After a while, the outside became silent.

The man in black slightly opened the door and glanced outside.

"They’ve gone far away; I should leave too."

With that, he turned back and looked at Zhi’er: "Little girl, may we meet again."

Zhi’er looked up at him, nodded lightly.

The man in black then swiftly departed, disappearing like a gust of wind.

Zhi’er noticed that this person had extraordinary martial arts skills and could come and go freely in the Prince Li Zheng Mansion.

She couldn’t help but be curious about his identity.

When she approached him earlier, although his face was covered by a mask, making it impossible to see his appearance.

But she could feel an aura of purple air above his head.

In this world, only two people could have such an aura.

One is the Saint Master, the other is the Emperor.

"Hmm hmm..." Song Qingrui gently struggled a little.

Zhi’er came to her senses and let go of her hand: "Are you okay?"

Song Qingrui’s eyes still held a hint of fear.

"I’m okay... Sister Jing, where is this place?"

Zhi’er shook her head helplessly: "You still ask, when I came out from the Princess Consort’s room, I didn’t see you anymore."

"How did you end up here, were you captured and brought here?"

Song Qingrui nodded repeatedly, anxiously explaining: "I saw you hadn’t come out for a long time and worried that Grandmother might trouble you, so I wanted to find Brother Ming Yang."

"But after I went to the backyard, I saw a hidden spot in the garden, a fake mountain had been pushed open, below it there was a dark hole."

"I heard sounds from inside, and curious, I followed down, little did I know I would see a group of house servants putting a lot of gold into the statue."

"They also said to transport the statue out first and then take the gold out."

Zhi’er suddenly realized.

They must be using the statue to transport the embezzled funds!

No wonder the man in black said that these statues were nothing but the greed of Prince Li Zheng and Duke Huan.

Song Qingrui pressed her head: "I hadn’t finished listening when someone hit me with a stick from behind, and I fainted."

"When I woke up, I saw Sister Jing and that man in black, right, sister, who is that man in black?"

Zhi’er shook her head, her dark eyes glimmering.

"I don’t know either, just met him here, maybe like you, he accidentally ended up here."

"Qingrui, remember what I said, when we go out, don’t mention what you saw to anyone."

"If someone asks, just say you don’t know, to avoid bringing danger to yourself, okay?"

Song Qingrui nodded repeatedly: "Sister Jing won’t harm me, I’ll listen to you."

Zhi’er pulled her out: "We must return, staying away for too long will make people suspicious."

Song Qingrui suddenly exclaimed: "Oh right! The birthday banquet is starting, I can’t miss it!"

Zhi’er couldn’t help but laugh and cry.

Even at this time, Song Qingrui wasn’t worried about her own safety, but was thinking of Heir Ming Yang.

Thinking of that heir, Zhi’er couldn’t help but say: "I don’t think he’s the type you could entrust your life with."

"Qingrui, there are so many men in the world, why not choose someone else?"

Song Qingrui shook her head vigorously like a rattle.

"Brother Ming Yang is very good, he always took care of me when I was little, he just became less close now that we’re grown, but he’s really a good person."

Hearing her say this, Zhi’er didn’t persuade further.

Song Qingrui, however, hugged Zhi’er’s arm, smiling brightly: "I’ll introduce sister to Brother Ming Yang later."