Shen Yu goes to the school grounds every day. Xie Tingzhou has official business to attend to, so he can't go there every day and only sees people at night.
It was when he was addicted to her that he was even more clingy than before. Today, he kept her in the palace and moved his official duties to the study.
"Brother, they are fast on their feet. They should have passed Pingzhou by now."
Shen Zhao returned to Luozhou the day after his wedding, and happened to be with the people sent by Xifeng to pick up the maid.
After all, Shen Zhao was still a newlywed. He came all the way just for Shen Yu's wedding, but he couldn't bear to leave his new wife at home, so he had to rush back quickly.
After Xie Tingzhou finished speaking, he didn't hear a reply for a long time. He raised his head and saw her immersed in the case, calculating something seriously.
"What's that?"
"Don't interrupt." Shen Yu didn't even raise her head, holding a pen in one hand. After finishing the calculation, she raised her head and asked, "What did you just say?"
Xie Tingzhou pointed with his chin.
"Oh." Shen Yu tapped on the ledger, "I'm calculating the military requirements for the five thousand troops and new recruits next season."
Xie Tingzhou picked up the account book and looked at it. The calculation was very beautiful. It was really inspired by the home of the number one merchant in the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Xie Tingzhou was watching her calculations from the side, when he suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside the door.
If nothing happened, the servants would not dare to leave in such a hurry.
"Your Majesty, Princess."
Xie Tingzhou turned his head and asked, "What's the matter?"
The maid said outside the door: "Someone came to deliver a gift, saying it was a wedding gift for the prince and princess, and it came from Shengjing."
Shen Yu was also surprised for a moment, "Are you sure it's from Shengjing?"
Sheng Jing had no relatives or friends, so she couldn't think of anyone else who would send gifts.
"Could it be sent by King Yan?"
Xie Tingzhou and Li Jifeng are close friends, but the current situation is uncertain.
"Go and have a look."
Xie Tingzhou and Shen Yu left the palace. Several carriages stopped in front of the palace, and a group of people giving gifts were also waiting at the door.
The leading man with a mustache saw the large number of people coming out of the gate and hurriedly stepped forward with a complacent smile. "I have met the prince and princess. The young one is here from Shengjing to send wedding gifts."
"Which house is it from?" Xie Tingzhou asked.
Only then did the mustache remember, he took out the post and presented it with both hands, "The younger one is from Jiangge's house, and is here to deliver the gift for my young master, Mr. Jiang, the Minister of Household Affairs."
Xie Tingzhou lowered his outstretched hand and looked sideways at Shen Yu.
Shen Yu was also confused, "I don't know."
Mustache held the post and said: "The things in this car are all wedding gifts given to the princess by the minister."
Others present did not know the inside story and thought the two had a good relationship when they were officials in the same court, but Shen Yu and Xie Tingzhou knew it very well.
Shen Yu saw Xie Tingzhou's jaw clenching and then slowly relaxing.
Xie Tingzhou's tone was slightly cold, "Since it is a congratulatory gift for the king's princess, we will accept it."
Just when Shen Yu was about to speak, Xie Tingzhou gently squeezed her hand and shouted: "Changliu."
"Hey." Changliu jumped forward.
Xie Tingzhou asked: "Is it cold today?"
Changliu was stunned for a moment, "Of course it's cold. My little turtle was frozen. It didn't move a few days ago. I thought it was going to die, but..."
Once Changliu opened his mouth, he couldn't close it.
Xie Tingzhou interrupted him, "Then go get the kerosene. Master, I will light a bonfire for you."
"Okay." Changliu responded, turned around and ran away.
When the bearer who gave the gift heard it, he felt that something was wrong, and he did not dare to ask anything.
Xifeng opened the carriage with the handle of the knife and took a look inside, "Why is it wrapped in oil paper? Why is it so tightly wrapped?"
Mustache said: "They are all rare wooden items and some silk. I was afraid they would get wet on the road, so I wrapped them all up."
Xi Feng nodded and made a gesture, and the palace guards came forward to move things.
There were a lot of boxes, and the two guards carried them down one at a time. Xi Feng stood aside and didn't count them. They would be burned anyway, so it would be useless to count them.
Mustache held out another small box and said, "Princess, these are the things that my master has told me to hand over to you personally. They are all your favorite things in the past."
The box slowly opened.
Xie Tingzhou's expression suddenly changed, he held Shen Yu in one hand and pulled out the sword of the guard beside him.
Hearing an "ah" sound, Mustache grabbed his wrist and screamed.
The hand was completely severed from the wrist, but there were two severed hands on the ground, one was fresh and bloody, the other was black, and there was an empty box.
The guards all drew their swords in unison, and in an instant they restrained all the gift-givers.
Mustache was in so much pain that he kept screaming, "Your Majesty, please spare my life, Your Majesty, please spare my life."
Xie Tingzhou looked at the man coldly, "Jiang Ji asked you to come and deliver the severed hand?"
Mustache ignored the pain and was stunned when he saw the things in the box, "No, no, how could there be a severed hand here? It's obviously..."
"What is it?"
The mustache almost twitched in pain, "Yes, it is the personal belongings of the princess."
Xie Tingzhou's eyes flashed with danger, and the tip of the knife touched Mustache's neck and drew blood.
"Say it again, again." Xie Tingzhou said every word.
Mustache gasped: "It's jewelry. It's the jewelry that the princess wears in her boudoir."
"You're talking nonsense!" Shen Yu said angrily, "When did I ever give him jewelry?"
"The younger one is just giving gifts, I really don't know."
"Open." Shen Yu said coldly, "Open all the boxes."
The guard was stunned when the first box was opened, followed by the second and third... a dozen boxes, all containing the same thing.
Xie Tingzhou knew something was wrong, so he let go of Shen Yu and let her stand where she was before taking a closer look alone.
His eyes swept across the boxes one after another, without mentioning a word, but he suddenly raised the knife.
The sword flashed, and a boy delivering gifts fell to the ground, covering his neck.
Shen Yu raised her feet and stepped forward.
Xie Tingzhou: "Stand there and don't come over."
These words could not stop Shen Yu at all. She had to find out for herself what was in these boxes.
As she came closer, the contents of the box were revealed.
It's people, dead people.
Jiang Lianzhi sent her more than a dozen corpses.
