The queen is spoiling the king and madly criticizing him for spoiling her

[The shopkeeper has made it so clear, the princess wouldn't still unconditionally trust that scholar, would she?]

Xie Qingzhi's face suddenly turned gloomy.

None of the servants in the princess's mansion look like scholars.

There are many thieves who want to disguise themselves as scholars to confuse people and sell things away.

[Even though I've already started to doubt the scholar, I still want to give him another chance. Unfortunately, my wish will be dashed.]

Xie Qingzhi was hesitant, so Gu Jianchu had no choice but to ask, "What does the scholar look like?"

The shopkeeper thought for a moment and said truthfully, "That person is delicate and fair-skinned. He always wears a crescent-colored robe when he comes here, and he also wears a jade pendant around his waist."

"By the way, there's a beauty mark on the scholar's neck. He's been coming to sell things more often, so I can't help but pay more attention to him."

"He's a delicate, fair-skinned man with a beauty mark on his neck. This thief should be easy to find. I wonder if my eldest sister has any impression of him. You can go to the mansion and bring him here so the shopkeeper can identify him."

Xie Qingzhi likes men who are a bit weak, but the man with a beauty mark on his neck is the only one who likes the scholar. At that time, Xie Qingzhi was attracted by the beauty mark on his neck and found it attractive.

【Xie Qingzhi must be sweating profusely.】

Xie Qingzhi didn't say anything, his expression was a little complicated.

"Someone, go and invite Meng Yu into the palace." Xie Qingzhi tried hard to suppress his anger.

She was very kind to Meng Yu and doted on him in every way. She even put aside her pride and went to the palace to beg the emperor for him. She never expected that this bastard would repay her like this.

Stealing things from her eldest princess's mansion.

Xie Qingzhi still has her own bottom line and will never allow anyone to betray her.

Without the emperor's consent, the shopkeeper had to kneel on the ground and dared not get up. He could only huddle inward and try to reduce his presence as much as possible.

[Fuck. 】

【There is actually a big melon. 】

Xie Ci'an raised his brows.

What kind of big scandal could his eldest sister be involved in?

Meng Yu not only stole the princess's jewelry and pawned it to pay off the loan shark, but also gave the stolen jewelry to the prostitute he had redeemed.

The courtesan, who frequents high-end establishments and has seen many high-ranking officials, immediately recognized the gold hairpin Meng Yu gave her as a valuable item and couldn't let it go. Today, she took it with her best friend while shopping.

[She was mainly showing off her gold hairpin to her best friends. She was showing off intentionally, and her best friends were envious of the woman who had found a good man. They had just arrived at a shop when they ran into Xia Zhi coming out.]

It was nothing at first, but the woman was so careless that she bumped into Xia Zhi, knocking her hairpin to the ground. Xia Zhi tried to pick it up, but instead of apologizing, she scolded him for being blind. Xia Zhi, being close to the princess, naturally wouldn't get angry. He immediately started arguing with the woman. During the argument, Xia Zhi noticed that the hairpin in her hand was exactly the same as the one the princess had lost.

This hairpin was the only one the Empress had given to the eldest princess as a dowry. Xia Zhi looked at it again and again, but when he was sure he didn't recognize the woman holding it, he immediately took it away.

[The woman was quite arrogant at the time, but after Xia Zhi taught her a lesson, she immediately became obedient. Xia Zhi then ordered a search of the woman's home, and she personally brought the woman into the palace.]

[Originally, the Princess and Xia Zhi didn't know of her existence, so why would they bother provoking Xia Zhi?]

The scholar wasn't very smart either. If he had stolen some ordinary gold or silver jewelry, it wouldn't have been easy for him to be recognized.

[He's not very knowledgeable, but he has a good eye. The items he stole were all designed and crafted by the eldest princess herself, or from the palace. You can't find anything exactly like them on the market.]

[I just wonder if the princess will learn from her mistakes after seeing the scholar's true face.]

【It’s really rare for people to fall in the same place all the time. 】

Xia Zhi arrived at Kunning Palace before Cheng Song.

Xia Zhi presented a golden hairpin to Xie Qingzhi and said, "Princess, take a look and see if this is the dowry sent to you by the Holy Mother Queen Mother."

Xie Qingzhi had a lot of jewelry, and some of it was stored away by her. She knew that a lot of it was missing from her makeup box, but she didn't expect that even her locked up dowry was lost. It seemed that there really was a big thief in the mansion. "Where did you find it?"

"Bring the person in." As Xia Zhi's voice fell, two guards carried a lady dressed in fancy clothes into the inner hall.

"I bumped into this lady in front of the Lotus Fragrance Garden shop. The hairpin fell from her. I immediately recognized it as the princess's dowry. I remember that the princess had kept it in the storeroom. I don't know when it was lost."

One of the guards kicked the brothel girl in the knee. The woman screamed in pain and fell forward.

The brothel girl was arrested before for unknown reasons. After a few simple conversations, what is there to understand?

Following Xie Qingzhi's wave, the two guards pressed the brothel girl in front of Xie Qingzhi like a chicken. For fear that the brothel girl would take the opportunity to hurt Xie Qingzhi, the two guards did not dare to let go of the brothel girl's arms.

Xie Qingzhi leaned forward and slowly lifted the woman's chin with the golden hairpin in her hand. "Where did you get this golden hairpin? If you are willing to tell the truth, I may consider giving you a break. But if you dare to deceive me, I will definitely scratch your face with this golden hairpin."

The golden hairpin in Xie Qingzhi's hand brushed across the woman's cheek.

The woman was so frightened that she instinctively wanted to hide back, her body trembling uncontrollably. "Princess, please be aware. This hairpin was bought by a commoner."

"Oh, where did you buy it?" Xie Qingzhi asked casually, but his whole body exuded a deathly aura.

Xia Zhi interrupted, "Did you buy it? I remember you told your sisters that this hairpin was given to you by your lover. I advise you to think it over carefully before you speak. Otherwise, tell me which store you bought it from. I'll send someone to check it out."

The woman who originally wanted to get away with it by lying was instantly frightened and panicked, "I remember now, I didn't buy this hairpin, it was given to me by my lover."

Xia Zhi stepped forward and slapped the woman twice. Her cheeks flushed red and her head felt dizzy. "She didn't tell a word of truth. One moment she said she bought it, and the next moment she said it was a gift from her lover."

The woman's glimmer of hope vanished instantly. Her body trembled like a sieve, and her eyes shone with fear. "I didn't lie this time. It was indeed sent by my lover who redeemed me from the brothel."

"What's the name of the lover who redeemed you?" Gu Jianchu interrupted and asked.

The woman looked through Xie Qingzhi at Gu Jianchu, who was sitting there in gorgeous clothes. Although there was a smile between his eyebrows, the aura he exuded was no weaker than that of the crazy woman in front of him who could beat people.

At the critical moment of life and death, the woman chose to flee without hesitation. "The lover who redeemed me is called Meng Yu, and he lives next door to me."