Ji Yuqing pointed at Ji Lingxue's nose and asked, "Where is that bitch Mo Xiang? Sister wouldn't hide her, would she?"
Ji Lingxue looked up at the disheveled and angry Ji Yuqing with a puzzled look on her face: "What's wrong with you, sister?"
She then went to get Mo Xiang to bring the brazier, but she still hadn't come back for a quarter of an hour. Now Ji Yuqing looked so crazy, could something have happened
Ji Yuqing pointed at her yellow hair draped over her shoulders and said, "Sister, can't you see that my hair was burned? It was that bitch Mo Xiang who burned it. The prince is here today, so you must give me an explanation. Either hand Mo Xiang over to me, or you can deal with her in front of me."
Mo Xiang is Ji Lingxue's most trusted confidant. Without her, Ji Lingxue must be very heartbroken, right
Ji Yuqing sneered in her heart: Ji Lingxue, you once plotted against me and made me lose my confidant, now the retribution is coming to you.
Ji Lingxue frowned, "Why would Mo Xiang burn my sister's hair? Is there some misunderstanding? Let's talk about it after Mo Xiang comes back."
Xiao Yichen looked at Ji Yuqing's sparse hair, coughed and said, "Qing'er, what happened?"
Ji Yuqing wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said aggrievedly: "Your Highness, I am so miserable... I was walking on the corridor just now, and I happened to meet Mo Xiang who was walking over with a brazier. I didn't expect that Mo Xiang looked gentle but was actually very vicious. She pretended to fall down and poured the charcoal fire in the brazier towards me. Fortunately, I reacted quickly and avoided the vital parts, but my hair was burned yellow by the charcoal fire, and the precious flowers and trees in the yard were also burned by the charcoal fire. When I put out the fire on my body, I didn't see that bitch Mo Xiang. She must have offended someone and hid herself."
As Ji Yuqing spoke, she looked at Ji Lingxue from time to time. Her eyes seemed to imply something, as if all that had just happened was Ji Lingxue's signal to Mo Xiang to do this.
After listening to this, Xiao Yichen looked at Ji Lingxue. Ji Lingxue cried out, "Your Highness, it was me who asked Mo Xiang to take the fire basin. I didn't ask Mo Xiang to hit anyone. I encountered a lot of bad luck today. I just wanted to step over the fire basin to get rid of the bad luck. Who knew that now it was dry and windy, and some people accidentally caught fire and burned themselves."
Ji Yuqing pointed at herself and smiled, "Sister, what do you mean? You don't think I would run and bump into the brazier that Mo Xiang brought. I'm not a fool."
Just as Ji Lingxue and Ji Yuqing were about to start a fight, Mo Xiang's weak voice came from the gate of the courtyard: "Princess!"
The tense atmosphere between Ji Lingxue and Ji Yuqing's eyes was instantly broken. They both turned to look at the yard, and the next moment they opened their mouths in shock.
Mo Xiang was black all over, her clothes and face were all blackened by smoke, only her eyes were bright and sharp. She held the brazier in her hand and said awkwardly: "Princess, I have brought the brazier."
When Ji Yuqing saw Mo Xiang coming, she pointed at Mo Xiang's nose and said to Ji Lingxue, "Sister, now Mo Xiang is here too, what do you think we should do with her?"
Ji Lingxue asked Mo Xiang, "Mo Xiang, my sister said that you burned her hair with a brazier. Is that true?"
Mo Xiang shook her head innocently, "Princess, I am innocent. I am just a servant and I always obey my duty as the concubine. How could I be so ignorant as to burn Concubine Qing's hair with a brazier?"
Ji Yuqing asked, "Would you dare not? Haven't you always disliked me?"
Mo Xiang shook her head like a rattle, "I dare not, Concubine Qing, you have wronged me. You see, I would rather burn myself than burn you, Concubine. Besides, catching a thief is the worst thing to do. Concubine Qing, you cannot wrongly accuse me for nothing."
If you want to prove my guilt, you'd better get evidence first.
Ji Yuqing pointed at her hair and said, "This burnt hair is the best evidence."
Ji Lingxue stood up and said, "Mo Xiang, since my sister has been saying that you burned her hair, you can give her some hair as compensation. It's not a big deal."
Mo Xiang nodded, and immediately found a pair of scissors. She cut off a bunch of hair and gave it to Ji Yuqing in front of Xiao Yichen, "Princess, this hair should be enough for you to make a wig, Concubine, please keep it." You don't have to be too moved. I can only minimize your loss. After all, this is not the first time for you to make a wig.
Ji Yuqing looked at Mo Xiang's palm-long black hair and her mouth twitched. She turned her head away with a look of disgust. She walked to Xiao Yichen's side, pulled his sleeve and shook it, her expression becoming more aggrieved and pitiful, "Your Majesty, my sister is deliberately favoring Mo Xiang. Tell me, what should I do? My long hair is ruined..."
Xiao Yichen pushed Ji Yuqing's hand away and said, "Okay, look at what you look like now, with your hair all messy, people will laugh at you if they see you, go and clean up, Mo Xiang is a little rough in her work, I will ask the princess to discipline her, princess, just punish Mo Xiang by not letting her eat for the whole day, and let her reflect on herself."
Mo Xiang quickly knelt down to express his gratitude. This was considered the lightest punishment, so naturally he had to follow the path given by Xiao Yichen.
Seeing that Xiao Yichen didn't speak up for her and seemed to be disgusted with her for making a fuss over nothing, Ji Yuqing ran out with her skirt lifted up, feeling aggrieved.
This incident was just a minor incident. After Ji Lingxue sent Mo Xiang to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors, she asked Xiao Yichen, "Where are all those people who were supposed to be dealt with by me?"
Xiao Yichen said: "Chi Feng is still interrogating them in the dungeon of the palace. When he is done, he will hand them over to you for disposal."
Ji Lingxue was not interested in how the palace interrogated people, so she didn't ask any more questions.
In the afternoon, the steward of the Prince's Mansion brought two large boxes of things to the door to apologize, as compensation to Ji Lingxue.
Ji Lingxue was generous enough to accept it. When she opened the box, she saw that besides jewellery, there were also some silks. All in all, they were worth a lot of silver. Ji Lingxue was generous enough to keep the silks and asked Mo Xiang to pack up the jewellery and pawn them to give to Xiao Si and the others. She also asked them to buy tables, chairs, bowls and dishes so that they could be ready to open the business at any time.
Mo Xiang said, "Princess, it's easy to buy and decorate the store, but what about the cook?" Chef Liu could no longer be the head chef, so letting her come to the store as a kitchen helper was already giving her appropriate help, giving her confidence and motivation in life.
Ji Lingxue said: "We'll look for it later. It's hard to find a good chef, but the cooking competition is coming soon. If we post a job opening notice, someone will come to apply."
Mo Xiang nodded. Ji Lingxue looked Mo Xiang up and down and asked, "You should stay away from Ji Yuqing recently and don't let her catch you in trouble again." This time, it was because she and Xiao Yichen were there that Ji Yuqing didn't make a big fuss. If there is a next time, Ji Yuqing is afraid that she will blame Mo Xiang for all the old and new grudges.
Mo Xiang nodded rapidly, indicating that he understood.
That night, Ji Lingxue tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. She turned over and sat up, complaining that Mo Xiang made too much dinner, making her feel a little full.
Putting on a cloak, Ji Lingxue did not disturb the sleeping Mo Xiang, and climbed through the window to take a walk in the yard. It was almost the end of the year, and the case of the faceless female corpse had not been solved yet. Xiao Yichen was under pressure and planned to lure the snake out of its hole tonight.
His plan was to have the pretty Chi Feng disguise herself as a single woman and wander around the streets to see if he could lure out the murderer.
Ji Lingxue was not optimistic about Xiao Yichen's plan. The murderer committed crimes randomly and no one knew what his next target would be.
Ji Lingxue looked up at the stars in the sky. The quiet night reminded her of how Xiao Yichen once carried her on his back across the rooftop, and how they stood together on the rooftop watching the meteors streak across the sky.
Ji Lingxue shook her head, letting the wind blow away her thoughts, and continued walking forward. After walking out of the flower trees, she saw that the lights in Xiao Yichen's study across the street were off. Her thoughts drifted back to the night when she saw Xiao Yichen holding Ji Yuqing and walking out of the study. He smiled very happily that day, perhaps because Ji Yuqing had disguised herself as her. Her heart felt a little sour at that moment.
Ji Lingxue covered her chest, smiled and shook her head. What was wrong with her? She had just seen Xiao Yichen during the day, but she missed him so much late at night.
Ji Lingxue smiled, "Xiao Yichen, I seem to... have fallen in love with you..."
Suddenly a dark shadow flashed over her head. Ji Lingxue blinked, collected her thoughts and walked forward.
As soon as she turned the corner, a hand suddenly rested on Ji Lingxue's shoulder.
Ji Lingxue was startled, cold sweat wet her forehead, and a chill ran down the back of her neck. She turned around and saw Xiao Yichen's bright smiling face.
Ji Lingxue glared at Xiao Yichen, "Your Highness, didn't you go out to catch the murderer? Why are you here, hiding here to scare people? It's scary." When did this guy come back and hide here
Xiao Yichen smiled awkwardly, "You look so nervous, what's wrong?"
Ji Lingxue pointed in the direction of the study room and said, "I saw a figure passing by, so I came over to take a look."
"Isn't that the direction of the study..." Xiao Yichen frowned, took Ji Lingxue's hand and hid in the dark, squinting at the window of the study. Sure enough, he saw a tiny candlelight reflected on the window paper in the study.
Xiao Yichen cursed, "Tonight we ambush the murderer, so we transferred a group of secret guards from the palace, and someone took advantage of the opportunity..."
Ji Lingxue whispered: "It seems that the black shadow I just saw was the assassin?" She was really lucky to have passed by the assassin.
Xiao Yichen nodded and hugged Ji Lingxue's waist together. The action was so sudden that Ji Lingxue was frightened and hugged Xiao Yichen's waist tightly. Xiao Yichen took Ji Lingxue and flew onto the roof, and quickly hid on the roof of the study along the wall.
Ji Lingxue pulled her hat tighter and curled up in Xiao Yichen's arms. Her nose was blown red by the cold wind, and she felt a stimulating feeling in her heart that made her very excited.
Xiao Yichen gestured to Ji Lingxue, signaling her not to move and hold her breath. He then gently lifted a tile and looked into the room. The room was very dark, with only a little firelight turning in the study.
It wasn't the fire in the ghost story, but the man in black in the house holding a tinder, carefully searching for something.
Ji Lingxue looked at Xiao Yichen. This scene was not interesting at all and there was no suspense at all.
Xiao Yichen raised his hand, holding three silver needles in his fingers, which were looted from Ji Lingxue. The silver needles passed through the hole in the tile and shot towards the fire in the study.
(End of this chapter)