"Miao Xiang, Miao Xiang, what's wrong with you?" Gu Yunru covered her with his cloak, and saw that she looked like she had lost her soul. She looked ahead with lifeless eyes and muttered something in her mouth.

"Princess... look." Qingfeng spread some dirty liquid on the nearby haystack, and the two understood at a glance.

"Miao Xiang, say something, please don't scare me, okay?" Gu Yunru was extremely worried and patted her face. Miao Xiang closed her eyes in despair and didn't say anything. Looking at her state, she must have become dull after suffering a major blow.

"Qingfeng, take her back first."

"yes."

Gu Yunru suddenly felt cold, filled with resentment and anger. She was determined to find the murderers who killed Miao Xiang.

Miao Xiang was taken back by Qingfeng. Rong Zhen was preparing to go to court at that time. Seeing Qingfeng carrying Miao Xiang back in a dusty state, it seemed that something big had happened.

He waited for Qingfeng to come out at the gate of the yard and asked hurriedly, "What happened?" Qingfeng then told him what happened last night. When they arrived at the ruined temple, the thieves had already gone far away.

"Your Highness, the princess was very angry when she learned about this. She said she wanted to find the murderers and is now searching the streets for evidence." Qingfeng was afraid that she might not be able to do anything alone, so he prepared to go out to help her search for clues.

"I'll go too." Rong Zhen had no intention of attending court at the moment, so he asked Qingfeng to ask for leave from the Ministry of Revenue, then changed into a blue shirt and went out.

"Your Highness..." Qingfeng looked at his departing back, lowered his hands helplessly and shook his head. He couldn't help but feel a little guilty. If he had followed Miao Xiang last night, probably nothing like this would have happened.

At this time, people had already started setting up stalls on the street. Gu Yunru followed the clues of the footprints and only found the East Street Gate, and then no longer saw the footprints.

After walking back and forth, I returned to the center of the street and saw Kang Keren shopping on the street with a basket in her hand.

"Yunru, why did you come out?" Kang Keren hadn't seen Gu Yunru for a long time. She was about to walk up to her and say hello, but she saw that she had a mysterious look on her face, as if something happened.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?" Kang Keren looked at her curiously and asked.

Gu Yunru's expression flashed with uneasiness. She grabbed her hands and said, "Something happened to Miao Xiang. She ran out of the house last night and no one knew where she went. She was bullied by some hooligans."

Having said this, she bit her lips tightly with a feeling of self-blame. If she had known earlier, she should have chased after him, thinking that she would definitely be bullied when she was alone in an unfamiliar place. However, she did not expect this to happen so suddenly.

"What..." Kang Keren opened her lips in surprise and astonishment. Gu Yunru took her hand and asked, "Did you see her last night?"

Kang Keren, who was still in a trance, was brought back to her senses by her question.

"No... I didn't see her. How could I have seen her?" Kang Keren shook her head like a rattle, but her expression was obviously guilty. Gu Yunru could tell at a glance that there was something wrong with her expression and held her hand with a little more force.

"Tell me the truth, did you see her yesterday?" Gu Yunru believed that her intuition would not lie to her. Kang Keren must be hiding something from her.

"Yunru...well, she came to the milk tea shop yesterday, ordered two jars of wine, and ran out after drinking. I don't know what kind of blow she suffered." Kang Keren described what happened last night with some concealment.

Gu Yunru looked at her and saw that she was not lying. She felt relieved, but she still couldn't feel at ease.

It turned out that Miao Xiang was really serious. Her feelings for Rong Zhen were not as superficial or even childish as she imagined. Perhaps when she was in Miaojiang, Miao Xiang had already started to fall in love with him.

"Yunru, why don't we look from West Street, maybe we can find the murderer." Kang Keren helped her sort out the murderer's whereabouts. Gu Yunru pursed her lips gently, nodded, and left with her.

Halfway through the journey, he met Rong Zhen.

"Your Highness." When Kang Keren saw Rong Zhen now, her fiery gaze had subsided. She knew that the princess was the best at reading people's minds, and she was afraid that someone would see through her.

"I have found the clue, it is related to the Hepingle Casino." Rong Zhen rushed to the vicinity of the ruined temple as soon as possible, and asked the people nearby and they didn't hear any strange noises last night. He locked his target on the casino, because only in the middle of the night would gamblers, or even drunkards, come out of the taverns and casinos. Following this clue, it would be easy to lock on the target.

"Okay, let's go quickly!" Gu Yunru couldn't wait to catch the murderer and seek justice for Miao Xiang no matter what.

After an afternoon of investigation, everyone finally found the suspect and brought him back to court.

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"My Lord, I am truly wronged. I lost money in the casino with a few friends last night. After losing, I went straight home to sleep. How could I have passed by any dilapidated temple?"

The man was very eloquent and told a lot of lies. Looking at him, Gu Yunru thought that lying must have become a habit for him. Otherwise, he would not have shirked responsibility for everything that happened yesterday without even thinking it through.

After listening to the man's excuses, Lord Yang could only ask the victim to come to court in person to testify against the murderer. Otherwise, it would be difficult to accuse this man of being the murderer based on these clues and false evidence.

The master was stunned for a moment, then walked up to Rong Zhen and Gu Yunru, smiling at them eagerly, "My Lord, Princess, why don't you invite Miss Miao out and let her come to the court to see for herself? Otherwise, this man will not admit that he did it."

After listening to this, Rong Zhen felt that there was some truth in it. However, Miao Xiang was now heartbroken and in pain, so she probably would not come to the court to identify the murderer.

"Yunru, why don't you go back to the mansion and try to persuade them first. If that doesn't work, just lock these scoundrels up first. It won't be too late to try them later." Rong Zhen and Gu Yunru discussed the matter in a friendly manner, but Gu Yunru's reaction was not what he had imagined.

"That won't do. She's already suffered a trauma. If I ask her to come to court to identify the murderer, wouldn't that be a secondary injury to her? I can't do such a thing." Gu Yunru lowered her head stubbornly, seeming a little agitated. She wished she could take the place of the adults and personally put these people in death row.

"Yunru, don't be so excited. We have to be reasonable in everything." Rong Zhen put his hands on her shoulders, veins visible on his forehead. The pain and anger in his heart were no less than hers. Now the most important thing is to make the murderer confess.

"Then I'll go back and try it first." Gu Yunru was persuaded by him and returned to the mansion first.