"The trip to Jiangnan is finally coming to an end."

Back in the backyard of Luoyang Inn, as soon as she saw Xie Xi, Lu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but throw herself into his arms and hugged his thin waist with excitement.

She raised her cheek slightly and said with a smile: "Husband, this time when we went out of the city, not only did we successfully complete the mission, but Xie San and Xie Si also caught a secret agent from the Yan State!"

[It seems that I am quite useful to your Highness. Your Highness must praise me to death! ]

Mu Qing: “…” It turns out that Lu Fengyi likes this.

Upon seeing this scene, Xie San, Xie Si and Mu Qing, who were following behind, stepped back consciously and turned around, pretending that they had not seen anything.

Seeing the little girl's expression as if she was presenting a treasure and seeking praise, and hearing her excited voice ringing in his ears, Xie Xi's lips unconsciously lifted up, forming a gentle arc.

He suddenly raised his hand, his slender fingers fell on his head, rubbed it gently, and praised with a smile in his eyes: "Madam, you are really amazing!"

Lu Xiaoxiao raised her eyebrows and said without any modesty: "It's only a little bit amazing."

Xie Xi's smile deepened. He took her hand and walked towards the study room, saying softly, "Follow your husband to the study room first. Lord Bai and General Liang are both here."

"it is good."

Lu Xiaoxiao nodded obediently.

The three people standing at the back acting as wooden men naturally followed quickly.

Bai Qiuyuan and Liang Shenlin had been waiting in the study for a long time. They came here to report the situation of those officials to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

When they saw Xie Xi and Lu Xiaoxiao coming in, Bai Qiuyuan and Liang Shenlin, who were sitting, stood up immediately. They bowed their heads and said respectfully at the same time: "Your Highness, I greet your Highness the Crown Prince."

Xie Xi raised his hand helplessly, "Master Bai, General Liang, you don't have to be polite outside."

Bai Qiuyuan and Liang Shenlin looked at each other and ignored him.

The ruler is the ruler, and the minister is the minister. There is a difference between the ruler and the minister, and etiquette cannot be abolished.

Xie Xi didn't say anything more about this.

He and Lu Xiaoxiao sat in the middle seat, while Mu Qing, Xie San and Xie Si stood and guarded their two masters.

Bai Qiuyuan was the first to step forward. He lowered his head, took out a stack of papers from his sleeve, and placed them on the desk. He pushed them in front of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. He said calmly, "Your Highness, these are the things that General Liang and I learned from the officials. We have all pressed our fingerprints on them and cannot deny them."

"Two of them were exactly what His Highness had asked me to do. One is the divorce letter from Jiangning Governor Jiang, and the other is the property transfer letter of the Jiang family. Mr. Jiang has already signed it."

However, it was not Lord Jiang's own will, but he was forced by General Liang.

He and General Liang played the good guy and the bad guy respectively, forcing those cowardly officials in the south of the Yangtze River to submit to them.

However, 90% of the Jiangnan officials were indeed guilty.

Not to mention taking bribes for now, there are also many dirty things like robbing women and murdering people for personal gain. There are numerous crimes, and all the officials are in cahoots with each other.

Bai Qiuyuan has always hated evil and hated evil. During the interrogation, if he had not been suppressing his temper, those officials would have been beaten to death on the spot!

Xie Xi looked down, then reached out and picked up the divorce agreement and property transfer agreement on the table and handed them to Lu Xiaoxiao: "Madam, please find some time to meet Madam Jiang."

"it is good."

Lu Xiaoxiao took it solemnly, without looking at it too much, she folded it up and stuffed it into the brocade bag. Later, she would go to Jiang Mansion in person.

Mrs. Jiang will be free soon.

This time, the officialdom in Jiangnan is about to usher in great changes.

After discussing the matter, Xie Xi also decided to return to Beijing at noon tomorrow.

Take all the evidence collected and all the Jiangnan officials involved. None of them can escape and must go back to Beijing to be dealt with by the emperor.

Bai Qiuyuan continued to stay in Jiangning to stabilize the situation.

Xie Xi handed the token for commanding the city defense army to Bai Qiuyun, and if they encountered any difficult problems, he would send the city defense army's commander Ye Shi to handle it.

Finally, General Liang also left two hundred elite soldiers here to continue to surround the Jiangnan Governor's Mansion and Jiang Mansion, not allowing anyone to enter. All the people in the mansion had been driven out...

Before Madam Jiang took her maid and left the Jiang Mansion, Lu Xiaoxiao went to see her specially and personally handed over the divorce documents and property transfer documents to Madam Jiang.

The moment she took the divorce letter, Mrs. Jiang suddenly burst into tears and knelt down in front of Lu Xiaoxiao.

"Mrs. Jiang!"

Lu Xiaoxiao was caught off guard by seeing Mrs. Jiang perform such a grand ceremony, and was so frightened that she quickly reached out to pull her up.

She frowned slightly and sighed softly: "Mrs. Jiang, you... don't have to be like this."

Madam Jiang was helped up. She shook her head with tears in her eyes and choked up, saying, "If it weren't for Miss Lu's reminder, I would have been confused until the moment of my death. It was Madam who saved my life and helped me get rid of that beast Jiang Pei'an..."

"I have no way to repay you for your kindness, so I'd better give you the property I got from the Jiang family."

As she spoke, Madam Jiang told Qiulan, who was standing by, "Qiulan, prepare the writing brush and ink."

"Yes."

Qiulan turned around to get pen and ink.

"???"

Lu Xiaoxiao was completely confused.

Is this a sudden burst of wealth that has suddenly hit her?

Even if the gold and silver hidden in the Jiang family cannot be moved, the property transferred to Mrs. Jiang in this divorce includes dozens of shops of the Jiang family and several villas in excellent locations, which can be counted as a considerable fortune.

If all of these were really given to her, wouldn't she become rich overnight? ?

Pity.

She can't accept it.

Outside, she represents His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. If she rashly accepts the Jiang family's property, it might cause unnecessary trouble for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Lu Xiaoxiao reluctantly refused: "Madam Jiang, you and I are just helping each other. As for the Jiang family's things, you don't have to give them to me. That's what you deserve."

"But......"

Madam Jiang was still thinking about trying to persuade him, but was interrupted by Lu Xiaoxiao: "Madam Jiang, I really can't accept it."

[Although I feel heartbroken to reject this enormous wealth, Mrs. Jiang has suffered so much in the Jiang family before, she should enjoy herself with the Jiang family's wealth].

[What's more, Madam Jiang's biological son Ah Fu is still in the Qin Palace in Yan State, waiting for Madam Jiang to rescue him! ]

Lu Xiaoxiao couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

[The people of Yan have always been greedy for money. If Madam Jiang wants to find her son in the future, I'm afraid she will have to spend a lot of money...]

"!!!"

Mrs. Jiang was so shocked that she forgot to cry. She stared at Lu Xiaoxiao in a daze, her heart tightening little by little.

It turns out that her biological son is actually in the Qin Palace of Yan State! ? ?

Her son is not dead!!

Mrs. Jiang was so excited that she could hardly breathe, but she still stared at Lu Xiaoxiao with her eyes wide open.

"???"

Seeing that Madam Jiang looked like she was about to faint, Lu Xiaoxiao suddenly became nervous, "Madam Jiang?"

[Strange, why is Madam Jiang staring at me like that? I feel like she wants to eat me.]

[Could it be that I rejected the Jiang family's property and made Mrs. Jiang angry? ]

Lu Xiaoxiao didn't know what to say for a moment.

Qiu Rong saw that her wife seemed to be in a bad condition, so she quickly supported her and comforted her softly, "Madam, don't worry, talk slowly."

After a while, Mrs. Jiang came to her senses.

She took a deep breath, waved at Lu Xiaoxiao, and said in a soft voice, "I guess I scared you just now."

Lu Xiaoxiao nodded honestly: "A little bit indeed."

Mrs. Jiang had calmed herself down by now. Even if she was anxious to find her son, she had to think carefully before doing so. Not to mention, her son was now in the Qin Palace in Yan State.

That is not a place that ordinary people can enter.

Madam Jiang said, "I was rude just now. Since Miss Lu doesn't want to accept it, then don't accept it."

Madam Jiang lowered her head, untied the jade pendant tied around her waist, and handed it to Lu Xiaoxiao, "Miss Lu, this is the jade pendant I have worn since I was a child. I am giving it to you today. No matter what problems you encounter in the future, as long as you can use my help, I will do my best to help you. I will use the jade pendant as a testimony."

Lu Xiaoxiao took the jade pendant and put it into her sachet solemnly: "Okay, thank you, ma'am."

Mrs. Jiang showed a gentle smile on her face.

Lu Xiaoxiao did not stay long. After telling Mrs. Jiang that she would leave Jiangning the next day, she took Mu Qing and Bai Zhi back.

When Qiulan fetched the pen and ink, they were no longer there.

All he saw was his master standing there, staring absentmindedly ahead, not knowing what he was thinking.

Qiulan looked at Qiurong, her lips moved slightly, but in the end she said nothing.

After a while, Mrs. Jiang came back to her senses.

She turned sideways, looked at Qiulan and Qiurong, and ordered: "Send someone to the Qin Palace of Yan State to inquire about a person named Ah Fu, as soon as possible."

Qiulan: "Yes, I will do it right away."

Qiu Rong: "Madam, is there anything bothering you? Why don't you talk to me?"

Madam Jiang shook her head and sighed, "Nothing, Qiu Rong, go back and pack your things first, we will leave the Jiang Mansion later."

"Go ahead, I'll stay here quietly."

Qiu Rong had no choice but to respond.

Now the news that the Jiang family and the Jiangning Governor's Mansion are about to be closed has spread throughout the entire Jiangning City.

They had no choice but to leave.

......

After finally settling the issue in Jiangnan, Lu Xiaoxiao returned to the inn and had a good sleep. When she woke up, she found herself already in the carriage.

There were only her, Baizhi and Chenlu in the carriage, and she didn't know where the prince had gone.

When she lifted the curtain and looked out, Lu Xiaoxiao first saw the Fourth Prince riding a little white horse beside the carriage? ?

Lu Xiaoxiao was startled and lowered the curtain as if she had seen a ghost. She turned around and looked at Bai Zhi in shock, unable to calm down: "Bai Zhi, why are we here? Why is the Fourth Prince outside? Did the Fourth Prince kidnap us?"

For the last sentence, Lu Xiaoxiao lowered her voice and spoke very quietly, for fear of alarming the Fourth Prince outside.

Bai Zhi: "..."

Morning Dew: “…”

The two fell silent for a moment.

My master just woke up and talked nonsense. Fortunately, the Fourth Prince didn't hear it. Otherwise, the Fourth Prince would definitely think that the master was deliberately making up a story about him!

Seeing that the two maids were silent and staring at her with strange eyes, Lu Xiaoxiao's face turned pale and she took a breath of cold air, "Could it be true as I said!?"

"It's over."

"If I really fall into the hands of the Fourth Prince, I'm afraid this day next year will be the anniversary of my death!"

"Bah, bah, bah"

Hearing the words "death anniversary", Bai Zhi's eyelids jumped, and she quickly reached out to cover her master's mouth, "Master, don't talk nonsense, don't let your imagination run wild!"

Lu Xiaoxiao, who had lost her freedom of speech, blinked innocently.

Chen Lu, who was standing by, raised her hand to half cover her lips, and almost whispered to answer her master's nonsense: "Master, have you forgotten that His Highness said yesterday that we would set off for the capital at noon today?"

"The master was sleeping too soundly. I wanted to wake him up, but Your Highness stopped me. In the end, Your Highness personally carried the master to the carriage."

"As for the Fourth Prince, a quarter of an hour before departure, the Fourth Prince suddenly came to me with two guards, saying that they wanted to go back to the capital together and that there was someone to take care of them on the way."

"So this is ah."

Lu Xiaoxiao smiled awkwardly.

She thought that the Fourth Prince had suddenly gone mad and wanted to attack her, but it turned out that she was wrong.

but......

Lu Xiaoxiao didn't believe what the Fourth Prince said about having someone to take care of him on the way.

She suspected that the Fourth Prince just wanted to follow their whereabouts back to the capital so that he could send people to ambush them along the way and capture Her Highness and them in one fell swoop.

If this is true, then the Fourth Prince is really sinister!

When Lu Xiaoxiao thought of this, she felt a huge headache.

"Baizhi, Chenlu, which carriage is His Highness in?"

Bai Zhi: "Your Highness is riding outside with the Fourth Prince. Does the Master want to see Your Highness?"

There were many people returning to Beijing this time, about a few hundred people, but Xie Xi only arranged for people to purchase two carriages.

One of the carriages carried the food needed for the journey, and the other carriage was for Lu Xiaoxiao and two maids.

The rest of the group either walked or rode on horseback.

Hearing that His Highness was staying with the Fourth Prince at the moment, Lu Xiaoxiao immediately gave up the idea of ​​looking for His Highness: "Forget it, let's talk about it when we get to a place where we can rest."

Bai Zhi: “Yes.”

The carriage suddenly became quiet.

But Xie Jin, who was following the carriage, heard the noise inside, but he did not hear clearly what the three of them were talking about.

"If I remember correctly, the woman in the carriage is the woman that Concubine Shu gave to my second brother?"

Xie Jinyou sent people to inquire about Lu Xiaoxiao's identity, only to find out that she was actually a spy that Concubine Shu had specially planted next to his second brother.

But Xie Jin never thought that her second brother would bring her with him on this trip to the south of the Yangtze River.

Could it be that my second brother was really bewitched by that woman?

Or does he want to take advantage of the situation?

Xie Jin stared at Xie Xi thoughtfully.

Xie Xi turned a blind eye and suddenly chuckled: "I didn't expect that Fourth Brother would still remember the woman in Second Brother's house."

Xie Jin: “…”

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