Qu Ying was given a holiday by the princess and was helping Jiang Yuan. Holding a porcelain jar in one hand and a piece of wood in the other, she scooped out frostbite cream from the large bowl and put it into the porcelain jar.

"Xie Yunxiao will lead a team to suppress bandits the day after tomorrow. There will be a passage between them and our convoy that is delivering goods, so it's just right for him to escort them for a while," said Qu Ying.

Jiang Yuan remembered what Chunzhi said, that the young master of the Xie family left the mansion in a hurry, and it must be about this matter.

"It's so cold now, let's go suppress the bandits, where is the trouble?" Jiang Yuan asked, his hands busy.

"In Dongshan County, the bandits occupied the land and became kings. They detained and killed the officials of the imperial court. They were really bold."

"Killed the court officials? It seems that it is not just a simple banditry. It's only a month before the New Year, and I guess they won't be able to come back." Jiang Yuan said.

Qu Ying nodded, "Oh, it's okay. Xie Yunxiao doesn't like to spend the New Year in Beijing anyway. In previous years, if there were errands to go out at this time, he would take the initiative to take them."

We worked overnight and finally produced more than 300 bottles of frostbite cream three days later.

After loading the cars, the eldest princess gave repeated instructions, and then more than a dozen cars set off in a mighty procession.

"A Yuan, bring the people in your yard and follow me."

After the princess finished speaking, she walked towards her own yard.

Jiang Yuan winked at Chunzhi, and Chunzhi ran back to the yard and called everyone over.

There were not many people in Jiang Yuan's courtyard. There were four maids, two of her own and two from the Marquis's Mansion, and two servants, one named Xiaowu and the other named Xiaoliu, who were brothers.

Qu Ran and Qu Ying also came with the people in the yard. There were many people standing in the eldest princess' yard.

Two servants came in carrying a large box. When they opened it, they saw a box full of silver. The people in the yard exclaimed in surprise.

"Princess, what is this?" Jiang Yuan couldn't help but ask.

The princess smiled and took out a piece of paper from her bosom. It was the detailed list that she had given to Zhishu to buy that day. The prices and the total amount were already marked on it.

According to the price on the list, Mother Cui counted out three hundred taels of silver from the box, put it in a small box and gave it to Jiang Yuan.

"Princess, this... frostbite cream is from my heart, I don't need the money."

"Please accept it. I know you don't care about this little bit of money, but this is also what I want to say. The Marquis and his men are at the border. With these frostbite creams, their hands and ears won't freeze and crack, and they won't feel painful and itchy. I feel a little relieved.

Your Yun’s products are good, and I believe they were sold at high prices before. I have only paid the cost, so I am already getting a bargain.

Moreover, since you have donated your dowry, the court owes you a favor, so please accept it."

Qu Ying took the box and said, "Take it. I'll take it for her and move it to her room later. If you don't want it, I'll give it to Brother Jiang."

"Also, everyone who has contributed this time will be rewarded. Ten taels each." As soon as the eldest princess said this, the servants covered their mouths and jumped for joy.

Mother Cui took the silver and handed it to them one by one. Looking at Chunzhi's swollen wrists and Luzhu's rubbed palms, she felt very distressed.

Zhishu and Mohua took the silver and said happily, "Since the two of us were assigned to serve the young lady, our wallets have become fatter and fatter."

Mother Cui poked them and said, "You two little hooves, serve the girl well, it will benefit you."

"Yes." The two held the silver and bowed at the same time in agreement.

After returning to the yard, Luzhu put away the silver, ran to find Jiang Yuan, and told her the news he had heard in a mysterious voice.

"real or fake?"

"It's true."

Tian Xiang Lou

Jiang Yuan took Qu Ran out to eat and do some shopping. Just as they sat down in the private room, there was a knock on the door.

Chunzhi opened the door and was stunned when she saw the person coming. "Prince."

"Prince? What a coincidence?"

When Qu Ran saw him, he also bowed politely, "Third brother."

Qin Mo smiled rarely, of course it was towards Qu Ran.

"Why did Shu'er go out today?" Chunzhi walked into the room, lowered her head, went out and closed the door.

"Sister Jiang took me out to eat, and my second sister will be here soon."

"Oh, Qu Ying will be here too in a while?" This sentence was said to Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan nodded and poured a cup of tea for Qin Mowei, "She will come over after school."

Qin Mowei picked up the teacup and drank the tea slowly and gracefully. Qu Ran sat beside him and ate some snacks. Jiang Yuan smiled slightly, "Prince, do you have something to ask me?"

"How do you know, young lady? Could it be just a coincidence?" Qin Mowei asked back.

"Then let's just treat it as a coincidence." Jiang Yuan nodded and picked up the teacup to drink tea.

Qin Mowei had never expected her to react like this. He was stunned for two seconds, then lowered his head and smiled, "Miss Jiang Er is really an interesting person."

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness. Just speak frankly."

"When the Jiang residence encountered bandits on the road that day, did Miss Jiang have any suspicions in her mind?"

The two looked at each other, and Jiang Yuan smiled and nodded, "Those people were specially prepared for me."

"Then why did they die?"

"How should I know this? Could it be that the prince thought that I killed them?"

Qin Mowei looked at Jiang Yuan and thought of many possibilities. This was the most likely scenario and also the least likely scenario.

There are many rumors about the second young lady of the Jiang family, but no one has ever heard that she knows kung fu. On the contrary, they all say that she is timid and cowardly. She was bullied in the mansion and was even sent to Huangjue Temple. If she had not happened to save Qu Ying and Qu Ran, she would have been stuck in Huangjue Temple for the rest of her life.

"Of course not, I just want to ask the girl about what happened that day."

“That day, those people suddenly rushed out, and the horses were frightened and started running around. My carriage and my father’s carriage were separated and ran in opposite directions.

We ran all the way and found that those people did not catch up with us. We did not dare to stop and hurried back to Beijing.

At that time, I didn't know that those people were coming for me, so I suspected that they might be chasing my father and others.

The driver said he knew the way, so we went back to the capital to report to the authorities.

As for how I knew the purpose of those people, my father and elder sister both let it slip, and that’s when I started to have doubts.”

There was no flaw in her words, and Qin Mowei had no reason to refute. He could only say that those people were chasing her carriage halfway when they were stopped by the killer and all killed.

So there were carriage tracks at the place where the thieves died. They were chasing the carriage all the way and were killed halfway, so it was normal to have carriage tracks in front of them.

"Does the prince have any questions?" Jiang Yuan asked.

Qin Mowei looked at her, "So after you knew the identities of those people, you didn't have any thoughts?"

Jiang Yuan burst out laughing, "Yes, my father and elder sister have hurt me so much, I want to kill them all, how about you, Prince, help me?"

"You are honest."

"To be honest, I pray to the gods and Buddhas at home every day, hoping that they will receive retribution soon. If one day, they all die suddenly, there is no doubt that it must be me who did it."

Qin Mowei held the teacup in his hand and smiled, "Okay, when the time comes, I'll arrest you and interrogate you first." After that, he drank a sip of tea elegantly.

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