Not long after leaving the other courtyard, Shangguan Jiu behind him chased after him. He probably met Luo Zishan at the gate of the other courtyard and was delayed for time. Then he heard that Ji Yunyao and her were in front, so he speeded up to catch up.

Stopping, there is no need to look back, Shangguan Ruochun also knows who it is, and dares to call her from behind so calmly, but she can't stand and wait indifferently, after all Shangguan Jiu is Shangguan Yunqian's precious daughter, she can't be too faux pas.Holding Ji Yunyao together, they turned around and smiled slightly at the anxious person behind them.

"Jiu'er, why are you in such a hurry this early in the morning?"

"Prince Chun, you ask the question knowingly." Shangguan Jiu was still breathing calmly.

"Sister Yunyao, good morning." Shangguan Jiu saw Ji Yunyao at the side, his eyes lit up immediately.

"Okay, let's go have breakfast with me. I still need your help later." Shangguan Ruochun turned slightly sideways, half blocking Ji Yunyao.

"Panli, let's join together." Seeing Gu Panli standing two steps away, Shangguan Ruochun didn't come up to interrupt and didn't respond, fearing that she would include her because of her status.

Turning around and continuing towards the direction just now, Shangguan Ruochun let go of Ji Yunyao's hand.She knew that Ji Yunyao didn't like this kind of contact. The last time she came back from the palace banquet, she hurt Ji Yunyao because she held her too hard. Because of this, she still felt uncomfortable for a while, but she still couldn't find a chance. Open your mouth to care.If she hadn't seen Luozishan just now, she would definitely not be like this again. Now, she finally regained her senses and let go quickly.

Ji Yunyao doesn't think so, although she doesn't like being manipulated like this, and even less like having too close contact with people, but she doesn't resist Shangguan Ruochun's contact.It's just that she doesn't like that she is not gentle, and that she always treats her like this because of other people or other reasons. In this way, it seems that she is just a prop.

Now seeing Gu Panli, Shangguan Ruochun let go of her hand, making her even more displeased.It was inevitable that there would be signs of it on the surface, but it was not the occasion for an outbreak in front of everyone, even if it was only her and Shangguan Ruochun, she didn't know where to start.

That's right, what qualifications does she have, and what capacity does she use to question her?How could she open her mouth to ask Shangguan Ruochun why he wanted to hold her hand, and why he suddenly let go?Thinking about it was ridiculous, but it was so sad, Ji Yunyao's face darkened.

"What's wrong with you? Are you uncomfortable?" Since Shangguan Ruochun let go of her hand, he has been carefully observing her, for fear that she might overreact, but Ji Yunyao didn't say a word, but her face changed a lot. It's getting dimmer.

"I'm fine, it's just that I didn't have a good rest last night and felt a little dizzy." Ji Yunyao didn't want to explain the random thoughts in her head just now, and she didn't know how to say these words to others.How can she tell others if she doesn't understand it herself?What's more, this person is Shangguan Ruochun.

"Last night..." Shangguan Ruochun mumbled, but stopped talking.

At the same time, the two remembered the scene of last night, their faces flushed, a little embarrassed, and they each turned away.

It was rare for Gu Panli not to notice this anomaly. In her heart, the conversation between the man in black and her was repeated that night, and the conflicts and struggles in her heart became more and more intense. She even began to avoid seeing Shangguan Ruochun.If I don't see her, don't accept her care and warmth, will my inner conflict be less?

"Panli, are you feeling unwell?" During the dinner, Gu Panli ate very little, which was extremely abnormal, and Shangguan Ruochun was inevitably worried.

"Thank you, my lord, for your concern. Panli is fine, but she didn't have a good rest last night." Gu Panli quickly raised her head and smiled at Shangguan Ruochun, then lowered her head and concentrated on drinking porridge.

Did you not have a good rest last night?Why do so many people not have a good rest?Shangguan Ruochun didn't ask any further questions, only a trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, so he didn't say much.Ji Yunyao next to her slightly raised her eyes to look at Shangguan Ruochun, then at Gu Panli as if nothing had happened, without saying a word.

Shangguan Jiu was very happy, because after so many days, he finally had something to do. Although he could not go out to play freely, checking accounts was better than eating and drinking in other courtyards every day.In the palace, she eats and drinks every day, and it is a million times better than here, which has already made her bored. It is rare that troublesome things are thrown to her, but she has an appetite.

Shangguan Ruochun led them to the place where the ledgers were piled up. The three women were stunned by the sight in front of them. Several hilly ledgers were piled up there. Not far away was a pile of ashes and half of unburned and damaged paper.

"These are the records of Jiangyin's granary for the past five years. Every time the court distributes disaster relief food, it is recorded here. Finding out the link is very important to this investigation. It's a pity that this king has never been good at this, so I need your help. " Shangguan Ruochun stood aside with his chest folded, and said calmly, with some compliment hidden in his tone.

Ji Yunyao cast a sideways glance at her, and without breaking her stage, looked around her surroundings and nodded.

"Wow, Lord Chun, you asked us to check out such a pile of accounts for you! Then what year and month will we see?!" Shangguan Jiu casually stepped forward and flipped through it, only to be made to take a few steps back by the dust. .

In fact, this pile of ledgers is not too dirty. Last night, Luozishan ordered people to clean them up overnight, but they have been piled up for too long and placed in a dark corner, which inevitably accumulated a lot of dust.Meeting a spoiled princess like Shangguan Jiu made her look even more filthy.

"Jiu'er, these ledgers are the source of this investigation. If we can find clues from them, the subsequent affairs will be much easier. You also want to share some for the emperor, don't you?" Shangguan Ruochun knows Shangguan very well. Jiu's pulse door, knowing that moving out of the emperor will definitely inspire her.

"That's natural. Ben Gong, cough, I came out this time to relieve the emperor's worries." After hearing this, Shangguan Jiu also felt the truth, patted his chest, and started to work immediately.

"Yunyao, this will trouble you." Shangguan Ruochun pulled Ji Yunyao aside and walked to the pile of ashes.

"Are you asking me to check this pile of ashes?" Ji Yunyao couldn't believe how she wanted to check this pile of ashes.

"The ashes are of course useless, but those fragments are still of great value. This is the first batch of ledgers they sent, but they were burned. The later ones were sent one after another, but nothing happened. I think, this problem It must be in these accounts." Fortunately, there are still some left, and if you search carefully, you can find clues.

"It's just, how do we look at these fragments?" Ji Yunyao didn't have a clue, she knew that Shangguan Ruochun didn't deliberately make things difficult for her, but instead trusted her. The tallest one, please leave it to her.

"Do your best, Ben Wang, I believe in you." Shangguan Ruochun didn't deliberately ask for any conclusions, but she always felt that there was something abnormal in this pile of books, maybe it was a woman's intuition.

After explaining the relevant matters, Shangguan Ruochun left, leaving the three women fighting in the pile of books, and it was very quiet for a while, only the sound of flipping books, mixed with a few coughs.Seeing that Shangguan Jiu was so focused on those ledgers that she didn't even care about the dust, Ji Yunyao naturally felt relieved and focused on the pile of incomplete things in front of her and began to think.

"But is there something abnormal?" Gu Panli walked to her side and asked softly.

She knew the prince well, and the things she entrusted to Shangguan Jiu to check must be unimportant, and she didn't have to follow him to guard.And just now the prince pulled Ji Yunyao aside, and said a few more words, both of them looked very serious, she was observing silently from the side, and now seeing Ji Yunyao frowning, she roughly guessed something.

"Well, there are indeed some difficulties." Ji Yunyao is not in the mood to care about the vague quarrel with Gu Panli at the moment, after all, Shangguan Ruochun relies on Gu Panli and trusts Gu Panli, and there is no need to confront Gu Panli in matters of business.

"There is nothing to love about ashes, only fragments to send love to." Gu Panli looked at the scene in front of her and said something in a low voice, but it seemed to mean something.

"Miss Panli really has a connection with the prince." Ji Yunyao was surprised that Gu Panli would say this.In fact, anyone with common sense could say these words, but her heart was full of uneasiness, especially the slightest bit of Shangguan Ruochun and Gu Panli, covering her originally intelligent and wise eyes.

"Oh, I'm afraid it's the concubine who is confused." Gu Panli chuckled lightly, even more unclear.

Gu Panli and Ji Yunyao tried their best to find all the possibilities from the damaged fragments, but they searched a lot, and most of what they saw was consistent with the intact ledger. Because it was damaged, there was no before and after comparison. I couldn't see the clue for a while.

"Could it be that we guessed wrong?" Ji Yunyao looked at it for a while, her neck was also a little stiff, and carefully put aside the fragment she had just finished watching.

"This is the most likely place, maybe it was really burned down." Gu Panli was also a little tired, glanced at the pile of ashes, feeling very complicated.

She knew who set the fire, and it wasn't Ye Ruotao and Wu Yu's people, so it wasn't because they wanted to wipe out the traces.Perhaps, that's not the problem, it's just a coincidence that they were the first ones to arrive, so they became victims.But those people were sent from above, so why burn them?If there is no involvement, why bother to mobilize people to set fire?Gu Panli didn't understand this point either.

"Let's take a look again. Since I checked it, I'm sure I won't be reconciled if I don't finish it." After a short rest, Ji Yunyao sat back in the seat just now and continued the previous work.

"I didn't expect the princess to have such perseverance. Panli is being rude." Gu Panli saw that Ji Yunyao was unwilling to stop, and felt that she was so serious and persistent that she was even cute. It's no wonder the prince would be tempted. If it were her, It will also look differently.

I thought she was an arrogant and indifferent housekeeper who was forced to marry into the palace and targeted the prince everywhere, but now it seems that she is not everything.Although she didn't know why the relationship between Ji Yunyao and Shangguan Ruochun was so tense, but just because Shangguan Ruochun got deeper and deeper into her, she could more or less guess that Ji Yunyao was far more than what she usually saw. If there were only these, It is absolutely impossible to be favored by Shangguan Ruochun.

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