After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

The Royal Study Room of the Imperial Palace.

Qin Junyu stood at the bottom, his eyebrows lowered and his eyes closed. The emperor placed his arms on the armrests of the dragon throne, leaning back against the chair, looking at his son with a scrutinizing look, his eyes revealing a sense of confusion.

He had five sons. When he was still a prince, he and his wife had Qin Junyu. When he was young, Qin Junyu was a lively and intelligent child. He learned everything faster and better than his peers, which made his father very proud.

But since when did this son become taciturn, gloomy and withdrawn?

The emperor sighed heavily. Among his five sons, the one he knew the least and could least see through was Qin Junyu.

Qin Junyu seemed to be used to his father looking at him this way. He raised his eyes and said calmly, "Father, you summoned me here, but do you have something to tell me?"

The unfamiliar tone and manner did not convey the intimacy between father and son, but rather that of a ruler and his subject.

The emperor withdrew his gaze, took out three memorials from the mountain of memorials on the desk, handed them forward, and motioned Qin Junyu to take them.

Qin Junyu lowered his head, stepped forward, and took the letter with both hands.

He read the contents of the three memorials at a glance. They all reported the same thing, and his face became increasingly heavy.

"Such a big thing, and you've only reported it now." Qin Junyu frowned, his words were filled with blame, but his tone was surprisingly calm.

The three memorials came from three ministers, all of whom were prominent families in the capital.

The second daughter of the Minister of Personnel went missing on the fifteenth day before yesterday and was found on the twelfth day. Her body was found by the river outside the city. When she was found, she was naked and covered with wounds. The most cruel thing was that her lower body was cut into a bloody mess.

The same thing happened to the daughters of the other two ministers. They disappeared one after another and died in the same way.

The emperor held his forehead with his hand, "The most important thing for aristocratic families is their reputation. If something like this happens, it won't sound good if it gets out."

Such a tragic death is no longer an ordinary murder case. The murderer is either mentally twisted or has special fetishes.

Moreover, he specifically targeted young ladies from wealthy families, and it is very likely that he has a grudge against some wealthy family.

Qin Junyu clenched the three memorials tightly, and his knuckles turned white.

Every day they delay, there is one more victim. Because of their so-called reputation, the murderer is still at large! Maybe he has already targeted the next victim!

The emperor was very satisfied with his reaction and said, "Jun Yu, I'll leave this case to you."

Qin Junyu was startled at first, a trace of shock flashed across his eyes, then he bowed his head and said loudly: "Your son will definitely bring the murderer to justice and bring peace to Shengjing!"

He had never taken care of affairs and only had the title of crown prince. The emperor knew his temper very well and never let him handle government affairs, so the queen's party always used this reason to force the emperor to appoint another crown prince.

This time the emperor actually handed such an important case to him. It seems that the emperor did not want to let the Queen's party succeed and was eager for him to establish political achievements.

The emperor nodded and sighed meaningfully, "Jun Yu, you have been in the East Palace for three years. Father has never forced you to do anything. You don't want to deal with state affairs, take over the six ministries, or train troops for battle. Father has handed them over to others one by one."

"But father has to remind you that you are now the crown prince and the future emperor. You must behave yourself and work hard to make your subjects believe in you, instead of doing nothing all day and being dissolute like you are now."

The memorials impeaching the Crown Prince took up almost half of the desk in the Imperial Study, and the Emperor got a headache whenever he thought of this.

Qin Junyu remained calm, lifted his robe and knelt, "Thank you for your teachings, father. I will keep them in mind."

The emperor waved his hand and said, "Forget it, you can go down. This case must be investigated thoroughly and seriously."

Every time he preached, Qin Junyu just ignored it and didn't know if he really understood the deep meaning.

Qin Junyu thanked him and left.

A Falcon stood at the bottom of the stairs and saw Qin Junyu coming out, secretly observing his expression.

"Don't look at it." Qin Junyu glanced at him and stuffed the three memorials into his arms. "Here comes the list."

Ah Falcon was confused, and before he could react, Qin Junyu had already walked away.

He hurriedly caught up, jogging and looking all the way, with a serious expression.

"Your Highness, why did His Majesty entrust you to investigate the case?"

"What commission?"

Ah Falcon smiled awkwardly and slapped himself, "Pooh, pooh, pooh, it's not a commission, it's not a commission."

Only people from Tianxuan Villa would accept the commission, but the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace would not.

Qin Junyu didn't even turn his head. "Just check it if I ask you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

Tianxuan Villa's intelligence network is spread all over the world, so it is very easy to find the whereabouts of a person.

Axuan is usually dull, but he is very decisive when doing things. If you ask him to find someone in the morning, you will get the result in the evening.

East Palace.

Qin Junyu went over the three cases carefully and found that the murderers had a very regular schedule for committing the crimes: the daughter of the Minister of Personnel disappeared fifteen days ago and was found twelve days ago; the daughter of the Grand Master of Imperial Households disappeared ten days ago and was found seven days ago; the daughter of the Minister of Imperial Households disappeared five days ago and was found two days ago.

According to this pattern, the next victim will disappear tonight.

Qin Junyu immediately became nervous. Shengjing was so big, with more than a hundred aristocratic families. It was not easy to find the murderer or the next victim in such a short time.

But if we don't find the person tonight, one more person will die.

At this time, Ah Falcon came back in a hurry, his tone full of joy, "Your Highness! I found it!"

Qin Junyu couldn't hide his excitement, "Where is he?"

Ah Falcon's expression suddenly turned serious. "Your Highness, our people saw the suspect wandering around the Prime Minister's residence these past two days."

There are two young ladies in the prime minister's mansion, one is the eldest daughter, Nian Susu, who is born out of wedlock, and the other is the second daughter, Nian Qiaoyue, who is born out of wedlock.

The first three victims were all legitimate daughters, and those from the prime minister's mansion were no exception.

Ah Falcon was worried that if something happened to the young lady, there would be no one to cure the poison for His Highness, so he was nervous.

The first thing Qin Junyu thought of was not the poison in his body, but Nian Susu.

"Go to the Prime Minister's Residence!"

……

The summer nights were hot and there were many mosquitoes. Nian Susu tossed and turned in bed and couldn't sleep.

She fanned herself with a fan and silently chanted in her heart: If you keep your mind calm, you will feel cooler… If you keep your mind calm, you will feel cooler…

But the more she couldn't sleep, the more anxious she felt. She simply sat up with her legs stretched out, and in a trance she seemed to see flickering fire outside the window.

"Would Nian Qiaoyue set fire to something again?" The first thing that Nian Susu thought of was Nian Qiaoyue setting fire to the warehouse.

She couldn't see clearly through the window paper, but the fire seemed to be getting bigger and closer.

Nian Susu was afraid that he would be burned this time, so he hurriedly put on his clothes and got out of bed, holding a dagger in his hand before leaving.

She pushed the door open cautiously. The ground was filled with moonlight and the courtyard was as clear as a pool of water. Where was the fire?

She immediately realized something was wrong and turned around to run back to her room.

A tall man in black stood in front of her door, with a lewd smile on his dark face.

“Nian Susu?” The man licked his lips, greed overflowing from his eyes. “Sure enough, she lives up to her reputation. She is a great beauty.”

Nian Susu tightly grasped the dagger in his sleeve and took a few steps back tremblingly, "You... who are you! What are you going to do!?"

The man suddenly rushed forward and hugged Nian Susu into his arms, "What are you doing? Let me take good care of you later, and then you will know who I am! Hahaha..."

Nian Susu couldn't push him away, so he stabbed him in the abdomen with a dagger without hesitation.

Instead of letting go, the man was enraged by this action. He easily snatched the dagger from her hand and put it on her fair neck.

"You stinky bitch! How dare you stab me! I don't mind having fun with a corpse!" The man's face was hideous, and he looked like a man-eating ghost under the moonlight.