NABC Chapter 304 Finally, they learned to use their brains.
Chapter 304 Finally, they learned to use their brains.
"If it really wasn't you, I naturally wouldn't have wronged you. What's your name?" The Empress glared at Xiao Qiao, her face darkening.
"Why are you so panicked? Are you feeling guilty?"
"No! This servant really didn't! Your Highness, Your Highness is innocent!" Xiaoqiao was so frightened that she almost fainted, her whole body trembling.
“Your Majesty, look at her appearance, I think it’s most likely her! We should capture her and torture her severely, and we’ll surely get the truth out of her,” Granny Lan said in a deep voice.
The Empress looked at Chu Yueli and asked, "Ali, what do you think?"
"Let them go back and rest first. We'll find out tonight whether they're human or ghosts," Chu Yueli said, seemingly confident.
Seeing this, the Empress did not insist and waved her hand, saying, "Let's listen to Ali and let them go back to rest first."
The two men, though deeply grateful and filled with unease, kowtowed and then stumbled away.
Cui'er almost fell when she left, perhaps because she had been kneeling for too long, but no one paid any attention.
After they left, the Empress looked at Chu Yueli and smiled, "Ali, I haven't thanked you enough for recommending the Eighth Prince to me last time."
"What does the Empress think of the Eighth Prince's temperament?" Chu Yueli asked.
The Empress smiled with great satisfaction: "A learned and gentle child, refined and sensible, you are truly a rare gem. I am very pleased, and I will certainly reward you handsomely for this."
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty, but it's always best to keep such matters low-key. I won't accept any reward. If I ever encounter any difficulties in the future, I hope Your Majesty will take good care of me." Chu Yueli lowered her eyes.
The Empress sighed and said, "You are truly bold and meticulous, handling matters with utmost care. I am far inferior to you, Ali."
"Your Majesty flatters me." Chu Yueli quickly lowered her head even further.
"Alright, there's no need for these formalities. I'll remember what Ali said today, and I will keep a close eye on your Duke's Mansion from now on."
"Thank you, ma'am."
After leaving Qiankun Palace, Zisu glanced at Chu Yueli.
Chu Yueli didn't speak, so Zisu didn't say anything more.
Once they returned to the small courtyard where they were temporarily staying and closed the door, Zisu asked, "Miss, do you really know who it is?"
"do not know."
"You don't know?" Zisu's eyes widened, somewhat anxious.
But then Chu Yueli walked to the shelf, took down the two bottles of medicine left by Huo Qing, opened them and smelled them. Her calm demeanor reassured Zisu a lot.
"Then, what do I need to do?"
"Is there any news about Tuoba Mingyue?" Chu Yueli was fiddling with something. Zisu only had a superficial understanding of these medicinal herbs, and she couldn't understand anything about the particularly rare ones.
"I'll ask."
Not long after, Zisu returned, looking rather anxious: "Miss, Tuoba Mingyue has been taken away by people from the Prince Jin's residence."
“Lu Fengjin?” Chu Yueli’s long fingers, which were studying the medicinal powder, paused slightly. She sneered, “Heh, it seems that guy is starting to use his brain. No problem, I’ll investigate after he’s done.”
……
Tuoba Mingyue was indeed taken to the Prince Jin's residence.
However, it wasn't Lu Fengjin's people who found her; rather, she appeared on her own and was deliberately brought back.
"Speak! Who is behind you? Why did you send Tuoba Feiyuan to deliberately approach me?"
Lu Fengjin has lost all patience with the Tuoba sisters. Moreover, after that day at the hunting grounds, she disappeared without a trace, as if she had vanished.
Lu Fengjin became even more convinced that it was because his leg was broken and he could no longer be her support that even Tuoba Mingyue was unwilling to stay in the Prince Jin's mansion.
He hated those two snobbish sisters!
"If you don't speak up, don't blame me for being impolite! What exactly do you want by approaching me?"