Seeing his indecision, the man in black continued to press, "Prince Yelü, we don't have much time left. Your father has already given Freya and Leonard the right to move freely. Soon she will find the clues, and by then, I won't be able to escape from Country Z, and you will also be implicated."

"Are you threatening me?"

"I'm just showing the prince the right path!" The man in black's eerie voice came.

Yelü Mingshuo knew very well that Freya didn't like him at all. If she had the chance, she would choose to kill him a second or third time.

Even if he got her in the future, once Leonard died, she would definitely hate him deeply.

So, if he couldn't have her, it would be better to destroy her.

"Fine, I promise you."

In the end, Yelü Mingshuo still nodded.

The man in black came over, put his hand on his shoulder, and patted it. "If you want to achieve great things, you can't be soft-hearted. Prince Yelü, I'm waiting for your good news."

The other party left with a sinister laugh.

Yelü Mingshuo lay in bed for a long time before calling someone and giving the order, "No matter what clues Her Highness of Solterra finds, destroy them all. Also, find an opportunity to kill her!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

A dark shadow flashed, and the entire bedroom instantly fell into a deathly silence.

Yelü Mingshuo stared fixedly at the ceiling and said in a sinister tone, "Rita, don't blame me. If you have to blame someone, blame yourself for not knowing what's good for you!"

...

That night.

An eerie atmosphere shrouded the entire Yelü Palace.

Freya and Bradley stayed in their room to rest that night. Blue Book came to report the situation and brought up a question: the queen was secretly investigating Freya's background.

"Your Highness, please rest assured. The information they have obtained so far is only about the few years you spent in the Ye family. As for your identity as the daughter of the Lawson family, it has been strictly sealed. Even if the queen has great abilities, she won't be able to find out the slightest bit of information."

Upon hearing this, Freya's pupils shrank deeply.

What was the queen's purpose in investigating her?

Even if she had some grudges with the queen in the past, the queen wouldn't go to the extent of digging deep into her background.

"Find out clearly what the queen's purpose is."

Now Yelü Mingshuo and Princess Xingyue, one couldn't get out of bed, and the other hadn't woken up after being shocked. So many strange things had happened in the palace, but instead of trying to find out the truth, the queen came to investigate her.

This made Freya have a vague premonition that there must be some shady conspiracy behind it.

After Blue Book left, Freya turned to look at Bradley and asked, "What do you think of this?"

Bradley was leaning on the sofa and resting at the moment. He had heard everything Blue Book said.

He motioned for Freya to sit beside him and then said, "The queen's only backer is Yelü Mingshuo. Now that Yelü Mingshuo is lying in bed and can't get up, I guess she wants to pin this charge on us, dig up our past, and then find a way to deal with us."

Other than that, he couldn't figure out what the queen wanted to do either.

Of course, there was also a possibility that she had started to suspect Freya's identity.

However, this probability was relatively small. Even if Freya was of the Yelü royal family's blood, she was Yelü An's child. Moreover, since Yelü An had already left the Yelü royal family, he didn't pose a threat to the queen at all, and the queen had no reason to keep dwelling on this matter.

"I don't know why, but I always feel that this is not simple."

She suddenly remembered the queen's previous attempts to test her, and the queen's surprised look when she looked at her, as if she knew her.

Could it be...

Did the queen know her mother?

Freya knew that her face was very distinctive because she looked so much like her mother.

If someone knew her now, it was probably related to her mother.

"Bradley, I suspect that the queen may know my mother." Freya voiced her suspicion.

During Princess Xingyue's birthday before, they had a very unpleasant encounter with the queen, and the queen didn't go to such lengths to investigate her. But now she was secretly looking into her background.

This made Freya have to think of her mother.

"Then let Blue Book investigate further. If that's the case, maybe we can uncover some dirty and shady things."

Bradley knew that Freya had always suspected that there was another reason for Bai Zhilan's death.

If they could get some clues from the queen, this trip to Country Z wouldn't be in vain.

While the two were talking, Ying brought back news about Mr. Ouyang.

Freya and Bradley immediately got ready and followed Ying to the scene.

Mr. Ouyang's body had been taken out of the ice coffin. After being baked by the hot weather, it had started to decay, and there were densely packed maggots crawling on it.

As soon as the two of them approached, they smelled a strong stench of decay.

Freya couldn't control herself for a moment and vomited continuously on the spot.

Bradley asked Ying to inform Yelü Qi and the investigators from Huaguo and asked them to make a decision and deal with the body as soon as possible.

After all, at this rate of decay, it would soon be nothing but a pile of bones.

Despite feeling uncomfortable, Freya still forced herself to approach the body. She wanted to confirm whether there was a silver needle on Mr. Ouyang's forehead like the secretary's.

But the closer she got, the more she couldn't control the overwhelming nausea in her stomach.

Bradley saw how uncomfortable she was and tried several times to pull her away, but Freya still stubbornly approached until she got what she wanted.

"Sure enough, it was this silver needle that was fatal!"

After putting the blackened silver needle into the sample bag, Freya left the scene and handed the silver needle to Yelü An again.

When Yelü Qi and the investigators from Huaguo arrived at the scene, they were also overwhelmed by the stench and vomited continuously.

That night, the investigators from Huaguo sent the news back to Huaguo.

At three o'clock in the morning, Mr. Ouyang's body was immediately sent for cremation and was sent back to Huaguo together with the secretary's body.

The report on the silver needle left in Mr. Ouyang's body also came out, and it was exactly the same as the poison the secretary had been poisoned with.

Freya asked Yelü Qi to help gather all the guests and presented the cause of death to everyone.

After learning the truth, everyone showed an expression of disbelief.

Stabbing a silver needle into the forehead, allowing the toxin to spread through the bloodstream, and eventually leading to death bit by bit, this method was too cruel.

"Your Highness of Solterra, have you found the murderer?" Someone in the crowd asked.

Freya calmly surveyed everyone at the scene. These were all celebrities, wealthy people, and people with considerable status and influence in various countries.

Each person was involved with the interests of their own country.

However, the other party had only targeted the investigators from Huaguo and the secretary. It could be seen that the other party wanted to cause trouble for Huaguo.

As for the reason...

When Mr. Ouyang first had the accident, she and Bradley had already discussed it. Mr. Ouyang had a prominent status in Huaguo, had offended many people over the years, and had made countless contributions, which made others jealous.

I'm afraid that someone had long wanted to kill him, and it just so happened that the wedding banquet of the Yelü royal family this time gave the murderer the opportunity to commit the crime.