Chapter 176 Opportunity? The person who bribed the scumbag father was actually

Xie Yao lowered her eyes and looked at Qiu Shui's face.

The half of his face that was slapped was still swollen and now stained with tears, looking a little pitiful.

But there was no ripple in her heart.

If she felt pity for Qiu Shui, then who would feel pity for her mother?

Xie Yao stood up and walked in front of her, saying calmly, "You schemed against my grandfather and caused my mother to suffer humiliation in the uncle's mansion. You can't pay it back with just a simple 'atonement'."

What's more, what she didn't say was that no matter how much Qiu Shui regretted it at this moment, the death of his grandfather in the previous life must have been caused by her.

Qiu Shui's body froze, his lips trembled, and he couldn't utter a word.

"but--"

Xie Yao changed the subject, her eyes calm.

"It's not impossible to try what you want to do."

Qiu Shui suddenly raised her head: "Princess, are you willing to give this servant a chance?"

"Untie her."

Xie Yao said calmly, "Go back and take care of it first. When Jiang Si comes to see you again, come and tell me."

Bai Su was puzzled, but still obeyed her and untied Qiu Shui.

"Thank you, Princess. Thank you, Princess. I will definitely not let you down!" Qiu Shui kowtowed quickly, crying and laughing.

As she got up, Ren Dong spoke, "Qiu Shui, your face is still swollen. Wen Changbo will inevitably become suspicious if he sees you. If Jiang Si really sends you a message, you should wait two days until your injury heals before going to see him. That's the safest way."

Qiu Shui was stunned for a moment: "Thank you for the reminder, young lady. I will contact the Bo Mansion after my injuries are healed."

She wiped her tears and staggered out of the woodshed.

After she left, Bai Su couldn't help but ask, "This woman has ruined Madam Bo's life for half her life. In my opinion, instead of feeding her to the wolves, I'd rather stab her to death with a single blow than let her die. Princess, do you really want to give her a chance?"

Honeysuckle chuckled, "Guard Xiaobai, why do you always like to stab others to death?"

"Rosewood, you've become bad too." Xie Yao glanced at her.

If Qiu Shui had believed Rendong's reminder and went there a few days after Xie Mingan sent her the message, Xie Mingan would definitely have noticed something unusual.

Honeysuckle: "I have been following the princess for so long, I can understand some things."

Xie Yao lowered her eyes before answering Bai Shi's question.

"I never gave her a chance."

She walked out of the woodshed and looked at the Xu family villa in the night.

"With Xie Mingan's personality, she would rather kill someone by mistake than let him go, and I'm just waiting to see her commit suicide."

Xie Yao's clear phoenix eyes reflected the flickering torches, appearing extremely cold.

Bai Mi: "But what if she really gets evidence of her crime?"

Xie Yao: "Even if she's amazing, should we burn more paper money for her during festivals in the future?"

Bai Su understood that the princess wanted to use Wenchangbo to get rid of Qiu Shui, and then use Qiu Shui to find something to hold against Wenchangbo.

For the next two days, Qiu Shui stayed in the villa to recuperate, while Xie Yao and her mother came to visit Mr. Xu again.

Mr. Xu guessed that Xie Yao had made some arrangements and pretended that everything was normal.

It was not until the afternoon of the third day, when Qiu Shui went to the back door with other servants to move vegetables and fruits, that a servant in black ran up to her.

This time, the servant didn't have a note in his hand. Instead, he whispered, "Qiu Shui, someone sent me a message saying they want to talk to you. Tomorrow afternoon, see you in the private room Ren of the Yunhe Restaurant."

Qiu Shui suppressed his excitement and nodded.

Jiang Si and Wenchang Bo's Mansion really came to look for her!

She couldn't help but touch her cheek. Fortunately, the slap mark on her face was almost gone. If she put on some makeup tomorrow, no one would be able to see it.

What Qiu Shui didn't notice was that the messenger raised his head, glanced at her casually, and was stunned when he saw the faint finger marks on her cheek.

After the servant left, Qiu Shui immediately went to find Xie Yao.

Xu Susu and Xie Yao were talking to Old Man Xu.

Seeing her coming, Xie Yao took the initiative to come out.

Qiu Shui: "Princess, Jiang Si's people are looking for me. They asked me to go to the private room Ren of the Yunhe Restaurant tomorrow afternoon. They must be going to tell me about the murder of the master!"

"Got it," Xie Yao said, "I'll send someone to hide in the Yunhe Restaurant in advance. Just pretend nothing happened."

"Don't worry, I understand."

Looking at Qiu Shui's back, Xie Yao instructed Bai Shi, "Tomorrow at Yunhe Tower, Guard Xiaobai, you will lead the others to guard the private room numbered Ren. Also, when the time comes, notify the judicial officer of Jingzhao Prefecture and have him bring the officers with him to accompany me to apprehend the traitor who murdered the Xu family's head maid."

"Yes!" Bai Mi took the order and left.

In the evening, Xie Yao returned to the Jingbei Palace.

In the past two days, she has been traveling back and forth between the palace and the Xu family's villa. The prince has no objection and has even sent Bai Mi and a team of palace guards to her.

She used it very smoothly.

When they were almost at Liuxia Courtyard, they saw Bai Zhu leading four royal guards, carrying two corpses wrapped in straw mats, heading towards the back door.

Blood seeped out from the cracks in the straw mat and dripped onto the snow, which was a shocking sight.

"Meet the princess."

Bai Zhu bowed, his face as cold as ever.

"What happened?" Xie Yao asked casually.

Bai Mi frowned: "Those newly captured ones died again?"

Bai Zhu: "My princess, the New Year is approaching. In a few days, both the Western Rong and the Yong Kingdom will send envoys to the capital. There are more and more Western Rong spies sneaking into the capital. Your Majesty... my subordinates just executed two of them and threw them to the back mountains."

Xie Yao lowered her eyes. There were indeed quite a few Xirong people on the streets recently.

The New Year is coming soon, and the day when Marquis Anping will be assassinated is approaching.

However, it shouldn't be the King of Jingbei's responsibility to investigate the Western Rong spies, right?

Honeysuckle asked in surprise: "The back mountain? Feeding the wolves? What if the wolves run down the mountain?"

Bai Su said with a smile, "Don't worry, Miss Honeysuckle. The mountain behind the palace is actually quite far away. Besides, even if a wolf really runs down, my brother and I can kill it one by one."

Bai Zhu nodded.

Xie Yao didn't ask any more questions. Just as she was about to leave, she caught a glimpse of the old housekeeper pushing Prince Jingbei out of Liuxia Courtyard.

When Xiao Yizi saw her, his peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly, and suddenly he lowered his eyes and saw a trace of blood on his cuff.

"Go back." The prince frowned and said coldly.

The old housekeeper said: "My Lord, shouldn't we go and say hello to the princess?"

Xiao Yizi: "It's too cold. I need to change my clothes."

Xie Yao looked puzzled. The prince had clearly seen her, so why did he leave?

She returned to Fuguangyuan and would have dinner with Xiao Yizi later.

Before the prince arrived, Qiliang came with a complicated expression.

Xie Yao saw what he was going to say and asked Ren Dong and the other maids to leave: "Go ahead."

Qiliang looked around again and lowered his voice cautiously.

"I have found the house that the young lady asked me to search for."

Xie Yao's heart sank when she heard that he didn't call her Princess but Miss.

In the accounts, Xie Mingan noted the Golden-Eyed Jade Buddha as the house on Nanhuai Street.

The owner behind the house is most likely the person Xie Mingan bribed.

"That house was rented by a wealthy businessman in Beijing. I went to the brokerage firm where he rented the house and found out that the brokerage firm also rented the house through an introduction. Finally, I found the person who rented the house. It was—"

Qi Liang paused and said in a deep voice, "It's Bai Zhu, who is by the side of King Jingbei."