After swallowing my anger and taking the blame, I became the lucky little queen

"No, you're angry about this too?!" Jingzhe was confused.

What does his taking private jobs have to do with the Crown Prince of Donggong?

Nian Susu used his eyes to appease Qin Junyu.

He looked down at Jingzhe condescendingly and it took him a while before he was willing to sit down.

"Oh, I might as well tell you everything." Jingzhe scratched his head, "Actually, this isn't the first time I've taken on a private job. I need to earn more money because I want to buy a house in Shengjing."

"Two taels of silver a month is not enough?" Qin Junyu was shocked but also a little dissatisfied.

You have to know that the monthly salary of maids and guards in the prime minister's mansion was only 20 coins, and two taels was 10 times more.

The salary and benefits at Tianxuan Villa are ranked second in the world, and no one dares to rank first. Even so, Jingzhe still has to take private jobs. I'm afraid he would have to be the prime minister and receive 200 taels a month to be satisfied.

Nian Susu was also shocked that the salary at Tianxuan Villa was so high, so he asked casually, "Are you still hiring at Tianxuan Villa?"

The owner of Tianxuan Mountain Villa: ...

Jingzhe was even more dissatisfied, "Your Highness, you live in the emperor's East Palace, so of course you don't know what the housing prices in Shengjing are now! Just a one-bedroom apartment on the outskirts of the city costs five hundred taels of silver, not to mention the prosperous area in the city, where a fifty-square-meter house sells for a thousand taels!"

Mentioning the housing prices in Shengjing, Jingzhe immediately became furious, ready to have a serious talk with Qin Junyu, "What does one thousand taels mean? I need money every month for food, drink, defecation, and urination, right? I also need money for illness and injury, right? So the most I can save in a month is one tael. If I want to buy a house in Shengjing, I'll have to save money for 84 years! And the housing prices are still rising!"

"84 years..." Jingzhe wailed to the sky, "Whether I can live to be 84 is still a question."

Qin Junyu was speechless when he saw how desperate he was.

He really hadn't paid attention to the housing prices in Shengjing, and thought that if anyone wanted a house, they could just move their fingers and give it to him.

Nian Susu sighed secretly, this is not Shengjing, this is clearly Beijing!

In this place where every inch of land is worth a lot of money, her home is actually the second largest house in Shengjing! In the past, I only knew that she was a daughter of a wealthy family, but I never really experienced what it felt like to be rich. Now that I know the housing prices, this kind of wealth suddenly becomes concrete.

Her lifelong dream came true after she traveled through the book - to become a rich second-generation who never had to worry about food and clothing.

Nian Susu and Jingzhe, one was so happy about being a rich second generation that he was confused, and the other was angry about the ever-increasing housing prices in Shengjing. No one suspected why the prince of the East Palace knew that the monthly allowance of Tianxuan Villa was one or two taels.

Qin Junyu himself realized it only later, and in order to prevent the two from reacting, he had to find a way to baffle the topic.

"The high housing prices in Shengjing are not a reason for you to go against the organization," he said seriously.

Jingzhe didn't care. "As long as I'm not discovered, it's fine. Do you think I'm the only one in Tianxuan Villa who comes out to take private jobs?"

"Who else?" Qin Junyu's dark eyes suddenly flashed with two rays of light, and he was so excited that he almost grabbed Jingzhe's arm.

Jingzhe glanced at him suspiciously, and subconsciously leaned back to move away from him, "What does it have to do with you? I have a bottom line when I come out to make a living! No matter what, I will not betray my fellow apprentices."

Qin Junyu's expression was indifferent. He was not angry because of his attitude. Instead, he felt a little... relieved.

Nian Susu was increasingly unable to understand the way these two people got along.

Jingzhe successfully used the housing prices in Shengjing to convince the two men that he had taken the job privately to investigate the case.

Nian Susu told Jingzhe the murderer's body shape and facial features in detail, hoping it would be helpful to him.

Jingzhe left the East Wing and let out a long breath. Although it was not good to lie, he really had no choice...

……

When Qin Junyu returned, Axuan was waiting for him in the corridor.

Qin Junyu glanced at him and motioned for him to follow him into the house.

Before entering the room, Axuan looked around to make sure that there was no one around.

"Master, you asked me to investigate the cause of death of elder sister Jingzhe last time, and I have found out." He stood in front of the sandalwood table with his head down.

"Yeah." Qin Junyu sorted out the documents on the table and nodded to signal him to continue.

"It's strange. The girl died in the Jiangnan area ten years ago, but her death was exactly the same as the murder case that happened in Shengjing in the past few days... She was naked and her lower body was cut into a bloody mess."

Even someone like Ah Falcon, who was used to seeing blood and killing people without blinking an eye, couldn't help but frown when he mentioned that scene. It was really cruel.

"And Jingzhe's background is not as written in his file. His family is not poor. His family is a well-known wealthy family in the Jiangnan area, but his parents died unexpectedly when he was four years old, and then his family fell into poverty."

Qin Junyu put down a stack of official documents, clenched his fist and pressed it hard on it. His already gloomy eyes added a bit of anger, which made people shudder.

It seems that Jingzhe's deceased sister and the three young ladies of Shengjing were all killed by the same person. Jingzhe's concealed family background just happened to match the murderer's "targeting young ladies from wealthy families".

From Jiangnan to Shengjing, that devil must have killed more than four people in the past ten years. Perhaps no less than a hundred young girls have died at his hands.

If we catch him someday, I won't be able to vent my hatred even if I cut him into pieces!

The master and servant thought of the same thing at the same time.

When Axuan received the order to investigate Jingzhe for the first time, he sent people to monitor Jingzhe. Naturally, he knew that he had gone down the mountain secretly and was collecting clues about the murder case in Beijing.

At first he thought Jingzhe had taken private work without telling his superiors and was caught by Qin Junyu. Now that he had found out his background, he understood why he was so obsessed with this case.

The eight-year-old boy watched his sister die tragically, and the seeds of hatred were sown. Now he is eighteen years old, and he still wants to avenge his sister.

Qin Junyu closed his eyes and said, "Go check the murder cases that occurred in the area from Jiangnan to Shengjing in the past ten years to see if there are any similar cases to this one."

If there is, then that's it. If not, that's best.

A Falcon took the order but did not leave immediately.

As expected, before anyone could ask, Qin Junyu said, "By the way, let each minister pay attention to whether the people under their command are staying in the mountains obediently. Especially the people in the Time Division."

Ah Falcon suppressed his laughter and said, "Yes."

He left without looking back.

Qin Junyu looked at the bright moonlight outside the window, his thoughts slowly drifting away, and he thought of Nian Susu.

The first time he met her was at the Queen's birthday banquet. He came forward to greet her and congratulate her, but she left the table in front of hundreds of ministers without giving them any face. The reason behind this was that she had diarrhea. But when the news got out, it turned out that the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion hated the Prince.

The misunderstanding was so much that even after so long I still find it infuriating and funny when I think about it.

The second time they met, he was killing someone in a restaurant and she caught him. However, at that time, his identity was Xuan Ji, the owner of Tianxuan Villa, so she was scared out of her wits and had to use "antidote" to trade for a chance of survival.

Qin Junyu laughed in silence, as if everything became very interesting as long as it was related to her, even himself.

If Ah Falcon hadn't said unintentionally that day, "Your Highness, I feel that your mood has improved a lot recently", he wouldn't have noticed.