After his wife and daughter died tragically, the scumbag prince's hair turned white overnight

"Five-year-old daughter?"

Shen Muxi was in a trance.

If Xiaoxiao hadn't died, she would have been six years old after the New Year.

Soon, her trance was replaced by doubt.

Because Shen Xi had no memory of the prince having a daughter.

Shen Xi also looked incredulous.

"How is that possible? When I came back three years ago, I had already inquired about various situations in Yecheng. At that time, the prince didn't have any children yet."

Shen Muxi was just about to tell Hongdou what Shen Xi had said.

Hongdou suddenly became alert and silenced Shen Muxi.

Shen Muxi instinctively looked in the direction of Shen Xi, who floated towards the place where Hongdou was looking, "Someone is hiding there."

...

A quarter of an hour later.

Xue'er got up from her room stealthily.

From a distance, I could see that Shen Muxi's room was pitch black.

She sneered and called over another little maid.

After whispering a few words in the maid's ear, the maid hurried away.

inside the room.

Hongdou quietly closed the gap in the window.

"It's really a scam."

Shen Muxi kicked hard the man who was tied up like a dumpling on the ground and whose life or death was unknown.

"They still haven't given up."

No wonder when she came back to the yard tonight, Xue'er was nowhere to be seen, and the maid who served her was also timid.

So this is where the problem lies.

"Miss, if it really doesn't work, we shouldn't stay in the Shen Mansion. The people here have bad intentions." Hongdou looked at Shen Muxi worriedly.

If the young lady had not been smart enough to prepare the powder in advance and cover the thief's mouth and nose with it, leaving him no chance to scream, I'm afraid they would have to repeat the same mistake they made three months ago.

Shen Muxi naturally understood Hongdou's concerns, but...

"Since I've decided to return to the manor, there's no way I'm leaving. Besides, this is my mother's house. Why should I let those people take advantage of it?"

"But even Madam wants you to retain your abilities to protect yourself, which means there must be someone behind the Shen Mansion that she is very wary of..."

When Shen Xi heard Hongdou mention her mother, she suddenly became excited.

"How did Hongdou know that my mother wanted me to retain my abilities to protect myself?"

Shen Muxi asked Shen Xi's question.

Hongdou finally sighed, "Miss, Madam saw me before she died..."

Then, she changed the subject and said, "Miss, I will tell you about Madam's affairs when I have the chance. Now let's talk about business first.

I have already found out what you asked me to find out about the Crown Prince."

"The Crown Prince left the palace to establish a small eastern palace at the beginning of summer this year, and that concubine was only brought back two months ago..."

Shen Muxi asked doubtfully, "The Crown Prince is the heir to a country after all. Shouldn't he stay in the East Palace all the time?"

What the hell is going on here, building a small East Palace outside the palace?

Hongdou shook her head. "I don't know the specific circumstances. I only know that the Crown Prince hasn't been deposed in recent years, largely because the Emperor feels there's no danger in keeping him around."

"why?"

"Because the prince not only lacks the support of his mother's family, he also neglects state affairs and has even become obsessed with singing opera..."

"Singing opera?"

The crown prince of a country, performing in a play?

Shen Muxi's eyelids were twitching.

If he is really so obsessed with pleasure, then we can't blame the emperor for not paying attention to him...

Hongdou nodded, "The reason why the current emperor was able to take the position of crown prince was because the late emperor particularly liked the crown prince, who was still the emperor's grandson at the time. The crown prince was very talented and intelligent. Although he had just started to learn, he could recite the state policy by heart.

In addition, the prince's mother's family is the Qinghe Wu family, a century-old powerful family, so everyone thought that the prince could inherit the throne.

No one expected that nine years ago, the late queen would be involved in a witchcraft case. In order not to implicate the prince, the late queen chose to end her life with a white silk thread.

The late queen's maternal family was also implicated.

No one expected that after the entire lineage of the Wu family was executed, the witchcraft case had a reversal, and the former queen and all the lineage of the Wu family died unjustly.

From then on, the Crown Prince's temperament changed drastically. During his house arrest, he ignored the Emperor's wrath and set up a stage in the Eastern Palace to perform operas. Later, he even kept a group of opera singers in the Eastern Palace. The Emperor was in the wrong and had no choice but to let him do what he wanted..."

"And then all these things happened?"

"It's pretty much the same. In fact, these things are not secret. They can be found out easily."

Hongdou nodded and paused, her tone softening slightly. "But then again, the reason the prince dared to bring his daughter back was largely because that concubine died."

"died?"

"It is said that she died in a fire. The fire was so fierce that the concubine protected the child with her own body and died on the spot.

The child wasn’t seriously injured, but he’s still in a coma…”

When Shen Muxi heard that the prince's concubine died on the spot while protecting the child with her own body, a trace of emotion flashed across her face.

Soon, she regained her composure.

"Is he still in a coma?" Shen Muxi raised his hand and touched his chin, and asked Hongdou, "What does the emperor think about this?"

After all, the prince is the crown prince of a country...

Hongdou curled her lips, "What else can I say? The Crown Prince is out of favor, but he can't be deposed. The Emperor can't wait for him to continue his absurd behavior. He'll wait until he makes a big mess before settling all the accounts together."

Shen Muxi understood.

"In that case, it's easy."

We can start with the Crown Prince's child. If by some chance we can rescue his daughter, perhaps Crown Prince Nanyuan will give him some relief out of consideration for this favor...

I just don't know whether this prince is really obsessed with singing opera now, or if everything he does is just a cover-up.

To be honest, the prince's life or death has nothing to do with her.

However, her revenge plan and progress must not be delayed even a little bit...

Hongdou wanted to say something else.

There was a sound of something heavy falling to the ground outside the room.

"Bam—"

"what!!!"

The sound of the flowerpot shattering and the woman screaming rang out at the same time.

Shen Muxi quickly ordered Hongdou, "Take him back and interrogate him thoroughly. If you can get something useful out of him, that would be great. If not, confiscate his tools to prevent him from appearing again and harming other girls."

"Yes."

Hongdou effortlessly carried the tall and thin man on her shoulders, quickly climbed out the window and disappeared into the darkness.

Shen Muxi straightened her clothes and opened the door to check.

At this time, Xue'er was rolling on the ground and scratching everywhere without any manners, and her face was already covered with blood marks from her own scratches.

“Ah, it’s so itchy…”

"Pain pain pain..."

After a while, she saw Shen Muxi standing aside with her hands behind her back, watching the show. She immediately climbed up the stone steps and tried to grab Shen Muxi's skirt.

Shen Muxi took a step back and dodged it easily.

"Miss... please save me..."