Xue Jinyi was woken up by heart-rending screams.

She blinked sleepily and looked blankly at Pu Yangxuan beside her, "What's wrong?" ”

Her muffled voice had a hint of laziness, like a little kitten, tickling Pu Yangxuan's heart, but he restrained the impulse in his heart, kissed her on the forehead, and got up to look.

Xue Jinyi came back to her senses, approved a coat and followed out, and came to the gate of the courtyard.

"Don't look." Pu Yangxuan suddenly stopped and covered Xue Jinyi's eyes.

The sharp-eyed Xue Jinyi had already seen it.

Outside the door, next to the fireproof water tank, there was a black cat, lying on the ground with stiff feet facing the sky, and a pool of black blood on its face.

A little maid with a raw face sat on her knees on the ground, her face was like earth, and she was trembling.

She pressed Pu Yangxuan's hand and asked calmly, "What's the matter?" ”

Qinglan said: "The slaves and maids didn't see or hear anything abnormal last night, but they just heard the scream, and they came out to see it and found out." Haitong was so frightened that he couldn't ask why. ”

"Miss," Mama Yao shrunk her shoulders and said with some fear, "The slave saw this black cat yesterday and the day before yesterday, jumping around in the palace. This black cat is from the town house, and now it is inexplicably dead, will there be any problems? ”

When Qinglan heard this, her face turned a little pale.

There are so many people in this house, no one has a grudge against the black cat, and they died outside the main courtyard for no reason, which is really evil.

"Mama," Xue Jinyi mentioned her voice, and said very firmly: "This cat accidentally ate something poisonous to it, so it unfortunately died, don't think nonsense." ”

"Miss......" Mama Yao wanted to speak and stopped.

Xue Jinyi instructed: "Since the black cat has settled in the palace, you can find a place and bury it well." ”

"Yes." Qing Zhi responded, looking very calm.

Mama Yao swallowed hard, feeling cold under the blue sky and white sun.

"Also, go around and see if there are any suspicious people, and you must also keep an eye on Haitong, and don't let more people know about it." Xue Jinyi accentuated her tone, "So as not to be arranged by someone with a heart." ”

Mama Yao said that, and let outsiders know about it, but I don't know how to slander it in front of the emperor by the Cai family.

And maybe someone did it on purpose......

Qingzhi was calm and personally cleaned up the black cat's corpse. Qinglan went to appease Haitong, and Mama Yao went to fetch hot water, and everything seemed to be calm again.

Xue Jinyi freshened up, leaned against the window and watched Pu Yangxuan practice swords in the courtyard, this time she could finally see enough in the open light, and she would no longer be pointed at the throat by the sword, and she needed to shout "A good man spares his life".

The vigorous posture, the long sword is like a silver dragon flying and hovering in the hand, making people reluctant to blink.

When Puyang Xuan put away her sword and slowly exhaled a breath, she clapped her hands and applauded, "...... I don't know who Ah Xuan studied with? ”

"My aunt persuaded a general who had returned to the mountains and forests to teach me martial arts." Puyang Xuan walked to the window, took the swrung towel from Xue Jinyi's hand, and wiped his face, "I said before that I would teach Xue Huai's younger brother martial arts, but now that I have free time, I can take him to the house." ”

"Okay." Xue Jinyi agreed with a smile, glad that Ah Xuan had not forgotten this agreement.

Pu Yangxuan looked at her sparkling eyes and couldn't help but kiss her eyebrows.

If you get closer, you can smell the elegant fragrance of flowers on her body, which is somewhat similar to the sea of flowers in the courtyard next door, which is refreshing and makes him fascinated.

Feeling that the breath sprayed on her face became a little hot, Xue Jinyi unceremoniously pinched Pu Yangxuan's cheek and twisted it gently, "...... in broad daylight"

"So," Pu Yangxuan smiled, "Can it be at night?" ”

"Ascend to the disciples." Xue Jinyi sneered, turned around and left.

Pu Yangxuan chased into the house and saw Xue Jinyi taking a moon-white robe.

"Today I want to see you wearing clothes of this color."

"Okay."

Xue Jinyi was wearing a light snow cyan dress today, and when Qingzhi came back and saw King Chu who had changed his clothes, she only felt that the two were very compatible.

"Tell everyone in the house to gather in the main hall." Before breakfast, Xue Jinyi instructed: "It's time to tidy up the housework." ”

The black cat, she said so, but she had doubts in her heart.

If someone did it deliberately, there would definitely be some action, and she would take this opportunity to find out the people in the house.

Then, she said to Caiyun, who was arranging the dishes and chopsticks, "Caiyun, what was your name before?" ”

Caiyun said: "It seems to be called a little bird, and the oriole of the yellow bird is taken by the slave's father." ”

"Would you like to call back your old name?" Xue Jinyi asked, "Or do you want to give yourself another name?" ”

"The slave listens to the young lady." Caiyun obeyed.

Xue Jinyi pondered, "You accompanied me to the Chu Palace, together with Qinglan and Qingzhi, and changed your name to Qingli, what do you think?" ”

When Caiyun heard this, he was a little flattered.

As soon as these days came, Qinglan and the two were obviously trusted by Miss Jin, how could she be qualified to be on an equal footing with Qinglan and them, "Thank you Miss for giving me a name, the slave likes it." ”

Xue Jinyi smiled and said, "You guys should go have breakfast too." ”

Although Bai Yu is not her biological mother, when she hears the name Caiyun and thinks of Sun Suci's malice, she feels embarrassed.

Anyway, the affairs of the Chu Palace, Sun Suci can't care about it on her face, isn't it as she wants?

After breakfast, Pu Yangxuan was in charge of observing in the dark, and Xue Jinyi walked into the main hall with three maids and Yao Mama menacingly, and her serious and cold gaze swept over the faces of everyone in the room.

The prince's mansion should have more than a dozen staff members such as Changshi and Sima, but the officials have not made arrangements so far, thinking that the king of Chu will not have a real position, and his status is embarrassing, so there is no need to configure subordinate officials.

Xue Jinyi didn't care about this, now that the personnel of the Chu Wangfu were as simple as possible, she was afraid that the Cai family would insert more eyeliner in.

More than 20 subordinates stood in three groups, and more than a dozen guards stood in the courtyard, respectively from the palace, the eldest princess's mansion and the Weiguo Mansion.

The people of the eldest princess's mansion can be trusted, and although the people of the Weiguo Mansion were selected by the old lady Xue, the old lady has ignored the affairs of the inner house for many years, for fear of having spies who have slipped through the net.

Looking at the few chamberlains and palace people who came out of the palace, it was easiest for Empress Cai to be placed to monitor every move of the Chu Palace.

After Xue Jinyi sat down, everyone saluted her.

She took a sip of tea before she slowly spoke, "There are few people in our Chu Palace, and Shen Jun will be the housekeeper in the future, and follow his arrangement." ”

Shen Jun was one of the stewards of the eldest princess's mansion, which was convenient and the most experienced, and she was also more relieved.

Everyone said yes.

Xue Jinyi said again: "By the way, I heard someone shouting outside the main courtyard this morning, Qinglan didn't see who it was, did you see it?" ”

You look at me, I look at you, and shake your head.

"It's strange that no one has seen it." Xue Jinyi rubbed her eyebrows, revealing a hint of worry.

A mother-in-law stood out in the crowd and said, "Princess, this thing is really strange, it can't help but remind the slave maid of a rumor she heard before." ”

The mother-in-law is from the Weiguo Mansion, Xue Jinyi didn't seem to care too much, Qinglan shouted: "What do you think of, why don't you hurry up?" ”

The mother-in-law shuddered, and hurriedly shouted: "Princess, the slave maid heard that the previous master of this mansion and his whole family died here!" ”