"This is impossible! How...how could this be..."

After Liu Qinyue was taken into the inner room and searched, the maid quickly found a map of the city defenses on her.

She stared in disbelief at the things that had been taken from her body and let out a scream.

Soon, the maid delivered the items to Master Liu.

"So it really was a case of the thief crying 'stop thief'! Now that the item has been found, there's probably no need to search me anymore."

Su Lilu sighed.

Master Liu's face darkened quickly, and when he saw Liu Qinyue coming out, he launched into a tirade of scolding.

"Qin Yue, what are you doing? Why did you steal this city defense map?"

Although Liu Qinyue was one of his own, when he learned that she had come to his study to steal things, Master Liu still had some suspicions about her.

"Cousin, what exactly happened?"

Xiao Churen looked at Liu Qinyue with a puzzled expression and asked her a question.

He knew perfectly well that Liu Qinyue was on the side of the Liu family, so why would she steal things from the Liu family?

She had no reason to do that.

"I really didn't steal it, and I don't know why this thing suddenly appeared on me."

Liu Qinyue kept shaking her head in denial. She was still completely bewildered. When did this thing get on her?

"Now that the results are in, shouldn't you all apologize to my Crown Princess and kneel outside?"

At this moment, Xiao Ye spoke coldly.

He doesn't know the specifics of the matter yet, but he won't give those who want to bully Luo'er a chance to get away with it.

Xiao Churen and the Liu family members all turned pale upon hearing Xiao Ye's words. Today, they not only lost face, but also discovered that the thief was one of their own.

Before they could even figure out how to deal with Liu Qinyue, they were already being forced to kneel outside.

"I remember now, it must have been the Crown Princess who put that thing on me just now. The Crown Princess knows magic, she just vanished into thin air in this study today!"

Just then, Liu Qinyue suddenly realized something.

"Disappeared into thin air?"

Xiao Churen gave Liu Qinyue a strange look. This sounded too fake!

How could someone just disappear into thin air?

"Yes, cousin, the Crown Princess knows magic! When I saw her in this study, she vanished in an instant. The Crown Princess isn't human, she's a demon!"

"Your Highness, you've been bewitched by a demon! Quickly, summon a Taoist priest to capture this demon, or she'll bring disaster upon the Liu family!"

Liu Qinyue said excitedly.

The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became. How could a human possibly defeat a demon?

We must quickly invite a Taoist priest to perform a ritual and take her away.

Little did she know that, in everyone's eyes, she looked like she had gone mad, and no one believed her.

"Qin Yue, shut up!"

Finally, it was Master Liu who couldn't stand it any longer and felt that Liu Qinyue was really embarrassing, so he stepped forward and reprimanded her with a stern face.

Liu Qinyue was stunned by the stern shout. She slowly came to her senses and looked at them with tears welling up in her eyes.

"Uncle, cousin, do you not trust me at all? I really didn't lie. Why would I steal your things? What reason would I have to steal this?"

"Yes, Uncle, my cousin really doesn't seem to have any reason to steal. This matter does seem a bit strange now."

Xiao Churen frowned and looked at Master Liu. No matter how he thought about it, he felt that something was wrong with this matter, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what it was.

"Are you trying to deny it? Now that we have all the evidence, are you still trying to frame me? If you say you have no reason, then I think that this Miss Liu might have stolen this thing in order to please my husband."

After all, it's not like she hasn't tried to seduce my husband. With his otherworldly good looks, it's perfectly normal for other women to have designs on him!

"!!!"

this......

Master Liu couldn't help but glance at Xiao Ye.

yes!

This crown prince is incredibly handsome, even more so than the King of Chu. Liu Qinyue has been very picky about finding a husband all these years, and she didn't even find the King of Chu particularly good.

It's normal for her to be attracted to such an outstanding man.

Thinking about it this way, Master Liu became even more convinced.

At the same time, Xiao Churen also gave Xiao Ye a strange look, and he also compared himself with Xiao Ye.

The result was that he was indeed inferior to Xiao Ye.

My cousin has always been incredibly ambitious. When I first came to the Liu family, she even looked down on me for being useless.

Later, I had to flatter her in every way to build a good relationship with her. Now that I've encountered the Crown Prince, that possibility isn't out of the question.

Similarly, Liu Qinyue felt a little flustered, as if someone had guessed her thoughts.

She did indeed have feelings for Xiao Ye the moment she saw him. This man was not only the most handsome she had ever seen, but his demeanor and composure were also unlike anything she had ever encountered before.

She had privately inquired about the Crown Prince's behavior over the years, and when she learned that he was still a young prodigy on the battlefield, she was even more moved.

Therefore, when her cousin asked her to seduce the crown prince and use a curse to control him, she actually had ulterior motives.

Her cousins ​​wanted to use Xiao Ye and eventually kill him, but she wanted to help him ascend the throne, but she wanted to use the poison to make him devoted to her.

Unfortunately, the plan ultimately failed, which is why she later loathed Su Liluo so much.

"Qin Yue, go kneel outside!"

Master Liu had completely lost trust in Liu Qinyue and once again scolded her in an annoyed tone.

After he finished making her kneel as punishment, he would punish Liu Qinyue separately, because his niece had almost ruined their grand plan for her own selfish reasons.

*

"My husband, don't you have anything you want to ask me?"

at night.

Su Liluo lay in Xiao Ye's arms, looked up at Xiao Ye's handsome face, and asked somewhat guiltily.

She didn't tell him she was stealing from the study of the eldest master of the Liu family this time, and she thought that with Xiao Ye's intelligence, he must know that Liu Qinyue had indeed been tricked by her.

"If you want to tell me, I will listen; if you don't want to tell me, I won't force you."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ye lowered his eyes and spoke gently.

Yes, he did know that Su Liluo had tricked Liu Qinyue.

He even wondered what Luo'er possessed that allowed her to so easily manipulate the Liu family.

However, he wanted to respect her wishes and didn't want to ask until she brought it up herself.

Because he had a vague feeling that Luo'er's secret might be unacceptable to ordinary people.

"Yes, I did take Master Liu's things, but I copied the city defense map and then secretly put the original on Liu Qinyue."

Moreover, what Liu Qinyue said today about my ability to disappear into thin air is true.

After thinking for a long time, Su Liluo decided to tell Xiao Ye everything.