"How?" Shen Yu asked.
The supporting hand trembled slightly, and the charcoal igniter in his hand hit the stove with a crisp "ding" sound.
"Sir," Fuyao said, "Do you know why my father handed the account book to me?"
Shen Yu looked at her and didn't ask.
Fuyao put up his sleeves, picked up a piece of charcoal and put it into the stove, "Because I am the most spineless and the most afraid of death. My father knows his children very well. My sister has a benevolent heart. Maybe if her heart softens, she will Willing to die for justice.”
"But I'm different." Fuyao looked at Shen Yu, "I want to live, even if I am as humble as an ant now, I still want to live."
Shen Yu said: "If the prince is convicted, will you give him the account book?"
Fuyao: "If you don't give it, the threat cannot be completely eliminated, so I won't give it."
Shen Yu walked out of Jiaofangsi, but she returned without success and stood at a fork in the road not knowing where to go.
She made a solemn oath at Yanliang Pass to investigate the case and let everyone get the punishment they deserve.
Now that Marquis Xuanping has been arrested and the prince has entered the clan's residence, the nets sunk in the ground will be pulled out by these two main ropes.
Her vow was about to be fulfilled, but there was a kind of confusion in her heart, as if she didn't know where to go next.
"Control——"
Xixi stopped the carriage and jumped off the shaft, "Sir, I'll pick you up."
Since Sanfu's death, Xixi's family has been taken to Zhuangzi. After Shen Yu returned to Beijing, she recruited him back. Now it's okay to work as a groom for Shen Yu and run some small errands along the way.
"I'll take a walk." Shen Yu said.
The shower had just stopped, and there was moisture in the air. She wanted to take a walk in the moisture to clear her head.
Xi Xi advised, "My lord, it's better not to leave. You'll dirty your shoes carefully. Besides, walking takes up time."
Shen Yu looked at Xi Xi. He was usually not a talkative person and was much calmer than his brother Sanfu, but today was different.
Xi Xi glanced at the carriage and said, "Sir, please get in quickly."
Shen Yu seemed to react immediately. She glanced westward, got in the car and quickly opened the curtain and entered.
"Not too stupid." Xie Tingzhou said with a smile.
Although the car curtains were tightly covered, there was an ice basin placed a few steps below, so it didn't feel stuffy at all.
"Why are you here?" Shen Yu sat down next to him.
"Asking knowingly."
Why else would he come? To miss her, to pick her up, not to worry about her, that's all.
Xie Tingzhou didn't want to dwell on this issue today. He changed the subject and asked, "Return without success again?"
"Yes." Shen Yu nodded lightly, "I have looked for her and Fu Ying's room before, but I couldn't find the account book. She should hide such an important thing in a place she can control. Where could it be? "
"Maybe it's not where, but who." Xie Tingzhou said: "It should be handed over to someone trustworthy. Once something happens to her, the ledger will be exposed to the world, so the other party dare not touch her rashly."
Shen Yu stared at the cold ice basin, and suddenly an idea flashed in her mind, "Wait for me for a moment."
"What are you doing?" Xie Tingzhou took her hand.
Shen Yu turned around and said, "Look for Fu Yao."
"Go back quickly." Xie Tingzhou let go of her and saw her return to the Jiaofang Division through the gap in the car curtain. In less than a stick of incense, she turned back.
"Is it done?" Xie Tingzhou asked.
"Yeah." Shen Yu said with a smile on her face, "Why didn't you remind me earlier?"
Xie Tingzhou raised his eyelids and asked, "Remind you what?"
"Remind me that she must have given the account book to someone else."
"Well, that's my fault. I spoke too late, causing us, the Crown Princess, to run so many times in vain." Xie Tingzhou said softly.
It was just a joke to blame him for saying it late, but when he said it like this, Shen Yu was embarrassed.
"Thankfully you told me." Shen Yu said, "What I want is for the account books to be made public to the world. I don't have to get the account books. As long as Fuyao dies, the account books will naturally be made public."
"Did you kill Fuyao?" Xie Tingzhou asked.
Shen Yu looked at him closely, "Why are you nervous? Oh~ I understand, Fuyao is the sister of your old friend in the Jiaofang Division."
"Yin and Yang are weird." Xie Tingzhou pulled her onto his lap, "Really kill her?"
"Kill her. Kill her with one knife. My knife was very fast and I didn't let her suffer." Shen Yu said nonchalantly.
Xie Tingzhou leaned against the car wall, looked at her with narrowed eyes, and asked: "Really kill her?"
Shen Yu glanced at him, "How many more times are you going to ask?"
"You're still lying to me." Xie Tingzhou pinched her waist upwards, making Shen Yu itch and squirm in his arms.
Scolding him in a low voice, "Xie Tingzhou, you king..."
"What the hell?" Xie Tingzhou tickled her harder, "You want to call me a bastard?"
Shen Yu gasped while crying and laughing, "You... you are a prince and noble son."
She jerked away, and her head hit Xie Tingzhou's injured cheekbone, causing him to hiss softly in pain.
"Are you okay?" Shen Yu quickly sat upright and asked.
Xie Tingzhou looked at her, his eyes filled with moisture, "The Crown Princess's head is so hard."
Shen Yu laughed and saw Xie Tingzhou reaching out to pull her closer and whispering: "Seeing you makes my bones weak."
"The Crown Princess is hard-headed, and the Crown Prince is soft-boned, we two." He stared into her eyes and said slowly, "What a perfect match."
Xie Tingzhou's words of love were a bit overwhelming. Shen Yu touched his face and joked: "Well, that makes sense. If the prince's head was as hard as mine, he wouldn't have been beaten by me last night. I was beaten into a pig’s head.”
Xie Tingzhou chuckled along with her, "Let's get down to business, why did you make Fuyao change his mind?"
"Are you so sure I didn't kill her?"
"If you kill me, the Jiaofang Department will be busy by now."
Shen Yu curled her lips and said, "I am ready to kill her. I saved her life. She should pay back what she owes to the Ge family, but she is too afraid of death."
Shen Yu thought of Fuyao struggling and shrinking on the ground.
"Don't kill me, my lord, please don't kill me. If you kill me, you won't get the account book."
Shen Yu took out the knife and wiped it twice on the tablecloth, "I changed my mind. I don't want the account book. I got the account book to make it public. As long as I kill you, the person who hid the account book for you will be the first to take over." Help me achieve my goal, why should I bother?"
Fuyao had been coerced and lured by her many times, but for the first time, she saw real murderous intent in her eyes. She was convinced that the master really wanted to kill her at this moment.
"What are you thinking about?"
Xie Tingzhou brought Shen Yu back from his thoughts.
"Ah?" Shen Yu concentrated, "The account book is not with her. She wrote a letter to me."
Xie Tingzhou took the letter and scanned it quickly, "Jianzhou? It takes half a month to go back and forth at a high speed. Can you make it in time for Emperor Tongxu to convict Li Jincheng?"
"It doesn't matter if you can't catch up." Shen Yu said: "Anyway, the matter is settled. Li Jincheng cannot escape the blame. This is just another stone that crushes him."
"Yes." Xie Tingzhou received the letter and said, "Then I'll ask Xifeng to make a trip.
"But..." Shen Yu hesitated, "Who will protect you if Xifeng is gone?"
Xie Tingzhou said: "It's okay. He's not the only guard. Besides, there are so many secret guards."
Shen Yu was still worried, "But, Xi Feng Yi is following you."
"Didn't he follow me when we entered the capital?" Xie Tingzhou suddenly remembered, "By the way, you protected me during that time. In the next half month, my safety will be entrusted to Master Shi."
"But I have to be on duty in the palace during the day."
"Night then."
"This matter." Shen Yu paused, "You probably have to ask my brother's fist first."
Xie Tingzhou: "...No need to ask."
"how?"
Xie Tingzhou said displeasedly: "Your brother has already moved his things here this morning. It seems that he wants to live in the house and guard me closely."
Shen Yu wanted to laugh but didn't dare. She wanted to live with her brother. After all, she had been here like this for so many years.
Xie Tingzhou saw her face twitching and wanting to laugh, and sighed, "Auntie~"
Shen Yu's spine went numb when he shouted. Xie Tingzhou leaned his head into the crook of her neck and murmured: "What should I do? When can I marry you?"
The prince is acting like a spoiled child, who can withstand this?
