Even if Lin Heng was slow, he understood that she was issuing an order to expel guests.

He stepped back and did not say anything about his request to stay the night. He only said, "You have a good rest... I will... go out to check on Zhao Liangxu these days."

"Okay." Cheng Muqing smiled.

After Lin Heng left, Cheng Muqing called Jin Xi, gave her a few words of advice, and then let her go.

In the dark night, Jin Xi dressed up as a fat ball and walked in the courtyard holding an oil lamp in his hand.

"Tonight!" A Feng Dian Dian ran to her side, "It's so late, what are you doing?"

"Oh...I'm going to the Golden Eagle Division." Jin Xi said.

"So late?" Ah Feng said in surprise, "How about I help you? What are you going to do?"

"No need." Jin Xi rejected him.

"It's so late, do you know how dangerous you are as a girl?" Ah Feng stopped in front of her, blocking her way, with a serious expression on his face, "Aren't you afraid of meeting bad people and being slapped by bad people? Or being..."

"You! You don't expect my order to be good!" Jinxi exclaimed.

"I'm doing this for your own good." Ah Feng frowned, "How can a girl walk alone on the street so late at night? Aren't you waiting for others to bully you?"

"I……"

"Tell me, what do you want? I'll help you." Ah Feng interrupted her.

"I told you, no need." Jinxi pushed him away and continued walking.

"Then I'll accompany you." Ah Feng followed her, never leaving.

"You...why are you doing this to me..."

"Because I like you."

"..." Jin Xi suddenly felt his eyes flashing with flowers, and his face was filled with heat.

"I didn't lie to you." Ah Feng said seriously, "I really like you."

Jin Xi raised his head and did not reply to him, his heartbeat quickened.

The atmosphere between the two became very strange, silent and awkward, and time passed very slowly for the two of them.

"So what about you?"

Ah Feng said, "You went out...to meet your lover, right? Am I too late?"

"No!" Jinxi quickly defended, "I...I went to help the princess with something..."

"What to do?"

"Help the princess go to the Golden Eagle Division and find someone who knows how to make a fortune..." Jinxi said.

"Why do you want to find a coward?" Ah Feng looked puzzled.

"I don't know." Jinxi shook his head, "After the princess came back from Liang Mansion, she asked me to go to the Golden Eagle Division..."

Ah Feng nodded thoughtfully.

…

The next day, Cheng Muqing slept until noon.

She felt a little dizzy from sleep, and when she heard rustling sounds coming from the bed, she knew she was awake.

"Princess." Jin Xi lifted her up and brought her water to feed her.

"Has the news been sent to the Golden Eagle Division?" Cheng Muqing looked dignified and took a sip of water.

"Sent it." Jinxi nodded, "Master Yan said that Dr. He will know how to do it and will send her to assist you."

"Congratulations Qianyuan?" Cheng Muqing nodded, "Very good..."

Jinxi turned around and helped her get some clothes.

"Is there someone going with you?" Cheng Muqing said, "It was too late yesterday and I was negligent. I shouldn't have let you go out by yourself to a girl's house."

"It's okay..." Jin Xi smiled shyly, "A Feng went with me..."

Cheng Muqing said "hmm" without any change in his expression.

"How is the situation in Zhao's house?" Cheng Mu counted the time, and the result should be at this point.

"The thief said that after he entered, he stole very smoothly." Jin Xi said, "Princess, are you overthinking it? How could Zhao Shangshu set a trap and wait for you?"

"How smooth was it?" Cheng Muqing asked lazily.

"Hmm..." Jinxi thought for a while, "I don't know."

"Jin Xi, if you were a thief, would you tell others... that your stealing went smoothly?"

"Of course..." Jin Xi paused.

"Bring him here and I'll ask." Cheng Muqing said.

"Oh... ok." Jin Xi hurriedly went to take someone with him.

After a while, Cheng Muqing put on his clothes and Jin Xi also brought the people up.

The little thief's clothes were a little tattered, with a layer of dust on them.

Cheng Muqing keenly observed that his arm was injured and there was a trace of blood on his exposed clothes.

"Madam..." The little thief raised his eyes and looked at her, thinking that he was really unlucky. He finally escaped from the Zhao Mansion and fell into another wolf's mouth. He sighed heavily, "What do you want to do?"

"I have something to ask you." Cheng Muqing smiled and said, "Please sit down."

Seeing her kind smile, the little thief slowly stood up and sat on the low stool.

"Last night, you went to Zhao's house to commit a robbery?" Cheng Muqing put his hands on the table. Although his face was still calm, his demeanor became a little more majestic.

The little thief nodded.

"Who did you meet?"

"I didn't meet anyone..."

"Then your stealing went smoothly?" Cheng Muqing raised his eyebrows, "I like to be direct, so you'd better tell the truth and don't make me bother."

"I really didn't meet anyone!" The little thief waved his hands hurriedly, "I ran away after stealing... but before I could take two steps, I was caught by a strong man." At that time, he thought he would be sent to the government.

, I didn’t expect to be sent to this house.

Speaking of which, this house is really big and grand. The little thief silently complained in his heart.

"Say." Cheng Muqing slapped his palm on the table, causing the wooden table to creak.

The little thief was startled, "There are just...many people...the leader is a middle-aged man, and he has many men with him..."

"Are there any young men in their 24s or 50s around him?"

The little thief shook his head.

"Then what did you steal?" Cheng Muqing continued to ask.

"Twelve taels of silver...a jade pendant."

"Show me."

The thief reluctantly offered the stolen goods.

"This jade is just like..." Cheng Muqing's tone seemed to be a little disdainful, "The person who gave you these things is really stingy."

The little thief looked at her involuntarily, and his expression became more solemn as she spoke.

"Someone deliberately gave these items to you and let you steal them..." Cheng Muqing said, "Let me think about it, he actually wanted to prove that you succeeded in stealing them when he let you out, right?"

The little thief blinked twice, not daring to look at her.

"He probably wants you to pretend that you entered the house smoothly." Cheng Muqing leaned forward slightly, "right?"

"Uh..." The little thief's eyes flashed slightly, and his expression was very uneasy.

"Tell me what happened after you went in." Cheng Muqing said, "I will listen to everything."

The little thief seemed hesitant.

Cheng Muqing took out ten taels of silver, put it on the table, and glanced at the thief again.

The little thief stared at the silver and immediately recounted what he had experienced last night.

As he listened, Cheng Muqing was attracted by one sentence——

"A slave went to see the middle-aged man on the way. I don't know what he said. The middle-aged man was very angry and cursed me several times... Oh, by the way, there was a middle-aged woman trying to persuade the man..."

After the thief finished explaining, Cheng Muqing let him go.

There was silence in the house, and the world suddenly became quiet.

Her inferences just now are all correct, what does this mean?

The Zhao family really has a problem.

Cheng Muqing rubbed his chin. The Zhao family wanted to lure her away. As the Princess of Qi, she broke into the residence of the Minister of Household Affairs at night. No matter how it was spread, she was in a disadvantageous position. Even if she said she was investigating the Zhao family, the Zhao family did.
Chapter completed!