The daily life of the little princess of the royal group

"Yueyue, Yueyue, wake up." Lan Yuer pushed the sleeping Mingyue.

"Ah?" Mingyue rubbed her eyes. "It's not even daybreak yet. Sister Yu'er, let's sleep a little longer."

Lan Yu'er watched her turn over and fall asleep again, so she said, "General Zhao and Dad stayed up all night yesterday, interrogating the children again. They found some suspicious points and are now going to see Village Chief Luo. Do you want to come with us?"

One, two, three, Lan Yuer counted silently in her heart. If she really couldn't wake up, she wouldn't force her and she could continue to hold the little girl while she slept.

But the next moment after counting to three, Mingyue sat up suddenly, unable to open her eyes. She opened her arms, and her two maids started to change her clothes.

Sure enough, just as General Zhao said, this little princess really has the world in her heart, and the look in his eyes when he looked at her became even gentler.

Mingyue didn't know what Lan Yuer was thinking, she just felt that her eyes became even hotter.

At this moment, it was exactly two quarters past the hour of Mao. It was the first time that Mingyue got up so early. She was held in Lan Yuer's arms, listening to the squeaking sound of her feet stepping on the snow, and almost fell asleep again.

Finally, they arrived at the interrogation room. Torches were already lit in the room and Village Chief Luo was sitting at the table. It looked like he was going to torture them.

Mingyue was a little confused. If they wanted to torture her, they probably wouldn't let her be present. They must be trying to scare Village Chief Luo.

Lan Yuer took her quietly to the compartment, where breakfast and hot tea were already prepared.

Mingyue had no appetite. She just held the steaming tea and sat in the corner, listening to the noise outside.

"Lan—ah—Lan County Magistrate," Village Chief Luo stretched lazily. "It's so early in the morning, before the sun even comes out, and you're so impatient to bring me here. What's the matter?"

Before anyone could reply, he continued, "Although I am a commoner, I am not someone you officials can summon and dismiss at will. Be careful or I will go and report you!"

Lantian stared at the old man in front of him with dark circles under his eyes, almost staring him into a hole. "Village Chief Luo, do you know what we did last night?"

Village Chief Luo looked at him obscenely, "What did you and your wife do? I, an old man, don't know."

Lantian slammed the scroll on the table and said, "Last night, several of us asked the children about the dead."

"Especially, the identity and appearance of the deceased."

As he spoke, Lantian kept watching the expression on Village Chief Luo's face, not missing a single detail. He happened to catch a glimpse of panic in his eyes. "Village Chief Luo, do you think that just because these people are dead, everything will be fine?"

"I...I..." He hesitated, unable to articulate his reasoning. "I didn't, sir. I'm Village Chief Luo. I've been in this position for decades. Even if I haven't made any achievements, I've worked hard. I've never done anything harmful in my life. I've always been conscientious and diligent..."

"Could it be that since you couldn't find any information about the bandits, you planned to use me as a scapegoat?!"

His eyes were filled with fear, as if he had discovered something terrible. Lantian just watched him perform quietly.

Seeing that he had finally calmed down, he said, "Village Chief Luo, I have a few questions that I hope you can help answer."

Village Chief Luo nodded and said, "You go ahead."

"First, the body you identified as 'Luo Younian' is your son, right? You're not mistaken, are you?"

Village Chief Luo's eyes were red and tears were flowing. It was obvious that his tears were more genuine than the previous times he pretended to cry. Although there were tears, they were not many. "Of course, my poor son!"

"Oh?" Lantian looked up curiously. "I heard that your son injured his back while hunting in the mountains last year and is unable to move. How come the coroner's autopsy revealed that the owner of this body was in good health and showed no signs of injury."

"This...this...my son did fall, but the rumors outside are a bit exaggerated. In fact, he just sprained his waist and will be fine in a few days." Village Chief Luo looked left and right, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.

"The second thing is, you said there was a corpse named Luo Guihua, right?" Lantian said.

Village Chief Luo nodded vigorously. "Yes, she lives at the foot of the mountain in the north. She's an old lady, older than me."

"Really? Village Chief Luo?" Lan Tian scoffed. "But the coroner investigated and found that the female corpse was three months pregnant. Are you saying that a woman in her fifties or sixties can still have children?"

"Then, how should I know? She must be messing around everywhere. She's so old, but she has no shame!" Village Chief Luo was a little excited.

"Third, do you know who the mother of the surviving baby girl is?"

Village Chief Luo lowered his head and said, "Well, the daughter-in-law of Old Li's family in the west just gave birth."

"Oh, I see." Lantian nodded.

"Village Chief Luo, what are you hiding?" Lantian shouted angrily!

Village Chief Luo immediately trembled all over, "I, I, I didn't hide anything, nothing!"

Seeing that he was still stubborn, he asked someone to light the stove. Lantian picked up the iron and threw it into the stove, which instantly caused several sparks to fly. "I'm afraid that our Fuchuan County Government has not taken good care of you these days."

"Today, I will personally cook for you a dish of roasted pork belly."

Village Chief Luo's legs couldn't stop shaking. Looking at the branding iron that was getting redder and redder, how could he not know what Lantian was trying to do!

He fell to his knees, "Lan County Magistrate, Lan County Magistrate, I really didn't do anything! Please let me go!"

Lantian raised a mocking smile at the corner of his mouth, "Don't worry, your two little grandsons are waiting in line behind you. I won't forget them and will make sure they are well fed."

As he said this, he asked someone to bring the two children in.

"No! No! I'm telling you, isn't that enough?" His grandson was his weak spot. He couldn't let his noble bloodline stop here! He couldn't become the sinner of his family!

But Lantian didn't care and just asked someone to hold him down.

Until the two naughty kids were really brought in, Village Chief Luo, who was originally white-haired but in very good health, suddenly looked haggard and sat on the ground like a seventy-year-old man.

Seeing that the two children were about to be carried up, he hurriedly crawled to Lantian's side and hugged his legs, "Sir, I am guilty! It was me who colluded with the bandits and specifically ordered that no one in the village be allowed to go out that night. The bandits promised to give me 10,000 taels of silver and save my family's lives afterwards, so I..."

Everyone present opened their mouths wide. They never imagined that it was the village chief who colluded with outsiders to cause the entire village to be massacred!

But no one present believed everything he said. It seemed that they had to get a lot of things out of this old man.

"Someone, come here, gag these two kids and lock them up next door." Lantian said.

"Yes!"