The next day, noon.

Xue Qingyao had just finished dressing up when Wang Defa arrived in person at Minghua Palace with Murong Che's reward.

"Lady Xue, these are all the valuable gifts that the Emperor selected for you from the treasury. You are truly blessed."

After saying this, Wang Defa ordered the palace servants to carry the boxes of rewards into the yard.

Xue Qingyao looked at the rewards piled up like a mountain and smiled proudly.

She casually grabbed a handful of golden beans and stuffed them into Wang Defa's pocket. "Eunuch Wang, whose card did the emperor flip tonight?"

Xue Youli had been in Murong Che's bed for nearly ten consecutive days. Now that Murong Che was poisoned by her lover's poison, she naturally wanted to overshadow Xue Youli and let everyone open their eyes and see who was the woman Murong Che really cared about.

Wang Defa took the golden bean and replied with a smile, "My lord, the emperor has to deal with state affairs tonight and will not turn over anyone's card."

Xue Qingyao was a little disappointed, but thinking of Murong Che's diligence, she didn't ask any more questions. "I see. Thank you for your hard work, Eunuch Wang."

After seeing Wang Defa off, Xue Qingyao immediately called Biyu.

Biyu was wrapped in a thick coat, and although she had taken the medicine, she still felt a little dizzy.

However, she is the only person Xue Qingyao can trust now. Even if she is seriously ill, she still has to do things for Xue Qingyao.

"Master, you called me here... cough cough... what is it about... cough cough cough..."

Before Biyu could finish her question, she started coughing violently.

Xue Qingyao took out a letter from her bosom and handed it to her, "Early tomorrow morning, take the token from Minghua Palace and go out of the palace to buy some rouge and powder for me."

Biyu felt a severe cold and wanted to stay in bed. Now she heard that she had to get up early and leave the palace tomorrow, and her head hurt even more. "Master, you haven't used the rouge and powder I gave you a few days ago... cough cough..."

Seeing her silly expression, Xue Qingyao rolled her eyes and said bluntly, "Of course I don't need that little bit of rouge and powder. I asked you to leave the palace to do something for me. You are the person I value most, and I don't feel comfortable letting anyone else leave the palace."

Seeing the serious expression on her face, Biyu quickly stopped coughing and said, "Master, please speak!"

"Go to No. 438 Yingtian Street in the north of the city, find a woman named Cuiru, and give her this letter."

Xue Qingyao didn't know that during the autumn hunting in Longshou Mountain, Xue Youli and Murong Che learned Cuiru's whereabouts from the hunters.

During this period, they must have sent someone to secretly follow Cuiru. Cuiru not only kept in touch with Xue Qingyao, but also managed several shops left by her mother Yanniang for Xue Qingyao.

Biyu was stunned for a moment, then reached out to take the envelope she handed to her. She found that the envelope felt very thick in her hand, "Master, I have never seen Cuiru before, will I recognize her wrongly?"

"No, she's easy to spot. She has a mole at the corner of her mouth." Xue Qingyao paused before continuing, "You must personally deliver the letter to her! This matter is extremely important. I wouldn't trust anyone else with it. You have to do it yourself!"

Seeing Xue Qingyao's trust in her, Biyu immediately patted her chest and assured Xue Qingyao, "Master, don't worry, I promise to hand it over to Cuiru personally!"

Xue Qingyao waved her hand and said, "Rest early today and leave the palace early tomorrow."

……

Xue Qingyao is finally going to find Cuiru? Great! I've been waiting for this day for so long!

After Xue Youli got the news from the Book of Heavenly Secrets, he immediately wrote a letter, "Xiao Zhongzi, please leave the palace tonight and deliver this letter to Prince Kang's Mansion and give it to Princess Qinghe."

It is not easy for people in the palace to leave the palace, but Xue Youli, as Murong Che's most beloved woman, has privileges in the harem.

As long as she has a legitimate reason, the guards at the palace gate will not stop her.

Xiao Zhongzi carefully put the letter into his arms and said, "Yes! I will personally deliver the letter to Princess Qinghe!"

After Qiu Lie came, she had been waiting for Xue Qingyao and Cui Ru to contact each other, and now she finally got the chance.

In the evening, Xiao Zhongzi left the palace unhindered with the badge of Zhaohua Palace.

He arrived at Prince Kang's mansion, explained his purpose, and soon met Chu Xinyue.

After hearing Xiao Zhongzi's explanation of his purpose, Chu Xinyue couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, "Did Ali ask you to come here?"

"Yes! My mistress asked me to give you this letter! She said that once you read it, you will understand everything."

Chu Xinyue took the letter and read it quickly. "Xiao Zhongzi, please tell your master to prepare a few of my favorite dishes. I will go to see her tomorrow at noon."

"Yes!"

After Xiao Zhongzi left, Chu Xinyue read the contents of Xue Youli's letter and couldn't help but curl her lips. "Da Li, I'll take you out to do something bad tomorrow morning. Do you want to do it?"

After Wang Dali left Xunhuan Tower, he and Chu Xinyue came to live in Prince Kang's Mansion.

Although he was young, he was very smart and hardworking, so Chu Xinyue asked him to learn kung fu from the commander of the mansion.

When Chu Xinyue is free, she will personally teach him a few moves.

During this period, Wang Dali not only learned horse riding and archery, but also improved his martial arts skills a lot compared to before.

He is now Chu Xinyue's personal bodyguard. Just now, when Xiao Zhongzi asked to see Chu Xinyue, he also followed her.

At this moment, after hearing Chu Xinyue's words, Wang Dali's eyes lit up and he rubbed his hands together, saying, "Go! I'll do whatever the princess tells me to do!"

Seeing his straightforward response, Chu Xinyue curled her lips and said, "If I asked you to kill someone and rob them, would you do it?"

"My life was saved by the Princess and Concubine Xi. The person the Princess wants to kill must have committed a heinous crime and deserves to die! The goods the Princess wants to steal must have come from illegal sources and deserve to be robbed!"

Chu Xinyue looked at his righteous expression, and the smile on her face deepened. "If you insist on saying that, it seems to be okay. Let's do it tomorrow!"

"Good Le!"

The next day, Chu Xinyue got up early in the morning as soon as it was light.

She thought she had gotten up early enough, but when she opened the door, she saw the figure squatting on the steps outside her door. "Da Li, why are you here so early?"

Wang Dali heard the door open behind him and immediately stood up, holding the sword in his arms. "I went to bed early last night and got up at the first crow of the rooster! When do we leave?"

Chu Xinyue specially asked a craftsman to tailor the sword for him. He was only fifteen years old. He had not had enough food to eat or warm clothes to wear in Xunhuan Tower for several years. He was half a head shorter than Chu Xinyue. When Chu Xinyue looked at him, she had the illusion that she was employing a child laborer.

Chu Xinyue looked at the eager expression on his face, smiled and waved at him, "Let's go now, let's go!"

"Okay!"

Wang Dali jumped excitedly and followed her closely.

After leaving the palace, the two of them went to Yingtian Street in the north of the city according to the address given by Xue Youli.

At this hour, there were not many people on the streets, and the small vendors had not set up their stalls. Only a few steamed bun and breakfast shops were open, and the streets were extremely quiet.

……

North of the city.

After Biyu followed her aunt who was in charge of purchasing things out of the palace, she came to Yingtian Street alone.

She quickly found No. 438 based on the address given by Xue Qingyao.

This is a very small courtyard with the gate tightly closed.

Biyu stood at the door, raised her hand and knocked on the door five times, then knocked on the door three times more gently.

"I'm coming!"

After a while, a middle-aged woman's voice came from the door, "Who are you?"

Biyu quickly said the code Xue Qingyao had given her, "Aunt Cuiru, I am a maidservant beside Concubine Xue... ahem... she was the one who asked me to leave the palace to find you."

When Cuiru heard Xue Qingyao's name, she opened the gate without saying a word.

She looked at Biyu standing at the door and saw that she was wearing a palace dress. She turned her head and looked into the alley for a few times. Seeing that there was no one in the alley, she pulled Biyu into the yard.

"Are you sent by the young lady? How is the young lady these days? I failed to complete the task assigned by the young lady. She must be very disappointed, right?" After she failed in her assassination mission against Xue Youli during the Autumn Hunt at Longshou Mountain, she had not contacted Xue Qingyao on her own initiative.

Xue Qingyao was too busy to take care of herself during that time, and with Murong Ye in trouble, she was busy raising the love Gu and did not look for Cuiru.

Biyu met Cuiru's lost and self-blaming eyes, coughed a few times, and then replied, "My mistress is very good. She is deeply favored by the emperor in the palace and she is living a good life. She asked me to leave the palace so that I could hand over this letter to you personally. She said that the letter contains something that she needs your help to complete."

Cuiru took the envelope handed to her by Biyu, but did not rush to open it. Instead, she asked, "Miss, do you have anything else to say to me?"

Biyu replied, "The master said that she can't leave the palace for the time being. I hope you can take good care of yourself. When her influence in the harem becomes more important, she will bring you into the palace and provide for your retirement."

After Cui Ru followed Yan Niang, she never married.

Xue Qingyao was raised by her.

Over the years, she has always treated Xue Qingyao as her own daughter.

Hearing Biyu say this, she was moved and excited, "Okay, you can rest assured, Miss, everything is fine outside."

Biyu chatted with her for a while, then looked up at the sky. The golden light of the sun fell on the courtyard, making people feel warm.

"It's getting late. I have to go. Do you have anything to say that I need to take back to the palace?"

Upon hearing this, Cui Ru grabbed Bi Yu's arm and said word by word, "Tell the young lady that it was my fault that I failed to kill Xue Youli. I've been reflecting on the reasons for my failure recently, and I will definitely succeed next time!"

In fact, during the autumn hunt, Xue Qingyao was not convenient to show up herself, so she could only give her money and let her find a killer.

In order to save money, Cuiru found a few hunters with good archery skills.

Unexpectedly, the hunter failed in the end and didn't even ask her for the balance.

She waited at Longshou Mountain for several days. After learning that the assassination had failed, she felt very nervous, thinking that Xue Qingyao would definitely blame her.

Unexpectedly, Xue Qingyao seemed to have forgotten about the assassination and did not send anyone to report the matter.

Cuiru blamed herself for a long time, but when she saw Xue Qingyao assigning her a new task, she became stunned again.

Biyu met her eager gaze and nodded, "Don't worry, I will definitely pass on your message!"

"Okay, girl, take care."

After Cuiru sent Biyu away, she immediately closed the courtyard door and lowered her head to open the thick envelope.

When she saw the thick stack of banknotes in the envelope, her eyes widened in shock.

Each of these silver notes has a face value of one thousand taels, adding up to more than ten thousand taels.

Cuiru didn't know why Xue Qingyao gave her so much silver, so she quickly flipped through the envelope and took out a piece of letter paper.

However, before she could even open the letter, she caught a glimpse of a dark figure flashing behind her from the corner of her eye. "Who..."

She was shocked and was about to turn her head when someone hit her on the back of the neck.

Cuiru felt a pain in her neck and her body fell limply.

The banknotes and letter paper in her hands also slipped out.

Before the banknotes and letter paper fell to the ground, a figure rushed over quickly, reached down, and grabbed the banknotes and letter paper in time.

After Wang Dali stood firm, he handed the thing in his hand to Chu Xinyue and said, "Here!"

Cui Ru was knocked unconscious by Chu Xinyue.

At this time, Chu Xinyue glanced at Cuiru who was unconscious on the ground, and took the banknotes and letter paper from Wang Dali's hand.

She opened the letter and quickly scanned its contents. Then she raised the corners of her lips and said, "Da Li, it seems we have to go to the palace today!"

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