Time Travel: Brothel Maid

Chapter 199 Investigation

Zhao Yunrong thought about it and decided not to hide it from his loyal personal bodyguard, lest he do something inappropriate.

"Shen Jing."

Shen Jing bowed and replied, "I'm here."

"This king does not have the habit of homosexuality."

Shen Jing didn't expect the prince to suddenly say such a thing. He looked up in surprise. When he saw the prince's half-smile, he was startled. Then he slowly realized what the prince meant. Then he opened his eyes wide in disbelief, opened his mouth in surprise, and stammered, "The prince...means...that Xiao Guo'er is..."

After seeing the prince reveal a rare smile and then nodded at him, Shen Jing's face showed a look of surprise and doubt, as if he had seen a ghost.

Shen Jing really couldn't accept this fact calmly. He felt that his previous cognition had suffered a huge impact. He also thought about how he had been worried about the prince's feelings during this period of time, but he didn't expect it to be like this... He felt very uncomfortable for a moment.

Zhao Yunrong looked at him and seemed to have not been able to accept Xiao Guoer's true identity. He was in a daze and just said, "You are not allowed to enter and leave her room at will in the future." Then he ignored him and walked forward on his own.

After being disheveled in the wind for a few seconds, Shen Jing looked up to the sky and sighed, "Oh my God, he actually broke into a woman's room, and she was the one that the Eighth Prince liked!"

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On this day, at daybreak, Yuelailou, a large-scale and reputable restaurant in Huaiyang City, was about to open for business.

A yawning, sleepy young man had just moved the bolt when the heavy door was suddenly pushed open with great force from the outside. The young man staggered and almost fell. Just as he was about to curse, he saw the head shopkeeper rushing in in a hurry with a look of anxiety on his face.

The sleepiness that had not yet awakened the waiter disappeared in an instant. He didn't understand what had happened to make the big boss so anxious.

Before he could even open his mouth to ask, he heard the head shopkeeper turn around and say to him, "Close the door. We are closed for today!"

The young man was stunned. What big deal had happened?

He hurried to close the door, picked up the bolt and was about to close it again, but he happened to see the young man from a herbal medicine shop diagonally across the street, who had just opened the door and then closed it again.

Eh? What happened today?

The young man returned to the shop in confusion, and saw the manager running to the backyard in a hurry.

After a while, all the waiters in Yuelai Building gathered in the lobby.

After hearing the chief shopkeeper's instructions, everyone was very surprised and puzzled.

Why would they be asked to secretly investigate the servants in the Huaiyang prefectural government's mansion, where they went and who they met after leaving the mansion, and whether anyone of them suddenly spent money lavishly as if he had received a windfall?

Everyone looked at each other, wondering in their hearts, but then they heard the chief shopkeeper speak again, "If anyone among you can find anything unusual about the servants of the Wu Mansion, report it to me, and I will give you one tael of silver for each discovery."

This sentence was like hot oil splashing into a hot pot, and the guys were instantly excited. The question marks in their heads suddenly turned into white silver. Their eyes flashed with greed, and they couldn't wait to rush out to find the so-called unusual things. Some people even had a bad idea, thinking: "If I get one tael of silver for one, then I can make up a few more taels of silver, right?"

Just as everyone was ready to go out, they heard the threat of the head shopkeeper again, "But let us be frank, if any of you are found to have reported a false clue, you will no longer be a member of Yuelai Tower, and all the shops owned by the Tang family in Huaiyang City will never be used again!"

This sentence was like a bucket of cold water poured on everyone's head, causing those who had evil ideas to give up the idea instantly.

Everyone was silent, nodded in agreement, and then walked out the door.

After leaving the store, they were surprised to find that this most prosperous street in Huaiyang City was a bit deserted at this time.

In the past, all the shops would have been open for business at this time, but today many shops were still closed, which surprised everyone.

There was a young clerk who was a relative of the head manager and knew some inside information. The owners of all the closed shops were the Tang family in Shangjing City. He guessed that the owner must be the one who didn't know what had happened.

At the same time, in the Wu family mansion, Shun'er was walking hurriedly. He had just come back from outside, covered in sweat. Without even the time to wipe it off, he hurried to Tang Jingchen's room to report.

He handed the token representing the head of the Tang family back to the young master, "Young master, everything has been arranged according to your instructions."

After Tang Jingchen took it and heard what Shun'er said, his expression did not relax at all. He was still full of frost and continued to instruct, "Go and send a letter to Lord Jiang, the co-magistrate of Huaiyang City, and Lord Sun, the magistrate, and tell them that I have an important matter to visit you."

Shun'er bowed in response. He knew that the young master was in a bad mood and that this was an extraordinary period. He did not dare to complain at all and turned around and continued to work.

Tang Jingchen stroked the red fire jade on the fan in his hand, recalling who would have the opportunity to get the letter he had written himself since he came to Huaiyang City.

He thought about it carefully. Since the love poem on the handkerchief was not written by him, but it was indeed his handwriting, there was only one possibility left - someone deliberately imitated his handwriting and forged the love poem on the handkerchief.

Then he would search in this direction and find those people who had the opportunity to obtain his handwritten letters. After checking them one by one, when he found out who took his letters and forged his handwriting, he would be able to prove his innocence.

And the bowl of soup he drank must have been mixed with drugs or something like that. If Miss Wu wanted something like this, she would need servants to buy it for her. This matter was secretive, so servants had to keep it a secret. The hush money would definitely be high. This was also a clue that could be investigated further.

He must not blindly admit to this unfounded rotten thing! He must not let it ruin his and Xiao Guoer's future!

-

Xiao Guoer didn't sleep well and was in a drowsy state the whole time, as if her whole body was wrapped in a thick fog, making her feel extremely tired and weak.

There were several times when she was in a state of half asleep and half awake, but every time she was about to open her eyes from her sleep, her subconscious thoughts of escaping reality would take effect. She forced herself not to wake up, and would rather sleep in extreme pain than open her eyes to face this cruel reality.

If possible, she even thought, it would be nice to sleep like this until the end of time.

It was not until the knocks on the door became rhythmic and persistent, disturbing her and making her unable to pretend not to hear them and bury her head in her sleep, that she finally raised her head from the pillow with difficulty.