After the heroine was robbed, save the paranoid villain

Yan Yu already had the answer in his heart and closed his eyes gently.

Wanli, who was standing next to him, looked paler than paper and looked at Yan Yu timidly.

After a moment, Yan Yu said, "Doctor Zhang, you can go back first."

Ning Xia hurriedly saw the guests off and sent Doctor Zhang outside.

Not long after, Huo Wang also came back.

Huo Wang had just drunk some wine, so his face was still red. He knelt down and kowtowed: "Princess."

Yan Yu raised his hand: "Get up, what did you find out?"

Half an hour ago, Huo Wang got Shi Liang drunk.

These eunuchs all have a miserable life. Even if they have achieved a status as outstanding as Huo Wang and Shi Liang, they still have to tuck their tails between their legs and act like lapdogs in front of their masters.

The fifth prince, Prince Rui, Xiao Jiashan, had a good temper. In fact, many people envied Shi Liang at the beginning, thinking that he was doing much better than other people because he served such a good master.

But being a chief eunuch is like drinking water, and only the person who drinks it knows whether it is hot or cold. Ever since Xiao Jiashan married Wei Ruxuan and entered the mansion, the Fifth Prince's mansion has never been peaceful.

On one hand, the people below were complaining about all kinds of deductions from their quotas, while on the other hand, Wei Ruxuan was squandering the money lavishly.

As the chief eunuch in front of Xiao Jiashan, Shi Liang was the one whom the concubines and maids under him would ask for help whenever they encountered problems. They forced him to complain to the prince and talk about the treatment in the palace. As the fifth prince's palace, it couldn't be too shabby, right?

Where did all the money in the mansion go?

Where did all the money go?

Shi Liang couldn't explain it clearly.

Ever since the relationship between Xiao Jiashan and Old Master Zheng deteriorated and they lost the Zheng family's support, the treatment of the Fifth Prince's Mansion has been downgraded.

Now that the Zheng family has been severely damaged by the King of Qin, they are unable to save themselves, let alone take care of the Fifth Prince's Mansion, and the mansion has begun to run out of money.

Xiao Jiashan was soft-hearted and didn't know how to manage things. His subordinates were more deceitful than the others, so he couldn't collect money from his properties. Wei Ruxuan was good at spending money, but she was much worse at settling accounts for the family.

Just when he was planning to team up with the young uncle to sell official positions and make money, he was impeached by the King of Qin's men. Mr. Zheng lost his position in the Ministry of Personnel, the young uncle was exiled, his way of making money was cut off, and the Queen was scolded by the Emperor.

Among the eunuchs following the princes, Shi Liang was one of the most cunning, if not the most cunning.

He had never suffered much hardship, never suffered a great loss, and never learned his lesson. After drinking a few glasses of wine, Huo Wang used a few seemingly heartfelt warm words to comfort him, and he let out all the complaints in his heart.

Huo Wang carefully poured wine for Shi Liang, first pouring red wine and then adding white Yushanchun. The aroma of the wine was so strong that it could make a person drunk to the bone.

While urging people to drink, he said, "I often say that my godfather is walking on thin ice all day long. Compared with you, Grandpa Shi, you are far behind. You are more hardworking and have a heavier burden on your shoulders."

Shi Liang drank another glass of wine: "Although your Prince Qin has a violent temper, he knows what he is doing. If your godfather had been more careful, he would not have been replaced by Xingwen. Our Prince..."

Shi Liang wanted to say, "Our Highness is wavering, he does one thing at a time and has no idea in his mind," but if a servant speaks ill of his master behind his back, it would be a serious matter and he would lose his head if the news got out.

He said drunkenly: "Our prince is kind and gentle, but he was deceived by his princess."

Huo Wang poured him more wine and inquired whether the Prince Rui's mansion had another group of people: "I often hear that the mansion has a lot of expenses in keeping staff and assassins. It costs hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to hire a group of assassins to do something. Did the Prince and Princess spend all their money here?"

In order to avoid Shi Liang's suspicion, Huo Wang smiled and said: "If you ask me, we have done no less than these people. It would be reasonable for the master to treat us so well."

"No," Shi Liang shook his head. "In the past, the Zheng Mansion had a group of capable people. Last year, wasn't there a man who raped many women and was imprisoned by your King Qin? Master Zheng is very familiar with them. Now that Master Zheng has been exiled, they all listen to Master Zheng. The old man has become estranged from our Highness, but is very close to the Seventh Prince..."

Huo Wang talked to Shi Liang for a while and drank a lot of wine. Seeing that Shi Liang was drunk, he asked someone to help him to rest.

When he arrived in front of Yan Yu, Huo Wang told her everything about today's conversation.

For a eunuch of Shi Liang's level, it would be difficult to hide any movement on Xiao Jiashan's side from his ears, and he might even have to use him to do it. What he said was most likely true.

The only candidate for the murderer that day was Xiao Qiru.

Yan Yu was thinking about how to investigate the personnel flow on Xiao Qiru's side. She felt a little melancholy and asked the people in the room to leave first.

Xiao Chengji woke up in the afternoon and went to handle some official business in the study. Yan Yu did not go in to disturb him.

Now it was completely dark. Ning Xia quietly lit up the lights in the room one by one. Turning back, she saw Yan Yu sitting there with a cold expression. She didn't know what he was thinking.

Ningxia took a piece of clothing and put it on Yan Yu: "It's been cold recently, and the room is too cold. Princess, please take care of yourself."

Yan Yu asked: "Is dinner ready?"

Ning Xia breathed a sigh of relief: "Everything is ready."

Yan Yu stood up slowly: "Let's eat first."

No matter what happens, eating is more important.

Xiao Chengji had always been in good health, not as delicate as Yan Yu. After this injury, he was still fine. In the afternoon, while Yan Yu was out on business, he called a few subordinates over and dealt with some backlogged matters.

The people below could not see anything wrong with their prince. The prince's expression was as cold as ever, and his voice was full of energy. Everyone listened to his instructions obediently, and seeing Xiao Chengji was like a rabbit seeing a wolf.

But when Xingwen told him that the princess had prepared dinner and asked him to go back to eat, Xiao Chengji suddenly became weak.

Xingwen's eyelids twitched, wondering if he would be ordered to be beaten to death by the princess in the future if he cooperated with the prince to deceive the princess. But if he didn't cooperate with the prince, he would die now.

Xingwen quickly helped Xiao Chengji over.

Yan Yu was asking the maids to serve the dishes when he turned around and saw Xiao Chengji coming in from outside. He was supported by a eunuch and looked seriously injured. His face was pale, and he looked like a sickly nobleman.

Seeing him so weak, Yan Yu felt distressed and hurried forward to help him: "Let me do it, Xingwen, you go down."

Xingwen quickly handed Xiao Chengji to Yan Yu.

Xiao Chengji put one hand on Yan Yu's shoulder and held her in his arms, but he didn't really press himself on Yan Yu, because her body couldn't bear such weight.

Yan Yu was full of worry: "Your Highness is injured, so don't work too hard. Put things aside and rest for a few days."

"It's okay." Xiao Chengji whispered, "For you and the palace, whatever I do is worth it."

Xingwen: "..."

Yan Yu felt sorry for him, her eyelashes were misty again, and she looked like she was about to cry again.

Xiao Chengji scratched her nose and said, "Let's eat first, and we'll talk about other things in the evening."