When the fourth prince heard that scream, he subconsciously turned around to look, Xiao Lingxiao also retracted his feet and said softly, "Is something wrong?" ”

"Let's take a look." The fourth prince wanted to come over and grab Xiao Lingxiao again, but Xiao Lingxiao ignored him and walked in the direction where the voice came from.

Everyone quickly found the screaming woman, the woman's face was pale and she couldn't cry, and the maids around her were also trembling with fright, and they were trembling and pointing to the moon gate in the distance, "That...... There are ...... there There are dead people! ”

When the young men heard this, they all hurried towards the moon gate to check, and after a while someone came back and said, "Really! There really is...... Better! ”

Xiao Lingxiao followed the crowd to the Moon Gate, as soon as she got closer, she could smell the pungent smell of blood, and when she looked inside, she saw that in the spacious courtyard covered with bluestone slabs, there were blood stains all over the ground, and there were fragments of broken corpses everywhere, and the cold moonlight shone on all this, and the scene was very terrifying.

Some of the female relatives were curious, and they also came over with everyone to see the excitement, who knew that it was so scary here, and Xiao Lingxiao's ears came from the woman's frightened cry one after another. At this time, the fourth prince turned around and found Xiao Lingxiao standing behind him, and he also saw everything in front of him, so he hurriedly came over and pulled Xiao Lingxiao aside, and said softly, "Why are you here too?" Don't be afraid, I'm here. ”

Xiao Lingxiao didn't seem to be in the mood to quarrel with the four princes, and said coldly, "Don't worry about me, the fourth highness should deal with these things quickly." ”

The fourth prince nodded approvingly and left quickly.

In a short time, a large number of guards surrounded the courtyard on that side, and the guests were all invited back to the banquet hall, and the eldest princess Mingci sat in the middle, holding the puppy in her arms, with an anxious look on her face. The fourth prince naturally stood up to preside over the overall situation, and after he briefly explained the situation, he asked everyone not to leave this hall at will.

Most people were talking about this matter in a low voice, but Xiao Lingxiao kept looking coldly at the eldest lady who was sitting not far away. The eldest lady was also dragged by several ladies to the moon gate to see the corpses just now, and at this moment there was no blood on her face, although she could barely maintain her composure, but she had no strength to say anything to others.

Xiao Lingxiao got up and came to the eldest lady's side, pulled a cushion and sat down, in the eyes of others, the mother and daughter seemed to be very close, but the eldest lady felt the biting chill emanating from Xiao Lingxiao's body.

"Mother's face is not good, could it be that she was frightened by those corpses?" Xiao Lingxiao said to the eldest lady in a very soft voice, "It's really miserable, there are so many corpse fragments, and I don't know how many people died." Looks like they're all men? was killed in the middle of the night, and it is estimated that they are all things that are beyond their own power. Mother doesn't have to be sad for them, people are watching the sky, they must be harming others, and they will suffer by themselves. ”

Xiao Lingxiao's words were like sharp thorns, piercing into the heart of the eldest lady. The eldest lady looked at Xiao Lingxiao in horror, she was only suspicious just now, but now she can be sure that the broken corpses in the courtyard must be the people she arranged to kill Xiao Lingxiao!

How so? How did she do it!

The eldest lady looked at the deep and strange light in Xiao Lingxiao's eyes, and couldn't help but shiver.

At this moment, Jing Zhaoyin hurried over with the servants.

Xiao Lingxiao smiled lightly on the corner of her mouth, got up and returned to her seat.

Jing Zhaoyin is about thirty years old and looks very capable. He briefly comforted the eldest princess Mingci for a few words, and then led someone to inspect the courtyard. Not long after, an errand officer hurriedly came in and asked, "Which one is the eldest son of Xiao and the third prince of Xiao?" Jing Zhaoyin asked the two of them to come over. ”

Xiao Ranjun and Xiao Fengming got up and went out with the servants, and after about a stick of incense, Jing Zhaoyin led everyone back to the hall.

The eldest princess Mingci's face turned pale, and she hurriedly asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Jing Zhaoyin frowned and said, "In the evening, the Xiao family's carriage and horses were scattered by the crowd, and Miss Xiao was attacked, but fortunately, Xiao Dagongzi and Xiao Sangongzi arrived and saved Miss Xiao. The two sons ordered someone to report the matter to me, and I immediately led people to the place where Miss Xiao was attacked. However, when we arrived, the bodies of the thieves who were killed by Xiao Dagongzi and Xiao Sangongzi were gone. The broken corpses that appeared in the eldest princess's mansion now were identified as those thieves. ”

The fourth prince had already come to Xiao Lingxiao's side at this time, and said to Xiao Lingxiao with some reproach, "You were attacked on the road, why didn't you tell me?" ”

Xiao Lingxiao glared at him, "I was invited to attend the eldest princess's birthday banquet, but I was ambushed and attacked, if I want to tell this in public, won't it make others think that I have any dissatisfaction with the eldest princess?" The thief has been killed by my eldest brother and third brother, and I believe that Lord Jing Zhaoyin will find out what the truth is. ”

When Jing Zhaoyin heard Xiao Lingxiao's words, he couldn't help but look at this Miss Xiao, after she came back from the dead, Jing Zhaoyin had been responsible for dealing with some aftermath matters, and naturally heard many rumors about Xiao Lingxiao. It is rumored that the eldest lady of the Xiao family is only willing to survive in the Xiao family, but now when I see her, I didn't expect her to be so reasonable. Jing Zhaoyin secretly approved, but on the surface, he just nodded and said, "The attack on Miss Xiao must have something to do with the fact that these corpses were transferred to the eldest princess's mansion, so I also ask Miss Xiao to explain the attack in order to find out what happened." ”

With such a clue, it is inconvenient for Jing Zhaoyin to leave the others behind. It was late at night, and everyone said goodbye to Princess Mingci. The eldest princess of Mingci was frightened, and although the fourth prince was worried about Xiao Lingxiao's affairs, he had to send the eldest princess back to the inner house to rest first.

Xiao Huanyu said to the eldest lady with a resentful face, "Mother, we don't know about the attack on the eldest sister, so we don't have to stay with her, right?" ”

The eldest lady steadied her mind and looked down to think about it, this matter was really too strange, and she had to hurry back and ask how the person had arranged it. So the eldest lady said that she was unwell, so she took Xiao Huanyu and Xiao Huanxue to leave first.

Xiao Lingxiao watched the figures of the three of them out of the hall, snorted coldly, and thought to herself, this is what you want to get out? Hum!

The master came a little late, so Jing Zhaoyin asked Xiao Lingxiao and the others to wait a little longer. At this time, the sixth prince, Li Jingxuan, came to Xiao Lingxiao's side and said in a low voice, "I heard that the other party's poisonous arrows have been shot into your carriage?" How can you still come to the birthday banquet so calmly. ”

Xiao Lingxiao smiled lightly when she heard this, "I've died once, does Your Highness Think I'll still be afraid of a poisonous arrow?" ”

Li Jingxuan smiled bitterly and shook his head, "You are really different." ”

"Why is His Highness still here?" Xiao Lingxiao asked.

"Hmm...... I have been assisting the Criminal Department in handling cases, and when I encounter such a peculiar case, I am naturally very interested. Li Jingxuan found a reason, in fact, he knew best, he just wanted to stay and find a chance to talk to Xiao Lingxiao.

"The fourth brother is infatuated with Miss Lingxiao, but Miss Lingxiao doesn't seem to want to continue this marriage?" Li Jingxuan pretended to be casual and asked. At the end of the banquet, when he saw Xiao Lingxiao leaving the table, he immediately chased him out, but he was preempted by the four princes. Li Jingxuan saw that Xiao Lingxiao's expression had been cold when the two were talking, and even at that moment it seemed that he was about to raise his foot and kick the four princes, Li Jingxuan was really curious about what Xiao Lingxiao thought of the four princes.

Speaking of the four princes, Xiao Lingxiao made no secret of her dislike for that person, "There was no marriage between us, I was blind and dumb before, although I had the identity of the prime minister's concubine, but I was not worthy of the four princes, I was curious, why did the emperor give this marriage." ”

Li Jingxuan lowered his head and sighed lightly, he could guess a little bit of his father's thoughts, if it weren't for Xiao Lingxiao's previous appearance, his father would not have assigned her to the fourth prince.

Xiao Lingxiao saw Li Jingxuan sighing, and she was even more puzzled. The royal people's thoughts seemed to be so deep, Xiao Lingxiao knew that she couldn't ask anything, and she didn't want to talk more than Li Jingxuan.

At this time, there was a commotion outside the hall, and Xiao Lingxiao smiled secretly in her heart, knowing that a good show was coming.

The next moment, the eldest lady was supported by Xiao Huanyu and Xiao Huanxue and walked in from outside. The three of them were all pale, and the eldest lady was panting heavily, as if she was about to faint.

Seeing this, Jing Zhaoyin hurriedly stepped forward to ask what was going on, Xiao Huanyu was full of tears, trembling and speechless, Xiao Huanxue was very calm, she said coldly, "When my mother opened the carriage door to get into the car, I found that the carriage was also full of broken corpses, my mother was frightened, and the carriage was still parked in front of the eldest princess's mansion, Lord Jing Zhaoyin, you go over and take a look." ”

Hearing this, Jing Zhaoyin hurriedly led people away, while the eldest lady was supported by Xiao Huanyu and Xiao Huanxue to sit down and relax.

Xiao Lingxiao slowly walked to the eldest lady and greeted softly, "Mother, what's wrong with you?" ”

The eldest lady shrank in horror, but Xiao Huanyu, who was standing on the side, couldn't help but take a step in front of the eldest lady, pointing at Xiao Lingxiao's nose and scolding, "You little slut!" What kind of good guy is pretending to be? Don't think I don't know, you did it all! ”

When the eldest lady heard Xiao Huanyu say this, she hurriedly pulled her to stop her, and Xiao Huanxue also hurriedly stepped forward to stop her sister from talking seriously. However, the more she was stopped, the more difficult it was for Xiao Huanyu to suppress the anger in her heart, and she reprimanded sharply, "Xiao Lingxiao, you mourning star!" God will take you once and confiscate it, and you will come back to harm others! Slut! ”

"Shut up!"

Xiao Ranjun stepped forward quickly, pulled Xiao Lingxiao behind him, glared at Xiao Huanyu and said angrily, "Second sister, in front of the public, how can you say such a thing?" Ling Xiao is your sister! She just came to greet her mother, is that also wrong? ”

Seeing this, Xiao Huanyu shook off the hand that the eldest lady was pulling at her, pointed at Xiao Ranjun's nose and scolded, "Why are you pretending to be a big brother in front of me?" You're just like that slut, you're a dead star! They shouldn't go back to Xiao's house! When my real eldest brother comes back, I will definitely kick you all out of the Xiao family's gate! ”

As soon as Xiao Huanyu said this, she heard a crisp sound of "pop", and slapped her in the face.

Xiao Huanyu was shocked and angry, looking at the person who beat her in disbelief, "You...... How dare you hit me! ”