The room was quiet. A figure flashed outside the window, but no one in the Ge family noticed...

Xie family.

Xie Lingxi had just finished washing up and her hair was still wet. Qiao'er quickly took a dry cloth to wipe the young lady's hair and couldn't help but say.

"Miss, please sit for a while. I will wring your hair dry soon."

Xie Lingxi nodded, walked to the table, poured herself a cup of warm tea and drank it. The candlelight flickered. Xie Lingxi looked at Lan Ye who had been waiting for who knows how long, and smiled.

"Lan Ye is back? How is it? What's the situation?"

Lan Ye did not look tired at all, and he had changed his clothes, so it was obvious that he had been back for a while. He answered respectfully.

"My dear lady, I have already inquired about the situation of the Ge family. It is quite lively. That Ge Xinghua is really not an easy person to deal with..."

Lan Ye briefly and concisely described the exciting things that happened in the Ge family. After finishing speaking, Lan Ye couldn't help but give a reminder.

"Miss, I think Ge Xinghua is very cruel. After all, Ge Guihua is her biological sister. She married her biological sister to a butcher who loves to beat people. What if the butcher really beat her sister to death..."

Lan Ye still had some compassion, so there was inevitably some bias in her words.

However, Qiao'er, who has always been soft-hearted, had a rare different opinion after listening to Lan Ye's words.

"I think Ge Guihua deserved it. If what you reported back is correct, it was Ge Guihua who first framed Ge Xinghua for being unkind and unjust. She knew that Butcher Wang was going to beat people up, but the woman was still beaten to death. She should have tried every means to prevent my sister from marrying him."

"Even if she couldn't stop it, she shouldn't be an accomplice. But Ge Guihua persuaded Ge Xinghua to go back. Isn't this obviously pushing her sister into the fire pit? So isn't it only natural for Ge Xinghua to let Ge Guihua marry him? This is called tit for tat!"

Xie Lingxi looked up at Qiao'er in surprise.

Qiao'er noticed the young lady's gaze and her cheeks turned slightly red.

"Miss, I just spoke hastily, not..."

Xie Lingxi comforted her.

"It's okay. I just think that you've made a lot of progress recently. That's good. It's rare that you can see things so clearly."

The lady's words clearly indicated her agreement with Qiao'er, Lan Ye couldn't help but speak.

"But Miss, Ge Guihua is Ge Xinghua's biological sister after all. Isn't it a bit too cruel for Ge Xinghua to do this?"

Xie Lingxi explained and analyzed carefully.

"Lan Ye, even if we are sisters, we still have to settle accounts. Some things can be turned a blind eye to, but what Ge Guihua did is no different from murder. It's not that Ge Xinghua didn't give Ge Guihua a chance..."

"Forget it. After all, it's someone else's business. We are all outsiders. I won't let the people around me fall into such a predicament. You won't have the opportunity to make such a choice."

Hearing the young lady say this, Lan Ye and Qiao'er felt warm in their hearts.

Xie Lingxi then got down to business.

"Forget it. Since Ge Xinghua is so troublesome, let's wait and see what she wants to do. I think she hasn't finished yet. Logically speaking, she hates everyone in the Ge family. It's impossible for her to only target Ge Guihua."

Thinking of this, a mocking arc appeared at the corner of Xie Lingxi's mouth.

To be honest, Xie Lingxi quite admired what Ge Xinghua did, but Ge Xinghua almost caused her aunt to have a miscarriage before, which Xie Lingxi could not forgive.

Otherwise, Xie Lingxi felt that she could help out.

Now.

It depends on Ge Xinghua's own luck.

Xie Lingxi instructed Lan Ye, "Keep watching. That girl will surely do something fun."

Lan Ye agreed respectfully.

The next morning, Xie Lingxi took Qiao'er out and walked all the way to the most prosperous street in the capital. She bought countless food, daily necessities and toys, and asked the guards to send them back to the Marquis' Mansion. Then she took Qiao'er to Yuesheng Garden.

This is a fairly famous theater in the capital.

It looked like a daily routine of a young lady wandering around, but after entering the theater, Xie Lingxi was invited to a private room.

As soon as the door was closed, the wooden cabinet on the wall next to it suddenly moved away, and a secret door appeared.

A person walked out of the door.

He is the fifth prince’s bodyguard, Panshi.

"Thank you, Miss."

Panshi stepped forward and saluted Xie Lingxi, his tone quite polite.

Xie Lingxi smiled and said, "Guards of Rock, take me to see His Highness."

Panshi nodded, turned around and took Xie Lingxi into the secret door, with Qiao'er following closely behind.

Xie Lingxi had already reminded her before coming, so Qiao'er remained relatively calm.

Inside the secret door was a staircase leading downwards. Xie Lingxi followed the stone all the way to the end and then turned a few corners.

Then the rock opened a door, and the dim passage immediately became bright, and Xie Lingxi could vaguely hear the sound of birds.

Sure enough, as soon as they went out, there was a fairly spacious courtyard. Xie Lingxi and Qiao'er walked out together, and the secret door at the back was closed.

Panshi led the way in front, and Xie Lingxi continued to follow. After crossing a round hole door, Xie Lingxi saw the fifth prince.

This was another courtyard. There were tables and chairs in the courtyard. There were many snacks on the table. The Fifth Prince was sitting leisurely on one of the chairs. He looked over when he heard the noise.

Three steps in front of the Fifth Prince, there was a man kneeling. His face and nose were bruised and his nosebleed was a little black. It was obvious that he had been injured for more than a day or two. His clothes were also dirty and smelly.

He looked dying and couldn't speak.

When Xie Lingxi got closer, she smelled the scent of blood, but she remained calm and walked forward a few steps to the Fifth Prince and saluted.

"Your Highness the Fifth Prince."

Qiao'er wanted to follow, but was stopped by Panshi. Panshi meant for Qiao'er to stand with him and not to disturb her.

Qiao'er was a little hesitant, but Xie Lingxi looked back at her, and Qiao'er stayed obediently beside Panshi.

The fifth prince looked at Xie Lingxi and said, "Miss Xie, you don't have to be polite. Please sit down first."

Xie Lingxi didn't bother to be polite with the Fifth Prince. She walked to another chair and sat down, then looked carefully at the man kneeling on the ground.

It’s a pity that I can’t see anything. Her face was beaten like that and I really can’t tell her age or whether she is beautiful or ugly.

The fifth prince patiently explained.

"This is the son of the pregnant nanny Lin you mentioned. However, he is not her biological son, but an adopted son. His original name was Lin Mo, but after leaving the palace, Lin changed his name to Lin Yang, and then took Lin Yang away from the capital to hide his identity."

"Within two years, Mrs. Lin died of illness, and Lin Yang lived alone. Perhaps it was because Mrs. Lin taught him well that he was lazy by nature and accomplished nothing. Even in his thirties, he was still lazy and greedy."

"He spent all his money and was addicted to gambling. It didn't take long for him to spend all the money that Mrs. Lin left behind. Then he ran away to the capital and lived a life of stealing and cheating."

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