Lin Mengya turned around and sat down with Gu Pan. She and Long Tianhao returned to normal. No one could see the flirtatious relationship between them.
Princess Xiao's banquet was not big. Compared with the extravagance of those noble ladies in Dragon City, it was more like a small and delicate private party.
Lin Mengya was a very adaptable person. Although there were many enemies sitting in front of her, she still smiled like a spring breeze, and no other emotions could be seen.
After all, this was Princess Xiao's occasion. If she messed it up, it would be disrespectful to Princess Xiao.
Unfortunately, someone didn't want her to live so comfortably.
Princess Chonghua was still sitting next to the Crown Prince and Murong Xi. But Lin Mengya felt that the girl's eyes seemed to be more terrifying than before.
Chong Hua knew how to be patient in the past, but now, he revealed his true face like a hungry wolf.
Lin Mengya looked at her from afar and was secretly surprised by the viciousness in her eyes.
What happened to make Chonghua hate her so much?
Although she didn't care, she still felt a little strange.
Chonghua looked at her like this. Wasn't she afraid of being noticed and losing the virtuous look she had tried so hard to pretend?
But what happened between them didn't attract other people's attention.
Princess Xiao was also a well-known social person in those days. Moreover, most of these guests were her juniors. Naturally, the host and the guest enjoyed themselves.
And Gu Pan, the legendary Princess Xianghua, was actually the theme of this banquet.
After three rounds of drinking, Princess Xiao waved to Gu Pan.
"Wait for me. I'll be back soon."
Although she was unwilling, Gu Pan had to leave Lin Mengya temporarily and walked to Princess Xiao.
Lin Mengya couldn't help sighing when she saw that the girl, who seemed a little simple and willful in front of her, turned into a beautiful lady with bright eyes and a sweet smile in the blink of an eye.
She would only show her crudest side in front of the people closest to her.
She sat alone in the corner, which was specially arranged by Gu Pan. Lin Mengya also didn't want to be too conspicuous.
Lin Mengya was so engrossed in checking on Gu Pan's situation that when she tried to locate Long Tianhao again, she found that his position was empty.
At the same time, Chong Hua's position was also empty.
Could it be that these two people came out together?
Lin Mengya waved her hand, and Baisu immediately bent down and asked softly.
"Did you see when Princess Chonghua left?"
"Half an hour ago, Yue and Her Highness Xi left one after the other. Master, do you want to …"
Of course, Baisu was the one who knew the most about her.
In fact, there were several times when Long Tianhao was in her room, but Baisu stopped the servants, so that their relationship was not exposed.
She understood her man very well.
There must be no love affair between him and Chong Hua.
But …
She suddenly thought of Chong Hua's resentful eyes before.
He still felt uneasy in his heart. He got up and nodded to Gu Pan before going out.
It was warm and gentle, just like spring.
However, it was extremely cold outside. Lin Mengya couldn't get used to it for a while. Even though she was wrapped up tightly, she couldn't help shivering when the cold wind went into her neck.
There were servants going back and forth outside, sending delicious food to the banquet.
Lin Mengya and Baisu avoided these people and went to a quiet yard.
This place was arranged by Princess Xiao for the female guests who couldn't bear the alcohol to sober up temporarily.
If Chong Hua was drunk, she would definitely be brought here.
As soon as they arrived at the door, they saw that it was unlocked.
However, there was no light inside.
Lin Mengya and Baisu subconsciously lightened their steps and walked into the yard.
Before they reached the door, they heard a rustling sound coming from the room.
"Will this really work?"
Although the voice was deliberately lowered, Lin Mengya could still recognize that it was Qi Ranxin's voice.
"Don't worry, I've already asked someone to investigate. Princess Chong Hua is Her Highness Xi's sweetheart. If you want to marry Her Highness Xi, this is the right thing to do. "
This sentence was said by Yu Mingzhu.
Lin Mengya gestured for Baisu to go to her side, and the two of them sneaked under the window of the room.
It was not that there was no light inside, but the candlelight could only illuminate a small area.
The window was tightly shut and could not be broken. Lin Mengya could only squat under the window and guess what the people inside were doing.
"You don't know, from the first time I saw Her Highness Xi, I wanted to marry no one but him. Mingzhu, as long as you let me marry Her Highness Xi, I will spare no effort to make you the Crown Princess! "
Under the window, the real Her Highness Xi's sweetheart felt a little speechless.
Should she say that they were naive? It was better to say that they were stupid.
What kind of person was Murong Xi? Were they really unable to sense it at all?
"Let's not talk so much. I'm good to you not only for this matter. Alright, let's get it done quickly, in case the others come and get in our way. "
Although Lin Mengya did not know what they wanted to do, she could roughly guess that Qi Ranxin wanted to do something in the name of Princess Chong Hua, and then lock up her man.
Unfortunately, they had found the wrong person.
There was silence inside again, and then there was a suspicious sound. It sounded like they were washing something with water.
Lin Mengya was really curious, so she quietly hid at the door and peeked in through the crack of the door.
Although she could be easily discovered from her position, she didn't expect that the two ladies inside seemed to be in disguise!
Under the candlelight, Yu Mingzhu took out a transparent membrane from a small basin of water, and then slowly placed it on Qi Ranxin's face.
When Yu Mingzhu raised her eyes and inadvertently looked at the window, Lin Mengya could not help but feel bad. Just as she was about to dodge, she was carried from behind.
In an instant, she flew over the wall and was on the other side of the courtyard.
Lin Mengya removed the hand that covered her mouth and gasped for breath.
"Why are you here?"
She turned around and looked at Murong Xi.
Murong Xi was looking at her with a complicated look, which made Lin Mengya feel a little uncomfortable.
Lin Mengya looked at herself and touched her face. She felt that there was nothing wrong.
Why did Murong Xi's look make her hair stand on end?
"I … Did I get into trouble again?"
"I don't think so."
However, Murong Xi sighed and said somewhat helplessly.
"Should I say, why are you everywhere?"
Why did her words make her feel a little guilty?
"Isn't this a very normal thing? Some people are born to attract important things. Tell me, what incredible thing did I encounter this time? "
Murong Xi took a deep look at her, and then pulled her away.
Baisu was also watching from afar and did not go forward.
"Your personal maidservant's martial arts is not bad."
Lin Mengya immediately said proudly when she mentioned this.
"Of course, my Baisu is a top-notch martial arts master. Don't change the topic. What happened? "
Although Murong Xi did not quite agree with the term "top-notch", as a maidservant, she was more than enough to protect her master.
At this moment, she did not care about Gong Ya's boasting.
"Do you know how many people died on the day of Dongzhi?"
Lin Mengya thought for a moment and shook her head.
There were heavy losses that night. Although there were few civilians, the other two explosions occurred in densely populated residential areas.
Perhaps they should thank the snow sculpture that night, which caused many people to walk out of their homes.
Otherwise, the losses would have been even more severe.
"Have you done the aftermath work? If necessary, the Gong family can provide financial help to the families of the dead and injured. "
After all, the snow sculpture was her idea.
She had an unshirkable responsibility for these casualties.
Although she had done a lot of things with Gong Wu after the incident, she still could not be considerate.
However, Murong Xi shook her head and said.
"I know you have helped the Lian family a lot, but what I want to tell you is not these people, but another group of people. People who should have died have come back to life. Can you believe it? "
Come back to life? Lin Mengya felt that this question was a little embarrassing for her.
However, her situation was a special case, so she did not think that it would be the same for others.
"Who came back to life?"
"Originally, my people received news that a group of people from aristocratic families were killed by thugs disguised as the imperial guards. Later, the imperial guards disposed of the bodies. I didn't expect that a few people actually survived. They are still in their respective families now. But at that time, the imperial guards were sure that they were dead. Now, even we don't know what's going on. The only thing we know is that after these people returned home, they all chose to close their doors. Even the families that they belonged to had begun to live in seclusion. The emperor and the empress are very worried and hope that I can investigate this matter. "
This matter was really a little strange.
Lin Mengya thought about it, but felt that it was difficult to come up with a good solution at the moment.
"Are you sure that they were really dead, and the one who is alive is not an imposter? For example, a disguise or something. "
Murong Xi shook his head. On the first night after they found out about this, his men had sneaked into someone's mansion and secretly investigated it.
There was no doubt that it was the real person, and there were no traces of disguise on his face.
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