Yue Lingyin let him go and dragged him towards the bedroom, hiding from view.

When a guard came towards them, she pulled Shen Qingchen and jumped into the flowers on the side of the road, and nervously ordered: "Get down!"

Shen Qingchen hesitated for a moment, then lay on the ground with her.

Guard: “…” Never mind, let’s go, they didn’t see it.

But they couldn't help but look over there. The Prime Minister was so handsome and elegant, with such a noble temperament. Where had they ever seen him act so furtively? They wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, and it was so suffocating that they were dying.

Finally, Shen Qingchen opened the bedroom door and turned off the mechanism inside when Yue Lingyin closed the door.

"Wow, so many night-shining pearls!"

Yue Lingyin exclaimed, "Prime Minister Chen is really rich. It's not too much for me to steal one or two, right?"

The corner of Shen Qingchen's mouth twitched, and he picked up two night pearls and handed them to her.

Yue Lingyin happily accepted it. Seeing her happy look, Shen Qingchen said in a teasing tone: "Prime Minister Shen is in need of a wife. How about you stay and be his wife?"

Yue Lingyin shook her head: "They said I can't remarry."

Shen Qingchen persuaded: "If you marry him, these things will be yours."

Yue Lingyin was moved and hesitated: "Then I won't steal the imperial seal?"

Shen Qingchen’s heart was beating wildly, and he blurted out: “I’ll help you steal it.”

Yue Lingyin thought about it but still refused: "I want to be a thief, how can I rely on others to help me?"

Shen Qingchen was disappointed: "How tiring it is for you to fight alone, isn't it good for me to help you? I have a good relationship with Prime Minister Shen, you won't suffer if you marry him."

Yue Lingyin: "Will he bully me? Like the emperor?"

Shen Qingchen coughed lightly, and her jade-like face turned slightly red.

"Yes, but I promise it won't hurt."

Yue Lingyin curled her lips: "Forget it, I don't believe it won't hurt. My body is still hurting right now."

Shen Qingchen took out a white jade porcelain bottle from the drawer and pulled her to sit on the bed: “Where does it hurt? I’ll apply medicine for you.”

Yue Lingyin looked at him and said, "Isn't that a bad idea? Master said that the parts covered by clothes shouldn't be shown to strangers."

Shen Qingchen: “I’m not a stranger.”

Yue Lingyin hesitantly took off her clothes, revealing her snow-white skin, which was covered with red marks of varying sizes, like red plum blossoms blooming in the snow.

Shen Qingchen's breathing stagnated, and he applied medicine to her with trembling hands, first on the back and then on the front.

Yue Lingyin whimpered, and Shen Qingchen took her hand away, her voice hoarse: "Anywhere else?"

Yue Lingyin nodded and pointed to the place where she was seriously injured last night.

………………

Emperor Dong Lizheng arrived at Qinghan Palace with great expectations, but found nothing.

"Someone, come and find out where the Queen Mother has gone."

Feng Mian came over after hearing the order, wondering why the emperor went to Qinghan Palace in the middle of the night without bringing any palace servants with him. He seemed inexplicably sneaky.

He led the imperial guards to search the entire palace but could not find the empress dowager. Seeing that the emperor's face was becoming increasingly gloomy, Feng Mian's gaze fell on the dilapidated cold palace next to him, and a little further away was the towering palace wall.

"Your Majesty, could it be that the Queen Mother has left the palace?"

Dong Lizheng also thought of this possibility. No wonder she didn't want servants to serve her. It turned out that she wanted to make it convenient for her to leave the palace!

He said, "Why are you still standing there? Go look outside!"

Feng Mian: “Yes!”

He sprinted and jumped out of the city wall.

Dong Lizheng watched his movements with a serious look in his eyes. Anyone could climb over it, so it was time to raise the palace wall.

………………

Because of the special way of applying the medicine, Yue Lingyin couldn't sleep all night.

In the morning, Shen Qingchen finally let her go because he was going to the morning court. She stood up, but her legs went weak and she almost fell to the ground.

"Be careful." Shen Qingchen caught her and carried her to sit on the bed.

Yue Lingyin rubbed her aching waist and glared at him: "You took too long to apply the medicine. You didn't even have time to find Sui Houzhu. What about my competition?"

Shen Qingchen still didn't take the Suihou Pearl seriously, but he didn't want to give it to Yue Lingyin yet. If she got the Suihou Pearl, she would definitely not come to the Xiangfu again.

He held her in his arms and coaxed her: "Come over again tonight and we'll look for it carefully."

"This is the only way." Yue Lingyin put on her clothes and was surprised to find that the red marks from yesterday had disappeared and her skin was smooth and delicate.

"What ointment did you put on me? It works really well."

Shen Qingchen: "It's Jade Muscle Cream." He asked a miracle doctor to make it specially for him.

Yue Lingyin walked around the room. "Strange, isn't Prime Minister Chen at home? I haven't seen him in the two days since I came here."

Shen Qingchen lied without blushing or beating his heart: "He went out to investigate a case and has not been at home in the past few days."

Yue Lingyin said nonchalantly, "Is it a case of stolen government silver?"

Shen Qingchen: “You know?”

Yue Lingyin certainly knew that she died in her previous life because of her involvement in this case.

"Then he probably won't be back so soon. The official silver is hidden in the coffin in the Xishan cemetery, and ordinary people can't find it." Even Qiu Xiangnan in his previous life found out after catching the thief who participated in the competition and interrogating him.

Xishan is not far from where the government silver was stolen.

Shen Qingchen had a few guesses in his mind. Seeing Yue Lingyin's calm expression, which didn't seem like she would be involved in a major case, he asked her, "How did you know?"

Yue Lingyin said proudly: "I am a woman who will become a thief in the future, of course I know."

"Yeah." Shen Qingchen nodded, not intending to ask any more questions: "You will definitely become a master thief."

Yue Lingyin sneaked out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, then went to Hongye Tower, gave the secret code, and went to the fourth floor to hand over Nangong Xuemo's handkerchief.

The Thief Sect was one of the organizers. The person in charge of the registration task at this time was Elder Mo from the Thief Sect. He was very surprised to see Yue Lingyin's message.

My dear, there is more to this chapter. Please click on the next page to continue reading. It will be even more exciting later!