Reborn to overthrow the throne, I became the new emperor's dark moonlight

Qiao Xi put the jade token back around Madam Liu's neck and said, "Don't hide it. Just take it back like this."

If Fourth Brother had been in the palace from the beginning, he must have been under strict surveillance and not allowed to be free. Otherwise, the jade token would not have appeared on the palace road five years ago and been picked up by Matron Liu.

When Nanny Liu picked up the jade token, Ji Chuan happened to have gone to the capital. Ji Chuan was the emperor's dog. When the Qiao family got into trouble, he was in southern Xinjiang, which was adjacent to northern Xinjiang.

If the emperor wanted to do something to the Qiao family, he would most likely send Ji Chuan.

Qiao Xi suspected that if her fourth brother was alive, he would have been sent to the palace by Ji Chuan five years ago.

Then when Ji Chuan sees his fourth brother's jade token, he will definitely be able to recognize it.

Qiao Xi wanted to use the jade token to test Ji Chuan's reaction.

"Madam Liu, you probably don't know what I've been through in the past five years. His Majesty used drugs to catalyze my muscles and bones, allowing me to rapidly develop my martial arts skills and become the top assassin in the Dark Factory."

She stroked the jade token, her voice cold, "In the past five years, I have never failed to kill anyone I wanted to.

So, don't have any other thoughts and cooperate well. If Ji Chuan asks about the origin of the jade token, you should answer truthfully.

You must not reveal a single word about my coming here today, or I will find a way to kill you no matter who protects you and Liu Cai."

Nanny Liu's face was filled with shock. She had been in the palace for many years and naturally heard of the secret factory. She never expected that the emperor would send such a delicate princess to the purgatory-like secret factory.

No wonder the princess I met today was different from before.

She began to weigh the pros and cons in her mind. The emperor had gone to the trouble of training Qiao Xi to be a killer, so he must want to use Qiao Xi.

Then in the eyes of the emperor, Qiao Xi is far more valuable than her. He will not spare her life just because she took the initiative to reveal Qiao Xi's whereabouts today. He may even kill Liu Cai as well.

"I promised the princess that I would spare my nephew's life."

Qiao Xi's eyes were indifferent. "If Mammy cooperates well, Liu Cai will not die. Otherwise, Liu Cai will die."

Now that she knew her fourth brother might still be alive, she couldn't let the emperor know that she had come to see Matron Liu. Only if the emperor still believed that her memory had not recovered could she get news of her fourth brother faster.

Madam Liu closed her eyes and said, "I will do my best to cooperate. Please honor your promise, Princess."

Since she couldn't escape death anyway, she might as well give her nephew a chance to live.

Qiao Xi responded lightly with a "hmm" and then stroked the jade token lovingly.

I feel so uncomfortable that my heart is burning with anger.

Fourth brother is gentle but very smart. Could it be that he deliberately dropped this jade token on the palace road to communicate with me?

But she didn't know about this until she died in her previous life.

When the Qiao family encountered trouble, the fourth brother was only nine years old. Qiao Xi couldn't imagine what kind of hardships he had experienced over the years and how much effort he had put in to keep the jade token.

Putting down the jade token, she said in a calm voice again, "Madam, it's time to go back to the Ji Mansion."

When Nanny Liu returned to Ji's house and saw Qiao Xi waiting in her room, she completely believed that Qiao Xi could kill her without her knowing.

He no longer dared to be perfunctory and took the initiative to go to Ji Chuan's study.

When Ji Chuan heard the servant's report, he was reading Cao Ying's carrier pigeon message.

He placed the letter on the candle and burned it out. He picked up a book and ordered someone to bring Madam Liu into the study. Without raising his eyelids, he asked, "Madam, what do you want to see me for?"

Madam Liu bowed and said, "I have heard that the King of Xinjiang is cruel and ruthless. I am really worried about the young lady. I would like to ask the master to allow me to go to Xinjiang and serve by her side."

Ji Chuan seemed to have not expected that Madam Liu would make such a request. He was slightly stunned, and then raised his eyes to look at her, "You are loyal to Yao'er."

As soon as he saw it, his eyes were fixed on the jade pendant on her chest.

Madam Liu pretended not to know and replied, "It's because the young lady is kind to me."

After a pause, she continued, "It's just that my nephew is useless. I'm a little worried about him when I go to the north of Xinjiang. Master, could you allow him to beg for food in your house? That way, I won't have to worry about anything and can serve you wholeheartedly."

Ji Chuan's doubts were dispelled.

He knew his daughter too well. As the only young lady of the Ji family, she was always arrogant and had never cared about servants. It was hard for Madam Liu to lie with her eyes open. It turned out that she wanted to go to northern Xinjiang not for Ji Yao, but to find a future for her nephew.

If it were in the past, Ji Chuan would definitely give Liu Ma face because she came from the palace.

But today...

Ji Chuan sneered in his heart.

He nodded, his expression unclear, "He is a person who knows how to be grateful."

But he suddenly changed the subject and said in a cold voice, "But you are also greedy. Tell me, how did this jade token come to be with you? When did you steal something from my Ji family?"

"Master, you are wronged!"

Madam Liu plodded to her knees, "This old servant has never taken anything from the Ji family. Did the master make a mistake?"

"How dare you deny it even though you have stolen property on you."

Ji Chuan stood up and slammed the table, "Come here, take this cunning slave away and give him a proper trial."

"I am truly wronged. I found this jade token in the palace. I couldn't find my master at the time, so I shamelessly took it for myself. It's not something from the mansion, sir."

The housekeeper came in with two guards and carried Madam Liu out.

Aunt Liu was really scared.

She is the emperor's person. Ji Chuan is usually polite to her. Today he dared to use the jade token to deal with her. It must be that the emperor has issued a killing order.

Your Majesty really wants to silence her.

Matron Liu suddenly felt a surge of grief and indignation in her heart. She had been a slave all her life, and everything she did was instructed by her master, but in the end she ended up being neither a human nor a slave, and her death was a miserable one.

This grief and anger helped her survive the interrogation of the Ji Mansion guards and not betray Qiao Xi.

She thought that this could be considered as her resistance and revenge against the emperor.

"Master, Madam Liu insisted that she picked up the jade token in the palace."

Steward Ji placed the jade token in front of Ji Chuan with both hands and said, "The man has fainted. If we try him again, he might die. Please see..."

Ji Chuan picked up the jade token and examined it carefully, then said coldly, "Splash it on him to wake him up, and continue the interrogation."

The housekeeper knew that Ji Chuan was going to kill Madam Liu.

Because he knew very well that the jade token was lost in the palace that year, and Matron Liu did not lie.

He walked outside the study, gave instructions to the servants, and then returned to the study, "Master, that person threatened to keep the jade token by going on a hunger strike. He treasured it very much.

But after entering the palace, the jade token disappeared. Do you think he lost it on purpose?"

They checked the jade token and found that apart from representing the identity of a member of the Qiao family, there was nothing special about it.

But if it was lost on purpose, it was to convey a message, but the jade token was picked up by Madam Liu by accident, and she coveted it.

Ji Chuan sneered and locked the jade token into the secret box, "It doesn't matter whether it was intentional or not."

In the end, he didn't achieve his goal and he will never achieve it in the future.

As for Nanny Liu, she bumped into him just as His Majesty had instructed him to get rid of her, saving him the trouble.

"I remember you mentioned before that Madam Liu's nephew was a gambler?"

Upon hearing this, the housekeeper immediately realized, "Master, what you're saying is that Madam Liu is stealing from the mansion just for her unworthy nephew?"

Ji Chuan smiled.

The housekeeper understood, "I'll do it right away. But does Liu Cai need to be dealt with as well?"

"Who knows what this old woman said to her nephew? Let's get rid of them both."

Ji Chuan rubbed his brows and said, "Do it cleanly, don't leave any trouble behind."

There has been enough going on in the house recently.

The housekeeper hurriedly responded.

Not only did Su Heting detain the young lady, he also instigated Xu An to rebel, catching the master off guard.

The lady had been quarreling with the master frequently because of the young lady's affairs. The master had been very upset recently. He didn't dare to make the master angry again. To avoid any accidents, he went to Liu Cai's house in person.

As soon as I entered the house, I smelled a strong smell of blood. Liu Cai was lying in a pool of blood, and the house was in a mess.

Although the body still had some warmth, it was no longer breathing.

He must have died not long ago.

Butler Ji waited in the room for a while, and only left after making sure that the person was really dead.

Not long after he left, Qiao Xi appeared at the Liu family carrying a corpse.