The whole family is reborn, and their five-year-old child becomes the darling of the entire capital.

"I heard they caught something incredible while fishing today?"

"What is it? Why is it so big of a deal?"

"Uh, it's...it's that."

"How many people have died in that lake? I heard from the older generation that there are water ghosts there!"

"They manage to pull up some random stuff almost every month. I'd believe it if they actually pulled up a water ghost one day!"

……

Princess Lanyue sat in the carriage, listening to the noisy sounds of pedestrians outside, and her bad feeling grew stronger.

But then I realized I was being a bit too suspicious.

Perhaps all three of them, master and servant, got drunk in the land of beauties.

Xie Yaochuan lifted the curtain and looked in the direction the group of people had gone.

Has something happened again?

These days have certainly been quite turbulent.

The carriage stopped in front of Qingyanlou, but the doors of Qingyanlou were not open as it was early morning.

Princess Lanyue waved her hand, and ordered her men to smash the door open.

“Princess Lanyue, this… isn’t it a bit inappropriate to smash up my legitimate business door so early in the morning?” The woman standing on the second floor, with one shoulder exposed and her hair unkempt, leaned against the railing and smiled at her.

"Where is my son?" Princess Lanyue was furious at her vulgar behavior.

She knew that Yan Hou was also a frequent visitor here.

The reason this woman dared to speak to her like that was because Yan Hou was backing her up.

Extremely disgusting.

She messed with her husband, and now she wants to mess with her son.

"Young Master Yan? Young Master Yan did come for a while yesterday, but Miss Liu'er wasn't feeling well, so he left in a huff. You can ask the guests who have woken up later. Young Master Yan has quite a temper."

"Smash this place for me!" Princess Lanyue's eyes reddened as she waved her hand.

The woman stared wide-eyed at Princess Lanyue in disbelief, and shouted, "Let's see who dares!"

“Princess Lanyue, this building was built for me by Lord Yan. We run a small business and can’t afford your antics. If you really do this, I’ll have to ask Lord Yan to settle this matter!”

Xie Yaochuan stopped Princess Lanyue from making a move and looked at the woman on the second floor, "Are you sure that Prince Yan left here last night? Around what time? Did he say where he was going?"

"Who are you?!" He had barely finished speaking when he saw the Dali Temple token and immediately fell silent. He curled his lip, speechless, and said, "Yes, Prince Yan felt we had slighted him yesterday, so he overturned the table and left. We can't even say what time it was; we do business at night, how would we know approximately what time it was? Besides, Prince Yan was so angry, how could he possibly say where he was going?"

"It should be said that it is true." Xie Yaochuan looked at Princess Lanyue and spoke calmly.

He genuinely didn't believe it was the people from this place who were responsible.

Not to mention that Prince Yan is a regular here, this Qingyanlou is supported by Lord Yan behind the scenes.

How could they possibly harm their own employer's child?

Princess Lanyue was pulled out the door before she finally broke free from Xie Yaochuan's grasp. "Where else could he go besides here?"

"I think we should go and see what they mentioned earlier about the lake they pulled out of the lake." Xie Yaochuan's gaze was leisurely, as if he were referring to something.

Princess Lanyue subconsciously ignored the most likely option, "My son has mysteriously disappeared in the capital, and you still have the leisure to look at something that shouldn't be there? What's there to see..."

Princess Lanyue paused slightly.

Something incredible...

Something incredible?!

What could be so extraordinary that it would attract so many people to watch?

impossible.

It's impossible that something really happened.

Even with these thoughts, Lan Yue probably guessed what was going on, and silently turned around and got into the carriage.

When they arrived at the lake, Princess Lanyue hesitated to get out of the carriage. She lifted the curtain and looked at the crowd gathered on the shore, as well as a circle of government officials.

After a long while, he finally got off the carriage and walked over shakily. He looked at the two corpses on the ground.

My heart skipped a beat.

The faces of both corpses were slashed by a sharp weapon, clearly indicating that someone had killed them and thrown them in.

Their clothes were all stripped off, leaving only their bare, white bodies.

Even so, she recognized Yan Shu at a glance, and almost fainted.

The guards nearby quickly helped him up.

"Is that Princess Lanyue? Could it be that someone there is from the Yan Marquis's mansion?"

"Shouldn't she be hoping the people of the Yan family would die?"

"What a joke! How could her son and daughter bear to see them die?"

"Could it be Young Master Yan? He's got a lot of lives on his hands."

"If it weren't for his parents, he would have died countless times by now. It's a tragedy that someone like him could become the Minister of Justice!"

"That girl from the Liu family was driven to her death by that man surnamed Yan!"

"Not only her, but also the youngest daughter of the Luo family, who is not even thirteen yet!"

"If it really is that beast, then life will be much more comfortable, and things will be much quieter."

……

Princess Lanyue slowly approached her son's corpse, knelt down, and gently wiped his blood-stained face with a handkerchief.

Her lips were deathly pale, and her face showed no reaction whatsoever. She just mechanically wiped his face and body repeatedly.

After a long while, tears finally fell.

She knew she was spoiling her children too much, but she only had these few children.

She wanted to give them all the best of everything.

I just hope they can live well.

But why, why kill him?

Princess Lanyue, trembling, threw herself onto Prince Yan's body and burst into tears.

Xie Yaochuan sighed inwardly, knowing he was in deep trouble, and squatted down to examine the condition of each of the corpses.

Princess Lanyue, her eyes red and swollen, glared at him and roared in a hoarse voice, "Who? Find out who it is right now! How dare they touch my son! I'll make their entire family pay with their lives!"

Xie Yaochuan looked at her helplessly, measured the footprints on Yan Shizi's body with his fingertips, and said with some surprise, "This person's feet are quite small. But the force is extremely frightening. With just this one kick, Yan Shizi's bones should be broken."

Small feet?

Princess Lanyue's mind flashed back to the woman from Qingyan Tower earlier. Small feet make a woman, don't they?

Yan Hou had told her that the proprietress of Qingyanlou came from a family of military officers, but due to an accident in her family, she was sold into this line of work.

Born into a family of military generals, he had small feet but great strength.

Princess Lanyue stood up instantly, her eyes blazing with fire.

That woman must want to kill her son and take over the position herself!

She knows that perfectly well.

That old codger Yan Hou has quite a few illegitimate children outside!

This woman probably has an illegitimate child too!