Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

Before Shen Li returned to Beijing, the imperial decree to posthumously confer the title of Duke of Ding Lan could not be passed on for the sake of confidentiality.

Now Shen Li is back, and the person who died was Ding Lan, and she died because she was trying to help the eldest prince's wife Shen Li. Naturally, the royal family has to give an explanation to her.

The Empress Dowager's decree was delivered quickly, and the Ding family dared to hold a public funeral for Ding Lan.

The people sent by the Queen Mother went there, and Fang Yao also went to burn incense in person, and asked Lan to go and help Ding's mother with the funeral arrangements.

Cui Lan'er went, Fang Mingwan went, Shen Li went, and it should be said that several children from the second branch of the Shen family also went.

When Second Wife Wan heard that Shen Li was not dead, she stood there for a long time with her mouth wide open, not saying a word, only her heart was beating violently.

After the surprise, her heart suddenly began to ecstasy.

Oh my God, it’s a good thing she asked her child to keep vigil for Shen Li, oh no, for Ding Lan.

No matter who it is, she believes that Shen Li will not fail to see her feelings.

So, after hearing that the Empress Dowager had conferred the title of County Lady on Ding Lan and that the Ding family had publicly held a funeral for Ding Lan, Mrs. Wan immediately sent several of her own children to burn incense for Ding Lan and accompany Ding Lan's mother.

It was said to the outside world that Ding Lan suffered this misfortune in order to protect Shen Li, the eldest daughter of the Shen family. Shen Li's brothers and sisters were grateful and sad, and had no way to repay him, so they could only come and kowtow to the deceased.

Although Shen Li was too grief-stricken to care about them, in the days that followed, when she met the children from the second house, she no longer ignored them as she had in the past. Instead, she would nod when they called her "eldest sister." There was even one time when she saw Shen Yan's hairpin was crooked and she helped her put it back on.

This little episode made the Wan mother and daughter happy for several days, and they stopped associating with Xiao Zhao and Shen Yao.

Shen Li began to investigate the murder of Ding Lan.

Start the investigation from the small courtyard outside the city where Qili chased.

Since Gu Shu discovered that the killer went directly to the river through the secret passage, and the river was so narrow, the boat must not be big. The killer took such a small boat to the Grand Canal.

So, what happens after we reach the canal?

There must be a large ship waiting there to pick them up, otherwise how far could a small boat get? A wave might capsize it.

For several days in a row, Shen Li's people went back and forth up and down the canal to inquire about the news.

Finally one day, an old boatman who had been recuperating at home for a long time due to illness said that he had delivered goods and passed by the place mentioned by Gu Shu during that period. He had seen a large ship parked on the shore several times on his trips back and forth. There were several young men on the ship, and the ship had not moved for two days and one night.

At that time, he was very curious. The place where the big ship docked was neither a pier nor had any seasonal food to sell. Why did they stay here for so long?

Later the boat disappeared. It came silently and left just as silently.

Gu Shu asked him to think carefully and wonder whether the day the boat disappeared was after the niece of General Fang in the capital was murdered.

The old boatman really thought about it seriously, and finally nodded and said, "Yes, it was after that."

Suspicion immediately fell on the big ship.

Shen Li ordered Gu Shu Gu Da to continue the investigation, and to be thorough and not leave any clues behind.

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Many people in the capital were shocked by the news that Shen Li was not dead.

Among them, the second prince Xiao Haoze had the most complicated feelings.

Ever since the Queen's accident, he has learned a lot about the fickleness of human nature.

When visiting her grandfather, Yao Jingyi said that the emperor had not killed the queen until now, and he must have some concerns. As long as they found out what they were, they might be able to rescue the queen from the cold palace.

He went to investigate and also asked people from the Yao family to investigate. Just after they found out that Fang Yao had returned from Mizhou, his father started to take action against the Yao family. Before they could investigate further, the third prince got into trouble.

News came from the palace that the third prince Xiao Shuze had fanned the flames in the affair between Concubine Liu and the fourth prince. When it was discovered, the emperor's father was furious and had the third prince thrown into the Sky Prison.

Before he could be punished, he committed suicide.

Xiao Haoze could never have imagined that his normally gentle and docile third brother, like the Moon Prince, would actually commit suicide. Even more baffled was why his third brother would instigate his fourth brother to do so. He and his fourth brother clearly had the best relationship; they had grown up together under Concubine Liu's care.

Xiao Haoze's head was about to explode when he thought about it.

Then, news came that made him even more shocked.

The girl who died a few days ago was not Shen Li. The real Shen Li was doing things for the Empress Dowager.

In order to keep the secret, the girl surnamed Ding disguised herself as Shen Li and went in and out of the streets. However, the killer was unaware of this and attacked the girl.

Xiao Haoze leaned back in the recliner and looked at the sky, feeling empty inside.

Just when he was about to bother thinking about Shen Li, he suddenly remembered that his mother was still in the cold palace. He immediately became disheartened and could only pray in his heart that no news would come out to scare him.

Unexpectedly, bad news came soon.

Ever since the accident of the Third Prince, Wen Wanying, Xiao Shuze's fiancée, has become the object of ridicule among the ladies in the capital.

She was so arrogant back then, and even wanted to drag other girls into this. Now she is in such a mess.

Even if you just go out, you will meet acquaintances and be laughed at.

Just as she was secretly resentful and thinking about how to take revenge on others, she met Yao Jingyi.

Yao Jingyi seemed to know that she was going to visit her grandmother at her grandfather's house, and was waiting on purpose on the road she had to pass.

Then, he blocked the way with his own sedan chair and stopped Wen Wanying's sedan chair.

"Is the person in the sedan chair my cousin from the Wen family?"

Yao Jingyi's voice still sounded very kind, as if without any emotion, but Wen Wanying immediately sensed that she had bad intentions.

"Where has my cousin from the Wen family gone? I heard that she's been bullied whenever she goes out these days. I was worried about her, but I didn't expect to see her today. Don't be sad about the recent incident, cousin. Instead of that, you might as well recite more scriptures to atone for your own sins and for the deceased. God knows everything. Whoever commits sins will have their fate. God has a clear account and can't make any mistakes. I just feel sorry for my cousin who has to be a widow for the Third Prince at such a young age. Oh, how sad."

Wen Wanying sat in the sedan chair, regretting not waiting for her mother to come back together, so that she would not have to be ridiculed by Yao Jingyi here.

How could she not understand what Yao Jingyi said? Wasn't she mocking her for having offended other girls and brought sin upon herself, and mocking her for having a shallow bond with the Third Prince?

She had already had physical contact with the Third Prince, and now that he was gone, she had to remain a virgin for him even if their fate was shallow.

After all, the man she once committed herself to was a member of the royal family. Which young man would dare to pay attention to her again?

"I still remember how my mother committed suicide after being victimized by you and my grandmother," Yao Jingyi's cold voice reached her ears. "Cousin, tell me, how will God punish someone so young who has such vicious thoughts?"

Wen Wanying hid in the sedan chair without saying a word, allowing Yao Jingyi to ridicule her to her heart's content before she made way for her sedan chair to pass.

However, this hatred accumulated in my heart, how could I call Wen Wanying if I didn't express it?