In the moment of hiding, Jiang Qingqing saw Xiao Linting surrounded by officers and soldiers.

Jiang Qingqing's eyelids twitched suddenly.

Oh no!

Xiao Linting stepped into the store, his eyes calm. He straightened his spine, put one hand behind his back and looked around, finally fixing his eyes on the front desk manager.

"Someone anonymously reported that you opened a store without relevant regulations."

Xiao Linting did not speak. It was the officer beside him, dressed in official uniform, who stepped forward and spoke bluntly.

Jiang Qingqing turned back to Xiaoke and put her index finger against her lips, silently hinting him not to make any sound.

She hid behind the cabinet and listened to the shopkeeper's hesitant explanation. Xiaoke reacted slowly and realized that the young prince wanted to hide, and she was about to bend down.

Xiao Linting glanced over sharply.

Jiang Qingqing quickly retracted her head, hid behind the cabinet with lingering fear, and patted her chest.

"Wait a minute, go and divert the attention and don't expose me. I'll find the right opportunity to run away."

Jiang Qingqing wasn't sure whether the emperor's uncle was looking at her, so she could only mouth the message to Xiaoke.

Xiaoke perfectly understood what Jiang Qingqing meant. After waiting for Jiang Qingqing to get ready to run out, she walked out and attracted everyone's attention.

"It was this shopkeeper who just sold me tea at a sky-high price. Is that right?!"

As Xiaoke raised her voice and pulled everyone together, Jiang Qingqing pulled up her skirt, lowered her body, and ran out of the store in a flash.

When the shop owner saw that it was the little girl who was about to pay the bill, he remembered what the exquisitely dressed girl had just said, and he suddenly felt scared.

Just when he was subconsciously looking for the lady, he never saw her again.

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Here, Jiang Qingqing ran out of the store without daring to look back. After safely crossing the street, she sat back in her original seat and poured herself a glass of water.

Calm down.

"What's going on? Is there a tiger trying to catch you?" Jiang Chen was already eating a big bowl of wontons.

He looked at Jiang Qingqing in disbelief, as if she had seen a ghost, and said jokingly with a smile.

Jiang Qingqing wiped the sweat from her temples, her mind full of the scene of how she was almost discovered just now.

"Brother, when you left the house today, did you hear anything at the Emperor's uncle's residence?"

Why did the emperor's uncle come to this shop to arrest people today? Although he came here to intercept and question about operational issues, everything has two sides.

And he's so smart.

"I didn't hear anything. When I woke up, the emperor's uncle had already left."

Jiang Chen scratched his head, pushed the wonton in front of him, and changed the subject, "You know what, this wonton is really delicious, you should try it."

Jiang Qingqing was eating wontons, but what she was thinking about was what she heard the man say in the store today.

She was even wondering in her heart, could it be that her pepper seeds were really taken to Li State?

Thinking of this, Jiang Qingqing couldn't eat anymore.

"Brother, I want to go out and play!"

This sentence was really a bit abrupt. Jiang Chen blinked his eyes and asked after a long time: "Aren't we going out to play now?"

"No, when I say go out and play, I mean go out and leave Kyoto."

Jiang Qingqing shook her head and pointed in the direction of the main gate of Kyoto as she spoke, with confidence.

"That's not good. What if something unexpected happens? We can just have some fun in Kyoto." Jiang Chen saw the hustle and bustle at the gate of the imperial city.

Although he really wanted to do it, after thinking about his own safety, he gave up Jiang Qingqing's idea.

"We keep a low profile. We are not going to run away rich and powerful. What is there to be afraid of?"

Jiang Qingqing pushed away the big bowl of wontons in front of her and began to encourage Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen was a soft-eared person. He didn't hold out for long before he began to get impatient about what Jiang Qingqing said.

The brother and sister looked at each other in silence, then stood up tacitly, turned around and called Gan Lin and Gan Yuan who were busy running the shop.

"Gan Yuan, go and prepare a low-key and simple carriage." After Jiang Qingqing gave the instructions, she walked to Yan Luo under the pretext of settling the bill.

Yan Luo had been paying attention to Jiang Qingqing's actions since early morning. When he saw her coming over, he immediately put down what he was doing and approached Jiang Qingqing.

"The people from the shop next door seem to be about to start delivering goods. I want to intercept them and see what's going on. Do you have any help?"

She asked quite bluntly.

Yan Luo was stunned and was very surprised by Jiang Qingqing's order.

"Yes, there is, but it's in Ba Village. It may take some time to get here..."

"That's enough. There's no need to come to Kyoto." Jiang Qingqing nodded with satisfaction. She explained her plan and the meaning of cover-up to Yan Luo in detail.

Yanluo responded and told about his plans and thoughts.

After the two hit it off, Jiang Qingqing took Jiang Chen to the carriage that Gan Yuan had hastily borrowed.

Just as Jiang Qingqing entered the carriage, Xiao Linting from the shop came out again.

She took a careful look and saw that the emperor's uncle did not have any evidence in his hands, and those people did not detain the shopkeeper. She guessed that they could not find a legitimate reason to take action.

The moment Xiao Linting walked out, his eyes subconsciously cast towards the carriage across the street.

Jiang Qingqing's breath skipped a beat. She quickly lowered the curtain and touched her chest with lingering fear.

Jiang Chen sat in the carriage early, looking slightly excited.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Chen asked casually when he felt the large movement beside him.

Jiang Qingqing didn't know whether the emperor's uncle had seen her or not, so she waved her hands and said it was okay.

Gan Yuan and Gan Lin happened to be on the other side of the carriage and were not seen by Xiao Linting.

In this way, the carriage leisurely drove out of the gate of the imperial city, left Kyoto, and headed straight towards Ba Village.

Gan Yuan was sent by Jiang Qingqing to go to Kyoto to find Princess Qi Yang.

Just as the carriage was swaying towards the official road, a simple carriage appeared at the fork in the road. Jiang Qingqing lifted the curtain and continued to look outside, and saw that the carriage was in the lead, with a horse pulling a cart behind it.

Jiang Qingqing's expression was a little serious. She lowered the curtain, turned around and suddenly frowned. She looked at Jiang Chen very aggrievedly and said timidly, "Brother, I want to go to the toilet."

This sentence came too abruptly. Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, "Ah?"

"Where can you find a toilet in this remote place?" Jiang Chen said before he finished speaking.

Jiang Qingqing quickly lifted the curtain and pointed at the post house not far away. She said frankly, "There must be a toilet there for me."

Jiang Chen looked at his sister helplessly and couldn't help but mutter, "Why do you have so many things to do today?"

"elder brother!"

Jiang Qingqing still felt guilty after all and could only cry out in grievance.