Qingmei hesitated for a moment.
She still said, "I have spoken, don’t worry, Princess."
"When you were lost, the Emperor sent Marquis Wan to find you, and the Marquis almost mobilized all the Xiu Luo Envoys."
"As a result, some miscreants took advantage of this time to sneak into the Xiuluo Guard and set it on fire!"
"Chu Ping happened to be in the Xiuluo Guard and got injured unintentionally while catching the culprit."
Bai Zhi’er immediately jumped off the bed, her little voice anxious, "Is it serious?"
Qingmei saw the Princess without shoes, worried she’d get her little feet cold, hurriedly scooped her back onto the bed.
"Princess, I’ve said it, don’t be anxious! I’m not finished yet."
"Luckily it was discovered in time, those arsonists were all captured, Chu Ping did suffer some injuries."
"After the Marquis sent you back, he went promptly to deal with these matters."
"Now that the interrogation is done, I heard it was Master Wei who did it!"
Bai Zhi’er blinked her big round eyes, "Master Wei?"
Qingmei nodded, "Minister of Public Works Wei Caijie, the Princess knows him, the one who killed his son in court!"
Upon hearing this, the little girl immediately remembered.
"It was that big baddie! He actually instructed people to burn Brother Ce’s house!" Bai Zhi’er was angry.
Qingmei hesitated slightly at the word "house."
It seemed the Princess had some misunderstanding about the Marquis.
Although Marquis Wan stayed at the Xiuluo Guard daily,
his mansion was the largest residence in the capital, besides the imperial palace, situated right in the middle of the city street.
Bai Zhi’er stepped off the bed again and put on her tiny shoes, "Sister Qingmei, let’s go together to check it out!"
Qingmei hurriedly asked, "Princess, please rest a bit more. The Emperor has just ordered the Ministry of Justice to arrest Master Wei, and the Xiuluo Guard just caught fire, it might be chaotic now."
The little girl insisted, "Then all the more reason to go, we can’t always let Brother Ce help us while he faces trouble, and we don’t care for him, don’t you agree?"
Qingmei was startled.
She actually felt the Princess’s words made some sense.
She immediately said, "I will accompany the Princess, let me get your clothes ready."
All the Xiu Luo Envoys were busy coming and going, cleaning out the burned ashes and moving undamaged documents to the courtyard. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel·fıre·net
The side hall was the most severely burned, almost completely destroyed.
Also, the backyard, which was the initial fire location, had half of the wall turned black.
Feng Fuce paced in the prison, his expression still cold.
It seemed the fire at the Xiuluo Guard had no impact on him.
"Marquis, the trees in the backyard burned black have been wrapped up with fabric as per your orders," Lei Hu hurriedly said.
Feng Fuce then turned his gaze, "There are two completely ruined, remember to dig out the roots."
Lei Hu nodded, "Already had them carried out."
Just then, the sounds of Xiu Luo Envoys greeting at the door were heard —
"Greetings, Princess."
Feng Fuce’s brows suddenly furrowed.
The little rascal coming at this time, isn’t she just going to see the two burned-out Ju Zi trees being carried out?
Feng Fuce immediately strode out, moving very swiftly.
Bai Zhi’er was standing at the gate, smiling and chatting with the two Xiu Luo Envoys carrying the tree trunks.
The little girl looked up with her round, black eyes at the charred tree trunks.
"Brothers, did these trees also die from the fire?"
The Xiu Luo Envoy nodded, "The Marquis instructed us to..."
"Bai Zhi’er!" Feng Fuce’s cold voice came, directly interrupting their words.