The person who came was none other than Princess Jingyao. As early as when she appeared at the door, Su Zhen had identified her identity from the beauty of her body, but she didn't reveal her identity.
"Humph! I don't want it!" Princess Jingyao pointed at Li Jiu and said, "You! Go get water for me!"
Li Jiu pursed her lips. Although she was extremely reluctant, she had to obey her order.
"So you are Princess Jingyao, but this is the Red Mansion, why are you here?" Tang Yinchen asked.
"What's the matter? You can come to this place, but I, the princess, can't?"
Su Zhen arranged her clothes, picked up a chopstick and put the cold dish into her mouth, swallowed it and said, "Princess, we are investigating a case."
"Investigating the case? Su Zhen, you are talking nonsense! You are clearly here to have fun!"
"Your Highness, how we investigate the case has nothing to do with you. However, the palace is about to be locked. If you don't go back, you may be sleeping on the street tonight."
"When this princess came out, she told her mother and queen that she was going to find Wanwan. At worst, she would stay in the Imperial Mansion tonight."
Wanwan? Yufu?
Su Zhen sighed twice, "It's definitely not appropriate for the princess to live in Lord Yu's house before she leaves the palace. I believe the queen will never agree. Therefore, the princess must have sneaked out of the palace."
"You're talking nonsense!"
"Princess knows whether it is nonsense or not. However, where did we find out, princess, where did you appear? Isn't it a coincidence? If you hadn't appeared just now, we would have been able to find more clues."
Princess Jingyao sneered and pretended to sneer at what Su Zhen said, "I don't even bother to follow you."
"Then why did the princess eavesdrop outside our room?"
Princess Jingyao turned her head away with a guilty conscience, "How could I, the princess, eavesdrop? Your voices were too loud, and they had to reach my ears."
"In that case, let's take our leave."
Su Zhen put on the human skin mask, stood up and walked to the pear wood table in the right room. She picked up a pen and paper and quickly wrote a few lines. After coming out, she jumped up and took off the picture of a beautiful woman on the wall and rolled it up.
"General Xiao, Tangyu, let's go."
Tang Yinchen poked his head inside, "What did you write on the paper just now?"
"Of course it's an IOU. Otherwise, if Yueniang discovers that I stole not only wine but also paintings, I will never be able to enter Jiyuefang again in my life."
Alas, is there a behind-the-scenes boss worse than her in this world?! Yueniang doesn’t want any money, anyway, she is prohibited from entering...
Princess Jingyao walked quickly to the door, raised her dirty little face, and blocked their way, "Stop! Where are you going?"
Su Zhen looked her over from head to toe and teased her deliberately, "Of course you will go back home to wash up and go to bed. Could it be that... the princess wants... to let us take you in? But you look like this
, I’m afraid the servants in our house will treat him like a thief and beat him out.”
There was a dead silence in the air, which was completely opposite to the calm Xiao Chuhong. Tang Yinchen felt a chill coming from his back and touched his neck, fearing that his head would fall to the ground next moment.
"Su Zhen!!! Do you believe it or not, this princess will really punish you!"
The deafening roar made Su Zhen couldn't help but rub her ears and muttered in a low voice, "Okay, just joking, Princess, there are a lot of them, don't take it seriously."
"You are too presumptuous! No wonder brother Yi Ci is dissatisfied with you!"
Tsk...it's as if she wants to be liked by a villain like Shang Yici! Being liked by that kind of person will probably lead to eight lifetimes of bad luck!
At this time, Li Jiu led a maid and pushed in through the door. She was holding a silver basin in her hand, filled with clean water, and a piece of white cloth hung on the edge of the basin.
Su Zhen turned to Tang Yinchen and said, "Tangyu, I owe you the money for tonight's drink and the two bags of gold leaves. I'll pay you back another day."
"Oh, what a big deal! Why should we be polite to each other?"
Su Zhen chuckled, walked quickly to the window with the painting in her arms, jumped out of the window and left.
Xiao Chuhong frowned, "Princess, I will send someone to inform the prince later to take you back to the palace."
"Hmph! I won't go back! I will definitely be one step ahead of you and find the murderer of Li Jieyu."
Xiao Chuhong looked at Li Jiu, who immediately pushed him towards the door.
They were the only ones left in the originally lively room, so he reluctantly stood up and bowed, "Your Highness, you'd better wipe your face before returning to the palace."
"Humph, I won't wash it anymore, let's go."
Jingyao wiped her face with her sleeves, walked to the window, hesitated, and jumped down.
"Princess!"
When he came to the window, Princess Jingyao had landed safely and chased after Su Zhen.
Tang Yinchen shook his head in disgust, "Oh, if the Master is not here, you can just do your best!"
...
Jingyao jumped out of Jiyuefang through the window and chased after Su Zhen in the direction he left.
When Su Zhen left Jiyuefang and took off the human skin mask, she didn't rush back home. Her mind was completely filled with the two women in the painting. Why did she always feel something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.
She stopped suddenly and looked around. There were many pedestrians on the road, but there was nothing strange about them.
Just as she was about to continue moving forward, there was a sharp sound of a sword cutting through the air behind her.
There are too many people here. If we take action, innocent people will be hurt.
Pretending not to be aware of the danger, he continued to walk forward. At the same time, he pretended to bend down and straighten his clothes inadvertently, avoiding overhead attacks, and continued to move forward as if nothing had happened.
However, the visitor did not intend to let her go. He held a few sword flowers in the air behind her, and with two "swish" sounds, he stabbed directly at her back shoulder.
"Ah! He's killing someone! Get out of the way!"
When the people saw this, they were so frightened that they fled in all directions.
Su Zhen took advantage of the chaos and blended into the crowd, but the man behind was chasing after her. She soon discovered that the assassins were not just one person, but were all targeting her.
After going around several streets and passing the pear tree on the roadside, she had an idea. She put her fingers together in her sleeves and quietly drew a magic talisman. She silently recited a spell in her mouth, and the talisman turned into a white shimmer and fell into the grass.
After Su Zhen ran past, the branches of the pear tree suddenly grew wildly. Listening to the frightened screams coming from behind, she hid in front of the courtyard wall of the common people's house and covered her mouth and snickered.
Looking around, seeing no one there, he jumped back in the direction he came from.
Hiding behind a tree, he watched the assassins dressed in black being pulled into the air by branches and tied tightly, and even the blood had penetrated into their bodies, leaving bloody traces.
Su Zhen leaned against the tree, curled her fingers around her hair, cleared her throat, and used some magic to adjust her voice to make it richer and more powerful, "How brave! Who are you? You disturbed my purity!"
"Monster? Monster! Help!"
"Idiot, shut up, do you want to recruit everyone from the government?"
"But we can't defeat this monster at all! I feel like I'm going to suffocate!"
How cowardly! Su Zhen curled her lips in disgust and became playful, "How presumptuous! I am a tree spirit!! How dare you call me a monster!"
"It doesn't matter whether you are a spirit or a monster! Let us go quickly! Otherwise, if we escape, we will definitely burn you!"
"How dare you be so arrogant when you are about to die?"
Su Zhen bent her fingers, and the branches immediately tightened. Those people desperately tried to untie the branches that were strangling them, but their efforts were in vain. Their faces turned blue because of extreme difficulty in breathing. This chapter has been completed!