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Chapter 66 - Chapter 66 066. Being followed

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

"Once Emperor finds the culprit, he will naturally know the reason."

In the end, she could only reply.

"Yes."

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

"Sure."

Yun Jiao Rong didn't want to touch Liu Ruo Qing's good intentions, so she nodded and agreed.

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

Yun Jiao Rong noticed that Liu Ruo Qing had suddenly stopped and asked in surprise.

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

Liu Ruo Qing calmly withdrew the cold glint in his eyes and walked beside Yun Jiao Rong, purposely getting closer to her.

"Ladies, come take a look. The best rouge and cosmetic powder both just came in from the xieqing …"

The peddlers by the roadside greeted him warmly.

"Sure."

Liu Ruo Qing smiled as she brought Yun Jiao Rong to the small vendor. "Jiao Rong, this is my country that has come in, 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 Jiao Rong's body.

Sure enough, someone was following them.

Liu Ruo Qing thought in her heart, but her expression still remained calm. She picked up one of the hairpin and passed it to 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 Ruo Qing held Yun Jiao Rong's arm, lowered her voice, and said: "Someone is following us, don't turn your head, and continue walking forward."

Yun Jiao Rong's face changed, a look of panic swept past her 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 Ruo Qing had not yet loosened her grip on Yun Jiao Rong's arm, her expression still calm, but her voice had become much more serious, "Don't be nervous, just follow me."

"Alright."

Even so, Yun Jiao Rong's body uncontrollably stiffened, and her 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 Jiao Rong tensed up, following beside Liu Ruo Qing. After the two of them walked for a while, Liu Ruo Qing'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 Ruo Qing 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 –

"Royal Uncle, what Rong Er said to us confirmed our guesses. 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 Jiao Rong nervously followed Liu Ruo Qing 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 Ruo Qing. Suddenly, a dozen young men jumped out in front of them with swords in their hands. They were obviously targeting them.

Yun Jiao Rong was so frightened that she instinctively cried out. Looking at the ten over people in front of him, Liu Ruo Qing frowned.

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

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

Hearing him say that, fear appeared in the depths of Yun Jiao Rong's eyes. She hid behind Liu Ruo Qing 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 Jiao Rong's face did not lessen, and her pleading eyes looked towards Liu Ruo Qing. Liu Ruo Qing smiled at her, her 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 Jiao Rong, so they did not want to waste any time talking to Liu Ruo Qing.

Hearing Liu Ruo Qing's words, these people's faces were filled with disdain. They even felt that Liu Ruo Qing 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 Jiao Rong was so nervous that she stared straight at Liu Ruo Qing, afraid that she would actually abandon him and leave.

Liu Ruo Qing chuckled. She patted Yun Jiao Rong's arm and gave her a comforting look. Then, she looked at those few people.