Ji Lingxue asked, "Who is outside?" Xiao Yichen should be in the yamen solving the mystery that happened today, so who could be outside
Ji Lingxue clenched the white porcelain bottle in her hand. She planned to auction the medicine on the black market later and didn't want to use it now.
A timid voice came from outside, sounding far away, as if it was across a yard, "Miss Mo Xiang, are you there?"
Ji Lingxue was furious. He actually broke her window just to find Mo Xiang? She turned to look at Mo Xiang, who was holding a needle and thread and listening attentively, "Mo Xiang, are you in love?"
Mo Xiang was very embarrassed. The princess had been teasing her more and more recently. In her heart and eyes, there was only her princess. How could she have the mind to look at other men
Mo Xiang was silent for a moment and said, "It sounded like the guard guarding the back door. I wonder why he came to see me. I'll go and take a look first." Mo Xiang put down the needle and thread in her hand, lifted her skirt and ran out quickly.
Ji Lingxue looked at Mo Xiang's back and smiled, "Are you really not in love anymore?"
Mo Xiang ran back in a hurry not long after he left, and asked anxiously, "Princess, is there an accident?"
The cup in Ji Lingxue's hand fell to the ground, splashing water on her skirt. Ji Lingxue had no time to care about it. She took Mo Xiang's hand and asked, "What happened?"
Mo Xiang said, "Xiao Si bribed the guard to knock on the window with a stone. He told me that a group of thugs with iron bars came to the restaurant later today and drove away all the customers. They also smashed the tables and chairs in the restaurant and went all the way to the kitchen. There was a recipe book in the kitchen and they took it away. The waiter and the cook fought with the thugs to grab the recipe, but they didn't get the recipe but got injured. Princess, I'll go find a doctor right away."
Ji Lingxue grabbed Mo Xiang's arm and said, "I'll go with you."
Mo Xiang hesitated a little, "Princess, you are of noble status. The capital has been in unrest recently, so you'd better not show up." You encountered the faceless female corpse this morning, and the murderer has not been caught yet. If the prince knew about it, he would definitely blame his subordinates.
Ji Lingxue smiled, "The murderer committed a crime today and will not appear again." The city has been under martial law at night recently, and the murderer will not be so stupid as to run out and wait to be caught. Besides, her luck has always been good, and she will not encounter a perverted murderer as soon as she leaves the city gate.
"But..." Mo Xiang spent a long time but couldn't find any other reason to stop Ji Lingxue from going out. It was because the prince was so good to the princess that he equipped her with the strongest bodyguards.
Ji Lingxue put on a thick cloak and pushed Mo Xiang out. "Okay, don't worry about it. Let's go out quickly. We don't know what's in the store yet, and we don't know if their injuries are serious."
Ji Lingxue's words also caused Mo Xiang's thoughts to run wild. He no longer worried whether Ji Lingxue would be in danger. The two of them left the palace from the back door, met up with Xiao Si, and got on a carriage and headed towards the west gate.
As soon as Ji Lingxue left, Ji Yuqing received the news.
Ji Yuqing looked at the masked man in black standing in front of her. This black clothing was not an ordinary nightgown, but one used exclusively by the palace's secret guards.
Ji Yuqing nodded and said, "Okay, I understand." Her black eyes flashed until the man in black disappeared. Ji Yuqing glanced at Zi Ye who had fainted on the ground, then turned around and went back to the room.
She sat down in front of the dressing table, picked up the makeup tools, and half a minute later, Ji Lingxue's face appeared in the bronze mirror.
Ji Yuqing touched her face with satisfaction, a strange smile on her lips. She took out the three notes hidden in her chest, put them in an envelope, turned around and walked out.
The door of Xiao Yichen's study was closed tightly, but Ji Yuqing knew that there were many secret guards watching in the dark. She pushed open the door with lotus steps. As she thought, Xiao Yichen's study was only open to Ji Lingxue.
Last time, she brought some snacks to Xiao Yichen in the study, but was ruthlessly stopped outside the door by the guards. Even though there was such a loud noise outside, Xiao Yichen in the study just didn't come out.
Ji Yuqing showed a bitter smile. She lit the oil lamp in the study, stood in front of the bookcase, found a book, and sat under the lamp to read.
Half an hour later, Xiao Yichen returned to the palace with a tired face. The secret guard came out from the dark and saluted him respectfully, saying, "Your Majesty, the princess is waiting for you in the study."
Xiao Yichen nodded, and the secret guard immediately disappeared into the darkness. Xiao Yichen smiled, it was rare that Ji Lingxue would wait for him in the study, thinking of him, he quickened his pace.
Pushing open the door of the study, Xiao Yichen saw Ji Lingxue sitting under the lamp, reading a book seriously. He walked over and hugged Ji Lingxue in his arms, "Xue'er, why are you still not asleep so late today?"
Ji Lingxue raised her head and smiled, then hugged Xiao Yichen's waist and said, "If you don't come back, I won't be able to sleep."
Xiao Yichen was moved by Ji Lingxue's sudden enthusiasm, and his blood boiled. He hugged Ji Lingxue's waist and kissed her forehead, "Why are you so well behaved tonight? Could it be that the princess is looking forward to something that has not been completed before?"
Ji Lingxue's cheeks flushed, and her eyes were full of shyness, which made Xiao Yichen very moved. He bent down and picked up Ji Lingxue horizontally, then sat on the chair and let Ji Lingxue sit on his lap.
Ji Lingxue blinked and patted Xiao Yichen's chest, "Prince, you are so bad..."
Xiao Yichen stared at Ji Lingxue for a long time. He always felt that Ji Lingxue was a little strange tonight, but a woman's mind is always hard to guess.
Xiao Yichen said: "Do you want to hear what I found out tonight?"
Ji Lingxue: “…”
Xiao Yichen continued, "This prince and Chi Feng were going to the government office to look at the autopsy report to see if there were any clues left by the murderer. Unexpectedly, we heard a scream halfway through the journey..."
Ji Lingxue's face turned pale, and the corners of her mouth twitched as she asked, "Another faceless female corpse?"
She had also heard a lot about this faceless female corpse from Zi Ye. The funniest thing was that the first person who discovered the female corpse was Ji Lingxue. Ji Lingxue's luck was really good to have encountered such an unfortunate thing.
Xiao Yichen nodded and recounted in vivid detail what had happened tonight, especially the appearance of the female corpse, which frightened Ji Lingxue in his arms so much that she trembled with fear.
Xiao Yichen hugged Ji Lingxue with a sense of accomplishment, and was very satisfied with her frightened expression at the moment. How could a woman not be afraid
Ji Lingxue asked in a trembling voice: "Then... the murderer... has the prince caught him?"
Xiao Yichen nodded, "I suspected something was wrong with the night watchman at the time. There were no other footprints on the ground except for the night watchman, so I locked him up in the prison and interrogated him. Maybe the night watchman was guilty, or maybe he saw the prison cell was too scary, so he knelt down and confessed..."
"It turned out that the deceased was his wife, who was four years younger than him. A month ago, his wife had cheated on him. After he warned her several times to no avail, he finally returned home one day on his way to the night watch. He ran into his wife, who was dressed up and about to go on a date with her lover. Seeing this, he instantly became furious and picked up the night watch hammer and beat his wife to death. He was very scared at the time and didn't know what to do. He wanted to turn himself in, but halfway through, he heard about the case of the faceless female corpse. He suddenly had an idea and peeled off his wife's face, imitating the faceless female corpse case, and finally moved the body to the snow..."
Ji Lingxue got goosebumps when she heard this, and she felt sick the instant she imagined the scene in her mind.
Xiao Yichen continued, "Xue'er, where do you think the night watchman hid his wife's face?"
Ji Lingxue looked straight into Xiao Yichen's eyes, and instantly felt the atmosphere around her become eerie and terrifying. She covered her ears and shook her head.
Xiao Yichen chuckled and said, "Xue'er, you weren't afraid when you saw the female corpse during the day, so why are you so scared when you hear me describe the female corpse at night?"
Ji Lingxue's eyes rolled around, and she finally said, "Because... because there are no ghosts during the day!"
Xiao Yichen threw his head back and laughed out loud; this was the funniest thing he had ever heard.
In Qingfeng Yashe, the floor was littered with sawdust and the remains of porcelain bowls. The few remaining tables were still intact. Several servants were sitting on the tables, cursing loudly while helping their companions treat their wounds.
The carriage came from afar, Ji Lingxue and Mo Xiang jumped off the carriage, and the people in the room immediately stood up straight when they saw this, "Miss..."
Ji Lingxue nodded, glanced at everyone, and her eyes fell on a cook in a corner whose right hand was wrapped in a thick bandage. Her face was covered in blood and the bandage on her hand was stained red with blood. Perhaps because it was too painful, her face was pale and her mind was a little dazed.
Xiao Si said: "The cook's hand was scratched when she was grabbing the recipe..."
Ji Lingxue squatted down and was about to untie the bandage on the other person's hand when the cook suddenly started crying, "Miss, I'm sorry, I didn't keep the recipe you gave me well... Woo, what should I do..."
Ji Lingxue patted the other person's shoulder and said, "Don't be sad. The recipe was stolen, so it's not a big loss for us. But your hand..."
The doctor carrying a medicine box came hurriedly and stood beside Ji Lingxue. Then he opened the medicine box, took out a pair of scissors and cut the bandages wrapped around the cook's hand layer by layer. Seeing the deep wound on the palm of her hand, he sighed, "The cut was so deep that it directly injured the meridian... Even after the repair, the sensitivity of the hand is not as good as before..."
The cook's eyes darkened when she heard this, and she said sadly, "I... I will never be able to hold a spoon to cook again? What should I do? I will be a useless person in the future... I was thinking of participating in the cooking competition at the beginning of next year..."
The people in the room fell silent as they listened to the desperate words.
Ji Lingxue patted the cook's hand and comforted her: "Don't think so far ahead, heal your hand injury first."
The cook lowered her head, pursed her lips, and nodded vigorously. She lost the recipe that the girl had carefully prepared, but the girl did not hold it against her and comforted her instead. The girl was really generous.
Ji Lingxue stood up and turned to look at the six servants standing beside him. Although this man was also bruised, they were all minor injuries.
Ji Lingxue turned around and looked around at the mess in the room and said, "I'm sorry that you got hurt due to my negligence. The restaurant will be closed for a while and everyone should take good care of their injuries."
Xiao Si asked: "Miss, is your restaurant still open?" If the girl doesn't want them to come, they will have to go back to their old job of begging. Are their easy days over
(End of this chapter)