the first lady

Chapter 114

"This...how is this possible?" Hong Yi was even more excited than after hearing Tsing Yi, "Miss Ziyi is the only daughter of the old palace lord, and it is because the old palace lord believes that you will marry Miss Ziyi..."

"Will you pass on the position of palace lord to me?" Wuyou sneered and took Hong Yi's words, "What if I tell you that I never thought of marrying Zi Yi? Hong Yi, what are you going to do? "

The frivolous words made the red-clothed face turn pale again and again, even though most of the face was covered by the red cloak, the lower half of the exposed face was pale and terrifying.

"Red clothes, put away your thoughts, you want to sit on the position of palace lord, unless I die." Wuyou's voice changed, and the sharpness was already revealed.

Hongyi immediately knelt down on one knee, "This subordinate doesn't have such intentions, Palace Master knows it!"

"I'm very clear about what you did in private, and now I just give you a warning, don't touch her in the slightest, otherwise..." Wuyou's cold and piercing words stopped, her figure flashed, and she disappeared in front of Hong Yi.

Even if Hongyi wanted to pretend to be confused, she couldn't be confused at this moment. Wuyou is the truly terrifying person!
Qiao Linger's mind was a little confused, she was wrong, she shouldn't have gone out with Wuyou at all, but it turned out to be good now, she was robbed of a kiss, one was not Zong Zhengyi's.

What should I do?I will feel very sorry for Zong Zhengyi!

With a "squeak", the door opened, interrupting Qiao Ling'er's thinking.

Qiao Ling'er jumped up immediately, and looked at the person who walked in from the door. After a moment of blankness, she quickly lowered her head and untied the knot made with thread on the previous clothes.

Her heartbeat became even faster for no reason, she felt guilty, completely guilty.

Zong Zhengyi didn't seem to expect to see Qiao Ling'er in this dimness, but she was sitting on a chair and jumped up when she heard the sound of the door.

"Qingye, go and rest!" Zong Zhengyi said softly to Qingye who was waiting beside him.

"But son..." Qingye became a little nervous when he heard this.

Zongzheng Yi smiled slightly and said, "It's okay, I'll tell Lan Feng on the way, just keep sleeping and don't need to get up."

Qing Ye hesitated for a moment and nodded, he believed that the young master loved them as subordinates, but he would not be too reluctant.He nodded immediately, and first walked towards Lanfeng's room.

"Why didn't you light the lamp?" Zongzheng Yi stepped into the room and took out the fire folder from his arms.

Qiao Ling'er laughed in horror, rubbed the back of her head and said, "I, I forgot."

The room was illuminated by candlelight, and Qiao Ling'er could clearly see the tiredness on Zong Zhengyi's face. The total rest time for two consecutive days was only four hours, which was really a little bit for a scholar-type man like him. Too much.

But before Qiao Linger could say anything, Zong Zhengyi had already said, "Why are you still up so late?"

"Um... I just woke up." Qiao Linger panicked and said casually.

"But Linger, your clothes are neatly dressed." Zong Zhengyi looked at her clothes and said calmly.

When Zong Zhengyi reminded her, Qiao Ling'er's face suddenly became heavy. It was all because of that bastard Wuyou, who kept her in a free state with a single kiss, so she forgot all other things, including the clothes in her clothes. Inside!

"Heh, heh, since you found out, I won't hide it. I just can't sleep." Qiao Ling'er simply admitted generously.

"Where did you go?" Zong Zhengyi asked calmly.

"Eh?" Qiao Ling'er's pupils widened immediately, panicked for a moment, her heart beat faster, and then recovered as quickly as possible: "I didn't go anywhere, if you don't believe me, you can ask Qingye and Lanfeng Ah, I've been in the room all the time."

"But Ling'er, there's dirt on your shoes." Zong Zhengyi's eyes fell on Qiao Ling'er's feet, and he smiled slightly.

Hearing this, Qiao Ling'er immediately lowered her head, and a little bit of the edge of the shoe was stained with mud.

Although there was dirt, Qiao Ling'er didn't let herself get flustered, and said, "I walked a lot during the day and stepped on dirt."

"Ling'er!" Zong Zhengyi held her hand, "You look uncomfortable when you lie; moreover, the soil on your feet is wet; there is a little water in your hair; and... the skylight above is too big, There are wrinkles on the clothes, can these mean that you went out and came back from outside again?"

Listening to Zong Zhengyi's words, Qiao Ling'er immediately wanted to find a hole to get in. These were just some small details, and what made her want to cry even more was the skylight.She couldn't say that she just enlarged the skylight just to go out to see the scenery, right?Moreover, with her stature, it is impossible to reach it at all. If it is moving the table and stool, it will definitely be heard by Aoba or Lanfeng outside. She will never believe that Aoba Lanfeng is dozing off!

Qiao Ling'er looked at Zong Zhengyi, and sighed in her heart. Sure enough, there was someone out there. This man who looked like a spring breeze was definitely not a simple person!
Zong Zhengyi's patience seemed to be very good. She didn't speak, but he just looked at her quietly.

In the end, Qiao Linger chose to compromise, "Okay, I admit, I went out..."

"En." Zong Zhengyi nodded, his serious expression relaxed a lot because of her confession.When she was stunned, she frowned and asked, "Is there any injury? Your face doesn't look good."

The words of such concern made Qiao Ling'er stunned for a moment, and asked in disbelief, "Don't you ask who I went out with?"

"If you want to tell me, you will tell me, right?" Zong Zhengyi said softly.

"But I didn't intend to tell you that I went out." Qiao Ling'er muttered, and after he snorted in doubt, he raised his head and asked in a somewhat embarrassed and serious way: "If I did, can you Can't promise not to get angry?"

"It depends." Zong Zhengyi said harmlessly.

Qiao Ling'er's face fell instantly, and she muttered, "Then can I pretend that I didn't say anything just now?"

"Yes." Zongzheng Yi smiled, a very gentle smile, several times gentler than the previous smile.

However, such a gentle smile managed to terrify Qiao Ling'er. Thinking of his keen observation ability, she couldn't help but tremble.

Finally, after taking a deep breath, she planned to tell the truth, but when she met those gentle eyes, she lost all her strength and enthusiasm, and instead felt a little... well, I just felt sorry for Zong Zhengyi.

"Is it hard to say?" Zong Zhengyi asked softly.

"No." Qiao Ling'er shook his head. Anyway, the next thing still needs to be resolved. If we can provide him with an investigation aspect, then try to minimize detours for him. "Actually, I went out with the Mistress of Sansou Palace, but don't get me wrong, there is nothing between me and him." The latter sentence was added unconsciously.

Zongzheng Yi couldn't help raising his eyebrows when he heard that, he still just smiled quietly, and asked, "Go out and investigate this disappearance case?"

Qiao Ling'er shook her head seriously, "I already know who the murderer is." That scene couldn't help appearing in his mind, and the uncomfortable feeling in his chest and abdomen came out again.

Hearing that Zongzhengyi was silent, when Qiao Linger looked at him puzzled, he only heard his slightly cold voice: "Do you know it's dangerous?"

Listening to this sentence without blame but clearly filled people with countless feelings of guilt, Qiao Linger's heart also seemed to stop.

Seeing Zong Zhengyi's worried eyes, Qiao Ling'er suddenly felt like a heinous criminal. She knew he would be worried, so she didn't want to tell him, but now...

Then, in those worried eyes, she slowly withdrew her hand, slid across Zong Zhengyi's waist, embraced him, and pressed her face into his arms.

"Yi, I'm also worried about you." Qiao Ling'er said softly, "I can't just sit and watch you busy here but can't help you. In that case, I will feel that I am just a burden to you."

Surrounded by low-pitched female voices, with an incomparable and touching warmth, no matter how cold the heart is, it will be melted, not to mention Zong Zhengyi's heart that is already warm?
Zong Zhengyi couldn't help tightening his arms, saying that he wasn't worried would be a lie, he already knew her movements when he saw the traces on her body, but he couldn't be sure that she was going out to find the murderer.Even if he had already guessed the possibility.

"Ling'er, you are such a little idiot." After a long time, Zong Zhengyi could only find out such a sentence.

"Why are you scolding me?" Upon hearing this, Qiao Ling'er became unhappy, pushed Zong Zhengyi away and asked with a frown.

Zongzheng Yi had a gentle smile on his face, slightly hiding his worry. "Do you know the origin of the murderer? What would you do if you met him?"

This sentence made Qiao Ling'er put away her dissatisfaction with Zong Zhengyi, and said seriously: "I went out after full consideration, and with worry-free martial arts, I believe that even if I encounter it, nothing will happen... ..." When subconsciously talking about Wuyou, she unconsciously looked at Zong Zhengyi's face, wondering if he would be angry.

However, the expression on Zong Zhengyi's face was still light, making it impossible to see what he was thinking at all.

"It was Wuyou who took me to see the murderer, and also saw..." Stretching out the head is a knife, and not sticking out the head is also a knife, it's better to say clearly once.However, when thinking of the scene of murdering the corpse, she really couldn't speak anymore.

"What did you see?" Zong Zhengyi asked when she saw her silence.

"Seeing... a disgusting scene..." Thinking about it now, I really still have the urge to vomit.

Zong Zhengyi also frowned when he saw her face getting paler, but he didn't intend to press her, so he said after a while, "Ling'er, where are you going?"

(End of this chapter)