"Xianya, it's so cold, are you still going out to tell fortunes?" Ye Miaoyun asked hurriedly.

It's too cold, and Ye Miaoyun is reluctant to let her daughter leave the palace.

"Don't worry, Mother. This kind of weather isn't cold for me. I'll be back soon."

Just as Ye Miaoyun was about to say something, Ye Xianya's voice came from beside her: "Besides... I can't keep doing fortune telling for much longer. After Mother gives birth, I'll stay with you for a while. Next year, I'll leave the capital to do some things I have to do."

She needs to find the Demon Emperor first, then go to the Underworld to find the answers she wants to know and explore the secrets of this world.

She couldn't have died in vain in her past life!

When Ye Xianya arrived, Qi Chengshuo had already been waiting for her in that small courtyard for quite a while.

Now, he no longer has any excuse to live in the princess's residence.

Firstly, he is extremely powerful, and even if a demon king came, he would be unable to do anything to him. Secondly, the Grand Elder and the others have already returned to the Taiyi Sect.

Neither Ye Xianya nor Qi Chengshuo needed the protection of the elders for a long time.

However, Qi Chengshuo was always there whenever Ye Xianya came to have her fortune told, ostensibly to "study," but really just to stay by her side.

This approach has proven effective; at least so far, he is the man who has been closest to Ye Xianya.

He was certain that Ye Xianya could accept his advances, but completely disregarded the advances of other men.

Don't think that just because Ye Xianya has a high status and strong abilities, no one will dare to mess with her.

There are quite a few people in the capital as audacious as him.

One minute it's this family's young master, the next it's that family's young master.

Even members of the Taiyi Sect came to join in the fun.

However, Ye Xianya rejected them all.

Qi Chengshuo felt particularly good whenever he thought of this.

The first person to come to Ye Xianya for fortune-telling today was Lu Yonglin, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice.

“Princess, I recently investigated a case, and I put the most important evidence in a wooden box and locked it in a chest under my bookshelf. But this morning, when I went to the yamen, I found that the wooden box had disappeared. I searched the whole room and ordered people to search everywhere in the Ministry of Justice, but to no avail.” Lu Yonglin was so anxious that his face turned red.

This is a murder case. The wooden box contained evidence and confessions. The verdict was supposed to be announced today, but the evidence has disappeared.

He also asked the Taoist priests from the Imperial Observatory for help, and they searched the entire Ministry of Justice, but found no clues.

Left with no other choice, he had to seek out Ye Xianya.

As an official, losing crucial evidence constitutes dereliction of duty.

The victim's family is still waiting for the court to pronounce the verdict.

"Lord Lu, you have failed in your duty!" Qi Chengshuo frowned slightly.

If everyone were like Lu Yonglin, coming to Xianya for help every time something happened, wouldn't his Xianya be exhausted?

Upon hearing this, Lu Yonglin's heart trembled, and he quickly stood up and bowed: "Your Highness is right. It was my dereliction of duty. Once this matter is resolved, I will go to the Emperor to apologize!"

Qi Chengshuo said no more after hearing this.

Lu Yonglin didn't dare to sit down either, and stood aside with a nervous expression, carefully looking at Ye Xianya, waiting for her to help him with the calculation.

"The wooden box you used to store the evidence was placed inside the box, which was locked, but the evidence has disappeared. Was the lock on the box pried open?" Ye Xianya asked as she deduced.

“Your Highness, the lock is still intact. The key has always been with me. In the room where I work, there are several large trunks, which are usually locked. The key… I always keep it with me and have never let any of my subordinates handle it,” Lu Yonglin quickly replied.

Ye Xianya smiled upon hearing this: "The lock on the box is still there, but the wooden box inside is missing. It is indeed a bit tricky. No wonder Lord Lu asked so many people for help, but they all came up empty-handed."

Ye Xianya quickly deduced some of the details, and after a while, she said, "The murderer... is the third young master of the Zhongyong Earl's Mansion. The victims are a brother and sister. Their parents and brothers have filed a complaint against that third young master Lin in the Jingzhao Prefecture. Because it is a murder case, and the Jingzhao Prefecture has too many things to deal with recently, they transferred the case to the Ministry of Justice. The Minister of Justice then assigned it to you to handle."

"Yes." Lu Yonglin nodded excitedly.

The princess was truly prescient; she predicted everything correctly.

With a princess like that, if she could come and help in the government office, would there still be any injustices in this world?

Is there any case in the world that their Ministry of Justice can't solve?

Of course, this is something you can only dream about.

After all, anything can happen in dreams!

"The people from the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion have come to you several times, sending you money and beautiful women, trying to get you to turn a blind eye to this matter and let their servants take the blame for the Third Young Master, saying that the brother and sister were accidentally killed by the servants."

“What the princess said is absolutely true, but… I neither accepted money nor women, nor did I agree to let the servant take the blame,” Lu Yonglin quickly said.

The Marquis of Zhongyong's family was incredibly generous; that day, they actually placed 30,000 taels of silver in front of him and even sent over a stunningly beautiful woman.

Lu Yonglin felt that if it were another vice minister in their Ministry of Justice, he would definitely have accepted the bribe and the beautiful woman to help the Marquis of Zhongyong protect his third son.

After all, the victims are just ordinary people with no power or influence, and there is no need for them to offend the powerful and influential.

The key is that the 30,000 taels of silver and the beautiful woman are a huge temptation for many people.

Is Lu Yonglin tempted?

Of course he was tempted!

But he still held back!

From the very first moment he entered officialdom, he told himself that he must be an honest official and a good official who speaks up for the people.

After joining the Ministry of Justice, he never protected anyone in any case he handled, regardless of who the other party was.

Therefore, even though his family's life was worse than that of most of his colleagues, Lu Yonglin still persisted in his original aspirations.

Moreover, the current emperor is a wise ruler who greatly appreciates loyal ministers like him who are willing to speak up for the people.

He is likely to become the Minister of Justice in the future, so there is no need for him to ruin his future for money and beautiful women.

“I know you weren’t bribed by them. On the contrary, you’re standing up for that family. For the past two months, you’ve been working tirelessly to investigate this case. You’ve finally found evidence, but unfortunately, it was taken away and destroyed!” Ye Xianya said, frowning slightly as she looked at the attendant standing behind Lu Yonglin.

"It was your attendant who added sleeping pills to the calming soup you drank last night, stole the key you always carried, and handed it over to the people of the Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion. The Marquis of Zhongyong's mansion then sent experts to sneak into the Ministry of Justice at night, to the room where you used to conduct official business, to steal the evidence you had placed there, and burned it."