Transmigrated Female Official

Si Xi was simply following Brother Ma's instructions to persuade Princess Shui Xian to help him, regardless of her conditions, as long as the matter was resolved.

To his surprise, Princess Narcissus's condition was to take Princess Fusang's life...

Sixi was temporarily detained, and then the Sixth Princess put the letter he had written to Brother Ma back into the bamboo tube and tied it to the leg of his carrier pigeon, thus sending out the false message.

In addition, she personally wrote a formal letter and sent it to the Empress by hand. The letter explained the circumstances of their attack and requested the Empress to send guards to the border city of Yuezhi to provide support.

As for the fact that Princess Shuixian was colluding with the Ji Kingdom, the Sixth Princess did not mention it in her letter. Instead, she instructed Zhi Jun to send a reliable person on horseback to bring this important news back to Zhaocheng as quickly as possible...

Seeing the worried look on Zhi Jun's face, the Sixth Princess comforted him, saying, "Don't worry, now that this matter involves Wu Yue, he certainly won't stand idly by. With him as an ally, Fusang will be as if it has divine assistance."

"I knew Fusang would be alright, but Shuixian..." He hadn't expected Shuixian to act so irrationally. She was truly blinded by power, not even sparing her own younger sister!

"Since she did something wrong, she has to bear the consequences herself."

Zhi Jun nodded and said, "There is still one thing I don't understand. Since the news that we will return in half a month is false, why did Anyang still request the Empress to send people to support us?"

“That makes it more realistic,” the Sixth Princess smiled and said, “Once the Empress sees the letter, she will definitely send guards to pick us up immediately. So, we might even run into them on our way back. Isn’t that killing two birds with one stone?”

"Anyang's thinking is more comprehensive."

……

At this moment, Ji Qiran was leaning against the headboard, his eyes following Chu Qingluo's busy figure. Suddenly, he smiled and said, "Do you need to be so meticulous?"

Chu Qingluo was currently placing her silver hairpin into Ji Qiran's medicine. After confirming that the hairpin hadn't turned black, she brought it to him. "Of course we have to be careful! There are so many people with ulterior motives, and we've run out of Hundred Herbs Pills. We absolutely cannot be careless again."

“That’s true…” He didn’t take the bowl, but instead winked at her twice and said, “My shoulder still hurts.”

Chu Qingluo knew what he meant, and couldn't help but roll her eyes. She sat down by the bed and fed him the medicine with a spoon.

Ji Qiran smiled, took two sips, and said, "Seriously, you brewed this medicine for me yourself, so why bother testing for poison?"

“I’m being extremely cautious, you understand?” she replied.

In reality, Chu Qingluo had simply watched too many melodramatic TV dramas and was afraid of making a small mistake at some point, which would be a loss.

"Okay, whatever you say." After saying that, he opened his mouth again, letting her continue feeding him the medicine.

After she carefully fed him the medicine, he spoke again: "I said... you really lost the Pixiu pendant?"

Chu Qingluo isn't crazy yet. How could she just throw away such a fine antique?

But seeing the expectation in his eyes, she decided to tease him mischievously, so she replied in a matter-of-fact tone, "Well, what else?"

"..." Ji Qiran stared intently at her with his dark eyes, showing no particular reaction.

Unable to guess what he was thinking or whether he would get angry any second, she tentatively asked, "Didn't you say that if I didn't want it, I would throw it away?"

Ji Qiran raised an eyebrow and said noncommittally, "I did say that."

"That's settled then," Chu Qingluo said, feigning ease.

"Hiss—" Ji Qiran suddenly clutched his wound, arched his back, and frowned instantly.

This trick worked very well, and Chu Qingluo immediately became anxious: "What's wrong with you?! I'll go get a doctor for you!"

Before she could turn around, he suddenly grabbed her and pulled her into his arms!

"You..." She pressed herself against his chest, struggling to get up. "Are you crazy?! You'll hurt your wound!"

"So don't move." He held her tightly, not letting her leave.

That action just now did put pressure on the wound. But he didn't feel any pain at all; on the contrary, he felt a special sweetness in his heart.

"Ahem..." At this moment, someone suddenly appeared at the door. She said with great interest, "I seem to have come at the wrong time. You guys continue." After saying that, she looked like she was about to leave.

Chu Qingluo abruptly scrambled up from Ji Qiran's embrace. Upon seeing that it was the Sixth Princess, her ears burned instantly. "...Princess Anyang, please wait..."

I want to dig a hole and crawl into it right now!

Seeing that Chu Qingluo's ears were so red that she didn't know how to react, Ji Qiran laughed and said, "Sixth Sister, you can't leave. If you leave, Qingluo will kill me as soon as I turn around."

The Sixth Princess chuckled, then stepped into the room and said, "You're the most talkative one. You've been corrupted by Yi Lin, haven't you?"

“That’s right, it’s all Chu Yilin’s fault.” Ji Qiran chuckled, quite pleased to let Chu Yilin take the blame.

At this moment, Chu Qingluo picked up the teapot, preparing to make an excuse to escape the scene. "I'll go add some water."

"No rush," the sixth princess called out to her, "I guess you also want to know who attacked us, don't you?"

Chu Qingluo nodded; of course she wanted to know. She'd almost lost her life; how could she let this go? She had to find the mastermind behind it all and then launch a decisive counterattack!

The Sixth Princess invited her to sit down as well, and then recounted the interrogation of the leader of the men in black and Sixi...

"So now all the clues point to that guy named Brother Ma," the Sixth Princess concluded.

During the Sixth Princess's narration, Chu Qingluo paid particular attention to one point and quickly asked, "Princess Anyang, did you just say that this man named Brother Ma has a scar on his jaw?"

“Yes.” The Sixth Princess was quite certain that this feature was present in the description of Brother Ma’s appearance that she had heard.

Chu Qingluo's eyes widened immediately as she looked at Ji Qiran: "Scarface, could he be... one of the Fourth Princess's people?"

Her words reminded Ji Qiran of what had happened. When Chu Qingluo fell into the water, he had asked Chu Yilin to investigate the scarred boatman's background. The investigation confirmed that the scarred man was one of Fourth Sister's men.

He lowered his head and pondered, "It might really be the same person..."

"What's going on?" the Sixth Princess asked, puzzled.

After Ji Qiran explained the whole story of Chu Qingluo falling into the water to the Sixth Princess, the Sixth Princess's understanding became clearer. She was almost certain that Brother Ma was one of Fourth Sister's men.

"Things have come to this..." The Sixth Princess smiled confidently and said, "This makes things much easier. Let's go back and arrest this person first. Are we afraid we won't be able to uncover the intricate connections behind him?"