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"Young Master Pei." Xiao Ran bowed slightly.

Pei Yun nodded in acknowledgment, dismissed the guards around him, glanced at Xiao Ran, and asked, "What are you doing here, Miss Xiao?"

This is Libaitang, a place where the people of Dali Temple occasionally rest. Therefore, it is not far from the court and not far from the prison.

“My daughter is a party involved in the Dirty Street case. Chief Inspector Qi still has some unresolved questions, so he summoned me to inquire about them.”

Pei Yun raised an eyebrow. He remembered that the Dirty Street case had been closed, hadn't it? Or had there been some new discovery? He'd ask Qi Sizhi another day.

Seeing that Pei Yun remained silent, she said, "Young Master Pei, I have finished asking my questions, so I will take my leave now."

After saying this, he bowed and took his leave, walking a few steps away.

But Pei Yun called out to her.

"Miss Xiao, I have some questions I'd like to ask you."

Xiao Ran turned around, her eyes showing suspicion.

At this?

Pei Yun quickly understood the hint of doubt in her eyes. "It concerns Zeng Jitian."

Xiao Ran tacitly agreed and walked back, then heard him say, "A few days ago, you met with Zeng Jitian alone."

This wasn't a rhetorical question, but a statement. It seems Pei Yun already knew what was going on, and this was just a test.

Xiao Ran neither confirmed nor denied it, saying, "I've met him."

"May I ask, what brings Miss Xiao to see Zeng Jitian?"

After Pei Yun said this, there was an absolute silence. Suddenly, the carp in the pond leaped out of the pond with a splash, much like the carp leaping over the Dragon Gate.

Xiao Ran chuckled, "Pei Shaoqing, when Zhang died, besides Jiang Shaorong, only I was present. I only met Zeng Jitian because of Zhang's entrustment."

When he said this, there was no deception in Xiao Ran's eyes, and he nodded silently.

In fact, he had known all along that today was Zeng Jitian's execution day, but he was summoned to the palace by the Empress Dowager early in the morning. The Empress Dowager's words were full of reminders to him, urging him to stop the execution.

Fortunately, he made it in time.

He glanced at the prison not far away; Hanxiang's appearance today was actually beyond his expectations.

"Yes. Miss Xiao is a kind and righteous person. If I had been there at the time, I should have done my best to fulfill my responsibilities like Miss Xiao. After all, blood is thicker than water, and kinship cannot be severed."

After saying this, Pei Yun stopped making things difficult for Xiao Ran and headed straight for the prison with his guards.

Xiao Ran was left to ponder those words.

Blood is thicker than water; the bond of kinship cannot be severed...

Zeng Jitian was like that, she was like that, and even Hanxiang was like that.

Zhang was consumed by longing for her son; the care she received after her mother's death; Hanxiang's mother's martial arts skills...

martial arts?

The strange thoughts in her mind, like threads, suddenly connected together like a rope.

Yes, Hanxiang told her that she was forced by Wu Wenyuan, but Wu Wenyuan was an absolute playboy, as everyone in the capital knew. So his studies were not good, neither in literature nor martial arts.

Since he has learned kung fu, why can't he even deal with a weak and spoiled brat? Is he afraid of the Minister's Mansion behind Wu Wenyuan?

But Xiao Ran slowly shook her head; Hanxiang was not that kind of person.

So there is only one possibility.

There's more to the story.

……

Pei Yun went to the prison and had the jailer bring Hanxiang out. He then sent the jailer away and spent time alone with Hanxiang.

Those people weren't worried about what the woman might do, after all, she was just a woman and couldn't hurt a grown man like Pei Shaoqing.

He poured himself a cup of tea, his gaze indifferent. "Miss Hanxiang, it's been a long time."

Hanxiang, however, with her eyes sparkling like waves, said reproachfully, "Oh, Lord Pei really has no memory. Didn't we just see each other? Or has Lord Pei also been to Hanxiang's boudoir before..."

Tianxianglou called the rooms of undeflowered girls "boudoirs," imitating the practices of those orthodox men.