The marriage between Shi Mei and the Fifth Prince ended with Shi Mei's death.
The Shi Family also began secretly searching for the culprit who had killed Shi Mei. Having clashed with the Mo Family not long before, Shi Zhongkui quickly grew suspicious of them. However, since Shi Mei had died on New Year's Eve, he had bribed a Demon Slave serving in the Mo Family and learned that nobody had left the Mo Family that day. When Shi Mei was killed, the members of the Mo Family were enjoying a harmonious New Year's Eve dinner together.
This was more than enough to clear the Mo Family of suspicion, but goodness knows what was going on in Shi Zhongkui's head. When Pavilion Master Qin came to the Shi Family to demand accountability, he still steered the suspicion back toward the Mo Family. Shi Zhongkui seemed utterly fixated on the idea that the Mo Family had killed Shi Mei, while Pavilion Master Qin stared at him in silence for a long time.
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