Chapter 31: 31. Dig the culprit and their accomplice. Part one.
Yu Fengyao walked to his study in the Zhending Courtyard. This man did not want to take care of investigating the attack on his wife at the Hongmei Courtyard because he did not want to worry the young woman. After Yu Fengyao arrived at his private residence, this young man sent a message to his four friends to come to Yu Wangfu because he got a clue that could be followed up on. Receiving messages from him, they all agreed to come to Yu Wang's place to discuss the clues he had obtained.
"Wangye, your friends have arrived."
Butler Chen received a notification from the gatekeeper that four of Yu Wang's friends had arrived and immediately notified his young prince. Knowing that Yu Wang was waiting for their arrival, Butler Chen allowed the guardian of the Wangfu gate to let them all in and immediately informed Wangye of their arrival. Hearing the notification from the old eunuch, Yu Fengyao only nodded and waited for the four to arrive at the Zhending Courtyard.
"Wangye!"
Four young men who look good and have different traits, come and greet Yu Wang. Yu Wang invited them to sit in his private study in the Zhending Courtyard. The four young men immediately sat relaxed in the study room. They had all come to the Zhending Courtyard often since Yu Fengyao had received this residence from the previous Emperor.
"Is it true that Yu Wang has a clue we can use?" Lan Zhengyi; The assistant of the minister of justice looked curious.
Lan Zhengyi as an Assistant of the minister of justice in his young age had an interest in various types of crime cases. Receiving news that there are clues for Yu Wangfei's incident made him impatient to quickly resolve the case that befell Yu Wang's wife. Seeing Lan Zhengyi look impatient, made Yu Wang and the others smile wryly. This man always behaves like this when it comes to criminal cases, no matter the crimes that happened to whom.
"You better control yourself, Zhengyi. You look shameful acting like this. Where is your attitude that looks patient and doesn't easily provoke anything?" Wu Qianglie couldn't help but warn his friend while rubbing his forehead.
"I don't need to act like that here. Everyone here knows the real me. No need to pretend." Lan Zhengyi replied, sounding unconcerned.
"So all this time your cool and serious appearance is only a mask." Zhan Junmin looked surprised.
Hearing Zhan Junmin who pretended to be shocked, everyone there chuckled.
Ignoring the jokes of his friends, Lan Zhengyi stared curiously at Yu Wang. Feeling unable to stand being stared like that by his friend, Yu Wang told him the instructions he had received from Nanny Mo.
"The hints from your wife's old maid have a high possibility of happening. If it's true that Wangfei took her inheritance shop back, the woman called Second Madam might try to eliminate Yu Wangfei." Lan Zhengyi was seen considering the clue.
"Why do you look sure to suspect that woman?" Wu Qianglie asked.
"In every assassination attempt by assassin, there are always only a few reasons underlying the act. If it wasn't for revenge, money or power would have been involved in it as the reason for the choice to use assassins." Lan Zhengyi tells them based on his experience handling crime cases like this.
"Then we must investigate the woman immediately." suggested Lu Qianhui.
"Yes, that's why this Prince wants you to activate your informants." Yu Wang looked at Lu Qianhui who immediately agreed.
Using his amulet jade, Lu Qianhui contacted his men who took care of his informant network to find out about Hong Tiaoqing; Second madam from the third generation of the Su family. To get fast results, Lu Qianhui activated many of his agents.
"Well, you can find out first about that woman. This Prince won't hold you here any longer."
Hearing the subtle expulsion contained in Yu Fengyao's words, made all four of his friends feel strange.
"Wangye-"
The soft voice of a young woman came from the door of the study room where all these young men had gathered. Hearing that soft and melodious voice made the four friends of Yu Fengyao feel like a gentle breeze slowly blowing past them. Make all four unconsciously feel calm and comfortable.
Butler Chen moved from beside Yu Wang and opened the door for Su Qingyi who stood elegantly at the door of the study room. The four Yu Fengyao friends stared unblinkingly at the elegant and attractive young woman. The young woman had a gentle and attractive face even though her face was not the prettiest, but it was very difficult to stop staring at that soft face. Seeing his friends did not stop staring at his wife, Yu Wang was forced to cough a little to wake them up.
The four friends immediately realized that Yu Wang had a small cough that also contained shock energy to wake them up. Embarrassed by their gaze at the young woman, the four young men also coughed to relieve their throats. They were almost salivated to see this young woman. Rubbing his forehead, Yu Fengyao knew he could not hide his wife from his friends.
"Wife, why did you come to the Zhending Courtyard?" Yu Fengyao was forced to announce his wife's status in front of his friends to remove the interests of his four friends in Su Qingyi.
"Ah, forgive this wife, husband. This wife heard that husband's friends came, so this wife brought snacks to enjoy while you all gathered here."
Su Qingyi entered the study room and brought a bamboo food container filled with snacks she had made earlier. Seeing the bamboo food container that his wife brought to be enjoyed with his friends made Yu Fengyao feel that his decision to invite his friends to meet at the Zhending Courtyard was wrong.
"Oh, is this young woman our sister-in law?" Lu Qianhui tried to ascertain the status of this young woman.
"Yes, this young woman is this prince's wife; Su Qingyi."
Su Qingyi, who was introduced to Yu Wang's friends, greeted these four famous young men. She heard the maids discuss the arrival of these very famous young men in the Zi Empire. These four men were Yu Wang's childhood friends because of that, Su Qingyi decided to share the snacks she made for Yu Wang for them. As the legal wife of Yu Wang, Su Qingyi wanted Yu Fengyao's four good friends to know her.
After greeting Yu Wang's good friends, Su Qingyi immediately excused herself and left everyone. This young woman did not want to interfere with Yu Wang's meeting with all his friends. The departure of this young woman made the four young men stare unconsciously at her. His friend's behavior made Yu Wang clear his throat. Fortunately, Su Qingyi had become his wife, otherwise his friends would surely be his love rivals.
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