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The pedestrians on the streets turned back repeatedly, but Qingning acted as if he did not hear anything, and did not even seem to have the intention of slowing down.

Suddenly, An Yi swept his leg across the ground and ruthlessly threw a punch at her face.

She didn't expect that this spoiled brat would know some skills, so she quickly grabbed An Yi's right fist and twisted it around her waist, causing her embroidered skirt to swirl like a flower under the sunset.

Her face was cold, and she had an air of pride that the passersby couldn't help but make way for her …

After intercepting the acupuncture points on An Yi's arms, she no longer gave the Little Princess a chance to move.

The two servants behind her were so frightened by her actions that their faces turned pale, and they quickly chased after her.

However, even with the small steps taught by the Deep Palace, she was still unable to catch up to her brisk pace.

Along the way, cold sweat covered An Yi's forehead. Just as she was about to clench her teeth to the point of almost breaking, Qingning suddenly put her down again.

"Lu Qingning, what exactly do you mean!"

As soon as she said that, she looked up and saw the signboard that read "Yongan Palace" hanging high up in the sky.

The yamen runner in front who recognized Qingning walked in.

He casually threw down the words, "If you want to meet him, then come by yourself. What's the point of causing trouble at my place!"

"You …"

Princess An Yi choked on her words and quickly tidied up her clothes at the door before entering the room.

had come to the Myriad Herbs Pavilion quite a few times before, so most of the people in the Yongan Palace recognised her.

As the bailiff led the way, he said, "Our Grand Master has wanted to talk to you for several days. He thinks that you're a friend of our master, so it's not good for him to trouble you. What a coincidence!"

Qingning replied indifferently, "En", indicating that he knew.

Xu Ran did not say anything. Instead, it was the Master of the Yongan Palace who had intentionally or unintentionally mentioned to Fang Yu that half of the missing people this time were victims who had used Beauty Pain.

He didn't know what the reason was, but it was clear that it had something to do with her.

As he got closer to the study room, he heard some discordant sounds of quarreling.

The bailiff looked at her resentfully and said, "The vice minister of the Ministry of Justice is discussing official matters with the lord. Miss Lu, please wait for a moment!"

Qingning stood still and then, the sounds of debate could be heard clearly.

"In just a short few days, more than ten people have gone missing, and most of them are still the victims of Myriad Herbs Pavilion's poison rouge. This matter definitely has something to do with Lu Family!"

The other person's voice was still as gentle and outrageous as before, "Sir assistant minister, there is no evidence that we shouldn't have come to such a conclusion so early!"

That person slapped the table and stood up, and berated sternly: "You're not even willing to take out someone to ask, Xu Ran you are openly protecting me!"

Xu Ran remained calm and stood up to compare the two.

Suddenly, with a "creak", the study room's door was kicked open by someone. Zhang Qiuhe was so shocked that he staggered and almost fell to his knees.

The sky was filled with red clouds, Qingning entered with her plain clothes, her face looked slightly frosty: "I'm here, go ahead and ask!"

Her expression was so indifferent that it made the assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice, who wholeheartedly wanted to throw dirty water on her, start.

Zhang Qiuhe stared at her with eyes as sharp as lightning, then asked: "Within a few days, more than ten people have disappeared from the Yongan City, so the first three people were all victims of your Myriad Herbs Pavilion, Du Yanzhi, what do you have to say about this?"

"I don't know!"

Zhang Qiuhe immediately followed up with a question: "Was it you who tried to detoxify the poison and silenced him?"

Qingning's brain really wasn't small, as her phoenix eyes held a hint of a sneer, "You really want to?"

The latter had a cold expression on her face as she retorted with a question. Who said I was wrong? But how could I say such words out loud?

Xu Ran looked at her and revealed an extremely gentle smile, "That day, after the release of the Ice Profound Pills, all the infected people had already recovered. What the Vice Minister said did not constitute a motive!"

"That doesn't mean you're not suspicious!" Zhang Qiuhe immediately concluded, "The Yongan medallion is still lacking, it's better if I bring it back to the Ministry of Justice for interrogation!"

The assistant minister of the Ministry of Justice had hardened his heart to make things difficult for her.

None of the Board of Justice's men dared to move against her. One of them stepped forward and reminded her in a low voice, "Sir, she is the Prince Rong's …"

Qingning said as her lips curled into a cold smile, "Without any proof, does the Ministry of Justice want to force the confession?"

This time was different from last time when the Imperial Noble Consort Xie was disfigured and the Emperor was furious. Although the matter of the missing person was serious, there was no basis for him to force the Prince Rong's fiancee into the Ministry of Justice's prison.

Lu Lianghua couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat off his forehead. He only remembered that the last time he had a feud with the Myriad Herbs Pavilion, how could he forget about the important matter of her being Prince Rong's fiancee.

"Zhang Qiuhe, what are you doing?" Outside the door, the emperor's precious daughter stood there, looking at her in dissatisfaction.

Qingning looked at the Yongan that gave birth to a few lines of awkwardness, and revealed an extremely shallow smile.

"This humble subject is here to discuss a case with the Yongan Command, I shall take my leave now!"

Who didn't know that recently, this princess was rather fond of the newly appointed Yongan tokens, and that none of them were easy to deal with?

Zhang Qiuhe did not dare, he quickly said a few words and left with his people.

"Xu Ran!" The princess' demeanor that An Yi had held in her hands earlier disappeared in an instant. She walked between Qingning and him, raised her charming smile and spoke with some shyness: "Recently … "Why didn't you come and see me …"

This princess really didn't know what hiding meant. Qingning instantly felt that he was probably a million watts light bulb.

Xu Ran pulled Qingning away from him for a few steps, and said with a gentle tone: "Princess has completely recovered, it's better that we return to the palace earlier!"

"I …"

An Yi looked at him faintly with unwillingness.

He held the latest statistics of the case and intently said to Qingning: "This is the household register of the missing persons for the past few days, there are fourteen missing people, seven males and seven females, and three of them are the previous victims of the Beauty Pain. Try to help me recall the commonalities of these victims."

Qingning looked back and forth between the two of them.

Carefully, he did not have the time to care about the sullen little princess. He sat down by the side of the table and focused on the case that Xu Ran had marked out, where all the information had already been clearly marked out.

She knew that if she could not find another clue, according to Xu Ran's personality, he would definitely not push the matter to her.

This was an indescribable feeling of trust, perhaps because from the very beginning, Xu Ran and her had always been close to a relationship as if they were monarchs.

"Husband and wife, lover!"

Her slender fingertips drew an ink-colored line across the paper, summing up the commonalities. "They're both a pair!"

"You're saying …" Xu Ran suddenly realized, "These people are all missing because they have lovers! "East of the city, Li Huan, Zhang Xiaoyan, Zhang Yang Street …"

The matter of the Beauty Pain had caused the record of marriage annulment and divorce to rise up high in the history of Yongan City, but there were still a few that had survived.

An Yi and were a little anxious, they moved closer to look at it for a good long while, but were unable to say a single word, so they could only bite their lips and stare at Qingning.

However, she did not mind at all, and after flipping through a few more chapters, her gaze suddenly focused on the time when her Myriad Herbs Pavilion had sold the first batch of Poison rouge, and the case and the time when the Bai Family returned Spring rouge.

Qingning's phoenix eyes slightly rose, revealing a sharp glint in her eyes, "This is not the right time!"

Xu Ran took the letter, and quickly scanned his mouth saying: "The former is on the sixth of the third month, while the latter is on the fifth of the third month.

But it was the crux of the entire matter. If the rouge from Myriad Herbs Pavilion had not been sold yet, then where had the poison rouge that Widow Sun picked up come from?

"Jin Yaoyao has a problem!"

Qingning quickly got up and walked in the direction of the Changle Workshop.