"Of course. My intuition tells me so," Wei Shuxuan said confidently. But Xin Zizhao just helplessly ruffled her hair and asked, "Still relying on your intuition? Are you really that confident in it? What if it's wrong?"
"…I know, that's why I'm so troubled!" Wei Shuxuan looked up at Xin Zizhao with a gloomy face. Then she buried her head in his solid chest. Her childish action made Xin Zizhao chuckle. He gently patted her back.
"However, as far as I know, the two maids you sent were quite old. And the Fengyu Hall is quite large. Each of them had to clean the whole hall by herself. It was really hard work. So it's not hard to understand that they suffered a sudden stroke."
"Is that your opinion?" Wei Shuxuan looked up at Xin Zizhao.
Xin Zizhao nodded. "Yes, that's my understanding of this incident. From a doctor's perspective, they were over fifty, doing hard work without any help. It's not surprising that they had a stroke."
Seeing that Wei Shuxuan still looked doubtful, Xin Zizhao tried to comfort her. He knew that she wouldn't let it go until she investigated. "If you're still suspicious, go and investigate the Fengyu Hall. You've already examined the bodies and found no extra marks, right?"
"Okay!" Wei Shuxuan nodded.
The next day, the weather that had been fine yesterday turned gloomy. It seemed like it was going to rain. Wei Shuxuan and Wei Wei came to the Fengyu Hall. There were no signs of a fight. Everything was in its original place, and the Phoenix Feather Mirror hadn't been moved either.
"Wei Wei, what do you think?"
"Miss, perhaps I'm just too stupid. I... I can't find anything suspicious."
Wei Wei had checked around the Fengyu Hall. There were no signs of a fight or any trace of other people coming in. It was so normal that there was nothing suspicious at all.
Since Wei Wei said so, Wei Shuxuan had no choice but to give up. "Okay, let's go back. It seems I was just being over - suspicious."
Wei Shuxuan thought that maybe Xin Zizhao was right. Maybe it was all just her paranoia. And he was right. The two maids were of a certain age. Although they weren't really old, they were still in the high - risk group for a stroke, also known as cerebral hemorrhage. Moreover, the work in the Fengyu Hall was so heavy. It really wasn't suitable to assign it to older maids.
"Miss, is this case over like this?" Wei Wei looked at Wei Shuxuan walking in front with a puzzled face. Wei Shuxuan stopped when she heard his words.
"What else? We have no clues at all. We only have two bodies that died of sudden illness. Even if we think there are doubts, we have to find out where they are. Otherwise, it's all in vain. Well, don't get so tangled up with me. Let's go back first."
"Yes, Miss!"
To avoid a repeat of the deaths of the previous two maids, Wei Shuxuan specially chose a young girl of eighteen or nineteen to work in the Fengyu Hall. She thought that this time, there wouldn't be any more such incidents.
The Fengyu Hall, which had been sealed for a few days, was unsealed again. This time, a young maid came.
They thought that everything would be okay after they sent a young maid to manage the Fengyu Hall. But to Wei Shuxuan's surprise, only three days after the Fengyu Hall was unsealed, there was another murder. This time, the victim was the young maid she had sent.
The one who found the young maid's body was another maid who hadn't seen her for a long time. They were sisters. The dead maid was the younger one. The work in the Fengyu Hall usually ended in the evening. The elder sister, who had been waiting in the room for her younger sister to come back for dinner, waited for a long time but didn't see her. Worried, she went to the Fengyu Hall to look for her, only to find her sister's body.
After sending the body to the coroner for examination, Wei Shuxuan got the same conclusion as before: the maid died of a stroke. She got angry. "No way? Another stroke?"
Seeing Wei Shuxuan getting angry, the coroner panicked and waved his hands. "Your Majesty, please calm down. The victim did die of a stroke, just like the previous two victims."
"Miss, calm down. Don't take your anger out on the coroner!" Wei Wei tried to comfort Wei Shuxuan on one side. But Wei Shuxuan felt guilty because it was she who had sent the three maids to manage the Fengyu Hall. In a way, she was an indirect murderer.
"His Majesty is coming!"
Xin Zizhao walked in. Seeing Wei Shuxuan looking dejected and self - blaming, he motioned for the others to leave. The smart attendants immediately left. Wei Wei nodded slightly to Xin Zizhao and then left.
"Their deaths have nothing to do with you. They were just accidents. You didn't know about it..." Xin Zizhao gently pulled Wei Shuxuan into his arms. He knew exactly what she was thinking.
"I feel like I pushed them into hell with my own hands. I think I made a big mistake. If I hadn't sent them there, they might still be alive."
"But you would have sent someone else, right?" Xin Zizhao whispered to comfort her. "If they didn't die, someone else would have taken their place. Because some things have already been written by fate. What you should do now is not to blame yourself for their deaths, but to find out the real cause of their deaths."
"Didn't you say it was just a coincidence before?" Wei Shuxuan looked up at Xin Zizhao with red eyes.
"I used to think so. But now three people have died. If we still think it's a coincidence, aren't we just pushing others to their deaths?"
Wei Shuxuan thought Xin Zizhao was right. At this moment, she should cheer up and help the three victims find out the real cause of their deaths instead of feeling sorry for herself. She had overcome many setbacks before. Why not now? And with Xin Zizhao by her side, what did she have to be afraid of?
"I know. One or two cases might be a coincidence, but three cases can't be a coincidence. There must be some other reason we don't know about."
"Do you have any clues now?" Xin Zizhao looked at Wei Shuxuan, who had recovered her spirits in an instant. A faint smile appeared on his lips. He still preferred her like this.