Jiang Qingqing hurriedly stopped the servant who was about to leave.

"Maybe there is something wrong. I'll go and take a look."

She was about to get up and walk out, and Xiao Linting beside her saw her and asked, "Your Highness, the selection of the maid has not yet been announced."

"Except the left one, I want all the others."

The pink little girl waved her hand, and without looking back, she hurriedly followed the servant out of the pavilion.

As soon as Jiang Qingqing left, someone came out from the darkness and bowed to Xiao Linting.

"Go and follow her. If Her Highness is about to leave the side yard, you should protect her. If she is just chatting with the child at the door, just watch from a distance."

Xiao Linting didn't intend to follow. He played with the half-full teacup in his hand and spoke calmly.

"yes."

The woman's deliberately low voice sounded, and then she disappeared.

Here——

Jiang Qingqing walked out of the side courtyard, and then she slowly realized that there seemed to be someone missing beside her.

Late clear...

She was just wondering where Wanqing was going when she saw the side door of the courtyard not far away.

There was indeed a little child standing at the door. She stretched her head to look around and saw the pink little ball coming out.

The little girl smiled brightly.

"You must be the person my sister was talking about. I finally see you!"

The girl's crisp voice left Jiang Qingqing a little confused.

She first asked the servant to move a little further away, but made sure that the servant could see her.

Jiang Qingqing looked at the girl in front of her with relief.

"Do you know me?"

The little girl nodded and said confidently, "I know her."

"How did you know me?" Jiang Qingqing asked cautiously.

The little girl blinked and said, "My sister asked me to come here to wait for someone. She told me that this person is cute and sweet, and most importantly, she likes to wear pink clothes. I waited for a long time before I finally saw someone like that."

"Your sister? Who is that?" Jiang Qingqing thought of Yan Luo's figure in her mind, and she couldn't help but ask softly.

The little girl smiled and said, "My sister is a dam..."

"Where is your sister?" Jiang Qingqing's heart skipped a beat when she heard the word "Ba Village".

She quickly interrupted what the little girl was saying, then looked back cautiously at her side.

Except for the servant standing a little further away, there was no other figure.

Deep down, Jiang Qingqing was reluctant to let Xiao Linting know that she had any connection with the woman that day.

"It's not far. My sister is waiting for you at the shop on the corner. Do you want to come with me?"

The little girl said innocently.

Jiang Qingqing had an impression of this place. It was indeed not far from the side courtyard.

If it really doesn't work, she can just lie to the emperor's uncle and cover it up.

Just as Jiang Qingqing was about to step over the threshold, she thought of the servant behind her.

Just as she stepped over the threshold and was about to turn around to instruct the servants.

Suddenly there was another person behind me.

This almost made Jiang Qingqing's heart stop beating.

“…It’s you again!”

When Jiang Qingqing looked carefully, she found that the person in front of her was the martial artist she had discovered among the ten maids not long ago.

She is indeed Xiao Linting's person.

"Yingzhu is here to protect the girl under the orders of the master."

Without waiting for Jiang Qingqing to ask, she introduced herself.

The little girl next to her saw how well-trained this woman was, and she opened her big eyes curiously and stared at Yingzhu.

Jiang Qingqing looked at the stall not far away and then said, "Are you here to monitor me under his orders?"

"The young lady is now half of Yingzhu's master. The young lady specifically reminded him that Yingzhu would definitely not report it."

Jiang Qingqing looked at Yingzhu strangely. She didn't quite understand this operation.

Shadow beads are not really necessary.

"Stand back and look at me."

After she and Yan Luo have handed over the message, she will have to find a way to mention it to the emperor's uncle.

There is really no need for Yingzhu.

She then followed the little girl to the stall at the corner.

I saw a woman in simple clothes busying around in front of a makeshift stove.

But this stall is located in a remote area and very few people come to visit.

There were only a few people sitting in the stall.

Jiang Qingqing found a clean round table and sat down.

Before she could even sit down on the stool, the woman who was busy at the stove came up to her with bowls and chopsticks.

"girl."

A familiar voice sounded, Jiang Qingqing looked up suddenly, and saw Yan Luo lowering his head and placing the dishes.

Although he wasn't looking at her, the words he said were addressed to her.

Jiang Qingqing never thought that she and Yan Luo would meet in this way.

"This shop..." She looked at Yan Luo in front of her with some surprise.

The little girl had already run to the next table and asked the other party in a neat and generous manner what they needed, no longer paying any attention to Jiang Qingqing's table.

Yan Luo nodded slightly, and she spoke in a low voice, "Yan Luo has been waiting for you for a long time. I will talk to you in detail about the matter of this shop someday."

"I recently found the clue that the girl gave me last time. The shop on the street at the intersection near Fanlou usually claims to sell local specialties."

"But after I took a look around, I found that their backyard was very clean, which was not quite right..."

Yan Luo's voice paused for a moment, and then he continued: "Because I have never been involved in business before, I have this small shop to confirm some things."

Jiang Qingqing was full of surprise at Yan Luo's behavior.

She had always felt that Yan Luo was indeed a person with potential, but the surprise she received today was truly too big.

She looked at Yan Luo in astonishment.

Yan Luo still calmly reported his own views, "There are many suspicious points about that shop. The biggest one is that they are clearly selling specialty products, but they only have one or two items in stock, and some are even out of stock. They put up a sign to replenish the stock, but they haven't added any."

Jiang Qingqing barely managed to retract her shocked thoughts and focused all her attention on the doubts Yan Luo mentioned.

The report was almost finished, and Yan Luo stood up straight, left his seat and walked to the stove.

The doubts Yan Luo just mentioned perfectly confirmed the doubts Jiang Qingqing had when she first saw the store.

This shop is indeed a bit strange.

She stood up and stood by the stove, pretending to look at the menu.

"Do you know who the owner of that shop is?"

Yan Luo nodded slightly. While she was bending down to add firewood, she took out a letter wrapped in oil paper from her wide sleeves.

"This is a summary of all the information I found. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to chat with the girl for a while, so I came up with this plan."

Jiang Qingqing was even more surprised now.

Although he hadn't had time to read the specific contents of the letter, Yan Luo was determined to remember the agreement and would never reveal their relationship.

This point alone is enough to make Jiang Qingqing satisfied.

She hugged the thick letter in her hand and whispered, "Wait for me to go back and take a look. Two days at the latest, I will go to West Street and go to Fanlou. You will meet me at Fanlou then."

After saying that, Jiang Qingqing took out another ingot of silver from the sachet on her waist.

Without waiting for Yan Luo to speak, Jiang Qingqing went straight to comfort him and said, "You do the work, I'll pay, take it."