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After taking the criminal away, Feng Qingluan returned to the Yun family.

Seeing her coming back, Master Yun asked:

"Qingluan, has the matter been settled?"

Feng Qingluan said: "Well, it's over, let's go back home."

The other members of the Yun family breathed a sigh of relief.

Feng Qingluan was not burned at the stake, and the real murderer was found, clearing the Yun family of suspicion.

Everyone was happy, except Xie Ying, who looked solemn.

She just glanced at Feng Qingluan, and Feng Qingluan looked back at her. The moment their eyes met, she felt that there seemed to be some deep meaning in Feng Qingluan's eyes that she could not understand.

Xie Ying felt guilty and quickly looked away.

On the way back, she was worried whether Feng Qingluan had discovered her secret. Yun Huaiyin saw that she was worried all the way and said:

"Princess, are you feeling unwell?"

When Qi Wei rushed towards Xie Ying, not to mention Xie Ying, he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, there was no danger.

Xie Ying didn't know what to say, so she nodded and said:

"Yeah, I'm a little scared. That scene just now was too thrilling."

Yun Huaiyin comforted him:

"It's okay. The danger is over. No one was injured. This is the best outcome."

Xie Ying pulled the corner and replied bitterly: "Yeah."

After returning to the Yun Mansion, Xie Ying was still uneasy. Yun Huaiyin suggested that Feng Qingluan come and see her, but Xie Ying insisted on refusing and rested in the room, saying that she was frightened.

After Feng Qingluan gave Qi Wei a simple treatment for his injuries, she handed over the task of guarding him to Xie Jin.

Later, someone from the yamen came and arrested the real murderer, who had nothing to do with the Yun family. Lord Yu ordered the lifting of the order to suspend the Yun family's business, and everyone in the government was very happy.

In the evening, the family had a lively dinner.

Feng Qingluan didn't see Xie Ying, so she asked Yun Huaiyin.

Yun Huaiyin said that she was resting in the room, and Feng Qingluan drooped her eyelashes.

Xie Ying must have realized that she knew something and was avoiding her. Qi Wei's matter was over, and it was her turn next.

Xie Ying was lying on the bed, feeling extremely hungry. She wanted to go to the front hall to eat, but was afraid of meeting Feng Qingluan, so she just lay there on the bed.

Just as she was complaining about why Biqing hadn't brought her food yet, there was a knock on the door, and Xie Ying rolled out of bed:

"Biqing, you're back too late. This princess is almost starving to death."

However, when she opened the door, she saw Feng Qingluan standing in front of the door with a food box.

Biqing stood aside in a panic and explained:

"Princess, when I went to the kitchen to get food, I ran into Miss Feng. She said she wanted to come and see you in person."

Feng Qingluan stepped into the room gently:

"Biqing, stand guard outside the door."

Seeing her gently put the food box on the table, Xie Ying felt panicky.

"You, why are you here?"

Feng Qingluan said, "Aren't you feeling unwell? I came to see you and I have something to ask you."

Hearing this, Xie Ying's heart suddenly tightened.

Biqing tactfully closed the door, giving the two of them some space to be alone.

Xie Ying nervously walked to the table and sat down:

"What do you want to say?"

She didn't feel hungry at all now, and her whole heart and soul was focused on what Feng Qingluan was about to say.

Feng Qingluan took the meal out of the food box:

"Aren't you hungry? Eat something first so you have the strength to talk."

Xie Ying felt flustered and short of breath, and her temper flared up.

"I'm not in the mood to eat. Tell me what you want to talk to me about first? Did you find out something?"

Seeing that she was fidgeting, Feng Qingluan didn't beat around the bush and got straight to the point:

"Last time I was chased by a group of masked assassins, it was you who sent someone to tell Qi Wei, right?"

Xie Ying's heart was pounding and she tightened her lips.

Feng Qingluan said: "Don't try to deny it. A few days ago I said that I had found the real murderer who killed five civilians. The next day Qi Wei brought people to Yun Mansion to search for the murderer. That time you also sent Bi Qing to tell Qi Wei.

Biqing didn't know that I sent someone to follow her and saw with their own eyes that she met a man in Chui Liu Lane, and then the man entered Feihong Garden.

You lurked beside me and passed information to Qi Wei. I thought I treated you well, but you acted as a traitor and helped Qi Wei harm me. Why?"

Send someone to follow Biqing?

Previously, Xie Ying suspected that Feng Qingluan had noticed something. When Bi Qing went to pass on the message, she asked her if she was being followed. She had a bad feeling at that time.

Now that Feng Qingluan had spoken the story herself, her nervous mood actually calmed down.

She pursed her lips and admitted after a while:

"Yes, I did both of these things."

"reason?"

These two short words contain Xie Ying's endless helplessness and torment.

She raised her eyes, her eyes were sad and sorrowful:

"Father said that if I want to be with Yun Huaiyin, I must be his spy and monitor your actions and report to him."

After saying this, Xie Ying seemed to have all the strength drained away from her body, and tears rolled down her cheeks.

"I don't want to hurt you, but I have no choice. I want to live a good life with Huai Yin. Unfortunately, I am in the royal family and cannot disobey my father. If I don't agree, he will marry me to another man.

I used to hate you, but you helped me and Huai Yin get together, and then when we got along, I knew what kind of person you were. I envied you. You were smart, courageous, and free, and you could decide your own marriage, but I didn't want to. I had to reach an agreement with my father and help him do things. I put you in danger time and time again, and I feel sorry for you."

As Xie Ying spoke, tears of pain flowed down her face.

She sincerely apologized to Feng Qingluan, but she was really helpless.

Feng Qingluan looked at him:

"What did you tell me to his people?"

Xie Ying wiped her tears and said:

"Except for the two recent times you mentioned, the assassination at Qingxin Temple, and the time when I told Father that you were going to Baihua Mountain to pay respect to your parents, there were only these three times, and there were no more."

That night at Qingxin Temple, Feng Qingluan and the Yun family were assassinated by a large-scale assassination attempt. She later felt extremely regretful when she thought about it.

If anyone was hurt because of her that night, she would never forgive herself for the rest of her life.

Fortunately, Feng Qingluan had great means and she used some mysterious method to rescue everyone.

After discussing this matter with her father that day, her father asked her to ask how the Yun family returned to the capital from Qingxin Temple. She asked around, and they all said they had no memory of it, and the guards also said they didn't know what happened.

She still hasn't figured this out.

Xie Ying confessed that she was also the one who did the Qingxin Temple incident. She was caught between her father and Feng Qingluan, and had been tortured enough during this period.

She told all this to Feng Qingluan, not expecting her forgiveness, but only hoping that the torment in her heart would be alleviated.

Xie Ying was in tears, and it was obvious that she was really helpless and had no other options.

Feng Qingluan understood her situation and knew that the wrong things she had done could not be let go.

She said, "You and my cousin love each other. Even if I can help you, I can't let you stay by my side and put your life in danger."

Xie Ying was shocked and sad, and raised her head:

"Are you going to expose me?"

Then she smiled bitterly and shook her head:

"I have done so many things to let you down, and I deserve to be punished. If you expose me, I will not blame you. No matter what Huai Yin will do to me after knowing this, it is all my own fault. I will not blame anyone. I will just treat it as a dream. When I wake up, everything will return to the way it was before."