And now, I became the only clue in this strange case that could help tell who killed Zoey.

Therefore, even if Gregory didn't want to see me, he had to find me.

I watched Gregory place Zoey's head and my body in the same coffin.

His men brought the coffin to the gate of Finn's Residence.

I was heartbroken as I watched my parents rush out, open the coffin, and look inside for a long time.

My parents were a loving couple, and they pampered me a lot.

However, Gregory, whom my parents regarded as a good match for me, was now questioning them with a coffin on a cart.

"Lord Finn. Your daughter gave her jade bracelet to Zoey, causing her to die so miserably. I hope Mr. Finn can hand your daughter over now!"

I looked at Gregory in anger. 'Gregory, do you know what you are talking about? They are your father-in-law and mother-in-law!'

"What are you saying? Isn't Rosa in your house?"

My mother fainted from anger hearing this. My father helped her up and looked at Gregory with a sullen face. "Lord Mason, you can just search my place if you want!"

My father had been an honest and upright person all his life. He had no other children but me.

After much research, my parents finally decided to let me marry Gregory.

Since Gregory's father and my father were close friends. So, my parents thought marrying me to Gregory would be a good thing and bring the two families even closer.

But they didn't expect that I disappeared just half a year after Gregory and I got married.

And Gregory, my husband, came to find me so that he could accuse me of a crime that I didn't commit.

As expected, Gregory led his men into my parents' house. This was also the first time he entered my boudoir.

In my boudoir, there were only a few scattered calligraphy and paintings that I once copied.

There was also a folding fan that I had made, which I gave to Gregory, but he returned it to me with a cold face.

The soldiers even searched the woodshed in the backyard. It was a pity that I only realized what kind of person Gregory was at that moment.

"My lord, we didn't find Her Ladyship."

My father's face darkened. "How long has my daughter been missing? Where did she go before missing? How did Zoey die? Where did she die? You're the Commandant. Have you found out everything?"

My father questioned Gregory aggressively. He was so angry that he began to cough violently. I reached out to pat my father's back to ease his cough, but I failed.

"I..."

"As the Commandant, you failed your job and didn't find a missing person. As Rosa's husband, you don't even care about where she is. You don't deserve to be her husband!"

My father put his fist against his lips and kept coughing. I was dead. It was late autumn. I wish I could make his favorite syrup for him.

'Father. Mother. I'm so sorry.'

I knelt and kowtowed to them. I owed anyone except them.

"Keep searching!"

Gregory didn't say a word to respond to my father. He only told his men to continue searching.

"My lord. The distinguished guest from the Hope Brothel wants Miss Sean to entertain him. Please help her!"

May stopped Gregory, who was about to go to the crime scene to investigate, in the street and asked him to go to the Hope Brothel.

Looking at the little girl in brightly colored clothes, I realized that she was the maidservant of Gregory's sweetheart.

Gregory gritted his teeth and said a few words to his men, then turned around and followed May.

He actually left his official duties behind and went to the Hope Brothel in the middle of the day.

Was that the clear-headed Commandant Mason who had solved countless cases as rumored should do?

I couldn't help but smile bitterly. 'Dad. Mom. You were wrong about Gregory, and I was wrong, too.'

But it was pointless to regret it now...

I raised my eyes and looked in the direction where Gregory left. I was curious about what Hope Brothel looked like.

There were many young men outside the brothel. Anyone who had some money would want to come in to have a drink and listen to some music.

Ellen Sean was well-known for her beauty and a famous prostitute in the Hope Brothel.

During the six months since the Sean family fell from power, Ellen relied on her old relationship with Gregory to avoid entertaining guests like others.

Gregory quickly ran to Ellen's room on the second floor as soon as he entered Hope Brothel.

Seeing someone holding a wine glass and forcing Ellen to drink, he was so angry that his whole body was shaking. In the next moment, Gregory punched the man in the face with all his strength.

"Get out!" Gregory's shout instantly sobered the drunk man up. The man immediately got up from the ground and ran out the door.

Gregory gently embraced the crying girl in his arms and comforted her softly.

"Didn't you say you could redeem me and take me away? Haven't you get Rosa's allowance yet?"

Gregory frowned and replied, "She's missing. Who knows what trick she's playing no?"

Ellen became sullen instantly. She looked at Gregory, looking innocent. "Is she jealous because you always come to me?"

"Don't worry. I'll draw up the divorce paper when she comes back. Then, we will get married."

"You can't do that. What happened to my father will implicate you. I can't just take her place as the mistress of your house."

She looked helpless, but her eyes showed that she was pleased.

"I heard that a headless female corpse in the capital. Have you found out who that person is?"

Gregory looked at Ellen with great concern.

"It's Zoey's."

Ellen smiled a little. Her eyes looked cunning.

"What about Rosa? Isn't Zoey her personal maid?"

Gregory's eyes were filled with anger. "Rosa Finn gave Zoey the bracelet my mother gave her, which put Zoey in danger. But she just hid herself and refused to show up!"

"Let's not talk about her. Do you want me to redeem you first and let you live somewhere else?"

Ellen frowned, tears coming out. "I don't want to be your mistress!"

I felt bitter seeing Ellen's double face.

Gregory once told me that Ellen wouldn't covet everything I had if she became his other wife. 'Now that I'm gone, Ellen said she didn't want to be a mistress. That means, she wants to be Gregory's lawful wife!' I thought.

"Okay, okay. I'll do as you say. But don't accept other people's invitations recently."

Ellen nodded and leaned in Gregory's arms.

They did seem to love each other a lot.

If that was the case, why did Gregory marry me in the first place and deceive me like this?

Gregory and his men went to the crime scene again, which was an abandoned yard.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw that the chrysanthemums in the yard were blooming.

But in this dilapidated yard, only the bunch of chrysanthemums in the flower bed looked lovely.

"My lord, someone lived here before!"

When his man reported the matter, Gregory carefully checked the room inside and out and unexpectedly discovered a gold hairpin.

That gold hairpin looked very pricey. It looked like the prize at the horse race held by the princess.

However, Gregory forgot about who won the hairpin in the end.

However, there were still a lot of tools for the crime scattered around in the other room. Gregory looked at the table full of all kinds of knives in different sizes. He was truly shocked!

Even the smallest knives were already soaked in blood, and there were almost thirty of those small knives here, all of which had been used.

Coroner Linch simply couldn't imagine what had happened.

In the middle of the room, there was a wooden bed, which was also covered with dried blood.

They were almost certain that this was the place where the female corpse was cut into pieces and dismembered.

"My lord, I noticed that the cuts on the head and the body seemed inconsistent."

The more Coroner Linch thought about it, the more he felt suspicious. He wondered before why the murderer cut the woman into pieces, venting his anger, but only cut off her head without leaving any scratches.

Coroner Linch opened the coffin again yesterday and checked the body once more, only to find that the cuts on the head and body did not match.

"It's been a long time since the incident. Can you be sure about this?"

Coroner Linch nodded and said, "This is a big case. My lord, I suggest we check this place thoroughly!"

'Everyone says Gregory is an intelligent man. Why does he slack off again and again when it comes to my case?' I wondered.

I watched as Coroner Linch ordered the soldiers to dig up the yard. Even the chrysanthemums were not spared.

Seeing the chrysanthemums being dug up, I thought, 'Gregory, you will soon be able to see me!'

"Mr. Linch, I saw something under the chrysanthemums!"

Coroner Linch and Gregory were brought to the bushes, where they saw that the skin on the head had almost been gnawed to nothing.

Only the hair was still on the head.

The only silver hairpin left on the hair immediately attracted everyone's attention in the sunlight.

Coroner Linch took the hairpin.

However, Gregory snatched the hairpin from Coroner Linch's hand and examined it over and over again.

He seemed to remember something. This hairpin was in the latest style. He bought it somewhere else and was planning to give it to Ellen when he went to the Hope Brothel.

But Ellen was forced to be a prostitute in the Hope Brothel because her Sean family was raided. She blamed Gregory's father for handing over false evidence to the emperor, which caused her father to be accused of treason.

Therefore, Ellen refused to see Gregory. Later, Gregory gave the hairpin to me, who was grinding ink for him at the moment.

Gregory looked at the skull in the flower bed, looking ferocious. He reached out to pick up the skull."Rosa? This can't be Rosa!"