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Zuo Ming's long face grew longer, and she shivered: "Prime Minister, County Princess, this was found by a small soldier of mine when I was going to pay respects. There was even a pearl hanging from the spike, it was exactly like the pearl on the gold plate that County Princess had given to me. That was why I followed County Princess's orders and brought the pearl back untouched.

master room, net?

Guard Captain Zuo Ming's words confirmed everyone's guesses. That thing really did come out from that place, master rooms were the words of a rich family, to put it bluntly, it was a latrine.

In other words, that thing was indeed a pile of feces.

Luo Xian'er was so angry that her face almost twisted. In the end, she was still a little girl who was only ten years old.

Facing her own loss of self-control, especially in front of the person she loved, even though she told herself countless times in her heart that she should hold it back, she still couldn't help but feel angry.

Originally, it had always been hung on the gold plate bestowed to her. That order badge should have been found in Luo Wuyou's room, but that spike was actually found by the guards inside the master room.

What did this mean? This meant that her plan had failed once again!

Luo Xian'er clenched her teeth, she was so angry that she almost wanted to grind her teeth. She had been immersed in her own thoughts this whole time, and yet she didn't seem to realize a very serious problem.

She didn't realize it, but that didn't mean that others didn't.

Luo Bingshu's face was now so dark that water could drip from it. It was just that, before he even had the chance to ask, Nangong Jingli, who had been quietly seated at the side, had already said:

"Now that the tassel has been found, what about the gold medal?"

Zuo Ming said: "This subordinate searched the entire master room but did not find any medallions, but, this subordinate has already sent people to continue searching for it!"

"You mean, someone threw the order badge into the kegu, so now, your people are fishing in the kegu right?"

"Bang ~ ~ ~"

Nangong Jingli's large palm fiercely smashed onto the tea table, and his originally gentle voice revealed a trace of ice-cold air. The anger on his face was also not concealed at all. When the tassel was found in the master room s, Zuo Ming the guard used the word "salvage". The meaning of this so-called "salvage" was obvious, it would be known even without asking.

"Your Highness, please calm your anger. The micron is terrified."

Luo Bingshu could no longer sit still. Picking up his robes, he kneeled and begged for forgiveness, while Old Madame Luo and the rest of the Luo's Mansion kneeled on the ground, not daring to even breathe.

As the Prime Minister, how could Luo Bingshu not know how serious the consequences were? Originally, even though he had failed to take care of the loss of the order badge and Prime Minister's Mansion, most of the responsibility was on the thief.

But, if the order badge was truly retrieved from the kegu in such a filthy place, it would undoubtedly be a slap to the face of the Imperial Family, provoking the dignity of the Emperor.

Right now, the emperor was gradually getting old, and his suspicions were becoming more and more serious. If this matter were to be spread back to the palace and spread to the ears of the emperor, then it was obvious just how much of a thunderous fury it would bring upon the emperor.

Nangong Jingli stood up from his seat and slowly walked to in front of Zuo Ming, he asked condescendingly: "Tell this king whose courtyard your people are in and which clean room you are in to fish out. Speak."

"Reporting to Your Highness, he's here, he's here …" Zuo Ming's face was covered in a thin layer of sweat, his tongue was also somewhat tied up. "Reporting to your highness, it is in the west wing of Tranquil Heart Academy's pure house."

"Tranquil Heart Academy, how is this possible!?"

"Tranquil Heart Academy, how is this possible!?"

As Zuo Ming's words fell, two exclamations of surprise sounded out at the same time. One was sharp, young, while the other was low and aged.

Nangong Jingli only shot a bland glance at the two, and said coldly: "Bring me there."

"Yes!"

Zuo Ming stretched out his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his face, and quickly stood up to lead the way.

Nangong Jingli flung his sleeves and walked out of the small flower hall. The guards beside him acted as if they were playing a trick, and quickly erected an oil-paper umbrella above his head to block the pouring rain.

Looking at Luo Xian'er and Old Madame Luo who were kneeling on the ground, whose faces were still gloomy, a trace of laughter flashed across Liu Suifeng's eyes, and he followed them out.

Stepping down the stairs, he opened up the jade fan and covered his head.

A trace of an almost charming smile flashed through the pair of long and narrow Peach Blossom Eye.

In the parlour.

"Father, you actually hit me?"

Luo Xian'er caressed her own face, and looked at Luo Bingshu in disbelief. Her voice trembled as she questioned, her expression filled with extreme grievance.

"Hit you? Hit you is light? Your mother was the one who spoiled you so much, you disobedient daughter!" to actually do such an outrageous thing. " "Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking. Let me tell you, on this matter, ask your mother to explain it to the Emperor!"

Only now did Old Madame Luo regain her senses. With aged steps, she walked in front of Luo Xian'er, raised her trembling hand, and once again fiercely slapped Luo Xian'er.

As soon as she finished, she didn't even have time to breathe. She just rolled her eyes and fell to the ground head first.

"Grandmother …"

"Old Mistress …"

"Mother …"

The hall was in a mess as everyone rushed forward with their hands and feet on the ground, helping Old Madame Luo into the private room. On the carved bed that originally had one person lying on it, another person suddenly appeared as well.

Old Madame Luo and Luo Wuyou laid side by side on the bed.

"Imperial Physician Zhang, I am deeply grateful to you for treating my mother's illness again." Luo Bingshu's face was filled with worry, he cupped his hands and said to Imperial Physician Zhang.

"Prime Minister is too polite." Zhang Ming returned the bow and immediately went forward to check the Old Mistress's pulse.

Luo Bingshu stood at the side, his expression changing unpredictably.

"Daddy, you should go over to King Li to take a look first. Daddy, don't worry, Grandmother has grandson and all the aunties here, and Imperial Physician Zhang is there too. Nothing will happen to you." Luo Qingxuan took a good look at Huai Bingshu's expression. At this time, he also had a face full of worry as he walked forward and said.

"My son has grown up. He now knows how to share his father's burdens." His voice was filled with emotion, and when Luo Qingshu heard it, he nodded and said, "Alright, father will leave first. I will guard here. If there is anything else, remember to immediately send someone to report to father."

"Yes, father, rest assured. Your son will definitely not leave Grandmother's side."

Luo Xian'er was still covering her face with her hands as she stood in the center of the hall. The golden beans in her eyes fell like pearls when she saw Luo Bingshu walk out of his room, looking at him with a wronged expression.

Unfortunately, Luo Bingshu didn't even look at her and directly flicked his sleeves and left.

In the blink of an eye, only Luo Xian'er and her servant were left in the hall.

"Xiang Ling... How do you do it? " The two words, Xiang Ling, seemed to have squeezed out from the gaps between Luo Xian'er's teeth. The wronged expression on her face no longer appeared, and Luo Xian'er's small face was covered in frost. Her subordinates did not hold back and immediately pinched a few of Xiang Ling's arms.

"County Princess, this servant knows his wrongs!"

Xiang Ling's originally pale white face became even more pale like paper. She did not dare make a sound and could only endure it, but if she cried out for even a moment longer, she did not dare imagine how County Princess would torture her.

Even though County Princess looked pure and lively on the surface, in reality, there were more than a hundred ways to deal with people. If anything went wrong, County Princess would use the girls by her side to vent her anger, and the girls by County Princess's side would at most use a different batch every six months. As for the reason, no one else knew, but she did.

Those people were mostly tortured to death by the County Princess, and then sold to their own residences. There were even some who never appeared again after leaving the residences.

Those people must have long turned into a pile of bones in the unmarked cemetery!

Don't ask her why she knew it, because she had seen it with her own eyes. That night, she saw a few guards carry out a big black sack from County Princess's courtyard. At that time, out of curiosity, she took another glance and saw something fall out from the sack.

After those people had left, she picked it up in the dark and took it back to her room to take a look. Only then did she realize that it was an embroidered shoe. It was even a blood-stained embroidered shoe.

That shoe was Xiang Ping's. The mandarin duck buckle on the embroidered shoe was even sewn for Xiang Ping, and she had once served beside County Princess with her. They had always been on good terms, but after that night, Xiang Ping disappeared.

Later on, the County Princess announced to the outside world that Xiang Ping had been taken out of the palace by her father and mother.

However, she knew that was not the case, because Xiang Ping had never told her that she wanted to go out and get married, but after that, the life of the Xiang Ping family, which was originally living a short life, suddenly became better. Not only did her parents buy a small house at Qin Capital, they started small businesses and even married their eldest son.

The reason behind this, was obvious even though she had never told anyone else about it, but she had always kept it in her heart. It was also since then that she had served County Princess and become even more cautious, afraid that if she was careless, she would follow in Xiang Ping's footsteps.

And she was also the only one who stayed in front of County Princess for almost two years.

However, she didn't expect that the matter that the County Princess had asked her to do would actually have such a big slip up.

This caused her, her, to tense up.

Fortunately, they were still in the courtyard of the Old Mistress. Although Luo Xian'er was furious, she did not dare to overdo it, and let go of Xiang Ling, her voice pressing down as she asked, "What exactly happened?"

Xiang Ling's voice also became extremely low, "County Princess, please forgive me, but this servant doesn't know why, but this servant had clearly personally handed the thing over to her. This servant had even sent someone to ask about it this morning, and got the news that she had already placed the thing in Luo Wuyou's room. But why couldn't Guard Zuo find the order badge in Luo Wuyou's room? Could it be, she … "

"Are you saying that she is intentionally hiding something from this County Princess?"

"This servant, this servant was only guessing boldly."

Just guesswork? Or, in fact, had that slut seen through her scheme long ago?

Luo Xian'er coldly listened to his words as she looked inside the room. No matter what, since that little slut dared to play tricks with her, she would definitely let her know the consequences of offending her.

Her cold eyes that were like that of a poisonous snake caused Xiang Ling to unconsciously shiver. She drooped her head and looked at her from head to toe as if she was immersed in a cold pond.

As for the Master and the Servant who were deep in thought, they didn't notice that in the inner chamber, there was also a pair of long and narrow eyes quietly watching them through the gap between the curtains.