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"Why are you guys hanging around here instead of working?"

Bei Zhenting and Li Qingyun entered the main hall one after another. They were already in a bad mood, and seeing a group of people gathered in the main hall and making a lot of noise made them even more upset.

Everyone hurriedly saluted, and Wang Guangcheng explained: "Your Majesty Lingyu is dead, and I have sent people to capture the criminal and are trying him!"

Spirit fish?

Those two white fish? Bei Zhenting remembered seeing two fish of special colors in Longxin Palace. They were said to bring good luck. He thought they were interesting and asked his brother for them to bring back to raise.

The people of Northern Qi sent these two fish from thousands of miles away and they did not die. They were kept in the palace for several months and did not die. Unexpectedly, they died at this moment.

Thinking that he had asked his brother for it, even though it was just two fish, Bei Zhenting was still very angry, his face turned ugly, "Who did it?"

Among the crowd, except for Wang Guangcheng, the other servants rarely saw the prince on weekdays, and no one had ever seen the prince with such a face. They were all so scared that they dared not breathe, and Qing'er was also scared and dared not speak.

"Reporting to the prince, someone pointed out that it was done by the princess's servant Yun Qing'er." Wang Guangcheng bowed and said to Bei Zhenting.

Bei Zhenting looked coldly at the maid he had never seen before. Just as he was about to hold her accountable, Luo Yao pulled Luo Xinchen in.

Bei Zhenting's face turned even worse when he saw Luo Yao.

He can't manage his own servants, but he still comes to support them. It seems that he has been too good to Luo Yao these days!

Wang Guangcheng saw Luo Yao dragging the little bastard over, and walked over to Qing'er and said, "Now everyone is here, the prince and the princess are here. Yun Qing'er, have you figured out who did this?"

Qing'er glanced at the young master, lowered her head, and did not speak for a long time.

Seeing Qing'er's expression, Luo Yao was afraid that he would be threatened by those people, so he immediately said: "Qing'er, it wasn't you who did it, just tell me, don't be afraid of them!" After saying that, Luo Yao glared at Bei Zhenting fiercely.

Bei Zhenting snorted coldly and looked impatiently at Qing'er, who was kneeling on the ground without saying a word. "Who did it?"

Qing'er gritted her teeth and looked up, facing Bei Zhenting. "Your Highness, it was Qing'er who killed the spirit fish. Qing'er noticed the fish's unique color and caught it on the shore. But it died a short while after leaving the water."

Lies! Qing'er is lying! They must have threatened him!

Luo Yao walked towards the so-called spirit fish placed in a wooden basin. It was just a white goldfish.

"Can you do an autopsy?"

Luo Yao said something shocking, he actually wanted to examine the fish corpse.

Bei Zhenting looked at him like a fool and said sarcastically, "There's evidence and witnesses, and your maid has confessed. What else is there for the princess to refuse to accept?"

"If someone feeds the fish too much food, they won't know how to eat too much and will die. The lotus pond is so big. How can a little girl like Qing'er catch only two spirit fish in the pond with her bare hands? There are at least a hundred fish in the lotus pond. If you want to catch these spirit fish, if you are not familiar with the habits of fish, it will probably be difficult to do it."

Bei Zhenting thought Luo Yao's analysis made sense. Seeing that the prince was confused, Wang Guangcheng presented the remaining fish feed from yesterday, "Your Highness, this fish feed is half a box every day, and yesterday half of it was not even finished."

Bei Zhenting looked at the box of fish feed that was more than half full, then looked at Luo Yao, "Does Princess have anything else to say?"

Luo Yao looked at the half-finished fish feed and thought that someone might have replaced yesterday's fish feed. He wanted to struggle again, "Then maybe someone secretly replaced it!"

Luo Yao was actually about to start playing dirty. Bei Zhenting chuckled: "Has the fish feed been changed? Fish feed that's been left overnight will get damp. Can't the princess see that?"

Luo Yao wanted to think that maybe someone added water, used steam, or covered it with a towel to dampen it...

Bei Zhenting found his expression very funny and said, "If your princess still has questions, I can ask Divine Doctor Ye to examine the fish corpse."

Bei Zhenting specifically emphasized the word "fish corpse".

When Wang Guangcheng heard that they were going to dissect the spirit fish's corpse, he immediately objected: "You absolutely cannot do that, Your Highness. This spirit fish carries good fortune. If we operate on the fish's corpse and see blood, it will probably bring bad luck to me, Dacheng!" Wang Guangcheng looked superstitious.

Bei Zhenting was a little hesitant when he saw that Wang Guangcheng could say that killing a fish affected the fate of Dacheng Country. After all, fate was something very superstitious. They didn't believe in it, but the people did!

Seeing Bei Zhenting hesitate, Wang Guangcheng offered a suggestion: "Your Highness, there is actually another way to find the culprit. Yesterday, someone saw this maid staying around the lotus pond for a long time. Whoever caught this spirit fish must have come into contact with the water, and their clothes must have gotten wet. If the princess and this maid still have a grievance, why not find out who got their clothes wet!"

Wang Guangcheng deliberately ignored Luo Xinchen, who had also been playing by the lotus pond the previous day, because punishing Yun Qing'er would be more beneficial to him than simply making Luo Xinchen stand. As for how he knew Luo Xinchen's shoes were soaked, it was naturally from the servant guarding the west courtyard gate who told him! He knew the whole story from the beginning!

When Qing'er heard that they were going to check whose clothes were wet, she couldn't sit still for a moment when she thought of the young master's wet shoes that were still hanging outside the house today.

"Your Highness, there's no need to investigate! Qing'er killed the spirit fish!"

Luo Yao also realized that these people just wanted to make them suffer in silence. Luo Yao was so angry that his teeth itched. Just as he was about to explain, he saw Qing'er cast an almost pleading look at him!

Qing'er!

Luo Yao was very angry, staring at Bei Zhenting with his eyes, determined to stare a hole in Bei Zhenting.

Bei Zhenting naturally felt his gaze, but seeing Luo Yao being humiliated today, he was inexplicably happy. He ignored Luo Yao's gaze and asked him jokingly, "What are you going to do with this, Princess?"

Luo Yao didn't say anything.

Wang Guangcheng saw this and interrupted, "Your Highness, since this princess has already begged for mercy, why not punish this little maid to wash clothes in the laundry room for three months? It just so happens that the laundry room is short of a maid."

Bei Zhenting frowned. He didn't get a spanking, so the punishment was too light. He was about to increase the punishment when he suddenly realized what he had said before, "The princess has already pleaded so hard." Bei Zhenting's gaze turned to Luoyang's face. Luoyao still had that glare that looked as if he wanted to punch a hole in his throat.

Suddenly finding it very interesting, Bei Zhenting agreed to the punishment.

Having suffered a loss in silence, several people were filled with resentment. On the way back to the West Courtyard, Luo Yao cursed the ancestors of Bei Zhenting, Wang Guangcheng and the two maids who testified.

Qing'er felt aggrieved, but she felt relieved after hearing the young master cursing those people, and a smile finally appeared on her face.

Luo Yao held her shoulders and said, "Qing'er, I'm sorry for wronging you this time. Don't worry, this young master won't let you suffer in the laundry room!"

Qing'er nodded with tears in her eyes, thinking that Luo Yao was just comforting her. After all, the laundry room was far away from Yong'an Garden, and the eldest young master was in the west courtyard and couldn't help her anyway.

Luo Yao comforted Qing'er and slapped Luo Xinchen with a coin. "Little guy, it's because of you that Qing'er got punished. Don't play with fish in the water anymore!"

Luo Xinchen touched his forehead, which had been flicked. He was confused. He didn't know what had happened! Why did his brother punish Sister Qing'er just because he had quarreled with the big devil for a while? And his brother flicked his coin! It hurt!

The three of them returned to the West Courtyard. Ah Shi had already prepared lunch. Ah Shi's cooking skills were average, and the others were in a bad mood and had no interest in cooking. They just sat down and ate casually.

A Shi also knew the whole story.

"Master, Qing'er didn't get a beating, and the punishment was so light. Why does Wang Guangcheng suddenly plead for you? I feel weird."

Luo Yao felt annoyed when he thought of Wang Guangcheng's fake smile. "What else could it be? His brain must have been stuck in the door!"

"Qing'er, be careful when you go to the laundry room. I always feel that Butler Wang has bad intentions!" A Shi still reminded.

"Don't worry, Ah Shi." Qing'er clenched her fists. "When I see that bastard Wang Guangcheng, I want to beat him up. If he dares to play any tricks, I will definitely beat him so hard that his mother won't even recognize him!"