Early the next morning, as soon as Qiao Wanshu opened her eyes, she found that the Ninth Prince was fully dressed and was about to go out.

"Where to go? I'm going too!"

Her sleepiness disappeared immediately, and she rolled over and got up.

By eavesdropping on the conversation between the Ninth Prince and the Emperor, Qiao Wanshu already knew that her family had successfully left the palace.

However, the suspicion of fourth brother Qiao Jingyang has not been cleared yet, and he is still detained in the sky jail of Dali Temple.

She must seize every possible opportunity, follow the Ninth Prince, and try to find clues to clear the grievances of the fourth brother.

The Ninth Prince seemed to be in a trance as he looked at the little hand clutching his own, and quickly replied: "Go and check the prince's body. Why, you want to follow too, aren't you afraid?"

Qiao Wanshu shook her head: "If you're afraid, go too."

But he was complaining in his heart: "It's just a corpse, how can it pretend to be a corpse and bite me?" As long as I can save my fourth brother, let alone looking at the corpse, I will do the dissection with my own hands! 】

Seeing that she seemed serious, the Ninth Prince didn't say anything more and took her straight to Dali Temple.

The prince's body is temporarily parked here, waiting for his inspection.

Although Qiao Jinyue is the official minister of Dali Temple, he has adopted the principle of avoidance because of Qiao Jingyang. He is only cooperating with the Ninth Prince's investigation of the case, but does not really intervene in any of the affairs.

The Ninth Prince still personally carried Qiao Wanshu to the place where the body was parked.

He originally thought that the little girl would be frightened by the horrific corpse, but instead she opened her big black eyes and watched the autopsy more carefully than he did!

Even when his line of sight was blocked, he would pull the Ninth Prince's clothes and arms to ask him to move his position to adjust his line of sight.

After inspecting the whole body of the prince, Wu Zuo came over and saluted the ninth prince and said: "To report to the ninth prince, I found a pinhole on the body of His Royal Highness, which was in the secret part behind His Highness's ear.

From the examination of the toxin residue in the pinhole, it was initially determined that His Royal Highness was poisoned by someone injecting toxin from behind the ear. "

The Ninth Prince listened and observed carefully.

He suddenly pointed at the scratches on the prince's fingers and asked, "How are these scars formed?"

"Your Highness, it was His Highness the Crown Prince who grabbed a piece of cloth in his hand. It may have been pulled from the suspect during the tearing process, which also caused scratches on his fingers."

"Where's the strip of cloth?"

The Ninth Prince asked again.

Wu Zuo presented the strip of cloth taken from the body.

Qiao Wanshu looked at the piece of cloth carefully. The texture was not very expensive, but the remaining patterns on it were carefully embroidered.

"Singing a big show and wearing beautiful clothes?"

She murmured carelessly, attracting the Ninth Prince's attention.

He turned to his subordinates and said, "Go and bring me the playlist of the troupe that day."

Qiao Wanshu didn't hear his words, but was immersed in her own thoughts.

[No matter how you look at it, this strip of cloth should have been torn from the costume, and Bai Xiaosheng is also the famous number one killer in the world, which is more than enough to subdue the prince. 】

[But why did he attack the prince, and what was his motive? 】

It's not that she didn't think about Liu Zhan. After all, that guy had long had the ambition to usurp the throne, but now he was not strong enough and was still fledgling. It was really not a wise move to alert the snake early.

But other than that, what reason did Bai Xiaosheng have to attack the prince?

No matter how Qiao Wanshu sorted out the known plot or reasoned from Bai Xiaosheng's perspective, she could never find a reasonable reason.

[I don’t know if the second brother knows this news. He is now excluded from the case. I’m afraid even if he knows something, he can’t take any action. 】

Qiao Wanshu sighed and couldn't help but look at the Ninth Prince.

[Now that the prince is gone, the biggest beneficiary may be him, or it may be Liu Zhan. After all, the Ninth Prince's age does not have an advantage now. Even if he is established as the prince, it will not be easy to secure this position. 】

[As for Liu Zhan, he might seize this opportunity to quickly cultivate his own power, and he might even turn the Ninth Prince into his puppet...]

Countless thoughts flashed through her mind, and since she couldn't express them clearly, she could only hold them in her heart for the time being.

"...Then bring him here first. I have something to ask him."

The sound of the Ninth Prince ordering his subordinates interrupted Qiao Wanshu's thoughts.

She only heard a tail and looked at the Ninth Prince in confusion, but he did not explain who he wanted to see later.

"Okay, you've seen what you shouldn't have seen. It's time to go back to eat and rest."

The Ninth Prince seemed to be in a hurry to send Qiao Wanshu away, waving his hand to ask someone to take her back.

"Don't leave! Shu'er wants to listen!"

Qiao Wanshu repeated her old trick, hugging the Ninth Prince's thigh tightly, as if she was going to treat him like a dog-skin plaster.

Of course she had to follow the Ninth Prince closely and not miss any clues, so that she could know how to help Qiao Jingyang.

However, this time her plan was about to fail.

The Ninth Prince forcefully "peeled" her off his body and put her into the hands of the palace maid. Completely ignoring her wishes, he forcefully sent her back to his palace.

Qiao Wanshu's small arms couldn't twist her thighs. No matter how reluctant she was, she could only return to the Ninth Prince's palace obediently.

Although there were maids waiting by her side, she still couldn't settle down and wait for the Ninth Prince to return to the palace.

Using the little baby's restless nature as a cover, Qiao Wanshu began to explore the palace while her master was away.

The Ninth Prince's palace is not large, but it also has necessary rooms such as a study, a bedroom, and a guest room.

Qiao Wanshu ran around in various rooms, making the few servants and maids who followed her complain incessantly.

She wanted to paint again, climbed up on the study table, grabbed a brush and started splashing ink on the rice paper.

No one would have thought that a baby who was only a few years old would spy on some confidential information. The maids were only careful to prevent Qiao Wanshu from getting hurt, but they did not expect that she would take the opportunity to "read" all the books on the desk and shelves.

[Strange, why are there so many palace plans here? And there is also some information about the previous dynasty. What exactly does the Ninth Prince want to do? 】

Qiao Wanshu discovered some doubts and felt that the Ninth Prince seemed to be plotting something.

Thinking of his biological mother's life experience, an increasingly clear idea gradually emerged in Qiao Wanshu's heart.

【No way? Doesn't the Ninth Prince want to overthrow this dynasty and restore the previous dynasty? 】

Although she hasn't seen more evidence yet, she can infer from what she has seen so far that the proportion of this possibility is gradually increasing.

Just when Qiao Wanshu was shocked by this idea and was lost in thought, a burst of rapid footsteps came.

The Ninth Prince returned to the palace with his subordinates.

He was walking quickly towards the study room.

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