Spring in the East Palace

The two stood there staring at each other, the calmness in their eyes gradually turning into panic.

If there were spies in the inner courtyard, one can imagine what would happen.

In this situation, Shen Muyin was calm: "Since there are no new people, who have you been in contact with recently?"

Shopkeeper Wang frowned slightly, and then continued, "I come into contact with a lot of people every day, almost all of them are from the inner courtyard. I encounter all kinds of things, big and small. The embroiderer may be the person I come into contact with the least."

After all, Shopkeeper Wang doesn't know how to embroider, so he has very few opportunities to come into contact with the embroiderers.

Xu Jinxiu had contact with most of the embroiderers, but on the contrary, she had less contact with other people.

Xu Jinxiu and Manager Wang cooperated with each other seamlessly.

In this situation, the two of them seemed to gradually sort out their thoughts from Shen Muyin's words.

What Shen Muyin meant was, in addition to the people they usually come into contact with, there was someone in this inner courtyard that they suddenly started to come into contact with recently.

Shopkeeper Wang responded to Shen Muyin immediately: "No, I am still in contact with the original person."

Instead, Xu Jinxiu's expression changed: "Changfu."

This was the only person Xu Jinxiu had come into contact with in recent days who was not an embroiderer. However, Changfu was allowed to enter the inner courtyard, so Xu Jinxiu did not feel that there was anything wrong.

Now, Xu Jinxiu looked at Shen Muyin, and Shopkeeper Wang frowned.

"Changfu?" Shen Muyin was silent for a moment.

She thought of the accident that happened at the city gate that day. If she had not changed the carriage in time, something would have happened a long time ago.

At that moment, Shen Muyin saw Changfu, but she found it absurd and didn't think it was Changfu.

So in this situation, Shen Muyin was in deep thought.

Shopkeeper Wang continued to explain: "The young lady asked me to test Changfu, so Changfu can enter the inner courtyard. If it was before, Changfu could not enter the inner courtyard. He behaved very well and did not cause any trouble. So, if this matter was Changfu, then..."

Shopkeeper Wang just looked at Shen Muyin and didn't say anything else.

But everyone knows what this means, which proves that there is something wrong with Changfu.

So Shopkeeper Wang and Xu Jinxiu were waiting for Shen Muyin to speak.

"Let me ask you, I let Changfu contact people in the palace before, so was there anything unexpected in what he did?" Shen Muyin continued to ask.

Because Changfu had always been at peace in previous tests and was extremely trustworthy.

So Shen Muyin asked Manager Wang to let go and try to let Changfu get in touch with people in the palace. After all, Changfu was not as simple as a farmhand on the surface.

He seemed to be able to handle everything with ease, and it was obvious that he had been very well-educated before he fell into poverty.

Therefore, Changfu's contact with people who come to the palace to place orders can actually reduce a lot of the burden on Manager Wang.

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"After Changfu came into contact with people in the palace, the embroidery room received more and more orders. But Changfu is a taciturn person, so we can't expect Changfu to do anything."

Shopkeeper Wang explained.

Shen Muyin was listening attentively, but suddenly Shopkeeper Wang thought of something and just looked at Shen Muyin.

“But during this period, more and more people have come to inquire about double-sided embroidery, as if they are certain that the embroidery studio can embroider double-sided embroidery.” Shopkeeper Wang pointed out something that was wrong.

Originally, Shopkeeper Wang hadn't thought much about this matter.

Although double-sided embroidery has disappeared from the market, it does not mean that everyone does not know about it.

If someone can get double-sided embroidery, it will naturally be a unique and glorious achievement.

But as for the people and the embroidery workshop that embroider double-sided embroidery, that would be troublesome, after all, they are closely connected with the Wen family.

Therefore, people with ulterior motives can cause countless right and wrongs, and a single move will affect the entire body. Being safe now does not mean that you will be safe in the future.

Shopkeeper Wang and Shen Muyin both thought of this truth, and their eyes became even more serious.

Then Shopkeeper Wang looked at Shen Muyin and said, "Miss, what should we do now?"

"What Jinxiu lost was just the base pattern for double-sided embroidery. Any experienced embroiderer could draw a new pattern according to the base pattern. It's just that she doesn't know how to embroider." Shen Muyin spoke quietly.

Shopkeeper Wang and Xu Jinxiu looked at each other and suddenly understood what Shen Muyin meant.

"So, what the eldest lady means is that if Changfu stole the base map and sent it to the palace to give to someone with ulterior motives, then someone would definitely come to the embroidery room to test whether the embroidery room can embroider double-sided embroidery, to confirm whether their judgment is wrong. Is that what you mean?" Shopkeeper Wang asked calmly.

"Yes." Shen Muyin did not deny it.

Xu Jinxiu's face turned pale: "This is really too vicious."

But soon, she looked at Shen Muyin and said, "Then we can definitely refuse. In this way, no one will know that the double-sided embroidery came out from here."

"No." Shen Muyin denied.

Her eyes became extremely serious, and then she just looked at Xu Jinxiu and Manager Wang, speaking every word clearly.

"Now if there are still people in the palace who want to ask about double-sided embroidery, you should agree to it and ask them to bring the base map and tell them that you can give it a try. Of course, this cannot be given. But through this base map, we can determine whether Jinxiu's previous base map was stolen from the palace. If it is really in the palace, then this was done by Changfu." Shen Muyin finished his words calmly.

"The eldest lady is really amazing." Shopkeeper Wang really admires her.

Shen Muyin didn't say anything, but based on this judgment, she was basically certain that Changfu was a problematic person.

In order to cut the grass at its roots, Changfu should have been dealt with first, but Shen Muyin kept Changfu.

Because Shen Muyin knew better than anyone that Changfu was not the key person, he was probably just a pawn, and there was someone behind Changfu.

What she wants is the person behind Changfu.

Who did Changfu give the base map to? Who would give the embroidery room a base map for double-sided embroidery? This is what Shen Muyin wanted to know.

She felt that she was getting closer and closer to the truth.

"I will follow the young lady's instructions. If there is any news, I will inform her immediately." Shopkeeper Wang responded quickly.

"Okay." Shen Muyin nodded.

Then Shen Muyin calmly said: "Before that, don't make any mistakes. As for Changfu, you should continue as usual and don't let him get suspicious!"

"Yes." Shopkeeper Wang nodded.

Shen Muyin didn't say anything then. Xu Jinxiu had already brought the embroidered clothes over, wrapped them up and gave them to Shen Muyin. Shen Muyin took it calmly without saying anything.

Then Shen Muyin turned and left.

But Shen Muyin knew that he actually didn't trust anyone at all.

She knew that everyone could be that person's pawn. Kyoto now was like a huge makeshift troupe, with everyone playing their own role. It was not real at all.