The prince supports her, and the reborn princess kills people

"Since when has Your Highness Chenwang been unable to understand what people are saying?" Shen Qingyan sneered, not giving Gu Chen'an any face at all, "Or do you think you have covered it up well and are playing dumb?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Shen Qingyan saw Qiu Ying giving her a thumbs up.

Sisters, if you are brave enough, you should confront him like this!

Gu Chenan’s face has not been in a good mood today.

He discovered that as long as he was silent for a while, everyone seemed to ignore him.

Just as Gu Chenan was about to speak, he heard someone exclaim by the water.

"The body has been recovered!"

Everyone immediately looked in the direction where the guards had come ashore.

Gu Chenan's complexion looked better and his mood became happier.

"Brother, it seems that I must trouble Master Pei today."

No one paid any attention to his slightly gloating words, and everyone's attention was focused on the dark blue corpse.

Shen Qingyan also looked over, her heart hanging in her throat, feeling a little nervous.

Some of the timid ones covered their mouths and noses and retreated.

However, when the guards threw the dripping corpse on the ground and lifted up its clothes, everyone was stunned.

How could this be a corpse? It's clearly a scarecrow!

It's just that he was lying upside down on the water, wearing thick clothes and with his head wrapped, so no one could see his true face.

For a moment, the whole place was silent, and you could hear a pin drop.

……

The person who was most embarrassed was none other than Gu Chenan.

Needless to say, his expression was disheartening; the silence was deafening.

Gu Wenyu just laughed without caring about his image to ease the awkward atmosphere.

"Hahaha, it turns out to be a scarecrow!" After he said that, he walked up to Gu Chen'an and nudged his shoulder with his shoulder, saying meaningfully, "Are you disappointed?"

Gu Chenan's face turned green. He distanced himself and wanted to scold Gu Wenyu, but they were uncle and nephew and he could not overstep his authority. He could only speak with gritted teeth.

"What do you mean, uncle? It's not a corpse. We should be happy for our brother."

Gu Wenyu raised his eyebrows, without commenting, but just looked at him with a meaningful look.

The ministers looked at each other and exchanged glances. Everyone could see the current situation.

Gu Chenan planned to frame Gu Beihuai, but Gu Beihuai saw through it in advance and played the trick on him, resulting in Gu Chenan becoming like a clown now.

Shen Qingyan breathed a sigh of relief, took Gu Beihuai's arm, but her eyes were looking at Gu Chenan.

"Your Majesty, why is there a scarecrow in the water?"

Gu Beihuai then turned his cold gaze towards the housekeeper.

The butler explained in a trembling voice, "Please forgive me, my lord and princess. It must be that the servants in charge of the farmland were incompetent and caused the scarecrow to fall into the water. I will investigate and punish them."

Just like that, a seemingly thrilling crisis was easily resolved.

After returning to the banquet, no one was in the mood to continue eating, but since the person with the highest status here didn't say to leave, the others didn't dare to leave.

The person with the highest status here should be Gu Wenyu, but in fact, he is all looking at Gu Beihuai's face.

Through today's farce, those with a keen eye will naturally understand who has the better skills.

Gu Chenan suppressed his anger and had already thought about how to punish those who failed to do their job after returning.

Gu Beihuai took a sip of tea and did not speak for a long time, but the suppressed and cold atmosphere lingered in the banquet.

Finally, he spoke.

"Today's incident must not be as simple as a scarecrow. I don't know who among you must have offended to set up such a trap for me."

Gu Wenyu understood immediately, but pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Why? Wasn't it a scarecrow that was accidentally dropped by a servant? Why do you say it's a trap?"

Gu Beihuai then slowly told the truth.

"In fact, before the banquet started, people in this palace discovered that someone was secretly throwing a corpse into the lotus pond, and that person was not from the palace."

"what?"

"Is this true? Who is so bold?"

There was an uproar at the scene.

Shen Qingyan also looked frightened. She leaned against Gu Beihuai's arms and asked in shock, "My Lord, how could this happen? Has that person been caught?"

Gu Beihuai patted her head comfortingly, his gentle voice neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for everyone present to hear.

"I was afraid of scaring you, so I didn't tell you the truth at the beginning, just to lure out the person behind it."

"It's a pity that the person who dumped the body bit his tongue and committed suicide when he saw that the matter was exposed."

As he said this, he waved his hand and had the two bodies carried up.

They were placed right next to Gu Chenan's seat, not yet wrapped with straw mats. Both corpses were male, with hideous faces, which was particularly horrifying.

Gu Chenan: “…”

Gu Beihuai sighed in a pretentious manner, seeming to be helpless and regretful.

"I still haven't been able to find out who is behind this. If you know, please come to my study after the banquet and tell me. I will be very grateful."

The corpse was clearly placed next to Gu Chenan, how could he not know who it was?

Hearing this, Shen Qingyan also wanted to give her prince a thumbs up.

High, really too high!

When Gu Beihuai said this, he was not trying to find out who was behind the scenes through those ministers, but was clearly trying to win people's hearts.

Anyone who wants to stand on his side will probably come to the study room.

Shen Qingyan quietly scratched Gu Beihuai's palm, the admiration and love in her eyes almost overflowing.

Your Majesty is awesome!

Gu Beihuai's heartstrings were pulled and he almost couldn't keep his heartbeat steady.

He held Shen Qingyan's hand back and squeezed it in response.

Afterwards, Gu Beihuai announced the end of the banquet.

Many ministers left with their families, and it seemed that no one went to the study. In fact, not long after leaving the palace, the carriage quietly turned back and entered again from the back door of the palace.

In the study, Gu Beihuai was flipping through the military book in his hand, making some small annotations from time to time.

Shen Qingyan accompanied him, holding her chin with her hands. Feeling bored, she simply leaned on Gu Beihuai's strong arms, poking his arm while reading his comments.

She didn't understand military tactics, but she liked to see Gu Beihuai's serious look.

"My Lord, do you think someone will come?"

Now, a cup of tea has passed since the banquet, and there is still no movement.

Gu Beihuai spoke in a calm tone, and his speed in reading the military book did not slow down at all.

"Yan'er, do you not believe me?"

Shen Qingyan immediately shook her head and said seriously, "I don't believe those ministers."

Gu Beihuai freed up one hand and pinched the soft flesh on her face, saying in a doting tone, "Don't worry, I won't let Yan'er down."

Just as Shen Qingyan was about to speak, Shufeng's deliberately lowered voice came from outside the door.

"My Lord, someone is coming."

Before I could ask who it was, the door was rudely pushed open.