Luo Yao turned around when she heard the sound, and saw a familiar figure slowly walking towards her.
Her mind failed to turn around for a moment, and she looked at the other person doubtfully, "Who are you?"
"Have you forgotten me so quickly?" The other party said with a kind smile.
"It's you!" She suddenly realized and approached Chu Zhiliang, "I didn't expect you to live here. We are so destined."
"I didn't expect that we would meet again so soon." Chu Zhiliang smiled and made an invitation gesture to her, "Let's sit down inside and talk!"
"After you."
Chu Zhiliang was helped into the front hall by the guards, and Luo Yao followed them back to the front hall.
Chu Zhiliang sat down and looked at her with a smile, "Why don't you sit down?"
"I won't sit down. In fact, we are here this time..."
"Wang Li sent someone to tell him a few days ago that he wants to unlock the door, right?" Chu Zhiliang interrupted her.
She nodded, then opened her eyes wide and looked at Chu Zhiliang, and asked, "Are you the master lockpicker that the prince mentioned?"
Chu Zhiliang waved his hand, "I'm just a locksmith, not an expert."
"It's really you! That's great."
Luo Yao came forward excitedly holding the small wooden box and handed it to Chu Zhiliang, "Please help me see the lock. Can I open it?"
"Don't worry, I'll take a look first."
Chu Zhiliang took the wooden box, looked at the lock on it carefully, and suddenly frowned.
"What's wrong?" Luo Yao asked hurriedly.
"I have been opening locks for most of my life, and this is the first time I have seen a lock like this. You see, the lock cylinder is very deep, and there are many grooves of different shapes inside. It is difficult to open it without a key."
Luo Yao looked disappointed, "Is there nothing you can do?"
"It's hard to tell." Chu Zhiliang said truthfully.
Luo Yao sighed helplessly.
Maybe this box contains evidence of Lan Qin's murder or something, and opening the box can help Lan Qin get revenge.
Now not only did she not get back the property Lan Qin left her, she couldn't even open the box.
Worry!
Chu Zhiliang raised his eyes and looked at her, "Where did this box come from? If I can get the key, maybe I can open it."
"This was left by my mother. My mother has passed away. I don't know where to find the key."
"Where's your father? Doesn't he know?" Chu Zhiliang asked again.
Luo Yao was awakened instantly. Last time she was urged to leave by Xiao Yan at the Prime Minister's Mansion, she didn't even bother to take the box to Luo Zhenming to ask.
Luo Zhenming and Lan Qin are husband and wife after all, so maybe he knows something.
"Thank you! I'll go back and ask my dad right now."
Chu Zhiliang stood up and walked towards her, "If you really don't have the key, just take the box back and I will think of a solution for you."
"Thanks."
Luo Yao thanked Chu Zhiliang repeatedly and left Chu Mansion holding the wooden box.
Not long after she left, Chu Lin came back.
As soon as Chu Lin entered the door, he saw Chu Zhiliang walking in the shade of the courtyard with a smile on his face. He walked over with a surprised look on his face.
"The sun shouldn't be coming out from the west today, right? The old man actually went out for a walk?"
Chu Zhiliang turned to look at him, "Why did you come back so early today?"
"There's nothing important in the store. I'll come back early to accompany you. Why are you so happy today?"
"As I told you last time, a girl named Luo Yao came to our house."
"Luo Yao is here?"
Chu Lin looked around and asked hurriedly: "Where is she?"
"Just left."
Not caring to talk to Chu Zhiliang, Chu Lin immediately chased out of the house. He glanced at the streets on both sides of the door, but there was no sign of Luo Yao.
she left!
Why did she leave before he saw her?
…
Luo Yao held the wooden box and walked forward through the bustling street. Wuhen kept persuading her in her ears with a look of embarrassment on her face.
"Let's go back! If the prince knows that he should blame his subordinates."
Luo Yao remained unmoved, turning a deaf ear to Wuhen's words and continued walking forward.
She has only one purpose: she must go to the Prime Minister's Mansion today!
After Wuhen tried to persuade her for a long time, he had no choice but to stop her, "Please, Princess, please don't embarrass me!"
She stopped in dissatisfaction, raised her eyes coldly, "Get out of the way!"
"The prince said..."
She interrupted Wuhen angrily, "He also said he would help me open the lock. Did he open it?"
"..." Wuhen was speechless.
Rolling her eyes at him, Luo Yao passed by him and walked straight towards the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Wuhen couldn't persuade her either softly or hardly, so he had no choice but to follow her to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Arriving at the Prime Minister's Mansion, Luo Yao took the wooden box directly to Luo Zhenming's study and opened the door.
Luo Zhenming, who was reading a book, put down the book unhappily and reprimanded Luo Yao who was standing in front of him, "Why are you back?"
Luo Yao didn't have time to say anything nonsense and put the wooden box on the desk in front of him.
"Do you have the key to this wooden box?"
Seeing that she ignored his words and spoke to him in such a tone, Luo Zhenming slapped the table and stood up, "Is this your attitude towards your elders?"
She didn't have time to argue with Luo Zhenming, so she forced a smile out of her mouth and said, "Dad, do you have the key?"
"What is this and how do I have the key?"
"Have you never seen this thing?" she asked.
Luo Zhenming frowned, looked at the old wooden box impatiently, and said with disgust: "How could I have seen such an unlucky old thing."
"Unlucky old thing."
Luo Yao laughed at herself and looked down at the wooden box, "This is what my mother left behind."
"What? This is..."
She interrupted Luo Zhenming coldly, "How did my mother die?"
"What do you mean?"
"My mother suffered from illness for a year before she passed away. Is there really anything wrong with this?" She couldn't help but raise her voice when she got emotional.
"Nonsense! Do you suspect that I killed your mother?" Luo Zhenming's eyes widened angrily, and he slammed the table again in anger.
"I'll figure it out."
After finishing her words, she picked up the wooden box and turned to leave.
Luo Zhenming chased her out from behind the desk and shouted at her, "Stop!"
Luo Yao had no intention of stopping.
"You, you want to piss me off!"
As soon as Luo Yao returned to the front yard, Wuhen walked towards her.
"Princess, can we go back?"
"cannot."
"What else do you want to do?" Wuhen asked.
She looked at Wuhen with a serious face, "Go back and tell the prince that I will stay at the Prime Minister's Mansion for a few days."
"this……"
Letting her return to the Prime Minister's Mansion was already against the prince's order. How dare he let her stay in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"What? I can't go back to my parents' house to stay for a few days? I was married to Prince Li's Mansion, not sold to Prince Li's Mansion!"
Wuhen frowned in embarrassment and persuaded in a good voice: "I really can't make the decision, so why don't you go back with me and discuss the stay with the prince in person."
"I won't go back."
She is not stupid. She finally came out. Will she still have a chance to come out after she goes back?
Wuhen was so anxious that he broke into a sweat and continued to persuade: "If you are like this, my subordinates really can't explain it to the prince."
Luo Yao stood unmoved, Wuhen surrounded her and tried to persuade her for a long time, but she refused to let go.
At this moment, Luo Jiao walked to the front yard with a few familiar little sisters, looked towards Luo Yao from where they were standing, and happened to see Luo Yao talking to a man in an ambiguous manner.
The little sister next to her also saw Luo Yao and asked her hurriedly, "Who is that? Why are you so close to the man?"
"The two of them almost hugged each other in broad daylight. It was so unbecoming!"
Luo Jiao's lips curled up with a hint of slyness, "Let's go over and take a look."
Several people walked towards Luo Yao. After seeing Luo Yao, Luo Jiao deliberately pretended to be surprised, "Sister, why is it you?"
"Sister? You said she is the sister who married King Li?"
"I'm already married to King Li, and yet I'm still flirting with a man here. I don't follow the rules of women. It's a disgrace to us women!"
"that is!"
