C158 (1/2)

At this moment, Qiao Ruo Ying had already poured a glass of wine and said to Qiao Liangjin, ”Today Jin'er has succeeded and become a princess. If mother knows about this, she would definitely be pleased.”

Qiao Liangjin smiled lightly and raised her glass as well. ”As long as we are fine, Mother will feel at ease.”

Qiao Zheng sighed and raised his goblet as well, saying, ”You are all good kids.” After saying that, he drained his cup in one gulp.

Qiao Liangjin looked at her and smiled. She raised her glass and said: ”The major and minor matters of the Prime Minister's Estate are mostly the Eldest Madam's concern. I also thank Eldest Madam for all her care and training over these years, allowing Qiao Liangjin to become an adult.”

Chastity felt a burst of panic in her heart. She quickly raised the cup and smiled, ”No, no, I didn't do it well. Jin'er, don't blame me.”

Qiao Liangjin gave a shallow smile and did not say anything else. She downed all the wine in the cup in one gulp, put down the cup, stood up and said to Qiao Zheng Fu, ”Your daughter is a little tired today, so you should go back and rest. Dad, take care of yourself.”

Seeing that her sister was about to withdraw, Qiao Ruo Ying stood up as well. After bowing to Qiao Zheng, she chased Qiao Liangjin out of the garden.

Although Qiao Ruo Ying was usually a little stupid, she was exceptionally sensitive today. After following behind Qiao Liangjin for a long time, she asked, ”Jin'er, is there anything that you're hiding from your brother?”

Qiao Liangjin stopped in her tracks and stood there. After a while, she sighed and said, ”It's fine, big brother. I'm fine. Let Caihe go and serve you. You only have Little Four, he can't take care of you.”

Hearing that, Qiao Ruo Ying stuffed the evil spirit back into her own courtyard. She anxiously grabbed her hair and said: ”Don't, a woman cannot appear in my courtyard … ”If Ling Yu finds out …”

Qiao Liangjin suddenly turned her head and looked at Qiao Ruo Ying: ”Lingyu? ”Big brother …”

Only then did she realize that she had said something wrong. She scratched the top of her head and remained silent.

Qiao Liangjin looked at Qiao Ruo Ying and asked softly, ”Big brother, is Ling Yu in the Royal City?”

Qiao Ruo Ying looked into Qiao Liangjin's eyes and knew that she could no longer hide anything from him. He could only sigh and say, ”Yes, I've been living in Xianghe Court for three days already.”

”Isn't she guarding the Big Dipper? Why did she come out?” What did she come to you for? Are you in love with her? ”Between you …” Qiao Liangjin asked a series of questions, which made it difficult for Qiao Ruo Ying to resist.

”I don't know... ”What's wrong?” Qiao Ruo Ying was curious as to why her sister reacted so badly today.

Qiao Liangjin smiled as the corner of her mouth twitched. She shook her head and said, ”I have nothing to do, so I'll go back and rest first. Tomorrow, when I have time, I want to see Lingyu.”

After Qiao Ruo Ying nodded, Qiao Liangjin returned to the Golden Flower Pavilion.

No matter how she tried, she couldn't wrap her head around it. She began to carefully recall that day, when she went to the Imperial Palace, the one that cleared up the area and brought her to Fengxi Palace, but she also remembered that the empress dowager didn't live in Fengxi Palace, but Wan Yan Palace. Why did the empress dowager suddenly change places to live there?

Qiao Liangjin wrote this doubt on a piece of paper before she started writing another piece of paper. It said, ”Abdomen, tragic death, and grievous death.” Finally, she drew a circle on the four words that were written with great kung fu.

”Still awake?” A gust of wind blew and a man in black clothes was sitting beside Qiao Liangjin's desk. Her beautiful eyes were looking at Qiao Liangjin.

Qiao Liangjin ignored the black clothed man and closed the door, closing the window as well. She returned to the desk and placed the paper in front of the black clothed man, saying, ”Why? Previously, when the empress dowager lived in Wan Yan Palace, she invited me into the palace, but this time, she went to the Phoenix Palace?”

”Three months ago, the empress dowager's Wanyan Palace went into water and was in the process of being repaired. That's why she temporarily went to Phoenix Brothel.” The man in black replied with a look of ”I know everything, I'll say it”.

”Do you know who else has the same martial arts as you in the capital?”

”There aren't any taller than me, but they are lower than me. There are at least ten taller than your purple smoke.” The man in black picked up a brush and began writing on the paper.

Not long later, he handed the paper over to Qiao Liangjin and said, ”I'll give you all the residences of these ten experts.”

Qiao Liangjin read the name on the paper quietly, smiled, folded the paper and said: ”Thank you, Seventh Prince.”

The black clothed man looked up at Qiao Liangjin. He had seen many smiles in his life, some showing off, some pretending, but this woman, although she was extremely sad in her heart, she could still smile so casually on the surface, causing his heart to ache a little.

She then knocked on the table and asked, ”What do you plan to do?”

”Not much. If I kill them, I'd rather kill three thousand by mistake. I can't let a single one off the hook.” Qiao Liangjin's tone suddenly turned as cold as ice, and her voice carried a sense of viciousness and calmness.

”Alright, I'll help you.” All of a sudden, Qing Qing grabbed Qiao Liangjin's arm and pulled her into her embrace.

Qiao Liangjin was caught off guard and fell into Su Chen's embrace. Just as she was about to struggle, she heard Su Qingyun mumbling, ”Don't hide, I love you. I love you very much. Why are you so strong? So strong that it makes my heart ache.”

Qiao Liangjin's heart trembled. A certain part of the sturdy wall suddenly collapsed. She was silent as she allowed Su Yan to hug her. Her heart was extremely desolate and without any emotions. She had already chewed up Zi Yan's death and swallowed it. She would no longer panic at the thought of Zi Yan's miserable death.

Su Bai also stopped talking. The room became quiet. The two of them were so close to each other that they could almost hear each other's heartbeats.

After a very long time, the candles were almost burnt out. Qiao Liangjin finally opened her mouth and said: ”You … It's time to go. The sky is about to brighten. ”

After clearing her silence, she stood up and carried Qiao Liangjin to her bed. Just as Qiao Liangjin was about to say something, her finger gently brushed against her sleeping point. In the next second, she fell asleep.

She lightly kissed Qiao Liangjin's forehead, then seemed to unwillingly kiss the corner of her lips. She touched the top of her head and softly said, ”You need to rest, don't blame me.”