Chapter 1769: Chapter 1766: Analysis

And as she followed each deduction further, new discoveries emerged.

“Who picked up these shoes?” King Qi also heard the key point in Ye Muyu’s words and asked loudly.

In the crowd, a young miss quickly stepped forward, her cheeks somewhat flushed: “Your Highness, it was… it was me.”

“Was the ground around the shoes dry? Were there any signs of someone falling?” King Qi paused for a moment and asked.

The young miss seemed a bit bewildered by the question and looked at him in confusion.

King Qi remained as warm as a spring breeze, not angered by her reaction, just a bit disappointed, and softly asked, “Did you not remember?”

“I’m sorry, Your Highness, I… I didn’t notice at the time, I was scared when I saw the shoes.” The woman said with some embarrassment.

King Qi was helpless but knew there was nothing he could do, so he had to arrange for the servant boy beside him to go check personally.

“Miss, may I look at your shoes?” Ye Muyu suddenly spoke up.

The woman, hearing Ye Muyu’s words and knowing her identity, dared not refuse, walked forward shyly, clutching her skirt, obviously very nervous, and stammered: “I… I really don’t know where Miss Guo went. I was just trying to find her when we saw these shoes together.”

“It’s okay, I just want to check the dryness of the soil on your shoes. I never said it was related to Miss Guo’s disappearance.” Ye Muyu saw her tense emotions, clearly misunderstanding something, and spoke with a smile to soothe her mood.

The woman relaxed gradually upon hearing this and cooperated by showing her shoes to Ye Muyu.

Seeing Ye Muyu personally crouch down to examine the underside of her shoes, there was a dreamlike feeling; Madam could be so unpretentious.

This scene was also observed by other ladies and young misses, each surprise and wonder was different.

After Ye Muyu finished checking the woman’s shoes, King Qi also finished questioning the maiden who went to search with her, finally getting an affirmative answer: Pine Leaf Forest was relatively moist, especially near Pine Leaf Forest, where trees were dense, it had rained a few days prior, and sunlight hardly reached inside the woods, prolonging the drying time needed, thus the soil there indeed would be somewhat more moist.

“It seems the mud print on the left shoe is more likely to have been picked up in Maple Leaf Forest, so we can’t be certain that the shoes dropped when Miss Guo was escaping.”

King Qi nodded, “That’s right.”

There was no further evidence on the shoes, Ye Muyu could only give up, frowned, and turned her gaze to the hairpins, suddenly her eyes narrowed as she focused on a broken hairpin.

One pearl on the hairpin was missing, and there was some mud stain.

Having asked the person who found the hairpin as usual, “I saw it over by Peach Blossom Forest on the back hill, right beside a rock. No one stepped on it because the hairpin was just lying on the ground and didn’t sink.”

Upon hearing this, Ye Muyu’s heart tightened.

Beside her, King Qi also felt it wasn’t good news: “Then the soil on this…”

“It seems more likely the item was thrown down by the perpetrator.”

“Let’s first determine the situation of the other pieces of evidence.” Ye Muyu pressed her thin lips tightly, she hoped more that Miss Guo could hide, even if the perpetrator was looking for her, it would be better than being caught directly.

King Qi also nodded cautiously: “This safety talisman is from Buddhist Light Temple, normally any incense guests would pray for one when they went. Seeing it’s clean, it’s likely tossed as well.”

“Actually, Madam, think about it, if Miss Guo truly fled in fear.”

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