Ye Youlan's daily life of traveling through time

Chapter 187 Interrogation

It was late at night. In an inconspicuous and shabby alley in the capital, a man in black put a sword on a trembling man who kept begging for mercy. His pants were wet with fear.

"Please spare me, I really don't know."

The man's voice was cold: "Will you tell me?"

He increased the force of the sword in his hand, and blood was already oozing from the man's fat neck.

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you. I'm just an errand boy. Last time, I got a job at Liuji Casino. They asked me to help find a few smart flower girls and arrange for them to sell flowers at places where the princess often goes. I don't know the real reason."

"Who assigned you this job at Liuji?"

"Fatty Sun, a very tall and thin man, probably in his early forties. Oh, and he has a big black mole under his mouth."

The man put away his sword and said, "If you want to stay alive, you'd better keep your mouth shut."

"Little understands."

The man turned and said to the men in black standing behind him, "Go find Fatty Sun."

Fatty Sun was flirting with a prostitute in a Cuixianglou when he was suddenly taken away by a man in black who fell from the sky. The prostitute was so frightened that she couldn't even utter a shriek before she was slapped unconscious.

Fatty Sun felt like he was being led along at a very fast pace, turning many corners before finally stopping. Someone pulled off his blindfold, and he could see that this was an interrogation room. Various frightening torture instruments were hung on the surrounding walls.

His hands were hung up, and in the dim light, he saw a man dressed in black, with a cold and noble look, looking down at him. His eyes were cold, like a dagger thrust at him.

He couldn't help but shudder, his body shaking as the coldness invaded him. He couldn't help but guess who was in front of him. He knew that it was the Seventh Prince who was serious and decisive in his actions. He didn't expect that he would find him so soon.

He pretended to be calm and asked, "Who are you and why did you kidnap me?"

The man waved the whip in his hand: "What do you say?"

"I do not even know you."

"Fatty Sun, stop acting. If you don't tell the truth, I'll let you experience all the torture instruments here. Let's see who's more tight-lipped, yours or my instruments?"

Beads of sweat kept trickling down Fatty Sun's forehead. He forced himself to say, "I don't know who you are, and I don't know why you arrested me."

The man said coldly, "Here are some hints: night market, flower girl, princess."

While Fatty Sun was pretending to think, a long whip hit his body and a blood mark immediately appeared. Fatty Sun was extremely horrified. He screamed in pain, and then he was hit by the second whip.

"I said, I said."

The man stopped.

"My brother gave me five hundred taels to do this. I thought it was a simple job. I just hired a dozen maids to carry flower baskets and sell flowers. Later, when I learned that something happened to the princess, I realized I had gotten into big trouble. Your Highness, I really didn't know the flowers were poisonous. The girls sell flowers every day, and they can sell more than a dozen every night. I haven't heard of anyone getting hurt. I also wonder how the princess was poisoned."

"Who is your brother?"

"Sun Qian works at Jinghua Academy. He said it was a good business, so it would be better to let one of his brothers do it than to let others do it, so that the benefits will be kept within the family. How could I have known that he was harming me?"

The man moved his fingers and said, "Go arrest Sun Qian." Then he looked at Fatty Sun and said, "I'll have to bear with you for a few days until the matter is fully investigated."

"Will your Majesty untie me?"

"No."

Ye Youlan was strolling in the garden after dinner when she suddenly saw the Seventh Prince, Li Zhi, and the others approaching from the wing room on the other side of the rockery. She was stunned for a moment: "Prince, when did you come back? If I had known you were coming back, I wouldn't have eaten dinner so early."

The Seventh Prince came over with a smile and took Ye Youlan's hand: "Come on, eat some more with me."

In the dining room, the maid brought the food. Xiaomei stood beside and kept winking at Ye Youlan, and Ye Youlan smiled.

"Your Highness, you must be tired from running around outside. How about I feed you?"

After Ye Youlan said this, she saw Xiaomei nodding repeatedly, meaning that the princess did a good job. Ye Youlan thought that this was forcing the issue!

The prince put down his chopsticks and turned to Ye Youlan: "Princess, you are so attentive today, so I will respectfully obey your orders."

Ye Youlan picked up the porridge and began to feed the Seventh Prince. The Seventh Prince opened his mouth to take the food and asked with interest, "Did the sun rise from the west today?"

Ye Youlan glanced at Xiaomei and said unhappily, "The sun rises from the east as usual, but some people want to see me make it rise from the west."

"Who?"

Xiaomei quickly said, "I'll go get some hot water."

When the prince heard the word "hot water", he burst out laughing. Fortunately, he had swallowed the food in his mouth, otherwise he would have sprayed it all over Ye Youlan.

Ye Youlan said helplessly: "I want to send Xiaomei back to the Prime Minister's Mansion."

The Seventh Prince nodded and said, "Send Li Yi over as well."

"I won't send Li Yi away. One will live in the Prime Minister's residence and the other in the Prince's residence. I will draw a wide and long Milky Way between them so that they can see each other every Qixi Festival."

"You are more terrifying than the Queen Mother."

"Who told her to only remember to deliver hot water every day?"

The Seventh Prince suddenly realized and stared at Ye Youlan: "You are so attentive today, aren't you thinking?"

Ye Youlan turned her pretty face away with a blush: "I don't want to."

Two days later, Ye Youlan went to the Shiwen store again. Looking at the crowded and busy store, she was very happy.

What a coincidence, she saw Ding Xiaoshan's mother again. She must have been passing by here to buy vegetables. She was carrying about half a pound of pork belly in her hand. With a happy face, she took two pieces of snacks to pay the bill.

Ye Youlan was very pleased that the Ding family iron shop should have business again.

Wen Xuan saw the carriage coming from the palace and hurried over: "The best-selling items these past two days are snacks and fruits, as well as sachets and purses. Toys are also selling well. The worst-selling items are school supplies."

Ye Youlan thought about it and it made sense. The children who came to the academy to study usually had their school supplies bought early by their families, so their temporary needs were not high.

"The variety of snacks and fruits should be richer, and the wrapping paper should be exquisite. It can be printed with the twelve zodiac animals, heroes from mythological stories, and famous attractions of the Great Chu. If you collect twenty pieces, you can exchange them for something free."

"I'll make arrangements right away."

The Seventh Prince slept in and when he woke up he found Ye Youlan was not around. He called out to Li Zhi, "Where's the Princess?"

Li Zhi said, "The princess went to the Shiwen store."

The Seventh Prince quickly stood up and put on his clothes: "Why didn't you call me and bring some guards?"

"The princess only brought Dingxiang with her, but I arranged for four guards to follow her, as well as two secret guards."

The Seventh Prince was relieved when he heard this: "Have you found that Sun Qian?"

"Sun Qian got drunk last night and died in the river near his home. When he was fished out, his body was completely soaked white."

"Tell Fatty Sun that Sun Qian is dead and see if he can get anything out of him. If not, send him back the way he came."