Chapter 323 It’s delivered to my door, haha!
The confidant bowed his head and said:
"That Pavilion Master is extremely popular among the people. Legend has it that he uses unpredictable methods and has never failed..."
Xiao Zirui interrupted impatiently:
"Hearsay is useless! I want firsthand information! What is that person's true ability?"
"Don't worry, Your Highness," the confidant said hurriedly, "I've found several people who have come to Tianming Pavilion to seek divination and confirmed it. They all say that Master Qingyun is a master of divination and has excellent skills in exorcising ghosts and suppressing evil spirits."
"I was concerned that this statement might be exaggerated or untrue, so I contacted the neighbors of these people to verify it, and they all said the same thing."
Xiao Zirui's expression eased slightly and he nodded.
The confidant said again:
"By the way, one of the families, surnamed Wen, was involved in a major case at the time. It involved a flower thief who had committed multiple crimes to silence witnesses. He was a Taoist priest with considerable skills, specializing in sinister methods to harm many people. However, he was no match for Master Qingyun, and was successfully apprehended."
"Many people were present at the time of this incident, and the government office has the records in the files. I paid some money to make a copy. Your Highness, please review it!"
Xiao Zirui took the copy of the file and looked at it carefully, narrowing his eyes:
"Very good, it seems that I need to meet the Pavilion Master of Tianming Pavilion!"
…
Yun Qingqing rode his horse all the way towards Tianming Pavilion.
Her mind had been in a mess since the beginning, and she was upset when she saw that person, so she simply went back to work.
Once you get busy, you won’t have time to think about these trivial things.
But after passing a gate, he suddenly reined in his horse, trotted back more than ten feet, and stopped in front of the gate.
The magnificent gate has a total of 749 door nails, which is the standard only found in the Prince's Mansion.
There are imperial guards guarding the door, because Crown Prince Xiao Zirui has been ordered by the Emperor to be under house arrest, and is still within the deadline.
Yun Qingqing's eyes were shining brightly. She frowned and stared at the Prince's Mansion for a while, then suddenly dismounted and walked forward.
The imperial guards immediately stopped her:
"Who is coming?"
Yun Qingqing said calmly:
"Go and inform the Crown Prince that the Regent Princess wishes to see him."
The two imperial guards who were blocking the road were startled. Seeing that she was calm and had a good temperament, they did not dare to neglect her. They immediately knocked on the door and called out the doorman of the Prince's Mansion.
"Go and inform them immediately that a woman claiming to be the Regent Princess wants to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
The imperial guard did not say anything final. After all, he did not know the Regent Princess, so he simply conveyed the original words.
The concierge nodded and went in.
Not long after, the steward of the Prince's Mansion came out and immediately smiled apologetically when he saw Yun Qingqing:
"If it is indeed the Princess, please forgive me for not welcoming you from afar!"
Yun Qingqing said "hmm" lightly, raised her leg and was about to walk inside, but was stopped by the housekeeper.
"Princess, I'm so sorry today. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is ill and can't see guests."
"Oh?" Yun Qingqing raised her eyebrows and curled the corners of her lips. "The emperor's nephew has suddenly fallen ill. As his aunt, I should go and see him and offer my condolences."
The housekeeper paused and said in embarrassment:
"Your Highness, you may not know this, but His Highness actually caught a cold a couple of days ago and has just gotten better. He's been sweating a lot, so he's taking a bath right now. It's really... inconvenient!"
Yun Qingqing narrowed her eyes and chuckled softly:
"So that's how it is, alright."
After saying this, she didn't delay any longer. She turned around, walked down the stairs, mounted her horse and left.
The housekeeper was stunned. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had suffered so many setbacks at the hands of the Regent Princess before. He was worried that the Princess would break into the Crown Prince's Mansion and he didn't know how to stop her.
Fortunately, she didn't force her way in. The housekeeper secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly retreated to close the door.
After turning a corner, Yun Qingqing stopped, pinched her fingers a few times, sneered, and changed direction.
Sick as hell!
Her pair of spiritual eyes had already seen clearly the fortune above the Prince's Mansion.
Xiao Zirui usually had a dark aura that could be seen from a distance, so she could tell at a glance whether he was in the mansion or not!
She went forward to test him, just to confirm whether he was summoned by the emperor or had sneaked out.
Seeing that the housekeeper was trying to stop him and even made up some nonsense about being sick, the matter was obvious!
Yun Qingqing was too lazy to think about where her irritability came from.
I was already in a bad mood when Xiao Zirui showed up.
hehe!
She rode her horse to a deserted place, stopped, and made a hand gesture to open her third eye.
An additional perspective immediately appeared in his mind. He stopped high in the sky, and with his heavenly eye and spiritual pupil, he could see the scenery within a radius of more than ten miles.
She saw at a glance a ball of thick purple air slowly moving out of the city, and not far away was a large mass of black luck.
Yun Qingqing raised his eyebrows, sneered, put away his Heavenly Eye, and rode his horse in that direction.
Not long after, she arrived at the teahouse she had just locked onto, looked up at one of the windows, turned around and walked into a liquor store next door.
"Boss, give me a pot of wine."
"Okay, whatever you want, we have the best Shilixiang, Hongerer and..."
"No need, just take whichever is the cheapest!"
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Xiao Zirui sat by the window, watching the Regent's delegation pass by with a gloomy face. He sat there for a while, and when the crowd had almost dispersed, he put on his hat and left the teahouse to return home.
Thanks to the Regent, after the Crown Prince was confined to his house, the front, back, side doors, and all the entrances and exits of the mansion were guarded by imperial guards. He had quietly climbed over the wall and had to rush back as soon as possible to avoid any mistakes in the mansion. Once discovered, it would be troublesome.
Xiao Zirui lowered his hat and hurried forward. After passing the Censorate and crossing a street, he arrived at the Prince's Mansion. He was calculating which wall to climb back over safely at this point in time, and did not pay much attention to the short and sturdy man coming towards him.
The two men passed each other, and the man's body suddenly tilted for some reason, and his shoulder hit Xiao Zirui heavily, and the bottle of wine in his hand fell to the ground with a "bang" and shattered into pieces.
"Ah! My wine!" The man roared on the spot, then glared at Xiao Zirui, "Why don't you look where you're walking? Pay for my wine!"
Xiao Zirui's face darkened, and he wanted to ask someone to arrest this commoner right then and there:
"Give him to Ben..."
"Young Master, please calm down!" The confidant was startled and interrupted him in time.
Xiao Zirui finally realized that his identity must not be exposed now!
He then suppressed his anger and said coldly:
"What are you yelling about? I'll give you as much silver as you want as compensation!"
The short and stocky man didn't buy it, pointing at the broken wine jar on the ground and said angrily:
"Is silver so great? Do you know the origin of this wine? This is the old wine my great-grandfather brewed himself and buried under a tree for hundreds of years! This is my heirloom, priceless!"
"I don't want your dirty money, I want you to compensate me for the wine! If you can't pay me, come with me to see the authorities!"
As he said this, he reached out to pull Xiao Zirui's arm.
The confidant shouted "How dare you!" and wanted to step forward to drive the man away, but somehow the man dodged nimbly and continued to raise his hand to pinch Xiao Zirui's wrist.
Xiao Zirui retreated quickly with a sullen face to avoid the man's rough hand, but saw the other party angrily shouting, "Come with me to see the official!" He suddenly raised his arm, and the movement was so fast that before Xiao Zirui could react, his hat was blown away.
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