The daughter of the emperor was reborn and was spoiled by the sickly prince.

Gu Mingzhao has lived in the government office for a long time and is familiar with every road here.

But today, walking with Liao Qinglan, he suddenly felt much more at ease.

When he first lost his memory, Qingfeng described Liao Qinglan to him.

Qingfeng said that she was a snobbish, vicious and scheming woman.

So at the beginning, he was wary and concerned about his fiancée.

However, when he actually met Liao Qinglan, most of the defenses and concerns in his heart disappeared.

Her every smile, every move, would make him feel an indescribable strangeness in his heart.

A glance is a thousand years, nothing more than that.

It was as if I had already known her in some corner of my previous life.

The appearance of Liao Qinglan was like a ray of sunshine, sweeping away the haze of amnesia that shrouded Gu Mingzhao.

Her eyes were clear and firm, making him feel inexplicably safe and peaceful.

My originally irritable mood miraculously calmed down because of her appearance.

There is another very important point.

Gu Mingzhao felt that he was not a lustful person, but whenever he got close to Liao Qinglan, his body would react involuntarily.

This reaction is not out of desire, but comes from an attraction and resonance deep in the soul.

Just like moths naturally gravitate toward light, Gu Mingzhao was also attracted by the light emanating from Liao Qinglan.

Even though I know there might be a trap ahead, I can't resist its attraction.

Gu Mingzhao trusted his intuition, so he accepted her as his fiancée.

And he used his actions to tell everyone that Liao Qinglan was different in his heart.

Liao Qinglan and Liao Zhendong lived in the same yard.

In the study, Liao Zhendong and Wang Tingzhi saw the two of them walk in together, and their eyes turned to them at the same time.

Liao Zhendong knew that his daughter came to Jizhou just for Gu Mingzhao, so he didn't say much.

But Wang Tingzhi couldn't sit still anymore.

He walked up to Liao Qinglan, with mixed emotions in his eyes: "Miss Liao, you... were with His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin just now?"

Liao Qinglan nodded.

"Then... did you hear what I just said?" Wang Tingzhi's voice trembled a little.

Liao Qinglan sighed and said, "Sir Wang, I'm very sorry if my previous actions caused you to misunderstand me. But I have long been in love with His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin. Even if he loses his memory, I will always be with him."

She really heard everything.

Then she must have seen Ruyan as well.

Even so, she is still willing to be with King Qin...

Wang Tingzhi felt a pang of sadness in his heart. He took out a jade pendant from his sleeve and handed it to Liao Qinglan: "This is a token of the Wang family of Langya. If you encounter trouble in the future, you can use this jade pendant to command all the forces of the Wang family."

Liao Qinglan was about to refuse, but Gu Mingzhao had already raised his hand to block Wang Tingzhi, and took off his jade pendant from his waist and stuffed it into Liao Qinglan's hand.

"Don't worry, my Lord. If she gets into trouble, I will help her solve it. As for the jade pendant, it's better to use my own."

Liao Qinglan looked down at the lotus jade pendant in her hand, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself.

"What do you want to say?" Gu Mingzhao asked, noticing that she looked strange.

"Do you know the origin of this jade pendant?" Liao Qinglan found it a little funny.

Gu Mingzhao shook his head: "I don't know, but I always feel that this jade pendant is very important. I always wear it with me. Now I will give it to you."

It turned out that even though Gu Mingzhao had lost his memory, he still instinctively cared about the jade pendant she gave him.

Liao Qinglan felt warm in her heart.

She carefully put away the jade pendant without explaining anything.

"Don't you have official duties to attend to?" Liao Qinglan looked at Wang Tingzhi and Gu Mingzhao, "Go quickly, don't keep my father waiting for too long."

After saying that, Liao Qinglan turned around and went back to her room.

Gu Mingzhao looked at Wang Tingzhi's hand holding the jade pendant tightly, a scornful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he walked into Liao Zhendong's study.

The three of them sat down together, and Liao Zhendong asked, "Master Wang, you mentioned that you have something important to discuss and that it needs to be kept secret. What is it that makes you so cautious?"

Wang Tingzhi calmed down, pulled himself together, and said in a serious tone, "Prime Minister, this matter was entrusted to me by His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin before he fell into the river. His Royal Highness had noticed something strange about the riverbank before, and ordered me to conduct an in-depth investigation. After a month of hard work, I finally got the result."

"What's wrong with the riverbank? Doesn't the King of Qin inspect the river every day?"

"Your Highness personally visited the breached river section and found that the rubble on both sides of the river did not look like it had been washed away, but more like the rubble that was originally used when the riverbank was built."

"There is such a thing!" Upon hearing this, Liao Zhendong sat up straight, frowning, "What exactly did you find out?"

Wang Tingzhi continued, “In order to avoid alerting the enemy, I discussed with Your Highness and deliberately created some false impressions of discord to facilitate my independent action.

I carefully checked the account books of the court's appropriations for river embankment construction three years ago, and it was clearly recorded that granite was purchased at that time.

But I searched the river carefully for a long time and did not find any trace of granite, only ordinary gravel.

I was afraid of wrongly accusing the local officials, so I secretly sent people to shovel away a section of the river bank that had not yet been damaged. I didn't expect that they even used gravel as the foundation. It's lucky that such a river bank can last for three years!"

Liao Zhendong was furious and slammed the table and stood up: "How can this be! How dare these parasites be so bold and reckless, embezzling the court funds and disregarding the safety of the people. They are absolutely unscrupulous!"

Wang Tingzhi said solemnly: "There are even more horrifying things."

Liao Zhendong's heart sank suddenly: "Is there anything more serious than this?"

"In order to find witnesses, I interviewed some workers, but was surprised to find that none of the workers this time had participated in the construction of the river embankment three years ago."

Liao Zhendong had an ominous premonition in his heart: "Jizhou has fertile land and the population has never been very mobile. How is it possible that all the workers from three years ago will not come this time?"

Wang Tingzhi sighed and said in a heavy tone, "This is the weirdest part. I checked the labor register from three years ago and compared it with the household registration. I found that all the laborers were registered as dead after the riverbank was built!"

Liao Zhendong was so shocked that he could hardly breathe. It took him a long time to come back to his senses: "Building the river embankment requires at least thousands of young and strong laborers. Where did they go?"

Wang Tingzhi shook his head: "I have no idea for now."

"This matter is extremely serious and we cannot act rashly. You continue to investigate secretly first, and I will write a letter to His Majesty, requesting that additional imperial envoys be sent to assist us." Liao Zhendong made the decision decisively.

"Yes, sir." Wang Tingzhi replied respectfully.

"Remember, you must not arouse the suspicion of Jizhou officials. Just act as you normally would. Let's go to the government office first and meet up with them," Liao Zhendong warned.

After saying that, Liao Zhendong was the first to walk out of the study.

Gu Mingzhao and Wang Tingzhi followed closely behind and went to look for Liu Yu and others together.