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Chapter 523 Guo Miaomiao is in trouble

"How could such a minor thing as appearance have gotten out?"

"She made a mistake. I heard that her brother had a close female friend before. Once, she saw her brother and insisted that he was her brother. That's how everyone found out."

Some things don't just come out of thin air.

Du Mingxian felt that what Aunt Liu knew might be true, but the Guo family's affairs were not her concern; gossip was fine.

The two chatted for a while longer. Aunt Liu apologized to Du Mingxian repeatedly, but she didn't say anything else about Madam Cheng. She just talked about some gossip.

After seeing Aunt Liu off, Du Mingxian went back to her room. Not long after, Xiangyang came in and said, "Madam, Guo Miaomiao requests to see you."

"Did something happen?"

"They said they wanted to eat something."

"She's really getting lazy with me." Du Mingxian didn't want to get involved, but after hesitating, she asked Xiangyang to send some food to the prison and also asked Xiangyang to tell the guards not to bully Guo Miaomiao.

Women are always vulnerable, and women in prison have no human rights, making them even more pitiful.

Some yamen runners would even take turns on duty.

When Xiangyang returned after delivering the food, he said, "Madam, Guo Miaomiao overheard me giving instructions to the yamen runners while she was eating. She said she wanted to see you again."

"Is there anything else you want to say?" Du Mingxian asked herself.

"She suggested coming to see the madam, and said that you are sisters, so you should see her."

Du Mingxian sensed that Guo Miaomiao had something to say, "Go find the adults and tell them about this matter. If possible, the adults will make arrangements."

"Yes."

Half an hour later, Guo Miaomiao was already sitting in a chair drinking tea in Du Mingxian's room.

"My sister is truly a woman of her word; she actually agreed to acknowledge me as her younger sister."

"You keep saying you want to see me, it can't just be a simple desire to see me. What do you want to say?"

Guo Miaomiao looked at her with admiration. "Madam, you are truly amazing. I do have something to say."

"You say it."

"I haven't finished explaining things to the adults. I want to tell you the rest."

"Oh?"

“Because you are a good person, I spoke to the county magistrate. He may not be able to save my life, but I am certain that you can save mine.”

Du Mingxian herself was amused. In her past life, people who knew her identity avoided her like the plague, but in this life, someone was willing to believe her.

"Very well, then... let's begin."

"I said, can you protect me?"

"I've said before that as long as you haven't killed anyone and your crimes aren't serious, I can keep you from dying, but you'll still have to go to jail for some time."

"Okay, that's enough for me." Guo Miaomiao seemed to have given up entirely. "The people I know actually have a leader, and that person only comes every few days."

“Once I overheard them talking. I couldn’t understand what they were saying, but I saw a mark on the man’s arm.”

What kind of mark?

Guo Miaomiao was a little embarrassed. "I can't read, and I can't draw either. I'll explain it to you and you can draw it."

Drawing figures might be easier, but drawing things that resemble marks is quite difficult.

Guo Miaomiao said that Du Mingxian drew for a long time without finishing, so in the end Guo Miaomiao took the pen and drew a rough sketch, and then explained it to Du Mingxian in detail.

After about half an hour, the two finally drew the diagram.

Du Mingxian's expression darkened when she saw the image. "Are you sure it's this pattern?"

"Pretty sure."

"Okay, is there anything else you'd like to say?"

"Gone."

"Then I'll have you take me back."

"Okay." Guo Miaomiao wasn't against going back to prison, but she still said with a smile, "Could you have your maid continue to bring me food?"

"can."

"Thank you." Guo Miaomiao left, and Du Mingxian stared at the mark for a long time without coming back to her senses.

This reminded her of something from her past life.

In her past life, the son she raised brought a friend back with him. When she was receiving him, she noticed by chance that the man had this mark on his arm.

She even smiled and said the mark was pretty. What was the child's response?

The mark of their family.

So, it was a large family that handled this matter?

I feel like things are getting more and more complicated.

Du Mingxian didn't tell Ling Silang about her past life. When Ling Silang came back that night, she only showed him this mark, saying that Guo Miaomiao had instructed her to do so.

She didn't care about the rest of the investigation; she was more interested in what she might find out.

With the Crown Prince's people around, investigating this matter should be very easy.

She overestimated the Crown Prince's men and underestimated the enemy's strength; this mark has never been detected.

Six days passed in the blink of an eye, until news came from the prefectural city about Xia Yu.

She was already in the prefectural city, having handed over the investigation to others, and was on her way back to Ping County.

Having received no news from her for days, Du Mingxian was overwhelmed with mixed feelings. Although she didn't say it, her mouth was full of blisters. Now that she heard that Xia Yu was safe and sound, she was naturally very happy.

Xiangyang was also very happy. "Madam, you can finally breathe a sigh of relief now that Xia Yu is alright. You've seemed fine these past few days, but I've always been worried about you."

"I'm glad you know." Du Mingxian was truly relieved and was willing to say a few more words. "So no matter who of you goes out on business, it doesn't matter whether the business is completed or not. What matters is that you all come back safely. Don't make me worry."

"Yes, it is my honor to serve by your side, Madam."

Du Mingxian thought that she could ask Xia Yu clearly when she returned, and felt that it would be soon before Xia Yu went to the prefectural city.

Have you heard anything from prison lately?

"not yet."

Du Mingxian was still somewhat surprised, "Guo Miaomiao has finally settled down."

Just then, news came from ahead that Guo Miaomiao had gotten into trouble in prison, and Ling Silang had already rushed over.

"What happened? How could this have happened?"

"Madam, please don't be anxious. I'll go and find out some information."

Du Mingxian originally wanted to go by herself, but she stopped at the door. As the wife of a county magistrate, it would be too conspicuous for her to go there in person, and it would also have a bad influence if she went to the prison all the time. Besides, she was pregnant at the time.

"Go ahead, I'll wait here."

A short while later, Xiangyang rushed back. "Madam, the master wants you to go to the place where he handles official business. He said there is something for you to do."

"Did something happen?"

"No."

"Let's go and have a look."

Du Mingxian went over with Xiang Yang. There was no one guarding the door. As soon as she pushed the door open, she smelled a stench and saw a corpse lying on the ground.

In a flash, she understood Ling Silang's intention. "Xiangyang, you stay at the door. I'll go in and take a look."

"Yes."

Du Mingxian went in and closed the door. She went forward to check and found that the body had only been dead for a short time. It was an ordinary girl, but it looked like she had died from poisoning.

That's the figure.

When Ling Silang called her over, she instantly understood what he meant and immediately put the corpse into her spatial storage.