Chu Minghao had actually put a golden collar on Ru Ji's neck.
This person is truly perverted!
Chu Qianli looked at the maidservant who was still crying loudly, and finally glanced at Chu Feiyan.
Chu Feiyan didn't know why, but with just one look, she understood Chu Qianli's meaning.
"I don't feel well, I want to return to the palace to rest," Chu Qianli turned and looked at Feng Yexuan.
Feng Yexuan didn't say a word and helped her leave.
The maidservant glanced at her, then lowered her head and continued to cry.
"The Prince's Mansion has been destroyed, what do you plan to do?" Chu Feiyan looked at the maidservant.
The maidservant cried hoarsely, "This servant... this servant doesn't know what to do either. Madam is no longer here, so this servant can only return to her hometown."
"Then you may go," Chu Feiyan turned and left.
The maidservant seemed a bit slow to react.
But the County Princess had already walked far away, truly not caring about the matters here.
The guards began to deal with the charred corpses.
The maidservant remained kneeling beside the corpse, crying for a long time.
Only when the corpse was also carried away by the guards did she wipe her tears and stand up.
Looking around, everyone was busy.
The Prince's Mansion was gone, and the servants were all in a daze, not knowing what to do next.
Countless people came and went, but no one paid attention to her, a small maidservant.
Finally, after the maidservant quietly retreated a few steps, she seized an opportunity when no one was paying attention and ran away quickly.
In the distance, Chu Feiyan stood on a tree.
Seeing the maidservant rush out from the ruins of the backyard, she leaped down from the tree and followed her lightly.
...
"Princess," after returning to the palace, Xi Jiu came to seek an audience and asked in a low voice, "Princess, why did you let County Princess Feiyan follow that maidservant? Do you think that corpse is not Ru Ji?"
"I'm not sure, I just feel something is strange."
Chu Qianli was drinking medicine.
The medicine was extremely bitter, but Feng Yexuan sat not far away, staring at her and insisting that she drink it.
If she didn't drink it, they might argue again, so she could only endure the bitterness and swallow it mouthful by mouthful.
But she really couldn't finish it in one go; it was too bitter.
She took the opportunity to speak with Xi Jiu to let her stomach rest.
"I don't know if she is Prince Yu's person. Every move I make is probably being watched by Prince Yu's people, so letting Feiyan do this is more suitable."
"When did Chu Feiyan start listening to you?" Feng Yexuan found it a bit strange.
A woman's heart is like a needle in the sea. Weren't they just clashing before?
She could actually command that arrogant woman, Chu Feiyan, with just a look?
"It's not that she's willing to listen to me, but rather, she and I have a common goal and want to do the same thing, which is why she's willing to listen to me this once."
Feng Yexuan said nothing more.
However, Chu Feiyan's actions today were somewhat beyond his expectations.
He didn't have a good impression of Chu Feiyan before; she was noisy, willful, and barbaric, the type of person he least liked to be around.
Xi Jiu still didn't understand, "Princess, you think that corpse is not Ru Ji? Then, where is Ru Ji now?"
The more Xi Jiu thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. "Could it be Prince Yu's people?"
"Not necessarily."
"Not necessarily?" Besides Prince Yu, who else would attack Ru Ji?
Chu Qianli put down the medicine bowl she had finished drinking, her brow furrowed.
After a moment of thought, she said, "Xi Jiu, go and help Chu Feiyan immediately. Bring a few experts with you."
Xi Jiu didn't understand. "Why is this...?"