"Young hero, what a brilliant idea! Why don't you start writing a book about it?" Mu Kaiji gave her a thumbs up.
"That's right, I'm a fan of storybooks. Novels are my spiritual world. Do you think it's possible?"
"Yes, because we can all travel through time, so this is nothing."
Just as Ji Yingying was about to continue speaking, she suddenly heard a tiger's roar.
"Oh wow~ Detective, there's a tiger! Shall we kill it?"
"Don't kill!"
"That's true, it's a Class I protected animal in China, we can't kill it, so let's hide."
Walking in another direction, we soon came across a natural hot spring, with some ginseng nearby.
"Wow, so many ginseng roots? And a Ganoderma lucidum! Wow, I've struck gold! Detective, given our friendship, will you help me?"
"Yes, have they all been removed?"
"Yes, thank you for your hard work, detective."
"Then I'll reluctantly pick a few." Mu started picking, but only a few before stopping.
Ji Yingying is the same; she's lazy too.
"I should have had the guards come with me. They could have picked so many for me. Should I keep them?" Ji Yingying went to pluck the Ganoderma lucidum and put it into her spatial storage.
They hunted two more sheep before dragging them out of the mountains.
As soon as they came out, Ji Cailiang and Fang Yulan were already anxiously waiting for them outside.
"Mother..." Ji Yingying had barely finished calling out when her ear was grabbed.
"Who gave you permission to go into the mountains?"
"Mom, it hurts, it hurts! Nobody let me in. It's okay if I go in."
Ji Yingying breathed a sigh of relief after rescuing her ear; it had hurt so much.
[It hurts so much! My mom must be going through menopause. I just went in for a walk, nothing happened.]
She's worried.
What's there to worry about? I once hiked alone into the snow-capped mountains and glaciers with a large group, and even got stuck inside for a month, but I still came back safely in the end.
[They don't know, but you were put in solitary confinement for ten years.]
【Okay, okay!】 He begged Fang Yulan for forgiveness with a pitiful look and even acted coquettishly, finally winning Fang Yulan's forgiveness.
Because of the assassination attempt on the Crown Prince, the ministers who came here were all in a panic. Although they had asked Lord Gongsun to investigate the matter, no one knew what information Ji Yingying might have.
And how many families did these assassins implicate?
"Mom, let's have roast lamb tonight."
"Alright, Mother will arrange it for you." Fang Yulan had someone clean the sheep she brought back and roast it.
Ji Cailiang leaned closer and asked, "Son, do you know about the assassination attempt on the Crown Prince?"
"I know, it was the detective who killed those people."
Ji Cailiang then asked, "Do you know who sent someone to assassinate His Highness the Crown Prince?"
"Huh? I don't know."
[I was there, and I genuinely don't know who killed the Crown Prince, Dog, do you understand?]
[Yes, I know. Do you want to know?]
[Think about it, who killed him?]
Ji Yingying was eating watermelon at the moment and asked curiously.
[Ma Tongzhengshi, he likes the Crown Princess, the Crown Princess likes the Crown Prince, and then there's the one you often mention—he likes her, he likes her, and he likes her.]
No, no, no, this should mean they like each other, and he's the third party who broke up their relationship. There's no "you," "me," or "him" involved here.
[That seems true. Now that you know who wants to kill the Crown Prince, you're going to put on an act again?]
No, let them investigate themselves. I want to go see a play about this love and hate. I still have one more day; I can't go back until the day after. We'll talk about it when I get back.
【Alright! 】
Now that you have some free time, tell me about this Ma Tongzhengshi Si (司) – what's going on?
[You'd have to ask the Crown Princess. She saved him when he was a child, and he only found out later that it was she who saved him. He was unaware of the relationship between the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess, and then rumors spread that the Crown Princess was having a hard time, so he planned this assassination.]
The goal is to rescue the Crown Princess.
[Haha, don't they even bother to check if the Crown Princess is doing well? What if these are just rumors? Wouldn't that be slander?]
[They want to force love on the Crown Prince. They want to kill him, then fake the Crown Princess's death, then bring him out, lock him up somewhere, and then force love on him.]
Good heavens, this guy is absolutely insane, a paranoid. When you encounter someone like this, you have to run. Walking won't help; you have to run, otherwise you'll hurt yourself and your heart.
In reality, you definitely have to run, but in novels, you might not.
【You're right, the novel is very good. Control her, and tell her that even bitter fruit has its consequences.】
[Hehe~ This plan really worked! I reckon the Crown Princess will have to commit suicide for love. These two are so perfect together. Host, if you want to ship a couple, ship them!]
[I'm totally into this lately, thanks to the novels by An Yi. I really love this kind of twisted love, forced love plots, and the hunter and his young wife dynamic.]
Ji Cailiang frowned. So that's what happened!
He ignored the rest of the conversation and went directly to the emperor's tent to relay the message.
The Emperor and the Crown Prince couldn't help but frown upon hearing this. Had they rescued someone only to find an ungrateful wretch?
"Will the Crown Princess be in danger in the palace?"
Ji Cailiang shook his head and said woodenly, "I didn't ask, and I don't know how to ask. I didn't hear my son's thoughts mentioned."
The crown prince was extremely worried and immediately knelt down, saying, "Father, I want to go back and see."
"Well, go ahead."
The Emperor agreed. As for Ma Tongzhengshi, he was directly imprisoned. Anyway, there were fewer and fewer official positions in the court, so losing one or two more wouldn't be a problem.
"It seems we need to select talent as soon as possible."
Fewer and fewer people are attending court in the Hall of Diligent Governance; it's always the same few people. As Ji Yingying said, we need to bring in some fresh blood.
"You can go down now. What is Yingying doing right now?"
"Her mother is roasting mutton for her. She only has two hobbies: reading storybooks and eating."
"Oh~ then I'll go take a look too." The Empress, who was sitting to the side, heard that mutton was being roasted, so she stood up and went over.
The Empress was about to go, and the Emperor followed her.
As soon as they stepped outside, they heard Ji Yingying's loud and carefree voice: "Stop fighting, my brother's position is in the Dali Temple."
Oh dear, this is so worrying. I know that year, my brother was in his prime, and two men got into a fight in the street over him. Sigh! My brother's irresistible charm!
Mu Kaiji, who was drinking water, sprayed it out.
What nonsense! It makes him sound like some plaything that everyone's fighting over.
"What happened?"
When the Emperor arrived, Minister He and Lord Gongsun stopped fighting, knelt down, and remained silent.
"Your Majesty, I'm reporting that the two of them started fighting because they wanted my brother to help solve the case."
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