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Song Xiangsi cursed herself in her heart for being careless. However, she did not want to lie to Meng Lixuan, so she lowered her eyes slightly and said indifferently, "I have many secrets, but I can't tell you. It's like how you can't tell me either."

Meng Ling Xuan raised his brows, a dark light flashing through the depths of his eyes. This Song Xiangsi obviously had an expression of rejection. No more questions.

"If you don't want me to ask, then you don't have to worry about it."

Song Xiangsi knew that he would not be so easy to deal with. After taking a deep breath, she could no longer be bothered with him and let him go.

Inside the secret room, there were rows and rows of bookshelves, and beside a large table carved with pear wood, there were two long candles, looking very exquisite.

Song Xiangsi glanced around and was almost certain that this was where Lady Liu's secret was located. She pursed her lips and walked forward. Taking out the fire piston, she lit the candles on both sides and began rummaging through the cabinet.

Meng Ling Xuan raised his eyebrows. He understood that the situation was urgent. He rushed to find the evidence against Lady Liu, and without further ado, began to search the cabinet.

After some rummaging, Song Xiangsi found an account book sealed with wax in the drawer of that large table. Although there was nothing written on the cover, it was obvious that it was meticulously kept by the owner.

Song Xiangsi narrowed her eyes slightly. She had a premonition that this was something very important to Mrs Liu, so she did not hesitate to open it.

"This is …"

The more she looked at it, the more surprised she became. The color in her eyes also deepened.

Upon seeing her like that, Meng Ling Xuan couldn't help but step forward as well. His gaze fell upon the account book, and his expression tensed up.

It was the record of how Liu Niang had befriended the major officials using the girls of the Orchid Court Workshop.

There was a whole book, and at least a hundred girls had fallen into her hands.

The girls of the Orchid Garden Workshop were different from the girls of the Green Chrysanthemum Workshop. Although the crimes were not serious because they were assigned by the imperial government, the people of the Orchid Garden Workshop were all criminals who might turn the tables around.

These people all had one thing in common, and that was that their life and death weren't under Lady Liu's control.

She could make money with these people, but she couldn't kill or sell them.

However, Liu Niang secretly manipulated the system and directly announced to the public that those girls had all died a violent death. However, she secretly gave these people to the high officials everywhere.

The senior officials she worked with were not just local officials; some of them had even been sent to different parts of the country.

Song Xiangsi took a deep breath. She felt that Lady Liu's trip to the water was very deep. It seemed like using the method she had thought of before to deal with Lady Liu was impossible.

Because she was so immersed in her own thoughts, she didn't notice that Meng Ling Xuan's face had already completely darkened. His eyes were staring at the account book in her hands with a dangerous glint. No one knew what he was thinking about.

After exhaling a long breath, Song Xiangsi carefully closed the account book and placed it back where it used to be.

After blowing out the candle, they were about to leave when they heard light footsteps, accompanied by faint voices, approaching the secret room.

Song Xiangsi felt her heart tighten as she thought, This is bad.

At this moment, Meng Ling Xuan's reaction was much faster than hers. His long arms were wrapped around her and they were directly held in each other's embrace. With a tap of his feet, both of their figures simultaneously landed on the house beams.

Almost at the same time, the door to the chamber below was opened by two figures.

Song Xiangsi lowered her head and looked down, narrowing her eyes slightly.

The man below was about eight feet tall. He was dressed in black and had a ferocious expression on his face. He was talking about something.

As for the one beside her, it was Lady Liu.

As soon as she fell asleep, she was awoken by someone. Liu Niang's face didn't look good, and she didn't have the mood to comb her makeup. Her long hair was let loose, and she was only wearing one piece.

However, the man in front of her didn't even glance at her. There was no trace of lust in his cold eyes.

This made her feel a little unhappy. She stroked her long hair in a charming manner and said to the man with a smile, "You went to reply to Master. I will definitely settle this matter beautifully and not disappoint him."

The man in black nodded his head and spoke coldly, "Yes, Master has already said that he will come in ten days time to collect them. During this time, take good care of them and don't let anything go wrong."

Lady Liu nodded, rolled her eyes, and then chuckled, "I'm a bit curious. What kind of status is it, to be able to get Mistress to pay so much attention to such a person and then send it to the beautiful woman in the House of the Minister?"

There was a little probing in her words.

The man heard her and raised his eyebrows. He didn't try to hide anything from her, mainly because he didn't think this was a secret. He opened his mouth and said, "It's Princess Changan of the Changping Mansion."

"Hiss —"

Lady Liu sucked in a breath of cold air, feeling extremely astonished in her heart.

She was indeed used to buying and selling girls, but this was her first time encountering a princess.

"Princess Changan …" She hesitated for a moment before replying, her face somewhat pale. "That is a royal relative."

If someone found out about this, he would definitely lose his head!

The black-clothed man gave her a deep look. With a cold glint in his eyes, he said, "So, this matter must be kept secret. You must be careful. Don't let anyone find out. Otherwise, Master will definitely not forgive you."

Lady Liu was startled and quickly agreed.

Not only Liu Niang, even Song Xiangsi who was hiding on the beam was shocked.

Even a modern person like him, who had transmigrated here, knew that the princess was definitely someone with an extremely esteemed status.

At the same time, she was shocked that Liu Niang had played a big hand in this. The most important thing was that if she knew about this matter, she would have to consider how to deal with her.

Just as she was thinking of how to use this matter to make Liu Niang unable to get up, she felt another scorching gaze from above her head.

Song Xiangsi raised her head and met Meng Ling Xuan's fiery gaze. She was looking at … Chest!

Because of the emergency, Meng Ling Xuan picked her up and carried her to the roof. Amidst the chaos, the front of her shirt was slightly opened, revealing her snow-white skin.

Song Xiangsi was about to explode!

She was ashamed and angry at the same time. Her face instantly flushed red and wanted to pull her shirt, but she was afraid that if she did too much, she would be discovered by the people below. She could only glare fiercely at the man in front of her, using her eyes to indicate that he was not allowed to look anymore.