The Four-Year-Old Sleuth: Her Mother Is a Force to Be Reckoned With

Chu Nanzhi, an international police officer, transmigrated to the final years of the Dahe Empire, becoming a wicked woman hated throughout the region and the cruel mother of four little children.

On her very first day there, she faced the threat of her entire family being executed. Using the skills she had learned in her previous life, she helped the original owner’s husband clear his name, saving herself and the four little ones.

Back at home, Lin Jinxiao and the children still despised her and kept their guard up around her.

Looking at Lin Jinxiao, who was ill in bed, and the four young children, Chu Nanzhi did not want anyone to accuse her of wrongdoing. She decided to wait until Lin Jinxiao recovered, then divorce him, and promised to look after the children in the meantime.

Thanks to the respect she earned from the county magistrate and local elites, Chu Nanzhi used that time to become a skilled investigator. She supported her family by solving cases, helped the magistrate crack many crimes, and gradually changed her neighbors’ opinion of her.

Later, when Chu Nanzhi asked Lin Jinxiao for a divorce, the four children were the first to object.

Whenever she went out to investigate a case, the children feared she would never come back and hurried after her. “Mother, we want to go with you!”

When she went to the capital to meet the emperor, the county magistrate’s young master held on to her hand and refused to let go. “You’re already the mother of four children.”

One day, Lin Jinxiao became emperor. He put his arms around Chu Nanzhi and said, “You’ve spent years interrogating so many suspects. From now on, stay in the palace and interrogate me properly. I have a grievance to air!”