TPITWOHEF 2

Chapter 229

"What 'Complete Guide to Coroner's Examination'? She probably heard it in some opera," Shangguan Ming complained to the Minister of Personnel. "It's impossible that a celestial child told her."

The Minister of Personnel recalled that his own wife had been acting mysteriously these past few days, leaving early and returning late, bathing and burning incense at night as if waiting for something to enter her dreams. He dared not agree with Shangguan Ming.

"Prime Minister, who knows?"

"If the celestial child can enter our dreams and give us all the same warning, then perhaps it also entered our wives' dreams."

Shangguan Ming's long beard twitched. Of course, he knew this was possible.

But now he felt it was extremely unlikely. "The celestial child might enter her dreams, but would it reveal a celestial treasure to my wife and not to me?"

"Cheng Liao, how could that be possible?"

"Doesn't the celestial child know that my wife only loves to gossip over tea and meals? Ask her about any family's affairs, and she knows everything. But ask her to discern right from wrong, and she's completely clueless, barely able to read a few characters."

Yuan also believed in the saying 'A woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent.'

So Shangguan Ming wasn't looking down on his wife; it was just that she had never studied much.

If the celestial child bestowed her with a celestial book, would she even understand it?

The celestial child knew everything about the world, so how could it not know that his wife could barely recognize a few words?

Shangguan Ming waved his hand, "Forget it. It's probably because I spoke lightly of her, and she's angry and deliberately defying me, throwing a tantrum."

"Let's focus on the important matters. I wrote a secret letter last night."

They were secretly investigating the causes of death of several empresses.

But soon, Shangguan Ming discovered that wherever they investigated, someone had already been there ahead of them.

"Prime Minister, your wife also came to ask about this."

"I just told the Minister of Revenue about this the day before, your wife, that is."

"Oh? A few days ago, the Inspector's wife also mentioned something similar to me."

The men were all stunned.

...

The gossip group gathered by Madam Shangguan gradually approached the truth.

Their attitude changed from initial curiosity to horror, anger, and solemnity.

Especially today, Madam Shangguan and the Inspector's wife, leading a group of sisters, used the excuse of burning incense to visit farmlands in the outskirts of the city. Their expressions had become solemn.

"Do we really need to dig her up?" The Inspector's wife had become nervous, looking at Madam Shangguan with hesitation in her eyes.

Madam Shangguan nodded, "Yes, the matter is too important. We have no choice."

"What if it really involves the Emperor..." someone said nervously, then quickly stopped.

Madam Shangguan waved her hand, looking composed, "I just bought this land and invited a feng shui master to look at it. The master advised me to relocate the graves here, which is why I'm having them exhumed these days."