Xie Qiao felt quite embarrassed.
âIs your hand okay?â She asked calmly.
Hearing her words, Zhao Xuanjing was stunned for a moment. Then, his thin lips curved, âNot bad. I have the ability to lift you up.â
Lift?
Xie Qiao licked her lips.
She was not a Thumbelina.
Zhou Weizong, who had never left Xie Qiaoâs side, wiped the cold sweat off his forehead.
This girl actually dared to directly ask His Highness if there was anything wrong with his hand!
She was really daring!
Only His Highness spoiled her and indulged her instead of threatening herâ¦
Zhou Weizong thought so, but he still smiled at Xie Qiao and even greeted him politely in a low voice, âHalf-Immortal Xie.â
After all, Xie Qiao had taken Zhou Weizongâs gold before. He was a big client, so her attitude was great. There was a gentle smile on her face.
After a while, only Xie Qiao got up feeling that she was much better.
Those people were all tied up. The servants stood obediently at the side and formed a row. They did not even dare to breathe loudly.
Xie Qiaoâs legs were still a little shaky, but she was able to steady herself. She walked very slowly and walked in front of those people.
âWhy did you set me up?â Xie Qiao asked, âThe officers and soldiers have been protecting these disaster victims recently. You mustâve calculated the time and asked someone to keep an eye on my whereabouts. Thatâs why you did it, right? You know that Iâve been doing good deeds recently, so you spent a lot of effort to lure me here⦠Someone instructed you, right?!â
Those people were cowardly.
âYouâll be given a lighter punishment if you tell the truth yourself,â Zhao Xuanjing said straightforwardly.
As soon as he said that, someone immediately said, âYuan Rong knows! He was outside the city the whole time. Later, he came to our boss and said he would pay 500 taels of silver to humiliate Young Lady Xie and let her be despised by everyoneâ¦â
Yuan Rongâ¦
He was lying on the ground, and a lot of blood was flowing around him.
He was also shot by Xie Qiao, but only on his old wound. When they were fighting earlier, he was accidentally stepped on by the people around him. Nowâ¦
He was also dead.
Yuan Rong did not have any silver when he was thrown out of the city, so he definitely did not pay the 500 taels of silver.
However, these hooligans probably did not know who the real mastermind was.
âTake him away,â Zhou Weizong immediately said considerately.
A lighter punishment? These foolish brats committed crimes against the wind!
For the sake of law and order, for the sake of the disaster victims, the lighter ones would be left with a whole body, and the heavier ones would be torn apart.
However, these people were really incompetent. They had lured Young Lady Xie here for so long, yet they were still wasting their time here. In fact⦠before they came, half of these people had died.
They dared to have such intention despite being incapable. They were really courting death.
âIâll get to the bottom of this. Itâs still not very safe outside the city. If we come to this forest in the future, weâll bring a team of people,â Zhao Xuanjing glanced at those servants with a bit of disdain.
These servants were obviously raised by Xie Niushan.
They all looked like bandits and fierce, but they did not have much real ability.
âThank You, Your Highness,â Xie Qiao answered obediently and was quite happy.
âWhere did you get the portrait of Princess Xingmo?â Zhao Xuanjing was not in a hurry to leave and asked another question.
Thinking of that, Xie Qiao was ready to tell the truth.
On the day of the Winter Clothes Festival, the Crown Prince had seen the possession of ghouls, so she could say some things directly. She said, âI happened to meet the princessâ soul, and I wanted to ask Your Highness for help. The soul has a wish to go home, so I have to find her body firstâ¦
âI found out earlier that the soul seemed to have a special liking for the Zhou family, so could Your Highness get the chance for me to go to the Zhou Residence to have a look?â Xie Qiao asked again.
Zhao Xuanjingâs expression changed when he heard that.
Did she mean that his aunt might die in the Zhou family? Then this matter⦠would be huge!