Ji Yuqing shook her head and suppressed the strange thoughts in her mind. She had been very careful when she went there just now and didn't notice anyone following her. She must be too sensitive.
Ji Yuqing smiled and said, "It's really beautiful, Mo Xiang, why don't you pick more? I want to take some back too."
Ji Lingxue smiled and said, "Sister, you'd better not go pick flowers. The mountain road is dangerous. It's more important for us to go worship Guanyin and ask for a fortune." Then she took Ji Yuqing's hand and walked forward.
Kneeling on the cushion in front of the Goddess of Childbirth, Ji Lingxue waved her hand without much sincerity, then turned her head and saw Ji Yuqing praying devoutly. She then picked up the bucket of sticks and shook out the next stick.
Picking up the lottery ticket, Ji Yuqing looked down and said with a smile: "Haha, I got it. It's a top-quality lottery ticket."
Ji Lingxue turned her head and said congratulations, "The Guanyin here is very effective. I wish my sister all her wishes come true and give the prince more children."
Ji Yuqing smiled and ran to interpret the fortune, no longer paying attention to Ji Lingxue.
Ji Lingxue went down the mountain first. Ji Yuqing was in a good mood and walked much faster, so she didn't make Ji Lingxue wait too long.
That night, Xiao Yichen had not returned to the palace yet. Mo Xiang helped Ji Lingxue wash up and go to bed, and after turning off the lights, he went to the outer room to rest.
Ji Lingxue couldn't fall asleep with her eyes open looking at the bed curtains in the dark. She and Ji Yuqing grew up together, and she thought she knew this deep-minded and sinister sister well enough, but she didn't expect that she had many secrets that she didn't know. Fortunately, life in the palace was boring enough, and she finally found something to do.
Calling out Ruge who was taking a nap in the dark, Ji Lingxue said, "I heard that you are very good at Qinggong."
Ruge nodded lightly and waited for Ji Lingxue's next words.
"Then it should be no problem for you to carry this guy on your back, right?" Ji Lingxue continued.
If he raised his eyebrows, he would have good night vision. He looked at Ji Lingxue who was wearing her nightgown and asked, "You are dressed like this... Are you going to have an affair?"
Whoosh! A pillow hit Ruge on the head.
Ruge dodged with a strange giggle and raised her hand to call for a stop, "I was wrong. I shouldn't have joked with you."
Ji Lingxue gave up and said, "Now you carry me on your back, avoiding the guards in the palace and sneaking into my sister's yard?"
Upon hearing this, Ruge looked at Ji Lingxue as if she was an idiot. He had never seen anyone acting so sneaky in his own home.
Ji Lingxue raised her hand and gave Ruge a "violence" on the forehead, "Hurry up, it's the third hour now, it's just right when it's late at night and there's nobody around."
Ruge twitched her lips, and finally had to succumb to the "evil forces". She wrapped her hands with gauze, carried Ji Lingxue on her back, jumped out of the window and flew to the roof.
Ji Lingxue grabbed Ruge's neck to prevent her from falling out due to the other party's speed.
The candles in Ji Yuqing's yard had been extinguished long ago. Zi Ye had been guarding by Ji Yuqing's bed, watching her fall asleep. She did not sleep well and had nightmares all the time, with her head shaking.
Zi Ye took a wet towel and wiped the sweat off Ji Yuqing's forehead. At this moment, a small bamboo tube passed through the paper-pasted window, and wisps of green smoke came out of the tube.
Zi Ye's eyelids gradually became heavy, and she swayed her body and fell asleep on the edge of the bed. Ji Yuqing, who was dreaming on the bed, suddenly became quiet and slept even more deeply.
Ji Lingxue leaned against the door frame to calculate the time, then picked up the dagger and skillfully picked the lock.
Ruge leaned against the pillar and watched Ji Lingxue's actions in silence, "You look so familiar with this, I wonder if you have ever stolen anything before?"
Ji Lingxue rolled his eyes and said, "I was bored at home before, so I became very interested in anything that was locked." As he spoke, he shook the small dagger in his hand, as if he was going to beat Ruge if she said another word.
Ruge made a gesture to shut up, indicating Ji Lingxue to continue hers.
The door opened and Ji Lingxue and Ruge walked in one after another...
At the same time, Xiao Yichen sat in the carriage on his way back to the mansion, rubbing his sore temples. Recently, he was in charge of the safety of the entire capital, and he was investigating the whereabouts of the third prince of Dayan. If there was any disturbance in the city, he had to run away. His previous carefree life was gone.
"Your Highness, we've arrived at the palace!" the coachman said respectfully outside.
Xiao Yichen hummed lightly, lifted the curtain and got out of the carriage.
Just as he entered the gate, the butler came out trotting, bowed to Xiao Yichen, took out a stack of papers from his sleeve and handed it to Xiao Yichen, "Your Highness, I think you should know about this matter."
Xiao Yichen glanced at the paper in his hand in the light of the lantern hanging at the door and narrowed his eyes. This was Ji Yuqing's handwriting, no doubt. A meal cost six hundred taels, a set of head ornaments and jewelry cost eight hundred taels, and a custom-made pomegranate red crane skirt cost three hundred taels. Each of these expenses was more than that of a man like him. Did she really think of herself as the mistress of the palace
Xiao Yichen originally thought that after letting Ji Lingxue take charge of the accounts, Ji Yuqing's expenses would be reduced, but he didn't expect that they would get even worse.
The more Xiao Yichen thought about it, the angrier he got. It seemed like he needed to have a good talk with Ji Yuqing about life. He waved his hand, rolled up his sleeves to put away the note, and turned to walk towards Ji Yuqing's yard.
Halfway through the journey, Xiao Yichen stopped walking as he thought of something, and turned to walk towards Ji Lingxue's yard. The lights in Ji Lingxue's house had been turned off long ago. Xiao Yichen stood there and made a gesture, and a black-clad secret guard appeared in front of him and saluted respectfully, "Your Majesty!"
Xiao Yichen nodded and asked, "Today, the princess and the concubine went to the Marriage Temple. Did anything unusual happen?"
The secret guard repeated what he had seen in detail, and then added: "Your Majesty, the princess seemed to have discovered something and just went to the concubine's courtyard."
Xiao Yichen nodded and waved his hand, and the secret guards hid in the darkness.
Xiao Yichen turned around and flew onto the roof. After a few leaps, he landed on the roof of Ji Yuqing's dormitory. He leaned over the roof and carefully lifted a tile, then looked at the scene in the room in the moonlight.
In the room, Ji Lingxue and Ruge stood in front of Ji Yuqing's bed. Ji Lingxue bent over and looked at the sleeping Ji Yuqing. She stretched out her hand and waved it in front of her, trying to push her shoulder. After making sure that she was fast asleep, she withdrew her hand.
Ji Lingxue's gaze fell on Ji Yuqing's pillow. She remembered that she had slept with Ji Yuqing when she was a child, and she always hid her secrets under her pillow.
Ji Lingxue carefully replaced the pillow with a quilt, holding the pillow with a melancholy look. Ruge took out a small night pearl from her arms to light up Ji Lingxue.
Ji Lingxue smiled, having such a smart bodyguard really makes things easier. Ji Lingxue found something wrapped in a handkerchief from the pillow.
Xiao Yichen, who was peeking on the roof, took a tight breath and stared at Ji Lingxue's hand without blinking.
Ji Lingxue opened the handkerchief and found several jade jewelry inside, with simple style. Ji Lingxue twitched her lips, these were not her dowry jewelry, but Ji Yuqing "treasured" them so much.
On the rooftop, Xiao Yichen felt lost for a moment. He thought Ji Yuqing really had some secret, but he didn't expect it was just the thoughts of a girl.
Ji Lingxue took out a small bottle from her arms and poured the powder inside on the jewelry. Then she rewrapped the handkerchief and stuffed it back into the pillow and placed it under Ji Yuqing's head.
Ruge stood aside and looked at Ji Lingxue with deep eyes.
Ji Lingxue turned around and said, "Don't look at me like that. I'm not vicious enough to take her life. Do you know that the jewelry she hid in the pillow was my dowry? I allowed her to steal my things, but I can't let me punish her a little?"
Ruge suddenly realized and said, "Since it is your dowry and has a special meaning, why don't you take those jewelry back?" Poisoning is too sinister.
Ji Lingxue sneered: "I don't want anything that has been touched by others."
Ruge twitched her lips, pinched her chin and thought for a while before asking, "Well, after she touched your husband, the prince, do you not want him anymore?"
Xiao Yichen, who was lying on the roof and was about to leave because he didn't see any good show, paused when he heard this and pricked up his ears to listen to Ji Lingxue's answer.
Ji Lingxue said: "I have mysophobia, so I don't want a man who has been touched by other women."
Xiao Yichen was stunned, and looked down into the house. Inside, Ji Lingxue didn't notice anyone peeping at her from the roof, and continued to search around carelessly. Ruge leaned against the wall, with a smile on her lips, and looked up at the broken roof tiles.
It is said that women understand women best. After searching the room in vain, Ji Lingxue suddenly picked up the embroidered shoes beside the bed and pulled out a crumpled piece of paper from the seam of the shoes while Ruge was stunned.
Ji Lingxue raised her eyebrows complacently, "Found it!"
Ruge walked to Ji Lingxue with a serious face. The faint light of the night pearl shone on the unfolded paper, and the two looked at each other in surprise.
Ji Lingxue felt like she had found dog shit, and was considering whether to give the palace layout map to Xiao Yichen to ask for credit. Ruge took the map and looked at it and said, "Oh shit, your sister is not a spy, colluding with foreign enemies to deal with your prince..."
Ji Lingxue twitched her lips. She was confused by Ruge's constant "your prince" and "your prince". She also had a grudge against Xiao Yichen. If he got into trouble, she would be happy to see it happen.
Ji Lingxue snatched the map from Ruge's hand and snorted, then stuffed it into her arms, then picked up a pen and paper and began to draw with the dim light of the night pearl. Ruge leaned in to take a look, curled her lips and shook her head.
Ji Lingxue put down her pen and blew away the ink on the paper, then took out a brush made of phellodendron and soapberry.
Ruge raised an eyebrow and asked, "What are you doing?"
Ji Lingxue said: "To make the ink look old, the cork and soap water can wash away the loose ink, and the work will become yellow with black, and the cork can prevent insects from eating it."
Ruge smiled and said, "I know all this. Hey, how long are you going to procrastinate like this? What if the two people in the room wake up?"
Ji Lingxue turned her head and looked at Ruge, grinning and said, "Then it's up to you."
Ruge twitched her lips. What were you looking at him for? Watching him knock out two young women in a simple and rough way? Princess, you have too much bad taste...
A quarter of an hour later, Ji Lingxue was carried out of Ji Yuqing's yard by Ruge, just as quietly as when Ruge came.
In the darkness, Xiao Yichen walked out from the dark, looked in the direction where Ji Lingxue disappeared, pondered for a moment, then turned and walked into Ji Yuqing's room.
Ji Yuqing felt someone sitting beside the bed in a daze, but her eyelids were so heavy that she couldn't open them.
I vaguely heard someone asking, "Where is the thing I want?"
Who is speaking? Is it the mysterious person who wants to help me get promoted
(End of this chapter)