This is Li Qingluo's true words.

If you rely on people, they will run away; if you rely on mountains, the mountains will fall.

Only rely on yourself and never betray yourself.

It's not that she dislikes His Royal Highness Prince Su.

But she knew very well that she and Prince Su had no relationship at all now, and to call them a gentleman's friendship was an understatement.

Actually, it’s a little unclear…

Moreover, Li Qingluo knew that she still had some qualities that could be used, otherwise Prince Su would not have extended a helping hand to her every time.

Thinking of this, Li Qingluo took out the drawings he brought out today.

"Your Highness, this is the manuscript I owe you. Do you think you are satisfied with it?"

Duan Rongshi was still staring at her, but when he saw that she had something to give him again, he took it and looked through it carefully.

The meaning in his eyes grew deeper and deeper.

“It’s a very good painting.”

He looked up and smiled at her.

In the firelight, Li Qingluo felt a sharp pain in his chest.

His Royal Highness Prince Su’s smile is truly fatal.

"I'll come and collect the money I owe you tomorrow."

Li Qingluo heard the hidden meaning: "Tomorrow?"

Duan Rongshi: "Tomorrow the king will take you to a place."

"Remember, it's best to wear makeup so that no one can recognize your true identity."

After saying that, he stuffed the jade pendant back into Li Qingluo's palm, then called Zhuiyu and asked Zhuiyu to send Li Qingluo back to Xishan Pavilion safely.

After Li Qingluo left, Duan Rongshi remembered something and quickly took out the taro paste cake from his arms.

I opened it and saw...

He had been squeezed to pieces by the way she threw herself into his arms just now.

Duan Rongshi frowned tightly.

This time, I have completely lost my appetite.

Can throw it away but can't bear to throw it away...

In the end, I could only wrap it again and stuff it back into my arms.

Looking at the pair of shoes she had personally sent him, Duan Rongshi picked them up and smiled slightly: "They are clean."

Pofeng, who had just arrived, was startled: Why is His Highness laughing again?

Still smiling at a shoe!!

In the mountains at night, such a scene is too weird and scary!

Duan Rongshi saw Pofeng approaching with furtive movements, so he asked, "What's the matter?"

Po Feng quickly reported, "Your Highness, word just came from the palace that your substitute was nearly exposed today."

Duan Rongshi put away his shoes before asking, "Did you catch the spy? Did you torture him thoroughly?"

Pofeng: "Yes. It's... His Majesty's people."

Duan Rongshi sneered, not surprised at all.

"He doesn't trust me, so he's not wrong."

"Have the double stay in the room. If he makes another mistake and gets caught, he'll be the first to die!"

Pofeng: "Yes, Your Highness."

When Zhui Yu came back, Leng Dian also arrived.

He hurriedly caught up and wanted to ask a few questions, but Leng Dian hurried to Prince Su.

"Your Highness, the old Duke is dying!"

Duan Rongshi: "What's going on? Let Pei San save him!"

Leng Dian: "Pei San refuses to save us. It seems that he is planning to drag the old Duke to death."

Judging from the methods used by Leng Dian and the others, it seems that Pei San is still a tough nut to crack.

What did Duan Rongshi think of?

"What did the Ministry of Justice say? Did they dig up anything from the Pei family dungeon?"

Leng Dian: "Originally they were going to dig him out, but His Majesty summoned Zhang Yi from the Ministry of Justice into the palace, and also transferred a large number of the Ministry's coroners and others."

"When Zhang Yi finally returned to the Pei family, the dungeon had already been destroyed."

"But Zhang Yi said that the few bodies that have been excavated so far are all female."

"There may be countless corpses down there, but the Pei family refuses to cooperate, and His Majesty is trying to cover up something, so it's difficult to proceed."

Duan Rongshi: "Are they all female corpses?"

"Go, capture someone from the Pei family... preferably a girl from Pei San's family, and feed some human blood to Duke Pei."

Leng Dian was shocked when he heard this.

Human blood?

But he could only do as he was told.

Li Qing landed at his grandmother's farm and rested peacefully for a night.

Strangely, she had a dream about Prince Su.

In the dream, he chased Li Qingluo and shouted, "You owe me a meal? You still owe me a meal! Hurry up and cook for me--!!"

Li Qingluo was frightened awake.

She patted her chest and told herself: She dreamed of Prince Su because she was thinking about the money he was going to give her today.

Fortunately, it was already daylight.

Li Qingluo was no longer sleepy, so she quickly got up and prepared to dress herself.

Prince Su said that he would take her to a place today and asked her to dress herself up as best as possible so that no one would recognize her.

Isn’t this simple?

Li Qingluo called Que'er and several maids in.

After a while, an ugly girl with a high ponytail, a long scar on her face that spread from her forehead to her ears, countless spots under her eyes, and thick eyebrows stood in front of everyone.

Even Que'er couldn't help but exclaim: "Girl, you are so ugly!"

The maids laughed so hard that they twisted their heads and scolded Que'er for not knowing the rules.

Li Qingluo stared at himself in the bronze mirror with great satisfaction: "The uglier, the safer. Let's go, let Master take a look!"

Before Nangong Di arrived, someone knocked on the door outside the manor.

Li Qingluo thought it was Zhui Yu, so he wanted to scare him himself.

But she didn't expect that when she ran to open the door herself, she would see His Royal Highness Prince Su, who was dressed in a moon-white robe today. He was so clean and cold that he looked like a jade-like young master, unparalleled in the world, noble and peerless!

Li Qingluo was shocked.

Duan Rongshi was also frightened by her.