Qiao Qing also panicked and couldn't help but look at Xiao Lingyue.
Prince Xiang hurriedly said: "This...Mrs. Xiao is no need. I still have something to ask her."
Minister Shen nodded and waved his hand.
The government officials drove Boss Zhao and his party out.
Xiao Lingyue shook Qiao Qing's hand and comforted her in a low voice: "You and Boss Zhao will stay in the county office for now. There is no need to ask what happened. They will be fine when the storm is over."
Qiao Qing asked: "What about you?"
"I'll be fine, don't worry." Xiao Lingyue smiled, "I'll go find you later when I have time."
Qiao Qing could only agree.
After Boss Zhao and his entourage left, Prince Xiang said to Minister Shen: "You should go and do your work too. I'll talk to Mrs. Xiao alone for a while, and I'll report any news as soon as possible."
Shilang Shen glanced at Xiao Lingyue and said respectfully: "To protect the young master, I will ask the guards to guard the door. The young master can call them at any time."
"I understand." King Xiang nodded.
Only then did Minister Shen retreat.
Xiao Lingyue and Prince Xiang were the only two people left in the main hall, and they looked at each other in silence for a while.
King Xiang sighed: "Brothers and sisters, please sit down first and then talk about it?"
Xiao Lingyue nodded and sat down, then asked: "Zhan Beihan went to see you in prison yesterday. What did he say to you?"
"Pfft..." Prince Xiang was about to drink tea when he heard this and spit out a mouthful of tea.
He looked at her in shock: "How did you know?!"
The corner of Xiao Lingyue's mouth twitched: "Don't worry about how I knew it, answer me first, what did he ask you to do? Do you want to take advantage of Li Bihuai's death plan?"
If Zhan Beihan hadn't arranged it deliberately, things wouldn't have been such a coincidence.
As soon as she arrived at the Yamen, Shilang Shen arrived at the back. As soon as she took Prince Xiang out of prison, the cause of Li Bihuai's death was reported.
The county magistrate's yamen was leaderless, and Shilang Shen had the title of imperial envoy, so he took over the yamen naturally. On the grounds of investigating the death of Li Bihuai, he sealed off Li's house and supervised the Nanyan caravan who lived in Li's house.
In other words.
The real target of Zhan Beihan should also be the Nanyan caravan.
Letting Prince Xiang reveal her identity was just a matter of convenience and not his real purpose.
That being said...
Xiao Lingyue suddenly frowned and realized something was wrong: "You and Shilang Shen are both at the county government office. Where is Zhan Beihan? He won't do anything alone, right?"
King Xiang: "..."
He couldn't keep up with Xiao Lingyue's jumping thoughts for a moment: "Wait a minute!"
Prince Xiang looked at her in shock: "Are you really Xiao Lingyue? You're not dead?! Why are you here? What on earth are you and your third brother..." What's going on? !
King Xiang was full of questions and did not understand.
There were so many questions that he didn't even know where to start, and his mind seemed to be filled with confusion.
Xiao Lingyue was speechless: "Answer me first."
"You should answer me first!"
Prince Xiang stood up excitedly and stared at her closely, "Are you really dead or faked? After so many years, my third brother almost turned Northern Qin over and still couldn't find you, but you ended up hiding in Yuanmu Town!"
Xiao Lingyue: "..."
She sighed deeply, realizing that unless she explained clearly, there was a high probability that Prince Xiang would not answer her.