Chapter 154: Murder at the Prince Ye Estate

Yun Zui nodded, figuring this was acceptable enough.

Since Chi Nie was such a prominent figure, his servant naturally carried himself with equal arrogance, leaving directly without managing to invite her over.

"This Dowager Consort understands, you may withdraw." This was the first time Yun Zui had used such archaic phrasing during her time in this ancient era.

She found the phrase rather awkward to say; what a clumsy moment!

Rising to her feet, Yun Zui remembered to put on a veil before heading out. Walking through the busy streets, she eschewed horses and sedan chairs entirely, choosing to travel on foot instead.

Stopping outside a clothing boutique, she stepped inside.

The shop was reasonably crowded with patrons. After browsing and inspecting the garments for a while, Yun Zui entered the fitting room.

The person who had been tailing Yun Zui all along immediately stepped into the shop as well.

Feigning an interest in examining fabrics, that individual kept their eyes fixed unblinkingly on the fitting room door.

Before long, a woman dressed in a long cyan gown and a veil emerged, returned the garment to the shopkeeper, shook her head to indicate nothing caught her fancy, and departed.

The shadow trailing Yun Zui promptly resumed following her.

They watched as that graceful figure walked straight into the Prince Nie Estate.

However, right past the threshold of the Prince Nie Estate stood a screen wall, obstructing the follower's line of sight once she stepped inside. Without hesitation, the pursuer sprinted toward the side wall of the estate, vaulted up using lightness kung fu, and pressed flat against the brickwork.

That slender figure immediately came back into the tracker's view, only for it to suddenly freeze the very next second.

A mouthful of dark blood gushed from her lips, the sheer volume vividly apparent even through the veil...

Moreover, the blood was pitch black, unmistakably the sign of a severe poison.

Witnessing this scene, the person trailing Yun Zui dropped down from the wall without delay and strode briskly back toward the Prime Minister's Residence.

The ladies of the Yun family were still lingering over breakfast, chatting leisurely as they ate at a very slow pace.

Seeing the scout returning from the surveillance mission, they immediately pressed, "How did it go?"

The operative reported instantly, "Yun Zui is already poisoned and has collapsed inside the Prince Nie Estate!"

"Splendid," Yun Yao declared, tossing over a pouch containing ten taels of silver. "You may leave."

Yun Shang still found it hard to believe; it was simply too wonderful—Yun Zui was finally getting eliminated, allowing her to hold her head high at last.

"That wretched bitch is finally dead!" Yun Xi rejoiced, thrilled that her humiliation of receiving thirty heavy cane strikes was at last avenged.

"Do not celebrate just yet. Go swiftly and inform the officials of the Grand Court of Revision. Shang'er, you shall accompany me to the Prince Nie Estate," instructed Dou Saiqi.

Everything had been carefully plotted out the previous day, so their actions today proceeded in an orderly fashion, each person acutely aware of their next step.

Yun Shang readily and cheerfully agreed.

Yun Xi and Yun沫 were barred from going, which left them feeling intensely disappointed.

Dou Saiqi and Yun Shang traveled by sedan chair, while the messengers sent to the Grand Court of Revision galloped on horseback, moving at breakneck speed.

Before long, Dou Saiqi and Yun Shang arrived at the Prince Nie Estate, where officers from the Grand Court of Revision had already gathered ahead of them.

Normally, the Prince Nie Estate was not a place one could enter casually, but with the Grand Court of Revision conducting an official investigation today, entry was permitted since they were relatives of the deceased.

Everything seemed to be unfolding with unsettling smoothness.

Upon stepping inside, they spotted a body lying on the ground while a physician checked the pulse.

The officials from the Grand Court of Revision stood solemnly off to one side.

At this sight, Dou Saiqi and Yun Shang exchanged glances, and Dou Saiqi immediately rushed to the physician's side, inquiring anxiously, "Doctor, how is the Dowager Consort?"

"Alas, her poisoning is profoundly severe, having penetrated deep into her vital organs. She has already passed away..." the physician sighed heavily.

Hearing this, a flash of undisguised elation crossed the faces of both Dou Saiqi and Yun Shang, though they hastily forced it down the next moment.

The expressions of the officials from the Grand Court of Revision shifted dramatically.

Though this was merely the initial stage of a thorough investigation, the Dowager Consort had suddenly died of poisoning—a blatant act of silencing a witness. Furthermore, since the incident occurred right within the Prince Nie Estate, it clearly pointed to a direct connection with Prince Nie himself!