The next morning, Gu Yunran got up from the carriage and Ruizhu helped her to do her makeup.
"Second Madam, I will ask the Second Young Lady to get ready and leave immediately."
"Wait a little longer." Gu Yunran said, "There's still one person I haven't met yet."
Ruizhu was confused: "Who does Second Madam want to see?"
"You'll know soon."
Gu Yunran held Ruizhu's hand and got off the carriage. As soon as she got off the carriage, another carriage came from a distance.
Looking at the carriage, Ruizhu's eyes flickered, "Second Madam, this carriage seems to belong to Princess Pingyang."
Gu Yunran smiled and said, "It's not like it, it was originally Princess Pingyang's carriage."
"What is Princess Pingyang doing here?"
"Of course I came to see if I was still alive." Gu Yunran said calmly, as if he was joking and not talking about himself.
Ruizhu understood immediately. She whispered in Gu Yunran's ear, "So Princess Pingyang has been hooking up with the Second Young Miss for a long time?"
"Is what the Fourth Miss said true? Princess Pingyang introduced the Dark Night Organization to her?"
"Yes." Gu Yunran said softly, "I didn't believe it at first, but Princess Pingyang really came to Hanshan Temple today, which confirmed that my previous speculation was correct."
"Let's go and pay our respects to the princess."
Gu Yunran said this as he walked towards Princess Pingyang's carriage with steady steps.
When Princess Pingyang got off the carriage and saw Gu Yunran, her expression was stunned for a moment, but she soon returned to normal.
"Gu, Yun, Ran?"
Gu Yunran smiled and bowed to Princess Pingyang: "Your Highness, Princess Pingyang, greets you."
Over there, Mu Qianxue learned the news of Princess Pingyang's arrival and was about to go out to greet her when she saw Gu Yunran standing beside Princess Pingyang.
Princess Pingyang looked at him with a questioning look, as if to ask why Gu Yunran didn't die but was still alive and well?
Mu Qianxue pursed her lips, lifted the hem of her skirt, walked over, and saluted Princess Pingyang: "Your Highness, your Highness, is greeted by this humble servant."
"Let's forget about it."
Princess Pingyang didn't even glance at Mu Qianxue. She walked up to her and stopped, gnashing her teeth and saying, "Useless trash, you can't even handle such a small matter."
She spoke in a very soft voice, and only she and Mu Qianxue could hear it.
Mu Qianxue's body trembled slightly. She was stunned for a long time. No one had ever dared to humiliate her like this in front of her. Suppressing the anger in her heart, Mu Qianxue stood up slightly and followed Princess Pingyang silently.
Gu Yunran watched all this with an expressionless face, a barely perceptible curve at the corner of his mouth.
She looked at Qianli, who instantly understood, "Second Madam, I'll go check the road conditions ahead."
"Okay, go quickly and come back soon."
"yes."
Qianli glanced at the two maids beside Princess Pingyang. After receiving Qianli's gaze, the maid lowered her eyes and frowned.
After Qianli had gone, she suddenly cried out in surprise, "Oh, I lost my hairpin."
Another girl asked, "Where did you throw it?"
The maid pointed to the road ahead and said, "It must have been thrown over there when the carriage jolted just now."
"Then go find it quickly."
"Okay, if the princess asks about it later, tell her."
"Don't worry, I know."
"good."
The maid in purple clothes went to look for the hairpin.
Princess Pingyang arrived at the temple and saw a wing room that was half burned. She asked, "What happened?"
Before Mu Qianxue could say anything, Gu Yunran said, "That's the room I live in. It suddenly caught fire in the middle of the night. Luckily, I got up to go to the bathroom and escaped."
Princess Pingyang looked at Gu Yunran and said, "You are so lucky!"
"Yeah, maybe God is blessing me."
"Hmph!" Princess Pingyang snorted coldly, "I heard that the Mu family has been able to prosper for a hundred years because the Buddha of Hanshan Temple appeared and blessed the Mu family."
"This princess has been having a hard time lately, so I came to ask for help."
Gu Yunran: "Princess, please."
Princess Pingyang glanced at Gu Yunran, and finally set her gaze on Mu Qianxue.
"Second Miss, please accompany this princess."
"yes."
Princess Pingyang went to the Buddhist temple, Mu Qianxue followed behind her, and Gu Yunran was blocked outside.
Ruizhu stood beside Gu Yunran and whispered, "Second Madam, what is Princess Pingyang going to do?"
Gu Yunran straightened her hair and said, "Ignore her. Let's go eat first."
"good."
Gu Yunran and Ruizhu came to the backyard, and the two nuns had already prepared breakfast.
"Second Madam, the temple is very simple, so please make do with what you have."
"It's okay, just eat light food and stay healthy."
Gu Yunran picked up her chopsticks and prepared to eat, but Ruizhu stopped her and said cautiously, "Second Madam, wait a moment."
As she spoke, she took out a silver needle and tested the poison. Sure enough, the silver needle turned black in an instant.
The two nuns' expressions changed, they looked at each other, turned around and wanted to run away.
"Casual run!"
Ruizhu immediately chased after them, holding one person in each hand and bringing them back.
"Who gave you the courage to poison Second Mistress?"
She threw the two nuns to the ground. The two nuns knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Second Madam, please spare our lives. We are forced to do so."
"Tell me who ordered you to do this."
The two nuns looked at each other, and one of them said, "It's the fourth young lady."
"Fourth Miss, Mu Qianjiao?" Ruizhu looked at the two of them and asked sternly, "Did she instruct you to do this?"
"yes."
The two nuns answered in unison.
Ruizhu glanced at Gu Yunran: "Second Madam, they..." They were obviously lying.
Gu Yunran raised her hand to interrupt Ruizhu: "Take them back first and hand them over to Qianli."
"yes."
Ruizhu found two ropes, tied the two nuns together, and threw them aside to wait for Qianli to come back.
"Second Madam, I will go and cook for you."
Gu Yunran stood up: "I'll go with you."
On the other side, Qianli was waiting for someone in the woods ten miles away from Hanshan Temple.
After a while, a maid in purple clothes came over, knelt on the ground, clasped her fists and said, "Qian Dutong."
"Get up." Qianli turned around and looked at her, asking her to stand up. "How's your investigation going?" "To the commander-in-chief, according to my investigation, the maid named Xiaoqian in the Mu Mansion and the watering maid in the Empress's palace are not the same person, but twin sisters."
"They all come from a place called Nianci Temple, which is located in Wanfu Mountain. I heard that it was built by the second daughter of the Mu family to provide medical treatment for the homeless."
"This is all I have found."
Qianli: "Well done, this is enough."
"Go back quickly to avoid arousing Princess Pingyang's suspicion."
"yes."
The maid in purple clothes walked to the place where the carriage was shaking, picked up a hairpin from the grass, and then returned to Hanshan Temple.
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