The Prince of the Southwest's residence was in utter chaos. The heir apparent had just died suddenly, and his consort had fainted dead away.
Before long, word spread that the Heir of the Prince of the Southwest and his consort had both croaked.
Only one mistress remained in the residence: Tenth Young Miss.
When Tenth Young Miss heard that her brother and sister-in-law had both died, she was stunned. "Who was it? Who killed my brother and sister-in-law? Was it the Jian family's Fifth Miss?!"
An attendant knelt before Tenth Young Miss. "The heir apparent and his consort died in the study. It was sealed shut. We searched it, but there was no outsider inside."
Tenth Young Miss: ??
Was this a locked-room murder?
"Then what exactly happened? What about the tea? Was it poisoned? And the incense-did you check the incense burner?"
What was the truth?!
The attendant said, "We checked. There was no poison, nothing at all. Before they died, the heir apparent and his consort desperately wrote the same word on the floor."
"What word? Bring it here, quickly!" Tenth Young Miss took the paper from the attendant and saw "Great-Grandma" scrawled crookedly across it.
??
"Great-Grandma?"
Why had the heir apparent and his consort both written "Great-Grandma" before they died?
Was it some kind of code?
Or was there a hidden mystery to it?
Was this "Great-Grandma" an assassin sent by Jian Ruonan?
Tenth Young Miss considered it for a moment. "What else did the heir apparent say before he died?"
The attendant replied, "Before he died, the heir apparent ordered someone to assassinate the Fifth Miss of the Jinyang Marquis's Residence."
Tenth Young Miss folded the white sheet of paper. "Send this to Father at once. Ride hard and fast."
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