"I mentioned it before. It was so mysterious at the time that I thought it was fabricated."

Pei Wuyan relayed Qi Yao's description two months ago.

The first person who disappeared was a poor scholar and a great talent. Zhan Yaoyuan had intended to recruit him into the palace and give him an official position. In fact, he wanted to bribe this great talent to write articles praising him and change his reputation.

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Literary men are all arrogant, and the great talents are outstanding in literary talent. The reason why they are still so poor is because they don't give up for five measures of rice, so of course they refuse. As a result, they offended King Xiaonan.

A month after he refused to become an official, that is, one night half a year ago, the talented man and a few literary friends were drinking and writing poems at home when they were taken away by two ghost servants who suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

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Those scholars later described to the officials that the ghost officials they saw had terrifying ghost faces, and their bodies were emitting green light. They were walking on the air with their feet off the ground, and their bodies were like phantoms, sometimes twisting and deforming, sometimes flickering in and out.

Three months have passed since the disappearance, that is, one month before the Chinese New Year, when the second missing person appeared.

She is a beautiful woman, known as Honey Xi Tzu.

Once, Princess Pingyao went out incognito with King Xiaonan and bought some candied fruits made by her. At that time, King Xiaonan kept staring at the candied Xishi, obviously coveting her beauty.

The night of the incident was the wedding night of Candied Xishi. At that time, the guests and the groom were all in the front hall, and only Candied Xishi was waiting in the bridal chamber.

As a result, the guests and the groom saw with their own eyes that the ghost took the bride out of the main door.

The guests' description of the ghost was exactly the same as that of the previous scholar.

"Ha, no wonder you think Princess Pingyao is making it up. She has made it clear that she wants to frame Prince Xiaonan." Since they are all on their own, Lian Shurong simply complained about Princess Pingyao, "She really wants to divorce, but

This is a marriage granted by His Majesty, and divorce is impossible, so I just resorted to frame-up."

"Could we be used by Princess Pingyao as a pawn for her to reconcile with Li during our trip?" Lin Ming frowned.

"More than that." Yu Qingfeng glanced at Pei Wuyan, not hiding her jealousy, "Her Highness the Princess wants us to go there, not only for reconciliation, but also to recruit a new consort after reconciliation."

Lin Ming and Lian Shurong exchanged glances and smiled knowingly.

Yu Qingfeng declared, "When we go, we will focus on investigating Qi Yao. The frame-up is so obvious. Isn't she the one behind the kidnapping and disappearance case?"

Yu Qingfeng thought of Conan again. There were too many self-righteous criminals who took the initiative to call detectives to investigate.

Criminals like to challenge detectives, and this is a common tactic.

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Seven days later, Yu Qingfeng and his party finally arrived in Annan Prefecture.

There was a large formation at the city gate to greet them, and all the important people were out.

The most enthusiastic ones rushing to the front were Princess Qi Yao and Fan Zhizhou of Pingyao.

Xiaonan Wang Zhan Yaoyuan and General Wei followed closely behind.

Both sides should perform the proper courtesy and say the proper words.

When she met Qi Yao face to face, Yu Qingfeng concealed her admiration for Qi Yao's beauty. She was neither humble nor overbearing, and was particularly concerned about protecting her bangs from being blown open by the wind.

Qi Yao, on the other hand, looked familiar, holding Yu Qingfeng's hand warmly, as if he had met his natal sisters.

Yu Qingfeng pretended to be flattered, but in fact she knew in her heart that Qi Yao was playing a counter-trick by becoming a sister with her love rival, making her either intolerable or afraid to compete with him for Pei Wuyan, or letting her relax her vigilance so that she could secretly assassinate...

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Her reputation as the first female official of Dali Temple, Yu Sizhi, has spread throughout the capital, and it is impossible for Qi Yao to be unaware of it.

When she was a maid, Yu Qingfeng had won Pei Wuyan's favor and took her with him wherever he went. They often spent the night together in the same room. This was no secret.

Qi Yao must know that Yu Qingfeng is her love rival.

Wait a minute, why does the second female lead who likes the male protagonist have to be a vicious villain? Can't it be that Qi Yao, who has left her hometown and has an unfortunate marriage, really feels kind to her and regards herself as her mother's family?

Yu Qingfeng asked her heart, jealousy made her fall into a routine, and jealousy made her change beyond recognition.

Zhan Yaoyuan and Qi Yao invited Pei Wuyan and the others to stay at Xiaonan Palace, and Qi Yao had already prepared a guest room.

Pei Wuyan couldn't refuse, because they came here in the name of visiting Princess Pingyao and not to investigate the case, so how could they stay in the government office?

There was a big fight at lunch, Zhan Yaoyuan was also there, Yu Qingfeng and the others didn't mention a word about the case, they just waited to talk to Qi Yao alone when Zhan Yaoyuan was not present.

Zhan Yaoyuan seemed to know this, and he didn't mention a word about the ghost case, and left the show after lunch very wisely. At least for now, Zhan Yaoyuan's performance was full marks.

Zhan Yaoyuan looks dignified, gentle, humble and polite. If he didn't know better, Yu Qingfeng's first impression of him would have been as high as ninety points. But once she knew what he had done, she would really feel that ninety times would not be enough for him.

Relieve hatred.

Qi Yao brought Pei Wuyan and the others to the main hall of the dormitory for a detailed discussion.

As soon as they sat down, Qi Yao was eager to reminisce about the past. Without her husband Zhan Yaoyuan present, Qi Yao completely let herself go.

"Brother Wuyan, you are fine."

Brother Wuyan! Yu Qingfeng got goosebumps all over the place. The name Qi Yao and the sound of this clip are so sugary.

Wait a minute, did she also talk like this when she first met Pei Wuyan? How come she didn't feel anything bad when she said it, but hearing other women behave like this made her want to shudder?

"Your Highness, you are well." Pei Wuyan spent a long time organizing his words before finally finding the words to respond.

"Originally, you have been tired from the journey and should have rested for two days, but I know that Brother Wuyan is most concerned about the case and must be eager to learn about the case."

When Qi Yao spoke, his watery and smiling eyes were locked on Pei Wuyan.

Yu Qingfeng felt the legendary feeling of admiration, admiration and even adoration from the eyes of one person looking at another person up close.

Although there were so many people present, in Qi Yao's eyes, Pei Wuyan was the only one.

Yu Qingfeng had to learn and practice this kind of look.

"Your Highness, please tell me in detail." Pei Wuyan thought for a long time before speaking.

Yu Qingfeng saw the fatigue on Pei Wuyan's face. He was very careful and tiring.

"Your Highness is in panic because of this ghost case, and Lord Pei is eager to relieve His Highness." Lian Shurong suppressed a smirk and expressed his loyalty to Princess Pingyao on Pei Wuyan's behalf.

Qi Yao naturally heard Lian Shurong's words, but her eyes never left Pei Wuyan for a moment.

"Really, brother Wuyan?"

Pei Wuyan glanced at Lian Shurong, his eyes showing a cold light.

Yu Qingfeng knew that Lian Shurong's wishful thinking was to make Pei Wuyan the next prince-in-law, and then his good brother Lin Ming could get his wish and be with Yu Qingfeng.

This is called watching the excitement without taking it too seriously. Yu Qingfeng also wrote down Lian Shurong's account.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's will, I should fulfill my duties."

Pei Wuyan made it clear that Qi Yao was not interesting, and his words were distant and truthful, making it impossible for anyone to find fault with him.

Qi Yao didn't care either, he still had the sweet face of Li Duo with a slight smile, "I can't explain clearly, Fan Zhizhou has always been in charge of this case, so it's more appropriate for him to do it. At this moment, Mr. Fan is waiting outside.

I’ll send someone to invite you right now.”

After saying that, Qi Yao said to the maid next to him who looked like a female fitness instructor: "Mother Su, go ahead."

When the maid Su Niang passed by Yu Qingfeng, Yu Qingfeng felt the powerful aura of this fierce maid.

Su Niang, the maidservant who was given as a dowry, must have been a master in the imperial family. Judging from her age, she was about the same age as Qi Yao. She probably grew up together and was intentionally trained to be the princess's personal guard.

In short, Su Niang is very loyal to Qi Yao and is most suitable for carrying out assassination missions.

Su Niang is Qi Yao's confidant and Yu Qingfeng's biggest problem.

"Yu Sizhi." Qi Yao seemed to have suddenly discovered something new and came straight to Yu Qingfeng.

Yu Qingfeng's heart skipped a beat, but she had to maintain a friendly smile on the surface and control her instinct to retreat and dodge.

"Your bracelet is so uniquely woven," Qi Yao grabbed Yu Qingfeng's right hand and rolled up his cuff to reveal the hand-woven cyan bracelet, "It's so beautiful, can you give it to me?"

This move reminded Yu Qingfeng of the moment when her cousin came to visit her home during the Chinese New Year and asked for her doll.

At that time, all the adults in the family looked at Yu Qingfeng, waiting for her reaction.

It's not that Yu Qingfeng has never thought of refusing, but a smart person will definitely not refuse at this time.

She immediately generously gave the baby to her cousin, acting like a sensible and generous cousin, which gave her parents face.

After Yu Qingfeng accepted the praise, she took the opportunity to educate her cousin in public not to just think about having fun, but to study hard. To this end, she also gave her a set of extracurricular exercises that she had bought many years ago and never done.

At that time, all the elders in the family were praising Yu Qingfeng; her cousin's parents even scolded her for not asking for things and not loving learning; afterwards, her parents bought her a bigger and more beautiful doll; when her cousin grew up, she came back to her senses.

She also told Yu Qingfeng that her actions back then were tantamount to humiliating herself, and she was willing to be inferior to Yu Qingfeng.

But it was different from now. At that time, it was just a doll. Once you gave it away, you could buy a better one, which was regarded as an update.

What if the cousin was interested in not a doll, but a pet that Yu Qingfeng had raised for many years? Then she had to defend her own rights and bottom line even if she had to be enemies with all her relatives.

Today's blue and white bracelet is equivalent to a pet that has been with a family member for many years and has been woven by Pei Wuyan himself. It is priceless.

"Your Highness likes it?" Yu Qingfeng pretended to be surprised, then immediately put away her surprise and quickly took off the bracelet, "It's rare that Your Highness doesn't dislike it, so I'll give it to Your Highness. I made this up while passing the time in Dali Temple. I made it up twenty times in a row.

I wanted to give them away as gifts, but the Dali Temple is full of men, and only the kitchen room has three aunts..."

Yu Qingfeng's voice became softer and softer as she spoke, pretending to realize that she had said the wrong thing, pursed her lips tightly, and awkwardly held the bracelet in front of Qi Yao with both hands.

Don't accept it, don't accept it!

Yu Qingfeng was screaming in her heart, and only she could hear the sound that resounded throughout the sky.


Chapter completed!