Ji Lingxue shook her head and said, "It's just closing down, not closing the shop. Don't worry, Xiao Si, you guys can continue to live in the restaurant and watch over the house for me. Tomorrow you can put up a notice of closing down at the door. I will wait for you to recover and then reopen the restaurant."
Xiao Si and his companions jumped for joy when they heard that, and cried out in surprise because of the wounds on their bodies. Only the cook looked down with dismay at her hand that had been re-bandaged by the doctor.
Ji Lingxue returned to the palace at almost three o'clock in the morning and yawned. She entered the palace through the back door and did not disturb anyone.
Mo Xiang said, "Princess, look, the light in the prince's study is still on!"
Ji Lingxue stopped and turned around to look. She and Xiao Yichen lived apart from each other by a patch of shrubs.
Xiao Yichen's hearty laughter came from the study, and the leaves in the yard shook.
Ji Lingxue raised her eyebrows. Could it be that the case was solved? Why was Xiao Yichen smiling so happily
Mo Xiang said: "Princess, the prince is so happy, is there something good?"
Ji Lingxue shook her head, too lazy to pay attention, "Let's go." She turned around and was about to leave, but at this moment the door of the study opened, and Xiao Yichen came out holding Ji Lingxue.
The four of them looked at each other, and the atmosphere in the air suddenly became weird.
Finally, Mo Xiang couldn't hold back any longer and pointed at Ji Lingxue in Xiao Yichen's arms and said, "Why are there two princesses?!"
Ji Lingxue's eyebrows twitched, and she looked strangely at "herself" in Xiao Yichen's arms, with a puzzled look on her face. When she thought of Xiao Yichen's happy laughter, Ji Lingxue's face turned dark.
After Xiao Yichen saw Ji Lingxue standing in the aisle wearing a thick fur coat, his body stiffened. He lowered his head to look at Ji Lingxue in his arms, his eyes darkened, and the confusion in his heart just now gradually expanded, and the strange feeling that flashed through his heart just now gradually expanded.
Xiao Yichen loosened his hand, and Ji Lingxue in his arms fell to the ground. She stumbled and cried out in pain. It was a pity that Xiao Yichen would not come over to show her concern this time.
"Your Highness, it hurts!" Ji Lingxue lying on the ground looked at Xiao Yichen with resentment.
Xiao Yichen looked at Ji Lingxue beside Mo Xiang, feeling uncomfortable for some reason. It turned out that Ji Lingxue's gentleness tonight was just a dream.
Ji Lingxue sneered, "My Lord, where did you find my substitute?"
Xiao Yichen opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but suddenly he felt powerless to say anything. Ji Lingxue only saw the facts in front of him. The confusion that flashed in Ji Lingxue's eyes just now turned into indifference.
The word "substitute" hurt Ji Lingxue's heart, who had sprained her ankle. No, she was Ji Yuqing, not a substitute.
Ji Yuqing stood up and glanced at Ji Lingxue who was smiling sarcastically, then looked at Xiao Yichen who was looking at her coldly. Ji Yuqing smiled bitterly, turned her head and saw a water tank in the corner. She turned around and dipped her face into the tank.
There was melting ice and snow in the water tank, which was freezing cold, but Ji Yuqing no longer felt the cold. After a moment, she looked up, her makeup was smudged, and she wiped the rouge and powder on her face with a handkerchief, revealing her true face.
Ji Lingxue was not surprised at all. The face without makeup was Ji Yuqing. "It turned out to be my sister. Sister, it has been a long time since you have received the favor of the prince. Why didn't you tell me earlier? I would have asked the prince to go to your room directly. Why did you have to dress up as me and seduce the prince in the study?"
The corners of Xiao Yichen's mouth twitched. Why did he feel like Ji Lingxue was secretly calling him a stud
Ji Yuqing smiled and said, "Sister, the prince and I have just had sex in the study. Now that you are back, I won't disturb you anymore." After saying that, she pretended to be nonchalant and left.
"Um... Xue'er, where did you go in the middle of the night?" Xiao Yichen awkwardly continued the topic but did not explain what happened between him and Ji Yuqing in the study.
Ji Lingxue rolled her eyes at Xiao Yichen, her eyes were like looking at trash, "It's late at night, Your Majesty, you should go to your sister's place to rest tonight." After that, she closed the door tonight and said to An Ge on the roof, "An Ge, help me guard it. Don't let a fly fly in. If you fail to do so, you can go back to your former master."
An Ge touched his nose. His indentures were all with Ji Lingxue, so he was naturally Ji Lingxue's person. If Ji Lingxue didn't want him, the prince might not want him either. Xiao Yichen had said that from now on, Ji Lingxue would be his master, and he would only listen to her orders.
Xiao Yichen looked up at the sky speechlessly. The relationship between him and Ji Lingxue, which had finally been closer, now froze again.
Ji Yuqing returned to the room, Zi Ye was still unconscious on the ground. Although the room was dark, she could sense the presence of a living person. It was that mysterious person. She never expected that the impregnable Chen Wang Mansion could be entered by a mysterious person.
The mysterious man's cold voice came, "Did you get what I wanted?"
Ji Yuqing nodded and said, of course she got it. Then Ji Lingxue stuffed the maze map back into it.
The mysterious man opened his hands and took the map that Ji Yuqing handed over. He touched the texture of the map with his rough hands and knew that it was real. "Very good, you did a great job. Do you want me to give the three pieces of paper to that person for you? In this way, she, the Princess of Chen, will be divorced."
Ji Yuqing shook her head, "No, I have other uses myself." She would not use anyone else to take revenge on Ji Lingxue.
The mysterious man didn't say anything else. Ji Yuqing listened to the rustling sound of his clothes and confirmed that he was standing at the window, then she jumped out.
Ji Yuqing breathed a sigh of relief. The plague god finally left. She hoped he would not come again. Her heart was not strong enough and she would be scared to death by his sudden appearances and disappearances.
The next day, rumors spread in the capital. First, the faceless female corpse was one of the missing girls, which made people feel sorry. Several families of the missing daughters fell into sadness.
Then, Qingfeng Yashe at the West City Gate was closed, which made many foodies sigh, and many people speculated whether something happened behind the closure of Qingfeng Yashe.
Xiao Yichen was also shocked when he heard the news that Qingfeng Yashe was closing down. Suddenly he remembered that Ji Lingxue had left the house last night, which made him wonder where Ji Lingxue had gone last night.
Xiao Yichen, who had no clue about solving the case, stood at the study window. Chi Feng stood behind Xiao Yichen and analyzed whether the place where the first faceless female corpse was dumped was closest to the murderer.
Chi Feng said: "I will conduct a search with the teahouse as the center point. The teahouse is built at the entrance of the East City, and there are a lot of customers coming and going. The owner can't remember how many customers came that day. So far, no suspicious person has been found before the incident."
Chi Feng looked up and saw Xiao Yichen standing by the window, deep in thought, and asked, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Are you listening to what your subordinates are saying?"
Xiao Yichen retracted his gaze and turned to ask, "Chi Feng, last time I asked you to find out who is behind Feng Ya She, but you still haven't found out?"
Chi Feng pondered for a moment and said, "I have checked and found that the person who often goes to Qingfeng Yashe is Mo Xiang, the maidservant beside the princess. The shopkeeper said that Miss Mo Xiang only came to sell vegetables, but she stayed in the restaurant for a long time every time..."
Xiao Yichen nodded. Something happened at Qingfeng Yashe last night, and Ji Lingxue was not in the palace. It seemed that it was Ji Lingxue's private property, but she was unwilling to tell him. "
Xiao Yichen suddenly remembered that Ji Yuqing pretended to be Ji Lingxue and stayed in the study for a quarter of an hour last night. He turned and walked to the bookcase, took out the books in the second row and opened the secret compartment inside. Sure enough, the map in the secret compartment had been swapped.
Xiao Yichen crumpled up the maze map and said to Chi Feng, "How is the design of the mechanism reconfiguration in the palace going?"
Chi Feng said: "Mr. Li said that they will all be replaced within three days."
Xiao Yichen nodded with satisfaction. He was looking forward to those evil people coming.
"Princess, look, these newly purchased Staghorn crabapples have bloomed. The boss really didn't lie to me. Staghorn crabapples bloom throughout the winter."
Ji Lingxue, who was lying on the window, turned her head and looked sideways when she heard that. The lavender petals of the Begonia were facing the sunlight, and the stamens in the middle were yellow, with purple and yellow complementing each other.
Ji Lingxue said: "It is indeed very beautiful."
Seeing that Ji Lingxue was a little absent-minded, Mo Xiang put the flower pot in her hand on the windowsill, "Princess, are you still thinking about the restaurant?"
Ji Lingxue nodded. She had ordered An Ge to investigate the gangsters who were causing trouble, and the answer would be revealed soon.
Just as Ji Lingxue finished speaking, An Ge's figure fell from the roof and An Ge said, "Princess, I found it."
Ji Lingxue nodded, stood up and went to Xiao Yichen's study.
Seeing Ji Lingxue coming over, Xiao Yichen's eyes flashed with joy. After Ji Yuqing's fuss yesterday, he thought Ji Lingxue would ignore him for several days. He was reflecting on himself and planned to do something to please Ji Lingxue.
Xiao Yichen smiled at Ji Lingxue as a greeting.
Ji Lingxue, however, had a cold face and directly stated her purpose, "Xiao Yichen, lend me ten guards."
Being called by his full name, Xiao Yichen's eyelashes trembled, and he looked at Ji Lingxue with a look of aggrieved. Without asking Ji Lingxue what he wanted to do with the person, Xiao Yichen waved his hand and called out all the guards in the yard to line up in front of Ji Lingxue for her to choose.
"Thank you, Your Highness." Ji Lingxue picked a good person, said a word of thanks, and left.
Chi Feng stood aside and watched the show from beginning to end. He looked at Ji Lingxue who was walking away, then looked at Xiao Yichen who was sighing on the spot and asked, "Prince, are you having a conflict with the princess again?" No wonder the prince was worried and absent-minded this morning.
Xiao Yichen looked up at the clouds in the sky speechlessly, "The sun is shining brightly today. Chi Feng, why are you still standing here? Let's go to the government office."
Chi Feng said "oh" and quickly followed Xiao Yichen out.
The butler at the gate of the palace had already prepared two horses. Seeing Xiao Yichen striding over, the butler bowed respectfully and stepped aside. Xiao Yichen mounted the horse, waved the reins, and urged the horse forward.
Chi Feng quickly mounted his horse to chase Xiao Yichen, but it was obvious that Xiao Yichen was not riding his horse to the yamen.
Chi Feng: Is the prince going to chase the princess? The princess has been gone for a while.
On a busy street, a few hooligans squatted on the street corner, eating melon seeds and watching the passers-by, wondering what they would do next.
Suddenly, the leading thug's eyes lit up. In the crowd, there was a girl in red. She had a graceful figure, was pretty and charming, and walked with a light gait. His heart was itching, and he rushed to the girl in a few steps.
(End of this chapter)