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Chapter 65 - Chapter 65 065. Julinzhai's Puzzle

She pulled Yun Jiao Rong closer to her and sat on the chair: "What business do you have with me?"

Perhaps, Yun Jiao Rong had been in her room for a long time, and was not as natural and generous as Liu Ruo Qing.

"Esteemed wangfei, Jiao Rong is here to ask you to accompany me for a walk on the street."

Liu Ruo Qing was surprised by Yun Jiao Rong's request.

Seeing her so silent, she thought she was being stubborn. She didn't expect the little girl to actually be so obedient, telling her not to linger in the palace for a walk and actually come out.

This gave her a chance to get to know him better.

"Of course there's no problem. I also want to go out for a stroll."

Liu Ruo Qing agreed and went down, after changing her clothes inside the house, she followed Yun Jiao Rong out onto the street.

Yun Jiao Rong seemed to have some sort of destination on her mind. Once sshe left the King Jing Palace, he would head in some direction, and from the looks of it, she did not look like she was going shopping.

"Jiao Rong, where do you want to go?"

After following them for some time, Liu Ruo Qing finally could not help but ask. She saw Yun Jiao Rong point at a very stylish looking shop in front of him and said: "Over there."

"The Confucius Temple?"

Just from the name, one could tell that it was a place where people were educated. As expected of the daughter of the Tutor Yun, even his hobbies had such connotations.

Following Yun Jiao Rong into the store, indeed, the things that were hung inside the shop were some top-notch calligraphy and paintings.

Liu Ruo Qing specialized in robbing tombs, and was naturally knowledgeable about calligraphy and paintings. Just by looking at the things that were hanging on the wall, one could tell that the creator had deep knowledge of them, and many were even famous masters.

Not to mention those that were placed on top of the cabinet and stored in exquisite boxes, they were definitely top-notch.

"Miss Yun."

The shopkeeper recognized Yun Jiao Rong with a single glance and immediately came forward to welcome him. The news about the huge fire in Tutor's Palace had spread throughout the entire capital, so the shopkeeper was naturally aware of it.

He was wondering why Miss Yun would still have the mood to admire calligraphy and paintings after such a huge incident.

"Manager Liu, do you remember when my father came to the store on the day of the fire in Tutor Palace?"

Yun Jiao Rong looked at Manager Liu and asked.

"That day?"

"That day, Master Tutor did not come."

"This... How is that possible? "

Yun Jiao Rong was in disbelief. "That day, the shop assistant at your shop even said that my father had left and told me to sit there and wait."

She pointed to one of the chairs and said to the Manager Liu.

Liu Ruo Qing, who had been quiet at the side and was only admiring the paintings in front of him, finally understood something from Yun Jiao Rong's tone.

She had said why did this girl suddenly take the initiative to go shopping? It looks like she was doing it for the case of the fire in the Tutor Palace.

But then again, Yun Jiao Rong's astonishment and Manager Liu's bewilderment, as well as the shop assistant that Yun Jiao Rong mentioned, made this case even more complicated and confusing.

After withdrawing his gaze from the painting, Liu Ruo Qing returned to Yun Jiao Rong's side and took over the conversation for him: "Manager Liu, are you sure that Master Tutor didn't come over on that day?"

Even though he had already expected that the Tutor would not appear here that day, and because of that, that shop assistant had become the biggest suspect in this case.

Yeah, young lady, this lowly one was sure that Master Tutor did not come over that day. When I saw Miss Yun enter the shop with her followers, I was still very surprised, and was usually accompanied there by Master Tutor, but on that day, I sat there by myself and didn't even look at the calligraphy or paintings, and after sitting for less than an incense's time, I fell asleep. At that time, this lowly one was busy greeting guests, so I did not disturb Miss Yun.

Since Manager Liu had said it so clearly, it seemed that he had clearly remembered what happened that day. Suspicion surfaced on Yun Jiao Rong's face.

The Manager Liu continued to speak, "The Confucius Temple would open until very late in the night. Not long after the Hai hour, when I was about to close up, I saw a big fire in the distance, and only found out the next day that the Tutor was on fire. At that time, I was lucky that the Miss Yun stayed in the small shop so late, and escaped."

Yun Jiao Rong was stunned the entire time without speaking, and it was unknown if she took Manager Liu's words to heart, but when Liu Ruo Qing turned to look at her, she saw that her beautiful eyebrows were deeply furrowed, as if she was trying her best to figure out what kind of train of thought she was thinking.

She stared at her for a long time, but seeing that she still did not make a sound, she called out to her softly, "Jiao Rong, what are you thinking about?"

Yun Jiao Rong came back to her senses, panic and confusion filling her eyes. After a while, she managed to squeeze out a sound from her mouth, "I came alone that day, and didn't bring a follower."

Liu Ruo Qing's expression also changed, and when she looked at Manager Liu with the side of her eyes, Manager Liu's face was also filled with astonishment.

Manager Liu's words had let Yun Jiao Rong gradually clear up some of his thoughts.

After a while, he nodded and said, "Yes, he really did follow me into the shop and left with me. I thought he was a shop assistant and coincidentally met me at the entrance. When I left, I just thought he was sending me out..."

She muttered to herself in a low voice, and her brows furrowed even more. However, Liu Ruo Qing had already grasped the most important information from their words.

This also confirmed her guess that someone had intentionally called Yun Jiao Rong out of Tutor Palace before they caught fire. Their goal was naturally not to let that Yun Jiao Rong die.

But what exactly was the reason that Yun Jiao Rong had on him to make the other party spend so much effort to keep Yun Jiao Rong's life without even letting a servant go?

When they came out from the Confucian Temple, Liu Ruo Qing saw that Yun Jiao Rong was frowning the entire time, her expression looked to be extremely conflicted. Just as she was about to speak to pacify her, she saw that she had opened her mouth first.

"Princess, why do I feel that the murderer wanted me to leave the Tutor Palace on purpose to avoid the fire?"

When they were in the palace, Yan Shuo had asked her about someone telling her to leave the Tutor Palace, she had already suspected this. That was why he had specially come to confirm it.

Liu Ruo Qing was startled, but after that, she nodded his head, "Mn, I have considered this point before, it's just that I haven't had the time to confirm it yet."

In truth, she was just too lazy to confirm that it was none of her business, since it was Kaiser who had appeared.

"But... Why would they let me go? "

"This..."