The Princess gave a signal with her eyes.
The Bunny Officer immediately stepped forward to search Jingxiang for the squid ink pouch. He searched all over, but couldn't find it!
Once again, everyone's eyes turned to Qin Ming.
Qin Ming, pretending to be puzzled, said,
"Something's not right. The people in the Imperial Kitchen clearly said she took a squid ink pouch. How could it not be on her? Could she have hidden it on me?"
He deliberately searched his own body, checking his sleeves and pockets, but they were empty.
The nearly-dead Jingxiang almost died of shock when she saw this!
She had clearly seen Qin Ming steal the ink pouch from his sleeve.
How could it be gone now?
In less than thirty breaths,
the Princess had already ordered someone to bring the chef from the Imperial Kitchen.
The chef naturally dared not lie.
He clearly stated that Jingxiang had taken an ink pouch from the Imperial Kitchen.
Several eunuchs and maids nearby could attest to it!
The Princess ordered the area to be searched carefully,
but no ink pouch was found.
"Report, Your Highness! Footprints from Jingxiang were found in the Imperial Garden!"
"Just her footprints?"
"Yes, Your Highness. Qin Ming's footprints only appeared in the corridor, proving he never went into the Imperial Garden."
"Search the Imperial Garden thoroughly for me."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Qin Ming leaned against the rockery.
Though the wound on his left chest hurt terribly,
seeing Jingxiang's despairing, speechless expression filled him with satisfaction!
Little girl, what can you do with your time-traveling tricks?
You thought you could harm people with that little bit of cleverness.
In the end, you don't even know how you'll die.
"Report!"
A Baiyu Guard rushed in, kneeling in a panic.
"Reporting to the Princess, an ink pouch was found behind the rockery in the Imperial Garden's dry well."
Jingxiang's eyes were filled with disbelief.
"Report, Your Highness! At the bottom of the dry well where the ink pouch was found, a corpse was discovered. It's the body of Eunuch Liu Yuan!"
"Turns out, Jingxiang is really a time traveler. She killed Eunuch Liu Yuan earlier, and today used the ink pouch to suppress a soul!"
As these words fell, the entire room was stunned.
The entire chain of evidence was perfectly closed!
Jingxiang had taken the ink pouch from the Imperial Kitchen, left footprints in the Imperial Garden, and the ink pouch was later found in the dry well!
No one saw Qin Ming use the ink pouch from beginning to end, and his footprints were only found in the corridor!
When the Princess, General Tie Hu, and the others with their venomous eyes turned to Jingxiang,
blood gushed from her throat like a column, continuously spilling out.
She stared at Qin Ming in shock.
She couldn't understand how Qin Ming had framed her for all of this.
In pain, she coughed several times, her breath growing weaker, and she died in despair, her eyes wide open, unwilling to close!
With a strange screech,
more than twenty red, eerie-winged birds appeared in the sky.
They swooped down with long tails, zeroing in on Jingxiang's head, pecking at it.
"Indeed! Jingxiang is truly a time traveler! These Soul-Eating Birds only feed on the souls of time travelers!"
"Yes, it's true. Who would've thought that a time traveler managed to infiltrate the Demon Suppression Tower."
As soon as the Baiyu Guard finished speaking,
Princess Han Yuexi suddenly turned her head.
Her eyes glowed with a sharp, murderous intent.
"Are you saying that this Princess cannot detect a time traveler?"
The Baiyu Guard was so frightened that he immediately dropped to his knees!
With a thunderous sound,
the Baiyu Guard was struck and sent flying a hundred meters, spitting blood and dying instantly!
General Tie Hu of the Baiyu Guards immediately knelt down.
"Princess, forgive me! I failed to properly discipline my subordinates! Please forgive me, Your Highness!"
Tie Hu, drenched in cold sweat, was terrified.
That stupid soldier had mentioned a time traveler infiltrating the Demon Suppression Tower. Didn't that slap the Princess in the face?
If the Princess was angered, she could easily cut off his head with a sword, and even the Empress wouldn't say a word!
Princess Han Yuexi's expression grew colder and colder.
She suddenly took two steps forward, her right hand rising, and she gently clenched it in the air.
The snowflakes falling from the sky instantly gathered together, forming a blue ice sword.
With a loud "whoosh,"
the ice sword struck down, splitting the already dead Jingxiang in half, her flesh and blood flying everywhere!
"Damned time traveler! How dare you sneak into my side!
Take her flesh and feed it to the dogs!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
The Princess turned and left.
After walking for a few steps, she suddenly turned around and coldly said,
"Bring Little Qin to my room."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
...
The Bunny Officer and the Goat Officer helped Qin Ming toward the Princess's upper hall.
The Bunny Officer was short with a round face and a gentle personality.
While supporting Qin Ming, she tore open his chest area to check his wound and applied some healing ointment for external injuries.
The Goat Officer had fair skin and a beauty mark at the corner of her mouth.
"Two sisters, could you please deliver the coal I brought back to Sister Lingyin?"
"At this time, you're still thinking about delivering coal?"
"Sister Lingyin's room is cold, and she's sick. Please help me!"
The Bunny and Goat Officers escorted Qin Ming to the door of the upper hall.
"Go in by yourself. Don't worry about Lingyin!"
This was Qin Ming's second time entering Princess Han Yuexi's room.
This time, his mindset was much more stable than the first.
The room was filled with white jade furniture and decorations, giving off a cold and frosty feeling.
Princess Han Yuexi, lazily reclining in a white jade chair, crossed her legs. Her long, fair legs looked even more smooth and glossy under the bright light.
"Greetings, Your Highness."
The Princess raised her eyes, her sharp gaze locking onto Qin Ming's eyes.
"Little Qin, you're a time traveler too, aren't you?"
Qin Ming remained very calm.
"No."
"Do you know Li Bai?"
"I don't know him."
Princess Han Yuexi stood up from the white jade chair, her hands clasped behind her back. With a powerful aura, she stood in front of Qin Ming.
A faint scent of fragrance surrounded her.
Her fiery red lips and stunning beauty stood out.
She moved closer and closer to Qin Ming, and he could almost feel her breath.
She lightly bit her crimson lips, seemingly trying to deliberately disturb Qin Ming's mindset!
It was incredibly tempting!
Not to mention the fact that in this situation, Qin Ming was likely to become flustered.
What was even more terrifying was that he was a fake eunuch!
How could he bear such a situation!
If he slipped up even the slightest, he wouldn't even know how he'd die!!
Qin Ming quickly focused his thoughts into the Sky Locking Gourd!
He took a deep breath to calm his emotions.
How could this cold-blooded Princess, capable of such ruthlessness, also use such seductive tactics!
"Little Qin, I ask you, who is Lagrange?"
"I don't know!"
"Who is Zhuge Liang?"
"Princess, I haven't read much, I really don't know."
"Then am I beautiful?"
"Beautiful!"
"Do the beauties from your place wear black stockings?"
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