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This question had really caught her attention. This was a reason that only the hidden mastermind would know.

"When the emperor finds the murderer, he will naturally know the reason."

In the end, she could only reply.

"Yes."

Yun Jiaorong frowned and nodded. Originally, she did not want to rely on the Kaiser for everything, hence she decided to leave the palace to look for clues. But in the end, she still had to rely on the Kaiser.

Liu Ruoqing looked at her expression, as if he had guessed what she was thinking in her heart. With a casual tone, he said: "Since you're already out of the palace, you can stroll around as you wish.

"Sure."

Yun Jiaorong didn't want to touch Liu Ruoqing's good intentions, so he nodded and agreed.

Not long after the two of them left the Gui Lin Zhai, Liu Ruoqing's footsteps suddenly stopped. A cold light flashed out of the corner of his eyes.

"What's the matter, Princess?"

Yun Jiaorong noticed that Liu Ruoqing had suddenly stopped and asked in surprise.

"Oh, it's nothing. Let's go."

Liu Ruoqing calmly withdrew the cold glint in his eyes and walked beside Yun Jiaorong, purposely getting closer to her.

Yun Jiaorong rarely left the Taifu Residence, and other than occasionally going with the Tutor Yun to the Gui Lin Zai, she normally stayed at the Palace, where there were many strange things on the streets that also attracted her interest.

"Ladies, come and take a look. The best rouge and cosmetic powder are both fresh from the xieqing ?"

The peddlers by the roadside greeted him warmly.

"Sure."

Liu Ruoqing smiled as he brought Yun Jiaorong to the stall and said: "Pitiful Appearance, this is someone from my country. We have to take a good look."

"Oh, this lady is from xieqing."

"Yeah, Lil 'Bro, you have to give us a discount later."

"No problem. The two ladies can pick any one of them. If you like them, I guarantee that I'll make it cheap for you two."

"Thank you, little brother."

She chatted casually with the vendor, her eyes fixed on a mirror on the vendor's stall.

In the mirror, at the entrance of the alley not far from them, two unfamiliar men were looking in their direction, and their eyes were locked onto Yun Jiaorong's body.

Sure enough, someone was following them.

Liu Ruoqing thought in his heart, but he still maintained his composure. He picked up one of the hairpins and placed it in front of the peddler, "Little brother, I want this."

"You have such good eyes, I'll wrap it up for you right now."

After paying the entrance fee, the two of them started walking back to the meeting. Liu Ruoqing held Yun Jiaorong's arm, lowered his voice, and said: "Someone is following us, don't turn your head, and continue walking forward."

Yun Jiaorong's face changed, a look of panic swept past his eyes, "Who is following us?"

"I'm not sure. It's very likely that he agreed to help the mastermind behind the killing of Tutor Yun."

Liu Ruoqing had not yet loosened his grip on Yun Jiaorong's arm, his expression still calm, but his voice had become much more serious, "Don't be nervous, just follow me."

"Alright."

Even so, Yun Jiaorong's body uncontrollably stiffened, and his entire mental state tensed up.

"Princess, what should we do now?"

"Don't be nervous, let's head towards the Imperial Palace. They wouldn't dare to make a move in the vicinity of the Imperial City in broad daylight."

"Alright."

Yun Jiaorong tensed up, following beside Liu Ruoqing. After the two of them walked for a while, Liu Ruoqing's brows deeply furrowed.

"Not good."

"What's wrong?"

"They seem to be trying to force us to a place with fewer people."

"Then what should we do?"

Liu Ruoqing did not answer, and she did not know how to answer.

She wasn't clear on who these people were, nor was she clear on their skills, nor was she clear on how many of their people were around them.

At present, he could only take one step at a time.

imperial study ?

"imperial uncle, what Rong Er said to us confirmed our guess at the time. Someone did indeed call Rong Er away on purpose, but, why did they let Rong Er go?"

This was something that they had never understood from start to finish.

If the Tutor Yun knew their secret, wouldn't it be more likely that Rong Er knew it than the servants?

Why did they not even let a servant go, yet they let Rong Er go?

Even trying to keep her away from the fire?

This point, Yan Shuo could not understand, and neither could Yan Yuan.

After being silent for a moment, Yan Yuan looked at Yan Shuo and asked: Have you sent people to check on the Gui Lin Zhai?

Yan Shuo shook his head, then said: "We would like to personally take a look."

"Alright, I'll go with you."

Yun Jiaorong nervously followed Liu Ruoqing back. She did not practice martial arts, but she could feel that her surroundings were following their footsteps, and even forced them to move towards some remote area step by step.

She anxiously leaned against Liu Ruoqing. Suddenly, a dozen young men jumped out in front of them with swords in their hands. They were obviously targeting them.

Yun Jiaorong was so frightened that he instinctively cried out. Looking at the ten over people in front of him, Liu Ruoqing frowned.

Forget about the power of these people, perhaps she could deal with them alone. However, she still had to focus on protecting Yun Jiaorong so she didn't have enough confidence to deal with them.

Just as she was thinking about how to escape, the man in the lead took a step forward and looked towards Yun Jiaorong. He cupped his hands and said: "Miss Yun, my master invites you to come with us."

These words were spoken politely, but looking at the situation, it was obvious that Yun Jiaorong did not have a chance to reject.

Hearing him say that, fear appeared in the depths of Yun Jiaorong's eyes. She hid behind Liu Ruoqing and said, "I do not know your master, so why should I follow you back?"

When those people heard her question, they looked at each other and laughed, "You will know when you go back and ask our master."

The fear on Yun Jiaorong's face did not lessen, and her pleading eyes looked towards Liu Ruoqing. Liu Ruoqing smiled at her, his gaze calm, and then turned towards the ten over people.

"Brothers, it's not kind of you to ask me for a person without even greeting me."

Originally, their target this time was Yun Jiaorong, so they did not want to waste any time talking to Liu Ruoqing.

Hearing Liu Ruoqing's words, these people's faces were filled with disdain. They even felt that Liu Ruoqing was a little crazy to mention "kindness" at this time.

"Little girl, this has nothing to do with you. Go home, we won't make things difficult for you."

Hearing these people's words, Yun Jiaorong was so nervous that she stared straight at Liu Ruoqing, afraid that she would actually abandon him and leave.

Liu Ruoqing chuckled. He patted Yun Jiaorong's arm and gave her a comforting look. Then, he looked at those few people.