength and there were capable officials below to help him, and the investigation of the assassin could also become a training for him.
In this way, Li Mingjin led people to look for the assassin inside and outside the capital everyday.
According to Luo Shuyu's proposal, he strictly screened the people who came into the city everyday, even the farmers who went to the city to sell fruits and vegetables.
The hard work was paid off, and he really found something.
This Jiayang princess didn’t return to the city, but he didn’t leave the capital either. Although it was different from what they guessed, it was still the same.
Li Mingjin couldn't help lamenting that his wife was a planner as good as a god, and if he was a man, he would definitely be the number one scholar in the examination.
When Li Mingjin's subordinates checked the gate of the city, they found a few people with different accents. After he sent some people to follow them, they found that these people lived in an unoccupied house on the outskirts of capital, a little distance from other villagers, and they hadn’t been discovered yet
Li Mingjin sent people to stay there for three days, and found some new things. Even though it was an unoccupied house, but there were quite a few people coming and going everyday. All of them were very familiar, and many of them were the court officials. Li Mingjin asked his subordinates to record the specific time when these people came and went, and also recorded their conversations.
Those who dared to come here were those who were not afraid of death, at this juncture they could be called collaborating with the enemy. However, it was also possible that these court officials were actually the spies of the Zhou Kingdom. They worked harder than others and got a higher position.
Moreover, some of these officials often had close contacts with the crown prince or the eldest prince.
Li Mingjin reported the matter directly to Emperor Tiansheng, which caused Emperor Tiansheng to be furious, so he directly sent more people to him to continue the investigation.
Li Mingjin ran outside everyday to investigate the assassin’s matter, Luo Shuyu was a little worried about him, the weather was getting colder, and he was afraid that he would get sick, so he would let him drink a bowl of ginger soup everyday when he returned to the mansion.
Compared with Li Mingjin who was running outside, it was much easier for Luo Shuyu who entered the palace and fought wit with the women in the palace.
It was nothing more than being stabbed by the crown princess, or catching the trap thrown by the eldest imperial concubine, not to mention the queen and queen dowager. He had to respond everyone well, otherwise it would only cause trouble for him and Li Mingjin.
However, since the crown princess lost her child, she seldom went out. She just came to the queen to pay her respects, and occasionally happened to meet Luo Shuyu entering the palace. It was a big blow to her, and the child that many people were looking forward to disappeared just like that.
On the other hand, the eldest imperial concubine with a slightly protruding belly had a red face all day long, she became more and more round and smooth, she smiled at everyone, which was in stark contrast with the crown princess.
After the fight between the Crown Princess and the First imperial concubine, it was the turn of the Empress and Concubine Lin to fight. On this day, there were no newborn prince or princess in the emperor's harem.
In recent years, Emperor Tiansheng always had some physical problems, and he didn't pay much attention to the matter of spreading branches and leaves. Now the people in the harem were fawning on the queen and Concubine Lin, and the people behind them were like a seesaw, one after another.
Today, he entered the palace again to "chat" with the concubines in the harem, and Luo Shuyu took every precaution to prevent them from bringing the topic to him.
The Crown Princess didn't like to talk with everyone recently, so she didn't participate in the topic very much. With the support of the Queen, no one dared to bring up sad things in front of her.
Ever since the first imperial concubine got pregnant, her temperament became flamboyant. It was not easy for her to offend the crown princess, but Luo Shuyu, who was not yet pregnant, she could make a fuss. Only sitting was boring anyway.
"Shuyu, we have already held a banquet this year. Why don't you hold a banquet? It's pretty boring these days."
Luo Shuyu really wanted to gag her mouth with His Royal Highness' socks. She didn’t stay at home and raise her baby well, instead she wanted to join in the fun and asked him to hold a banquet.
He had to find the right time to hold the banquet, if there was something wrong with the gold bumps in her stomach, who could talk to him for reasoning?, the eldest prince was still arguing with Li Mingjin all day long.
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