After the young ladies from the noble families in the hall finished playing cards, the senior palace maid in charge of this outing nodded and walked into the house. She walked straight to Jiang Qingqing, bent over, and whispered, "The vegetarian meal is ready."

Jiang Qingqing put away her hand that was drawing cards, and stood up with everyone else and walked towards another cafeteria courtyard in Guangming Temple.

There were quite a lot of children from aristocratic families and gentry who went on this trip.

A group of people moved to the canteen courtyard, forming a huge crowd.

Jiang Qingqing walked in front, with Gan Yuan following closely beside her.

There is a cobblestone path leading to the canteen courtyard. The stones are of varying sizes. In addition, the humidity here is high, so there are occasional places on the cobblestones that are not often stepped on by monks, which makes it easy for moss to grow.

Jiang Qingqing walked on it, and during the first one or two steps, she stepped on the moss on the cobblestones, causing her whole body to slide sideways uncontrollably.

If Gan Yuan hadn't been quick enough to support her, she would have made a fool of herself.

Just as Jiang Qingqing stepped on the cobblestone moss for the fourth time, her body swayed, and this time the fall seemed to be even greater.

Gan Yuan was about to reach out to hold her arm, but someone took the initiative and grabbed Jiang Qingqing's arm first.

"Your Highness, the road is slippery. I will help you across."

Chi Dao's voice came from behind Jiang Qingqing.

In order to catch Jiang Qingqing's sliding body, he took a big step and stood behind her.

From the perspective of people behind, it seemed like Chi Dao half-hugged Jiang Qingqing's waist, and the actions between the two were too ambiguous.

Anyone who is attentive when seeing this will be unable to help but try to understand the scene before them.

However, the person involved avoided it as if it were a snake or a rat.

"Mr. Chi, there are differences between men and women. My prince also has servants here, so you don't have to worry about it." Gan Yuan's eyebrows jumped when she saw this. She quickly reached out to pull Jiang Qingqing back and looked at Chi Dao with a vigilant expression.

Gan Yuan's half-reprimanding words were just a tickle to Chi Dao, and he didn't take them to heart at all.

Jiang Qingqing couldn't take care of Chi Dao for the time being. She looked sharply towards a hiding place at the corner of the temple.

"What place is over there?" Jiang Qingqing asked directly.

Seeing this, the senior palace maid who led the way turned around and followed the princess's line of sight. When she saw that place, she said clearly, "That is the abandoned courtyard of Guangming Temple. It was probably used to temporarily house people who came to the temple to worship Buddha. Later, Guangming Temple opened up a new piece of land and built a new courtyard for overnight stays. This place gradually became deserted."

Jiang Qingqing stared at that place thoughtfully.

She just felt that there was a very familiar person standing there looking at her.

But when she looked over there, there was no one there, only the branches that were trembling freely and in a disorderly manner.

Gan Yuan didn't pay any attention to Jiang Qingqing's thoughts. She was completely on guard against Chi Dao.

Fortunately, the road behind was paved with marble and was wide, so they immediately put some distance between themselves and Chi Dao.

Vegetarian food, as the name suggests, is vegetarian food. The purpose is to avoid certain foods, firstly to show respect to the Buddha, and secondly to cultivate one's moral character.

But these young masters and young ladies are all young and full of vigor, how can they be used to eating these vegetarian dishes?

One by one, they quickly moved their chopsticks a few times and then put them down.

Jiang Qingqing was the leading representative of this group who came to Guangming Temple. She insisted on finishing the tofu in front of her before putting down her chopsticks and calmly wiping the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief.

Seeing that the masters had almost finished their work, the head maid stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Does Your Highness have any other plans later?"

We worshipped Buddha in Guangming Temple as soon as we entered the temple, and then played cards and chatted. It was almost time to do what we should do on a trip.

She thought it was almost time for her to return to the palace to report, so she shook her head, indicating that she could arrange to return to the palace.

The head maid received the princess's instructions, nodded in understanding, and immediately turned around to make arrangements to return to the palace.

Jiang Qingqing brought everyone back to the yard, some playing cards and some resting.

After a while, she got bored of playing cards and simply gave up her seat to let others play.

She sat aside, using the excuse of watching the game, trying to empty her mind and daydream.

Before she could be stunned for a while, Gan Lin came hurriedly into the yard with news about the Chi family from Qi Town, and handed the oil paper envelope in his hand to her breathlessly.

"Fortunately, Miss Yanluo had told them to pay more attention to this area long before. Fortunately, all the information is available, but it took a little longer to find, which wasted time."

Gan Lin wiped the sweat from his temples.

Jiang Qingqing personally poured a cup of tea and handed it to Gan Lin, asking her to sit on a small stool and rest for a while. She then got up and walked to the side room, closed the door, and asked Gan Yuan to guard the door.

Alone in the room, Jiang Qingqing opened the oil paper envelope in her hand.

Just a quick look.

The Chi family’s background is indeed extraordinary.

Mrs. Chi's sister married the leader of the Cao Gang, and the Cao Gang was an expert in the waterway business.

In other words, the Cao Gang was equivalent to a gang that was outside the laws of the Apocalypse. If the lord was smart enough to submit to the imperial court, it might be easy to deal with.

If the lord had some inappropriate thoughts in his mind and set up his own faction, it would cause unrest in a small place. If all the small gangs in Apocalypse are mobilized, Apocalypse will probably have some internal strife.

The Chi family dared to gain a foothold in the capital so quickly and even gained fame and the title of a noble family.

I'm afraid you want to eat both black and white.

The Chi family's ambition is not small. No wonder Chi Dao dared to do whatever he wanted in Qi Town. It turned out that there was someone backing him up.

She continued to read the next few messages, which were nothing more than the situation of the inner family of the Chi family, or who in the palace they were close to on a daily basis.

The eldest prince...

This word suddenly fell into Jiang Qingqing's eyes, and she was stunned for a moment.

Over the past five years, Jiang Qingqing has seen the eldest prince less and less.

When the emperor's uncle was around, they would always meet and chat occasionally about course issues. From the few memories I have, this eldest prince was a warm and kind person. He should not have any thoughts of killing his brothers, right?

Thinking of this, Jiang Qingqing's expression suddenly became solemn. She picked up the candle on the candlestick and burned the envelope and the letter paper in her hand cleanly. She even stepped on the burnt dust a few times to make sure that no handwriting could be seen. Only then did she open the door with confidence.

"Your Highness."

When Gan Yuan heard the noise, he quickly turned around and looked at Jiang Qingqing.

"Get ready to go back to the palace. Go directly to Kunning Palace. I want to find my eldest brother."

Jiang Qingqing said this and walked out.

Although Gan Yuan took a moment to react, she quickly understood the princess's intention and hurriedly followed.