The legitimate daughter returns, and the princess goes crazy

After the early New Year’s Eve dinner, Mu Yan and Ling Yu, the master and servant, said goodbye to everyone and prepared to return home.

When the two walked out of Hua Man Lou, they saw that the snow in the sky had started to fall heavily. The snowflakes were like wool. The whole capital city was covered in silver, as if shrouded in clouds and mist. The streets were silent and deserted, like a silent painting.

A cold wind blew, and Mu Yan felt a little chilly. She subconsciously hugged the hot water bottle in her hand tightly.

Ling Yu glanced at the snow on the ground and said, "Miss, it's slippery when it snows. Please wait here for a while. I'll ask the coachman to drive the carriage over. Don't go out, or your skirt will get wet."

Mu Yan nodded in response and could only stand at the door to admire the snow scene for a while. However, after waiting for a long time, Ling Yu did not come back. She murmured in a low voice: "Where did this girl go?"

She was about to go out to look for it, but as soon as she turned a corner, she heard a shrill scream coming from the alley.

"what--"

A shrill and terrified female voice was heard, and Mu Yan's muscles instantly tensed up and she screamed, "Ling Yu!"

The next second, she rushed into the alley like a gust of wind, and saw a woman in a blue dress fainted on the ground. The next second, she saw a pool of blood under the woman.

Mu Yan's heart suddenly jumped because Ling Yu was wearing a blue dress today.

She held her breath and continued to walk forward, her heart pounding. The closer she got, the heavier her heart felt, because when she got closer she found that the woman's limbs on the ground had been chopped off.

It seems that the woman is not fainted, but is dead.

She closed her eyes and prayed, hoping it wasn't Ling Yu! Then she mustered up her courage and stepped forward to lift the hair of the woman on the ground.

A strange face came into view, fortunately, it was not Ling Yu.

But who is this woman?

Who killed her again?

And he put her in the snow and ice. How cruel!

Mu Yan suddenly caught a glimpse of a dagger dropped beside the woman. She felt that the pattern on the dagger looked familiar and wanted to pick it up to take a look. But when she just picked up the dagger, suddenly a flash of fire appeared, and then a group of yamen runners in official uniforms followed.

In the eyes of the yamen runners, Mu Yan was holding a knife in her hand, and under her feet was a bloody corpse.

"Who dares to kill someone on such a dark and windy night? Come, capture him for me."

Mu Yan: “…”

Why not kill people in broad daylight instead of on a dark and windy night?

No, I am not the murderer!

"Miss, why are you here? It's easy for me to find you."

Ling Yu's voice sounded at the right time. She hurried to Mu Yan's side and opened her arms to block the group of officials. She frowned and said, "Who are you? My young lady is the eldest daughter of the Minister of Personnel and the Princess Pingting appointed by the court. Don't be rude."

The leading yamen runner paused for a moment, "So it's Princess Pingting. I'm so sorry. I'm Sang Liang, a subordinate of the Jingzhao prefect."

Mu Yan raised her eyebrows and said, "Oh? So it's Sang Liang, one of the Four Famous Detectives. I've heard of your name for a long time."

Sang Liang bowed and said, "I am grateful for your praise, Princess. I wonder what you are doing here so late at night. There is no one on the street, and you are holding a dagger in your hand..."

His words were very tactful. It was so late and snowing so heavily, and there was no one on the roads around. However, Mu Yan was at the crime scene with a dagger in her hand. It was hard not to associate her with the murderer.

Mu Yan told him everything that had just happened: "I was just waiting for my maid and the driver. They didn't come so I wanted to go out to see what was going on. Then I heard a scream in the alley. I thought something happened to my maid, so I hurried over and saw this woman lying in the snow.

When I got closer, I found that the woman was already dead, and the dagger just happened to fall next to the body. I wanted to see if there were any clues on it, so I picked it up. Coincidentally, you also arrived at the scene at this time, which led to the misunderstanding. "

After listening to Mu Yan's explanation, Sang Liang frowned slightly and said half-believingly, "So that's how it is, but this is too much of a coincidence."

Seeing that Sang Liang didn't believe it, Ling Yu was the first to stand up to defend his master. He snorted coldly, "There are many coincidences in the world. What's so strange about this? Besides, my young lady has a title. You can't just detain her casually."

"This……"

Mu Yan also knew Sang Liang's dilemma, and said, "If you can't make the decision, please ask Jingzhao Yin to come in person."

Sang Liang thought for a moment and said politely: "That's fine. Then I'll have to ask your Majesty to stay here for a while." Then he sent another man to report the news.

Mu Yan could only continue to wait in the heavy snow. She originally wanted to check the woman's body to see if there were any clues, but as soon as she got close to the body or made any inappropriate movements, she would attract the attention and be stopped by other yamen runners, so she could only wait here.

Ling Yu glared at the yamen runners and said unhappily, "Miss, these people are simply treating you as a prisoner."

In contrast, Mu Yan was much calmer. Her eyelashes trembled slightly. "Never mind. They are also doing their job. But you, why did you take so long just now? I thought you were the one in trouble. You scared me to death."

She was still frightened when she thought of the scene just now. If something really happened to Ling Yu, she would blame herself for the rest of her life.

Ling Yu felt a warm feeling in her heart, and then she heard her complain, "I wanted to go faster, but it was because of that driver that I was delayed."

Mu Yan's eyes were filled with doubt, and Ling Yu continued, "I went to the place where the carriage was parked just now but couldn't find him. Then I walked a long way before I found that he had parked the carriage in a corner and fell asleep. I went over and called him for a long time before I woke him up.

After waking up, I asked him why he parked the carriage here. Guess what he said, he said he didn't know how the carriage got here by itself, it was too absurd, he must have wanted to find a quiet place to be lazy, but he didn't expect to fall asleep, and he lied to me after I found him, when I return home, I will report to the Second Madam and deduct his monthly salary. "

Mu Yan frowned slightly. The driver she brought out today was always cautious, honest and taciturn, so Mu Yan liked to designate him when she went out. But why was he so abnormal today?

Just as her thoughts were wandering, Jingzhao Prefecture Governor Shen Wanwei arrived at the scene. When he saw Mu Yan, he leaned forward slightly and said, "Greetings to Princess Pingting."

The middle-aged woman following him burst into tears when she saw the body lying on the ground: "Daughter, ah, how could my daughter become like this! Who killed her so cruelly?"

At this time, a slightly younger man hurriedly supported her and said with a sob: "Mom, please accept my condolences and cheer up. We have to help our sister find the murderer."