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Qu Ling glanced at the Murong Yan who had a helpless look on his face, and coughed lightly: "What do you mean stealing or not, speak properly."

Xiao Jingyue turned his head away, ignoring her.

Seeing that, Qu Ling coughed lightly again, and pretended to be composed as he explained to Murong Yan the reason why he and Xiao Jingyue had come over: "This morning, Li Chenxuan brought Li Ning'er to look for me at General Mansion, I felt that there was something wrong with Li Ning'er, so I took this opportunity to come over to see her."

As for what exactly was wrong and why was wrong, she couldn't explain it in a few words. It wouldn't be too late to explain it later.

Murong Yan understood what she meant, and lightly nodded his head, not asking her any further.

General Xiao, who was standing quietly at the side, was immediately displeased when he saw the two of them acting in tacit understanding.

The gaze she used to look at Murong Yan became more and more unfriendly.

Qu Ling continued, "If we go in together, you go look for the Heavenly Frost Grass while I go with General Xiao to look for Ning'er?"

Xiao Jingyue suddenly said: "General Xiao?"

From the half-smile in his voice, and from the tone he used, it was clear that he was displeased.

Qu Ling looked at him, and felt that he was a little strange.

But now was clearly not the time to discuss this. She added, "Whether we find it or not, safety is the most important."

After pausing for a moment, she suddenly thought of something else, "If you have the time tomorrow, come to the General Mansion. I'll bring you to see Gu Xi?"

Murong Yan's gaze remained calm and collected as it swept across Xiao Jingyue's increasingly dark and unsightly face. He smiled and nodded: "Yes."

"Then it's a deal!" Qu Ling said, tugging at Xiao Jingyue's sleeves, "Let's go."

Xiao Jingyue was unhappy, upon hearing that she needed to be separated from the eyesore, he immediately grabbed her waist, and brought her to once again leap towards the Minister of War Palace.

The speed was so fast that Qu Ling felt his eyes and face hurting from the wind, and he immediately closed his eyes and covered his face.

Li Chenxuan pushed the door and entered, with a flip of his hand, he closed the door and lightly called out: "Father."

Li Yun who was seated behind the table raised his hand, and pressed down with his palm, indicating that he should find a seat first.

After Li Chenxuan sat down, he opened his mouth and asked: "How are the profits from the stores during this period of time?"

He was asking about the shops that Huo Xinyi gave to him before he died.

Li Chenxuan did not expect his father to suddenly ask this, and was startled, then said softly: "Everything is as it should be."

Li Yun nodded his head, then suddenly sighed: "In the past few years, in order to help the crown prince, we have already invested a lot of silver into our Minister Mansion, without even turning back our bows, no matter what, if we were to go bankrupt, we must support the crown prince to rise."

Within the imperial court, who didn't know that he, Li Yun, was the crown prince's uncle? Who knew that he, Li Yun, was part of the crown prince's faction?

For the sake of the crown prince and for his own sake, he had to give his all to the Eastern Palace.

However, with the recent incident at the Ministry of Work, he absolutely did not dare to touch the Ministry of War's silver, and could only focus on the shops.

After pausing for a moment, Li Yun asked again: "Is there any way to increase the profits?"

In the recent days, the Eighth Prince had returned, and she had received a holy favor. It was getting harder to teach the crown prince, and it was impossible to do it without money.

Li Chenxuan shook his head. Even if there is, it will take a long time. "

It was already rare for the profits from those stores to be so stable all these years. It would be impossible for them to increase their profits in a short period of time.

Li Yun became silent.

The study room became silent in an instant.

Li Chenxuan lowered his eyes, looked at his own fair wrist, and suddenly said. "Does father remember the parasite on my body?"

Li Yun's eyes flashed, "You mean..."

"I once heard Aunt Huo say that the two Miao Boundary people who sold her the parasites were stealing them from their hands. Their master is currently breeding the parasites without restraint."

Mentioning Huo Xinyi, Li Yun fell silent once more.

A husband and wife were friends for a hundred days in a single night. Huo Xinyi had given birth to a son, and had not asked for anything in return for ten years in silence.

But compared to her son and her own life, she was not worth mentioning.

Li Chenxuan expressionlessly glanced at his father, and continued, "Even though those two Miao Boundary people are already dead, they are not untraceable. If I can grasp the source of this Gu and make a deal, I will have money to pay for it. "

With that, he got up and walked out.

When he reached the door, he stopped and said in a low voice: "Father, you are my father. The grace of being reared is greater than the heavens, you said that you did not throw Aunt Huo's body to the South Wind House, your son believes in you. "However, I will never forget what happened when you let Aunt Huo drink the Red Crane Head."

Li Yun's body suddenly stiffened.

Due to being unfamiliar with the Minister of War Palace, Xiao Jingyue brought Qu Ling and wandered around the Palace. After experiencing the thrilling situations where they were almost found by the patrolling guards, they finally found Li Ning'er's residence.

There were no lights inside the house. Li Ning'er should have already gone to sleep.

A servant girl was sleeping on a small bed outside the room, she was waiting for him to wake up.

Qu Ling tiptoed into the room and walked towards the bed.

Before he even got close, he heard an extremely soft voice come from behind the screen. "Qiu Zhu?"

Qiu Zhu was the name of the servant girl from the outer room who was also the servant girl Li Ning'er had brought over from his mother's house.

Qu Ling paused, and said in a low voice: "Ning'er, it's me."

The person behind the screen was silent for a moment. Then, a rustling sound could be heard and a figure walked out from behind the screen.

Li Ning'er squinted his eyes, followed by Moonlight who came in through the gap in the window to look at the lady for a moment, "Qu Ling?"

Qu Ling responded as he slowly walked in front of her. He pulled her to the window, examined her from head to toe, and softly said: "I came to see you."

The moment Li Ning'er saw Qu Ling clearly, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he threw himself towards her, hugging her.

She had a lot of friends, and a few of them were better off than Qu Ling. However, only Qu Ling would take the chance and run over to see her at night because he sensed that something was wrong with her.

Qu Ling was carried by her, he was a little confused, but he did not push her away. He patted her back and asked: "Are you alright?"

With that, she noticed that the girl in front of her had stiffened.

After a long time, she heard the lady in her embrace whispering, "Nothing."

Qu Ling frowned, he was about to ask again, but Li Ning'er gently pushed her away, and laughed: "I'm really fine."

Pausing for a moment, Li Ning'er sincerely said: "I am very happy that you have come to see me."

Without waiting for Qu Ling to speak, she continued: "Alright, you can leave now. If there's anything else, I'll come look for you."

After Qu Ling heard this, he could only give up.

When she turned around, she stumbled and her figure staggered. A touch of silver white slipped out of her sleeve along with her movements.

The object fell onto the ground, producing a crisp "ding" sound.

The two of them looked down at the ground at the same time.

Qu Ling bent down and picked up the silver hairpin that had dropped.

What she did not notice was that Li Ning'er's expression instantly changed when he saw the silver serpent hairpin.