The Regent's Little Wife

Chapter 235 Li Quanshui goes to Qiushui Garden

Sang Ning thought to himself, "Let me go to the front hall to meet you. What can you do to me if I don't go to see you?"

"Go and tell these two adults that I am not feeling well and cannot go to the front hall. If I want to ask them questions, please ask them to come to Qiushui Garden in person..."

The little maid was surprised by Sang Ning's words, but she was a servant now, so what could she dare to say?

The little maid agreed and left. The people in the front hall were angry but dared not say anything, because the prince was not in the mansion and they had no backbone. Now these two adults came to investigate, and they were ordered by the emperor.

It seems that this palace cannot function without a prince. When Concubine Su heard that it was an imperial edict and that the two gentlemen were ordered to investigate the case, she immediately became dispirited.

At this time, the little maid who had just delivered the message came forward cautiously and repeated Sang Ning's words to the two adults.

Li Quanshui thought it was very funny. What does it mean? We are following the emperor's order. What does it mean to follow the emperor's order? Doesn't he understand? We are representing the emperor. Don't you, a princess, give the emperor face? And he even asked us to go to his Qiushui Garden to ask in person, why is he so arrogant? But in front of so many people, he didn't dare to accuse him.

He looked at Li Bing next to him. Li Bing was so smart. He could reach the second rank, which was not something that anyone could do. Since the princess asked us to go to Qiushui Garden for questioning, let's go to her Qiushui Garden. Let's see what he wants to do. Don't blame us for reporting you to the emperor. Let's see how you explain it to the emperor.

They looked at each other, then left the main hall and headed for Qiu Shui Garden. At this moment, Sang Ning was still drinking tea leisurely.

Si Nan, who was standing by, was a little embarrassed. He knew that the two adults were ordered to investigate the case. The princess usually obeyed orders. And the prince was very strange today. He actually sent him to protect the princess and said that no matter what happened, he would protect her.

If I can't return to the Regent's Palace today, it means that the situation has become very serious, and I have to take the princess away from Si Chao and go to Bei Li.

Si Yin didn't understand why he had to go to Beili. He was quite familiar with the prince. The prince had no relationship with Beili, so why did he send the princess to Beili? Moreover, the regent princess today was also very strange. She seemed to have changed her usual style today.

In the past, if she encountered this situation, he would definitely go to the front hall early, but today he actually asked the two adults to come to Qiushui Garden to see her. What exactly did he want to do? More importantly, she even changed her name. She actually called herself "Ben Gong". Although it is not wrong for the princess to call herself "Ben Gong", but... it is very strange, as if the princess in front of him was possessed by someone.

Li Quanshui and Li Bing came to the outside of Qiushui Courtyard. After all, this was a place where men and women were different. Even if they brought the imperial edict, they didn't dare to barge in now. The people they brought were only outside Qiushui Courtyard.

Si Yin looked at Sang Ning's attitude. This was the first time he saw the princess like this since she married into the Prince Regent's Palace two years ago. Usually, the princess was very kind and treated everyone with peace, but he didn't expect that today she would...

"Let the two adults come in. If they keep standing at the door, my subordinates will think that I am trying to embarrass them..." Sang Ning ordered Su Ye to invite the two adults in.

Li Quanshui and Li Bing entered Qiu Shui Garden.

"I am cleaning the spring water in the Dali Temple. I am Li Bing, the Minister of Justice. I am here to see the Regent Princess. I am under the command of the Emperor and cannot perform the formalities. I hope the Princess will forgive me for my disrespect."

"Oh, you are Li Quanshui and Li Bing?" Sang Ning asked in surprise.

"It is you, my humble servant..."

"You two adults, please don't be polite..."

"Thank you, Princess Royal..."

"I have heard of your names a long time ago, but I didn't expect it was you two. I wonder if you two have anything to ask me today?" Sang Ning asked with an innocent look, as if she didn't know what was going on.

Su Dieyi was anxious like an ant on a hot pot. I heard it was already this time? Why are you still pretending to be so high and mighty at this time? People are investigating the case by imperial decree. But now he dared to be angry but not to say anything. She could only stare blankly.

Li Quanshui thought to himself, the whole hospital is in such a mess, I don't believe you don't know what happened, so many lives have been lost, don't you know what's going on as a government official? Why are you pretending in front of me?

"Princess, I am here today on the orders of the Emperor to investigate the fire in the kitchen of the palace. The fire in the kitchen was originally a trivial matter, but now no one in the kitchen survived, so this matter is a bit strange. That is why I am here to investigate the case on the orders of the Emperor. I hope Princess will give me some convenience..."

"Oh, so that's what happened. I wonder what the two Lords Li came to see me about? I was in Qiu Shui Courtyard that day and heard that the imperial kitchen was on fire, so I rushed to the imperial kitchen. This is what happened. I wonder what the two Lords came to ask me to do?" Sang Ning asked.

"Princess... We have interrogated the servants in the palace. Some servants said that the princess had already appeared around the imperial kitchen before the fire. Just now, the princess said that you went to the imperial kitchen after hearing the fire. This is a bit inconsistent..." Li Quanshui had already asked the servants in the palace. One of the servants who was cleaning the backyard said that when the imperial kitchen was not on fire, he saw the princess of Qiushuiyuan with her maids Su Ye and Zi Su going to the imperial kitchen. Because she was delivering something to the backyard at the time, she didn't pay attention. After she left, it was only about an incense stick of time before she heard the imperial kitchen was on fire.

So when Li Quanshui heard the servant say this, because that time period happened to be when the imperial kitchen was on fire, he wanted to know whether the princess saw the murderer at that time. Unexpectedly, the princess actually said that he went there after the fire, which was a bit contradictory.

So he was a little suspicious. Why didn't the princess in front of him tell the truth? What was she trying to hide? Sang Ning thought, I left in a hurry that day and didn't pay attention to whether anyone around saw me. But this servant was also stupid. How could he be so stupid?

"Oh... really? I didn't leave Qiu Shui Garden before the fire in the imperial kitchen. I guess that servant must have seen it wrong. My lords, can you ask everyone in the palace if I like to wander around? If I have nothing to do, I won't even leave Qiu Shui Garden. Also, ask my two maids if I went out before the fire in the imperial kitchen?" Sang Ning said, looking at the two maids.

The two maids looked at each other and said, "Our princess never left Qiushui Garden before the fire in the imperial kitchen. Who is it that insisted on saying there was a fire? Has she seen the princess before?"

Li Quanshui smiled coldly and said, "You two are Wang Feifei's people, you can say whatever you want now."

"I want to know who saw me. Call that person over to confront me."

"Confrontation...you want to kill and silence the witness, right?" Li Quanshui hit the nail on the head.

"Killing people to silence them... Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration?"

"You are exaggerating... You are a princess, I dare not do anything to you. I will take your two maids back to the Dali Temple for a thorough interrogation. I should be able to find out something, right? Princess..."