Zhao Ziyu's Prince Yi's Palace.
Liu Qiaoer was leaning on the couch reading a book, while Zhao Ziyu was sorting out the official business of the period.
Honglian and Bai Chao were guarding outside the door.
Honglian's angry voice reached Liu Qiaoer's ears from not far away.
"The princess has clearly given up on Master Lu. How could she still be with Master Lu when they are already engaged? Isn't this two-timing?"
Bai Chao glanced at her and said, "When something happens to the Pei family, it's impossible for the princess to marry into the family again. She is no longer innocent. If she wants to find someone to take the blame, she will naturally find someone who is easy to control."
Honglian was surprised: "The princess is not such a casual person. Besides, Master Pei loves her deeply, how can she be fickle?"
Bai Chao shrugged and spread his hands: "It's none of our business, stop talking about it."
He gave Honglian a wink, indicating that Liu Qiaoer sitting in her room was Princess Mingxin's close friend.
Liu Qiaoer looked at the sky outside. It was already dark. She suddenly sat up from the couch and asked, "How is the investigation going? Is there really something wrong with Pei Yuanhai?"
Zhao Ziyu narrowed her eyes slightly: "Perfect."
Liu Qiaoer sneered: "The cleaner your background is, the more suspicious people will be. I'm leaving, and when Mingxin comes, everything will be known."
Zhao Ziyu nodded slightly and shouted loudly: "Honglian, go with Miss Liu."
"No, I can do it alone..." Liu Qiaoer refused.
Zhao Ziyu chuckled: "I know you can do it. I feel relieved to have more helpers. Bai Chao is waiting for you in the carriage outside the west gate. You should go quickly and come back soon."
Liu Qiaoer is going to the General Zhenbei's Mansion to steal Princess Mingxin back.
"Well, Mingxin is not immune to corruption. The maid Shuangjiang is also suspicious. Let's catch her and interrogate her thoroughly."
Since she knew that this was all a trap, Liu Qiaoer couldn't just rely on her imagination to confirm the trap.
She wanted to call Princess Mingxin over and carefully analyze the other party's purpose.
On a spring night, the starry sky is very bright and the gentle warm breeze blows the willow trees by the river.
Liu Qiaoer recalled the scene when she and Princess Mingxin went outing together.
I remember that at that time Liu Qiaoer reminded Princess Mingxin that the people in the capital were complicated and asked her to be more careful.
Princess Mingxin is good at socializing and her father has a strong background, so she only needs to deal with the Queen Mother.
Liu Qiaoer really couldn't figure out who would target Mingxin.
Three people drove a carriage to the General Zhenbei's mansion.
Honglian stood beside the carriage and watched from afar: "The Zhenbei General's Mansion is like a piece of iron barrel, how can we get in?"
Liu Qiaoer had already obtained the blueprints of Mingxin's house and pointed to the back garden: "Let's go in from here. If we really alarm General Zhenbei, we can just make a feint to the east and attack in the west. The main purpose of this trip is to call Princess Mingxin over. She is injured and I want to treat her injury."
Honglian asked in confusion: "Young lady is a miracle doctor, can't she enter the general's mansion openly?"
Liu Qiaoer also wanted to go, but someone didn't let her go.
Liu Qiaoer had been to the general's mansion several times and found Princess Mingxin's room with ease.
However, when they walked in, they found that the princess's yard was quiet and there was no one there.
Empty city plan
In the space, Long Batian reminded: "In another yard."
Liu Qiaoer took Honglian and continued to search quietly. The Zhenbei General's Mansion was also very large. There were only two masters in the mansion, the general and Princess Mingxin, and there were many empty courtyards.
Some of the courtyards were basically in a state of abandonment, while some were left for servants to live in.
Princess Mingxin's courtyard is not far from General Zhenbei's courtyard. Logically, there should be no one in her courtyard. Could it be that they have moved to another place
Liu Qiaoer didn't believe that someone would change their residence every day.
Coming to another brightly lit courtyard, Liu Qiaoer saw the guards of the general's mansion guarding the courtyard.
The yard was not quiet at this time. General Zhenbei invited a doctor to see Princess Mingxin.
Mingxin was upset and didn't let anyone get close to him, but he asked Liu Qiaoer to come.
Then General Zhenbei shouted helplessly: "Why did you ask her to come? Lu Yunzheng is her man, you want to marry Lu Yunzheng, if she comes, she will hurt you."
Princess Mingxin cried, "No, she is not that kind of person. Father, go find her, go find her..."
Then, Shuangjiang's voice was heard: "General, please go back and have a rest. I will try to persuade the princess."
A deep sigh was heard from the room by General Zhenbei. He stood in the yard for a long time with heartache before turning around and leaving.
Just as General Zhenbei walked away, the sound of a teacup breaking suddenly came from the quiet house.
"Princess, I advise you to be honest. After you marry Mr. Pei, all the rumors will disappear. Then, you will be free."
Princess Mingxin held her breath and said, "I don't want to marry that beast..."
Shuangjiang snorted coldly: "Princess, your reputation is ruined now. You want to marry Mr. Lu, but he doesn't want you. If you don't marry Mr. Pei, who else can you marry?"
Princess Mingxin shouted helplessly: "It's ok if I don't get married, who are you? I want to see Qiao'er, go and call Qiao'er to me."
Frost was not moved, but brought in a bowl of medicine.
"Princess, do you think Miss Qiao'er will come to see you? Humph, you raped her husband. At this moment, Master Lu can't save himself. They must save Master Lu first. How can they care about you?"
Princess Mingxin kept backing away, looking at the medicine in Shuangjiang's hand, and struggling.
"What did you give me to drink? I don't want it. Get out of here. Get out..."
Shuangjiang: "Princess, this is medicine for you to have a good rest. Don't worry, Master Pei has arranged everything. Although your reputation is ruined, Master Pei doesn't despise you at all. You should just wait patiently until you get married."
Shuangjiang is no longer the well-behaved and sensible maid. Now she is like an old witch, coaxing Mingxin and threatening Mingxin, wanting to feed the bowl of unconscious medicine in her hand to Princess Mingxin.
Suddenly, Shuangjiang felt a pain at the back of her neck, and the bowl in her hand fell to the ground with a snap, breaking into pieces. Her eyes went dark, and she fell down as well.
Princess Mingxin took a deep breath and covered her mouth. When she saw that the person coming was Liu Qiaoer, she threw herself on Liu Qiaoer in grievance.
"I was wrong, Qiao'er, I was really wrong. No man is a good thing. Pei Yuanhai is a beast. He has hurt me so much."
Liu Qiaoer quickly covered her mouth: "This is not the place to talk, I'll take you to my house, let's go..."
Mingxin followed Liu Qiaoer and walked into the yard carefully.
Honglian saw two people coming out and was about to leave when suddenly the three of them heard a shrill laugh.
"You are not resting at home in the middle of the night, princess, where are you going?"
Suddenly, the whole yard was lit up.
The guards of the general's mansion surrounded the entire courtyard, and Pei Yuanhai slowly appeared in front of the three people.
For some reason, Mingxin started screaming hysterically as soon as she saw him.
Liu Qiaoer quickly hugged the person in her arms and comforted him: "Shh, don't be afraid, Mingxin, I'm here, no one can hurt you."