The Crown Prince is Actually a Princess!

Murong resigned: "Jixiang was bitten by a fierce cat. This reminds my palace of recent murders. My palace is thinking, what other insects and beasts can bite people into Jixiang-like injuries? The lord is smart and smart, and I believe you can solve problems for the house. Why not go back to the house and think seriously about what insects and beasts will bite people like cats. If you think of it, the princess will come quickly. Talk to my palace."

After speaking, she raised her eyebrows and blinked, expressing her complete trust in Princess Duanrou.

Hearing this, Murong Poetry is especially useful in his heart, and it is as beautiful as drinking honey.

His Royal Highness praised her for her intelligence and quickness, and said that she could solve problems for His Royal Highness. Isn't your Highness the equivalent of praising her? Isn’t it equivalent to identifying her?

"His Royal Highness, I will definitely ponder this matter seriously, and will never let Your Highness down."

She said vowedly, her heart blooming with joy.

Then she went back happily.

Ruyi smiled, "His Royal Highness, this fool's ability is getting more and more refined."

Murongci exhaled, "Finally dismissed her. Ruyi, you sent someone to Zhiyan and said that the palace wants him to come to the East Palace immediately."

Ruyi took the lead.

About half an hour later, Shen Zhiyan came back and was about to see the ceremony, but saw His Highness in high spirits: "Come to the study with this palace."

In the study, Murongci talked about Jixiang’s tragic bite by a cat on the street, “The cat’s claws are sharp, and Jixiang’s left shoulder and left arm have cat paw scars, but the cat’s bite wound and Sun Yumei and Xiaolu’s bite wounds. It's kind of alike."

"Really?" Shen Zhiyan was delighted and excited, "Cats are always docile and are not very good at biting people, unless they are stimulated by an external source, or use something to induce a cat to become angry and fierce."

"It's not necessarily a cat who bit Sun Yumei and Xiaolu. It should be the same size as a cat that can cause such wounds."

"His Royal Highness's analysis is quite reasonable. For a while, I can't remember what insects and beasts bite people will cause wounds like cats."

"It's better that we choose a few insects and beasts and do a verification."

"His Royal Highness is a good idea. I will prepare when I return to Dali Temple today." Shen Zhiyan smiled in surprise, "By the way, I went to Xiaoyin's residence to check and didn't find that, as His Highness said, it was cleaned up."

Immediately, they thought of several insects, such as rabbits, such as smaller puppies, such as monkeys.

Murongci suggested: "It's better to go to the street, maybe there will be gains."

He warmly objected, "His Royal Highness was injured yesterday. Don't run around and toil. You need more rest. It's better to go tomorrow."

She had to give up and agreed to go to Dongshi together tomorrow.

In the afternoon, she slept, and it was dusk when she woke up.

Qin Ruo came in lightly, tied the jade-colored gauze tent with a golden lotus hook, and said, "His Royal Highness, Xiaotao from Chunwuyuan, please see me. She waited for half an hour."

Murong Ci had just woke up, still a little confused in his mind, he couldn't remember which palace lady named Xiaotao was.

When she saw Xiaotao, she remembered that she was the maid under Madam Li in the Spring Wuyuan.

By the way, she said before that if they think of something, they will come to the East Palace to report it.

Ruyi prepared meals in the main hall, and Murongci sat in the main seat of the north head, took a sip from the tea cup, and waved Xiao Tao to get up, "Xiao Tao, what do you think of?"

Xiaotao stood up, lowered her head and turned back: "Your Majesty. When she was free, she recalled how she had been in the Spring Wuyuan for more than 20 years. In the afternoon, when she saw someone burning something, she remembered one thing."

"What's the matter?" Qin Ruo asked.

"It should have been five or six years ago. Because of the heavy heat, many people slept on the floor in the backyard to make it cooler. One midnight suddenly someone caught fire. At first, everyone didn't notice that the person burned to death before someone woke up. After that, everyone got up and splashed water at the man, but the man was burned beyond recognition and couldn't tell." Xiaotao said vividly.

"Someone caught fire and was burned, shouldn't they shout? Didn't the people around you hear the shouting?" Qin Ruo asked puzzled.

"The maidservant also found it strange. But the maidservant remembered clearly that none of the people who slept in the backyard heard the call at that time." Xiaotao replied.

"Who was the person who burned to death?" Murong Ci asked, this thing is really interesting.

"The slave girl dare not say." Xiao Tao whispered, a little panicked.

"His Royal Highness forgive you not guilty." Qin Ruo said.

"The name of the person who burned to death was Cui Nong. He was... not a palace person, nor a concubine who had committed an offense. It seemed to be... the maidservant of Royal Palace." Little Tao secretly glanced at His Royal Highness, and saw that His Royal Highness was not angry. Take a sigh of relief.

Murong Ci was shocked, frowning, and he was King Rui again.

She asked: "Did this happen before Liu Mei entered the Spring Wuyuan?"

Xiao Tao thought for a while, and definitely said: "Yes, a few days after Cui Nong was burned to death, Liu Mei entered the Spring Wuyuan."

Murongci stood up and walked towards the dining case, "Cui Nong is an old man in the Royal Palace of Rui, and it is a taboo in the palace. You should not mention it to others in the future."

Xiao Tao bowed her head in a panic, "Yes, the slave and maid will remember."

Murongci picked up the two plates of pastries on the case and handed them to Qin Ruo.

Qin Ruo put the two plates of pastries together, hugged them with silk paws, and handed them to Xiao Tao, "This is a reward from His Highness, you can go back now."

Xiao Tao was holding the cake, feeling happy, kowtowing her head to thank her and leave.

"His Royal Highness, the man Cui Nong who burned to death was a maidservant in Royal Palace. This is a bit weird." Qin Ruo thought.

"As long as there is a fire, she will definitely yell, how could the people around him not hear it?" Murong Ci tapped the meal case with the silver chopstick, "unless he is killed first, and then burned."

"His Royal Highness is very true. If something like this happened in the Spring Wuyuan, it should be reported, but Cui Nong's identity is special, and Mother Li must not dare to report it, but the report to the Internal Service Bureau is that someone has died. The palace staff of the Internal Service Bureau simply I don't care about the people who died, just drag the corpse out of the palace." Qin Ruo said.

"Cui Nong was burned to death, it was too close to Liu Mei's entry into the Spring Wuyuan." Murong Ci rolled his eyes, "Tomorrow you go to find out if there was really a maidservant named Cui Nong in the Royal Palace of Rui."

"Yes." Qin Ruo replied.

"His Royal Highness, let's have a meal first." Ruyi reminded.

...

The next day, Murongci and Shen Zhiyan went to Dongshi together.

Luoyang City’s commercial markets are concentrated in the East and West. The goods in the East are from the south and the north. No matter how strange, hard to find, and no matter how rare, you may find them here. The West Market is based on the people’s livelihood of the emperor’s capital. Mainly, all-inclusive, food, clothing, housing, transportation, and antiques can find what you want.

There is no curfew in Yan State, so the vendors, teahouses and wine shops in the East and West cities are open from beginning to night, and the streets are full of traffic and people.

Today, I don’t know what a good day is. Many jugglers are performing on the streets. There are bowls, boulders on the chest, jugglers, and small beasts in charge. The people circled for several times, applauded and cheered. Array.

Today, Shen Zhiyan is still wearing a snow-colored light robe with silver thread embroidered with bamboo leaves, and his smooth, black hair is tied with a white jade crown. The appearance of a jade figure and the demeanor have attracted many old girls to look back and pay attention. His elegant and gentle face was filled with a spring breeze smile. Whenever the boudoir girls who looked back at him saw his allure smile, they bowed their heads shyly.

Murongci also attracted a lot of attention, but its soft and beautiful jade made many young women jealous when they saw it.

They turned around here and looked over there. In the noise of the business city, the fireworks in the city are so vivid and lively.

Seeing a shop selling all kinds of flying birds, they asked the shopkeeper where there are white rabbits and monkeys. The shopkeeper said that there is a shop that sells small beasts as pets for the wealthy family.

After walking half a street forward, I saw a shop selling small beasts.

The dude greeted them enthusiastically when they saw their beautiful clothes and good temperament.

"What do you want to buy?" The guy asked with a smile.

"What can you introduce?"

Murongci looked at the delicate wooden cages on the wooden frame. Inside the cages were small beasts, such as white rabbits, monkeys, puppies, etc. Most of these small beasts were small and exquisite, with long and clean hair. , Looks pretty and cute, obviously after careful care.

The man asked: "Did the son buy it for himself or give it away?"

"You can play it by yourself or give it away. Are these little beasts?" Shen Zhiyan glanced over. There are not many varieties of little beasts, but there are many of them.

"Are there any relatively rare play pets?" Murong Ci said disgustedly, "These are too common."

"The two sons came here by coincidence. Yesterday, there were a few new and interesting pets. Why don't you go to the inner hall to have a look?" I'm tired of pets, and I want to find new and exciting things.

Shen Zhiyan and Murongci looked at each other and followed their buddies to the inner hall.

On the floor of the inner hall was a large beast cage containing seven or eight small gray-black beasts.

The little beasts were pecking at the vegetable leaves, making a rustling sound.

"What kind of beast is this? It looks like a mouse." Shen Zhiyan asked the buddy, looking interested.

"Although it looks like a mouse, the mouse is not that big." Murong Ci stared at the little beasts playfully, flashes of light seemed to flash in his mind, this little beast was as big as a cat.

"This is a giant rat unique to the Western Qin Kingdom." The guy introduced, "Although the giant rat looks very similar to a mouse, it is not a mouse. It is a very docile and cute little beast. Recently, many princes have come to ask. Are there any large rats, so the host trustee bought a few from the Western Qin State."

Murong resigned: "A large rat, a white rabbit, and a little monkey, one of each will be sent to the Shen's house in Taifu's Mansion."

The dude said with joy: "Good."

When paying the silver, Shen Zhiyan asked in a serious manner: "The shopkeeper, a meek little beast like a white rabbit and a Shuo mouse, will not suddenly bite people madly."

The shopkeeper promised again and again that he would definitely not.

"Treasurer, is there any way to make the docile white rabbits and rats suddenly bite?" Murongci asked casually.

"The son asked the right person. Our owner has been operating this shop for more than 20 years and knows all kinds of beasts well." The shopkeeper smiled.