Gong Yu quickly shook her head and said: "Nothing, how can I do anything to that little girl?"

"My face still hurts from that little girl's slap."

Dai Ruyan said softly: "It's time for you to feel sorry for her. That little girl is Zhao Anyue, the youngest daughter of the Grand Tutor. She has been loved and loved all day, so she is naturally quite delicate."

"Taifu's daughter?" Gong Yu said with a full face, "Taifu must be sixty at least."

"That's right, you're a girl when you're old, and this is the only precious daughter among the five sons of the Taifu. Your face hurts quite lightly." Dai Ruyan said, reaching out and poking Gong Yu's face on purpose.

Gong Yu is even more wronged, why does Dai Ruyan always feel bad today?

Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu's shriveled look and smiled, then led Gong Yu to the side corridor.

"Ayan, where are we going?"

"If you don't put medicine on your face, everyone will know that you are the daughter of your frivolous Taifu when they see you later."

"It doesn't look like I'm belittling her like this. It's clear that I was bullied by her." Gong Yu read indignantly.

It seemed that Dai Ruyan was very familiar with Gong Ling's mansion, and it was easy to get out of the garden where they had just gathered.

The surrounding area was quiet and silent until the two sat in another pavilion and called the maidservant to fetch the medicine on behalf of Ruyan.

Gong Yu sat on the side in a regular manner, a bright moon was hanging in the night sky outside the pavilion, and the cicadas were hissing.

It was probably because Gong Yu always felt a little uncomfortable in front of Dai Ruyan after her cheating was discovered last time, but Dai Ruyan acted like a normal person.

"Second Sister, the pear blossoms in this garden are so beautiful." Gong Yu looked sideways at the pear blossoms planted in the garden and sighed.

Dai Ruyan looked aside and said, "I met Xiaojiu for the first time, and it seems that it is also the season when pear blossoms are in full bloom."

"Yeah, the pear trees in that generation garden are also beautiful."

Gong Yu leaned on the railing and looked outside, with the breeze coming in, she peeked sideways at Dai Ruyan.

I vaguely remember how amazed I was when I saw Dai Ruyan in milky white clothes for the first time, and compared to Dai Ruyan's crimson dress today, I just feel that Dai Ruyan is really getting better and better.

Dai Ruyan still stared at the pear blossoms in the garden and said: "In a few days, the pear blossoms will be in full bloom. I think it will be a good time to hold a banquet in the capital again."

"If Xiaojiu likes it, I will take you to Daiyuan to watch the snow-like pear blossoms that day?"

"Okay."

Are you worried that you don't have a chance to go to Dai's family to inquire about the news?

The maidservant who rushed to get the medicine came back, handed the ointment, and retreated outside the pavilion.

Gong Yu was sitting upright, and Dai Ruyan was sitting beside him with the ointment on Gong Yu's cheeks.

The ointment is cool, and Dai Ruyan's movements are very light, so it doesn't hurt too much. Gong Yu blinked and looked at Dai Ruyan who was approaching, and clearly saw the rouge on Dai Ruyan's lips glowing slightly.

Really seductively tight.

"Ayan, your makeup looks really good today."

"Do you like it?" Dai Ruyan asked with eyebrows bent.

Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan without blinking and replied: "I like it."

"What kind of rouge is on this lip? The color is so beautiful."

"It's made from several kinds of petals picked by the maid early in the morning." Dai Ruyan pursed her lips slightly and said, "I thought it was a bit too pretty at first, so I only stained a little."

Gong Yu said enviously: "I have never put on rouge before."

Dai Ruyan smiled and said, "Xiao Jiu has very fair skin, so she doesn't need to wear these rouge and powder."

"But today, that little girl said I'm a badass."

Gong Yu curled her lips helplessly, not wanting to tear the wound on her face, and frowning tightly in pain again.

"Hey, don't move, your face will be very hot now."

"it is good."

Dai Ruyan smiled lightly and said, "Most of the fair faces are handsome and coquettish, maybe the little girl is praising Xiao Jiu for being good-looking."

"Ayan, you have become bad."

"Where did you say that?"

Gong Yu innocently looked at Dai Ruyan in front of her and said: "I was beaten, and Ayan is always teasing and making fun of me."

"Where is it a joke?" Dai Ruyan stopped her hands and said seriously: "My heart hurts, Xiao Jiu is really angry."

After finishing speaking, Dai Ruyan hugged Gong Yu and comforted him affectionately: "Although I love you dearly, you must have offended that little girl Zhao Anyue first, otherwise she would not do anything at this party even though she is pretty and pretty." Hit people."

"That's why Xiaojiu should stay away from other girls, especially outside the palace with strict rules and regulations. I didn't blame you for kissing me secretly last time, but you still have to be quiet outside, you know?"

In the first half, Gong Yu felt that what Dai Ruyan said was indeed well-founded, but in the end, she suddenly felt something was wrong.

"I didn't kiss that little girl. Except for Ayan, I...have never kissed anyone else." Gong Yu distanced herself and clarified with a blushing face.

When did Dai Ruyan become a flirtatious little boy?

Dai Ruyan was slightly taken aback and said, "I know."

Gong Yu clenched her sleeves tightly in her hand and stared at Dai Ruyan in a daze, her face couldn't help being burned.

The pavilion fell silent for a while, Dai Ruyan raised his hand and placed it lightly on the back of Gong Yu's hand, and then clasped Gong Yu's hand between his fingers.

The movement was gentle and fast, Gong Yu turned her head slightly and saw the shadows of the two people falling aside, her fingertips naughtily slid across Dai Ruyan's palm.

"Are the pastries at tonight's banquet alright?" Dai Ruyan asked slightly closer.

Gong Yuwei leaned against the railing, looked at Dai Ruyan who was approaching constantly, and said: "I was given a few glasses of wine by them, and I didn't even eat a piece of pastry, so I ran away in a hurry."

"No wonder you always smell of alcohol on your body." Dai Ruyan frowned after smelling it.

Gong Yu raised her hand and sniffed her sleeve and said, "Maybe the wine spilled on my sleeve."

Dai Ruyan looked at Gong Yu's small movements and couldn't help laughing: "Okay, I didn't blame you for drinking, why are you smelling so carefully?"

After being told this, Gong Yu hurriedly put down her sleeves, but she was a little restless, not knowing what to say.

The cool breeze at night eased the heat of the day, Gong Yu vaguely felt that the ointment on her face should have worked, so she stretched out her hand to touch her face, and it really didn't hurt anymore.

"This ointment works really well, and my face doesn't hurt anymore."

Dai Ruyan stretched out his hand to gently touch Gong Yu's cheek, caressing delicately with his fingertips, before Gong Yu realized that the two of them were getting very close.

The moonlight was slightly bright, Gong Yu could clearly feel Dai Ruyan's eyes quivering slightly, and her rouge-stained lips silently seduced Gong Yu.

This ambiguous atmosphere made Gong Yu's heart beat fast, but Gong Yu didn't dare to move, if she suddenly kissed again, Dai Ruyan might think in her heart that she was a maniac who stole kisses.

But Dai Ruyan didn't stop, Gong Yu breathed gently, only felt that these robes are a little too thick today, always a little breathless.

Until Dai Ruyan's fingertips lightly touched Gong Yu's lips, Gong Yu's heart hung up, thinking whether Dai Ruyan wanted to kiss her, or was waiting for her to take the initiative.

Gong Yu approached boldly, touched Zai Ruyan's lips lightly with her lips, and tasted the fragrant rouge.

The slightly sweet feeling made Gong Yu feel as if she was going to be drunk.

But the kissed Dai Ruyan didn't respond at all, which made Gong Yu's boiling heart calm down instantly.

Gong Yu breathed gently, and then planned to take a step back, lest if someone bumped into her, it would be bad for Dai Ruyan's reputation.

But Dai Ruyan approached suddenly, and said softly: "What are you doing so far away from me after just kissing?"

"No...no." Every time Gong Yu heard Dai Ruyanneng's direct words, her heart beat in a panic.

"Still said no." Dai Ruyan leaned closer, tilted his head slightly and held Gong Yu's cheek in his hand, kissed Gong Yu's slightly parted lips slightly, and said dissatisfiedly: "I want to leave after kissing, but I will be angry."

Gong Yu was stunned, only felt that the lips kissed by Dai Ruyan were very hot, and her heart also boiled.

"Why don't you talk?" Dai Ruyan rubbed Gong Yu's lips with his fingertips and said with a smile, "Could it be because you're afraid?"

"No...no." Gong Yu came back to her senses, her lips were tightly closed, as if she could still taste the sweetness of the rouge.

Dai Ruyan left Gong Yu's lips with her fingertips, turned to holding Gong Yu's hand and said very seriously: "Xiao Jiu is not allowed to kiss other little girls in the future."

Gong Yu nodded blankly, and wondered why Dai Ruyan was jealous in these words?

He was busy staring at Dai Ruyan's face again, but Dai Ruyan's expression was as usual, as if saying that the moon is round today, and he was a little discouraged.

"Then I won't kiss other girls, so Ayan...just kiss me alone, okay?" Gong Yu felt like a big liar when she said this.

Dai Ruyan turned his head slightly to look at Gong Yu, flicked Gong Yu's forehead with his fingertips and said:

"Stupid, this is of course a perfectly natural thing, why do you need to ask?"

Gong Yu opened her eyes and asked, "Really?"

"Of course, why did I lie to you?" Dai Ruyan Weilu was puzzled and said, "Xiao Jiu likes to be close to me, and I naturally like it too. Isn't this the most obvious thing?"

"Then... Ayan kiss me again, okay?"

"not good."

"Hey? Why is that?" Gong Yu asked puzzled.

Dai Ruyan said with a slight smile, "I already kissed you just now, what do you want to do again?"

That's not because she was too nervous just now, Gong Yu didn't even recover, but looking at Dai Ruyan's crystal-clear eyes, Gong Yu felt that her thoughts were too nasty.

Then he found an excuse and said: "I think the rouge on Ayan's lips tastes very good, shall I try it again?"

"Still tasting?" Dai Ruyan poked Gong Yu's other intact cheek with his fingertips and said, "Xiao Jiu, do you know what the four words "greedy" mean?"

amount……

Obviously it was hopeless.

Dai Ruyan shook Gong Yu's head and said helplessly, "Besides, the rouge on my lips was almost eaten away by you little glutton, so there is no rouge left."

Gong Yu was said to be even more guilty, she touched her nose and said, "Okay."

"I'll wipe the rouge off your mouth, otherwise you will be seen by others, and be careful not to be laughed at."

Dai Ruyan held the handkerchief and wiped it carefully. Gong Yu's eyes fell on the bright red lips, and she couldn't help laughing. She just felt that Dai Ruyan's charming and charming tonight made people's heart beat really hard.

"What are you smirking at?" Dai Ruyan and Gong Yu looked at each other and asked softly.

"I'm happy."

"That makes you happy?"

Dai Ruyan paused slightly, looked at Gong Yu and said, "Don't be a good boy now, the banquet is probably coming to an end, and it's time for us to leave."

"it is good."

The two left the pavilion one after the other, and there seemed to be a person stopped in the long corridor not far away, stopping for a while before leaving.

When Gong Yu returned to the party garden, she felt that the smell of alcohol was strong, and the voices were noisy, as if everyone had become alcoholics.

The second princess, Gong Ling, was obviously a little drunk holding the wine glass, walked towards Gong Yu slightly drunk and said with a smile, "In the blink of an eye, Xiao Jiu's head has grown a lot."

"Come and have a drink with my second sister."

Holding the wine glass, Gong Yu had to accompany her to drink one cup after another, but her cheeks turned red when she drank too much.

It made a lot of jokes from the family members, and among them was the ruthless little girl Zhao Anyue.

But Dai Ruyan was sitting far away, holding the little rabbit in his hand, and he would not rescue Gong Yu like before.

The second princess, Gong Ling, let Gong Yu go with a smile, and started drinking with the others, so Gong Yu had time to peel the melons and fruits in front of her to fill her stomach.

From time to time, I could hear Gong Ling's laughter eliciting laughter from the women's family members, and the Fifth Highness beside him was also drunk, so he leaned closer and said, "Xiao Jiu, do you know why the second sister hasn't had sex for several years after she got married? child?"

Gong Yu subconsciously avoided the smoky smell of wine, His Highness said with a smile: "I heard that our second elder sister prefers female sex, and even raised a lot of female relatives in this princess mansion."

"Brother Wuhuang, who are you listening to nonsense?"

"This is not nonsense, Son-in-law Song said it himself after being drunk."

Gong Yu turned her head to look at the second princess, Gong Yu, and saw that she smiled calmly, although she was a little bolder than ordinary women, but other Gong Yu didn't really notice it.

On the other hand, Prince Consort Song's expression on the other side was quite bad, and he looked directly at the second princess Gong Ling, as if he had done something extraordinary.

Gong Yu had seen Son-in-law Song having an affair before, and now she doesn't have much affection for him.

At the end of the banquet, everyone drank a lot of wine, Gong Yu also became confused.

Fortunately, there were servants leading the way, so Gong Yu followed, and happened to meet Son-in-law Song on the way, and saw him hugging two women on the left and right, swaggering towards the corridor on the other side.

The two couples don't look like they're about to reconcile.

When she came out of the princess mansion, Gong Yu only felt that the air outside should be fresher.

Seeing many guests leave one after another, and Dai Ruyan got into the sedan chair, Gong Yu entered the sedan chair.

Unexpectedly, someone in the sedan chair suddenly held a dagger, and Gong Yu didn't even have time to shout, so she was strangled, and the man in black whispered: "Be quiet, or I will kill you."

Gong Yu nodded, but when her eyes went dark, she lost all consciousness.

When she woke up again, Gong Yu sat up subconsciously, and the old housekeeper beside her was also startled.

"Your Highness, are you awake?"

The old housekeeper approached with a medicine bowl in his hand and said, "Why don't you drink this hangover soup first?"

Gong Yu looked sideways at the old housekeeper, reached out to catch the medicine bowl in surprise and asked, "What about the man in black?"

"What man in black?"

The old butler replied: "Your Highness passed out drunk in the sedan chair at the banquet last night."

"Drunk?" Gong Yu could clearly feel the pain in her neck and back.

Impossible, at that time Gong Yu's eyes went dark, and she felt a sharp pain in her neck

.

Gong Yu frowned and drank the hangover soup, it was already afternoon outside, and the scorching sun made one not want to move.

Maybe she drank too much wine last night, so Gong Yu vaguely felt a severe headache, but it was impossible to imagine a man in black out of thin air.

No matter what, it should be dreaming of Dai Ruyan.

Gong Yu fell on the soft bed with some powerlessness, the peach blossom outside was in full bloom at this time, and it was so beautiful.

Thoughts can't help but come back to when Dai Ruyan took the initiative to kiss last night, Gong Yu hugged the quilt with a smirk and turned around, but the injury on the back of the neck finally reminded Gong Yu in good time.

He might be being watched.

When the headache subsided, Gong Yu sent someone to check on the guards who accompanied her last night, but the guards didn't notice it.

Qin Hua hurried in from the outside and said, "Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment was murdered in a sedan chair last night."

Gong Yu almost spit out drinking tea, is it a sedan chair again?

Maybe the man in black yesterday was the murderer, but he was innocent, so how could he be targeted for no reason.

The point is that I am completely fine, but the one who died was the Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

One possibility is that the person the man in black wanted to kill was not Gong Yu, so he let Gong Yu go.

The other is that the man in black just got into Gong Yu's sedan chair and then went out again.

If it's the former one, then I have to say that the man in black is really principled in his actions.

But if it is the latter, the man in black is likely to be the murderer who killed Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, and then hid in the sedan chair just to avoid being followed.

Gong Yu came back to her senses, couldn't help feeling scared, and told Qin Hua what happened last night.

"The cause of death of Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment is strange and he was not stabbed multiple times, but the servants outside the sedan chair did not hear the slightest sound." Qin Hua paused and said, "Perhaps Your Highness really happened to bump into the murderer last night.

"

amount……

This unlucky luck really made Gong Yu unable to complain.

After Gong Yu and Qin Hua left the mansion, they went to the yamen. Gong Yu, who entered the morgue for the first time, felt a severe chill behind her back.

Apart from the messy knife wounds, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice had no other wounds on his body. Qin Hua checked his mouth and nose for abnormalities.

On the other side, Gong Yu checked the clothes of Shangshu Xingbu before his death because of a little psychological shadow.

The official robe had long been pierced with a knife, and it was stained with blood, which really affected his appetite.

It's just that when turning over the boots, Gong Yu occasionally saw a mixture of mud and blood stains on the bottom of the boots, which seemed to be a little shiny, so she pulled out a knife and scraped off the mixture little by little.

When she came out of the yamen, Gong Yu saw a fierce little girl sneaking behind her.

Qin Hua reminded: "Your Highness, this little girl has been following us since we left the mansion."

Gong Yu turned her head abruptly, and saw the little girl awkwardly parked in the middle of the road, obviously not at all conscious of being an undercover agent.

"Zhao Anyue, what are you doing with me?" Gong Yuke still remembered the slap in the face.

The little girl also yelled rather unceremoniously: "Gong Yu, you stinky rascal."

Alright, now even the name has been investigated clearly.

Qin Hua on the side was taken aback by this little girl Zhao Anyue's aura, and couldn't help laughing: "Your Highness, this little girl is really fierce."

That's right, Gong Yu felt her face still hurt when she saw her.

Zhao Anyue, who was discovered, simply walked over in a swaggering manner.

Gong Yu turned around and said, "Sir, I'm hungry, let's go to the restaurant for some snacks."

Qin Hua on the side looked at Gong Yu in surprise, and the two walked into a nearby tea house.

At the next table was the little girl, Gong Yu was eating cakes and drinking tea slowly, while Qin Hua at the side looked at the mixture that Gong Yu scraped off from under the boot.

After Gong Yu ate a few pieces of pastry, she took out a teacup and poured clean water, took the mixture from Qin Hua's hand and put it in.

Watching the water in the teacup gradually become cloudy, he took a pair of chopsticks and carefully flipped it into the teacup.

Suddenly, Zhao Anyue said, "Little boy, you look so disgusting."

"Oh, it turns out that you are afraid to go to the morgue because you feel sick."

"Who doesn't dare?"

Gong Yu didn't quarrel with her any more, carefully took out a small piece of transparent thing and said, "Is this a fish scale?"

"Silly, of course these are fish scales!"

Qin Hua took a closer look and said, "This doesn't seem to be a real fish scale."

"How did sir know?"

"There are tiny holes on it, which obviously seem to be artificially polished. It should be a decorative item in the shape of fish scales."

Gong Yu opened her eyes wide and looked at it, but she didn't find anything wrong with it.

Zhao Anyue at the side leaned closer and asked in a low voice, "Where is the hole?"

"It's so obvious that you can't even see it?" Gong Yu teased.

Zhao Anyue snorted, then turned her head and ignored Gong Yu.

The three of them came out of the teahouse and went shopping one after another in the capital city to buy all kinds of fish-related decorations until it got dark.

Gong Yu was already sick of seeing it, she shook her head and said, "The only thing we can judge now is that the murderer may like special decorations."

"Looking for it like this is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack. Let's go and visit the Minister of Punishment tomorrow."

"I also need to go!"

"What do you want to inquire about, Your Highness?" Qin Hua asked with his head tilted.

Gong Yu ignored Zhao Anyue, and turned to Qin Hua and said, "Assuming that the death of the Minister of Justice was premeditated and organized, the murderer should have proper contact with the Minister of Justice, and even know his daily activities."

"Secondly, the murderer was able to prevent people from discovering the number of knives, which shows that the martial arts are extremely high, but why must it be in the sedan chair?"

"Your Highness, do you mean that the murderer has another purpose?" Qin Hua thought for a moment, and then said: "The sedan chair is indeed not a suitable place for murder and escape, but it seems more like creating panic?"

Gong Yu nodded and said, "Maybe there will be another murder case, maybe it will be soon."

In the early morning of the next day, Gong Yu went to prepare for the morning court as usual. The old housekeeper prepared tea and said, "Your Highness, are you preparing a horse or a sedan chair today?"

Gong Yu, who was arranging her robes, felt a severe pain in her neck when she thought of the man in black, and subconsciously said, "Let's ride a horse."

Out of the mansion, Gong Yu rode a horse and led a few guards to the Imperial Palace in the capital at a leisurely pace.

Looking up and looking around, the sky is not yet bright, and Gong Yu can even hear the crowing of the rooster. She can't help but sigh that it really got up earlier than the rooster!

After walking intermittently for a while, I didn't expect that there are really many more officials riding horses today than in the past.

It's like meeting a classmate who happens to be at the same stop on the bus.

"Master Zhou got up early today."

"Master Song is dedicated to the country and the people."

"Where is it, Mr. Zhou is too polite."

These workplace-like greetings kept rushing into Gong Yu's ears, and Gong Yu couldn't help but feel chills. The two of them really chatted awkwardly the whole time.

Dismounting his horse and entering the palace, the emperor's expression in the main hall was obviously not very good, and all the officials were also lifeless.

"The majestic imperial court ordered the official to die at the foot of the emperor, and the Dali Temple has not yet found the murderer. What use is there for you!"

"Your Majesty, calm down." Immediately, all the officials knelt down, and several princes also knelt down.

His Royal Highness, Gong Quan, said: "Father, please calm down. Dali Temple is still trying its best to investigate the case of leaking the title, and the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment was killed at this time. The murderer is obviously challenging the court."

"The top priority should be to order martial law throughout the city, block roads and strictly investigate those with unknown origins, especially those with high levels of force."

"My minister agrees."

At the end of the morning court, Gong Yu watched a large number of officers and soldiers set off from the palace, and the streets were immediately rioted, thinking that this would simply increase the people's fear of the murderer.

Coming out of the palace, Gong Yu and Qin Hua went to the mansion of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, but apart from looking at the weeping concubine in that mansion, they didn't get any news.

Gong Yu, who had no thoughts in her head, saw the sedan chair in which Shangshu Xingbu died, and asked someone to carry it back.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Anyue followed into the mansion lingeringly, Gong Yu said impatiently, "What are you doing with me?"

"I just want to see, why are you afraid that I will find the murderer before you?"

"This is my mansion. According to Article 3 on the fourth page of the third volume of the Palace Law, anyone who breaks into the house without the permission of the director can be punished with a stick thirty."

After Gong Yu finished speaking, she shouted: "Come here!"

Zhao Anyue panicked, and said quickly: "If you bully me, I'll tell you about you squatting in the stone forest to peep!"

"As you say."

Gong Yu didn't expect Zhao Anyue to threaten herself with this trick, and said very bluntly, "Come on, get her out!"

"Gong Yu, how dare you!"

"Why don't I dare?"

"I am the daughter of the Taifu. If you offend me, I...I will tell my brother that you bullied me."

Qin Hua on the side couldn't help laughing and said, "Little girl, our Highness doesn't seem like someone who can bully you."

"Yes, and you are so fierce, be careful that you will not get married in the future."

"You can't get married!"

Gong Yu smiled brightly and showed her white teeth: "I don't need to marry, it's fine if I marry."

"Hmph! You little boy still likes to peep. When I see it, which girl will marry you?"

"Anyway, it can't be you." Gong Yu leaned forward to inspect the inside of the sedan chair and said, "If it were you, I would definitely jump the moat to show my innocence."

Before he finished speaking, Zhao Anyue stretched out his hand angrily and pushed Gong Yu violently, the defenseless Gong Yu fell forward and hit the innermost part of the sedan chair.

Unexpectedly, there was a dark board in the sedan chair. Although it was knocked open by Gong Yu, it hurt so much that Gong Yu covered her forehead and stared at her eyes.

"Mr. please give me a hand."

When Gong Yu came out of the sedan chair, her eyes were still a little blurred.

Qin Hua looked at Gong Yu holding a small piece of incense and said, "This is it?"

Gong Yu was rubbing her head and was about to settle the score with Zhao Anyue, when Zhao Anyue suddenly said, "This is Mixiang."

"how do you know?"

Zhao Anyue rolled her eyes and said, "I often use this to tease the servants in my family."

Uh... You are ashamed to say it so straightforwardly.

Gong Yu took a sip of tea and said: "There is a hidden compartment here, which can probably accommodate a child with small bones."

"The murderer is a child?" Zhao Anyue asked curiously.

Qin Hua shook his head and said, "Judging from the knife wounds suffered by Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, it is not like a child with precise strength."

"Is it possible that someone who knows how to shrink bones can shrink in this secret compartment, or even hide in the secret compartment without anyone noticing after killing the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment?"

Gong Yu stretched out her hand and touched her head again, afraid that her forehead would bleed.

Zhao Anyue suddenly became excited and said, "It feels like a martial arts master is killing people in the dark. It's really amazing!"

Is this how a normal person should react?

Qin Hua got up and said: "This possibility is not ruled out, I immediately sent guards to investigate."

Gong Yu held the incense in her hand and sat in her seat, while Zhao Anyue turned around in the pavilion and said, "Hey, why is your house so quiet?"

"It's getting dark now, if you don't go back, I'll send my servants to complain to the Taifu."

"Cut!" Zhao Anyue turned to Gong Yu and said, "Let me tell you kindly, this incense is not cheap. It is called Wuxiang. Not only is it colorless and odorless, it doesn't even smoke when it is lit, so you can't even notice it. The presence."

Gong Yu looked at the incense curiously and asked, "Where can you usually buy this incense?"

"I do not know either."

Zhao Anyue smiled slyly, obviously she didn't want to tell Gong Yu even if she knew about it.

Gong Yu put away the incense, stretched out her hand to rub her face and didn't intend to pay her any attention, but said angrily, "I don't know if the injury is serious or not."

Then Gu Zi asked the servant to bring a bronze mirror. Gong Yu held the bronze mirror and looked at it again and again. Zhao Anyue who was on the side said with disgust, "You big man, why are you so stinky?"

"I'm not a big man, I..."

Gong Yu stopped for a moment, and then said: "What's wrong with the big man? I can't take care of my face anymore."

Zhao Anyue smiled, snatched the bronze mirror from Gong Yu's hand, and said, "You are indeed better looking than ordinary young masters in the city, but you just look too weak."

Who is weak?

Gong Yu reached out and took back the bronze mirror from Zhao Anyue's hand and said, "It's really getting dark, why don't you go back?"

"I'm not going back, I want to live with you."

"what!"

Gong Yu put down the bronze mirror, looked at Zhao Anyue seriously and said, "Let me tell you, I have a sweetheart."

"I don't believe it. Which girl in this city would like a flimsy little boy like you?"

"Cut, forget it if you don't believe it, why should I tell you?"

Zhao Anyue turned around and said, "If you don't tell me, I will know who it is."

Gong Yu only felt that Zhao Anyue was scaring her, so she didn't take it seriously, she drank her tea and said, "You can guess as you please, I never said it, so don't talk nonsense when the time comes."

"It's the girl from Dai's family, right?"

"You..." Gong Yu said in surprise while holding the tea, "What are you talking about?"

Zhao Anyue looked straight into Gong Yu's eyes and said, "More than half of the young masters in this capital like Dai's girl."

"But the girl from Dai's family is not as kind-hearted as the rumors say, gentle and considerate."

Gong Yu frowned and said, "What do you want to tell me?"

"Didn't you find out?" Zhao Anyue sat aside and said, "In the beginning, His Royal Highness Gong Quan was the closest to the girl from the Dai family, but then His Royal Highness Gong Quan was abolished as the crown prince because of ineffective supervision of the country."

"Then, there are the third and fourth highnesses who are in their early years, even the most powerful third highness, you see how miserable the third highness died, and the fourth highness who lived in the mansion lost his former air, and then heard that the sixth highness said nothing to him. The girl from the Dai family is also deeply in love, but because of the leaking case, she is also in deep crisis."

Zhao Anyue got up and picked up the bronze mirror and smiled, looked at the serious Gong Yu through the bronze mirror and said, "Haven't you ever wondered why the Dai family is so powerful? ?”

Gong Yu only felt that Zhao Anyue seemed to have changed suddenly, so she couldn't help but nervously took a sip of tea and said slowly: "Then your Zhao clan is also deeply rooted in power, the Taifu is the elder of the two dynasties, I don't know how many powers he has arranged for you .”

"Little white face, you are actually not as stupid as you look."

Zhao Anyue put down the bronze mirror, waved her sleeves and said, "This fragrance-free is used secretly by the royal family of the Palace Kingdom. Although there are some dignitaries who keep some privately in their homes, but there are very few of them. Guess who it is?"

Zhao Anyue smiled, as if she had become that heartless little girl again.

"But you didn't say you used it?" Gong Yu asked in confusion.

"Of course it's just to tease you. An ordinary servant only needs ordinary drugs. There's no need for such expensive incense."

Zhao Anyue responded with a playful smile, and then left the mansion on her own.

Gong Yu looked down at the half of the incense in her hand and couldn't help feeling confused. If it was really used by the royal family of the Palace Kingdom, where did it come from?

The official position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment is not the kind with all-powerful power, who wants to kill him?

What's more, when the case of leaking questions emerged, the Minister of Criminal Affairs said that the illness was not dealt with, but was directly handed over to Dali Temple.

In the past few years, the only case that Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs has handled related to the royal family is the assassination of His Highness the Fourth Highness.

But the Fourth Highness has no reason to kill Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, even the assassination case back then has already been closed.

Gong Yu slowly walked under the peach tree, lying alone in the open-air pavilion, her head turned to think of what Zhao Anyue said just now.

Zhao Anyue's mind is not simple.

At least she paid attention to the movements of the court all the time. No wonder Gong Yu asked someone to check the information of the Taifu's daughter yesterday. She is a very intelligent woman since she was a child. Even the Taifu has many things to discuss with this Zhao Anyue. That's the reason why she is favored by the Taifu alone.

Gong Yu felt that her head was a little confused, so she couldn't help sighing, and looked sideways at the deaf-mute maidservant waiting beside her.

Right now, the peach tree is in full bloom, but when the breeze blows, many peach petals also fall off.

"Why is Xiao Jiu lying here alone again?" Dai Ruyan's voice sounded not far away.

"Ayan, why are you here?" Gong Yu looked sideways at Dai Ruyan who was approaching, then lay down and said, "I was thinking about something."

"I heard that the Taifu's daughter just left?"

"Yeah, I'm almost annoyed by her." Gong Yu said helplessly while touching Dai Ruyan's skirt.

Sitting on the side, Dai Ruyan gently stroked Shang Gongyu's slightly frowned brows with his fingertips and said, "Zhao Anyue is the Taifu's favorite daughter, you will be heard by the Taifu, so be careful."

"I don't care, Ayan, look at my forehead is bruised again today." Gong Yu lied on Dai Ruyan's lap shamelessly.

"Who made you arouse her interest?" Dai Ruyan gently rubbed Gong Yu's forehead with her fingertips and said in a low voice.

Gong Yu looked at Dai Ruyan pitifully and said: "But you have wronged me, why did I arouse her interest?"

"Zhao Anyue is usually eccentric and intelligent, and usually disdains to socialize with others, but Xiao Jiu can bump into her for several days. Do you think it's a coincidence?"

"I seriously suspect that she secretly investigated my affairs."

"Yeah, maybe she has taken a fancy to Xiao Jiu's beauty."

Gong Yu sighed and hugged Dai Ruyan and shook her head: "Then I am miserable, she is terribly fierce, Ayan, can you help me think of a way?"

Dai Ruyan passed through Gong Yu's fingertips and said with a smile: "Who made the peach blossoms in Xiaojiu Mansion bloom in full bloom?"

"What peach blossoms are in full bloom?" Gong Yu said a little puzzled, "Does it have anything to do with it?"

"stupid."

amount……

"Ayan, are you familiar with Zhao Anyue?"

"Not familiar." Dai Ruyan twirled Gong Yu's hair with her fingertips and said in a low voice, "But she knows me very well."

Gong Yu lay flat and looked up at Dai Ruyan and responded: "Yes, she seems to know about Ayan's affairs very well."

Dai Ruyan twirled her fingertips in front of Gong Yu's forehead, and said in a low voice, "It's also possible that she came to trouble Ah Jiu because of me."

Hey?

"I can't figure it out anymore." Gong Yu rubbed his forehead against Dai Ruyan's warm palm, like a tired kitten.

"Don't move." Dai Ruyan looked down at Gong Yu, gently rubbed Gong Yu's forehead with his palm and said, "Fortunately, the skin didn't bleed, otherwise Xiao Jiu wouldn't be more

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