After Han Feng left, Chu Tingyu and Li Jingwan stayed in the study to discuss.

"If it is really Song Qingyan who wants to kill me, what is her motive for killing me?"

Li Jingwan seemed to be talking to herself, "I did have two conflicts with her, but they were not serious enough to make her want to kill me and send Wutou's killer to Tacheng to hunt me down."

She was puzzled.

Chu Tingyu didn't interrupt, but just listened quietly to her analysis.

"According to Han Feng, if Ding Sheng colluded with Song Qingyan and led the court to send troops to eliminate Wutou, could it be that she was worried that her identity as the person behind the scenes would be exposed?"

"She went to such great lengths to kill me and destroy the evidence at all costs. How did I offend her?"

She looked at Chu Tingyu and said, "Tingyu, do you understand her character? Is she a vindictive person?"

"I'm not familiar with her." Chu Tingyu shook his head slightly. "I met her for the first time last year when she came to Beijing."

Although Song Qingyan is his relative, if she dares to hurt Li Jingwan, he will never let her go.

"That's strange." Li Jingwan frowned, "Why would she do this?"

Chu Tingyu remembered something, "Jingwan, do you remember what I said at the time, that Lin's death and your being hunted down were a coincidence?"

Li Jingwan nodded, "I remember. You said that not long after we left the capital, the eldest lady was killed, and I was hunted down again a few days after I arrived in Tacheng."

“Is there any connection between the two?”

Chu Tingyu vaguely felt that there was a connection.

While the two were discussing, Tianxi knocked on the door and reported that Qin Chongxiao was looking for him.

Chu Tingyu asked him to bring it in.

Qin Chongxiao entered the study and was a little surprised to see Li Jingwan. "Is the princess here too?"

"Well, it's been a while." Li Jingwan smiled, "Brother Qin, the wound on your face has healed a lot."

"Thanks to Xu Rui." Qin Chongxiao said.

Since regaining his original identity, Xu Rui has been treating him, and after returning to the capital, he also found a lot of precious medicinal materials.

Now, the scar on his face is no longer red and swollen, and has become much smaller.

It was already late, but Qin Chongxiao came to the mansion to find him. Chu Tingyu knew that he must have something to do.

"Chongxiao, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Qin Chongxiao said seriously, "Your Majesty, I have been investigating the murderer of my mother recently and found a suspicious point."

They just happened to be talking about Lin's death. When Qin Chongxiao mentioned it, Li Jingwan immediately asked, "What did Brother Qin find out?"

Qin Chongxiao said, "I found the maid who served my mother when she was alive. She said that my mother usually went to the small temple near the house to burn incense. Because it was close, she went alone."

Li Jingwan nodded, she knew this.

"The maid also said that if my mother went to Zhaoyun Temple, she would definitely take her with her, and Zhaoyun Temple was in the suburbs of Beijing, so they would leave in the morning. But according to the investigation results of Yingtian Prefecture, my mother left for Zhaoyun Temple alone at noon on the day of the accident, and was killed on the way."

"The maid said that my mother did not mention going to Zhaoyun Temple that day. She mentioned this when Yingtian Prefecture investigated, but Yingtian Prefecture said that my mother went to Zhaoyun Temple on a whim."

"It's indeed suspicious." Chu Tingyu said.

Qin Chongxiao bowed to him and told him the purpose of his visit tonight.

"Your Majesty, there is something fishy about the cause of my mother's death. I am a commoner now, and I have no one to help me. It would be too slow to investigate alone, so I would like to ask you to assign a few people to me to assist me in the investigation."

"No problem." Chu Tingyu agreed, "Han Feng is back today, I'll ask him to bring someone with you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

At this moment, Li Jingwan was staring at the flame of a candle beside her, seemingly in a daze.

At this moment, the candle flame flickered, and the wick suddenly made a sound and exploded.

Li Jingwan was startled and suddenly said, "I figured it out!"

The two looked at her curiously, and Li Jingwan stood up with some excitement.

"According to Brother Qin's speculation, if the cause of the eldest lady's death was not the robbers, then someone deliberately killed her."

"Ting Yu, you think the death of the Madam is related to the hunt for me in Tacheng. If so, then the person who killed the Madam and the person who hunted me should also be related, or even the same person."

Chu Tingyu's eyes darkened, "Song Qingyan?"

Qin Chongxiao didn't know what they had talked about before coming. Although he was confused, he didn't ask and just listened.

Li Jingwan nodded, and spoke a little quickly because of her excitement. "I have been thinking that if the person behind the scenes is coming for me and the Madam, it must be that we know a common secret, or that the Madam and I are both doing something."

When it comes to the most crucial point, she raised her right index finger and said, "There is only one thing."

Chu Tingyu immediately understood, "Looking for her biological daughter."

"Yes." Li Jingwan nodded repeatedly, her eyes bright under the candlelight.

"If the eldest lady and I were killed, I would not look for her biological daughter."

Qin Chongxiao hesitated, "Princess, you mean that Song Qingyan is hunting you down to stop you from helping my mother find her biological daughter. Then what is her relationship with my mother's biological daughter?"

Li Jingwan did not answer, but asked Chu Tingyu, "Tingyu, where was Song Qingyan's mother, your cousin, born?"

The shock on Chu Tingyu's face was obvious, and he uttered two words in a deep voice, "Beijing."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Zhongxiao's expression changed, "Could she be my mother's..."

This guess was so unbelievable that Qin Chongxiao didn't finish.

Chu Tingyu's next sentence made this guess even more credible.

"I heard my aunt talk about it in my mother's palace. She said that Zhao Yunying and Lin's daughter were born in the same year."

The study fell into silence, and the air became somewhat depressing and heavy.

Li Jingwan spoke first, "Maybe it's a coincidence, we have to find a way to confirm it."

"How to do it?" Qin Chongxiao asked with urgency in his tone, as this matter was related to him.

If Zhao Yunying is Lin’s biological daughter, then doesn’t that mean he is Chu Tingyu’s cousin?

"There are two ways."

Li Jingwan said, "First, compare the dates of birth. Tingyu, can you help me ask Zhao Yunying whether her date of birth is the same as Brother Qin's?"

"Okay." Chu Tingyu nodded, "I'll go check if anything else happened on the day she was born."

Li Jingwan added, "The eldest lady said that she remembered her daughter had a butterfly-shaped birthmark below the right collarbone. I'll find a way to fix this."

After the three of them discussed for a while, Qin Chongxiao left with a full heart.

Li Jingwan looked at his figure and asked Chu Tingyu, "Tingyu, do you think Brother Qin is your aunt's son?"

"I hope so." Chu Tingyu said.

He could feel that the truth was before his eyes, and that those who did evil should be severely punished.

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