The real daughter's life was stolen, and she was reborn and became the best in the capital

Qing Xin moved very quickly.

The main reason is that Gu Mingheng’s idea is good.

After he went to the street that the little beggar Aman mentioned, he found a place selling the four treasures of the study.

This is the only shop that sells the four treasures of the study.

Qing Xin was also smart. After he entered and was received by the shopkeeper, he did not immediately say that he was looking for someone.

Instead, he looked around first.

Wait for the shopkeeper to come over and ask: "Sir, what do you want to buy?"

He lowered his voice and said, "Our master dropped an earring here yesterday. Did you see it?"

"earrings?"

The shopkeeper was stunned.

Qing Xin still looked proud. He held the sword and said, "Yes, our master's earrings are very valuable. If you see them, you must report them truthfully. Otherwise, if I report them to the authorities and find them from you, you will be sued and fined."

The shopkeeper was frightened by Qing Xin's words, his face turned pale immediately, and he defended himself by saying, "Oh, sir, I have been doing business for decades, and I am the most honest person! If I really saw the earrings, I would definitely put them away and wait for you to take them!"

Qing Xin still glared at him without saying anything.

The shopkeeper racked his brains and thought of it.

Thinking of something, he suddenly lowered his voice and asked, "Are you Princess Changle?"

He remembered all the people who came and went to buy things. What's more, the items were worth a lot of money and they were women, so it was even easier to guess.

Seeing the young guard opposite him, his expression changed slightly.

How could the shopkeeper know what Qing Xin was thinking? He just thought he had guessed it right.

He was even more miserable in his heart.

He quickly said to the others, "My dear brother, if I really saw Princess Changle's earrings, how could I dare to steal them in private? Am I asking for my life? I really didn't see them."

As he spoke, he began to think carefully again, and suddenly muttered quietly, "Did the princess wear earrings yesterday? How come I didn't see it?"

Qing Xin's heart was as violent as a July storm, but his mouth reacted faster than his brain.

"You meet so many people every day, how can you remember what our master wore? Let me ask you, what did our master wear yesterday?" Qing Xin asked deliberately.

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Young man, this doesn't bother me. When I open a business, my most brilliant thing is this pair of eyes."

"Yesterday, the princess brought a guard with her, wearing a veil and a purple shirt, and asked for four sets of ordinary rice paper, four sets of ten-color Xie Gong paper, four sets of Chengxintang paper, and four sets of Hu brushes and Hou brushes, divided into wolf-hair and goat-hair brushes."

He said it clearly, without any hesitation.

After he finished speaking, he looked at Qing Xin with pride and said, "Brother, do you think I'm right?"

Qing Xin didn't say whether it was right or wrong. He just looked at the shopkeeper and suddenly lost his voice: "Did our noble master's woman come here yesterday?"

"This is not..."

The shopkeeper didn't notice that Qing Xin's eyes suddenly became bright.

But soon, the shopkeeper's next words shattered Qing Xin's fantasy: "But there is only one person of the princess' status, and the four treasures of the study are mostly used by men, so women should buy less."

"Besides the Lord, there were only two women who came to buy things for their sons. They bought the cheapest paper and pens."

"Young man, do you suspect that they took the princess's earrings?" The shopkeeper couldn't help but frowned when he said this.

Qing Xin didn't say anything.

His expression was no longer the same as before, but became a little surprised and confused.

The shopkeeper looked up and was shocked to see his extremely ugly face. He quickly apologized for himself, "Brother, I really didn't lie to you. Even if I had ten guts, I wouldn't dare to go against Princess Changle and Anyuan Marquis's Mansion."

Qing Xin pursed her lips and said nothing.

After a long while, he finally said in a hoarse voice, "I understand. Let's just leave it at that for now," amid the shopkeeper's endless apology.

He took a deep breath, calmed his breathing as much as possible, and then continued calmly: "Don't tell anyone about why I came to see you today, and don't tell anyone that our master lost his earring."

He instructed in a deep voice, his voice very serious.

The shopkeeper knew that a wealthy family like theirs valued the personal belongings of these young ladies the most. He also knew that they were worried that someone would find out and do something bad to the princess, so he nodded and agreed hurriedly.

"Yes, yes, don't worry, I understand and I will never tell anyone."

Qing Xin ignored the shopkeeper and walked out with the sword in hand.

The guards outside saw him coming out and immediately came over to greet him: "Brother Qingxin."

Just after greeting him, they suddenly noticed that his face looked very bad. Several guards hurriedly asked worriedly: "What's wrong with you?"

Qing Xin waved his hand and said "It's okay".

But he doesn't look like he's okay.

He held the sword in his hand and asked the guards beside him, "How is the investigation going?"

The guards said, "We asked a few snack shops and found out that a woman wearing a veil and purple clothes went to buy something."

Qing Xin asked, "Just one?"

What is this nonsense?

The guards looked at each other but nodded.

Qing Xin was silent for a while. After a long while, he said in a deep voice, "Let's go back to the mansion first."

He said and walked straight forward.

The other guards didn't know what happened to him, but they all followed him.

Return to the palace.

After Qing Xin asked where the prince was, he went straight to the study to find the prince.

Zhuo Qian was there too.

Seeing Qing Xin coming back, he was very surprised: "So soon? Any news?"

Qing Xin didn't say anything.

"What's wrong with you? Why do you look so unhappy?" After all, Zhuo Qian grew up with Qing Xin and they had a close relationship. Of course, he noticed something was wrong with Qing Xin right away.

Gu Mingheng, who was originally practicing calligraphy, also raised his head when he heard this.

When he saw Qing Xin's face, he also frowned, put down his pen and asked, "What did you find out?"

"Subordinate..."

Qing Xin was speechless.

He really didn't want to believe that the princess was involved in this matter.

But the person who asked the question was not someone else, but the prince, his master. Qing Xin hesitated for a moment, and finally answered truthfully: "...I found out a little bit."

He said in a hoarse voice: "There is indeed a woman in purple on that street."

"Who?"

Zhuo Qian couldn't wait to ask.

When Gu Mingheng looked at Qing Xin, he seemed to have the answer in his mind.

He didn't say anything, but looked at Qing Xin in silence.

Under their gaze, Qing Xin felt as if his throat was on fire: "...It's Princess Changle."

"Who?!"

Zhuo Qian was shocked.

Before Qing Xin could answer, he spoke first: "Are you crazy? How could this be related to the princess? Didn't you check it clearly?"

"I checked!"

Qing Xin was also very annoyed, and he didn't want to believe it either: "There was only one person wearing a veil and a purple shirt on that street yesterday. The princess also went to a place selling study tools yesterday and bought a lot of things. She also had the sweet-scented osmanthus cake that the little beggar mentioned."

“All the dots fit!”

"If there really was a woman in purple on that street at that time yesterday, that person could only be the princess!"

He spoke in a loud and clear voice, and after he finished speaking, he regretted it first.

He looked at his silent master and said, "...it could be that the little beggar is deceiving us."

Zhuo Qian also came to his senses.

After hearing this, he immediately said, "Yes, that kid definitely lied to us! He might have given us the wrong clues just to hide it from his own people!"

"I will interrogate him now."

Zhuo Qian was about to walk out when Gu Mingheng called out to him from behind, "Stop."

Stop in front of Zhuo.

Like Qing Xin, he looked at his master who was still sitting in the chair with an unreadable expression.

"master……"

He called out in a hoarse voice.

Gu Mingheng didn't say anything.

He thought he would have many complicated emotions after hearing this answer.

But at this moment, Gu Mingheng actually felt very calm inside.

No ripples at all.

It was as if he had expected it.

Thinking of the pleasure boat that night, she walked down the stairs from the second floor with a look that was different from her usual indifferent expression.

That was the first time he saw her face so cold and ugly, as if it was filled with deep, undisguised disgust.

And that time in the mansion.

She clearly saw Yue Qing, but said nothing.

Is it because of the marriage?

Gu Mingheng thought in his heart.

But he also felt that she was not that kind of person.

There is no way she would harm someone just because of a marriage.

What was going on between her and Yue Qing that he didn't know about? And how did she know this news?

My mind is in a mess.

It feels like being surrounded by countless questions.

Gu Mingheng suddenly looked at the bright red and gold-embossed post on the table.

Reach out and open it.

The font inside is elegant and beautiful, and it will brighten anyone's eyes when they see it.

Different from yesterday's words.

But in fact, it is not completely different.

The words can be changed.

Of course, what is written by the left and right hands are different.

But some habits cannot be changed.

Gu Mingheng held the post in his hand and said nothing.

Qing Xin and Zhuo Qian couldn't speak even more.

I don’t know how long it took, Gu Mingheng closed his eyes and put down the post in his hand.

When you open your eyes again.

He had returned to his normal self. He said, "Go and secretly send the two children out of the city. Find a safe place to put them. Don't let anyone find them."

"If Yuan Er asks, just say we didn't find it either."

When Zhuo Qian and Qing Xin heard this, they knew that their master was planning to conceal the matter.

They were not surprised, nor did they feel anything was wrong.

in contrast.

When they heard the prince say this, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'll give the order right away!" Zhuo Qian said as he was about to go out.

Qing Xin asked: "Then the princess..."

When Gu Mingheng heard this name, he pursed his thin lips slightly.

He said, “Never mind.”

He knew that she didn't like him to interfere too much, and he also knew that she didn't like him to secretly send people to follow her.

Although he didn't know how she knew this, whether she made it up or heard it from someone else... He was worried about her safety, but he also knew her character.

I don't want to restrict her or annoy her under the pretext of doing it for her own good.

"If she really needs help, she will tell me."

Qing Xin answered yes.

But he still didn't understand: "Why did the princess do this?"

Gu Mingheng did not reply immediately.

He looked at the big red post, then at the small portrait. After a while, he stood up and walked to the window.

The tall man stood with his hands behind his back.

After a long time, his voice was heard again in the room: "She naturally has her own reasons for doing things."