I rely on the system to support my eighteen brothers and sisters

"evidence?"

"Yes, several bodies."

Master Qiao...

Lord Li did not expect that he had just taken on the case last night, and someone brought the body of the suspect to the government office early this morning, as well as a living person with no hands.

What kind of thing is this? He solved the case while sitting in the government office?

After entering the interrogation room of the government office, Master Qiao felt his eyelids twitching.

Because Qiao Wan'er was tied to a wooden stake, although she was not tortured, she looked very bad. There were several mummies lying on the ground, and some living people were kneeling beside them.

"Master, the matter has been clarified. Qiao Wan'er assigned these people to Lanqing City to kill the young masters and young ladies of the Qiao family. Their families have already acknowledged them. Now we need to let the young masters and young ladies identify whether these people are the ones who assassinated them."

Qiao Linbao was a bit braver, so he stepped forward to take a look and nodded, "Yes, but there is still one person missing. That person was beheaded by the eldest sister... by the princess."

"How do you know for sure it's them?"

Qiao Linbao replied: "They should have scars left by the Dongyue Sword. When the assassination was happening, the princess arrived with her guardian Yue Li and saved us."

"Yes, they do have scars left by the Dongyue Sword."

The matter was very clear, Qiao Wan'er had assigned someone to assassinate several children, the evidence was irrefutable, Qiao Wan'er should be sentenced to death. But Qiao Linxi was a princess, if she said a few words, Qiao Wan'er could be spared the death penalty.

"Why are you doing this?"

Master Qiao was extremely disappointed with his granddaughter. He never expected that she would dare to kill someone.

"They deserve to die. Wouldn't it be better for them to stay in a remote place? Why did they have to rush to the Qiao family? I am the only granddaughter of the Qiao family. No one can snatch my honor."

Seeing that she refused to repent, Master Qiao gave up and said, "Notify Madam Huang. Sentence her accordingly."

Seeing this, Madam Li stopped talking and looked at Qiao Linxi and asked, "Princess, what about Marquis Jian'an..."

"Isn't it true that Xu Yanzhou hired someone to kill someone?"

"It is true, and I have also found some past events. Do you want to..."

"Master Li, please do whatever you want. This princess has no right to interfere."

The past events of the mortal world, doesn’t that mean that Qiao Wan’er and Xu Yanzhou are siblings?

This is really funny, one thing can lead to so many things. It's also a good thing, once and for all.

After leaving Jingzhao Prefecture, Qiao Linxi and Meng Qingyu returned to the princess's residence. She sent Meng Qingyu away and sat in the bedroom waiting.

This thing went so smoothly that you can tell who was behind it with just a little thought.

Not long after, a white figure quietly appeared behind Qiao Linxi.

Qiao Linxi knew who it was without even looking.

"coming?"

"Hey!"

"You knew I was coming?"

Qiao Linxi poured a cup of tea and placed it on the table: "I have to know who is holding this knife, right?"

Things went so smoothly that Qiao Linxi suspected that Gu Changfeng had intervened. Sitting here and thinking quietly, Qiao Linxi was horrified to find that the emperor was most likely behind this matter.

He wanted to attack Marquis Jian'an, and he was just the fuse.

"You're still so smart."

Gu Changfeng walked out from behind helplessly and sat opposite Qiao Linxi: "How did you guess that?"

"What's so hard about this? I just reported it to Jingzhao Prefecture last night, and tonight there is solid evidence. I can't think of anyone else who can do this except you."

"Can I understand you are praising me?"

Gu Changfeng took a sip of tea and asked, "What do you think of Xu Ruifeng?"

Qiao Linxi's eyebrows jumped, and she looked at Gu Changfeng with some fear: "What do you want?"

"Look how scared you are. What can I do? I just saw that you were in need of a personal guard."

Qiao Linxi looked at Gu Changfeng very seriously. She probably knew what Gu Changfeng wanted to do.

She looked straight into Gu Changfeng's eyes and asked, "Answer me truthfully, do you like me?"

Gu Changfeng raised his eyebrows but did not answer, which was considered as tacit agreement with Qiao Linxi's question.

"Then why don't you marry me? Instead, you push me to other men."

Qiao Linxi couldn't understand. Gu Changfeng obviously liked her and said he wanted to marry her, so why would he change his mind at the last minute?

"Xixi, I don't deny that I like you, but you should also know my situation. If I marry you, I can't grow old with you. Do you hope to see you pass away a hundred years later, while I have to live with my sons, grandsons and great-grandsons? How painful that would be. I hope you can have an ordinary love. Love one person until old age. And I, alone, free. How wonderful."

"Since you don't want to marry me, I hope you can respect me and not force me to do anything I don't like or want to do."

"Well, not anymore."

Gu Changfeng rubbed Qiao Linxi's head and said, "Rest early. You and Mr. Meng's wedding is scheduled for December. The emperor has been busy with the autumn boudoir these days, and the Ministry of Rites has many procedures to go through. You don't have to worry about your wedding clothes. The Shangyi Bureau is also preparing them. What you need to do recently is to pick a group of failed students to follow you. Those who were rejected in the imperial examination or the martial arts examination can be selected."

Gu Changfeng walked out of the bedroom. He saw two people standing in the corridor, but there was no change on his face. He walked out calmly.

Turning around, I saw Qiao Linxi sitting there quietly under the candlelight.

Qiao Linxi, I am already in a deep quagmire, and you are the light I look up to, dispelling the darkness that lingers around me.

I don't want to drag you into the quagmire.

I have lived in this world for so long, and countless loyal and treacherous ministers have died at my hands. I have made too many enemies. I don't want you to be my weakness, I just want to be your armor.

Meng Qingyu looked at Gu Changfeng standing in the yard, and Gu Changfeng looked at Qiao Linxi sitting in the house. The three of them formed a triangle.

He was very sure that Gu Changfeng loved Qiao Linxi and had a strong desire to control her. But he didn't understand why Gu Changfeng didn't marry Qiao Linxi.

At this moment, his opinion of Gu Changfeng seemed to have changed a little.

Gu Changfeng isn't that evil, right?

Meng Qingyu bowed slightly and respectfully saw Gu Changfeng off. Behind him, Mrs. Meng II looked at her son, who was bowing down to him, with red eyes.

Once I lamented that my son was so stupid.

After Gu Changfeng left, Meng Qingyu entered the room and saw that Qiao Linxi's eyes were slightly red.

Qiao Linxi really understood what Gu Changfeng meant.

Gu Changfeng didn't marry her because he loved her. He didn't want to endure the loneliness of living alone after Qiao Linxi died of old age. Perhaps if he didn't marry her, his love wouldn't grow stronger.

"Princess……"

Meng Qingyu also felt a little sad. Looking at Qiao Linxi's red eyes, he knew that there was love between the two of them.

"I'm fine, I just feel a little upset. Gu Changfeng is a bastard. He obviously doesn't want to take responsibility but he insists on saying such guilt-inducing words."