C14 An Evildoer's Face

Dugu Jingyu did not want to stay in this dusty Floating Immortal House for even a moment longer, so she left in a hurry. When she had just walked out of the Floating Immortal House's gate, due to the crowd, she was pushed by someone, causing Dugu Jingyu to fall to the ground, and the princess palace token in her sleeve was also thrown out.

Dugu Jingyu rubbed her knees, and just as Dugu Jingyu was feeling very vexed, a pair of slender jade and a red dress appeared in her eyes, followed by a sexy voice.

"I didn't mean to trip you, Miss. You bumped into me yourself. Are you alright?"

Dugu Jingyu raised her head to see an incomparably beautiful face. That face was as exquisite as a demon's, especially the mole at the corner of her eye, which was as alluring as a fox demon in a script. She had to admit that the man in front of her was incomparably beautiful. If not for the Adam's apple on his neck, Dugu Jingyu would have thought the man was a woman.

When the man saw Dugu Jingyu's face, his heart was moved, and he urgently wanted to help Dugu Jingyu up.

"It's really heartbreaking to see a beauty fall to the ground. Let me help her up."

Dugu Jingyu did not put her hand on the man's. She stood up and patted her dusty sleeves, and the man awkwardly withdrew his hand from Dugu Jingyu.

Just as Dugu Jingyu was about to pick up her own palace token, the man beat her to it. When the man picked up the palace token and was about to hand it over to Dugu Jingyu, he was shocked by the phoenix on the waist tag.

"Tsk tsk tsk, the brothels in the capital are truly full of crouching tigers and hidden dragons. Just now, a Princess Anyang came to pick up a Princess Pingyang, and now, in front of me is still a Princess. I have only been in the capital for a day, and I have already seen three imperial women."

When Dugu Jingyu heard this, she suddenly realized that the person in front of her was the man that Dugu Pingyang had taken a fancy to, the Dugu Pingyang that he had detained.

When the man saw that Dugu Jingyu's gaze had been on him the entire time, the corner of his mouth rose as he walked in front of Dugu Jingyu and perfectly displayed his appearance in front of her.

"Are you looking at me like that?"

Dugu Jingyu retracted her gaze, extended her right hand and said coldly, "Since you know that I am a princess, why aren't you returning the palace token to me?"

The man held the waist tag even tighter. After a light laugh, he said proudly, "If I pick it up, it's mine, unless... Your country's princess takes off the veil on her face and lets me see her face."

"How dare you!"

Dugu Jingyu scolded angrily, causing the man to tremble in fear. It was a frivolous thing to do when the Pearl Country asked a woman to take off her veil, because the woman's veil represented the chastity memorial arch.

At this moment, a gorgeous carriage stopped in front of the two of them, and a domineering female voice came from the carriage: "Zhao'er, get on the carriage."

The man said to the carriage, "Wait a moment."

The man handed the waist tag back to Dugu Jingyu, but when Dugu Jingyu reached out to grab the waist tag, the man did not let go. The man looked straight at Dugu Jingyu and said, "Princess Beauty, your veiled appearance is as enchanting as a fairy's. My name is Lan Sizhao, don't forget me. "

Dugu Jingyu forcefully pulled the waist tag back from Lan Sizhao's hand. She ignored Lan Sizhao and turned to leave without looking back.

Walking alone on the way back to Princess' Mansion, Dugu Jingyu chose to enter the mansion from the back door so that no one in the mansion would know that she had gone out alone.

Just as she was about to reach the back door, Dugu Jingyu noticed two men in black sneaking out of the mansion, ignoring Dugu Jingyu as they kept an eye on whether anyone would follow them.

Dugu Jingyu hid behind the stone block, wanting to know who dared to be so impudent in Princess' Mansion. Looking at the two of them, Dugu Jingyu felt that they looked a lot like Zhu Qing and Faang Yu, and only when she heard the conversation did she confirm her thoughts.

"Young master, slow down. It's dark here, so you have to pay attention to your feet."

"Cut the crap, let's go."

Zhu Qing and Faang Yu quickly got on the carriage, and Faang Yu drove the carriage towards the north side of the city. Dugu Jingyu did not understand where Zhu Qing was going at such a late hour, and why he was so sneaky.

Dugu Jingyu then entered the Princess' Mansion, but what she did not expect was that since there were no guards at the back door, Dugu Jingyu guessed that the guards must have been taken care of and instantly flared up.

Dugu Jingyu stood guard behind the door like this, and it was a long time before she saw the gatekeeper walk over. The two guards, who had been swaggering about to ask who had come, instantly lost their souls when they saw Dugu Jingyu and knelt down at the same time.

"Greetings, Princess."

Dugu Jingyu asked angrily: "Where did you go just now? Why isn't there anyone guarding the back door? Have you eaten the heart of a bear or the gall of a leopard?"

The two guards trembled in fear at Dugu Jingyu's words. They looked at each other and stammered for a long time, unable to speak.

"I... We... We... Princess, please spare our lives! "

" Speak! Tell me everything you know. "

"It's... it's Academic Fang who told us to go to the West Garden at this hour to dig up silver. We'll come back to guard the gate after we've dug up the silver."

Dugu Jingyu's main goal was to find out where Zhu Qing had gone, and in order not to alert Dugu Jingyu, she said, "Humans die for wealth, birds die for food. I don't blame you!"

The two guards immediately knelt down in gratitude as if a heavy burden had been lifted off their shoulders. "Thank you, Princess. Thank you."

"How much silver did you dig up?"

The two guards immediately took out two silver ingots with dirt on them from their sleeves and handed them over with both hands."

"Tomorrow, I will give you two sets of silver. If there is anything wrong with the Prince Consort, come and tell me immediately. As long as the Princess' Mansion is to my liking, you will naturally receive many benefits."

The two guards immediately put on flattering faces. "Yes."

"When did Faang Yu allow you to dig for gold?"

"Including today, it has been a total of three days."

Dugu Jingyu calculated the time. Three days ago was the day that Dugu Qingluo left the Princess' Mansion. Dugu Jingyu had a bad premonition, and asked in a low voice, "Then when will they return to the palace?"

"Every morning at seven o'clock the page will send us a letter, telling us to go outside and dig for gold."

"Alright, in the future, do as Faang Yu says and I will give you two taels of silver. However, do you know what to say to me and what not to say to Faang Yu?"

The two guards nodded like obedient dogs. "Yes, yes."

The corner of Dugu Jingyu's mouth rose, and with a flick of her sleeve, she left the place.