Noble Lady

"You're still talking about me. How much alcohol did you drink?"

Situ Zhen sighed with amusement and gently stroked her cheek with his fingertips.

Instantly separate.

The ancients often used the phrase "skin as white as cream" to describe a woman's delicate face, and it was not an exaggeration in her case.

The extremely soft touch leaves no room for any fantasies.

There is only a kind of respect that dare not be profaned.

He has calluses on his hands, don't scratch her.

Situ Zhen looked at her carefully, and even when she drank too much and fell asleep, she rested her head on his arm obediently.

He really couldn't bear to take his eyes away.

"But if I continue to sleep like this, I'm afraid my neck will hurt when I wake up tomorrow."

Situ Zhen whispered and gently picked up the person.

Xue Chenyu was held in his arms, looking like a small ball. When she stood up, she seemed to feel her body weightless and whimpered, hugging his neck.

This made Situ Zhen's eyes turn red.

He carefully placed the person on the bed, took off his shoes, and covered him with a blanket.

After that, he stood by the bed for a long time before reluctantly letting down the bed curtains. Then he blew out the light, took his hangover soup, and left through the back window.

After that window was closed.

Xue Chenyu, who had fallen asleep, slowly opened her eyes.

"Oh my God..." She whispered in a voice that only she could hear, bit her lower lip shyly, and then covered her head with the quilt.

After a while, she couldn't bear it anymore and pulled off the quilt, but the faint blush on her face betrayed her thoughts.

What a shame.

How could she suddenly say something like that?

Was it because the lights were too bright, or was he too handsome at that time?

This thought flashed through her mind, and she was once again overwhelmed by the intense feeling of shame.

"...Xue Chenyu, you're not someone who only looks at appearances. Don't be so superficial!"

But at the same time, another thought came into her mind, telling her that Prince Cheng had said that he would come to propose marriage after returning safely, so what was wrong with reminding him?

Two little people were fighting in her mind. Finally, she simply covered her head with the quilt and forced herself to sink into the dream.

Furongju became quiet after Situ Zhen left.

A group of maids who should have gone to rest long ago quietly showed up.

"Master uncle is really useless. Didn't he say that he would propose to the girl as soon as he returned safely? Now that the girl has asked for it, he still can't do it." Weng Xuemei took the lead in whispering.

Xia He also said, "That's right, our girl is so reserved, she has already brought up this, but the prince is still indifferent, tsk."

Yumei also agreed.

Only Yuzhu and Qiuhua looked at each other without saying anything.

"Why aren't you two talking, Sister Yuzhu and Sister Qiuhua?" asked Weng Xuemei.

Yuzhu said, "The young lady probably drank too much and blurted it out. She might forget it tomorrow. Besides, with so many things happening in the mansion, now is not a good time to propose marriage."

Qiu Hua only said, "The Crown Prince's proposal for marriage requires further consideration."

Each of them spoke a few words, and they could no longer express their uneasy side, and everyone became quiet.

Then they went back to their rooms to rest.

Although the little girls overheard everything they should and shouldn't have heard, they still had to keep secret what they shouldn't have known the next day.

Yuzhu and Xiahe are on duty today.

Xue Chenyu woke up a little late in the morning because she drank too much, and she had a headache when she woke up.

But I didn’t feel too uncomfortable in my stomach. I guess it was because of the sobering soup I had last night.

"Miss, there is some hangover soup ready. Would you like to drink some?" Yuzhu asked when she saw her rubbing her temples.

"No..." The words were on the tip of his tongue, but Xue Chenyu swallowed them back.

She almost didn't want to drink anything else because of the sweet new wine soup with bamboo fragrance she drank last night.

"Serve it."

Yuzhu responded and went to the outer room to bring in the sobering soup.

As soon as she entered the door, Xue Chenyu smelled a faint bamboo fragrance, which was very similar to the one she drank last night.

"Why does this hangover soup have a fresh bamboo fragrance?" Xue Chenyu asked doubtfully.

Yuzhu pursed her lips, hesitating to tell the truth.

But she really couldn't lie to Xue Chenyu, so she said, "This new hangover soup recipe was given to me by Miss Weng early this morning. She also brought a basket of sour berries and asked me to use them to make the hangover soup."

"I didn't dare to use it at first, but Miss Weng said that the recipe was given by Prince Cheng, and the sour berries were also given. So I...used it."

She hesitated, and Xue Chenyu finally understood what she said.

Situ Zhen delivered all the things early in the morning.

I also borrowed the help of that girl Meimei.

Yuzhu was afraid that she would blame her for making decisions on her own.

"Don't be nervous, you did a great job." Xue Chenyu said.

She didn't expect that Situ Zhen would have such intentions.

Guess he's interesting.

Then he picked up the hangover soup, blew on it, took a sip, and after making sure it tasted good, he drank it all in one gulp.

Yuzhu's teeth ached from watching this.

The girl couldn't drink much, so if she drank two glasses of wine on a normal day, she would have to drink sobering soup, but the previous recipe didn't taste very good.

This time she tasted it after making it, and it tasted much better than before.

But this was the first time that the girl drank a bowl of sobering soup so quickly.

Yuzhu waited until she finished drinking and then quietly took the bowl away, and then helped Xue Chenyu wash up.

It was almost 9:00 PM when we finished and we finally had our breakfast.

Because I didn’t have much appetite, I only ate a bowl of lean meat porridge.

"Miss, Suying is here." After dinner, the little maid at the door came in to report.

"Let her go to the main room." Xue Chenyu said softly, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief, and got up and walked towards the main room.

Yuzhu followed and said, "Suying has been very busy these days and has worked very hard."

Xue Chenyu nodded. "Come to think of it, when the Marquis' Mansion was surrounded, it was thanks to Suying and Qi Niang who passed on the news and took care of all parties outside. It was indeed hard work."

As soon as she sat down, Suying was brought in.

"girl."

"No need to be so polite, just sit down and talk." Xue Chenyu interrupted her kneeling action.

But Suying still bowed and sat aside.

"Miss, the trial of He Minzhi's murder will begin in the Jingzhao Prefecture Hall in a few days. It will be jointly heard by the Jingzhao Yin and the Chief of the Ministry of Justice."

Xue Chenyu was dazed when she heard this. It seemed like this name was from a long time ago.

When the Wu'an Marquis Mansion suffered a great disaster, Shitou quietly dragged He Minzhi's body into the city.

He did not go back to the small courtyard where Xiaocao and Liu lived now, but pulled He Minzhi's coffin straight to the Jingzhao Prefecture government office.

Because He Minzhi still held an official position, Jingzhao Yin Mei Lord did not dare to fool him.

But he was the prefect of Jingzhao, and He Minzhi did not die in the place under his jurisdiction, so he could have ignored it. But when he was hesitating whether to accept the lawsuit, a mysterious guest visited Jingzhao Prefecture.

Afterwards, Master Chen's words awakened him and he decisively took over the case.

Afterwards, the coroner was asked to identify the body and examine the wounds on the body.

Because the weather was still cold and the bodies were kept fresh with ice on the stone road, it was immediately confirmed that he was killed with a single knife, and the technique was quick and decisive.

The most difficult thing to determine is the murder weapon.

The wound did not look like an ordinary sword wound, and the coroner was not sure what kind of weapon caused it.

Therefore, He Minzhi's body is still kept in Jingzhao Prefecture.

Xue Chenyu couldn't help but frown. "If we can't even identify the murder weapon, how can we hold a trial?"

She originally thought that He Min's death was simple and Xiaocao just needed to report the case to the higher authorities, but she didn't expect there would be such twists and turns.