Episode 24 recap: Shen Lingxiu turned out to be the mastermind behind the grain case.
Zhao Xiaoliu also came over, but he didn't expect that these black-clad people would choose to commit suicide by poison. They all had the Shen family's waist tags hanging on them. Zhao Xiaoliu suddenly had a bad premonition. Song Ci also felt that it was not appropriate for them to continue living in the mansion since Shen Xiyue was going to marry Zhao Xiaoliu. Therefore, they decided to leave.
However, just as they were about to leave, they were stopped by Shen Xiyue's sister. Before Shen Xiyue could react, Song Ci took the initiative to ask her sister if Shen Lingxiu was the one behind the grain case. Song Ci even mentioned that Shen Xiyue's sister was the one who killed the three illusionists. She had mistaken Shen Xiyue for her sister when she saw the sword, so she didn't take action.
The mastermind behind the scenes was discovered by Guanyu through observing the rain. Moreover, the skull needed to be hidden, and the best place for it was in the Shen residence. Shen Xiyue's sister didn't say much, indicating that Song Ci's speculation was indeed correct. In that case, Shen Xiyue's sister wouldn't let them leave.
At that moment, Shen Lingxiu arrived and admitted that he was indeed the one who planned the grain case. He called everyone to the main hall and spoke about the divination technique of the Shen family. He had once browsed through the cases in the Ministry of Justice and found the characteristics of each criminal. He wrote a book on criminal psychology, but people mistook it for a form of divination, and not many believed that they were analyzing psychology. Therefore, it was labeled as a form of divination. Shen Xiyue had only used this method on the ship to deduce the characteristics of the perpetrator.
Shen Lingxiu handed the book to Song Ci and intended to confess and accept punishment. However, Shen Xiyue couldn't understand why her father would do such things. Her father explained that they belonged to different political factions and he had no other choice but to make those decisions. At that moment, Sun Sheng arrived and intended to attack the Shen family. In this critical moment, Zhao Xiaoliu appeared and asked Sun Sheng to arrest him as well. After all, he was also a member of the Shen family and was about to marry Shen Xiyue. The marriage was granted by imperial decree and had to be respected. Zhao Xiaoliu's words left Sun Sheng speechless. Subsequently, he directly took Shen Xiyue back to the mansion, also for their protection.
In fact, Zhao Xiaoliu's actions were also arranged by Shen Lingxiu to protect his daughter. Zhao Xiaoliu always felt that there was something suspicious about the whole situation. They found the Shen family's token on the suspects, and there was also a type of poison called "macao" on them. Song Ci couldn't figure out this matter, and now all fingers pointed to Shen Lingxiu, which made him feel that everything was going too smoothly.
After changing into her wedding dress, Shen Xiyue kept crying in her room. Bai Xue Yan and Yin Qiao tried to persuade her, but Shen Xiyue was emotionally overwhelmed. In the end, Bai Xue Yan had no choice but to administer medicine to let Shen Xiyue rest for a while.
When Sun Sheng and his group searched the Shen residence, they unexpectedly found the emperor's court attire and the emblem of the "Realm of Death." They believed that Shen Lingxiu had turned rebellious. Song Ci learned from Zhao Xiaoliu that Shen Lingxiu and Han Fu belonged to opposing factions. Shen Lingxiu was from the peacekeeping faction, while Han Fu belonged to the faction advocating for war. Now that Shen Lingxiu had been arrested, the prime suspect would be Han Fu.
Just as Zhao Xiaoliu and Song Ci returned to the mansion, subordinates of Han Fu came to invite them to have a meal at his residence. Initially, Zhao Xiaoliu refused, but Song Ci readily agreed. Sun Sheng was preparing to interrogate Shen Xiyue's sister in the prison, but she resisted, and as a result, she was killed.
While having dinner, Zhao Xiaoliu intentionally mentioned that he was going to marry the daughter of a criminal. After all, his third brother would become the emperor in the future, and he himself had no interest in the throne. Therefore, he would not become an obstacle to them.
Han Fu called Bai Xue Yan over and even claimed that she was his adopted daughter, which surprised Song Ci and Zhao Xiaoliu.
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