The cruel little princess

"So, in your opinion, under what circumstances would Mudan initially be reluctant to live in Chun Man Lou, but later agree to sell her art instead of her body?" Shen Youyou speculated. She was familiar with this! Modern novels were everywhere! They were all stories of young ladies' bodyguards or young masters' maids, but their families didn't approve, forcing them to take the risk of running away and finally returning with the baby. Most of the plots were like this. Shen Youyou knew it but didn't say it, letting everyone speculate.

"Did Mudan meet her lover?!" An Er made a bold guess.

"Or maybe Mudan's lover passed on a message to her to comfort her, saying that he would redeem her in the future! So she was willing to sell her art instead of her body and stay in Chunmanlou first!" An Shijiu suddenly understood.

"Then let's make a bold inference. Mudan's lover followed her to the capital, and then tried every means to see Mudan, and promised to redeem her in the future. Mudan stayed in Chunmanlou for the time being. Later, her lover found a way to observe the situation inside the building and dug a secret passage, but it did not lead directly to Mudan's room, so Mudan repeatedly made a fuss about changing rooms?" Shen Youyou asked another mysterious question.

With her setting an example in the front, An Shijiu and An Er were able to completely let themselves go.

"She must have moved to the upstairs storage room, and then secretly fell in love with her sweetheart and got pregnant!" An Er made a bold guess.

"Yes, otherwise I wouldn't have asked the madam how much silver it would take to redeem myself!" An Nineteen.

"It must be that the lover has no money, and then Mudan and the lover have a quarrel!" An Er.

"After the quarrel, Mudan wanted to take in customers to earn money to redeem herself!" An San also joined in.

"But she is not a virgin anymore. How can she get away with it if she didn't have her virginity?" An Si.

"Oh, don't worry about this. You young fools don't know anything. These girls in the brothel have plenty of ways!" An Er expressed his contempt for them. What do these young fools who have never had sex know!

"Oh, listen to second brother, second brother knows a lot! Let's not talk about this. The sweetheart wanted to meet Mudan before night, hoping that she would change her mind. However, he saw the framed Fifth Prince and Mudan rolling around in bed together, and he was jealous. He thought that Mudan had betrayed him a long time ago, so she agreed to auction her virginity. So he killed Mudan! After killing her, he still felt that it was not enough to vent his anger, so he cut out the evil monster in her belly!" An Nineteen gestured with his hands the action of cutting open the belly, "Oh my God! This man is too cruel. He might even kill his own flesh and blood!" An Nineteen clicked his tongue twice.

Wu Siqi's blood boiled as he listened, his eyelids twitching with excitement! Why? Because it was exactly the same as what he had speculated last night! It seemed like he wasn't the only one who thought this way; others thought the same thing.

"The question is, how do we find this fucked lover now?" An San asked sharply.

"Can we think of a way to make him realize that he was wrong and then come to collect the fetus?" Wu Siqi also raised the question.

Then everyone looked at Shen Youyou.

Shen Youyou looked at their expressions, serious yet full of anticipation, "I do have a way, it just depends on whether he can be fooled!

"Miss Shen, please give me some advice!" Wu Siqi stood up again, poured a cup of tea, and handed it to Shen Youyou.

"Tomorrow you should spread a piece of gossip, saying that there is a Mr. Wang in the suburbs, and it is said that his youngest son has been missing for four or five years. Previously, people thought that he was abducted by kidnappers, but yesterday a skeleton was dug out from the well in his house. The age of the skeleton looked about the same as when his youngest son disappeared. According to the guidance of an expert, take a bone from the skeleton and let Mr. Wang drip his blood on the dissected bone. If the blood can completely penetrate into it, it proves that it is his youngest son without a doubt! Mr. Wang followed the expert's instructions and did so, confirming that the skeleton was indeed his youngest son! Then Mr. Wang went to the Dali Temple to report the case and asked the Dali Temple to help him find the real murderer who killed his youngest son!" Shen Youyou gave them advice.

Wu Siqi and the other secret guards were completely bewildered, not understanding how this story related to the Mudan murder case they were currently discussing. The key point was that Miss Shen's fabricated story was so convincing and terrifying.

His Royal Highness Prince Jin was watching her with a smile, not hearing clearly what she had just said. He just felt that it would be great if those annoying people didn't exist at this moment, so that he could be alone with Youyou.

"Oh, by the way, also post the fact that the Fifth Prince is not the real murderer. Just write that because Shaoyao hated Mudan who took her title of the most beautiful woman, she decided to murder Mudan. It happened that the Fifth Prince came to visit, so she bought some drugs at the pharmacy, knocked Mudan and the Fifth Prince unconscious, and put them in the same room to create the illusion that they had slept together. In fact, the Fifth Prince had been unconscious for more than half a day and had not done anything bad to Miss Mudan. The next progress of the case will be announced truthfully. That's it, just write it as I said, emphasizing that Mudan and the Fifth Prince did not sleep together, and Mudan was also a victim." Shen Youyou told them again what to do.

Wu Siqi and An Er were quick thinkers, quickly figuring things out. "Oh, oh, I see! That's a great idea! Thank you, Miss Shen! Thank you, Miss Shen!" Wu Siqi was indeed quite clever. Shen Youyou had given him a head start, and he knew how to proceed. An Shijiu and the others were left scratching their heads, unsure of what the young lady meant.

Now that they had found a solution, it was time for lunch, so Wu Siqi waved his hand and said, "Serve the food! Treat them to a meal to express their gratitude! Especially Miss Shen! It could be said that the key points of this case were all provided by Shen Youyou!" After lunch, everyone went back to prepare.

In the afternoon, everyone in the capital knew that a man named Wang Yuanwai had come to the suburbs to report a crime, saying that his youngest son had been murdered! Suddenly, teahouses, restaurants, streets, and even beggars knew about this. A group of beggars at the corner sat begging while talking about how Wang Yuanwai had found the bones and how he had used blood to identify his son. They cried and wept, and it was so pitiful to see the heart of a parent! They spoke so vividly, as if he were there! They talked with great interest, not noticing that one of them seemed to have an uncontrollable anger in his eyes that was about to burst out. At this moment, he felt deeply betrayed!

The next day, the Ministry of Justice posted notices again, plastered everywhere, in the streets and alleys, wherever there were bulletin boards. Everyone quickly gathered around, whether literate or illiterate, crowding over to read. "It's the notice about the murder of Miss Mudan!" someone who could read read it aloud. "Oh, so both the Fifth Prince and Miss Mudan were murdered! Miss Muyao hated Miss Mudan for stealing her title as the top courtesan, so she deliberately wanted to ruin her reputation!" Each notice was preceded by a conversation like this. "That Miss Mudan is so innocent!" someone said, shaking their head. "Just because of a woman's jealousy, she's willing to gamble with someone else's reputation. What a mean-spirited person!"

"Yes, yes! Miss Peony is so pitiful! Tsk tsk," another man said in a pretentious manner, waving his fan. "It's a pity that we haven't even seen Miss Peony's peerless beauty before she passed away..."

"I heard that the Ministry of Justice will throw Miss Mudan's body into a mass grave in two days." One of the men said again.

"Why is that?" another man couldn't help but interrupt.

"Think about it, Miss Mudan is a girl from Hua Man Lou. Although her virginity has not been auctioned off yet, she is still a prostitute. She has no family to collect her body. The madam of Hua Man Lou thinks it is unlucky and is unwilling to take her back for a proper burial. She will just be thrown into a mass grave, right?" Passerby A began to answer enthusiastically again.

"My dear, you are right! It's a pity for the little girl that she ended up with no one to collect her body!" Passerby B.

"You feel sorry for her, so go and collect her body!" Passerby A.

"No, no! Don't bother me later! I can't afford it!" Passerby B.

In all the conversations, no one mentioned the fetus that had been delivered by cesarean section, nor did anyone know that Miss Mudan had already lost her virginity during her pregnancy. Everyone just thought that Miss Mudan was innocent and had been murdered.

In a corner, unseen by anyone, a beggar-like man clenched his fists, his eyes bloodshot and his face grimacing, as if something was about to burst from his body! Deep regret filled his mind! He squatted in the corner, repeatedly pounding his chest with his hands, letting out a silent cry! But he quickly calmed down, as if making up his mind, and turned and left.