The two guards immediately stepped forward and roughly pulled off Qi Che's boots.
Qi Che's face flushed immediately, and he curled up his feet in panic, "Don't... don't do this..."
Qin Jiuge ignored him, put on gloves, took the shoes from the guard and started studying them.
However, surprisingly, although the soles of his shoes were badly worn, there was no trace of red soil.
Qin Jiuge frowned, wondering if he had guessed wrong?
Is Yun Yan really innocent?
She took the shoes and examined them carefully again. The soles were indeed worn very thin, and there were a few places that were almost transparent. But there was indeed only dry soil from the area near Wangyue Lake, and no trace of red soil.
"Please... stop looking..."
Qi Che's voice was as thin as a mosquito's, and his hands twisted the corners of his clothes unconsciously, "I have worn this pair of shoes for three years..." He raised his red eyes, and then quickly lowered them, "My stepmother said that illegitimate children are not worthy of wearing new shoes..."
Qin Jiuge was skeptical, but saw him suddenly cough violently, and his thin body curled up into a ball.
As he coughed, a tear fell on the ground in the woodshed.
He wiped away his tears and said in a trembling voice, "I... I know I shouldn't have come today, but, but my elder brother had a stomachache before leaving, and mother asked me to take his place. If I didn't come, she would have sent me to the farm outside the city."
"Miss Qin, as the jewel in the crown of the Duke's Mansion, you certainly don't know how difficult it is for us bastards to survive in a big family..."
He described himself as extremely miserable and aggrieved, as if he had no choice but to expose his most embarrassing side.
Qin Jiuge was about to open his mouth to speak when another servant came to report:
"Miss, Prime Minister Gu is here. He said he wants to see the princess. They are already arguing in front. You should go and take a look."
Qin Jiuge frowned when he heard that, and threw the shoes in his hand in front of Qi Che: "Stay still!"
She turned to the guards and said sternly, "Keep a close eye on him and don't let anyone get close to him!"
As Qin Jiuge's footsteps faded away, the sad expression on Qi Che's face instantly disappeared.
He slowly straightened his clothes and muttered to himself, "The bastard of the Yun family... is indeed a useful identity."
At the same time, the front yard of the princess's mansion was in chaos.
Gu Tingyuan and dozens of his family guards blocked the gate of the mansion, shouting at the top of his lungs: "My daughter disappeared during the piano concert of Your Highness, and there has been no news since then. If Your Highness cannot give me an explanation, I will go to see His Majesty and ask for an explanation even if I risk my life!"
Seeing this, Zhixia, who was standing by, became so angry that her face turned red. She immediately rushed to the stairs and put her hands on her hips.
"What's going on? A great prime minister is actually learning to play dirty like that shrew?"
"Gu Yanran knew that the piano party was inviting unmarried men and women, but she shamelessly came over with a pregnant belly. What was she thinking?"
"It's obvious that you didn't teach your daughter well and didn't take good care of your dog, so she ran away. Now she's missing, and you still have the nerve to come to His Highness to ask for her?
Pah! It's really a toad yawning - what a big yawn!"
"You..." Gu Tingyuan was so angry that his beard was shaking and his face was red. "How dare you, a mere maid, order me around! How dare you, a maid? How dare you, a maid, order me around!"
"Propriety?" Zhixia sneered, "Gu Yanran was walking around with a bulging belly and acting disgustingly at the banquet. Is this the Gu family's propriety?"
When Gu Tingyuan saw that Zhixia not only did not restrain herself, but instead repeatedly verbally insulted Gu Yanran, he suddenly felt a surge of anger in his heart.
He looked at Chu Qingluan angrily and asked, "Is this how Your Highness disciplines his servants? How dare a little maid point at my nose and scold me.
If you, Your Highness, cannot discipline your servants, I, the old minister, would not mind disciplining them for you myself!"
Chu Qingluan walked forward slowly, protecting Zhixia behind her, and said with a tone of dignity that did not allow for questioning: "It is not yet the turn of Prime Minister Gu to discipline this maidservant of mine."
"Zhixia was quite straightforward, but..." Her eyes turned cold: "Was there anything wrong with what she said?"
"You..." Gu Tingyuan's eyes were red with anger, "My daughter did offend His Highness before, but she is pregnant now. Even if His Highness hates her so much, he shouldn't have been so harsh!"
Chu Qingluan narrowed her eyes dangerously: "Minister Gu, are you sure you want to rely on me?"
After she finished speaking, she suddenly raised her hand, and Zhixia immediately handed her a brocade box.
When the lid of the box was opened, there were actually a few pills that had swelled up in water.
"Minister Gu, could you please help me clear up my confusion? What is your daughter's intention in bringing such a potent drug to the banquet?"
Gu Tingyuan's eyes suddenly widened, "This is..."
"Humph!" Zhixia sneered, "Prime Minister Gu probably doesn't know yet? Your precious daughter is not on the invitation list. I don't know for whom she is willing to take such a big risk and come with Miss Han's invitation."
"Nonsense!" Gu Tingyuan was furious and pointed at Zhixia's nose and said, "Yanran is pregnant, so she came to the piano club for..."
At this point, Gu Tingyuan was suddenly stuck. If she came to the banquet for Qi Che, as far as he knew, Qi Che was not there tonight, so why did Gu Yanran still go?
At this time, Zhixia said again: "I'm afraid Prime Minister Gu doesn't know yet, the secret passage that Gu Yanran used to escape actually leads to a ruined temple outside the city. If I were you, I should gather people and search for her with all my strength at this time, instead of wasting time here!"
When Gu Tingyuan heard this, he felt like he was struck by lightning.
"What secret passage?"
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