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The old woman grabbed the maid's arm and pulled her outside, her voice fierce: "What's so scary about dead people? Come on! Come out with me!"

The maid was dragged out of the door, and the servants in the courtyard were all alarmed. They all came out of the house and were terrified when they saw the corpse in the courtyard. Some screamed, some fell to the ground in fright, and some covered their mouths and gagged.

Seeing this, the old woman whispered sharply, "Quiet down, all of you! What's the big deal that's scaring you like this?"

She also saw the corpse on the ground. Releasing her grip on the maid's hand, she leaned closer, glanced at the body, and was so startled she recoiled, stumbling and falling to the ground, exclaiming, "It was them?"

These were two of the people she hired to assassinate Yun Jin. How could they have been killed and thrown into the princess's courtyard?

Who could have done it? She felt a chill run down her spine as she thought about it.

In the front courtyard, the eldest princess was doing her hair when a female official came in and reported: "Princess, the princess... two corpses have been found in the princess's courtyard."

"What?!" The eldest princess stood up abruptly, her voice sharp. "Found in Min'er's courtyard? Who did it? A bunch of useless trash, they can't even guard a courtyard properly. What use are they to me?"

The female official quickly followed, whispering as she went, "Please calm down, Your Excellency. I've already had the courtyard surrounded, and the news hasn't spread yet. Those two corpses..."

She hesitated for a moment before saying, "It's a man, he's injured, and it looks like he was killed and thrown in."

The princess paused for a moment, then quickly walked into Yamin's courtyard.

A large crowd had already gathered in the courtyard. The maids and servants were kneeling on the ground, shivering from the cold and fright.

The princess walked up to the two corpses, looked down at them, and saw that both of them had knife wounds on their necks.

She said coldly, "Does anyone recognize these two people?"

Everyone lowered their heads, not daring to reply.

She glanced around at everyone and noticed that Ya Min's wet nurse seemed hesitant to speak, indicating that there was probably more to the story.

She took a deep breath, suppressing her surging anger, and ordered the lady-in-waiting beside her: "Have the body removed, replace the people in the courtyard, and leave no one who was on duty last night alive."

She paused, then added, "Anyone who dares to utter a single word about what happened today will suffer a fate worse than death."

Everyone knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly, not daring to utter a sound.

The female official quickly agreed and, along with several old women, hurriedly carried the body out and began cleaning up the bloodstains on the ground.

The princess stood still for a moment, then turned around, her gaze falling on the wet nurse in the crowd. She said calmly, "You, come in."

She turned and walked into the front hall, and the wet nurse quickly followed her in.

The eldest princess sat in her chair, her gaze coldly fixed on the wet nurse kneeling before her, and said in a calm voice, "Speak, what happened?"

The wet nurse lowered her head and stammered, "Your Highness, this old servant...this old servant doesn't know..."

"Don't know?" The Princess sneered. "You're Min'er's wet nurse. What about her affairs don't you know? Who are those two people? Why were they in Min'er's courtyard? If you don't tell me, I'll have you dragged out and beaten to death right now. The choice is yours!"

The wet nurse froze, then quickly apologized, "Your Highness, it's my fault... I failed to persuade the Princess!"

The eldest princess snorted coldly: "I don't want to hear any nonsense! Who exactly are those two people?"

Grandma trembled with fright and had no choice but to tell the truth: "It was the princess... the princess sent this old servant to hire people to teach that adopted daughter of the Yun family a lesson... those two people, yes, they were martial arts practitioners hired by this old servant."

Then she recounted the whole story in detail, including why Yamin did what she did.

Upon hearing this, the eldest princess's face turned ashen, and she slammed her hand on the table: "Nonsense! Utter nonsense! What did I tell you? I told you to persuade the princess to behave and not cause trouble. I would handle everything myself. Is this how you serve the princess?"

The wet nurse was so frightened that she kowtowed repeatedly: "Your Highness, this old servant tried to persuade you, but the second young lady of the Zheng family came a few days ago and talked to the princess about some things, and then Your Highness..."

I definitely can't take the blame for this myself.

The princess's face was ashen. She gritted her teeth and said in a low voice, "What did Zheng Jie say to Min'er? Tell me everything clearly, without omitting a single word."

The wet nurse knelt on the ground and recounted what Zheng Jie had told Ya Min that day. After she finished speaking, she explained, "Your Highness, this old servant tried to persuade the princess, but the princess was furious after hearing what Miss Zheng said and insisted that Yun Jin should not be spared. This old servant couldn't persuade her, so I had no choice but to... I had no choice but to do it for the princess."

The eldest princess snorted coldly: "Zheng Jie, Consort Zheng's younger sister... how dare she use my daughter! Don't think I don't know what she's up to. Very well!"

She stood up, paced back and forth in the room a few times, then turned to look at the wet nurse, her gaze sharp as a knife: "The princess is young and impetuous, easily swayed, and loses all sense of propriety after being instigated by a few words. And you? You've lived to be so old, and you can't even see this much? The princess is ignorant, and so are you? If you can't persuade her, can't you come and tell me?"

The wet nurse kowtowed repeatedly, pleading, "Your Highness, spare my life! The Princess forbade me from telling Your Highness, it is I who deserve to die..."

The eldest princess took a deep breath and said, "You may leave now. Remember, what you said to me today must remain a secret! If even a single word gets out, you know the consequences."

The wet nurse kowtowed repeatedly, saying, "This old servant wouldn't dare!"

The eldest princess waved her hand and leaned back wearily in her chair: "Get out."

The wet nurse felt as if she had been granted a pardon and scrambled out of the room.

The room fell silent, leaving only the eldest princess alone.

She leaned back in her chair, her fingers tapping unconsciously on the table, but her mind kept racing.

Who exactly did this?

The adopted daughter of the Yun family? Impossible. She's already in trouble. Even if she survives, she wouldn't have the ability to throw two corpses into Ya Min's yard without alerting anyone.

Grand Tutor Zheng? No, they wouldn't go to such lengths for an adopted daughter, and the Zheng family doesn't have such a master.

The Chu family? The Chu family should have such experts, but would they do this?

Chu Duanshan, that martial artist, probably doesn't have that kind of cunning. Lan Ying does have that cunning, but would she provoke the eldest princess like herself?

There is another person, Prince Yu. Would he really turn against himself for the sake of a mere adopted daughter of the Yun family?

She couldn't figure it out, but she needed to confirm one thing first. After thinking for a moment, she called out towards the door, "Someone come here!"

The female official entered in response: "Your Highness!"

"Send someone to investigate Prince Yu's whereabouts!"