Digging up spiritual roots and seizing blood? You scumbags, wait and tremble.

Chen nudged her brow helplessly, "You, how did your mother teach you? Why can't you learn anything?"

"What we need to do now is to find a way to get back into King Ning's sight."

"Prince Ning has great military achievements and is highly regarded by the Emperor. He also has the support of General Xiao. He is the one with the greatest hope of ascending to the throne."

Zhong Daier nodded heavily: "Mom, you asked Dad to find the Snow Jade Cream. When can we find it?"

Chen sighed softly. With such a thing happening in the mansion, how could Zhong Qingshan still have the mood to look for the Snow Jade Cream?

Even now, she hasn't been able to see him even though she said she wanted to.

"Don't worry about this. I'll let your uncle do it."

She narrowed her eyes slightly, and a hint of anger flashed in her eyes.

That little bastard Zhong Ran must die, otherwise how can her daughter have a good life if she is controlled by her?

……

"Master, Prince Ning is here to visit and is almost outside the door." The butler hurriedly knocked on Zhong Qingshan's study door.

He had just received news that Prince Ning was coming to the Marquis' Mansion.

Zhong Qingshan put down the pen in his hand, stood up and walked out to open the door.

"Prince Ning? Coming to us? Is he feeling better?"

He also heard that Prince Ning had woken up. Didn't he say that there was no need for a wedding?

The previous Prince Ning was not close to them, so why did he suddenly come here?

The housekeeper thought for a moment and said cautiously, "Master, do you think it has something to do with the betrothal gift?"

Zhong Qingshan then remembered that a few days ago, Prince Ning's Mansion had sent someone to deliver some betrothal gifts, but they were all stolen.

His expression changed and he quickly walked out the door with the butler.

When Mu Jinning got off the carriage, Zhong Qingshan and the butler were already waiting outside the door.

"I didn't know Prince Ning was coming. I failed to greet him. I hope you will forgive me."

Mu Jinning lifted the carriage curtain. Zhuifeng reached out to help him get out of the carriage, but he jumped out by himself.

After looking at Zhong Qingshan twice, he looked up at the Marquis' Mansion in front of him and found that the spiritual energy here was much poorer than other places in the capital.

There is indeed something strange in this mansion.

"After I woke up, I heard that there was a burglary in the mansion. I just felt better today, so I came to take a look."

Zhong Qingshan was very excited when he heard this. It seemed that Prince Ning still had a good impression of their Zhong family. He heard that their mansion was robbed and came to see it as soon as he recovered.

"I will never forget your Majesty's kindness. Please come in."

Mu Jinning didn't say anything more and followed him inside.

"I heard that the eldest daughter of the Marquis' Mansion has been brought back?" he asked lightly.

Zhong Qingshan didn't understand what he meant, so he said cautiously, "Yes, I brought her back a few days ago. However, her fate isn't very good, so I'm afraid she won't be worthy of being the prince's principal wife."

He didn't dare say this in front of the emperor, but in front of a young man like Prince Ning, there was nothing he dared not say.

"My little daughter Dai'er is actually quite nice, and she has always been in love with the prince."

As she spoke, she carefully observed his expression.

Mu Jinning didn't respond to his question, but simply said, "What's your eldest daughter's name? How many days has she been back? I heard that you guys speculated that the theft in the mansion was related to her?"

Zhong Qingshan sighed endlessly: "Your Highness, you don't know that the mother's blood and qi were exhausted when the child was born. She died in a very tragic way. Her body was emaciated and she couldn't even bleed a drop of blood."

"When she was born, the entire right side of her face was covered in red spots. Isn't that a sign of disaster?"

"I had no choice but to send her to the countryside. Some time ago, her grandmother missed her so much that she sent someone to bring her back."

"But I didn't expect that after she returned, not only was she ungrateful, but she also tortured and killed the guards and servants, and even beat her mother and sister. She even broke my wrist."

"This child is filled with resentment because of his past life, and he even injured three old slaves last night."

"But I owe her too much. What else can I do besides tolerating her?"

Mu Jinning said in a calm voice: "She hit you?"

Zhong Qingshan sighed heavily again. "What a misfortune for our family! That very night, the mansion was suddenly robbed. Considering her violent temper, some servants linked it all to her."

"But in reality, how could she, a weak woman who had just arrived in Beijing, have such great abilities?"

He was very good at talking, and from the very beginning he put all the blame on Zhong Ran.

As for bringing her back, it had nothing to do with the royal palace's wedding, it was just because her grandmother missed her.

But after she came back, she did not feel grateful. Instead, she tortured and killed her servants and beat her parents and sister. She was worse than pigs and dogs.

Mu Jinning raised an eyebrow: "You said that after we had a disagreement that day, there was a burglary in the mansion?"

"What exactly happened at that time? Tell me in detail."

Zhong Qingshan didn't expect that he would ask the whole story, and he felt a little embarrassed. Could he say that they forced her to get married and be buried with him, or that he hit her first?

But no one expected that being slapped would actually arouse the violence in her heart, making her so terrible and out of control.

"Hmm?" Mu Jinning turned his head to look at him. Just by looking at his expression, he could vaguely guess what was going on.

"Did you hit her?"

Zhong Qingshan was extremely embarrassed: "I was so angry that I slapped her."

Mu Jinning didn't ask any more questions, but simply said, "Take me to see the location of the theft in your mansion. I heard there's a dried corpse? Where is it now?"

Zhong Qingshan took him into the hall, where there was only a simple set of tables and chairs. Since it was a storefront, the tables and chairs were of high quality.

"Your Highness, these tables and chairs were just bought a few days ago as a temporary solution. At that time, all the things in these places were moved away."

He walked towards the yard next to him, his own yard. Most of the space was still empty, and only some that needed to be used were temporarily decorated.

"The mummy was taken away by the Ministry of Justice and is no longer in the Marquis's residence. People are really panicking, so I dare not keep it."

Mu Jinning walked around, but because there were too many auras coming and going, and several days had passed, even if his soul power was strong, he could not detect any auras, and could not be sure whether the person who robbed his palace was the same person.

"Where was the mummy found? Take me there to see it."

As he walked along, he carefully sensed the surroundings and did not detect any aura of evil or demonic cultivators, nor even any aura of cultivators.

Isn't it in the Marquis' Mansion?

But if it really is not in the Marquis' Mansion, the spiritual energy in the Mansion should not be so poor.

Even if an evil cultivator came here for a visit, it would be impossible for him to devour all the spiritual energy in such a short time.

At least there is none in his Ning Wang Mansion.

Judging from the situation in the Marquis' Mansion, it must have been caused over a long period of time.

Zhong Qingshan didn't know why he was so interested in mummies, but he still took him there.

The news of Prince Ning's arrival was passed on to Chen and Zhong Dai'er.

Zhong Dai'er was very excited: "Mother, do you think Prince Ning heard that something happened to me, so he came to see me?"