The eldest daughter, she is proud and sassy

Chapter 419 Confession
As night fell, after dinner, Cui Quan sat in the study and listened to his subordinates' reports.

"My lord, my subordinates are incompetent. They failed to catch those two little thieves, and they also failed to find out the identities of the men in black who helped them escape." Bai Qi knelt on the ground very disturbed.

Since what happened last time, the Grand Duke has not trusted Liu Yang very much, so this time the Grand Duke ordered Liu Yang to stay in the mansion to search for clues about the two thieves, and ordered him to go out of the mansion and set up an ambush.

However, not only did he fail to catch the two little thieves, he also lost them.

The dignified No. [-] family, relatives of the emperor, can't even catch the two little thieves, it would be ridiculous to spread the word.

Bai Qi felt that the Duke must be very angry.

Sure enough, the Duke picked up the teacup on the table after listening and threw it out: "Waste, all of them are waste, I can't even catch two little thieves, what use is it for me to support you?"

The splashed porcelain scraped across the back of Bai Qi's hand, leaving a few bloodstains on it, but Bai Qi didn't dare to dodge or move.

"My lord calm down."

At this time, the guard at the door said: "Master Yuan, please see Yuan Niang."

Cui Quan's anger froze, why did this little girl come to him?
He pondered Cui Hengyue's reason for coming, and ordered: "Let her in."

When Cui Hengyue walked into the study, she glanced at Bai Qi who was kneeling on the ground, and then stepped forward to salute: "Granddaughter pays respects to grandfather."

"It's so late, why did you come to see me?" Cui Quanduan sat on the seat with a majestic appearance.

Cui Hengyue first showed a troubled expression: "My granddaughter has something in mind, I don't know if I should say it or not?"

Seeing her hesitation, Cui Quan was aroused by her: "What's the matter? Tell the truth."

".Yes."

Cui Hengyue hesitated for a moment, then slowly said: "Grandfather, the thing is like this, the princess regent woke up during the day, and the prince regent sent someone to pick me up to see the princess regent.

"Afterwards, the regent led me to meet two people. These two people are Mrs. Wen and the coachman Wang Balang who sneaked into Jinglanyuan."

what?
Cui Quan and Bai Qi's eyes widened, and they looked at Cui Hengyue in disbelief.

"I originally wanted to bring these two little thieves back to you, grandfather, but the regent said that these two little thieves broke into the regent's mansion without permission, and they must be severely tortured and refused to let them go.

"I have no choice but to come back."

Cui Quan said with a sullen face: "It has been several hours since you came back from the Prince Regent's Mansion, why did you tell me this matter now?"

At this time, it was too late to go to the Prince Regent's Palace to ask someone.

Facing Cui Quan's skeptical gaze, Cui Hengyue remained calm and composed: "I originally planned to tell my grandfather as soon as I returned home, but I think this matter is very strange.

"Think about it, when I came back from the Prince Regent's Mansion, the Prince Regent had already expressed his apology to me, saying that I shouldn't have been wronged for stabbing the princess.

"But today, the King of Changshan came here to apologize to me, isn't that superfluous?

"Later, when Commander Bai came to Jinglanyuan to arrest people, the Changshan County King hadn't left yet. Before Commander Bai came, he wanted to take Miss Wen away for questioning on the grounds that Mrs. Wen was acting sneaky.

"It's just that when Commander Bai came, King Changshan left.

"Afterwards, when I was kidnapped out of the mansion, I saw Prince Changshan's carriage outside the mansion again."

A gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and Cui Hengyue suddenly realized: "Grandfather, do you think Mrs. Wen and Wang Balang are spies placed in our mansion by the regent?"

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There seems to be some truth to this guess.Cui Quan slowly followed Cui Hengyue's thinking.

Cui Hengyue said to herself: "Grandfather, the more I think about it, the more I feel that those two little thieves belong to the regent.

"The regent must have known in advance that you had found out the identities of the two thieves, so he sent the Prince of Changshan County to our residence to take the two thieves away.

"Later, in order to dispel our suspicions, I took me to see those two little thieves, and told me that they broke into the Prince Regent's Palace without permission, and then refused to hand them over to me, obviously because of a guilty conscience.

"Although those two little thieves are good at martial arts, how can they escape from the tight defense of the Yasukuni Mansion with just the two of them?

"I see, the men in black who helped them escape must have been sent by the regent, and the regent thought the plan had failed, so he planned this.

"After I figured it out, I hurried over to report to my grandfather."

Speaking of this, Cui Hengyue took another step closer: "Grandfather, I heard that the regent always opposes you and uncle in court, is this true?"

After her reminder, Cui Quan felt that her guess was well-founded.

However, Cui Quan didn't show it on his face: "It's not something you women can ask about the court, well, I know about this matter, you go back and recuperate."

He didn't mention contemplating what happened behind closed doors, but only said to let her recover from her injuries. It seemed that she believed her words.

Cui Hengyue retired obediently.

After she left, Cui Quan told Bai Qi: "Send someone to find out if those two little thieves are in the Regent's Palace. Remember, don't let the people in the Regent's Palace find out."

"Yes." Bai Qi took the order and left.

After Cui Hengyue returned to Jinglan Garden, she ordered Shui Rong to stay on duty at night, and went to bed early to get ready for sleep.

Shui Rong thought that Cui Hengyue was injured and drank medicine, so she was more lethargic than usual, but she didn't expect the sound of changing clothes and turning over things from the inner room.

She went in and took a look, only to find that Cui Hengyue had changed into night clothes and was stuffing the dagger into her boots.

"Yuanniang, you are going to save Wen." Shui Rong walked to Cui Hengyue's side before speaking in a low voice.

Cui Hengyue let out a "hush" and explained: "I wanted to change my clothes and tell you. Don't worry, I'm not going to save people. They have someone to save them. I'm going out to do some errands and I'll be back soon."

Shui Rong wanted to ask what to do, but swallowed the words again.

After asking a lot, Yuan Niang should not believe her again.

Forget it, Yuan Niang will tell her when she wants to tell her.

"Then be careful, don't touch the wound." Shui Rong said softly.

"I will."

After Cui Hengyue finished speaking, she gently stepped out of the window.

The mansion strengthened its defense again, but Cui Hengyue had observed it when he went to Cui Quan's study before, and there was still a loophole to take advantage of.

Unexpectedly, the skills Mu Yun taught her were all used to sneak out of the Duke Yasukuni's mansion. Cui Hengyue couldn't help laughing at herself, and carefully hid in the darkness, groping outside.

Half an hour later, Cui Hengyue arrived at the residence of the Minister of Punishment smoothly.

"Who?"

Guo Yihui cautiously looked outside the door.

A figure quickly came in and closed the door, "It's me."

Cui Hengyue took off her scarf and walked in front of Guo Yihui.

"It's you."

After seeing Cui Hengyue's face clearly, Guo Yihui stood up with a serious expression: "I don't know why Mr. Lang came here late at night?"

"Brother Guo has now been promoted to be the minister of punishment, do you still remember the original promise?"

She said it calmly, but it made Guo Yihui vigilant: "Of course I remember, what is your command, you can say it, but you must not violate the general ethics and the laws of the country."

Cui Hengyue smiled lightly: "Don't worry, this is just a trivial matter."

(End of this chapter)