"Good! Hurry up and call this talent in for me, my son!" Emperor Jin Zheng was a bit impatient.
"Yes!" Xin Zizhao waved his hand backward, motioning for Wei Shuxuan, who was waiting outside, to come in. He walked to her side and led her to Emperor Jin Zheng. "Reporting to Father, it's her. She's my friend from outside. Her name is Wei Luo, and she's very good at solving cases."
"I, Wei Luo, pay my respects to Your Majesty!" Wei Shuxuan knew how to perform a greeting.
"Good, good, good. Rise!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Wei Shuxuan stood up straight and lowered her head slightly to show her respect.
Emperor Jin Zheng sized Wei Shuxuan up. "You're a rather good-looking young master. Your name is Wei Luo, right? You look so young, not really like a master at solving cases."
"Your Majesty, sometimes a person's talent cannot be judged by looks. It has to be proven by their strength."
Hearing this, Emperor Jin Zheng stroked his beard and laughed out loud. "Hahaha, although you're young, you're rather eloquent. I don't hate people like you."
"Father, on my way back to the capital, I encountered two murder cases, one in Liuyun Town and the other in Quan'an Town. They were all solved by Wei Luo on her own. I could only give my opinions at the side."
"Oh? Are you that good?" Emperor Jin Zheng laughed. "Then, I'll leave all the murder cases that happened in the palace this time to you, is that okay?"
"Okay, I will surely not let Your Majesty down. I will surely capture the murderer in front of Your Majesty!" Wei Shuxuan's tone was filled with confidence.
"Hahaha, since that's the case, I'll believe you for now. However, there have been several murder cases in the palace recently. It will be rather difficult for you to investigate them on your own. I'll send someone to help you."
Wei Shuxuan was stunned. Just as she was about to decline, she felt a tug on the back of her clothes. She stole a glance up and saw Xin Zizhao's eyes. She understood his meaning and quickly changed her words when they reached her lips. "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"
Emperor Jin Zheng scanned the ministers below and realized that the person he wanted to see wasn't there. "Zian just didn't come today. When he comes, I'll ask him to go to Fenghe Hall to meet you and see if there's anything you need his help with."
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"
"Retreat."
After leaving the imperial study, Wei Shuxuan felt that the name from Emperor Jin Zheng's mouth just now was rather familiar. Zian? Where had she heard of it before?
On the way back to Fenghe Hall, Wei Shuxuan was constantly thinking about where she had heard of the person named Zian. Seeing that Wei Shuxuan looked absent-minded, Xin Zizhao took a glance at her and asked indifferently, "What are you thinking about?"
"Zian!" Wei Shuxuan blurted it out without thinking.
When Xin Zizhao heard this, his expression became rather ugly. This person had never called his name even once, but now she was so intimate in addressing another man. Although this man might be a middle-aged man, he still inexplicably felt unhappy.
He suddenly turned around and grabbed Wei Shuxuan's shoulders. His expression, which was always calm, showed a bit of excitement. "What are you thinking about him for?"
Wei Shuxuan felt that the pose and atmosphere between her and Xin Zizhao were a bit strange. She lifted her face and looked at him with a puzzled expression. "Then why are you so angry?"
Xin Zizhao, who had little contact with matters of love, also didn't know why. He let go of her and covered his face helplessly. "I'm sorry, I was rude. I suddenly remembered that I had something to do. You go back first."
Seeing Xin Zizhao quickly flee from her side using his lightness skills, as if she was some kind of ferocious beast, Wei Shuxuan also inexplicably felt unhappy.
"Ahh—I'm not going to care about you anymore. Xin Zizhao, you big bastard."
At this moment, in the General's Mansion of Long'an, also known as the Ge Mansion, Ge Zian was listening to the eunuch read Emperor Jin Zheng's imperial edict. "By the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor proclaims, There have been several murder cases in the palace, strange and eerie, which have made people in the palace panic. I am extremely annoyed. Fortunately, a prince recommended someone. Now, Wei Luo will thoroughly investigate this matter. I order Zian to assist Wei Luo in investigating this matter. Imperial edict!"
The eunuch rolled up the imperial edict and looked at Ge Zian with a smile. "General Ge, please accept the edict."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!" After Ge Zian received the imperial edict, he stood up and asked the little eunuch who came to proclaim the edict for information. "May I ask, what kind of person is the person named Wei Luo?"
"Replying to General Ge, this servant doesn't know either. I heard that it was the Fifth Prince who just returned who recommended him to His Majesty. It was said that before he returned, this person had already solved two murder cases. Moreover, it was said that he was a rather good-looking young master."
"Thank you for telling me. Someone, see off Father Yang! Please!"
After seeing off Father Yang, Ge Zian held the imperial edict in his hand and seemed to be thinking about who this person named Wei Luo was. He was actually able to make the Fifth Prince and His Majesty place so much importance on him.
It seemed that he had to go and see this person first.
"Someone, prepare the sedan chair. I'm going to the palace."
When Wei Shuxuan returned to Fenghe Hall, she had just entered the room when she saw a figure suddenly appear in front of her, which gave her a shock. When she looked closely, it was actually Wei Wei. She stroked her increasingly fragile heart. "Wei Wei, can't you not appear like this? You're going to scare me to death."
"…This subordinate is guilty!" Wei Wei knelt down. Wei Shuxuan was even more helpless now. She quickly helped Wei Wei up. "I didn't tell you to kneel down and admit your guilt. You and I don't have to be so formal."
"Yes, Miss."
Wei Shuxuan sat down and poured a cup of tea for herself and Wei Wei. "Come, sit down first, Wei Wei."
"This subordinate doesn't dare!" Wei Wei lowered his head.
"If I tell you to sit, you sit. Am I the master or are you the master now?" Wei Shuxuan's tone was gloomy, as if she was really going to get angry.
Unable to decline, Wei Wei could only obediently sit down beside Wei Shuxuan. Wei Shuxuan asked him, "Wei Wei, why did you suddenly appear?"
After being so muddled by Wei Shuxuan, Wei Wei almost forgot the main reason for his appearance. "Miss, this subordinate wants to tell you something about General Ge."
"General Ge? Who is he?" Wei Shuxuan looked at Wei Wei with a blank expression. Wei Wei saw that his master seemed to really not remember General Ge.
"He's the son of General Long'an. His name is Ge Zian. He and Miss are childhood sweethearts. He's also your…"
Before Wei Wei could finish his sentence, he heard someone knocking on the door outside the room. Wei Shuxuan signaled for him not to speak. "What is it?"
"Young Master Wei, there's someone outside who wants to see you."