After being married off by my younger sister, I became the most beloved person in the palace

Everyone knew that Liu Zhenzhen was the apple of the eye of the Duke and his wife. Since she was not feeling well, the Duke's wife certainly would not be in the mood to host a banquet. Everyone also knew that if there was nothing important, they could go back.

So not long after, someone stood up and said goodbye.

Once one person left, everyone else left one after another.

"Is cousin okay?" The Tenth Princess walked up to Liu Dongmo and asked with concern.

Liu Dongmo cupped his hands and said, "Princess, don't worry, everything is fine."

"That's good, I'll go see her."

Liu Dongmo: "It's getting late, Princess, please go back to the palace early, so that the queen won't worry. Zhenzhen has us."

There are many guests today, so they should not make a big fuss. After seeing the guests off, they will clean up the house. The fewer people who know about this, the easier it will be to investigate.

The Tenth Princess did not doubt him and glanced at her red lips: "Okay."

"I'll send a few princes off." Liu Dongmo said to the third prince and others.

Several people nodded, exchanged greetings with the Duke of Protectorate and said goodbye.

Mrs. Wen stood at the hanging flower gate, looking towards the backyard anxiously. Mother Luo had not returned since she went with Gu Zhiyin to change clothes. Not only her, but also Gu Zhiyin and Mother Hu were missing. She felt very uneasy.

She always felt that there must be some hidden reason behind Liu Zhenzhen's sudden illness, but she couldn't guess what it was.

Could it be related to Gu Zhi?

What happened between her and Miss Liu?

While Wen was daydreaming, she saw Bai Lu, the maidservant beside the wife of the Duke of Huguo, coming over. She bowed to her and said, "Greetings, Princess. My wife wants to see you."

"Looking for...looking for me?" Wen Shi didn't know why and looked at Bai Lu in astonishment: "What...what's the matter?"

"Something happened. Princess, please be patient. You will know when you get there." Bai Lu said softly.

Wen followed Bai Lu in fear.

After all the guests were sent away, the door of the Duke of Protectorate's Mansion was closed.

Everyone went to the main hall in the front yard.

"Dad, Mom, big brother, what happened?" Liu Beiwang, the fourth son of the Liu family, asked as soon as he stepped into the main hall.

As soon as he spoke, the second and third brothers all looked at Liu Dongmo.

Liu Dongmo told the two of them what happened.

The Duke of Protectorate only knew one side of the story and listened to his eldest son carefully.

When Wen came in, the room was filled with a depressing atmosphere, and everyone had a sullen look on their faces.

As soon as she saw Gu Zhiyin, she couldn't wait to walk over, pulled her and looked her up and down, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Madam Huguo asked someone to call me over, what happened?"

Gu Zhiyin whispered a few words into Wen's ear.

As Wen listened, her pupils couldn't help but widen slowly, her face full of disbelief.

"Who is so bold as to kill someone in the Protectorate Palace? They knocked you out and left you nearby so that you can take the blame. Who has a deep hatred for our palace?"

After a pause, Wen suddenly whispered, "Could it be that the Third Prince did this?"

If we were to talk about who the Prince of Pingyang's Mansion had made enemies with recently and who had the ability to kill and frame someone in the Duke of Huguo's Mansion, we could only think of the third prince Wen.

Gu Zhiyin looked at Wen Shi: "It's hard to say, there is no evidence."

"I think it's him, this madman. Even if he is a prince, the Protectorate's Mansion is not a place where he can do such a thing. Isn't he afraid of being found out and angering the Protectorate? Does he think the Queen is a soft persimmon and will only lead to her defeat if she is too arrogant?" Wen was so angry that her face turned black and she said with gritted teeth.

At this time, the wife of the Duke of Protectorate walked into the main hall with her people.

The managers in the mansion, the head guards, the old woman who attempted to kill Cheng Shuli, the maid who spilled tea on Gu Zhiyin, and Gu Jinse who went to the North Courtyard out of curiosity and was knocked unconscious by Gu Zhiyin.

When Wen saw Gu Jinse being carried in unconscious, she was stunned for a moment and asked Gu Zhiyin, "Why is Gu Jinse still here? What did she do?"

"She sneaked to the North Courtyard. At first, I didn't know it was her. I asked Mother Hu to knock her out. I didn't know what she was doing there, so I didn't ask anyone to send her back. I'll wait until she wakes up and ask her. Maybe we can get some clues."

The wife of the Duke of Huguo walked up to Wen, bowed, and said, "Princess, please forgive me. What happened tonight really frightened me and gave me a headache. I almost implicated the Princess of the County. If it weren't for her help, my Liu family would have been in big trouble. I asked her to stay and also to help me find the mastermind behind it."

Wen helped the wife of the Duke of Huguo and said, "Yinyin is smart, so she was able to escape danger this time. The person behind the scenes not only plotted against the Duke's Mansion, but also framed my Prince of Pingyang's Mansion. We must find out who did it."

Duke Protector of the Country Liu Zhengfang, as a military general who fought on the battlefield, always carried a murderous aura involuntarily. At this moment, he sat in the main seat with a sullen expression, his eyes fiercely sweeping over the servants standing in front of him, like a sharp dagger, cutting people's bodies one by one, making people tremble with fear.

"Wei Tong, why is there no one guarding or patrolling the North Courtyard?" He looked at the captain of the guards and asked in a cold voice.

Wei Tong bowed his hands tremblingly. He didn't know what had happened yet, but facing the fierce aura of the Protector of the Country, cold sweat broke out on his forehead involuntarily: "To reply to the Duke, I have arranged for someone."

When Liu Xichao, the third son of the Liu family, heard his father asking about the lack of guards in the North Courtyard, his heart skipped a beat and he spoke subconsciously, "Dad, around a quarter past ten, it was...I told the guards not to go to the North Courtyard for the time being."

After he finished speaking, everyone's eyes fell on Liu Xichao.

Liu Xichao's face turned pale and his heart was beating fast.

"You bastard, who told you to do this?" After being shocked, the Duke of Protectorate grabbed the teacup on the table and threw it at Liu Xichao.

The teacup fell to his feet and broke into pieces.

This makes sense.

Except for the master of the Duke of Huguo's Mansion, who has the ability to send away all the guards in the North Courtyard to give the old woman the opportunity to commit the crime?

Why did Liu Xichao do this?

"Third brother, are you mentally ill? How dare you betray your own family like this?" Liu Beiwang widened his eyes and cursed unceremoniously.

His words expressed the thoughts of everyone present.

Isn't this a disease? No normal person would do such a stupid thing.

Liu Xichao was choked by his younger brother's scolding and couldn't refute anything.

The wife of the Duke of the Guard came to her senses after being stunned. She slapped Liu Xichao's back with a green face and said angrily, "Why don't you say something? Why did you do this? Who ordered you to do this? Do you know that someone almost died today? Even if your father is powerful, he can't escape punishment, and it will also implicate your aunt. You little bastard, you really pissed me off. If I had known you were such a bastard, I would have given birth to a placenta instead of you."

The wife of the Duke of Protectorate was so angry that she was incoherent.