Chapter 385

Chapter 385: Sugar Pancakes

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Wei Liao sneered disdainfully.

“Heh, could it be that there’s something wrong with your brains from investigating the case? You actually came to ask me? Not to mention that I don’t know anything, even if I did know something, I wouldn’t tell you.”

Even though he had helped Xiao Juan testify last time, he and Xiao Juan were still enemies. Their relationship would never become harmonious.

Yu Niaoniao raised her hands and made a tearing motion.

“If you don’t say anything, I’ll tear up the portraits of the princess and the little mute. Crash, tear them into pieces.”

Wei Liao was speechless.

He pointed at Yu Niaoniao and gritted his teeth.

“How dare you threaten me?”

Yu Niaoniao pulled out the small fan at her waist and opened it. “If you tell us the truth, I’ll give you a fan.”

Wei Liao said disdainfully, “I don’t care about your stupid fan!”

Yu Niaoniao waved her small fan and winked at him.

“There are little mutes and princesses drawn on the front and back of the fan, and they’re wearing clothes that have never been seen in books.”

Wei Liao didn’t like the little mute and the princess at all!

But he really wanted to see the little mute and the princess in new clothes!

Wei Liao took a deep breath and said quickly.

“Alright, I’ll tell you.

During this period of time, I had sent someone to secretly keep an eye on the Sixth Prince.

The previous day, the Sixth Prince left the prince’s residence before dawn. My Sky Wolf Guards quietly followed behind him.

However, he encountered an accident when he left the city gate.

Someone was fighting near the city gate. It was a chaotic scene.

When the Sky Wolf Guards finally squeezed out of the crowd, the Sixth Prince was already gone.”

Xiao Juan was deep in thought. “How can there be such a coincidence?”

Wei Liao said, “I know what you’re thinking. I also think this is too much of a coincidence. After that, I sent someone to investigate the two people fighting near the city gate. In the end, I found out that they had been paid by someone else and deliberately chose that time to fight near the city gate to deliberately create chaos to delay the Sky Wolf Guards.”

Yu Niaoniao asked.

“Who instructed them?”

Wei Liao revealed a strange smile. “You’ll never guess who that person is.”

Yu Niaoniao urged, “Don’t keep me in suspense. Tell me quickly!”

Wei Liao said, “The butler of the Sixth Prince’s residence.’

Yu Niaoniao was stunned.

This answer was indeed unexpected.

Wei Liao said slowly, “After that, I interrogated the butler of the Sixth Prince’s residence. He said that the Sixth Prince already knew that he was being followed, so he deliberately asked him to pay two people to cause trouble near the city gate to shake off the people following him.”

Seeing that Yu Niaoniao and Xiao Juan were silent, he smiled gloatingly.

“Are you disappointed? It wasn’t easy for you to find a clue. You thought you could catch a big fish. You didn’t expect to return to the starting point after circling around. You were overjoyed over nothing!”

Yu Niaoniao was indeed very disappointed.

But she still pretended not to care.

“It doesn’t matter. There’s still plenty of time. We can take our time investigating. Sooner or later, we’ll find out the truth.”

Wei Liao said, “Don’t forget that Shen Rui is a prince. His body can’t be kept in the Justice Department forever. The royal family will mourn him in seven days at the latest. At that time, if you still can’t find the truth, this case can only be closed with suicide as the conclusion.”

He counted with his fingers. “Let me calculate. You only have five days left, right?”

Yu Niaoniao glared at him angrily and cursed, “A petty person gets what he wants!”

Wei Liao laughed even more impudently.

“Haha, do you knowwhy I don’t want to interfere in the Sixth Prince’s case? Because I know there’s no way to investigate this case. No matter how busy you get, you can only close the case with suicide as the conclusion.” Yu Niaoniao snorted and could not be bothered to argue with him.

She pulled Xiao Juan away.

Wei Liao’s shout came from behind.

“Don’t forget my portrait and fan!”

Yu Niaoniao did not look back.

She and Xiao Juan went to the east city gate and asked the guards about the situation on the day of the Sixth Prince’s accident.

The city guards told him everything they still remembered.

What they described was almost the same as what Wei Liao had said.

There were indeed two people fighting near the city gate that morning. It was very fierce and the scene was especially chaotic.

The Sixth Prince’s carriage took advantage of that time to leave the city.

On the way back, Xiao Juan was very silent.

Yu Niaoniao comforted him.

“Don’t worry about Wei Liao. He just wants the world to be in chaos. Let’s investigate slowly. We’ll definitely find out the truth.”

Xiao Juan asked, “What if the truth is suicide?”

Yu Niaoniao was speechless.

Along the way, all the clues finally pointed to one conclusion:

Shen Rui committed suicide to avoid punishment.

Even Xiao Juan himself suspected that he had guessed wrongly.

Yu Niaoniao took his hand.

“There are still five days left. We’ll do our best and leave it to fate.” Xiao Juan looked down at their intertwined hands and replied softly.

“Yeah.”

For the next five days, they investigated the Sixth Prince’s death repeatedly.

In the end, they still found nothing.

The next day was the day of mourning. The emperor sent someone to take Shen Rui’s body away and also sent an oral order to Xiao Juan to enter the palace.

After Xiao Juan left, Yu Niaoniao went home.

When she was bored, she saw Lo Pingsha talking to Granny Xiu Yan and asked.

“What are you guys talking about?”

Granny Xiu Yan bowed respectfully. “Little Lo said that he wants to pay his respects to his parents tomorrow and asked me to help tell the kitchen to get the chef to prepare some food.”

Lo Pingsha explained, “Tomorrow is the day of the Sixth Prince and Noble Consort Shu’s funeral. I want to tell my parents this news so that they can rest in peace.”

Yu Niaoniao said, “I happen to have nothing to do. What kind of food do you want? I’ll help you make it.”

Lo Pingsha was flattered.

“Won’t that be too much trouble for you?”

Yu Niaoniao smiled and said, “We’re all family. Don’t be so polite.”

Because she had not found any clues in the Sixth Prince’s case, she was a little depressed. She could use the opportunity to make delicious food to adjust her mood.

She asked, “Do your parents have anything they particularly like to eat?”

Lo Pingsha said, “My father liked to eat sweet things when he was alive, especially sugar pancakes. They were small pancakes wrapped in glutinous rice skin and filled with white sugar. He could eat ten of them in one go!”

Granny Xiu Yan looked surprised.

“Sugar pancakes are so sweet. Won’t your father get tired of eating ten in one

Lo Pingsha shook his head. “No, my father loves sweetness as much as his life, but my mother supervises him and doesn’t let him eat too much sweet food. After all, he’s not young and his body is quite fat. He can’t eat too much sweet food.

Speaking of the past, the corners of his mouth curled up involuntarily, and the light in his eyes softened.

Granny Xiu Yan realized that Yu Niaoniao had not spoken for a long time and could not help but ask.

“Princess Consort, what’s wrong?”