"Meet the prince."

Qingxing secretly raised her eyes to glance at Gu Yunru, and the loneliness on Rong Zhen's face gradually disappeared. He turned around and sat next to Gu Yunru.

"The prince is here. Did you see my sister by chance?" Gu Yunru looked at him curiously. Rong Zhen pondered for a moment, then slowly raised his dark eyes and said, "I heard some news. Something happened in Qingping Temple. It burned down overnight. Everyone in the temple died."

As soon as the words fell, Qing Xing and Gu Yunru both showed looks of astonishment on their faces.

"How could this happen? Then... have the arsonist been found?" Gu Yunru looked at Rong Zhen in disbelief. He could actually tell this matter so nonchalantly. After all, there were at least a hundred people in Qingping Temple, and they all died in that fire overnight.

"No. By the way, Lu Yun's body was found in the abandoned well of Chuxiu Palace. No one goes near that place. Someone in the palace found it recently."

Rong Zhen described the incident again in a calm tone, but Gu Yunru was horrified. She had never expected... that such fatal incidents could happen anywhere.

"Lüyun is dead too? And her body was dumped in an abandoned well?" Gu Yunru opened her eyes wide in disbelief. No wonder she heard Xiaodengzi say these days that she had disappeared since she secretly replaced the medicine jar that Ying had promised her last time. It was very likely that the mastermind behind the scenes had killed her to silence her, but the time interval was too long, so it would be difficult to track this matter.

"That's right. Someone has moved Lu Yun's body to the Dali Temple for inspection. Maybe we'll have news this afternoon." Rong Zhen no longer had his usual cold and sharp tone. When he looked at Gu Yunru, his tone was surprisingly gentle, which Gu Yunru didn't notice. She was still immersed in Lu Yun's death and couldn't come back to her senses.

"I want to go and see it."

Gu Yunru asked for his opinion. She had not left the palace for a long time. She could take this opportunity to go back to the Gu Mansion during her visit to the Dali Temple. Although she didn't know what was so good about the Gu Mansion, she had to go out and see how the people were doing.

"You cannot leave the palace without the Queen Mother's order." Rong Zhen reminded her kindly. Gu Yunru almost forgot that she was still a criminal.

"I can't go out for this, I can't go out for that, I'd rather suffocate to death in the palace." Gu Yunru curled her lips. She had seen all the prosperity and scheming in the palace. She didn't want to stay in this place where there was a wall above her head. She wanted to go outside and take a look.

"Ahem, I do have a plan, but you have to come back with me before dark."

Rong Zhen seemed to see what she was thinking and said this.

"Really!" Gu Yunru looked at him in surprise. She couldn't imagine that this big devil actually had empathy. He knew that she was feeling bored, so he wanted to take her out of the palace for a walk.

"kindness."

Rong Zhen had two sets of eunuch's clothes delivered, one for Gu Yunru and one for Qingxing. The two came out from behind the screen. The eunuch's clothes were quite tight, but... they always felt a little bit awkward.

"Um... Qingxing, help me check if the belt and collar are fixed." Gu Yunru deliberately wiped off all the powder on her face, so that she would look more delicate. Anyway, their figures were no different from those of the young eunuchs who had just entered the palace.

Qingxing was secretly trying to hold back her laughter, because she had never worn such clothes before.

"Stop laughing. If you laugh again, I will marry you to a eunuch." Gu Yunru threatened her with this sentence from time to time, and Qingxing, the naive and silly girl, actually believed it.

"Miss... okay." Qing Xing pursed her lips in grievance and raised her hesitant eyes, fearing that the young lady would marry her to the eunuch in a fit of anger.

Rong Zhen watched the door open. He didn't expect that even in eunuch's attire, Gu Yunru still had a kind of lively and graceful demeanor that was unforgettable.

"Okay, let's go."

Rong Zhen knew her habits well. If she didn't leave the palace this time, she would definitely complain in the future, so he simply took her out for a walk.

Coming to the bustling streets, since the plague was eradicated, the streets of the capital have regained their former prosperity and vitality, with shouts and all kinds of gadgets everywhere. Gu Yunru held Qingxing's hand and walked around non-stop.

"Look at this piece of jade, how beautiful it is, and this hairpin!" Gu Yunru was dazzled by the dazzling array of accessories.

But in the eyes of passers-by, it looked like two little eunuchs were pulling each other in the street, which was very awkward.

Rong Zhen accidentally walked to a pastry shop, which was selling Gu Yunru's favorite pear blossom cake. Thinking of this, he walked straight in. On the other side, Gu Yunru and Qingxing walked around for a few rounds, and only realized that they had lost the person.

"The prince is missing, Miss, what should we do?" Qingxing held a few boxes in her hands and looked around for his broad back. Unfortunately, the crowd was so crowded that she couldn't see him after looking for a long time.

"Forget it. This guy is lost. We can find him. We just need to get back to the palace before dark."

"But we don't have badges..." Qing Xing murmured in distress. Gu Yunru stared blankly at the figure in front of her and found that Cheng Shaoyuan's team was coming from the other corner of the street. Cheng Shaoyuan was patrolling the street and unexpectedly ran into her. Even though she was wearing eunuch's clothes, she could be recognized at a glance in the crowd.

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"Brother Cheng." Gu Yunru's eyes were filled with a gentle smile. It would not be impossible for her to follow Cheng Shaoyuan into the palace.

"I didn't expect to meet Miss Gu here." Cheng Shaoyuan's gentle face had a meticulous smile and his eyebrows and eyes were very handsome.

"Yes, by the way, I heard that your people from Dali Temple took Luyun's body back early in the morning. Did you find anything?" Gu Yunru looked at Cheng Shaoyuan curiously and his expression became very serious.

"Why, Miss Gu is also interested in this matter?" Cheng Shaoyuan saw her watery eyes slightly raised, and for some reason, he felt a little moved.

"Ah, no, I'm just curious. I haven't analyzed a case with Brother Cheng for a long time. I must discuss it with him someday when I have time." As the two were chatting, Rong Zhen happened to walk out of the pastry shop. Qing Xing shouted over there, "Miss, look."

Gu Yunru followed Qingxing's gaze and looked over there, only to find that it was Rong Zhen.

Rong Zhen was carrying a lot of cakes in his left and right hands. Did he just go to buy cakes? A prince should have let his followers do this, but he actually did it himself.

Cheng Shaoyuan was somewhat surprised to see Rong Zhen and bowed to him.

"Your Majesty, why did you buy so many things by yourself?"

Faced with Cheng Shaoyuan's question, Rong Zhen hesitated for a moment, then looked at Gu Yunru beside him with gentle eyes.