That night.
Xuemei had already left, and Lin Jiaojiao lay in bed at the Shuanghua Residence, staring at the darkness in front of her.
There were no further clues to Qin Zhi's case, and she suspected that whoever was behind it had become aware of it, silencing the entire Qin family! Otherwise, there wouldn't be so little movement.
If there was someone like Qin Zhi capable of betrayal in her own courtyard, how many more rats were hiding in the shadows of the entire Regent King's Mansion?
The Regent King's Mansion stood in the capital, surrounded by wolves and venomous insects.
If left unchecked, it would only grow more rampant.
...
――― The next day.
The sun rose in the east, with no trace of the blizzard left behind. The morning wind was still chilly, causing officials walking to court to shiver uncontrollably.
At the palace gate.
Old Prime Minister Mu Quchen alighted from his carriage, and next to him was Minister of Ministry of Revenue Gu Yunzhen's carriage.
