Shen Mingshu personally held the tray and asked Alian outside Zhou Yu's study.
"I personally cooked the medicinal food for His Highness. Your Highness will like it, right?"
Alian nodded in agreement: "Princess, please don't worry, His Highness will definitely be able to see your thoughts!"
There was a conversation between two people in the study.
"Your Highness, my subordinates went to check the whereabouts of Princess Zhan in the past few days. The palace said that His Royal Highness Prince Zhan was unwell. The princess has been waiting at the palace and has not left the house."
But they did meet on the street that day, and Shen Moran's dress...
Zhou Yu doubted: "If it's not Shen Moran who has an ulterior secret, or the seventh brother has a secret... Why does Si Yiluo appear there? What's going on with her?"
Shen Moran took Si Yiluo to the teahouse and heard that there was no trace in the book that could be concealed, and he could find it with a little research.
"The two of them have been reading books in the teahouse since the afternoon. It was probably an accident that they met Miss Chang."
"How could it be such a coincidence?" All coincidences can be calculated. Zhou Yu didn't believe in coincidences. "If we investigate again, we must also find out whether Si Yiluo has any contact with Prince Zhan's family in private. We are plotting against Chang Jinchan. The reason for getting help from the Protector is not to make enemies for yourself!"
Shen Mingshu raised her hand to knock on the door, but when she heard Shen Moran's name appearing in the study, her raised hand paused.
"who?"
Qixi noticed someone outside the house, quickly opened the door, grabbed the person's neck and dragged him into the study.
With the woman's scream, the soup cup fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
Shen Mingshu looked at the situation in the study in horror.
Qixi hurriedly let go and knelt down.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me! I didn't mean it!"
Shen Mingshu was frightened and didn't know how to react for a moment. She looked at the medicinal meal she had spent two hours carefully cooking with aggrieved eyes. She looked up at Zhou Yushi with red eyes.
"Your Highness..."
The girl took a small step forward in embarrassment and then stepped back. She wanted to pounce forward but did not dare to pounce, which made Zhou Yu's anger disappear.
Waving to her, Shen Mingshu immediately rushed over and hugged his waist like a poor child, burying her head in his arms.
"Your Highness, I didn't do it on purpose. I cooked some medicinal food for you. I was afraid that Your Highness would ignore me..."
Zhou Yu waved his fingers, and Qixi stepped back. At the door of the study, he took Lian'er away, who was stretching her neck to look into the study.
"You can come to His Highness's study? Go back and tell your master not to disturb His Highness if nothing happens!"
A-Lian just heard something, and she was afraid of being silenced, so she didn't dare to resist, so he carried her out of the yard like a chicken.
"From now on, if you have to wait for Master, just stand here and don't go any further. If you do it next time, I will chop off your feet!"
After some threats and intimidation, Qixi left with her head held high. Lian'er kept her head lowered all the time. On the surface, she looked frightened, but secretly she believed that he and Zhou Yu must have some conspiracy against the eldest lady, and they had to tell the eldest lady the news later.
Qixi went out to do some errands. When she walked to the door, she was startled by the figure rushing towards her. She jumped to the side and kicked the person down the steps.
Ping'er rolled down the steps and fell to pieces. She struggled to get up and said excitedly: "Brother Qixi, it's me, I'm Ping'er!"
As the sky turned dark, the boy climbed up the ladder and lit the lantern in front of the door. With the dim light, Qixi looked at the thin and little girl in front of him, and thought for a long time before he remembered who she was.
He looked around and said warily: "If you don't just stay in Prince Zhan's Mansion, why are you here?"
When Ping'er came to see her sweetheart, she didn't notice anything strange about him, and her heart and eyes were full of joy.
"Brother Qixi, didn't you say before that as long as I serve Miss Chang, we will have more opportunities to meet each other? Our princess is kind-hearted and frees this slave. From now on, we can stay together forever!
"
Ping'er became more and more excited as she spoke, but Qixi's brows became tighter and tighter, and she asked tentatively: "Why did your princess let you out of the house? Did you commit a crime, or was it something else..."
After plotting against Chang Jinchan, Princess Zhan found out that it was their master's handiwork?
"My slave did not make any mistake. It is the princess who is magnanimous..."
She is more useful if she stays in Prince Zhan's Mansion. If she leaves Prince Zhan's Mansion, what value will she have?
Qixi was not happy about her stupidity and said impatiently: "Then you told Princess Zhan about my affair with you?"
Ping'er said smugly: "When the princess asked, I told you that the princess was kind-hearted and gave me the deed of betrayal and asked me to come to you. I waited for two days and finally saw you! Brother Qixi, I will follow you from now on.
Are you okay?"
"Do you have the deed of betrayal with you?"
The man spoke in a cold tone, but the girl naively thought that her lover could finally become a couple, and nodded like a fool.
"I'm bringing it with me. It's in my package, along with the gift you gave me!"
The corners of Qixi's lips curled up, and she turned around to order the subordinates around her. Then she turned back to her and said, "I'll go in and report to the master. You go down with him to settle down first."
The subordinate next to him clasped his fists in time and said, "Don't worry, I will take good care of Miss Ping'er."
"Miss Ping'er, come with me."
The man took her out of the house. Ping'er looked back at Qixi's invisible back and asked, "Aren't we going into the house?"
"Our Lord Qixi is the most capable bodyguard around His Highness. The master has rewarded him with a house outside the palace. Miss Ping'er will just come with me."
Ping'er felt relieved and followed him for a while, getting more and more remote, and she was afraid in her heart.
"Brother guard, haven't we arrived yet? It's far away..."
The man said perfunctorily: "Even if Qixi wins the master's favor again, the master will not reward him with a big house. It's just in front, soon."
After walking for a while, people living in the dark alley hung red lanterns at their doors. The alley suddenly became very lively and looked very grand.
The man led her into a secret prostitute.
"Brother guard, does Brother Qixi live here?"
The house looks very big, and the maids inside look... very luxurious.
The man led her to the madam, folded her arms and waited for the madam to give her an estimate.
Ping'er thought that the madam was the housekeeper in the yard, so she bowed politely.
"It's a bit dark, but fortunately the standard of this blessing ceremony is only ten taels of silver."
The man didn't want to bargain, so he stretched out his hand lazily, and the madam put the silver in his hand. He weighed it enough, raised his eyebrows at the madam, turned around and left.
"Brother guard..."
Ping'er finally realized something was wrong and shouted at the man's back, "Where's Brother Qixi? I want to see him!"
The madam looked at her, and two men came over and held her down so that she could not move. The madam lifted her chin, stared into her big frightened eyes and said, "You have beautiful eyes too. You look rough and thick, you are a woman."
A girl who can endure hardship... she will be mine once she comes here, learn from her and accept more customers in the future."
"Looks like she's a baby. There happens to be a customer who likes the little girl who hasn't grown yet. Let's train her. Let's start receiving customers tonight. Take her with you!"
"I'm not...Brother Qixi, help me——"
Outside the yard, the man propped one leg on the ground and leaned his back against the wall. Hearing the screams inside, he sneered and stuffed the money into his arms.
These women are really stupid, they come to give him money again...