The daughter of the first wife is a black lotus, reborn and remarried to kill

Not long after walking, Li Qingqian saw a familiar figure in the distance.

Shen Changyun also saw it.

A hint of coldness flashed quickly in their eyes. They were Li Shuyue and Jiang Lin.

The two people on the opposite side also quickly looked over here.

Although they were both wearing masks, they could recognize that it was Li Qingqian based on the jade pendant around Li Qingqian's waist.

When Li Shuyue saw Li Qingqian and Shen Changyun holding hands, she snorted and immediately held Jiang Lin's hand.

Jiang Lin asked: "What's wrong?"

Li Shuyue pouted and said unhappily, "It's my sister and Master Shen."

After hearing this name, Jiang Lin's eyes were a little evasive, probably because he was beaten last time and still had some traumatic experience with her.

This was the first time that Shen Changyun and I officially went out to play. Li Qingqian originally didn't want to focus on these two people, so after nodding slightly at them, she planned to take Shen Changyun to release lanterns.

But Li Shuyue didn't seem to be planning to let them go. She took Jiang Lin's hand and walked forward with an awkward smile, "Sister, I greet you, sister and brother-in-law. What a coincidence, I can meet you here."

Li Qingqian turned around and smiled at her, "It's a coincidence. After all, today is the Lantern Festival. Hey, didn't you say you don't like this lively scene? If you want to say it's a coincidence, I think it's a coincidence to meet you here."

After hearing what Li Qingqian said, Jiang Lin frowned and looked at Li Shuyue.

Didn’t she tell me that she loves being in a crowd and wants to come out and play with me no matter what?

Otherwise, I should be at home right now...

Li Shuyue's smile faded a little, "Sister, are you mistaken? I always like to be lively. Jiang Lang loves me, so he will naturally accompany his sister to play."

"Oh, I see." Li Qingqian nodded as if she suddenly understood something. "Since you came here specifically to meet your brother-in-law, you must have remembered to report to your grandmother or mother. Your brother-in-law will take me back home later. Remember to take care of yourself."

Li Shuyue was stunned. She was thinking about asking Jiang Lin to go out to play so that he wouldn't hang out with that vixen again. She was in a hurry to go out. How could she have the time to report to the old lady or Mrs. Liu?

Even the carriage for going out was hired temporarily. At the moment, apart from saving face in front of Jiang Lin and taking out the silver bills at the bottom of the box to buy food, drinks and entertainment, he didn't even have the money to hire a carriage back home.

Originally, I thought that when Li Qingqian went to pay her respects this morning, she had informed the old lady that she was going out. If I could meet her, I could take a ride in her carriage back home.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone out of my way to curry favor with her on such a good day.

But who knew that the other party actually wanted to follow Shen Changyun back?

Just as Li Shuyue was thinking about how to get Li Qingqian to agree to let her go back home with her in Shen Changyun's carriage, a servant came hurriedly running over from a distance.

He stood in front of Li Qingqian, panting, and whispered, "Miss Li San, please move aside. Something happened in Changming Tower."

Li Qingqian frowned, feeling a little uneasy.

Shen Changyun held her hand and comforted her softly, "Don't be afraid, I'll go with you."

Li Shuyue had sharp ears, and even though the boy spoke in a low voice, she still noticed it, and felt a little proud.

Pretending to be concerned, she asked in a loud voice, "What happened to Changminglou? Why don't you go with me?"

Li Qingqian had just raised her foot when she heard her words. She turned around and asked her, "Don't you want to go shopping with your brother-in-law?"

Li Shuyue did think about it, but it was rare to see her so anxious and angry, and Li Shuyue wanted to see her suffer a loss.

Jiang Lin answered before her: "Since my sister and brother-in-law are so anxious, why don't we go with them? We can also help."

He was not concerned about what kind of disaster had happened in Changminglou, nor did he care whether Li Shuyue was unhappy or not.

He only remembered where Ling Ling said she was going before leaving this morning. It seemed to be Changminglou.

Jiang Lin had just finished his "work" at that time and did not hear clearly what place Ling Ling was talking about, but he was anxious, fearing that something might happen to Ling Ling.

Seeing that he was more impatient than herself, Li Shuyue thought that he was finally starting to care about her and take her words to heart.

So the look in his eyes when he looked at Li Qingqian became even more proud.

Li Qingqian didn't have time to argue with her. She took off her mask, grabbed Shen Changyun's arm and ran towards Changming Tower.

From a distance, I could see many people busy coming in and out of Changming Tower, making quite a noise.

"A Qian!" Song Ningyan waved at her from the door.

During the time she went to the palace to treat Li Xi, it was Li Qingqian who had been taking care of Changminglou, so as soon as Li Xi recovered, she quickly took the matter back into her own hands, allowing Li Qingqian to go out and play without any worries.

Who would have thought that such a thing would happen today, which is supposed to be the lively Lantern Festival.

When Li Qingqian asked, she found out that everything was fine in Changming Tower today, but for some reason, a fire suddenly broke out in a private room on the second floor.

The weather was dry in winter, and the large water tank in the kitchen was always full of water. But when everyone rushed to put out the fire, they found that the water could not put out the fire.

The fire grew more and more intense.

Some people say that a fire could suddenly break out on a day like the Lantern Festival, which is a day blessed by heaven, because they don't know which god was offended.

Later, it was Miss Song who used some method to put out the fire.

Fortunately, she acted promptly, and although a private room was burned down, no valuables were burned.

"It just hurt a girl." Song Ningyan said.

Li Qingqian's heart skipped a beat. Did someone get hurt?

"But fortunately, the injury was only on her arm. I checked it and it's not a big problem. I've already treated it for her," Song Ningyan suddenly lowered her voice and said, "I heard that the girl was burned while trying to put out a fire."

Li Qingqian's eyes shone, "Come on, take me to the private room where the accident happened."

But when she arrived at the private room, she found that the room was relatively small with large windows. It was usually used by young masters and ladies to play the piano and recite poetry, so it would be easy for a fire to start.

Therefore, this room is no longer used at night because the lights are not turned on.

"You just said that the girl only had burnt her arms?" Li Qingqian noticed something was wrong. "Are there any other injuries? For example, legs, face, etc."

Song Ningyan shook her head. "You've also seen the flaw, right? You see, we at Changminglou aren't short of manpower, so why would we let a guest like her put out the fire? Moreover, the fire was so big, and she was the first one to arrive, and she didn't bring any firefighting tools, but she only got a tiny scar on her arm."

There must be something strange going on!

She added: “And she was the first person to notice the fire.”

"Except that she is the arsonist, Aning, I can't think of any other explanation." A cold light flashed in Li Qingqian's eyes.

"But I don't suggest you expose her," Song Ningyan took her to a corner and pointed at the burnt object. "This is a cotton ball made of medical alcohol. It burns more vigorously than an ordinary fire and is difficult to put out with water. The reason why these are left is probably because I put out the fire before it burned."

"What is that?" Li Qingqian was puzzled.

"I'll explain it to you later... Anyway, this thing is very rare in this era. People will only think that she is a weak woman, how could she start such a fire? They will only think that there is a sneak in our Changming Tower, which is not good for us."

Li Qingqian closed his eyes and thought for a while, then said to Song Ningyan, "Winter has just passed in Dawei, and there are still many poor people who can't afford to eat. I remember that when I was in charge of Changminglou, I had been setting up a porridge stall at the back door?"

"Yes, I have never closed the porridge stall until now." Song Ningyan nodded.

"Well, starting from tomorrow and for ten days afterwards, we will all personally serve porridge at the porridge shed to silence the gossips and prevent those with ulterior motives from spreading rumors."

Song Ningyan agreed.

"By the way, where do you put that girl now? I have to go and see her. At least I have to apologize openly."

"Upstairs, Prince Shen has already gone there."

When I arrived at the third floor, I saw Shen Changyun leaning against the door frame with his arms folded, looking at the scene inside with disdain on his face.

When he saw Li Qingqian, he straightened up.

Li Qingqian was about to go over when she heard a sharp shout from inside: "You dare! If you dare to take this little bitch as your concubine, I will kill you two dogs with one knife!"

She frowned and looked at Song Ningyan. This was Li Shuyue's voice.

Li Qingqian stood outside the door, watching what was happening inside:

Jiang Lin was sitting on the edge of the couch, holding a frail woman tightly in his arms. The woman had one arm slightly raised, on which there was a burn mark the size of an egg.