Yu Xiaoqiao lay in a rocking chair with her eyes closed, humming: "The fragrance is about to dissipate, but the wind blows it wilder and wilder, and wherever the ashes are scattered, there is anger and greed..."

"Miss Yu, your heart is as broad as the sea. Even after such a big thing happened, you can still hum a song." A familiar voice sounded in my ears.

Yu Xiaoqiao raised her eyelids and saw Li Lingyan climbing in through the window. She smiled and said, "It seems inappropriate for the Third Prince to break into the Prime Minister's residence at night!"

Li Lingyan saw that she had a cotton band wrapped around her head, and his eyes were filled with tension and concern, but he said sarcastically: "What's wrong with her head? Did Empress Rong bite it?"

"Well...that's right, so sad!" Yu Xiaoqiao complained helplessly.

Li Lingyan's eyes flashed with tenderness, and his hand could not help but touch Yu Xiaoqiao's forehead, but he stopped suddenly and said lightly: "It's not serious, right?"

"She won't die. Someone did something bad and switched the goods. Concubine Rong's face became like that. How could she not be angry!" Yu Xiaoqiao said pitifully.

"Empress Rong is famous for her bad temper. Apart from this, you are not injured anywhere else, right?" Li Lingyan asked stiffly, grabbing Yu Xiaoqiao's sleeves.

Yu Xiaoqiao said angrily, "Look at you, you don't have any sympathy at all? You know how to be gentle and kind to women? You come here to torture me in the middle of the night?"

"How dare I? Give it to--" Li Lingyan said in a gangster tone, handing Yu Xiaoqiao a light green jade jar.

"What?" Yu Xiaoqiao asked curiously.

"It's a medicine for external injuries. I heard that it won't leave scars. It's from my maid, and since she didn't use it, I brought it to you." Li Lingyan said casually, crossing his legs.

Yu Xiaoqiao curled her lips and said, "Thank you. Goodbye!"

Lao Mu was getting more and more accustomed to the dog's biological clock. He woke up early, paced around and sang.

"The warm spring breeze blows towards us, and the peach blossoms bloom..."

When he saw the jade jar on the table, he stopped suddenly, stared at it without blinking, and said with envy.

"This jar is crystal clear, made of fine old jade. It's a waste of natural resources to use it to store medicine. If you have money, you will be arrogant!"

"Ah, no way. He said it belonged to a maid. Take a look. Can it remove scars?" Yu Xiaoqiao sat up, opened the lid, and handed it to Lao Mu.

Lao Mu looked and sniffed again and again, without saying a word for a long time.

“Hey, you’ve been sniffing for so long, but you still can’t smell it out?” Yu Xiaoqiao rolled her eyes at Lao Mu.

"If you guess correctly, this should be the Nine Flower Jade Snow Frost, which is extremely precious. Legend has it that Empress Xian was injured while saving Emperor Qianlong and left a scar on her face. Emperor Qianlong used the power of the entire country to find this treasure and remove the scar for Empress Xian."

Yu Xiaoqiao thought that Li Lingyan was very generous to his savior.

"Okay, I'm so sleepy. You go back to your room and sleep. I'll sleep too." She drove Lao Mu away, stared at the ceiling for a while, and then buried herself in the quilt.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The hurried knock on the door woke Yu Xiaoqiao up.

"What's the matter? In the middle of the night..." Yu Xiaoqiao said unhappily.

"Miss, it's bad, it's bad... The Dali Temple is here to arrest people!" Lan'er said breathlessly and in panic.

Yu Xiaoqiao was frightened and quickly put on her coat and opened the door, only to find out that the Dali Temple was arresting him under imperial order.

"Hey, Queen Rong, haven't you solved the problem yet? Arresting someone in the middle of the night? I can't stay in this feudal dynasty. I'd better find the Nine Golden Cauldron as soon as possible and go back quickly!" Yu Xiaoqiao said to herself while yawning and walking out.

The cool wind pierced into her body like a knife, making Yu Xiaoqiao even more flustered. She couldn't help but shiver and tightened her robe.

When she reached the outer courtyard, countless torches were jumping, burning her pounding heart, and she thought to herself: Something big has happened!

Yu Wenrui was wearing a green cloak, and the silver-grey lining inside was gleaming in the firelight, which made Yu Xiaoqiao dazed. She couldn't see clearly how angry and solemn his face was in the firelight.

The second wife was wrapped in a black cloak, shivering in the cold wind, but her petite body exuded a fearless aura. She took two steps forward and came to the leading lieutenant.

"Gu Tingwei, what is this all about? Besides, what is it that cannot be discussed tomorrow? You broke into my residence at night and disturbed my whole family. If you don't give me a reason today, don't blame me for being so mean to you, the fifth-rank Tingwei, from now on."

"Replying to the Second Madam, it should not be related to Concubine Rong. I don't know the reason. I am acting on the emperor's orders. Please don't make it difficult for me." Gu Tingwei bowed.

Yu Wenrui's face was as cold as ice, and there was no trace of softness in it even under the firelight.

The Second Wife's eyes were as sharp as knives as she stared at Gu Tingwei fiercely.

"Difficult? How difficult? Since you are following the emperor's order, you have to give a reason. You can't just take the young lady away without knowing it!"

"Your humble servant, I am not concealing the truth on purpose, I just really don't know the inside story. I only know that it concerns Concubine Zhao and the matter is urgent. Your Majesty ordered me to lock the eldest lady in the Sky Prison overnight." Gu Tingwei said helplessly.

The second wife chuckled twice and said, "Heavenly Prison? You throw a 17-year-old girl into Heavenly Prison without knowing anything. Where is justice?"

"Then tie me and Qiao'er together. The child is young and has never seen the blood in the palace. Don't scare him!" The second wife glared at him angrily.

"Aunt, don't worry, I'll go with them." Yu Xiaoqiao walked to the second wife and said softly.

"Sister, you can't go! How can you go to a place like that?"

"Daddy...Daddy..."

The two little ones came running over at some point, grabbed Yu Xiaoqiao's clothes and refused to let go, crying and shouting.

Yu Wenrui waved to Gu Tingwei.

Gu Tingwei trotted a few steps, came in front of Yu Wenrui, and bowed.

Yu Wenrui looked at Gu Tingwei coldly and said in a cold voice: "I will only ask once, think about it before answering?"

After a while, he slowly asked, "What's the matter?"

Gu Tingwei pondered for a moment and said, "Prime Minister, may I have a word with you?"

The two walked away, one in front and the other behind, whispering for a while.

Yu Xiaoqiao naturally couldn't hear anything, but she saw her father's eyes suddenly widen, his eyes became colder, and his expression became more solemn.

After a while, Gu Tingwei led the team out of the prime minister's residence and waited at the door.

Yu Wenrui called Yu Xiaoqiao to his side, briefly explained to her, and said calmly: "Qiao'er, don't be afraid, go with them first, Daddy is here to protect you!"

"Father, I am not afraid. I know the dangers here. Although I am involved, justice is clear and the truth will come out. I am sorry to make you, my aunt, and my sister-in-law worry. I am unfilial. Please accept my greetings."

Seeing how much care his family members had for him and how they could treat him so well despite such a difficult situation, Yu Xiaoqiao's eyes became moist and he knelt down to bid farewell to his father.

Yu Xiaoqiao turned to the second wife and said slowly, "Auntie, don't worry too much. Please trust Qiao'er and I will be able to handle it. Please comfort Daddy. His health is the most important thing."

After a pause, he said seriously.

"Please go to Empress Rong's place twice more. I'll leave the investigation to you. If the goods sold have been swapped, please replace them with new ones based on the purchase list. If anyone is allergic to the fake goods, please provide first aid. I'll write you the method later."

"Qiao'er, don't worry, your aunt will definitely get it done. Just take care of yourself." The second wife said softly.

Immediately, Yu Xiaoqiao went back to the house to pack up.

Yu Xiaoqiao packed some things, wrote down the first aid measures, glanced at the small jade jar, and put it into the package.

She didn't want Lao Mu to go with her to suffer, but Lao Mu said that he had never seen an ancient prison cell and wanted to go and open his eyes, so she put on an invisibility cloak for it.

After all the trouble, it was already dawn. Yu Xiaoqiao, wearing a black cloak, left the prime minister's residence under the "escort" of the inner guards, and walked out with the momentum of "leaving her loyalty to the two Kunlun Mountains whether she stays or goes".

Behind him, the Xiangfu family and their servants were left far behind, worried, anxious, panicked, or afraid...

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