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Qiao Liangjin crooked her finger and said with a smile, ”Then I'll have to trouble you two to get a better set of clothes and dress me up. After all, we are the rank 1 princesses, you have to have some face, right?”

The rest of them giggled as Pink and Rowan entered the room to help Qiao Liangjin with her clothes.

Qiao Liangjin looked at herself in the mirror and counted with her fingers: ”Strange, Zi Yan has been gone for a few days, why hasn't she come back yet? I saw that Ah Bai and Ah Kuan are back.”

Ruo Lan combed her hair and said, ”Yeah, usually, Zi Yan will be back in two days. It's been a few days, and she still hasn't come back.”

Qiao Liangjin suddenly felt goosebumps all over her back. She suddenly felt uneasy. He knew that her intuition was on the line again. She suddenly stood up and walked towards the door.

Ruo Lan quickly followed him out and asked, ”Miss, what's wrong?”

”I want to see Zi Yan. I'm not at ease.” As she spoke, she pulled out the hairpin.

Ruo Lan stood in front of Qiao Liangjin and shook her head: ”Miss, today is a very important day, you can't go out ah. Later, when the imperial edict is passed, we'll go find Zi Yan. What do you say?”

Qiao Liangjin furrowed her long brows as she looked at the firm expression of Ran Lan. She then raised her head to look in the direction of the sunrise. She sighed and said, ”Alright, then we'll wait for the imperial edict.”

Time passed minute after minute as Qiao Liangjin paced back and forth, looking at the sun from time to time. The fear in her heart grew stronger. She didn't know why, but she had the feeling that something bad had happened to Zi Yan.

She suddenly walked in front of the dressing table, tied up her hair, and walked in front of the mimosa. She said, ”In a while, pretend to be me and accept the decree. I'm going out for a while.”

The whirlpool immediately transformed into the little girl and nodded: ”Okay, master be careful.”

Yuesheng was basking in the sun on the grass in the courtyard. Seeing Qiao Liangjin about to leave, she rolled over and asked, ”Where are you going?”

”I'll go find Zi Yan.” As she spoke, Qiao Liangjin jumped onto the wall and glanced back at Ruo Lan and Pai Di.

The little fox immediately transformed into the shape of a fox and jumped onto the wall, nimbly lying on Qiao Liangjin's shoulder.

Qiao Liangjin patted her head and said with a smile, ”Let's go.”

She vaguely remembered that Zi Yan had told her the location of her home. According to her directions, Qiao Liangjin had used her Qing Gong to jump all the way, and in a short while, she had arrived near where Zi Yan had said.

She squatted on the roof and carefully looked around the nearby houses. All of the houses looked exactly the same. Qiao Liangjin's eyes suddenly fixed on the door of a room with dried Redbud Flower hanging on it.

Qiao Liangjin jumped off the roof and lightly walked to the door of the room with the Redbud hanging on it. She raised her hand, wanting to raise it and knock on the door, but the feeling of unease that came over her was strong.

She could smell the thick scent of blood! A thick stench of blood came from the house!

Qiao Liangjin's heart was thrown into disarray. She pushed open the door and saw dried blood all over the floor. Her gaze swept in all directions as she anxiously and nervously called out Zi Yan's name. When she entered the room, she opened her mouth and found that she was unable to speak a single word.

Zi Yan was lying on the messy bed, not a single piece of clothing on her. A knife had cut open her chest to her abdomen, and all her organs were piled at the side. Her eyes were wide open as she stared unwillingly at the door, as if she was waiting for someone.

Qiao Liangjin closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Step by step, she walked to the bedside. She no longer cared about the pile of organs. She held Zi Yan's hand and said softly, ”I'm late.”

She gently placed the organs one by one into the empty chest and whispered, ”The heart is here, the lungs are here …” Purple Smoke... ”Purple smoke …”

Her hands trembled, and her tears began to fall incessantly on Zi Yan's chest. However, she had to complete this mission. She had to give her everything.

Placing her internal organs back into her chest, Qiao Liangjin looked around for needle and thread, carefully sewing up Purple Smoke's wound. She sat blankly to the side, her hands covered in blood, wondering who was it, who was it, who was it, being so cruel, treating her servant like this.

She looked at Zi Yan's eyes that were filled with grievance when she died and swore through gritted teeth, ”Zi Yan, in the future, I'll capture the person who killed you and make her pay a thousand times the price.” Saying that, she closed Zi Yan's eyes.

Zi Yan only had one family member, and she was also a younger brother. However, her pain seemed to be a little less than Zi Yan's. She didn't suffer any more after dying, but from now on, Zi Yan's family would no longer exist.

Qiao Liangjin washed off the blood on her hands, found a purple dress, and put it on Zi Yan's body. She gently kissed Zi Yan's face and said softly, ”Zi Yan, you have been taking care of me the whole time. Today, I will take care of you and send you out.”

Qiao Liangjin sprinkled the oil of the fire onto Zi Yan and Zi Yan's bodies and ignited a fire piston. She looked coldly at the two corpses lying side by side on the bed and did not hesitate to throw the fire piston onto the bed. The ball of fire suddenly began to burn with a 'peng' and Yu Sheng transformed into his human form as he asked in a soft voice, ”Do you need my help?”

”I don't want anyone to find out that Zi Yan is dead. Can you cremate her even more thoroughly?” Qiao Liangjin's voice was somewhat dry.