The princess is so sweet and charming that she can't escape if she offends the prince.

Chapter 37 Put your forehead on his chest
On the third day after Zhou Linrong disappeared, Xiao Lan, Pei Jing and others returned to Beijing.

Pei Jing sighed and said, "You can't let anyone live anymore. After running away for so many days, I just came back and recruited people out again."

Xiao Lan glanced at him: "I didn't call you. I will go to the Forbidden Army later to investigate the situation. You can go home first."

Pei Jing: "I'm not thinking about you. I won't go home now. I'll go to heaven and earth for a meal first. Oh, by the way, if you come or not, Miss Ruan will definitely talk about you after we haven't seen you for so long. "

"Hey, you have such a mouth," Xiao Lan tilted her head and gave him a glare, and Pei Jing immediately changed the subject.

"Okay, okay, go ahead and do your work. Come to me at noon when you have time, and I'll leave first."

*
When Pei Jing appeared, Ruan Ning's eyes lit up: "Prince Pei, where have you been recently? I haven't seen you here."

Pei Jing said while ordering: "We are on a business trip out of town. Why, do you have something to do with me?"

Ruan Ning smiled and thought: There is indeed something wrong, but it's too late to say anything now.

She shook her head and said, "It's okay, I'm just curious."

*
Beiya.

After sorting out the matter, Qin Huai took Xiao Lan and said, "It's dinner time. Why don't we let the cook make two dishes? Let's eat in the Yamen today."

Speaking of dinner, an idea flashed in Xiao Lan's mind and she said, "Don't bother, Pei Jing said he was treating us today."

*
When Xiao Lan arrived, Ruan Ning was busy in the store. He stood at the door and cleared his throat, as if to say hello to Ruan Ning.

Normally, Ruan Ning would have floated over like a butterfly at this time, but this time, after the two looked at each other, Ruan Ning immediately looked away, didn't come over and didn't talk to him, and seemed to not want to talk to him at all. .

The aura around Xiao Lan immediately became cold, and even the corners of his mouth tightened.

Qin Huai on the side looked at Xiao Lan and then at Ruan Ning, and based on his experience, he came to a conclusion: "Did you offend her?"

Xiao Lan withdrew her gaze from Ruan Ning and said angrily: "How do I know?"

When someone asked for something, he would please him, and when nothing happened, he would just put it aside. Xiao Lan finally understood Ruan Ning's way of life. He walked upstairs, making a "dong-dong" sound on the stairs.

After the sound disappeared, Ruan Ning threw the things in her hands, her eyes were red, and for some reason, she suddenly wanted to cry.

Ruan Ning hid in a corner to calm down before carrying the food up to the second floor.

The princess is missing, and the palace is probably in chaos. Xiao Lan and the others must have some gossip.

"Your Majesty is still smart, otherwise he is busy with his work. We will conduct another investigation in the afternoon, and I think we can bring the murderer to justice tonight."

As soon as Ruan Ning walked out of the door, she heard what Qin Huai said. After listening to it, sweat broke out on her forehead. She thought she had done it perfectly, so she could be discovered?

She went in with the food and wanted to continue to get some news.

But when she entered the room, Qin Huai suddenly stopped talking. He glanced at Xiao Lan first, and saw that he didn't even raise his eyelids, and looked at Ruan Ning with a strange expression.

Pei Jing is a good person. He immediately realized that something was wrong in the atmosphere. He rolled his eyes on a few people and said quietly: "What's wrong? How long have we not seen each other? We don't know each other anymore?"

Xiao Lan took a sip from the teacup but still said nothing.

Ruan Ning was still a little angry with him, so she ignored him and spoke directly to Qin Huai: "General Qin, I just heard you say that the murderer who kidnapped the princess will be caught?"

Since the notices were posted anyway, Qin Huai didn’t need to hide them and said directly:

"Yes, the prince said that after searching all over the capital and not finding the princess, it means that she is no longer in the city. There is only one possibility of successfully leaving the city and avoiding interrogation, and that is fresh goods.

The delivery of fresh vegetables is not affected by the city gate ban, and the inspection is relatively loose. It is a good opportunity to hide people. Now it is just a matter of checking which stores or individuals have delivered it in the past few days. Once the investigation scope is locked down, there will be no worries about arresting anyone. Come. "

After finishing speaking, Qin Huai sighed again, "Isn't the idea that the prince came up with a brilliant idea? I should be conducting an inspection this afternoon, and your store is probably one of them." Ruan Ning walked out half-heartedly, feeling like he was going to get cold. .

Her head spun rapidly, and she turned around and entered the room in the corner, intending to shut herself up and think about what to do.

But as soon as she closed the door, the door was suddenly pushed open by someone outside, and then, a tall figure walked in.

Ruan Ning said "Ah!", covered her fragile chest, and complained: "It scared me to death. Why are you walking silently?"

Xiao Lan lowered his eyes and stared at her, and said calmly: "You are too obsessed with thinking."

She didn't know if it was Ruan Ning's illusion, but she always felt that there was something in his words, as if he was trying to find out something. She didn't dare to look at Xiao Lan, so she cleared her throat and said, "Did the prince go to the wrong place? This is the staff lounge."

As she spoke, she also pointed to the sign on the door: Internal only, no one else allowed in.

Xiao Lan glanced at Ruan Ning, then looked at Ruan Ning, and said "oh" as if nothing had happened. Not only did she have no intention of leaving, but she took two more steps towards Ruan Ning.

Ruan Ning retreated helplessly, stumbling and saying: "You, what are you doing? Isn't it eating? Why don't you go back quickly?"

Xiao Lan stood half a step away from Ruan Ning, looked at her steadily, and said in the same tone as usual: "Tell me, what did you do to your heart's content?"

Ruan Ning felt cold sweat break out on his back and shook his head stiffly: "I didn't do anything. Why do you ask that?"

Xiao Lan didn't follow him around and asked directly: "Based on your expression just now, I now strongly suspect that you have something to do with the princess's disappearance."

Ruan Ning's breath was stagnant. In front of Xiao Lan, Ruan Ning had nowhere to hide. It was useless for her to serve as a shield for him. He probably wanted to sacrifice her to heaven now.

Thinking of this, Ruan Ning muttered: "Men really have no conscience."

Xiao Lan frowned: "What did you say?"

Ruan Ning didn't think Xiao Lan was really capable of solving the case with subtle expressions. He must have read the letter and found out that she had recently had a problem with Zhou Linrong, so he doubted her.

He knew it anyway, Ruan Ning broke the jar and said: "You read the letter I wrote to you, do you know everything?"

Xiao Lan's brows furrowed further: "What letter?"

Ruan Ning was stunned: "Didn't you doubt me after reading the letter?"

Xiao Lan intuitively felt that there must be something wrong, and said bluntly: "I have been working in other places recently and have never come back. I have never seen the letter you mentioned."

At this point, Ruan Ning suddenly realized: "I gave the letter to the concierge of the palace, and he said you were unwilling to help me, so I took the risk."

Xiao Lan nodded slightly: "I really didn't see any letter. Now, can you tell me the whole story clearly?"

Ruan Ning felt a little uneasy and blinked at him: "Then are you willing to help me?"

Xiao Lan had a headache: "You tell me first and listen."

After hearing this, Ruan Ning looked at Xiao Lan again and suddenly felt that his figure was even more majestic.

The fact that he didn't arrest her immediately, but listened to her explanation, proved that he was still willing to help her.

It's a coincidence. If Xiao Lan didn't go out for a while, he would definitely be able to help her rescue Xiaoshuang instead of letting her make the situation like this.

Thinking of this, Ruan Ning suddenly couldn't hold back her emotions. The pressure accumulated in the past few days suddenly poured out, and she said in a whimpering voice:
"It's all Zhou Linrong. She bullied me. Not only did she smash up my shop, but she also sold Xiaoshuang to a brothel. Now her life or death is uncertain."

Speaking of excitement, she stepped forward and grabbed Xiao Lan's arm, pressing her forehead against his chest, as if she was treating him as a life-saving straw.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

(End of this chapter)