137: Chapter 137 I Might Have Been Exposed 137: Chapter 137 I Might Have Been Exposed “What idea?” she just finished speaking when Shen Xiheng looked at her expectantly.
Qi Yu thought it was a pity that this man was an official.
He would do better studying the Sichuan opera face-changing art.
Given ti, he could certainly achieve considerable success.
However, now was not the ti for jokes.
She suppressed those irrelevant thoughts in her mind and spoke lightly, “Move the silver to Pri Minister Residence.”
“What?” Shen Xiheng exclaid in shock, almost losing his composure.
But he was the only one surprised.
The faces of Li Mingjue and Song Ling showed an indifferent deanor.
Shen Xiheng grimaced, feeling it best to remain silent, lest he seed like a fool inexperienced in the ways of the world.
But Qi Yu’s idea was indeed sowhat unexpected.
Weren’t they planning to act against Li Ming’an?
How co the focus shifted to the Pri Minister Residence.
Moreover, what if it got discovered by Qi Wei?
Song Ling nodded and said, “Currently, the Pri Minister Residence is indeed the most appropriate place to store that gold, Princess.
You kill two birds with one stone with this move.”
Qi Yu appreciated him with a glance and, with a hint of disdain, cast a sideways glance at Shen Xiheng.
They were both officials, but why was there such a huge difference?
Shen Xiheng rolled his eyes but decided not to argue with her.
Qi Yu continued, “The most dangerous place is the safest.
It’s impossible now to sneak such a substantial amount of silver into the Prince An Residence quietly.
The best strategy is to shift the bla to Qi Wei.”
The others heard her repeatedly ntion the Qi Family and Qi Wei, yet found nothing amiss.
Li Mingjue also agreed with her idea but added, “This matter still needs further consideration.”
His words were almost akin to giving them the go-ahead to leave.
Song Ling and Shen Xiheng exchanged a look, both understanding the cue and promptly rose to leave the study.
Qi Yu raised an eyebrow and looked at the person sitting upright, “Prince, what do you an by this?”
Li Mingjue’s expression was not as gentle as before, his dark eyes staring intently at her, as if trying to see through her.
Qi Yu sensed an unusual aura, her heart tightened—could it be that today’s incident had been exposed?
But that was impossible.
Although she had ntioned her visit to Princess Lingya to him, the fight was supposed to be a secret.
Moreover, Shen Nanxing would likely not betray her.
Qi Yu thought for a mont and felt confident enough not to show weakness.
She glared back at him.
Seeing her feisty deanor, Li Mingjue was the one to firstly fall back, his tone slightly helpless, “Why did you end up fighting when you went to see Princess Lingya today?”
Qi Yu couldn’t believe it, “Could it be that Shen Nanxing betrayed ?”
Li Mingjue glanced at her, “She is a Hidden Guard of the Prince Residence, naturally, she wouldn’t lie to .”
Qi Yu deflated completely, having thought the incident had gone unnoticed, only to be betrayed imdiately.
Seeing that Li Mingjue’s expression wasn’t very pleasant, she hurriedly explained, “I was just trying to scare Princess Lingya to lure out the person behind the scenes.”
Li Mingjue snorted coldly, turned his head away, and stopped looking at her.
After returning to the residence in the afternoon, he called Shen Nanxing to ask her what had happened in the palace today.
Shen Nanxing imdiately recounted everything Qi Yu had done, not omitting a single word.
Li Mingjue listened, feeling like he was going to be infuriated to death.
He thought she was just going to test the waters, but he hadn’t expected her to bring thugs to cause trouble.
If it weren’t for the fact that Xuanruo Pavilion did indeed have sothing to hide, this incident would have already spread throughout the entire Imperial Palace.
What he feared was not the sches of the harem, but rather that Qi Yu might fall victim to the State Preceptor’s secret plots.
People from Tulan are adept at Witchcraft Technique, and they carry all sorts of poisons.
If sothing really happened, no rescue would be possible.
But Qi Yu was very bold, not panicking at all, and even went to provoke them.
Li Mingjue looked at the person standing beside him, forcing a smile, his face relaxed a bit, but his tone was still icy, “Do you have anything else to say?”
Although Qi Yu didn’t understand what was bothering him, she could guess that he was just worried about her, so he was acting this way.
She sighed softly, pacifying him in a gentle and calm voice, “I’ve co back safely, haven’t I?”
In fact, what she really wanted to say was that she had already thought of a strategy in her heart, and there was no way anything could go wrong.
But then she thought again, feeling that such words might just infuriate Li Mingjue to death, so she decided against saying them.
Li Mingjue was not very satisfied with her answer, but dealing with soone who feared neither heaven nor earth, no amount of anger was useful; he could only warn, “If there’s a next ti, I will not let you off easily.”
Qi Yu raised four fingers, stating firmly, “You can rest assured, Prince, there absolutely won’t be a next ti!”
Li Mingjue saw her sincere expression and dissipated the bit of vexation in his heart.
Seeing that he had finally been pacified, Qi Yu imdiately changed the subject, “Qi Wei, that old fox, is still very astute.
It won’t be easy to move those silver pieces to his residence.”
Li Mingjue looked thoughtful for a mont and said, “Ever since Li Ming’an was put under house arrest, Qi Wei has stayed in his residence except when attending court, so hiding sothing under his nose is indeed not easy.”
After a pause, Qi Yu carefully recollected other places in the Pri Minister Residence where one could hide things apart from the storeroom.
Right now, the storeroom was definitely not an option, the key was in the hands of the Wang family, not to ntion that no one would hide illicit money in such an obvious place, practically inviting search.
Unfortunately, her visits to the Pri Minister Residence were few, and each ti they were quite unpleasant, leaving no ti to properly explore the environnt inside.
Furthermore, the original owner’s mories were very limited; she was always kept by the Qi Family in that dilapidated little courtyard in the backyard, so it was impossible to understand the layout of the Pri Minister Residence.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in Qi Yu’s mind, and she said to Li Mingjue, “Why not hide it in the backyard?
The Qi Family people never set foot there.”
She also just realized that the decrepit little yard where the original owner lived was indeed a good place to hide things.
It was secluded and usually unvisited by anyone.
Li Mingjue saw her eyes shining and nodded as well, but then asked, “But how would we sneak it in?”
Qi Yu chuckled and arched an eyebrow at him, “Have you forgotten I have a dinsional space?
Just need to find an opportunity to sneak into the Pri Minister Residence and take out the silver from inside.”
Li Mingjue laughed, having indeed forgotten about that part.
However, the matter of the space was truly too fantastical and must not be discovered by others.
Speaking of the space, Qi Yu felt a bit guilty.
She had perford a disappearing act in front of Jiutu last ti, and she didn’t know if he had beco suspicious of her afterward.
Li Mingjue saw her looking down, lost in thought, and sensed sothing was off, his brow furrowed, “What’s wrong?”
Qi Yu touched her nose awkwardly, her tone sheepish, “I might have exposed myself.”
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