Only this green, not disappointing the spring

Shangguan Qingyue was not affected by what happened yesterday. After washing up, she was accompanied by Xuanyuan Yan to the martial arts training ground.

This time she was able to successfully escape from the hands of the criminals, thanks to her unremitting training. For this reason, although Xuanyuan Yan felt distressed, he could not find a reason to refuse.

One of them was running around the training ground while the other was practicing swordsmanship.

Today, the two of them had breakfast together in the West Courtyard. After the meal, Xuanyuan Yan reluctantly left the courtyard and went to the study in the East Courtyard.

At this time, the four Qing brothers were already waiting outside the study. They all looked haggard and their eyes were red, and it was obvious that they had not slept all night.

After they entered the study, Xuanyuan Yan ordered everyone to serve a cup of strong tea to wake them up. After drinking half a cup of tea, he saw that they finally had some energy, so he said:

"Tell me what you found out?"

As the eldest brother, Qing Yi spoke first.

“Your Highness, our people, together with the Jingzhao Prefecture’s yamen officers, have captured two suspects. One of them is the criminal who sprinkled poison powder on Bing Ling, and the other is a vegetable seller.

At that time, Miss Qingyue was hidden in his vegetable basket and avoided our search."

After Qing Yi investigated the situation, he had to admire the meticulous planning of the person behind the scenes. The other party must have calculated that Miss Qingyue was petite, so he found a vegetable seller as a cover.

"Have you found out the origins of these two people?"

When Qing Yi mentioned this, he immediately showed frustration and knelt on the ground to plead guilty:

"I am incompetent. I investigated those two thoroughly, but in the end I could only conclude that they were just ordinary people who were paid to do a job."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a "crack" sound. It was the sound of Xuanyuan Yan breaking the corner of the table in anger.

"Hmph, ordinary people? For a few silver coins, they help the tyrants to commit atrocities and take human lives lightly. They are no different from the most vicious people! Since we can't find out, send them to Jingzhao Prefecture and deal with them according to the law."

After saying that, he looked at Bai Er again.

The man who was smiling all day long was unusually silent today. He was in charge of most of the secret guards, and now that there was a traitor, he could not escape the blame.

More importantly, this is undoubtedly a fatal blow to his ability to get things done.

Xuanyuan Yan sighed softly.

"How is the investigation of the internal mole going?"

Bai Er seemed to be a different person. He knelt down on the ground in a somewhat depressed manner and replied in a hoarse voice:

"My Lord, we have cleared out six people in total, three of whom are from the palace. Although we have not found clear evidence for the other three, I suspect they are closely related to the Nanrong family."

“When I was young, my mother and grandfather placed many people around me for various reasons.

When I finally had the ability to take charge of things on my own, and with the help of my uncle and grandfather, I thought those people had been completely eliminated..."

He chuckled and shook his head bitterly.

"I never thought that they had a back-up plan. They said they were doing it for me, but they were on guard against me behind my back. It's really a big joke!"

After hearing this, Bai Er immediately kowtowed three times on the ground. If the ground had not been covered with a crocheted carpet bought from Shangpin Pavilion, his forehead would have been covered in blood.

"It's all my incompetence. I didn't notice it at all for so many years. Please punish me, Master!"

Xuanyuan Yan frowned, looked at the ground with some distress, and said angrily:

"Well, you will be punished accordingly. Stay away from this carpet and don't ruin such a good thing!"

Several people subconsciously stepped back, looking at the dust and mud on their shoes with some embarrassment, their ears feeling a little hot.

The entire study was carefully decorated by Miss Qingyue. When they first saw it, they only felt it was novel but forgot to take care of it. They felt really ashamed.

This mistake must never be made again, otherwise the master might get angry and hold meetings in the yard from now on.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of "gurgling" from the stomach. Xuanyuan Yan was stunned at first, then he relaxed his expression and said:

"You haven't had breakfast yet, have you? Let me give you some snacks to fill your stomachs. You can have dinner after we finish our business."

Shangguan Qingyue was researching new food in the kitchen. When she heard from the servants that the study needed snacks, she simply brought over the freshly-baked cheesecake and a large can of fruit tea.

Before anyone arrived, the tempting sweet fragrance drifted into the study, and the four brothers' stomachs began to growl uncontrollably.

They gently rubbed their aching stomachs and stretched their necks to look towards the door.

When the person came in, he discovered that it was the future mistress. He felt as if there were thorns under his butt and immediately jumped up and saluted.

Shangguan Qingyue was startled by the scene and looked at someone sitting at the top with a satisfied smile on his face with some confusion.

Xuanyuan Yan was naturally very satisfied with his subordinate's good judgment. However, he was not in a position to explain, so he coughed lightly and scolded:

"Hurry up and take it. Do you want Qingqing to personally serve you guys?!"

Bai Er immediately nodded and walked over, took the food box from Shangguan Qingyue, and said with a smile:

"Miss Qingyue, you have worked hard. I promise to eat everything in the food box without leaving any residue. Hehehe..."

Shangguan Qingyue rolled her eyes at him, took out a white porcelain plate from the top layer of the food box and placed it in front of Xuanyuan Yan.

The one on top is her most successful one, so naturally it should be kept for the original owner.

Her face was slightly red as she said to the four brothers:

"Uh, brothers, the food box contains the new food I tried today. Well, except for the fact that it doesn't look very good, it tastes pretty good. You can just eat it."

When all the food boxes were opened, they saw several crooked and oddly shaped snacks inside. The brothers looked in tacit understanding at the exquisite and tempting snacks placed on the porcelain plate in front of their master.

Tsk, my teeth are a little sour!

However, although it didn't look good, it tasted really delicious. Even Xuanyuan Yan, who had just finished his meal, ate it all.

Shangguan Qingyue was a very sensible person. She only glanced at the four brothers who were eating voraciously, asked them what they thought about the new food, and then left.

Perhaps desserts really do have the magical power to improve one’s mood, after having snacks, the four of them no longer had the depressed look on their faces.

Zhu San, who was usually taciturn, took the initiative to speak:

"Master, Bing Ling's poison has been cured. I sent someone to check the black market. This powder is called 'Mirth-Defeating Powder'. Since the antidote is not difficult to prepare, it seems to be useless, so very few people use it."

Xuanyuan Yan's expression was slightly cold. To others, this was useless, but it was just right for Bing Ling!

Very few people knew about Bing Ling's special talent. If there was any chance that it was exposed, it should have been when Qingqing met the Fifth Prince's wife on the way.

It seems that there are at least three parties behind yesterday's incident...

Sure enough, Zhu San continued:

"I used some tricks and followed the clues to finally find the Fifth Prince's residence."

"Xuan Si, how about you?"

"My Lord, those two human traffickers confessed after only being whipped a dozen times. However, they only did the work for the money and didn't know who the superiors were."

Seeing his master's dissatisfaction, he immediately added:

"However, they both said that they were originally ordered to find the right time to kill the witnesses..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a deathly silence all around him, as if everyone present was frozen. Although Xuan Si didn't understand why, he instinctively sensed danger. His tongue was a little tied, and he said hesitantly:

"Lord, master."

"go on."

Xuanyuan Yan almost clenched his teeth as he spat out these words. When he heard the words "murder to silence the witness", his heart instantly turned cold, and the blood in his body seemed to have frozen.

When he thought about how he almost lost his beloved girl, his heart tightened and it hurt so much that he couldn't breathe.

Xuan Si looked at the other three brothers helplessly. Seeing that they were all looking at him with pity, he couldn't help swallowing and continued:

"The two said that later on, for some unknown reason, the higher-ups changed their minds. They gave them another 1,000 taels of silver and asked them to find a way to send Miss Qingyue there..."

He finally realized what the problem was, and began to speak hesitantly. He couldn't imagine if his master knew his intentions, would he tear him into pieces in a rage?

"Where to send it? Xuan Si, don't make me ask it a second time!"

The coffee table beside them was instantly smashed into pieces, with wood chips flying everywhere. The four brothers Qing Yi were all shocked. Their master was completely pissed off!

"Send him to the lowest brothel!"

Xuan Si closed his eyes tightly, and after speaking quickly he didn't dare to breathe. He held his breath and waited to bear the wrath of his master, but he heard no movement.

He quietly opened his eyes and saw that his master's face was ashen, his lips were pale, and his eyes were almost spitting fire.

So...scary!