The peerless and dark princess

"Well. Do you have anything else to say? If not, I will take a short rest and then go to the palace to see the emperor."

Du Yuanhuai said lightly.

"You really have a bad temper..."

Chu Lianyue paused and said, "After you tell His Majesty about this, I will keep the person with me. When you need a witness, just send someone to find me secretly. It's not that I don't trust you, but you just returned to the capital and I'm afraid I can't protect anyone in this mansion."

"No need to explain, I'm not a fool."

"Well, I'll be leaving now. By the way, it's better to be diplomatic in the capital, or you might get tricked at any moment. I don't want such a good official who works for the people to be ruined by those scumbags."

Du Yuanhuai didn't say anything, but just stared at Chu Lianyue on the wall, as if to say, "Why are you talking so much nonsense?"

On the other side, Zuo Ci received a letter from Zuo Jiu from southern Xinjiang. Zuo Yunxin and Chu Moxuan, the girl from the Chu family, actually followed the master to Yuecheng. He suddenly felt a little worried.

He had only recently learned that Zuo Yunxin was actually quite good at medicine and poisons, so it was strange that she could play with such a noisy Chu Moxuan. However, after thinking about it, it was not surprising. After all, although Chu Moxuan was carefree, she was a very nice person.

After Zuo Yunhan met Zuo Ci at the Zhao family's banquet that day, he tried to find an opportunity to see Zuo Ci again from time to time, but there was no chance at all.

That day, I went with Dong Mingrui to attend Mu Heng's second marriage banquet, but I didn't meet Zuo Ci.

Because of Zuo Yunhan's relationship, Dong Mingrui of the Dong family has changed slightly from being cautious and not joining any of the prince's camps. At the same time, he also found out that there was a plan that would be more perfect if his Dong family was included in the plan, but Zuo Ci abandoned his Dong family and chose another plan.

"Young Master, why did you suddenly do this? You weren't doing this before?"

"Hey, Xiao Wei, just do what you're told. Don't ask why."

"But, back then, when you were protecting the young lady, you were already attacked by those men in black..."

Dong Mingrui's personal bodyguard and servant Xiao Wei was very worried about him.

At that time, Dong Mingrui had just seen Zuo Yunhan lying on the ground, his life or death unknown, and was thinking of going over to take a look, when he was surrounded by several men in black. If he had not led his men to follow up in time and kill those people and then burn the body to destroy the evidence, I am afraid that Zuo Yunhan and Dong Mingrui would have died at that time.

"Xiao Wei, we've been hiding for so long because we didn't want anyone to discover that the young lady is Prince Heng's sister. Now look at the princes and His Majesty in the court... Even if we don't want to get involved, but... besides, your young lady has recovered her memory now, she might..."

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Zuo Ci was a little confused when he received the letter from Dong Mingrui. Didn't he instruct Leng Qing and Leng Xue and the others not to involve anyone from the Dong family? Why...

"Zuo Qi, ask Leng Xue what's going on?"

"Sir, this was sent directly by the young master of the Dong family. He asked me to give it to you directly and to arrange a meeting with you."

Zuo Ci didn't say anything after hearing this. Of course, he didn't know what Dong Mingrui was up to. Didn't he scold him that day? Why did he come to him now?

Well, seeing that Dong Mingrui takes such good care of his sister, I might as well just meet this cheap 'brother-in-law'.

"Zuo Qi, since you asked me to meet you, then let's meet. In two quarters of an hour, Baili Inn, Emperor's Wing."

"Yes, son."

A quarter of an hour later, Dong Mingrui appeared in the No. 1 wing of the Baili Inn on time, and Zuo Ci had just arrived here.

The reason for choosing this place is because this Baili Inn belongs to Zuo Ci's good friend Baili Ziyu. Most of the people working here know the relationship between Baili Ziyu and Zuo Ci, but outsiders don't know it.

"Mr. Dong, what are you doing?"

Zuo Ci poured himself a cup of tea and asked directly, "Well, it's not as good as Mu Wange's tea."

"Ah, Ah Ci, you know exactly why I am like this?"

"Don't call me Ah Ci. Besides, we're not that familiar with each other... If there's nothing else, then I won't stay here with you. Go find some pretty girls to play with..."

Zuo Ci started to act pretentiously, with a nonchalant and dandy look on his face.

"and many more!!"

Dong Mingrui no longer hesitated. Zuo Ci was actually his brother-in-law. "Ah Ci, I know you're investigating your father-in-law and mother-in-law's affairs. I have some clues that I hope will be useful to you. I didn't dare to investigate further in order to protect Han'er."

"Your parents-in-law are the Lu family, don't make any mistake."

Dong Mingrui said, then took out the clues he had found from his arms, "Aci, you know exactly what I'm talking about... Back then, I saw your sister lying unconscious on the ground behind Prince Heng's mansion, her face covered in blood. Then, several men in black rushed out from the flames... Then I was seriously injured and lying in bed, claiming to be sick, and Han'er lost her memory due to inhaling too much smoke and a head injury. And I..."

"That's all." Zuo Ci said this seemingly calmly.

"Ok?"

"I've kept the evidence you gave me. Thank you for your tireless investigation. Go back and live your life well. My sister died in that fire a long time ago..."

Zuo Qi heard his young master's hidden sadness at the door, and also knew that he was trying to protect the Dong family and the eldest daughter...

"Aci, I..."

"go out!"

Zuo Ci could no longer suppress his anger, so he had to let Dong Mingrui go out. He didn't want him to know what he looked like now.

Dong Mingrui didn't know why Zuo Ci was like this at the moment. He wanted to talk to Zuo Ci about other things, but he keenly felt that now was not the time to talk about these things, so he obediently left the room.

"Your wife is doing well now, take good care of her!"

When Dong Mingrui stepped out of the room, he heard Zuo Ci's low and incoherent words from behind, which contained a hint of concern. Dong Mingrui knew who Zuo Ci was talking about, but he was worried that Zuo Ci was still unwilling to trust him. His wife was his elder sister. "She is my wife. I will naturally take good care of her."

Not long after Dong Mingrui left, the room was in a mess. Zuo Qi didn't know how to comfort the furious Zuo Ci.

"Tsk, tsk, my Baili Inn needs to be renovated again."

Baili Ziyu looked at the mess on the ground, then glanced at Zuo Ci.

As a result, Zuo Ci just glanced at Baili Ziyu and didn't say anything.

Baili Ziyu knew something was wrong. The last time she saw Zuo Ci like this was when her sister was molested by the Third Prince. Then he was depressed for several months because Prince Heng's mansion was destroyed overnight and he was the only one left.

"Tell me, what is the reason for your anger this time?"

Zuo Ci pulled his sleeves tightly, but still said nothing, his face was ashen.

Baili Ziyu had no choice but to look at Zuo Qi who knew the situation, and signaled Zuo Qi to speak with his eyes.

"You have to talk to Master Baili about this matter. This concerns the old prince and his men."

Zuo Qi's words made it clear that this matter was related to Zuo Ci's parents, so he didn't say anything else and just quietly accompanied Zuo Ci.